D-Ward wins it in the 9th

Daryle Ward hasn't done much all season for the Cubs, but that's forgotten about tonight. Carlos Zambrano struggled through 6 innings, or I should say struggled through the 2nd and 3rd inning in which he gave up 5 runs, but was pretty good the rest of the night. Still, his 2nd bad start in a row and he was in line to get the loss. The Cubs took an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning, but the Marlins tied it up in the bottom half of the inning. In the bottom of the 3rd, Cantu hit a 3-run home run to put the Marlins up 4-1 and they'd add another run that inning. The Cubs came right back in the 4th with a Soto single followed by a DeRosa home run making it 5-3. That was the score into the 9th. Gaudin pitched a perfect 7th and 8th innings and the Marlins bullpen was just as good those 2 frames. The Cubs haven't won in Miami since 2005 and Kevin Gregg has given the Cubs fits. Not tonight. DeRosa led the inning off with a walk and then Fontenot lined out to 3rd. Reed Johnson followed with a single and Lou then elected to use pinch hitter Daryle Ward who was 3-40 as a pinch hitter this season. As I said, that's all forgotten tonight as Ward connected, and admired, a very long home run to right field putting the Cubs up 6-5. Woody collected the save as the Cubs won their 9th game on the road in a row and improved to 30-30 away from Wrigley. You know what they say. Play .500 on the road and dominate at home. The Cubs have done both and currently lead the Brewers by 5 full games. The Brewers lead the Dodgers 2-1 after 1 inning tonight.