8/13/08 @ Atlanta; W 10-2; (72-47)

In the opening game of a double header...making up yesterday's washout...the Cubs jumped to an early lead and poured it on.

Geovony Soto got things started with a two run double in the second. Jim Edmonds tacked on two more in the third with his 16th home run of the year. That's sixteen in less than 300 at bats as a Cub. Not bad for a guy we pay the veteran minimum. He doubled in the fifth to drive in another run. Mark DeRosa followed that up with a double of his own to plate Edmonds.

Jason Marquis was moved up to this start, Harden would have gone yesterday. He pitched into the sixth allowing only two runs to pick up the win. Cotts, Samardizja and Howry pitched in to keep the Braves scoreless for the remainder of the game.

Geovony Soto added a home run, his eighteenth, in the ninth to pad the lead and put the Cubs into double figures.

It was the Cubs sixth straight road win. Not bad for a team that has had trouble winning at all on the road this year.