Darn those Toronto Blue Jays interrupting the Cubs hot play on the diamond. They snapped the Cubs 4-game win streak in the first Interleague series of the season. A.J. Burnett was the effective starter holding the Cubs to 4 hits and 2 runs through 5 innings. Jim Edmonds slapped a double to center in the 4th to drive in a run. Later in the 6th Eric Patterson sent Fukudome to the plate on a single. That's all the offense Chicago put on the board. They haven't lost the first game of a series since May 5. One game won't be a setback. It's still a good possibility they can take 2-of-3 if the starting pitching continues to last through mid-to-late innings.
Sean Gallagher had a decent outing yesterday yet things just didn't go the Cubs way. Every time relief comes in though they rarely give many runs and keep it close. Today the Cubs don't have an easier assignment in facing Roy Halladay (8-5). The middle of the order will need to be productive today. I look for Lee, Ramirez, and Fukudome to crank out the hits as hopefully Marquis(4-3) will put in a good 5-6 innings of work. Keeping ahead of the pack the Cubs remain in front of St. Louis 3.5 games. Wishing a speedy recovery to Alfonso Soriano while Chicago pushes to get to .500 on the road. To so they only need to win 3 games! Go Cubs!
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