What can you say about a team that's stinks one day, and then looks great the next? That is the roller coaster the Chicago Cubs have us all on this year, but hey, I'll take a win where I can get it! Edwin Jackson got his first win of this season, giving up 2 runs in 5.1 innings, while hitting a double driving in two, and eventually scoring a run as well. All together the Cubs scored 8 runs on 12 hits and committed 0 errors, and they did it against a pitcher, Steven Strasburg, who is apparently the next Nolan Ryan incarnate. However, Strasburg, who did strike out 7 in 5 innings, does certainly seem hittable, as the Cubs lit him up for 4 runs in 5 innings. In fact, over the course of the game, every starting Cub player reached base in one way or another, and Welington Castillo was the only Cub to not have a hit, but he scored two runs and reached on two errors. It was nice to see the line moving, and to watch the Cubs put up 4 spots in back to back innings. Further good news had the Cubs bullpen, Camp and Rondon pitch shut out baseball for the final 3.2 innings, while Rondon didn't give up a hit or walk in a 2 inning relief appearance. If only every day could be so incredible!
This 2013 Cubs team has got me going bi-polar. Some days, I truly see the future structure that Theo and the gang are trying to build, and other days, it just looks like a big hole in the ground. Baseball is like that, streaky and inconsistent. Even the best teams lose 60 games, and the best hitters hail 2 out of 3 times. It really all comes down to performing under pressure, playing the game fundamentally correctly, and being smart and timely in your approach to playing as a team. The cubs are inconsistent at best in these endeavors, but when they do fire on all cylinders, such as yesterdays ball game, it truly looks like the skies the limit for these guys!
So which Chicago Cubs team will show up today in Washington DC? The lovable losers? Or the future stars?
The Cubs are pitching Chinstrap Scott Feldman 3-3, 2.70 vs. Gio Gonzales 3-2, 4.97. Should be a good game and being that it is my birthday today, they'd better hop to, I'm looking at you Soriano, and give me a win.
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