Barney’s Big Fly Lifts the Cubs Over the Reds – Cubs 4, Reds 2

Game Nineteen – Cubs 4, Reds 2 – 10 innings WP – Carlos Marmol (2-1, BS 2) LP – Manny Parra (0-1) Save – Kevin Gregg (1) The Cubs and Reds played free baseball for the second night in a row … but the Cubs came out on top on Tuesday night. After Carlos Marmol [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 04/23/13

Game Nineteen: Cubs (5-13) vs. Reds (12-8) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Carlos Villanueva (1-0, 1.29/0.81) vs. Tony Cingrani (1-0, 1.80/1.60) Weather permitting … The Cubs will look to bounce back after another rough loss [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 04/22/13

Game Eighteen: Cubs (5-12) vs. Reds (11-8) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Travis Wood (1-1, 1.83/1.07) vs. Mike Leake (1-0, 4.26/1.32) The Cubs are reeling and not only do they need a win tonight to [...]

Villanueva, Slugging Percentage and a Cubs Win – Cubs 6, Rangers 2

Game Fourteen – Cubs 6, Rangers 2 WP – Carlos Villanueva (1-0) LP – Alexi Ogando (2-1) Save – None The Cubs ended the rain-shortened homestand on a positive note with a convincing 6-2 victory over the Rangers on Thursday afternoon. Carlos Villanueva picked up his first win of the season with his third straight [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rangers – 04/18/13

Game Fourteen: Cubs (4-9) vs. Rangers (9-5) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV, MLB Network – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Villanueva (0-0, 0.64/0.86) vs. Alexi Ogando (2-0, 1.88/1.02) Weather permitting … The Cubs wrap up their first homestand of the season, a [...]

Cubs-Rangers Game Postponed

Wednesday night’s Cubs-Rangers game has been postponed due to weather, a make-up date has not been announced. The two teams will not play a day-night doubleheader on Thursday. Weather is questionable at best for Thursday. Dale Sveum announced Carlos Villanueva will start for the Cubs. Ron Washington decided to skip Justin Grimm and will go [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rangers – 04/16/13

Game Thirteen: Cubs (4-8) vs. Rangers (8-5) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (1-0, 1.46/1.05) vs. Derek Holland (0-1, 2.40/1.00) After their only day off over a 33-day stretch, the Cubs return the field tonight for [...]

Cubs Place Fujikawa on the DL and Other News and Notes

The Cubs placed Kyuji Fujikawa on the 15-day DL prior to Saturday’s game with a muscle strain in his right forearm. The Cubs quickly clarified Fujikawa’s elbow is fine that the injury is to the muscle in his forearm. The Cubs recalled Rafael Dolis from Triple-A Iowa to fill Fujikawa’s spot in the bullpen. Dale [...]

The Cubs Cain Beat the Giants – Cubs 4, Giants 3

Game Ten – Cubs 4, Giants 3 WP – Kyuji Fujikawa (1-0, BS 1) LP – Sergio Romo (0-1, BS 1) Save – None The Cubs had dropped eight of nine against the Giants entering play on Friday afternoon. On another cold day at Wrigley Field, the Cubs jumped out to a lead that the [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 04/12/13

Game Ten: Cubs (3-6) vs. Giants (7-3) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Villanueva (0-0, 1.35/1.20) vs. Matt Cain (0-1, 8.38/1.45) Weather permitting … The Cubs will look to get back in the win column on another [...]