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Cubs Mauled by Tigers

Chicago (AP) - Well, what can you say about a game that ends up with a football score? The game ended as a 14-0 win by the Tigers over the Cubs. It didn't start out that way with the first two batter went up and got out in 2 pitches, after that.... Things didn't go quite how Travis Wood wanted. Wood gave up 10 runs in just 2 innings of work! Casey Coleman tried to put out the fire, that didn't go how he wanted either giving up 3 more runs though he spread them out over 3 innings. The Tigers hit 5 home runs and all but Ryan Raburn and Rick Porcello (The pitcher) had at least 1 RBI in the game.

Cubs Corner: Wood is now 0-2....Every position play for the Cubs batted at least once, which is more than Travis Wood....Tony Campana stole his 21st stolen base....The hit by Alfonso Soriano in the 2nd inning was the 1,800th of his career.... The Cubs will now face the Boston Red Sox in the series that adds storylines because of the Theo Epstein.

Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs
Jun 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (36-27)	3	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	18	0
Chicago (34-29)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
W: Porcello (7-2) L: Wood (0-2)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jackson	5	2	2	2	0	0		.292
Boesch	5	2	2	4	0	0		.301
Cabrera	5	2	3	2	0	1		.265
Fielder	4	2	3	1	1	0		.293
Young	5	1	2	3	0	0		.281
Raburn	5	1	1	0	0	1		.298
Avila	4	2	3	1	0	1		.303
Santiago	4	2	2	1	0	0		.298
Porcello	2	0	0	0	0	1		.166
BATTING: 2B: Boesch (18), FIelder (12) HR: Boesch (10), Fielder (18), Avila (7), Cabrera (11), Young (9) RBI: Jackson 2 (21), Boesch 4 (37), Cabrera 2 (34), Fielder (58), Young 3 (41), Avila (27), Santiago (17) SAC: Porcello 2 GIDP: Young, Santiago, Raburn

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	0	0	0	0	0		.263
Campana	4	0	1	0	0	1		.251
Castro	3	0	1	0	0	1		.276
Soriano	3	0	1	0	0	0		.223
LaHair	3	0	0	0	0	0		.250
Soto	2	0	0	0	0	1		.239
Clevenger	1	0	0	0	0	0		.192
Stewart	2	0	0	0	0	0		.254
Mather	1	0	0	0	0	0		.237
Barney	2	0	0	0	0	1		.192
Cardenas	1	0	0	0	0	0		.240
Wood
Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	0		.333
Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0		.283
Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0		.200
BATTING: GIDP: LaHair
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana (21)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Porcello (W, 7-2)	9.0	3	0	0	0	4		3.10

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Wood (L, 0-2)	2.0	10	10	10	1	2		19.28
Coleman	3.0	3	3	3	0	0		5.40
Camp	3.0	2	0	0	0	2		2.92
Bowden	1.0	3	1	1	0	0		0.77

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Good luck against the Red Sox in the upcoming series.

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Cubs lose to Red Sox in sloppy game

Game Recap was lost due to a fire in the press room. As you can see from the box score Paul Maholm was given a rough start due to the fact that the Cubs had.....4 errors. Well here is the box score.

Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs
Jun 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston ()	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	4	0	11	14	1
Chicago ()	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	13	4

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pedroia	5	2	2	0	1	0		.269
Byrd	5	1	2	1	1	0		.300
Gonzalez	5	1	3	1	0	0		.336
Youkilis	4	1	1	1	2	0		.291
McDonald	6	1	0	0	0	0		.305
Ross	4	2	1	2	1	1		.232
Aviles	5	1	3	0	0	0		.236
Shoppach	4	1	2	4	1	0		.173
Cook	2	0	0	0	0	1		.000
Sweeney	1	0	0	0	0	0		.325
Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0		.329
Saltalamacchia	1	0	0	0	0	0		.231
BATTING: 2B: Gonzalez 2, Shoppach HR: Byrd, Ross, Shoppach RBI: Byrd, Gonzalez, Youkilis, Ross 2, Shoppach 4
BASERUNNING: SB: Aviles
FIELDING: E: Aviles

