Dempster Solid As Cubs Rout Giants 11-4
Ryan Dempster had his third straight quality start and the Chicago Cubs' offense exploded for 11 runs in a rout of the defending World Series Champion San Fransisco Giants.
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Ryan Dempster had his third straight quality start and the Chicago Cubs' offense exploded for 11 runs in a rout of the defending World Series Champion San Fransisco Giants.
After hitting for a .348 batting average in the first month of the season, Starlin Castro had a rough start to the month of May. But there's no need to worry, says Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd, that's part of baseball.
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Casey Coleman gave up six earned runs in 4.1 innings pitched and the Chicago Cubs dropped the series finale to the rival St. Louis Cardinals 9-1.
Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro had an amazing start to his 2011 season. Through the first month of the season he had a .348 batting average with 18 runs scored, 12 runs batted in and two triples.
If we were really paying attention, we would have seen this coming.
Kosuke Fukudome hit a game-ending single as the Chicago Cubs scored twice in the ninth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 Saturday.
The Cubs failed to execute as the Reds gave them opportunity after opportunity to win this game.
Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza lasted six innings, four of which were shut out innings. But the Reds tagged Garza for three runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth, and that proved to be just enough to beat the Cubs.
Second-year shortstop Starlin Castro got off to a great start to the 2011 season. He's been better than anyone could have expected. But as Castro exceeded expectations, the Cubs moved him into the three-hole in the lineup.
Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 28 games with an infield single that capped a three-run fifth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Monday night.
After splitting their series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Chicago Cubs continue their road trip in Los Angeles, where they'll take on the Dodgers.
The Colorado Rockies nearly failed to record a hit during Jhoulys Chacin's most recent start. He didn't need much help from the offense in his last outing against the Chicago Cubs.
Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro committed three errors in the second inning and the Colorado Rockies beat Chicago 5-3 Monday night.
When the Chicago Cubs took on the Colorado Rockies in Denver last weekend, Troy Tulowitzki didn't have any trouble showing why he's an All-Star shortstop.
Derrick Rose tears ligaments in his ankle, and fans react afterward as if he came out of the game with a hangnail. Am I the only person aware of what's at stake, here?
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.
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.
When Kosuke Fukudome suffered a hamstring injury, the Chicago Cubs moved shortstop Starlin Castro to leadoff, and the 21-year old took his play to another level.
Starlin Castro remains to be the most exciting player on the Chicago Cubs, but he's also the player with the more uncertain future.
The Chicago Cubs held off the Colorado Rockies Saturday to win the game. Casey Coleman only allowed one run before leaving the mound. The Cubs had three runs before Starlin Castro homered in the seventh to put three more runs on the board. The Rockies fell to the Cubs 8-3.
When outfielder Kosuke Fukudome went down with an injury, 21-year old short stop Starlin Castro was put into the Chicago Cubs' leadoff spot. In the three games in the one-hole, Castro has gone 8-15 with a RBI and two stolen bases.
Coming into the season, the Chicago Cubs were counting on Carlos Zambrano starting the 2011 season the same way he ended the 2010 season.
James Russell's first career start didn't go the way he, or the Chicago Cubs would have wanted.
Houston Astros pitcher Brett Myers has had two impressive starts so far this season, but is still without a win, largely due to a lack of run support from his offense.
