The Chicago Cubs picked up a win at home over the New York Mets by a score of 7-1 in  yesterday’s game picking up their 12th win in the last 15 games.  This win puts the Cubs at 13-6 for the season.

Aramis Ramirez hit his fifth home run of the season in the fourth inning off John Maine.  It was a two run shot that put the Cubs up 2-1.  Felix Pie hit his first home run of the year in the eigth inning off Jorge Sosa giving him his fifth RBI of the season.  Ronny Cedeno also picked up a pair of RBIs giving him eight for the year.

Carlos Zambrano opened the game up for the Chicago Cubs pitching for seven innings and only allowed five hits and one run moving his record for the season up to 3-1.   Carlos Marmol and Kerry Wood came in to pitch the last 2 innings and did not allow one hit.

The Chicago Cubs will take on the New York Mets one more time tonight at home to see if they can keep their winning streak going.

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