Heartbreak 10': A Chicago Cubs Franchise

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Carlos Silva (0-0) VS. Mike Leake (0-0)

The Cubs are back to winning!! In the top of the 9th the Cubs finally showed some patience at the plate as they were able to get 2 hits and 2 walks off of Nick Masset to beat the Reds in the 2nd game of their series in Cincinnati. Carlos Marmol again looked dominate pitching his second save and helping the Cubs near the .500 mark.

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MLB Scoreboard | Chicago Cubs (1-3) at Cincinnati Reds (3-1) April 10, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 WIN: James Russell (1-0) LOSS: Nick Masset (0-1) SAVE: Carlos Marmol (2) Scoring Summary CHC CIN CIN 5th Jay Bruce hit a solo HR. 0 1 CHC 6th Kosuke Fukudome doubles to right. Carlos Silva scores. 1 1 CHC 9th Jeff Baker lines to right for a single. Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez score. 3 1 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Theriot, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .111 Fukudome, RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Lee, 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Ramirez, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .316 Byrd, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Soriano, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Fontenot, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Soto, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .067 Silva , P 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500 a-Tracy 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Nady 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 c-Baker 1 0 1 2 0 0 .500 TOTALS 32 3 5 3 2 8 BATTING 2B: C.Silva (1), K. Fukudome (1), A. Ramirez (2) RBI: K. Fukudome (3), J. Baker 2 (2) HBP: D. Lee http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Carlos Silva 6.1 5 1 1 1 5 1.42 Jeff Samardzija .2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 James Russell (w, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 C. Marmol (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.45 Totals 9.0 5 1 1 1 9 Cincinnati Reds HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Stubbs 4 0 1 0 0 2 .100 Cabrera 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Votto 4 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Phillips 4 0 0 0 0 2 .111 Rolen 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Bruce 3 1 2 1 0 0 .333 Gomes 2 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Leake 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dickerson 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 TOTALS 31 1 5 1 1 9 BATTING 2B: J. Votto (2), J. Bruce (1) HR: J. Bruce (1) RBI: J. Bruce (3) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Cincinnati Reds PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Mike Leake 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 1.29 Nick Masset (L, 0-1) 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 3.86 Mike Lincoln .1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Totals 9.0 5 3 3 2 8

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Carlos Zambrano (1-0) VS. Aaron Harang (0-0)

The CUbs are not hitting the ball well so far through their first two series. The Reds ace pitcher Aaron Harang threw 7 strong innings on his way to his first win of the season. Carlos Zambrano had a rough 3rd inning giving up 3 extra base hits but settled down to go 6 innings with 8 hits. Three things will need to change if the current starters want to continue to play at the Major League level:
1) Strikeouts for batter must decrease--near the lead league so far.
2) Strikeouts for pitchers must increase--too many hit balls around the park.
3) Batting Average must get higher as not enough opportunities for the Cubs to really play their game of baseball.

Look to see what changes will be made to the lineups over the next few games to really get the batters rolling.

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MLB Scoreboard | Chicago Cubs () at Cincinnati Reds () , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Cincinnati Reds 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 9 1 WIN: Aaron Harang (1-0) LOSS: Carlos Zambrano (1-1) SAVE: Francisco Cordero (1) Scoring Summary CHC CIn CHC 2nd Mike Fontenot doubles to center. Marlon Byrd scores. 1 0 CIn 3rd Brandon Phillips doubles to left. Joey Votto scores. 1 1 CIn 3rd Jay Bruce triples to center. Brandon Phillips scores. 1 2 CIn 7th Aaron Harang singles to right. Jhonny Gomes scores. 1 3 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Ryan Theriot 4 0 0 0 0 2 .091 Kosuke Fukudome 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Derrek Lee 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Aramis Ramirez 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Marlon Byrd 3 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Alfonso Soriano 3 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Mike Fontenot 3 0 2 1 0 0 .278 Koyie Hill 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Carlos Zambrano 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 A-Baker 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 b-Nady 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 TOTALS 31 1 4 1 0 12 BATTING 2B: M. Byrd (2), M. Fontenot (1) RBI: M. Fontenot (1) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Carlos Zambrano (L, 1-1) 6.0 8 3 3 2 0 5.56 Esmarian Caridad 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12.00 John Garbow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 8.0 9 3 3 2 2 Cincinnati Reds HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Dickerson 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 Votto 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Phillips 4 1 2 1 0 0 .182 Bruce 4 0 1 1 0 1 .318 Cabrera 4 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 0. .278 Cairo 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Gomes 2 1 1 0 1 0 .364 Harang 3 0 1 1 0 0 .250 TOTALS 30 3 9 3 2 2 BATTING 2B: J. Votto (3), B. Phillips (1) 3B: J. Bruce (1), J. Gomes (1) RBI: A. Harang (1), B. Phillips (2), J. Bruce (4) GIDP: J. Votto, M. Cairo BASERUNNING CS: B. Phillips (1) FIELDING E: A. Harang (1) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Cincinnati Reds PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Aaron Harang (W, 1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 0 7 2.25 Arthur Rhodes (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Francisco Cordero (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 9.00 Totals 9.0 4 1 1 0 12

