Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 05/23/13

Game Forty-Six: Cubs (18-27) vs. Pirates (28-18) Game Time – 11:35am CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – PNC Park, Pittsburgh Edwin Jackson (1-6, 5.76/1.52) vs. Jeanmar Gomez (2-0, 2.78/1.21) Weather permitting … The Cubs will try to salvage the third and final game in Pittsburgh [...]

Samardzija On the Wrong End of Another Shutout – Cubs 0, Pirates 1

Game Forty-Five – Cubs 0, Pirates 1 WP – Francisco Liriano (3-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (2-6) Save – Mark Melancon (1) For the second time this season Jeff Samardzija ended up on the wrong end of a 1-0 finale. The Cubs lost their third straight one-run game, and each of the Cubs last four [...]

Garza Good, Bullpen Bad, Cubs Lose – Cubs 4, Pirates 5

Game Forty-Four – Cubs 4, Pirates 5 WP – Wandy Rodriguez (5-2) LP – James Russell (1-1) Save – Jason Grilli (18) The Cubs took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth after a tremendous outing from Matt Garza. Garza took a no-hitter into the fifth and turned the game over to the [...]

Garza and Almora Ready for Season Debuts … and Other Cubs News and Notes

Two players that began the season on the disabled list are set to make their 2013 debuts, Matt Garza and Albert Almora. While one will be on a big league mound on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh and the other one will be patrolling the outfield in Single-A ballpark, having both players back on the field [...]

Shoulda, Coulda, Wooda – Cubs 3, Mets 4

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Will the Cubs Go To A Six-Man Rotation? And Other News and Notes

With Matt Garza nearing his return to the Cubs’ rotation, Dale Sveum was asked about the possibility of the Cubs going to a six-man rotation prior to Tuesday’s game. Sveum did not rule out the Cubs going to a six-man rotation for a short time but it is highly unlikely they would go that route. [...]

A Rockies Night for Villanueva – Cubs 4, Rockies 9

Game Thirty-Nine – Cubs 4, Rockies 9 WP – Jeff Francis (2-3) LP – Carlos Villanueva (1-3) Save – None The Cubs three-game winning streak came to a screeching halt on Tuesday night as the Rockies scored runs at will against Carlos Villanueva while the Cubs’ offense did nothing for the first four innings against [...]