Pulling out another come from behind show at Wrigley, the Cubs finally made good on big opportunities. In the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs Jeromy Burnitz laced a double down the right field line to win the game for the Cubs. The team got some revenge on former reliever, Latroy Hawkins who got charged with a couple of runs and failed to get batters out as the Cub fans at Wrigley booed him every minute while on the mound. Hawkins reassured the Cubs management that they made the right move by sending to the Giants earlier in the season and that he still is stinking up the league. It was a toe and nail scrape fight for the series with both teams scoring few runs and tying each game. Derek Lee picked up to 2 more hits in Wednesday day game. Drawing a couple of walks in the series wasn't surprising, but geting intentional walked was a bummer. If the guys in front of Lee would start reaching base more consistently the first basemen would have over 100 RBIs at this point instead of 83.
The outfield situation is improving slowing, but surely. Rookie, Matt Mirton, called up from Triple A Iowa had 3 hits and a walk in Tuesday night's game which encountered a 2 hour and 43 minute rain delay. Look forward to seeing Nomar soon. Right now he's playing in Triple A, planning to be back on the roster in about a week or two. His offense will be needed to play a big role in the Cubs run production. The Cubs will host the Mets and the the Diamondbacks next at home. This time they may have to push harder to get a sweep. They almost pulled it off in St. Louis to the surprise of the Cardinals. With the season dwindling down to a precious 60 games or so the Cubbies must be determined to win as many games possible to stay within range of their main goal.
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