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	5	0	1	1	0	1		.262
Campana	5	1	3	2	0	0		.259
Castro	4	0	1	0	1	2		.275
Soriano	5	1	1	0	0	2		.222
Stewart	4	1	1	0	1	0		.254
Baker	4	2	2	0	1	0		.290
Clevenger	5	1	1	1	0	1		.193
Barney	4	1	1	3	0	0		.193
Maholm	2	1	2	1	0	0		.263
LaHair	1	0	0	0	0	1		.248
Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1		.197
BATTING: 2B: Barney HR: Campana RBI: DeJesus, Campana 2, Clevenger, Barney 3, Maholm GIDP: Clevenger
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana 3
FIELDING: E: Campana, Soriano, Baker, Barney

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cook	3.0	10	7	7	2	2		6.18
Morales	1.0	0	0	0	0	2		3.99
Atchinson	2.0	2	1	0	0	2		2.40
Padilla (W, 5-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		1.50
Gonzalez (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		4.80
Melancon (S, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0		2.60

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Maholm	4.1	8	7	1	3	1		2.88
Coleman	0.2	0	0	0	1	0		5.17
Castillo (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.31
Dolis (L, 2-2)	1.1	3	2	2	0	1		4.42
Russell	0.1	3	2	2	0	0		7.04
Bowden	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.76
Marmol	1.0	0	0	0	2	0		2.65

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Good luck against the Red Sox in the upcoming series.

Thanks, I'm just hoping to get off the streak I have been on. Can't seem to close out games that I'm in the lead in or even get a lead in a bunch of other games. Something like 2-8 in my last 10 isn't what I was hoping for.

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Dempster goes distance

Chicago (AP) - The Chicago Cubs were today lead by Ryan Dempster who was able to go a full 9 innings, again. Dempster allowed just 6 hits over 9 innings and gave up 1 unearned run to the Boston Red Sox. The Cubs who have struggled as of late were backed offensively by Tony Campana who went 3/4 with an RBI, a Triple and 3 stolen bases for the second day in a row. Game 3 will decide the Epstein battle tomorrow.

Cubs Corner: Tony Campana hit his 5th triple while Bryan Lahair hit his 16th double and Darwin Barney hit his 6th....Tony Campana stole 3 bases for the 2nd day in a row giving him 27 on the year....Starlin Castro Stole 2 bases and Alfonso Soriano stole 1.....Bryan LaHair committed 2 errors in the game that provided the Red Sox with the push to score one run....

Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs
Jun 16, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (37-28)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Chicago (34-31)	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	X	6	11	2
W: Dempster (6-5) L: Morales (1-1)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pedroia	4	0	0	1	0	1		.265
Sweeney	3	0	1	0	1	1		.325
Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1		.330
Youkilis	4	0	1	0	0	0		.290
Byrd	4	0	1	0	0	1		.299
Ross	4	0	1	0	0	1		.232
Saltalamacchia	3	0	1	0	0	0		.233
Aviles	3	1	0	0	0	0		.232
Morales	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000
Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0		.327
Iglesias	1	0	1	0	0	0		.214
BATTING: RBI: Pedroia (31) SAC: Morales GIDP: Pedroia, Ross

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	3	0	0	1	0	2		.259
Campana	4	2	3	1	0	0		.268
Castro	3	1	2	1	1	0		.280
Soriano	4	1	1	1	0	1		.223
LaHair	4	0	1	2	0	1		.248
Soto	3	0	0	0	1	0		.235
Stewart	4	0	1	0	0	0		.254
Barney	4	2	2	0	0	0		.199
Dempster	1	0	1	0	0	0		.181
BATTING: 2B: LaHair (16), Barney (6) 3B: Campana (5) RBI: DeJesus (22), Castro (33), Campana (18), LaHair 2 (14), Soriano (36) SF: DeJesus SAC: Dempster 2 GIDP: Barney
BASERUNNING: SB: Castro 2 (25), Campana 3 (27), Soriano (3)
FIELDING: E: LaHair 2 (6)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Morales (L, 1-1)	3.0	4	2	2	0	4		4.13
Atchinson	1.2	2	2	2	0	0		2.80
Albers	0.1	2	2	2	1	0		6.75
Jenks	2.0	3	0	0	0	0		4.07
Padilla	1.0	0	0	0	1	0		1.46

