road-trips Stories - Purple Row
Harden, Johnson Stimulate Cubs To Win Over Astros, 6-3
The Cubs have now won five of their last six games, after a 6-3 win over Houston last night at the Juice Box, and they are doing it the same way they did it last year -- with long-sequence offenses (one homer last night, by Aramis Ramirez, and the rest of the runs scoring using a bases-loaded...
Worried About The Cubs' Offense? Bats Come Alive In 11-6 Win Over Astros
Just when we were starting to worry about the Cub offense getting untracked against mostly mediocre Houston pitching, the first seven batters reached base and by the time those Houston pitchers got six outs, the game was basically over. The Cubs scored eight runs in the first two innings en route...
Cubs' Aim: Win Series - Cubs vs. Astros, Wednesday 4/8, 7:05 CT
Lou Piniella preached this all year in 2008 -- "win series". If a team could somehow win every three-game series for an entire season, that'd be 108 wins. Of course, that's very difficult to do, but winning tonight would make the Cubs' journey to Houston a success (not to mention, put them ahead of...
Farewell To Tucson: Cubs 6, Rockies 10
TUCSON, Arizona -- It's probably not the Cubs' absolute final game in Tucson, because the Diamondbacks and Rockies are probably there for at least one more spring (although, a year ago, did you think the White Sox would really get their way and move out?), but it's probably my last trip down I-10...
Monday Morning Rockpile:
Not counting single-series road trips, this 10-game road stint was the best one by the Rockies yet: Dates Record Opponents 1 4/11-4/18 5-4 Ari (1-2), SD (2-1), Hou (2-1) 2 4/25-4/30 1-5 LAD (0-3), SF (1-2) 3 5/9-5/15 1-5 SD (1-2), Ari...
Indoor/Outdoor Carpeting: Cubs 7, Blue Jays 4
COOPERSTOWN, New York -- After driving through several downpours, and enjoying an entire baseball game despite several of the same in Toronto, I've arrived on the outskirts of Cooperstown, for tomorrow's festivities surrounding the Hall of Fame Game. I know there's been quite a bit of discussion...
A Marquis Performance: Cubs 6, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO -- Whoever this guy is inhabiting Jason Marquis' body and uniform, don't let him give it back to the real Jason Marquis (the one we've been so frustrated with over the last year and a half). This Jason Marquis was outstanding for the second straight start, allowing only one hit through...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Cubs 2, Blue Jays 3
TORONTO -- Sean Gallagher threw a pretty nice game last night. But the Cubs lost to the Blue Jays 3-2, snapping a four-game winning streak, you're saying. What is Al talking about? The road finally get to him? No, it didn't, though I was almost literally driving door-to-door from Wrigley...
Sixty Years On: Cubs 3, Braves 2
LANSING, Michigan -- Traffic was terrible! That's what I get for staying till the end of today's excruciatingly exciting 3-2 Cubs win over the Braves; I didn't hit Lake Shore Drive till 5:30, which meant running into some of the departing ballgame traffic as well as rush hour; that combined with...
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