A Little Slugging Percentage and a Whole Lotta Samardzija – Cubs 4, Cardinals 2

Game Sixty-Nine – Cubs 4, Cardinals 2 WP – Jeff Samardzija (4-7) LP – Adam Wainwright (10-4) Save – Kevin Gregg (10) The Cubs ended their two-game losing streak in surprising fashion on Tuesday night in St. Louis as Jeff Samardzija outpitched Adam Wainwright and the Cubs beat the Cardinals. The Cubs scored all four [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Cardinals – 06/18/13

Game Sixty-Nine: Cubs (28-40) vs. Cardinals (45-25) Game Time – 7:15pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 187/844 Location – Busch Stadium, St. Louis Jeff Samardzija (3-7, 3.46/1.21) vs. Adam Wainwright (10-3, 2.18/1.01) The Cubs will look to put their two-game losing skid in the rearview mirror tonight [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Cardinals – 06/17/13

Game Sixty-Eight: Cubs (28-39) vs. Cardinals (44-28) Game Time – 6:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: ESPN Monday Night Baseball, WCIU – Radio: 97.9 FM The Loop, XM Radio Channels 187/844 Location – Busch Stadium, St. Louis Travis Wood (5-5, 2.65/1.00) vs. Shelby Miller (7-4, 2.21/0.97) Weather permitting … The Cubs open an extremely difficult series [...]

A Long Time Coming – Cubs 6, Reds 5

Game Sixty-Four – Cubs 6, Reds 5 – 14 innings WP – Hector Rondon (1-0) LP – Jonathan Broxton (2-2) Save – None It took five hours, seven minutes and 14 innings but the Cubs finally beat the Reds at Wrigley Field. Hector Rondon picked up his first big league victory after Julio Borbon pinch-hit [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 06/13/13

Game Sixty-Four: Cubs (25-38) vs. Reds (40-26) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Jeff Samardzija (3-7, 3.18/1.13) vs. Mat Latos (6-0, 2.87/1.17) The Cubs wrap up their seven-game homestand and four-game series with the Reds this afternoon in [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 06/10/13

Game Sixty-One: Cubs (25-35) vs. Reds (37-26) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Scott Feldman (5-4, 2.84/1.17) vs. Homer Bailey (3-4, 3.84/1.17) The Cubs difficult seven-game homestand continues tonight with the first of four against the Reds. The [...]

Burnett Baffles the Cubs – Cubs 2, Pirates 6

Game Fifty-Nine – Cubs 2, Pirates 6 WP – A.J. Burnett (4-6) LP – Jeff Samardzija (3-7) Save – None The Cubs struggles against the Pirates continued on Saturday as Dale Sveum’s team dropped their fifth straight game to Pittsburgh. A.J. Burnett shut out the Cubs for 8 1/3 innings before Alfonso Soriano (1-for-4 with [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 06/08/13

Game Fifty-Nine: Cubs (24-34) vs. Pirates (36-25) Game Time – 3:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Jeff Samardzija (3-6, 2.96/1.10) vs. A.J. Burnett (3-6, 3.22/1.06) The Cubs will shoot to end their four-game losing streak against the Pirates this afternoon behind [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 06/07/13

Game Fifty-Eight: Cubs (24-33) vs. Pirates (35-25) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (5-3, 2.75/1.01) vs. Francisco Liriano (5-3, 3.34/1.21) The Cubs begin an extremely difficult seven-game homestand this afternoon with the first of three against [...]

Junior Lake Set to Join Iowa on Thursday and Other Cubs News and Notes

According to a report out of Des Moines, Junior Lake is expected to join the Iowa Cubs on Thursday to make his Triple-A debut. Lake has been rehabbing at the Cubs’ facility in Mesa after suffering a stress fracture in the top right rib on his right side back in March. Lake was supposed to [...]