Cubs swept on the road

Think the Cubs missed Alfonso Soriano this week. It was a rough week on the road for the Cubs, as they got swept three straight from the Tampa Bay Rays. Good news for the Cubs was the Cardinals lost all three this week, as well, and stayed just 3.5 back of the Cubs.
Tuesday’s game was […]

Zambrano to miss start next Tuesday

By: Carrie Muskat, Mlb.com,
ST. PETERSBURG — Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano was to undergo an MR arthrogram on his right shoulder on Friday, and was expected to miss his next scheduled start Tuesday against Baltimore.
“We’re not looking at Zambrano at all for Tuesday,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said.
Zambrano had to come out of Wednesday’s game against […]

Cubs set to battle Tampa Bay

The Chicago Cubs, are rolling. With a record of 45-25, Lou Pinella takes his boys back to Lou’s old stomping grounds, and home of one of the young surprises of the 2008 season. Tampa Bay Rays come in with a 40-29 record, 2 games back of Boston in the AL East, and leaders of the […]

Cubs win, take 2 of 3 in Canada

Life for the Chicago Cubs without Alfonso Soriano is well underway, and so far the results have been surprisingly positive.
Ted Lilly gave up one hit in six scoreless innings, Derrek Lee drove in three runs and the Chicago Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games with a 7-4 victory over the Toronto

Soriano broke […]

Thunderstorms nix final Fame game

By: Bruce Markusen
Mlb.com
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the village of Cooperstown and the local chamber of commerce did their best to put on a memorable show for the 69th and final Hall of Fame Game, but the temperamental weather of central New York did not cooperate. A series of afternoon rain […]

Marquis good/Cubs win

Cut loose by the Blue Jays during Spring Training, Reed Johnson made a triumphant return to Toronto on Saturday.
Johnson hit a three-run homer, Jason Marquis tossed seven solid innings to win his third consecutive start and the Chicago Cubs defeated the Blue Jays 6-2 for their sixth win in seven games.
Johnson, who was released by […]

Blue Jays over the Cubs

Booed off the mound in his last start, A.J. Burnett left to a much warmer reception Friday.
Burnett struck out seven over five innings to win for the first time in four starts, Scott Rolen and Matt Stairs hit back-to-back home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cubs 3-2, snapping Chicago’s four-game winning streak.
The […]

Cubs set to travel to Canada

With Alfonso Soriano sidelined with a broken hand, the Chicago Cubs will travel North of the border to take on the AL Eastern Toronto Bluejays. The Bluejays come into the series with a .500 record of 34 wins and 34 losses. They currently trail the Boston RedSox by 7.5 games in the AL East. The […]

Soriano doesn’t think it’ll take six weeks

Alfonso Soriano’s bat had come around for the Chicago Cubs. He was running the bases and in the outfield with ease. He was no longer tentative after an early season calf injury.
Then with one fastball that tailed inside, his season was put on hold again — maybe for six weeks—and the NL Central leaders were […]

Alfonso hopes to be back soon

Alfonso Soriano returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday morning, sporting three rings of tape on his fingers, the result of being hit by a pitch and breaking a small bone in his left hand.
Soriano entered the clubhouse with a splint covering the hand but took it off before addressing the media. He hopes for an […]