With a new week, some new teams are beginning play to complete the minor league system for the season. Boise started their season on Friday, while Arizona is set to start on Wednesday. Streaks were the theme as Tennessee used the pitching of Nick Struck and Eric Jokisch, along with the bat of Justin Bour to push its record over the .500 mark for the first time since week two. Peoria evened their record through the hitting of Dustin Geiger and Javier Baez and the pitching of Jose … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Red Sox – 06/17/12
Game Sixty-Six: Cubs (22-43) vs. Red Sox (32-33) Game Time - 7:00pm CDT Coverage - TV: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 89/914 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Paul Maholm (4-5, 4.91/1.33) vs. Franklin Morales (0-1, 3.04/1.23) Happy Father's Day from the CCO! Even with Saturday night's loss, the Cubs have a chance to win a series for the first time since sweeping the Padres at the end of May. In order to accomplish the feat they will have to win a game started by … [Read more...]
Dempster Keeps Rolling … Cubs Avoid Sweep – Cubs 8, Twins 2
Game Sixty - Cubs 8, Twins 2 WP - Ryan Dempster (2-3) LP - Francisco Liriano (1-7) Save - None The Cubs ended the long 10-game road trip (2-8) on a positive note with their first victory in Minnesota since the 2000 season. The offense had a good day as Ryan Dempster rolled over the Twins for eight innings. Sunday's finale against the Twins was much closer than the final score indicates. The Cubs took a 1-0 lead into the sixth behind another outstanding effort by Ryan Dempster. The Cubs scored … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Twins – 06/10/12
Game Sixty: Cubs (19-40) vs. Twins (24-34) Game Time - 1:10pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 179/914 Location - Target Field, Minneapolis Ryan Dempster (1-3, 2.59/1.08) vs. Francisco Liriano (1-6, 6.46/1.74) Weather permitting ... Ryan Dempster will try to end the Cubs' 10-game road trip on a positive note this afternoon. Dempster posted the win in the Cubs' lone victory (1-8) on the trip. Every time Dempster takes the hill could be his last in a Cubs' uniform. … [Read more...]
Samardzija Shelled – Cubs 3, Twins 11
Game Fifty-Nine - Cubs 3, Twins 11 WP - Scott Diamond (5-1) LP - Jeff Samardzija (5-4) Save - None The Cubs lost Saturday for the 20th time in 24 games (15 of 16 on the road) after Jeff Samardzija was lifted with two outs in the fourth inning. For the second start in a row Samardzija had no command of his splitter and the Twins teed off on Samardzija's fastball. Entering Saturday's start, Samardzija had allowed 13 earned runs in his last 51 2/3 innings. Jeff Samardzija allowed a season-high … [Read more...]
Nothing Aoki for the Cubs Right Now – Cubs 3, Brewers 4
Game Fifty-Seven - Cubs 3, Brewers 4 - 10 innings WP - John Axford (1-2) LP - Casey Coleman (0-1) Save - None Three pitches into the bottom of the tenth Norichika Aoki hit his second home run of the day and just like that the Cubs lost another game and another series on the road (0-10-3). The 2012 version of the Chicago Cubs keep finding ways to lose games. Matt Garza was very good again (two runs on four hits with a walk and six strikeouts in six innings) but the Cubs bad defense ran up his … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 06/07/12
Game Fifty-Seven: Cubs (19-37) vs. Brewers (25-31) Game Time - 1:10pm CDT Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187/914 Location - Miller Park, Milwaukee Matt Garza (2-4, 4.10/1.15) vs. Randy Wolf (2-5, 6.05/1.70) The Cubs have a chance to leave Milwaukee with a series win. It has been all or nothing for both teams over the first two games and what has been close contests between the Cubs and Brewers in recent years have been blowouts so far in this series. In … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 06/06/12
Game Fifty-Six: Cubs (19-36) vs. Brewers (24-31) Game Time - 7:10pm CDT Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187/914 Location - Miller Park, Milwaukee Paul Maholm (4-4, 4.82/1.32) vs. Zack Greinke (6-2, 3.46/1.32) Updated 4:13pm CDT - Cubs Selected Contract of Manny Corpas from Iowa Cubs, added to 40-man Roster and called up from Triple-A - Blake Parker Placed on 60-day DL with Right Elbow Stress Reaction After going nearly a month between road victories, can … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 06/03/12
Game Fifty-Three: Cubs (18-34) vs. Giants (29-24) Game Time - 3:05pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188/914 Location - AT & T Park, San Francisco Travis Wood (0-1, 5.94/1.20) vs. Barry Zito (4-2, 3.41/1.33) The Cubs begin what figures to be a very busy week with the third of a four game series in San Francisco. With the Rule 4 Draft beginning Monday and with Jorge Soler being granted free agency by Major League Baseball, the next week figures to be anything … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 06/01/12
Game Fifty-One: Cubs (18-32) vs. Giants (27-24) Game Time - 9:15pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188/914 Location - AT & T Park, San Francisco Paul Maholm (4-3, 4.62/1.26) vs. Madison Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14/1.11) Updated 5:41pm CDT - Cubs Claimed RHP Jairo Asencio off waivers from the Indians, added to 25-Man Roster - Cubs Designated RHP Michael Bowden for Assignment With the series against San Diego in the rearview mirror, the Cubs kickoff a difficult … [Read more...]
