Game Sixty-Two - Cubs 6 White Sox 5
WP - Kevin Gregg (1-1) LP - Matt Thornton (4-2) Save - None
The Cubs appeared well on their way to losing their second game in a row. The offense was horrible for seven innings and managed only one run on four singles off of Gavin Floyd. The Cubs were getting themselves out once again and all signs pointed to the Cubs dropping to two games under .500 on the year.
Ozzie Guillen lifted Gavin Floyd for a pinch hitter in the eighth after the White Sox tacked on two against Carlos Marmol. Floyd had thrown only 90 pitches through seven innings. With the Cubs down 5-1, Guillen turned the game over to his pen ... and the Cubs took advantage.
Micah Hoffpauir reached on a error by Chris Getz and advanced to second on the first hit of the series by Alfonso Soriano. Scott Linebrink then retired Ryan Theriot on an infield pop up and struck out Milton Bradley for the second out of the inning. Derrek Lee lifted the first pitch from Linebrink into the b...
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June 19, 2009
Game Sixty-Three: Cubs (31-31) vs. Indians (29-39)
Game Time - 1:20pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: Comcast Sports Net - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183
Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago
Rich Harden (4-3, 4.53/1.35) vs. Cliff Lee (4-6, 2.88/1.33)
Can the Cubs win two in a row? The come from behind victory against the White Sox showed the Cubs could hit for a couple of innings...
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June 19, 2009
This post on Bleed Cubbie Blue on today's game is the kind of first-rate analysis you get on Al Gore's InterWeb:And yet, it wasn't any of those things that finally won the game for the Cubs. It was Alfonso Soriano taking off for second base, somewhat ill-advisedly, we thought, but stealing his first base since June 5, and that set up Ryan Theriot's bouncer that...
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June 18, 2009
Sources confirm company talking with Utay group
Tribune Co., unhappy with the slow pace of negotiations to sell the Chicago Cubs to the Ricketts family, has reopened talks with another interested party who lost out to the Ricketts in the auction for the baseball team, according to two sources...
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June 17, 2009
The Ricketts family says the their purchase of the Cubs is still in the works despite reports to the contrary.
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June 17, 2009
Game Sixty-One - Cubs 1 White Sox 4
WP - John Danks (5-5) LP - Ryan Dempster (4-4) Save - Bobby Jenks (15)
Lou Piniella's crew lost their fourth straight game to the White Sox due to the same old and tired offense that cannot produce. The Cubs avoided their sixth shutout of the season with a run in the eighth on a weak ground out to short by Alfonso Soriano that plated Aaron...
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June 19, 2009
Alfonso Soriano delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Cubs a 6-5 win over the White Sox. The Cubs, who had scored just 10 runs in their previous six games, tied it at 5 with a four-run eighth, highlighted by Derrek Lee’s three-run homer and Geovany Soto’s follow-up solo clout.
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June 18, 2009
LIVE CHAT STARTS AT 1:15 | The White Sox face the Cubs in the finale of a rain-shortened two-game series this afternoon at Wrigley Field. John Danks led the Sox to a 4-1 victory on Wednesday after a rainout Tuesday night. Gavin Floyd is on the mound for the South Siders and Carlos Zambrano gets the start for the Cubs.
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June 18, 2009
Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto hit consecutive homers to tie the game in a four-run eighth inning and Alfonso Soriano singled home the winning run in the ninth to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory over the White Sox on Thursday.
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June 18, 2009
Today's drop was written a brief period of time ago, just before Toronto closer (and, inevitably, a guy that I own in a roto league) Scott Downs hit the disabled list after attempting to run after batting. You know, something that pitchers do every 2-3 times a game in the National League, though admittedly, not so much on the reliever side. My opponents already own the guys who...
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June 18, 2009
Posted by Lionel on June 18, 2009.The man who will get the Cubs going is....Pedro Martinez? According to Pedro himself, the Cubs and the Rays have shown the most interest in Pedro and he is likely to sign a deal soon. There are so many angles to this story, but I'll try to cover them all.First, let's remember that it's a report from the player, not from any other source...
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June 17, 2009
Just after the Cubs lost to the White Sox on Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press released a report that stated Pedro Martinez "could be back on a major league mound soon. The right-hander said on Wednesday that he has had talks with the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays and hopes to sign a contract in the near future."
Martinez told the Associated Press, "There...
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June 19, 2009
Ryan Theriot hit a bad-hop single with two outs in the 10th inning and the Chicago Cubs, saved by Derrek Lee's late homer, rallied from an early seven-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 Friday. Lee homered twice, including a solo shot with one out in the ninth off former Cubs ace Kerry Wood that made it 7-all.
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June 18, 2009
Paul Konerko wants names.
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