Who said the Cubs were only playing good since they were beating easy teams? Many experts (especially the Eastern Seaboard Programming Network) had the Mets representing the National League in this year's World Series.
The Cubs swept a two game series against the Mets with an 8-1 win at Wrigley.
The star of the game had to be Ted Lilly who has struggled out of the gate. His velocity has been down and he hasn't been able to throw strikes but today he was just flat out dominant. It took 4 innings for Lilly to surrender a hit. In that 4th inning, the Mets loaded the bases with 1 out for the struggling Carlos Delgado who popped up to swallow left. The next batter Damien Easily hit a pop fly that looked like it was going to drop down in the gap but Mark DeRosa made a great over the shoulder catch to get Ted Lilly out of trouble.
In the bottom of the 4th, Ronnie Cedeno hit a line drive down the right field line which was bobbled by ex-Cub Angel Pagan allowing Kosuke Fukudome to score all the way from first base. After Henry Blanco was stupidly intentionally walked, Ted Lilly hit a ground ball to the second baseman who picked it up cleanly but the dumbass pitcher did not get over to first base to cover and Ted Lilly beat it out. The next batter Reed Johnson hit a bloop single to left driving in two runs and giving the Cubbies a 3-0 lead in the 4th.
After a 6th inning Mets run, the Cubs got it back in the 7th inning on a Mark DeRosa single to right center. The real fireworks occurred in the 8th inning when Felix Pie and Derrek Lee led off the inning with back-to-back singles. After Aramis flew out to left field, Kosuke Fukudome took a walk loading up the bases for Mark DeRosa with 1 out. DeRosa grounded to Jose Reyes who went home with the ball instead of going for the routine double play and this would prove costly for the Mets. Ronnie Cedeno got the count to 0-1 when he hit a fly ball down the left field line just landing fair for a Grand Slam and busting the game wide open (See video below).
The Cubs go to 14-6 on the year which is their best start since 1975 and the Cubs go for their 6th win in a row tomorrow night at 7:30 PM on Comcast SportsNet Plus against the Colorado Rockies. Franklin Morales takes on Rich Hill
Now Ronnie Cedeno's Grand Slam:
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