Nats Knock Around Samardzija – Cubs 3, Nationals 7

Game Thirty-Five – Cubs 3, Nationals 7 WP – Ross Detwiler (2-3) LP – Jeff Samardzija (1-5) Save – None It took only two hours and 23 minutes for the Nationals to hand the Cubs their 22nd loss of the season. The Cubs dropped their fifth straight, eight of the last nine, at Nationals Park [...]

Rambling as Spring is About to Be Sprung

Hello again, everybody. It almost the middle of May, and if you are reading this, you know the Baseball season is well under way. The Cubs are starting to play a bit more competitively, and if starting pitching had anything to do with baseball, the Cubs would be right up there. Oh, starting pitching DOES [...]

Cubs Ground Into a Loss – Cubs 4, Cardinals 5

Game Thirty-Four – Cubs 4, Cardinals 5 WP – Seth Maness (2-0) LP – Michael Bowden (1-2) Save – Edward Mujica (8) Wednesday’s loss to the Cardinals was a snapshot of the Cubs’ season to this point. A solid effort from a starting pitcher wasted by the bullpen with a mistake giving the opponent an [...]

Schierholtz Lays the Wood on the Cardinals – Cubs 2, Cardinals 1

Game Thirty-Three – Cubs 2, Cardinals 1 WP – Travis Wood (3-2) LP – Lance Lynn (5-1) Save – Kevin Gregg (5) Travis Wood put together his seventh straight quality start and Nate Schierholtz’s two-run homer in the fourth gave Wood and the Cubs’ pen all the runs they would need on Tuesday night. The [...]

Feldman’s Revenge and a Cubs Win – Cubs 9, Rangers 2

Game Thirty-Two – Cubs 9, Rangers 2 WP – Scott Feldman (3-3) LP – Nick Tepesch (2-3) Save – None The Cubs ended their four-game losing streak with an impressive win over the Rangers on Monday night. Scott Feldman was the story in the make-up game with his former team, but Monday’s win was a [...]

Reds Keep Sweeping at Wrigley – Cubs 4, Reds 7

Game Thirty-One – Cubs 4, Reds 7 WP – Mat Latos (3-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (0-5) Save – J.J. Hoover (2) The Reds domination of the Cubs at Wrigley Field continued on Sunday as the Redlegs completed the three-game sweep behind another solid outing from Mat Latos. The Reds have won nine in a [...]

Marmol Spoils the Ending to the Soriano Show – Cubs 4, Reds 6

Game Thirty – Cubs 4, Reds 6 WP – Logan Ondrusek (2-0) LP – Carlos Marmol (2-2) Save – Aroldis Chapman (7) The Cubs played a good game against one of the better teams in the league for seven innings. While it wasn’t a clean game, the Cubs took a 4-2 lead into the eighth [...]

Twelve Left on Base – Cubs 5, Reds 6

Game Twenty-Nine – Cubs 5, Reds 6 WP – Mike Leake (2-1) LP – Carlos Villanueva (1-2) Save – J.J. Hoover (1) The Cubs battled back in the ninth inning on Friday afternoon and scored three runs off Aroldis Chapman that cut the Reds lead to 6-5. Scott Hairston worked a bases loaded walk and [...]

The Cubs Defense Taketh then Giveth Away – Cubs 2, Padres 4

Game Twenty-Eight – Cubs 2, Padres 4 WP – Joe Thatcher (2-0) LP – Travis Wood (2-2) Save – Huston Street (6) The Cubs gave another game away on Thursday afternoon and had to settle for a split in the four-game series with the Padres. While the Cubs were not charged with any errors, but [...]

Feldman’s Complete Gem – Cubs 6, Padres 2

Game Twenty-Seven – Cubs 6, Padres 2 WP – Scott Feldman (2-3) LP – Andrew Cashner (1-2) Save – None Wednesday night belonged to Scott Feldman. Not only did Feldman toss the first complete game of his career but he also doubled in the Cubs second run off Andrew Cashner. Feldman struck out a career-high [...]