The Chicago Cubs played a piss poor game on Thursday as they lost to the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 11-4. The Cubs pitching straff threw the ball terribly as they gave up 11 runs. I can’t but much fault on the offense for losing this game, it all goes on the pitching staff.
Jason Marquis took the loss and is now 6-4 on the season. Marquis was hammered for seven runs in only four innings of action. It sucked to see Marquis throw the ball so badly as he was going for his fifth straight win. The relief pitchers really weren’t much better than Marquis as Jon Lieber gave up a run, Scott Eyre two runs, and Michael Wuertz one run. Bob Howry and Neal Cotts each pitched an inning as well but they did not give up any runs.
The Cubs got a little rally going in the sixth inning when they scored three runs. Henry Blanco, Daryle Ward, and Eric Patterson all had rbi singles in sixth inning. In the eighth inning, Patterson also added a rbi sac fly.
The Cubs will now go down to the south side and take on the White Sox in a weekend series at U.S. Cellular. Hopefully the Cubs can take two of three atleast against the White Sox.
