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Despite another re-occurrence of "Missing Bat" syndrome, the Cubs defeated the Orioles in a nail biter today at Fleet Park 2-1. Story of the game: Marcus pitched a complete game victory and just for fun, had the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the 6th inning. Cubs bats again took the day off, tallying only 3 hits, two singles by Cabell and Marcus' walk-off double. But that enough as Marcus threw a 1 hitter, with 10 strikeouts and only 3 walks. Scoring Summary...Vince got on in the 2nd and a few passed balls later, was on third. A groundball to second by Anthony drove him home and the Cubs were up 1-0. The Orioles scored on a very close play at the plate in the 4th when the umpire called the runner safe after a great throw in by Vince and a equally good relay to the plate by Marcus. Not surprisingly, those on the Cubs' bandwagon disagreed with the call. Then, in the 6th, with 1 out, Cabell got on first, took 2nd on a passed ball and Marcus delievered a high shot to left center that dropped in. Cabell scooted home and the Cubs had their 10th victory of the year. Defensively, we saw a great Willy Mays style basketcatch by George in RF in the 4th and several groundouts that our infielders handled well. Next game is this Wednesday against the Tigers.

Cub bats were largely silent on a Friday evening game against the Orioles and the result was a 7-2 loss to the NBLL Orioles. Largely silent but not completely silent as Marcus made a LOT of noise with an impressive display of power hitting, muscling out 2 home runs to account for the Cub's scoring. In the 1st inning, with no one on, he lofted a high fly out over the left field fence. Happy with that result, he decided to do it again, crushing another long fly ball over the left center fence. Way to go, Marcus. The season is half over and our 2007 Cubs have already passed the entire home run total of 3 established by the 2006 edition with 5 thus far. Unfortunately, those 2 bombs, along with singles by Vince and Cabell, were all the hits we could muster, which paled in comparison to the Orioles 9 hit assault. On the mound, Vince threw 4 innings, struck out 9 and issued 0 walks. Our defense was shakey behind Vince with a total of 3 runs that scored being unearned. Josh finished the game getting a strikeout and issuing 1 walk. Next game is Saturday against these same Orioles.

The Cubs scored 3 in the 1st, 2 in the 6th and coupled with solid pitching, rung up a 5-1 win over the Royals tonight. Story of the game: Miles threw 5 very efficient innings, gave up 2 hits, 1 run and had 5 strikeouts, while Will accounted for all scoring with a 3 run homerun in the first and a 2 run double in the sixth. Josh closed out the game in the 6th, facing only 4 batters, giving up 1 hit, striking out 2 and getting a groundout to 1st. In all, Miles and Josh threw a complete game 3 hitter using only 74 pitches, giving up only 1 run and walking 0 batters. Way to go, guys! Our scoring was confined to the first and last inning. In the first, Cabell singled, Marcus doubled and with runners on 2nd and 3rd, Will came up to bat. On a 2-2 count, he dialed 0 for Long Distance and launched a long, long ball out over the right center fence that flew over the head of Vince T. Sr., who was making his fashionable late entrance. In the 6th, Robey and George both worked the pitcher for walks, with George later being called out on a fielders choice by Marcus. Will then smacked a high double that dropped in and scored both Robey and Marcus and that is our scoring summary. Other Notes: * We had 7 hits tonight, with Cabell getting a single and a double, Miles and Wyatt getting singles, Marcus with a double and Will with his tater and the double. *Good defensive plays by Parker at 2nd, Anthony at 2nd and 1st, Marcus in CF, Wyatt at SS, Josh behind the plate and Will at 1st *In the 1st inning, we had one of the few, possibly only, left handed, left side of the infield combinations in Fleet Park history with Vince at 3rd and Will at SS. Next game is this Friday at 6 for a two game stand against the Orioles.

On a dreary Thursday afternoon at Fleet Park, the Cubs rallied for a very close 4-3 victory over the vastly improved WCLL Tigers. The Cubs were behind the entire game, with the Tigers striking for 3 runs in the 1st inning compared to our 1 run. However, the pitching of Vince and Marcus kept them at bay the rest of the game and with a run here and a run there, the Cubs improved to 6-1. Story of the game...Anthony's clutch single in the 6th for the game winning RBI. Anthony drilled a 2-1 fast ball into right and Josh, who had doubled, scooted home with the game winning score. Quick game recap: The Tigers scored all of their run in the 1st inning, aided by a couple of walks and 2 scorching line shots down the 3rd base line. After that, the duo of Vince and Marcus settled down and held them scoreless the rest of the game. Vince threw 4 innings, allowed 4 hits and struck out 6. Marcus came on in the 5th, allowed no runs or hits, only walked two and had 5 strikeouts. In addition to Anthony's game winning hit, Josh had 2 hits, including a double. Marcus, Miles, Wyatt and Cabell had singles and Sam chipped in with a hard hit double to left center. Defensive play of the game had to be Wyatt's Derek Jeter-like field and throw in the 3rd inning. Wyatt went deep in the hole, backhanded a hard hit grounder, instantly righted himself and threw a strike to a stretched out Will at first, just beating a very fast lefthanded batter to first. Next game is Saturday against our NBLL comrades, the Orioles.

After several games in the doldrums, Cubs' bats finally woke up this afternoon and the result was a 12-0, 4 inning win against the Orioles. Story of the game... a 12 run 4th inning explosion highlighted by Josh's home run blast over the right center field fence that keyed the win and transformed a heretofore scoreless contest into a Cubs' victory. Cubs' batters, given up for dead after the last several games, finally came to life in the 4th in which we sent 15 batters to the plate. 10 of the 11 Cubbies who played today, scored today and the game was called after 4 innings. Hits were numerous: Cabell had 2 singles, Marcus a single and a double, Will had a triple, Sam a double, Josh had the aforementioned home run, Miles a double, Vince a single and Robey a single. Two defensive standouts to note...Will pitched a 4 inning complete game victory, giving up 2 hits and 0 runs, issuing 2 walks. In the third, with 2 men on and 2 outs, Parker, despite a painful shot to the Achilles in his previous at bat, made a diving catch at second to squash the Orioles best chance at a rally and preserve our momentum going into the 4th. Next game is this Tuesday against the Royals.