Game Forty-Three – Cubs 3, Mets 4 WP – Scott Rice (2-3) LP – Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1) Save – Bobby Parnell (6) Travis Wood notched his ninth straight quality start but it was not enough as the Cubs lost their first series to the Mets at Wrigley Field since 2007. The Cubs took a 3-1 [...]
Shoulda, Coulda, Wooda – Cubs 3, Mets 4
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Anthony Rizzo, Carlos Marmol, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Dioner Navarro, Kyuji Fujikawa, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Hairston, Starlin Castro, Travis Wood, Welington Castillo
Feldman Stepped Right Up and Beat the Mets – Cubs 8, Mets 2
Game Forty-Two – Cubs 8, Mets 2 WP – Scott Feldman (4-3) LP – Jeremy Hefner (0-5) Save – None The Cubs won for the seventh time in 11 games on Saturday afternoon behind another solid outing from Scott Feldman. Feldman took advantage of a rather thin Mets’ lineup and made the big pitches when [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Hector Rondon, James Russell, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Feldman, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo
Harvey Happens – Cubs 2, Mets 3
Game Forty-One – Cubs 2, Mets 3 WP – Matt Harvey (5-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (1-6) Save – Bobby Parnell (5) Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field turned out to be the Matt Harvey Show. After the Cubs jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first inning, Harvey shut the door and retired 20 [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Edwin Jackson, James Russell, Julio Borbon, Kyuji Fujikawa, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo
Samardzija Does It All – Cubs 6, Rockies 3
Game Forty – Cubs 6, Rockies 3 WP – Jeff Samardzija (2-5) LP – Jon Garland (3-4) Save – None Jeff Samardzija led the way on the mound and at the plate as the Cubs beat the Rockies on Wednesday night and took the series from Colorado. Jeff Samardzija survived a shaky second inning and [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Dioner Navarro, James Russell, Jeff Samardzija, Kevin Gregg, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Starlin Castro
Travis Wood, Extra Basehits and Three W’s in a Row – Cubs 9, Rockies 1
Game Thirty-Eight – Cubs 9, Rockies 1 WP – Travis Wood (4-2) LP – Juan Nicasio (3-1) Save – None The Cubs equaled their season-long winning streak with an impressive victory over the Rockies on Monday night. Dale Sveum’s team won for the third day in a row behind seven innings of shutout ball from [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Carlos Marmol, Cody Ransom, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Julio Borbon, Kyuji Fujikawa, Nate Schierholtz, Starlin Castro, Travis Wood, Welington Castillo
Cubs Turn an Error into a Win – Cubs 8, Nationals 2
Game Thirty-Six – Cubs 8, Nationals 2 WP – Edwin Jackson (1-5) LP – Stephen Strasburg (1-5) Save – None What started out as a pitcher’s duel between Edwin Jackson and Stephen Strasburg turned on throwing error by Ryan Zimmerman in the fifth inning. The Cubs took advantage of the extra out and Stephen Strasburg’s [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Cody Ransom, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Edwin Jackson, Hector Rondon, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Shawn Camp, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo
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 [...]
Filed Under: The CCO, Live from Wrigleyville Tagged With: Anthony Rizzo, Jeff Samardzija, Kevin Gregg, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Travis Wood, Welington Castillo
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 [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Anthony Rizzo, Carlos Villanueva, Cody Ransom, David DeJesus, Dioner Navarro, James Russell, Julio Borbon, Kevin Gregg, Luis Valbuena, Michael Bowden, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Starlin Castro
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 [...]
Filed Under: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap Tagged With: Alfonso Soriano, Anthony Rizzo, Carlos Marmol, Darwin Barney, David DeJesus, Kevin Gregg, Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney, Starlin Castro, Travis Wood, Welington Castillo
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