| Marcum pitches Brewers past Cubs |
Tue Sep 20 22:57:03 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Shaun Marcum pitched eight spectacular innings Tuesday, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs in the middle test of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Marcum (13-7) gave up only one run on five hits while striking out seven without walking a batter. Francisco Rodriguez came on in the ninth to finish off the Cubs. Rickie Weeks knocked in a pair, Corey Hart came up with a run-scoring double, and Nyjer Morgan added two hits, two runs sco |
| Reds send Bailey to hill to face Astros |
Tue Sep 20 11:22:15 2011 EST |
| injury-plagued 2010. He got win No. 8 this season two starts ago in Colorado when he allowed a single run on six hits in 7 2/3 innings of the Reds' 4-1 defeat of the Rockies. One subsequent shot at win No. 9 ended in a no-decision against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 15. Bailey last faced the Astros on Aug. 2 in Houston and emerged with a 5-1 win, improving his career mark against them to 3-0 in four starts with a stingy 1.35 earned run average in 26 2/3 innings. The Astros reply with California-b |
| Brewers continue set in Chicago |
Tue Sep 20 11:13:07 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs won't be going to the playoffs for a third straight season. They'll just have to settle for delaying Milwaukee's clinching of the National League Central. The Cubs look to play spoiler again tonight in the second contest of a three- game series with the Brewers in the final night game of the season at Wrigley Field. The Brewers went into last night's opener with a magic number of four to claim their first division title of any kind since winning the AL East b |
| Soto powers Cubs to win over Brewers |
Mon Sep 19 23:00:12 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Geovany Soto finished 3-for-3 with a pair of homers and drove in all five runs as the Chicago Cubs downed Milwaukee, 5-2, in the opener of a three-game series. Casey Coleman (3-8) turned in six solid innings, allowing two hits and one run while fanning eight and walking three for the Cubs, who have won three of their last four. Jerry Hairston and Casey McGehee added a solo homer each for the Brewers, whose three-game win streak was halted. Milwaukee's lead over St |
| Cubs' Wood headed for knee surgery |
Mon Sep 19 20:21:36 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood will not play for the remainder of the season, in anticipation of knee surgery. Wood, who will require a procedure to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, has to sit out until the swelling subsides before going under the knife. The 34-year-old reliever appeared in 55 games this season for Chicago, going 3-5 with a 3.35 earned-run average and one save. Originally a fireballing-starter, Wood was converted to a closer near the end |
| Brewers try to inch closer to division title in Chicago |
Mon Sep 19 11:15:47 2011 EST |
| am at home all season. In a twist of fate, the franchise will have a chance to wrap up its first division title in 29 years on the road. With a magic number of four, the Brewers head to Wrigley Field seeking a seventh straight victory over the Chicago Cubs on the opener of a three-game set. Milwaukee is 52-23 as the host this season, but Sunday's 8-1 win over the Reds that finished off a three-game sweep in Cincinnati upped its road record to just 38-40 on the season. In fact, each victory of th |
| Reds hope to have Willis on hill in opener with Astros |
Mon Sep 19 11:15:46 2011 EST |
| 010 before joining the Reds to begin 2011. The Oakland, Calif. native had pitched to a 4.21 earned run average through his initial 11 starts with the Reds through Sept. 5, but was ripped for eight runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings against the Chicago Cubs in his last start on Sept. 12. Willis got a no-decision at Houston on Aug. 3 - a 5-4 Astros win - after giving up two runs on eight hits in six innings. He's 3-2 lifetime against Houston with a 2.65 ERA. The Astros counter with lefty J.A. Happ |
| Wang searches for a win against Marlins |
Sun Sep 18 11:07:42 2011 EST |
| ies in the last few seasons. He was out of the majors entirely in 2010 and made it back with a July 29 start against the New York Mets, dropping an 8-5 decision after giving up six runs in four innings. Wang won consecutive outings against the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati to get to 2-2 on the comeback on Aug. 9 and 16, but is 0-1 in five starts since, allowing 16 runs on 34 hits in 28 1/3 innings. He won his lone career meeting with the Marlins after allowing four runs in seven innings with two s |
| Cubs seek sweep of Astros at Wrigley |
Sun Sep 18 11:07:09 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Veteran right-hander Ryan Dempster aims to snap a month- plus victory drought today when his Chicago Cubs host the Houston Astros in the finale of their three-game weekend series at Wrigley Field. Dempster, a 34-year-old native of British Columbia, was 10-8 on the season after a 4-3 defeat of Washington on Aug. 11 that was his third victory in as many decisions. He pitched seven strong innings against the Astros while recording a no- decision in a 6-5 Houston win five days la |
| Cubs win 4,000th at Wrigley, Astros lose 100th of season |
Sat Sep 17 16:51:12 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - It took escaping a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning, but the Chicago Cubs edged Houston, 2-1, in their landmark 4,000th regular season victory at Wrigley Field. Rodrigo Lopez pitched six strong innings and Sean Marshall got out of trouble in the final frame, as the Cubs nipped the Astros by a run for the second time in this weekend series to hand Houston its 100th loss for the first time in franchise history. Bryan LaHair smacked a solo homer in the fourth inn |
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