Silva Leads Cubs Past A's
The Cubs defeated the Oakland A's Wednesday and Carlos Silva had his best performance of a difficult spring.
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The Cubs defeated the Oakland A's Wednesday and Carlos Silva had his best performance of a difficult spring.
Thursday, The Chicago Cubs took a late lead over the Oakland A's with three home runs. The Cubs couldn't hang on, however, as Oakland took the lead with a three-run ninth inning.
Friday was the first meeting of the Cubs and White Sox to spark this season's rivalry and the Southside struggled against Ryan Dempster. The Cubs held a 3-0 lead through the ninth inning before the White Sox could put some runs on the board.
On Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs announced new contracts for four players that will keep the players and team from heading into arbitration hearings.
Geovany Soto avoided arbitration Saturday as he agreed to a deal with the Cubs.
The Cubs are expected to "tender" contracts to all of their players Thursday as Major League Baseball and the players association agreed to move the tender deadline to Dec. 2nd. Players who are not offered contracts by Dec. 2nd become free agents.
