Cubs' Baker hits 9th-inning homer to sink Giants

Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs staved off playoff elimination for a day by handing the San Francisco Giants a blow to their postseason hopes with 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Last Thursday I provided you with a step-by-step synopsis of the Colorado Rockies plan to set up the San Francisco Giants for devastating and irrevocable heartbreak. I only covered the first 15 steps at that time, mainly because I was instructed not to or I’d lose my writing privileges, but also because I didn’t want to ruin the fun for everyone watching and reading.   But...

Jeff Baker is looking like a hell of a pick up by Jim Hendry.  It was his bat -- and his bat alone -- that lifted the Cubs to victory last night in a game dominated by pitching. Ryan Dempster went 7 innings and allowed only 2 runs, but Brad Penny was even more effective.  The only runs the Cubs scored in the first 8 came from a double play ball -- hit by Baker -- after...

Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and Chicago staved off elimination in the NL Central for a day by handing San Francisco a blow to its postseason hopes with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Wilson allows two-out, two-run homer to Jeff Baker

What?  We have no tags for Jeff Baker&Andres Blanco?  We need to rectify that, because they are here for the long haul.A very popular topic of conversation amongst Cub bloggers is the Mark DeRosa trade.  Over the months of this abortion of a season, two camps have sprung up - the "Mark DeRosa is not God" camp espoused by Desipio Andy, and, um, everyone else who tends to track...

Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs staved off playoff elimination for a day by handing the San Francisco Giants a blow to their postseason hopes with 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Game One Hundred Fifty-Two - Cubs 3 Giants 2 WP - Aaron Heilman (4-4) LP - Brian Wilson (5-6, BS 7) Save - Carlos Marmol (15) The Chicago Cubs were on the brink of officially being eliminated late Thursday night in San Francisco. Brad Penny had out dueled Ryan Dempster for eight innings and the Cubs only run scored on a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Jeff Baker in the fourth...

SAN FRANCISCO — Jeff Baker was a little leery of facing San Francisco closer Brian Wilson. After all, in three previous at-bats against Wilson, Baker had struck out.

Chicago's Jeff Baker belted a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and dealt San Francisco a blow to its playoff hopes, as the Cubs beat the Giants, 3-2, in the opener of a four-game series.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs staved off elimination in the National League Central for a day by beating the Giants 3-2. Had the Cubs lost, the St. Louis Cardinals would have clinched the N.L. Central. The Cardinals on Friday begins a three-game series against the N.L. wild-card-leading Rockies...

NL ROUNDUP Cubs 3, Giants 2 — Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning as visiting Chicago staved off playoff elimination. The ninth-inning heroics delayed the Cardinals from clinching the NL Central by at least a day and mar...

Jeff Baker is hitting .433 in his last eight games. This month alone he’s batting .347 through 21 games. Are we talking about the Cubs’ starting second baseman for 2010? Ryan Dempster wants 200 innings this season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...