5/7 Cubs (Lilly) @ Astros (Ortiz) - 7:05 PM CT - CSN+

[Ski]

Yahoo says we have one out, but I don't see an out in the play-by-play. Where did we get an out?

[bcl412]

End this please.

[cubswin2009]

This is comedy gold

[bcl412]

Yahoo says we have one out, but I don't see an out in the play-by-play. Where did we get an out?

 

There are 3 actually. Cubs win.

[UMFan83]

Thank God, I didn't want to see Carlos Lee up as the tying run.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

[gflore34]

Man I hate Tejada not, only are the Cubs the only team he hits, he acts like he's just had the WS winning hit with every one.

[Little Slide Rooter]

That was quite an ending to a game that started out with 8 very dull innings.

[UMFan83]

And the Cubs pull into the Wild Card lead by 1/2 game. :lol:

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 1-0 in series sweeps.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Ski]

Thank god we got those insurance runs.

[coldsteel]

BOOOO! Didn't win by enough and had to use Gregg! BOOOO! Just kidding. A glorious victory.

[UMFan83]

Fox looked awful tonight, and long term doesn't look like the answer at all, unless the question is "How can the Cubs bullpen get even worse?", but geez give the guy more than one game to prove he belongs. Just don't put him in during close games.

[Fred Hornkohl]

..... and I won't have to put up with Milo Hamilton for another month !!!

 

\:D/ :yahoo: :clapping:

 

 

I hate Milo Hamilton almost as much as I hate Kroger Foods !!!

[coldsteel]

When the Cubs win the Division by one game, this is the game I will remember. Well, probably not.

[Flames24Rulz]

I knew it was ridiculous to call up Fox. The guy's done. The sooner Lou and Hendry realize this, the better.

 

Another win though with Soriano having another great game. Pretty good day.

[Outshined_One]

So, odds on Chad Fox getting released by the end of next week?

[UMFan83]

For all the panic and worry we saw here about 10 days ago, the Cubs now have the 3rd best record in the NL, and the 6th best record in baseball and are on pace for a 93-69 season.

[Cubswin11]

Pretty apparent Fox hasn't gotten any better since last year, I wouldn't be opposed to bringing up Ascanio, Stevens, or even giving Hart one last chance. Edited May 8, 2009 by Cubswin11

[coldsteel]

Last. Oh... ... Milo's announcing is entertaining. =;

[JGalt73]

For all the panic and worry we saw here about 10 days ago, the Cubs now have the 3rd best record in the NL, and the 6th best record in baseball and are on pace for a 93-69 season.

 

With a +6 run differential so far they're not a 90 win team.

[CubmanPi]

This game was full of reasons for optimism. Soriano producing early and often has been great to see so far this season. It's also good to see Aram back in middle of the lineup and producing again - hopefully that last tweak is completely behind him now. I'm really liking Lilly so far too. If the core of this team stays healthy and produces like they're supposed to, then Hendry's failure of an off-season may not be able to hurt the Cubs very much.

[UMFan83]

For all the panic and worry we saw here about 10 days ago, the Cubs now have the 3rd best record in the NL, and the 6th best record in baseball and are on pace for a 93-69 season.

 

With a +6 run differential so far they're not a 90 win team.

 

I wouldn't look at run differential until at least 50 games into the season. That's just me though. Besides, 7 games ago, the differential was -7. So in a 7 game span we've outscored our opponents by 13 runs.

[The Other 15]

This game was full of reasons for optimism. Soriano producing early and often has been great to see so far this season. It's also good to see Aram back in middle of the lineup and producing again - hopefully that last tweak is completely behind him now. I'm really liking Lilly so far too. If the core of this team stays healthy and produces like they're supposed to, then Hendry's failure of an off-season may not be able to hurt the Cubs very much.

The offseason will start looking less like a failure when the main guy they made the moves for starts hitting.

[Guest]

For all the panic and worry we saw here about 10 days ago, the Cubs now have the 3rd best record in the NL, and the 6th best record in baseball and are on pace for a 93-69 season.

 

With a +6 run differential so far they're not a 90 win team.

 

2007 Arizona Diamondbacks:

 

Run differential: -20

Pythag W-L: 79-83

Actual W-L: 90-72