Castro Belts Two Home Runs In Cubs 8-3 Win Over Cardinals Friday in Chicago

Cubs' second baseman Starlin Castro belted two home runs and drove in 6 runs in Chicago's 8-3 rout of the suddenly very ordinary looking St. Louis Cardinals

Friday, September 18, 2015

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL 

St. Louis Cardinals (92-55) 3

Chicago Cubs (86-61) 8

WP-CUBS: Tommy Hunter (4-2, 4.08) SP Dan Haren

LP-St. Louis: Seth Maness (4-2, 4.05) SP Lance Lynn

Home Runs:

CUBS-Starlin Castro (9,10)

Attendance (40, 846)

Time (3:26)

CUBS Record (86-61)

Third Place-NL Central (6.0 GB first place St. Louis, 1.0 GB second place Pittsburgh)

Cubs Slug Pirates 9-6 In Pittsburgh Thursday Afternoon

The Cubs outslugged the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-6 Thursday afternoon at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Cubs took 3 of the 4 games with the Bucs.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Chicago Cubs (85-61) 9

at Pittsburgh Pirates (87-59) 6

WP-CUBS: Clayton Richard (4-2, 4.14) SP Kyle Hendricks

LP-Pittsburgh: Charlie Morton (9-8, 4.26)

Home Runs:

CUBS-Anthony Rizzo (30)

Pittsburgh-Travis Snider (4), Greg Polanco (9), Pedro Alvarez (24)

Attendance (28,228)

Time (3:05)

CUBS Record (85-61)

Third Place-NL Central (7.0 GB first place St. Louis)

Bad Chicago Cubs Trades: Josh Donaldson For Rich Harden

Jim Hendry will surely go down as the worst GM in Chicago Cubs' history. Even with Hendry long gone, his awful trades and draft picks continue to haunt the Cubs.

Josh Donaldson was a first round pick by the Cubs in 2007 and was part of the trade that brought the Cubs the talented but oft injured pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland A's. Harden is long gone while Donaldson was an 2015 AL All Star for the Blue Jays, who is currently hitting .301 with 38 homers, 39 doubles and an AL leading 119 RBI's on September 15th. 

Donaldson is a serious AL MVP candidate while Rich Harden and Jim Hendry are just painful memories. 

Song Of The Day: Jimmy Mack-Go On (Palmer)

Killer soul on the Chicago based Palmer label!

Cubs Edge Pittsburgh 3-2 in 12 Innings Wednesday Night In Pittsburgh

Pinch runner Quinton Berry scores winning run in Cubs' 3-2 win at Pittsburgh Wednesday night. Jake Arrieta pitched great once again but failed to pick up his 20th win. 

Chicago Cubs (84-61) 3

at Pittsburgh Pirates (87-58) 2 

12 innings

WP-CUBS: Hector Rondon (6-4, 1.64)

LP-Pittsburgh: Vance Worley (4-6, 3.86)

Attendance (31, 945)

Time (4:17)

CUBS Record (84-61)

Third Place-NL Central (7 GB first place St. Louis, 3 GB second place Pittsburgh)

Phillies Knockout Cubs 7-4 Sunday In Philadelphia

Sunday, September 13, 2015

at Citizen's Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA

Chicago Cubs (82-60) 4

at Philadelphia Phillies (56-88) 7

WP-Philadelphia: Dalier Hinojosa (1-0, 0.86), Save-Ken Giles (13)

LP-CUBS: Clayton Richard (3-2, 4.04)

Home Runs: Cubs-Chris Coghlan (16)

Philadelphia-Ryan Howard (22)

Attendance (23,450)

Time (3:04)

CUBS Record (82-60)

Third Place-NL Central (6.5 GB first place St. Louis, 4.0 GB second place Pittsburgh)

Cubs Sweep Twin Bill Against Phillies Friday Night In Philadelphia

Friday, September 11, 2015

at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA

Chicago Cubs (81-58) 5

at Philadelphia Phillies (54-87) 1

WP-CUBS: Jake Arrieta (19-6, 1.99)

LP-Philadelphia: Adam Morgan (5-6, 4.50)

Home Runs-Cubs: Starlin Castro (8)

Philadelphia: Aaron Altherr (3)

CUBS Record (81-58)

Third Place-NL Central (6.5 GB first place St. Louis, 2.5 GB second place Pittsburgh)

Wild Card #2 (9.5 GA San Francisco)

Game Two

Chicago Cubs (82-58) 7
at Philadelphia Phillies (54-88) 3

WP-CUBS: Kyle Hendricks (7-6, 4.08), Save-Hector Rondon (28)
LP-Philadelphia: Alec Asher (0-3, 10.67)

Home Runs: Cubs: Kyle Schwarber (14,15), Kris Bryant (24)

Attendance (22,538)

CUBS Record (82-58)
Third Place-Central Division