Dempster Goes the Distance - Cubs 6 Pirates 0

Game One Hundred Fifty-Six - Cubs 6 Pirates 0 WP - Ryan Dempster (11-8) LP - Kevin Hart (4-9) Save - None With Tuesday night's win behind Ryan Dempster, the Chicago Cubs posted their third consecutive winning season for the first time since stringing together six straight winning seasons from 1967 - 1972. After totaling only one complete game as a staff through the first 153 games of the year, Ryan Dempster tossed the Cubs second complete game shutout in the last four games. Ryan Dempster completed his first game since June 11, 2008 against the Braves and registered his first complete game shutout as a Chicago Cub ... the third of his big league career. Dempster was incredibly sharp on Tuesday night. He allowed just five hits and two walks with six strikeouts on 120 pitches, 81 for strikes. The Pirates put two runners on base at the same time just once against Dempster on Tuesday night. The Cubs offense jumped out early against Kevin Hart. They scored three runs in...