The Cubs couldn't piece together more than one run in Friday's loss to the Astros in what turned out to be a pitcher's duel.
Ted Lilly, coming off his shortest outing of the season, pitched seven innings. He allowed one run while striking out six.
Jim Edmonds provided the only offense for the Cubs with a solo home run, his 11th of the season.
Carlos Lee tied the game off Lilly in the seventh with his own solo blast into the Crawford boxes in left field.
Hunter Pence drove in Miguel Tejada in the bottom of the ninth inning off Bob Howry.
Howry is taking over closer's duties until Kerry Wood is able to return from a blister on his throwing hand.
The Cubs also placed reliever Jon Lieber on the disabled list with a foot strain. This is the same foot Lieber had surgery on last season.
In a counter move, the Cubs brought up Micah Hoffpauir and are now carrying 12 pitchers instead of 13 but have the extra man on the bench.
The Cubs will send Carlos Zambrano to the hill tonight for Zambrano's first work in the second half.
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2 months ago
This is just sickening how poor the Cubs are on the road...in the playoffs you need to be able to win on the road. Hopefully they can straighten it out.
2 months ago
It's certainly frustrating to see our road struggles continue. If things continue down this path and we're fortunate enough to hold on to the division, we'll just have to hope Harden or Lilly will get us a road victory. I couldn't see us starting Dempster outside Wrigley. Good job.
2 months ago
It's no longer early, it's time the Cubs start to improve on the road Katelyn, if we're truly going to be champions this year. And we need to string together some wins so we can start to separate from the rest of the pack and get ourselves soem breathing room. I have a feeling this is going to be a nailbiter the rest of the way, so hang on!
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