Game Fifty-Eight – Cubs 7, Twins 8 – 10 innings WP – Matt Capps (1-3) LP – Shawn Camp (2-3, BS 2) Save – None The Cubs let three different leads evaporate Friday night and for the second day in a row they were walked off in the 10th inning. The Cubs have lost 12 [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Astros – 05/22/12
Game Forty-Three: Cubs (15-27) vs. Astros (19-23) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 184/914 Location – Minute Maid Park, Houston Travis Wood (0-0, 4.50/1.00) vs. J.A. Happ (3-3, 4.96/1.52) Updated 3:56pm CDT – Travis Wood Recalled from Triple-A Iowa, Welington Castillo Placed on 15-day [...]
Garza Rocked … Cubs Drop Seventh in a Row – Cubs 4, Astros 8
Game Forty-Two – Cubs 4, Astros 8 WP – Bud Norris (5-1) LP – Matt Garza (2-2) Save – None The Cubs lost their season-worst seventh straight game and if not for scoring four runs in the ninth, Dale Sveum’s team would have been shut out for the second day in a row. The Cubs [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 05/21/12
The mid-May shuffle is now having an impact on all levels of the organization. Unfortunately, it is injuries, and not performance that is causing the shake-up. However, that doesn’t mean that some players haven’t deserved some consideration. Anthony Rizzo is posting MVP-type numbers, while Matt Szczur and Jae-Hoon Ha are bouncing back from rough stretches [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. White Sox – 05/19/12
Game Forty: Cubs (15-24) vs. White Sox (19-21) Game Time – 6:15pm CDT Coverage – TV: FOX Saturday Baseball – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 184/914 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (0-1, 1.74/0.97) vs. John Danks (2-4, 6.46/1.61) Updated 1:54pm CDT – Randy Wells Recalled from Triple-A Iowa Updated 5:47pm CDT – [...]
From the Wire … Chris Volstad Optioned to Iowa, Blake Lalli Called Up
The Cubs made two roster moves and several announcements that will impact the roster moving forward prior to Friday’s game. Chris Volstad was optioned to Triple-A Iowa but a pitcher was not called up to take his place on the active roster. The Cubs selected the contract of Blake Lalli from the Iowa Cubs, added [...]
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