The Cubs placed Kyuji Fujikawa on the 15-day DL prior to Saturday’s game with a muscle strain in his right forearm. The Cubs quickly clarified Fujikawa’s elbow is fine that the injury is to the muscle in his forearm. The Cubs recalled Rafael Dolis from Triple-A Iowa to fill Fujikawa’s spot in the bullpen. Dale [...]
Cubs Keep Coming Up Short to the Giants – Cubs 2, Giants 3
April 13, 2013 By 12 Comments
Game Eleven – Cubs 2, Giants 3 WP – Madison Bumgarner (3-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (1-2) Save – Santiago Casilla (1) The Cubs and Giants played another close game on a frigid day at Wrigley Field … and once again the Cubs came out on the losing end in a one-run game to San [...]
The Cubs Cain Beat the Giants – Cubs 4, Giants 3
April 12, 2013 By 13 Comments
Game Ten – Cubs 4, Giants 3 WP – Kyuji Fujikawa (1-0, BS 1) LP – Sergio Romo (0-1, BS 1) Save – None The Cubs had dropped eight of nine against the Giants entering play on Friday afternoon. On another cold day at Wrigley Field, the Cubs jumped out to a lead that the [...]
Rambling about the Cubs from Winter’s Edge
April 12, 2013 By 18 Comments
Opening week at Wrigley kicked off with the nicest weather anyone can remember for the event. As Chicago would have it, as per the usual, it was a huge tease that found a cancellation and a few games played in frigid temperatures. The beginning of the season has brought bad pitching, bad hitting, bad defense [...]
Cubs Play a Familiar Tune against Vogelsong and the Giants – Cubs 6, Giants 7
April 11, 2013 By 5 Comments
Game Nine – Cubs 6, Giants 7 WP – Ryan Vogelsong (1-1) LP – Scott Feldman (0-2) Save – Sergio Romo (6) The Cubs actually led 5-0 after three innings on Thursday before handing the game to the Giants. Mental and physical errors cost the Cubs once again. Starlin Castro’s third charged error of the [...]
Cubs Manufacture a Come From Behind Win – Cubs 6, Brewers 3
April 9, 2013 By 5 Comments
Game Eight – Cubs 6, Brewers 3 WP – Carlos Marmol (1-1) LP – John Axford (0-2) Save – Kyuji Fujikawa (2) The Cubs battled back on Tuesday night from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh inning and ended their four-game losing streak. After an ugly start, the Cubs scored five of their season-high six [...]
Cubs Comeback Falls Short – Cubs 4, Brewers 7
April 8, 2013 By 5 Comments
Game Seven – Cubs 4, Brewers 7 WP – Marco Estrada (1-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (0-2) Save – Jim Henderson (1) The Cubs could not dig themselves out of a big hole on Monday in the home opener. As was the case countless times last season, the Cubs mounted a comeback late in the [...]
Samardzija’s Unlucky Thirteen – Cubs 1, Braves 5
April 7, 2013 By 5 Comments
Game Six – Cubs 1, Braves 5 WP – Tim Hudson (1-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (1-1) Save – None Jeff Samardzija dominated the Braves for five innings and set a career-high with 13 strikeouts but he could not get past Ramiro Pena in the fifth or sixth innings … and the Braves completed the [...]
Marmol and Fujikawa Blow It – Cubs 5, Braves 6
April 6, 2013 By 4 Comments
Game Five – Cubs 5, Braves 6 WP – Eric O’Flaherty (1-0) LP – Carlos Marmol (0-1, BS 1) Save – None The Cubs gave one away on Saturday night in Atlanta and wasted an excellent outing from Carlos Villanueva in his Cubs’ debut. The Upton Brothers hit a pair of solo home runs off [...]
Cubs Survive The Marmol – Cubs 3, Pirates 2
April 4, 2013 By 12 Comments
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 [...]
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