A banana a day keeps right arm cramps away
Forget steroids or human growth hormones, ladies and gents. If you want to succeed at the Major League level what you need is bananas. A whole lot of bananas. At least it worked for Calors Zambrano who went seven innings and scattered seven hits and gave up two runs. Oh, and he struck out seven batters.
Carmen Miranda would be proud.
The best part is that Zambrano wasn’t the only pitcher to have a good afternoon. Carlos Marmol (who sounds more like a tasty candy rather than a Major League pitcher) sturck out two batters in his one inning of work and Kerry Wood pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his third save of the season.
How bout them apples … er … um, bananas?
In the hitting department, both Derrick Lee and Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-3. Lee smacked his third home run and the game-winner in the seventh inning. Even Alfonso Soriano provided some offense with his fifth inning bomb. He’s still 1-for-28 (.077 BA) but who is paying attention to that, right?
As a result of the win, the Cubbies have won their first series of the season! And the three wins in the last four games ain’t so bad either considering Chicago travels to lowly Pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon. Three games against a National League bottom feeder is just what the Cubs need before their series in Philadelphia next weekend.