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dempster (W, 6-5)	9.0	6	1	0	1	5		1.75

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Cubs Take Series

Chicago (AP) -Adrian Gonzalez did everything he could to get the Red Sox on top of the Cubs by hitting two solo Homers in his first two at bats but the Cubs and Matt Garza were able to keep things close enough for Starlin Castro, Alfonso Soriano and Darwin Barney to knock in 3 runs to win the game. Player of the Game was Tony Campana who had a heck of a weekend even though he was forced to leave the game with a strained shoulder, he is Day-to-Day.

Cubs Corner: David DeJesus hit his 8th Double while Ian Stewart hit his 18th....Tony Campana hit his 6th triple and stole his 28th base....Matt Garza is now 5-1 and Carlos Marmol picked up his 15th save.....The Cubs will travel to the SouthSide to take on the the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox in the next series.

Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs
Jun 17, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (37-29)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
Chicago (35-31)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	8	0
W: Garza (5-1) L: Buchholz (8-4) S: Marmol (15)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pedroia	3	0	0	0	1	0		.262
Sweeney	4	0	0	0	0	0		.319
Gonzalez	4	2	2	2	0	0		.333
Youkilis	3	0	0	0	1	1		.286
Byrd	4	0	1	0	0	1		.298
Ross	4	0	1	0	0	1		.233
Saltalamacchia	3	0	0	0	0	0		.228
Aviles	2	0	0	0	0	0		.229
Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0		.326
Buchholz	2	0	0	0	0	1		.000
McDonald	1	0	1	0	0	0		.313
BATTING: HR: Gonalez 2 (14) RBI: Gonzalez 2 (14)
BASERUNNING: SB: Ross (2) CS: Pedroia (4)
FIELDING: E: Pedroia (4), Aviles (8)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	1	1	0	0	0		.258
Campana	3	0	2	0	0	0		.273
Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	1		.195
Castro	4	0	0	1	0	0		.276
Soriano	3	0	1	1	1	1		.224
LaHair	4	0	0	0	0	0		.243
Soto	4	1	1	0	0	0		.236
Stewart	3	0	1	0	0	0		.255
Barney	3	0	1	1	0	0		.200
Garza	2	0	0	0	0	1		.142
Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0		.297
BATTING: 2B: DeJesus (8), Stewart (18) 3B: Campana (6) RBI: Castro (34), Soriano (37), Barney (14) GIDP: LaHair
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana (28)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Buchholz (L, 8-4)	5.1	7	3	2	1	1		4.63
Gonzalez	1.2	1	0	0	0	1		4.32
Albers	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		6.53

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garza (W, 5-1)	7.0	4	2	2	1	3		1.81
Russell (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		6.61
Marmol (S, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1		2.53

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Cubs Shell South Siders in Game 1

Chicago (AP) - Things didn't go the way Gavin FLoyd planned in the first inning of the game. He started the game by giving up 3 straight base hits and ended up giving up a 3 run bomb to Goevany Soto to give the Cubs a 4-0 lead. That was all Cy Young candidate Jeff Samardzija needed as he was able to shut down the White Sox for the full 7 innings that he pitched.

