http://www.cubshomeplate.com A blog about Chicago Cubs Baseball Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:40:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Chicago Cubs won their eighth straight game on the road as they pounded out a 11-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. The Cubs once again scored a ton of runs and got to the Braves bullpen early in the ballgame. When you knock the opposing teams ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/cubs-pound-out-11-7-win-over-the-braves/ Yeah, it has been a while since this Cubs blog as been updated.  Murphy was doing a great job with his game recaps and I hope he will continue writing as he does a very good job.  Right now I will be trying to cover the games during the week ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/cubs-take-the-first-game-of-a-double-header-against-atlanta/ Giants ace, Tim Lincecum, kept Cub’s bats at bay as the Giants prevented the sweep with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs on Sunday afternoon.  Lincecum showed again why he is on the NL All-Star team and a CY Young candidate.  Lincecum threw 8 innings giving up 1 run on ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/lincecum-stifles-cub%e2%80%99s-bats-cubs-drop-series-finale-4-2/ Cub’s fans got exactly what they expected out of newly acquired pitcher, Rich Harden, but it would take an 11th inning RBI single from Reed Johnson to secure the Cubs second straight victory.  Harden was effective through 5 1/3rd innings giving up five hits while striking out ten batters and giving up no ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/harden-stellar-in-debut-cubs-win-with-walkoff-hit-in-11th/ A brilliant effort from Jason Marquis, and an 8th inning homerun from “Mr. Clutch”, Aramis Ramirez, got the Cubs back on track with a 3-1 victory Friday afternoon.  Marquis, who pitched like a starter fighting to keep his rotation spot, threw 7 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits and no ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/a-ram-slam-his-17th-onto-waveland-powering-the-cubs-to-a-3-1-victory/ The Friendly Confines turned very unfriendly this afternoon for Cub Fans.  The rain held off but that didn't stop the Cincinnati Reds from raining 7 HR’s in the Wrigley Field bleachers this afternoon on their way to a 12-7 win.  The loss ended a 3 game winning streak by the Cubs and prevented the ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/reds-shower-bleachers-with-7-hrs-in-route-to-12-7-win/  Carlos Zambrano pitched 8 brilliant innings in route to his 10th victory of 2008 on a beautiful night in Wrigley.  Zambrano located his pitches very well having both the slider and sinker working nicely.  Coming off the DL only last week, Zambrano gave up a homerun to Adam Dunn, with ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/zambrano-brilliant-as-cubs-win-third-straight/ Wow what a day for the Chicago Cubs as they made a big trade and then went out and beat the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 7-3.  The Cubs traded for Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin and had to give up Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, Sean Gallagher, and Josh ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/cubs-trade-for-rich-harden-and-then-beat-the-reds-7-3/ Little man Mike Fontenot came up big for the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night as he hit the game winning home run in the eighth inning off of Tyler Walker and the Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5.  It was awesome to see Fontenot hit the home run and ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/fontenots-eighth-inning-home-run-lifts-the-cubs-to-a-6-5-victory-over-the-giants/ The Chicago Cubs had their chances late in the game but were unable to score two runs to tie the game an they lost to the San Francisco Giants by the score of 2-1.  With runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth innings, the Cubs were only able ... http://www.cubshomeplate.com/cubs-struggle-at-the-plate-as-they-lose-2-1-to-the-giants/