Don’t look now, but the Cubs are actually playing some pretty good baseball. Since sweeping the Cardinals, the Cubs have now won four of their last seven. The team isn’t playing for much, but it’s nice that Dusty Baker has the team at least doing something down the stretch.
Friday’s game was the lone blemish, but man was it a beat down. Rookie starter Tom Gorzelanny and the pen held the Cubs to three hits. On top of that, Carlos Zambrano was knocked around and he gave up five runs on nine hits and three walks with six strikeouts over six innings.
The Cubs bounced back on Saturday behind Mark Prior’s first win of the season. The Cubs spotted him four first inning runs and Prior gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Matt Murton and Angel Pagan both went yard while Juan Pierre scored twice in the 7-5 win.
The Cubs made it two in a row yesterday behind Rich Hill’s second straight quality start. Hill went seven innings and gave up one run while striking out nine. Ronny Cedeno hit his fourth homerun of the season in the 6-1 win and Aramis Ramirez had three hits and two runs.
Next up is three games against the Brewers, who stand in fourth place just ahead of the Cubs. Not that fourth place is something to shoot for, but it’d be nice to drag somone else down to our level.
