| Cubs set to play host to Reds |
Mon Sep 5 10:58:43 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - A pair of National League Central rivals go at it today in the opener of a three-game series, as the Chicago Cubs will play host to the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field. Cincinnati has won seven of 11 meetings with the Cubs this season and owns a 19-8 mark in this series since the beginning of the 2010 campaign. The Reds will most likely miss out on a playoff appearance and sit 13 1/2 games out of the Wild Card berth and 14 1/2 games out of first in the NL Central. The Reds b |
| Pirates open final set with Astros |
Mon Sep 5 10:58:12 2011 EST |
| uns in each of his first three outings. The right-hander is 1-1 in two road starts this season. Pittsburgh will commence a nine-game homestand Monday versus the Astros, Marlins and Cardinals, and failed in its bid for a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with Sunday's 6-3 loss at Wrigley Field. Charlie Morton allowed four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings to suffer the loss. He walked five and struck out two batters. "It's frustrating when you're struggling," said Morton. |
| Cubs take down Pirates to avoid sweep |
Sun Sep 4 18:04:40 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Marlon Byrd drove in a pair of runs as the Chicago Cubs doubled up Pittsburgh, 6-3, in the last of three between the clubs at Wrigley Field. Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair each posted two hits and an RBI, while Carlos Pena walked four times and scored twice for the Cubs, who snapped a three-game slide and avoided a sweep. Randy Wells (7-4) worked six innings for the win, scattering seven hits and one run. Neil Walker hit a two-run home run for the Pirates, who ha |
| Morton tries again for 10th win in finale with Cubs |
Sun Sep 4 10:51:12 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Right-hander Charlie Morton makes a fifth attempt at win No. 10 of the season today when his Pittsburgh Pirates visit Wrigley Field for the third and final game of a weekend series with the host Chicago Cubs. Morton, a third-round pick of the Atlanta Braves in 2002, got to nine wins this season with a 5-0 defeat of San Francisco on Aug. 8. In that game, he allowed six hits and struck out four in eight innings while improving his record to 9-6. The 28-year-old is 0-2 in four s |
| Ohlendorf hopes to find win column as Pirates battle Cubs |
Sat Sep 3 10:58:53 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Righty Ross Ohlendorf makes a fifth try at a first victory of the season today when the Pittsburgh Pirates return to Wrigley Field for the middle contest of a three-game weekend set with the Chicago Cubs. An 11-game winner across 29 starts in 2009, Ohlendorf has won just once in 25 starts since, going 1-11 in 21 outings last season and 0-1 in four starts thus far in 2011. He debuted for the season on April 3 at Wrigley Field, allowing eight hits and four runs in six innings o |
| Pirates edge Cubs, snap 5-game skid |
Fri Sep 2 17:58:28 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Garrett Jones, Josh Harrison and Jose Tabata each drove in a run to back 5 1/3 solid innings from Brian Burres, as the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, in the opener of a three- game series. Burres (1-0), making his first appearance in the majors this season, gave up one run on five hits to pick up the win. The southpaw went 4-5 with the Pirates over 20 appearances (13 starts) in 2010. Pittsburgh, which snapped a five-game skid, lost outfielder A |
| Cubs bring up PCL MVP LaHair |
Fri Sep 2 13:40:12 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs have selected the contract of infielder Bryan LaHair from their Triple-A affiliate in Iowa, just a day after he was named the MVP of the Pacific Coast League. LaHair belted an Iowa franchise-record 38 home runs, drove in 109 runs to lead the PCL and batted .331 with a .664 slugging percentage and 1.070 OPS. He added 38 doubles and joined Mel Hall, in 1982, as the only Iowa players to hit 30 doubles and 30 homers in a single season. The 28-year-old |
| NL Central: Brewers primed for postseason |
Fri Sep 2 13:19:06 2011 EST |
| ot a good team. They're not going to quit. We know that. It's not like we're letting up. We're still playing hard. We're still doing things we need to do. We lost (three) games. We've been playing great. CUBS LOOKING AT A'S BEANE TO BE NEW GM? Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is in the early stages of the search for a new general manager to replace Jim Hendry, who was fired on Aug. 19. Ricketts' silence on the matter has not stopped the rumor mill from churning out possible names to become the |
| Pirates' Burres set for season debut vs. Cubs |
Fri Sep 2 11:20:50 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Southpaw Brian Burres makes his initial appearance of the 2011 season tonight when the Pittsburgh Pirates visit Wrigley Field for the first of three games with the Chicago Cubs. The 30-year-old, who's made 54 starts in 101 big-league outings since debuting in 2006, had spent the entire year at Triple-A Indianapolis, where he was 5-9 with a 4.66 earned run average in 23 starts. He was 4-5 with the Pirates over 20 appearances (13 starts) in 2010 while allowing 87 hits in 79 1/3 |
| Zambrano won't return this season |
Fri Sep 2 10:31:21 2011 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano will not pitch again this season, although the club will resume paying him after a 30-day suspension concludes on September 11. The Cubs placed Zambrano on the disqualified list last month after the pitcher had yet another bizarre incident in Atlanta. Zambrano was ejected from an August 12 start against the Braves for throwing at Chipper Jones. The hurler had already been tagged for five homers in just 4 1/3 innings when h |
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