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Cubs 2, Astros 0; Lilly pitches gem in win by Damen Jackson

Filed:September 2nd, 2009 A pumped up Carlos Marmol after saving the Cubs 2-0 win(Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery to Wednesday's game. Quick. Well played. Successful. If the Cubs are going to make up any playoff ground in September...

Astros 5, Cubs 3; Harden staying, just didn't show up at the park by Damen Jackson

Filed:August 31st, 2009 Rich Harden warms up in the 'pen Monday before the Cubs - Astros matchup (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's game. Well, let me give you some good news first. August is over. The Cubs can hopefully...

Cubs - Astros; And tonight's starting pitcher is... by Damen Jackson

Filed:August 31st, 2009 Chicago Cubs starter Rich Harden (Cubbie Nation/file) Evidently, Rich Harden. The waiver deadline has come and gone, and Rich Harden is still a Cub. He'll make his next scheduled start tonight against the Astros. Odd, odd move...

Cubs 12, Astros 3; Cubs win in a rout, lefty help on the way by Damen Jackson

Filed:July 30th, 2009 New Chicago Cub Tom Gorzelanny (Cubbie Nation/file) It amazes me how quickly the Cubs can take me through an emotional range sometimes. First, they completely destroy Russ Ortiz and the Astros 12-3 at Wrigley this afternoon, taking...

Cubs 12, Astros 0:Theater of the weird by Damen Jackson

Filed:July 29th, 2009 Another rough day at Wrigley for the Houston Astros (Cubbie Nation/file) Ever seen Platoon? Great stuff. There's a scene, where after a firefight in the brush, Tom Berenger's character muzzles a screaming G.I. shot in the...

Cubs 5, Astros 1 F/13:All is forgiven Soriano by Damen Jackson

Filed:July 27th, 2009 Alfonso Soriano celebrates his game-winning grand slam Monday (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's game It took almost four hours (3:49) and 13 innings, but the Cubs came out on top Monday when Alfonso...
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Cubs survive ninth-inning scare, sweep Houston by Damen Jackson

Filed:May 7th, 2009 Cubs starter Ted Lilly (Cubbie Nation/file) Mike Hampton and Russ Ortiz ought to be four-letter words. Oft-injured, overrated, and well past their respective primes, you almost pity Astros manager Cecil Cooper for having not one, but...
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Cubs 6, Astros 1; You could have been a star! by Damen Jackson

Filed: September 15th, 2008 The very next game after Carlos Zambrano's historic no-hitter of the Astros, Ted Lilly makes his attempt to up the anty, taking his own no-hit bid into the seventh, and combining with Jeff Samardzija, Carlos Marmol, and...
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Cubs 5, Astros 0: A fine mess; Zambrano throws a no-hitter by Damen Jackson

Filed: September 14th, 2008 Quick, what do you get when you mix: 1) A team who hasn't played in three days unexpectedly 2) A starter shutdown two weeks ago with tendonitis 3) The game played at a "neutral" site, which in this case is jokingly...
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Astros 4, Cubs 0: What? Me Worried? by Damen Jackson

I'm not going to spend a great deal of time on last night's game; a light-hitting, painful debacle that the Cubs lost 3-0. The short story is that the Cubs got a real nice effort from Ryan Dempster, and pretty much nothing from anyone else in...
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Astros 9, Cubs 7 f/11; From bad to worse by Damen Jackson

Click here for photos of last night's game. Cubs bats exploded Tuesday with four home runs, but lack of timely hitting, and poor relief proved to be their undoing, as the Astros rallied late to win 9-7 in 11 innings. Starter Carlos Zambrano was lifted...
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Astros 3, Cubs 0; Maybe I should have stayed away by Damen Jackson

Roy Oswalt dominated for eight-plus innings, and the Astros capitalized on just a touch of Jason Marquis wildness during a two-run fourth inning to beat the Cubs 3-0 this Labor Day. The loss was the Cubs third in a row, giving them their first such streak...
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Cubs 11, Astros 7; Bye Scotty... by Damen Jackson

The Cubs staged yet another rally Tuesday, lead by an Alfonso Soriano three-run homer in the seventh, to win 11-7 over the Houston Astros. The win broke a four-game Astros winning streak, and evened the series, with the rubber match scheduled for 1:20...
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Astros 2, Cubs 0; The lost evening by Damen Jackson

Well, if you were in most of the Chicagoland area last night, you got to enjoy one of the most spectacular storms that the city has seen in years. Almost like the sky opened up and dumped all its sorrow out. If you were in Wrigley though, you got a start...
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Cubs 9, Astros 0; Blowouts make everyone feel better by Damen Jackson

Ryan Dempster delivered yet another pitching gem this season, and the Cubs scored five runs in the 9th to turn what was a close game into a full-fledged blowout, beating the Astros 9-0 Sunday. Okay, I'm finally off my ledge this morning. After hearing...
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