7/1/08 @ San Francisco; L1-2; (50-34)

Marquis pitches well. Cubs lose. Remember that baseball is a game of averages. The line drive caught is made up for by the bloop single. D Lee going 0 for 12 is made up for by a 5 for 5 game in the middle of that streak. Marquis has pitched poorly and won, and tonight that caught up to him.

He didn't get the run support he has been accustomed to. He really pitched a solid game. Seven innings, only two runs, and five strikeouts. Unfortunately for him, and Cub fans, no offense. Like I said, evens out for when he gave up five earned in seven innings against the White Sox, but earned the win as the Cubs posted 11 that day.

Matt Cain, pitching for the Giants was in shut down mode today. He allowed only two hits and three walks through eight innings. The Cubs mounted their best chance when he left. Brian Wilson came in to close the game for the Giants, and gave up three of the Cubs five hits in the ninth.

Derek Lee led off the ninth with a triple, and scored on a Soto single. Fontenot singled...five game hit streak...to put the winning run on base. But that is where it stayed. Theriot struck out to end the game.

So again, the Cubs fail to win a second game in a row. Eight games now without winning any back to back. Suffice it to say, we are in a slump.