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Ryan Dempster (0-0) VS. Dave Bush (1-0)

The Cubs finally are starting to hit. 14 hits for the Cubbies as they were able to squeak by with a win and inch their way closer to .500 ball.

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MLB Scoreboard | Milwaukee Brewers (2-4) at Chicago Cubs (2-4) April 12, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 0 Chicago Cubs 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 5 14 1 WIN: Ryan Dempster (1-0) LOSS: Todd Coffey (0-1) SAVE: Carlos Marmol (3) Milwaukee Brewers HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Weeks 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Gomez 3 1 1 0 1 1 .187 Braun 4 2 2 1 0 0 .225 Fielder 4 0 1 1 0 0 .260 Edmonds 4 1 1 1 0 0 .294 McGehee 4 0 1 1 0 0 .321 Escobar 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Zaun 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Bush 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A-Hart 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272 TOTALS 31 4 7 4 2 1 BATTING 2B: Braun, Fielder 3B: Fielder RBI: Braun, Fielder, McGehee SAC: Bush GIDP: Weeks, Fielder http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Milwaukee Brewers PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Bush 5.0 11 4 4 0 5 5.72 Coffey (L, 0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1.80 Suppan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.50 Narveson 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.92 Hawkins 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 Totals 8.0 14 5 5 1 9 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Fontenot 5 1 1 0 0 2 .260 Theriot 4 0 1 1 0 1 .115 Lee 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214 Ramirez 4 1 2 1 0 1 .296 Byrd 4 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Soriano 4 0 0 0 0 2 .192 Fukudome 4 1 3 0 0 1 .321 Soto 3 1 2 0 1 1 .166 Dempster 1 0 1 1 0 0 .666 A-Nady 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 B-Tracy 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 TOTALS 35 5 14 5 1 9 BATTING 2B: Ramirez, Byrd, Fukudome 3B: Lee HR: Nady RBI: Theriot, Ramirez, Byrd, Dempster, Nady SAC: Dempster FIELDING E: Soto http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dempster (W, 1-0) 6.0 5 4 3 2 1 3.17 Grabow (H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Berg (H, 1) 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Samardzija (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Marmol (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.92 Totals 9.0 7 4 3 2 1

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Randy Wolf VS. Randy Wells

The Cubs were able to keep driving their offensive onslaught versus the Brewers as 4 of the teams 9 hits were Homeruns. Soriano led the way with two round-trippers and pinch-hitter Chad Tracy made his hit debut with a dinger as well. The Cubs move to .500 ball with the win and will at least split the opening series with the Brewers as Ryan Theriot's 9th inning sac flyled to a walk off win for the Cubs.

