Cubs Pitching Collapses in Back and Forth Loss to Cardinals
The Cubs bats finally woke up from their weekend long nap in time to bat around the order and notch five runs in the first inning Monday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis vs. the Cardinals. The only...
View ArticleDeja Vu for Cubs as Cards Storm Back to Win
Another big lead, another pitching meltdown. Another shoulda-woulda-coulda loss for the Cubs against the team they really can’t afford to lose to. This time it was Kyle Hendricks’ turn to cough up a...
View ArticleCubs Turn Weakness Into Strength Against Mets Monday Night
It seems the Cubs have heard the grumblings lately; the whispers about their pitching, and their defense. It also seems they decided to do something about it. The Cubs got six relatively strong innings...
View ArticleCubs Tear It Open in the Fifth; Complete Four Game Sweep of Mets
Coming in today, one would have been fine ending this series three games to one given how well the Cubs had played in the first three games. After getting down 3 – 0, no one would have blamed you for...
View ArticleCubs Complete Near Perfect Homestand; Get the Day Off
The Cubs are off today after playing for the last seventeen straight days, and they have earned it. After struggling a bit on their road trip to St. Louis and Milwaukee, the Cubs got hot as they...
View ArticleCubs Roughed Up Over Weekend Losing Three 1-Run Contests
After a long holiday weekend versus some hot competition the Cubs got an A for effort but unfortunately that didn’t translate to wins, as the club dropped 3 out of 4 with each loss coming by a single...
View ArticleCubs Plate Two in the First; Make it Stand Up in the Ninth
Jake Arrieta got some early run support as the Cubs jumped on Gio Gonzalez in the first inning for two runs and the defense made that hold up late as Chicago took the series opener from the Nats, 2-1...
View ArticleCubs Riding High after Taking Three of Four from Nationals in D.C.
The Chicago Cubs had a pretty good weekend after taking three out of four games from a tough Nationals team and earning their 30th win of the season. Kris Bryant led the way with a single, double, and...
View ArticleCubs Throttle Indians behind 18 Hits; Wada Figures It Out
The Cubs bounced back from a shutout on Tuesday and deliver one of their own on Wednesday behind Tsuyoshi Wada’s four-hit, six-strike out gem. He had just a little help from the offense as well, as the...
View ArticleCubs Thump Twins behind Arrieta, Rizzo; Schwarber Heads to Iowa
Jake Arrieta and Anthony Rizzo both had a slump-busting weekend and temporary call-up Kyle Schwarber did his part to get the Cubs back on track. Arrieta pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout while...
View ArticleTurner, Gonzalez Help Dodgers Turn Back Cubs; Look for Split
Justin Turner hit a three run homer in the third inning to follow up Adrian Gonzalez’s solo-shot in the second which was more than enough to turn back the Cubs 5 – 2 last night at Wrigley Field against...
View ArticleCubs Split with Cardinals Through 2 Games; Night Game of Twin Bill Coming Up
Last night Jon Lester gathered his first MLB hit, took a no-hitter into the seventh, yet still took the loss as the Cards blew open a pitcher’s duel in the ninth after an hour-plus rain delay to the...
View ArticleCubs Fall to St. Louis on Peralta’s Late Home Run; Split with Cards
The Cubs were Oh-So-Close to accomplishing something they haven’t yet this season; a series win vs. the Cards. With two outs and two strikes on Jhonny Peralta, Pedro Strop was one strike away from...
View ArticleCubs Have Quiet Night at All-Star Game; Shift Focus to Upcoming Schedule
Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant enjoyed their time in Cincinnati for the All-Star game judging from their twitter feeds. They are both loaded with tweets about how much fun they had, horsing around with...
View ArticleTeagarden the Unlikely Hero as Cubs Top Reds; Salvage Split
This wasn’t exactly how you would draw it up but it sure does make a good story. After falling in an 0 – 5 hole in the 2nd inning, no one would have blamed you if you flipped the channel. These Cubs...
View ArticleBryant Pulls Cubs Back from Brink with Walk-Off Home Run to Down Rockies
Things looked pretty bleak heading into the bottom of the ninth Monday night as the Cubs had just turned a three run lead into a one run deficit after Jason Motte failed to record an out during his...
View ArticleLester K’s 14 as Cubs Top Rockies; Take 2 of 3
This was the Jon Lester we have all been waiting for; the $155 million dollar man, the bona fide ace, the guy who puts a team on his back and carries them to victory. Sure, he had some help finally as...
View ArticleDown 2 Early, Cubs Battle Back Behind Rizzo’s 3 Run Homer; Acquire Dan Haren...
The Cubs found themselves in an early hole Thursday night as Jake Arrieta surrendered one run on a Johnathan Lucroy double and another on a Ryan Braun infield single to make it 2-0 Brewers through...
View ArticleRizzo Homers Again as Cubs Cruise Past Brew Crew
Anthony Rizzo is on a roll, homering in each of the last three games as he led the Cubs past Milwaukee on Friday night at Miller Park. Jason Hammel gave up a solo-shot to Ryan Braun in the bottom of...
View ArticleCubs Sweep Brewers; Move to Ten Games over.500
After a weekend series sweep in Milwaukee, the Cubs are rounding into playoff form and appear to be primed for a run the likes of which we haven’t seen this season. Chicago has now won five straight...
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