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Series Recap: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
The Cubbies wrapped up an 8 game road trip in Houston today. They split the trip, 4-4, playing 6 one run games. They lost 4 of those 6 games, all in walkoff fashion. They played 5 extra inning ball games, losing 3 of those. The starting pitching was tremendous all trip long, particularly in the [...]
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
Starting on Tuesday June 9, the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros will play their 18th series in 2009 against one another. OK, that’s a slight exaggeration, it’s just their fourth matchup. It just seems like they play each other every other series. The Cubs are 5-2 thus far versus the Astros, with one game postponed [...]
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
In spite of yesterday’s mail it in performance, the Cubs start another 6 game road trip having won 4 of 5 games. I’m feeling alright about the way the team is playing and the lineup is starting to get healthy. Even though ace Carlos Zambrano is on the DL with hamstring issues, the Cubs should [...]
Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros-Series Preview
I hope you have enjoyed our series of season outlooks for the Chicago Cubs. We started those things back in February; back then, the Opening Day could not have seemed farther away. A UK coaching change, a disappointing UofL Elite Eight loss, and a little over a month later, it’s finally time for baseball, it’s [...]