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MLB Scoreboard | Milwaukee Brewers (2-5) at Chicago Cubs (3-4) April 14, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXTRA INNINGS R H E Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 9 2 Chicago Cubs 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 9 0 WIN: Carlos Marmol (1-1) LOSS: Claudio Vargas (0-2) Milwaukee Brewers HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Weeks 5 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Gomez 4 2 2 0 0 2 .222 Braun 4 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Fielder 4 2 1 0 1 0 .259 Edmonds 4 0 2 2 0 1 .333 McGehee 4 0 1 1 0 1 .312 Escobar 4 1 2 1 0 0 .259 Zaun 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Wolf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A-Inglett 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 TOTALS 36 5 9 4 3 6 BATTING 2B: Edmonds HR: Escobar RBI: Edmonds 2, McGehee, Escobar HBP: Gomez GIDP: Weeks, Fielder BASERUNNING SB: Gomez CS: Gomez FIELDING E: Weeks, Wolf http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Milwaukee Brewers PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Wolf 5.0 6 4 3 0 4 2.76 Coffey 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.50 Suppan 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 2.84 Stetter 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hawkins 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Vargas (L, 0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 8.10 Totals 9.2 9 6 5 0 7 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Fontenot 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Theriot 4 0 1 1 0 2 .133 Lee 4 0 0 0 0 2 .187 Ramirez 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Byrd 4 1 2 1 0 1 .290 Nady 4 1 0 0 0 0 .125 Soriano 4 2 2 3 0 1 .233 Soto 3 0 0 0 0 1 .142 Wells 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 A-Tracy 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 B-Fukudome 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 C-Baker 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 35 6 9 6 0 7 BATTING 2B: Baker HR: Byrd, Soriano 2, Tracy RBI: Theriot, Byrd, Soriano 3, Tracy SF: Theriot SAC: Fontenot 2 BASERUNNING CS: Byrd FIELDING E: Soto http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Wells 7.0 7 4 4 0 3 5.68 Berg (BS, 1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 3.37 Russell 0.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 Marmol (W, 1-1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 1.42 Totals 10.0 9 5 5 3 6

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Doug Davis (0-0) VS. Tom Gorzelanny (0-1)

Can the Cubs sweep the Brewers at home and lift their season winning percentage over .500? The answer is...YES!!! What a strange day for Chad Tracy. Aramis Ramirez tweaked his lat in pre-game activities and Lou Pinella decides to start the struggling Tracy at 3B. Tracy has 2 errors on defense at third, but also starts a cluth double play in the top of the ninth to end a Brewers rally and also has the walk-off single to end the game. With the small injury to Ramirez will Pinella start Tracy again next series? We will have to see what the trainers think of ramirez's lat sprain.

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MLB Scoreboard | Milwaukee Brewers (2-6) at Chicago Cubs (4-4) April , 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 2 WIN: Justin Berg (1-0) LOSS: Jeff Suppan (0-2) Scoring Summary MWK CHC CHC 6th Marlon Byrd doubles to left. Xavier Nady scores 0 1 MWK 7th Casey McGehee hits a solo HR. 1 1 CHC 9th Chad Tracey hits a walk-off single to center. Marlon Byrd scores. 1 2 Milwaukee Brewers HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Weeks 4 0 1 0 0 2 .231 Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 2 .225 Braun 2 0 0 0 2 0 .189 Fielder 3 0 0 0 1 1 .233 Hart 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 McGehee 3 1 1 1 1 0 .314 Zaun 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Escobar 2 0 0 0 1 1 .241 Davis 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A-Inglett 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B-Edmonds 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318 TOTALS 29 1 3 1 5 6 BATTING HR: C. McGehee (1) RBI: C. McGehee (4) HBP: R. Braun GIDP: J. Edmonds FIELDING E: A. Excobar (2) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Milwaukee Brewers PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Doug Davis 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 2.25 Todd Coffey 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 1.13 Jeff Suppan (L, 0-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 4.05 Totals 8.1 7 2 2 1 10 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Fontenot 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Theriot 4 0 2 0 0 1 .176 Nady 4 1 0 0 0 1 .083 Lee 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Byrd 4 1 2 1 0 2 .314 Soriano 3 0 0 0 1 1 .212 Tracy 4 0 2 1 0 0 .375 Soto 3 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Gorzelanny 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 A-Baker2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .333 B-Fukudome 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 1 10 BATTING 2B: M. Byrd 2 (5), RBI: M. Byrd (3), C. Tracy (2) BASERUNNING SB: R. Theriot (2), X. Nady (1) FIELDING E: C. Tracy 2 (2) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Tom Gorzelanny 7.0 3 1 1 4 4 3.21 Justin Berg (W, 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 1.93 Totals 9.0 3 1 1 5 6

