Big First Inning Leads Dodgers Past Cubs
Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in a five-run first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 for their fourth win in five games.
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Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in a five-run first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 for their fourth win in five games.
A five-run eighth inning led the Chicago Cubs to a come from behind victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of their series.
The Chicago Cubs have added another arm to their tired bullpen, recalling right-hander Justin Berg from Triple-A Iowa.
It was downhill pretty quick for Cubs starting pitcher Casey Coleman as Chicago took on the Dodgers at Wrigley Field.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Casey Coleman lasted only 2.2 innings and gave up six earned run as the Chicago Cubs dropped the series opener to the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 11-2.
With the tarp covering the field at Wrigley, they have decided to wait out the next line of storms before first-pitch. The scheduled 1:20 start is being pushed back to 2:30 p.m.
Through the fist 18 games of the season, the Chicago Cubs are 9-9, and haven't won or lost more than two games in a row.
It's no mystery that the attendance at this season's Chicago Cubs games hasn't been what it usually is, and according to MLB commissioner Bud Selig, that has nothing to do the team's performance or the owners.
Before the baseball season started, I was—to put it nicely—a little "hard" on the Chicago Cubs and their chances of competing for the National League Central crown.
With the Chicago Cubs leading 1-0 in the ninth inning of the first half of Wednesday's Cubs doubleheader, Carlos Marmol walked Cameron Maybin, who would eventually score on a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
