Lee’s two bombs lead Cubs over Mets 5-3

Labor Day Weekend is here but that doesn’t mean we here at NLEastChatter take a day off. Without further ado I give you the “Labor Day Edition” of the “NL East Daily Recap“. Nelson Figueroa was a victim of the Long-ball as Home-runs by Aramis Ramirez in the 4th and Derek Lee in the 5th proved [...]

If your going to have a big ball park, which relies heavily on defense and pitching for your success, then the Mets need to focus on their rotation. While it's not what I'd like to see, if Mets failed to sign one positional player they would still have a solid defense and a scrappy offense, that with the addition of the injured would keep them competitive. 1B- Murphy2B-...

Due to time constraints, laziness, and because I think it looks kind of cool, I'm going to combine yesterday's ugly recap with today's scag-like GameCast. So.  Your team is struggling for offense and you have one guy who's been hitting the ball decently.  Do you: A) stack the lineup to give him as many opportunities as possible to hit with runners on?B...

Game One Hundred Thirty-Six - Cubs 4 Pirates 2 WP - Ted Lilly (11-8) LP - Daniel McCutchen (0-1) Save - Carlos Marmol (10) Derrek Lee drove in three of the Cubs four runs with a pair of home runs, his second two homer game in the last three days ... and Ted Lilly took care of the rest. Lilly notched his team leading 11th win of the year with another quality start, the 83rd time...

This season the Mets have seen many new additions to their big league roster in order to compensate for their injured stars. Some of these roles have been occupied by career minor leaguers, while others have been filled by seasoned veterans, who have shuttled between teams throughout their career. In particular the starting pitching staff has been decimated by injuries. Three of...

Johan Santana was back at Citi Field last night, saying his rehab from Tuesday's surgery to remove bone chips from his left elbow would take between four and six weeks. Manager Jerry Manuel walked by and yelled, "Tuesday . . . Tuesday." "I'll...

Randy Wells didn't have his best stuff ever today, as he surrendered 7 hits in 6 innings and 95 pitches, but he was effective enough that he should have gotten the job done.  Instead, the Mets appeared to rub the belly of the Cubs offense, which promptly rolled over and continued its slumber.  Of course, Kevin Gregg did his best to continue the ruination of his season...

Derrek Lee homered twice and drove in three runs in his return to the lineup, leading Rich Harden and the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday. Harden struck out 10, all swinging, and Aramis Ramirez also had a two-run home...

The Red Sox are sending minor league first baseman Eddie Lora to the Mets to complete last month's Billy Wagner trade, according to Joe McDonald of The Providence Journal. The 20-yr old Lora hit .222/.287/.414 in 99 at-bats with Boston's rookie level Gulf Coast League affiliate this year. He was not ranked as one of their top 30 prospects coming into the year according...

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Derrek Lee homered twice and drove in three runs in his return to the lineup, leading Rich Harden and the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday.

Daniel Murphy homered, tripled and drove in four runs to back Mike Pelfrey's eight efficient innings in the Mets' 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Pelfrey allowed five hits in his longest outing this year and Murphy finished a double shy ...

The Chicago Cubs assured the Pittsburgh Pirates of a record-breaking 17th consecutive losing season, getting two homers from Derrek Lee and an effective start from Ted Lilly while winning 4-2 on Monday.

Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto and Kosuke Fukudome had two-run hits in a record-tying first inning and the Cubs handed the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates their 11th loss in 12 games, 9-4 on Tuesday night. Chicago tied a major league record with eight consecutive hits to start the game. No team had done so in 19 years, when the New York Yankees did it against the Baltimore Orioles on Sept. 25, 1990.