Let’s not kid ourselves, this is pretty bad, sure it’s something that needs to happen in order to get better, but it’s really bad.  The Cubs had one more hit than they had last night, a whopping four, at least two of those hits went for extra bases, bright side right?  Another piece of good news is that the Cubs only struck out seven times as a team tonight, a moral victory if you will.  It’s a shame too as Jeff Samardzija turned in another solid outing as he winds down his first full season as a big league starter.  Shark finished his night after seven innings, he gave up three runs, two earned, on seven hits, he didn’t walk anyone and struck out ten.  To think that at the beginning of the season the Cubs were “taking a chance” by putting Samardzija into the rotation, he has been a bright spot all year-long, and looks to be near the top of the rotation in 2013.  The Cubs had nothing going offensively as Mike Fiers was as equally as impressive as Samardzija, shutting the Cubs down for 7.1 innings.  Starlin Castro and Welington Castillo each had a double in the loss, but at least there was something to get excited about tonight if you were a Cubs fan.  Congrats to Darwin Barney, who tonight set the NL single-season record with his 114th consecutive error-less game at second base.  Wish you weren’t turning into Theriot at the plate, let’s avoid the sweep tomorrow afternoon!

FULL BOX SCORE

Game Highlights:
Barney’s RBI Groundout

Thanks for reading,
- George