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How do you follow up what Carlos Zambrano did last night?  Simple.  Ted Lilly goes out and pitches six innings of no-hit ball.  Fans in Miller Park were loud and rowdy as they hoped to see more history as Ted Lilly picked up right where Carlos Zambrano left off.  Unfortunately, things started getting shaky in the fifth and sixth innings as a diving catch by Edmonds and a play that was ruled an error kept Lilly alive for a no-hit bid.  Following the error, Lilly allowed the first hit of this series to Houston Astros’ Mark Loretta.  Loretta, if you’ll remember correctly, was the Astro that was the most vocal about these games being played at Miller Park.

But that’s not the whole story today.  The Cubs offense got things going early and kept it going through the middle innings.  Home runs by Jim Edmonds, Geovany Soto and Derrek Lee all helped put the Cubs up for good.

It should be noted that the Cubs are 5-0 in Miller Park this season and are likely to be 6-0 at the end of this game.  They currently lead 6-1.  The Cubs play three more games in Miller Park to end the regular season.

With a win today, the Cubs are the first team in the National League to hit ninety wins.  Their magic number to clinch the division drops to six.  Basically, if the Cubs sweep the Brewers at Wrigley Field this week, they will clinch the division.  Oh yeah, and the breaking news story of the day has been that the Brewers have fired Ned Yost as their manager, so it should be fun to see how Milwaukee responds in this upcoming series.

By the way, the Cubs have not made it to the postseason in back to back years since 1907-1908.

Go Cubs!

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