Game Ten – Cubs (ss) 3 White Sox (ss) 4 WP – Jeff Marquez (1-0) LP – Marcos Mateo (0-1) Save – None One month from Friday the Cubs kick off the 2009 regular season in Houston but between then and now there is still a lot of exhibition baseball left to play. The Cubs [...]
Unearned Runs and Jake Peavy – Cubs 2 Padres 4
Game Five – Cubs 2 Padres 4 WP – Jake Peavy (1-0) LP – Ryan Dempster (0-1) Save – Edwin Moreno (1) After spending the winter trying to pry Jake Peavy away from San Diego, Lou Piniella’s crew faced Peavy in his final tune-up before the WBC. Peavy was sharp in his three innings of [...]
Heilman Impressive in Shutout of Sox – Cubs 13 White Sox 0
Game Four – Cubs 13 White Sox 0 WP – Neal Cotts (1-0) LP – Ehren Wasserman (0-1) Save – None Spring Training games are fun to win, especially against the White Sox, but it is the individual performances and tune-ups that are more important during the exhibition season. Several of the players Lou Piniella [...]
Surprising Pauir – Cubs 10 Rangers 4
Game Three – Cubs 10 Rangers 4 WP – Ted Lilly (1-0) LP – Scott Feldman (0-1) Save – None The Cubs improved to 3-0 on the young Cactus League season on Friday in front of 5,413 behind Ted Lilly in his only tune-up before the World Baseball Classic. The Cubs offense scored seven runs [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Phillies – 04/12/08
Game Eleven: Cubs (6-4) vs. Phillies (5-6) Game Time – 6:05pm C.T. Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 174, 183 Location – Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia Ted Lilly (0-1, 9.72/1.68) vs. Cole Hamels (1-1, 1.20/1.00) A sixteenth of the 2008 season is complete. The Cubs are 6-4 and have [...]
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