9/1/08 vs. Houston; L 0-3; (85-53)

Four hits...four singles. That makes three days of singles. 26 of them to be exact. Now I know Chicago can win with small ball, we watched it happen just last week. I know Lou says this team is built around pitching and defense. All that said...you can't win if you don't score.

Today may have had more to do with Roy Oswalt than the Chicago bats. He went 8 1/3 innings allowing only the four hits. Two were in the ninth inning.

The only good news on they day...Milwaukee lost too. The lead remains 4.5 games. Chicago was also shutout on August 1st, 3-0, and that month turned out okay. Maybe we can look for history to repeat itself.

As for Chicago's pitching and defense, Marquis went six innings and only gave up the two runs. Chicago did commit two errors today and a run scored on a wild pitch.

In reality, the tear Chicago was on not only couldn't continue, it was bound to be followed by a dip. We can still win the series. Good outings by Zambrano and Dempster combined with a little upgrade in the offensive production will make us forget the first 3 game home losing streak of 2008.