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Felipe Paulino (0-0) VS. Carlos Silva (0-0)

Paulino and the Astros really shut down the streaking Cubs and dominated from the 4th inning on. Paulino was 1 out away froma shutout before allowing back-to-back HR to Fontenot and Lee before Brendan Lyons came in to close the door. The Cubs fall back to .500 but the Astros 1B lance Berkman had to leave the game after straining a hamstring. Will this lead to a stint on the DL? The Cubs need to start looking towards getting a better bullpen as they are not consistent from the 6th-8th innings right now. Marlon Byrd was ejected for arguing an out call on a close play at first in the 6th inning. Can the Cubs rebound from this opening game of the series?

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MLB Scoreboard | Houston Astros (6-3) at Chicago Cubs (5-4) April , 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston Astros 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 14 0 Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 WIN: Felipe Paulion (1-0) LOSS: Carlos Silva (0-1) Scoring Summary HOU CHC HOU 4th Pedro FReliz hits a 2-R HR. Lance Berkman scores. 2 0 HOU 5th Carlos lee singles to right. Michael Bourn scores. 3 0 HOU 6th Michal Bourn singles to first. Pedro Feliz scores. 4 0 HOU 7th Hunter Pence singles to center. Carlos lee scores. 5 0 HOU 7th Pedro Feliz singles to right. Hunter Pence scores. 6 0 HOU 8th Hunter pence hits a solo HR. 7 0 HOU 9th Felipe Paulino hits a sacrifice fly to left. Humberto Quintero scores. 8 0 CHC 9th Mike Fontenot hits a solo HR. 8 1 CHC 9th Derrek Lee hits a solo HR. 8 2 Houston Astros HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Bourn 5 1 1 1 0 2 .220 Keppinger 4 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Berkman 2 1 2 0 0 0 .189 Lee 5 1 2 1 0 1 .343 Pence 5 2 2 2 0 0 .205 Feliz 5 22 3 3 0 1 .314 Quintero 4 1 2 0 1 0 .333 Manzella 5 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Paulino 3 0 1 1 0 0 .200 A-Blum 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 TOTALS 40 8 14 8 3 7 BATTING 2B: C. Lee (2), L. Berman (3) 3B: H. Quintero (1) HR: H. Pence (2), P. Feliz (1) RBI: F. Paulino (1), M. Bourn (3), C. Lee (4), H. Pence 2 (6), P. Feliz 3 (3) HBP: F. Paulino, M. Bourn SF: F. Paulino BASERUNNING SB: H. Pence (1) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Houston Astros PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Felipe Paulino (W, 1-0) 8.2 5 2 2 1 8 1.84 B. Lyon 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 6.00 Totals 9.0 6 2 2 1 9 Chicago Cubs HITTERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Fukudome 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Fontenot 4 1 2 1 0 1 .250 Lee 4 1 2 1 0 1 .200 Ramirez 3 0 1 0 1 1 .294 Byrd 3 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Soriano 3 0 0 0 0 2 .194 Soto 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Theriot 3 0 0 0 0 1 .162 Silva 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 A-Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 B-Nady 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077 C-Colvin 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 TOTALS 30 2 6 2 1 9 BATTING HR: D. Lee (2), M. Fontenot (1) RBI: D. lee (4), M. Fontenot (2) HBP: G. Soto GIDP: R. Theriot BASERUNNING CS: M. Byrd (2) FIELDING E: G. Soto (2) http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/ch.png); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Chicago Cubs PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Carlos Silva (L, 0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 3 3 3.97 Sean Marshall 1.0 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 Jeff Samardzija 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 4.50 James Rusell 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 1.93 Esmailin Caridad 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 11.25 Totals 9.0 14 8 8 3 7

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franchise corrupted during save and power outage. no backup so this season has been deleted. Sorry but this can get closed. will backup all franchises from here on out..