Game Three – Cubs 3, Pirates 2 WP – Travis Wood (1-0) LP – James McDonald (0-1) Save – Carlos Marmol (1) The Cubs hung on in the ninth inning and beat the Pirates 3-2 on Thursday afternoon in the Steel City. The Cubs posted the first series win of the season (2-1) behind an [...]
Samardzija Fools the Pirates on Opening Day – Cubs 3, Pirates 1
April 1, 2013 By 29 Comments
Game One – Cubs 3, Pirates 1 WP – Jeff Samardzija (1-0) LP – A.J. Burnett (0-1) Save – Kyuji Fujikawa (1) The Cubs started the 2013 season on a positive note with a 3-1 victory over the Pirates on Monday afternoon, the first win on Opening Day for the Cubs since 2009. Jeff Samardzija [...]
Samardzija Shaky on the Mound, Excellent at the Plate – Cubs 7, Mariners 4
March 22, 2013 By 3 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty-Nine – Cubs (ss) 7, Mariners 4 WP – James Russell (1-0) LP – Erasmo Ramirez (2-1, BS 1) Save – Kyuji Fujikawa (1) After dropping game one to the Dodgers, the Cubs finished a long day of baseball with a victory over the Mariners in Peoria. The Cubs finished with a [...]
Cubs Watching the Waiver Wire and Other Off Day Notes
March 21, 2013 By 15 Comments
With Ian Stewart unavailable for the start of the season, Dale Sveum announced Tuesday that Luis Valbuena would be at third base for the Cubs on Opening Day in Pittsburgh. Valbuena and Brent Lillibridge, who has played his way onto the 25-man roster this spring, figure to share time at third base early in the [...]
Baez, Soriano and the Cubs Bash the Royals – Cubs 8, Royals 3
March 16, 2013 By 6 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty-Three – Cubs (ss) 8, Royals 3 WP – Hisanori Takahashi (1-1) LP – Bruce Chen (1-1) Save – None While Jeff Samardzija was the story in Las Vegas, the Cubs bats were the show at HoHoKam Park on Saturday afternoon. The Cubs completed the split squad sweep with a spring win [...]
Ian Stewart Set to Make Spring Debut and Other Cubs News Bits
March 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
A day after multiple reports suggested that Ian Stewart would not be able to make his Cactus League debut for another week, the team announced that Stewart would make his spring debut on Thursday against the Dodgers in Glendale. Stewart is not expected to start. Dale Sveum acknowledged this would give Stewart plenty of time [...]
Report: Cubs Told Marmol’s Agent to Expect a Trade
March 9, 2013 By 34 Comments
According to a report from the Sun-Times, the Cubs have told Carlos Marmol’s agent to expect a trade and Marmol has given the front office five teams he would be willing to accept a trade to. Gordon Wittenmyer shot down a report last week, and labeled it as unfounded, that stated Marmol would be traded [...]
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