Cubs Corner: Geovany Soto hit his 11th Home run while David DeJesus hit his 4th.....Tony Campana stayed hot despite his injury with 2 hits and his 29th stolen base of the season....Jeff Samardzija maintains his Cy Young candidacy with his 8th win of the season

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox
Jun 18, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (36-31)	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	0
Chicago (30-36)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
W: Samardzija (8-1) L: Floyd (4-7)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	2	2	1	0	0		.262
Campana	4	2	2	0	0	0		.277
Castro	4	1	1	0	0	0		.275
Soriano	3	0	0	1	0	1		.221
LaHair	3	0	1	1	0	0		.245
Soto	4	1	1	3	0	0		.236
Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1		.251
Baker	4	0	1	0	0	1		.295
Barney	3	0	0	0	0	0		.198
BATTING: HR: DeJesus (4), Soto (11) RBI: DeJesus (23), LaHair (15), Soriano (38), Soto 3 (26) SF: LaHair, Soriano
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana (29)

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Golson	4	0	0	0	0	1		.000
Fukudome	4	0	2	0	0	1		.296
Konerko	4	0	2	0	0	0		.262
Dunn	4	0	1	0	0	0		.265
Pierznski	4	0	0	0	0	0		.238
Morel	4	0	3	0	0	0		.274
Viciedo	4	0	1	0	0	2		.247
Beckham	4	0	0	0	0	2		.253
Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	1		.159
BATTING: 2B: Morel (18) GIDP: Dunn
FIELDING: E: Fukudome (4)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Samardzija (W, 8-1)	7.0	7	0	0	0	5		2.08
Coleman	2.0	2	0	0	0	2		4.58

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Floyd (L, 4-7)	5.0	7	5	5	0	1		4.26
Thorton	2.0	1	1	1	0	1		3.15
Jones	2.0	0	0	0	0	1		3.24

In other News:

Braves Trade with the Rays

Braves Get: Hak-Ju Lee (SS), Mike Mahtook (CF) and Jake McGee (RP)
Rays Get: David Ross (C)

Recap: Ross becomes the Starter in Tampa Bay While Hak-Ju Lee (Former Cub) moves to Triple A with A potential at the age of 21; Mahtook with B Potential also goes to Triple A; McGee also has B potential as a Left Hander and goes to Triple A despite being in the Majors for Tampa Bay.

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Following man! Being a rays fan, that trade sucks! Hate computer logic!

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I had box scores and stories for the past 5 games written up and my computer crashed. So here is the results of the games real quick.

June 19
Cubs 5
White Sox 1
Cubs backed by Homers from Castro/LaHair to take lead in series. Travis Wood gets first win as Cub

June 20
Cubs 6
White Sox 0
White Sox commit 4 errors (2 from Brent Morel at 3rd base) and Maholm picks up a 2 hit complete game shut out.

June 22
Cubs 1
Diamondbacks 5
Soriano Goes deep but Chris Young knocks in 4 RBI.

June 23
Cubs 2
Diamondbacks 6
Chris Young hits 3 run bomb and Cubs allow 2 unearned runs after error by Stewart.

June 24
Cubs 7
Diamondbacks 8
Samardzija gives up 6 in 4 innings but Cubs make huge comback in 9th inning and end up leaving tying run on 3rd.

Other important news

Starlin Castro was injured diving for a ball on the game on June 24th. He will be out 1-2 months and was placed on the Disabled list.

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Phenom Rizzo recalled from Iowa following injury to Castro.

Chicago (AP) - With the injury to 3 hole hitter Starlin Castro the Cubs needed a new prescence in the middle of their lineup, Bryan Lahair has started to progress but Anthony Rizzo is hittin over .320 in Iowa with homers in his past 3 games. Rizzo is expected to be the everyday 1st baseman while LaHair either is sent to the bench or put into the outfield where it could mean the end for Tony Campana in the starting lineup.



Editors note: Darwin Barney will move to shortstop and Jeff Baker and Adrian Cardenas will assume responsibility for second base. Campana will be sent to the bench until either a trade takes place, someone needs a day off or he is needed as a base runner/defensive replacement. LaHair will play Left Field, Alfonso Soriano to Right (because of better arm strength and Speed than LaHair) and DeJesus will move to Centerfield where he played the majority of his career prior to this year.

The first real injury that we have faced and it couldn't have come at a worse time, the Brewers have won 10 straight and are 0.5 behind us right now. Hopefully Rizzo gives us a spark.