Friday, July 13, 2007

Small Ball


(Photo By Al From www.bleedcubbieblue.com)
The grass in the outfield after the Police Concert.

For the 10th straight game the Cubs have not hit a homer but the Cubs are still 7-3 in these games which means we are using small ball to get the job done. The Cubs got 12 hits today and 10 of them were singles and 2 of those were doubles. Did I mention the Cubs won today 6-0? Carlos Zambrano pitched excellent pitching 6.2 innings with 7 strikeouts and no runs given up. With the win today, Zambrano becomes the first National League pitcher to get to 11 wins. Not so shabby considering he started off the season poor. Carlos Marmol came in relief for Zambrano and went 1.1 innings without giving up a hit. Bob Howry came in the 9th and shut down the Astros sealing a Cub victory. On the hitting side of things, Giovanni Soto in his season debut went 0-5 with 2 K's. Derrek Lee hit a key double in the 8th to drive in 2 runs. The story of the day has to be the Astros' fielding. They had 4 errors in this game including 2 by Mark Loretta. Lance Berkman threw a ball away in the 4th bringing in a run.
The Brewers take on the Rockies tonight so if they lose we move just 3.5 behind them for 1st so Go Rockies!

Stud Of The Day:
Carlos Zambrano

6.2 innings pitched, 0 earned runs, 7 k's

Video of the Day:


Next Up:
Roy Oswalt takes on Ted Lilly tomorrow on FOX at 2:55 PM CST. I will be in attendance tomorrow so I should and hopefully will have a good story to tell you all.

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