The Stros won their 10th game in their last 13 as they edged the Cubs on a windy Saturday afternoon at Wrigley, 7-6.
You know things are going well when you score three runs on an infield grounder, and that’s exactly what the Stros did in the second inning of this game. Bags nailed a bases loaded grounder to first in the second, Cubs pitcher Zambrano dropped the throw from Cubs first baseman Lee as one run scored and then Bidg sought to score another in the confusion. Cubs catcher Barrett dropped the throw from Zambrano allowing Bidg to score, and Beltran alertly came home with the third run when the ball got away from Barrett. Just like we used to do it in T-ball.
The Rocket got his 14th win as he battled in giving up 8 hits and 5 runs over his six innings. Lidge again was solid in securing the win, throwing 37 pitches over the last 1 2/3rd’s innings. Bags had three hits and two RBI’s, as he appears to have his game face on for the Cubs after becoming quite irritated with Barrett’s behavior yesterday with Roy O over the Beanball Chronicles.
Carlos Hernandez tries to keep it going for the Stros tomorrow against Matt Clement. The Cubbies will be leaking some serious oil if the Stros take three out of four from them at Wrigley.