Jul 27 2008
cubs win
The Cubs offense exploded today as they scored nine runs against the Marlins’ six runs. The Cubs trailed early as Mike Jacobs hit two home runs to drive in five runs. The Cubs offense got it going with a pair of runs on some small ball. Soriano tied it with a solo home run: 3-3. Derrek Lee tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run of his own… the Cubs would go on to score three more runs after loading up the bases and Mike Fontenot hitting a bases clearing double. Jeff Samardzija recorded his first major league save as Jim Edmonds made a diving catch to end the game.
All in all, it was not the greatest home stand, but the team showed some promise after today. There seems to be some kind of spark right now as the players were a lot more patient in this game, and have converted twelve hits and four walks into nine runs. Not perfect, but it’s promising to see that the offense is able to drive in the runners on base rather then keep them stranded as they had in recent games. It’s also nice to see Soriano get hot right now as he went 3-5 today.
The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals both lost today so the Cubs extended their lead once again: one game over Milwaukee and four over the Cardinals.
Up next, the Cubs have quite possibly the biggest series to date starting tomorrow night. They have a four game series in Milwaukee. It won’t be easy as they start the series facing CC Sabathia. Sabathia is coming off of three consecutive complete game performances. Ted Lilly is throwing for the Cubs. Lilly proved last year that he was the go-to guy in these big, meaningful games as he had a long streak of games where if he pitched the day after a Cubs’ loss, the Cubs would win the day he pitched. Hopefully, the trend will continue tomorrow night and the Cubs can put some distance between themselves and Milwaukee.
Go Cubs
