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 [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Mets – 05/19/13

Game Forty-Three: Cubs (18-24) vs. Mets (16-24) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 188/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (4-2, 2.03/0.92) vs. Dillon Gee (2-5, 6.13/1.74) The Cubs wrap up the six-game homestand this afternoon with a rubber-game against the Mets. The [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Mets – 05/17/13

Game Forty-One: Cubs (17-23) vs. Mets (15-23) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Edwin Jackson (1-5, 6.02/1.57) vs. Matt Harvey (4-0, 1.44/0.73) The fourth place Chicago Cubs opens a three-game series with the New York Mets this afternoon [...]

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 [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rockies – 05/13/13

Game Thirty-Eight: Cubs (15-22) vs. Rockies (20-17) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WCIU – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (3-2, 2.33/0.93) vs. Juan Nicasio (3-0, 4.72/1.40) The Cubs are coming off an impressive trip to Washington D.C and open a six-game homestand tonight [...]

Cubs Steal a Victory in D.C. – Cubs 2, Nationals 1

Game Thirty-Seven – Cubs 2, Nationals 1 WP – James Russell (1-0) LP – Rafael Soriano (0-1) Save – Kevin Gregg (6) The Cubs stole one from the Nationals on Sunday afternoon and finished an improbable weekend by taking two of three in the Nation’s Capital. Dale Sveum’s team beat Stephen Strasburg on Saturday then [...]

Garza Completes Third Rehab Start, Next Up is Iowa

Matt Garza completed his third rehab start on Saturday afternoon. Garza started for the Smokies, his second start for the Cubs’ Double-A affiliate in his three outings. Garza was not as sharp as he was in his previous start last Monday for Iowa but he was able to get his work in and is scheduled [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]