Every Game and Every Inning Counts - Cubs 2 Marlins 8

Game Twenty-One - Cubs 2 Marlins 8 - 10 innings WP - Renyel Pinto (2-0) LP - Aaron Heilman (2-1) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew finished the first month of the season with a 10-11 record and dropped below the .500 mark for the first time since April 5, 2008. For a team that was expected to run away with the Central Division they have not played anywhere near expectations. Ron Santo summed up the Cubs first twenty-one games during the top of the tenth inning, "When you look at this team, it's not one thing. It's several things." And when the eternal optimist says that about his team.... The Cubs bullpen wasted one of the best outings by a starter all season. Sean Marshall turned in an excellent performance. He held the Marlins to one run on six hits, his biggest mistake...a solo home run by Jorge Cantu in the seventh inning. The Cubs' defense turned a pair of double plays behind Marshall, which helped bail him out of some trouble...but the Cubs...