9/17/08 vs. Brewers; L 2-6; (91-59)

The winning streak is over. Chicago won't clinch the title in this series with Milwaukee. The only silver lining to that is they stand a good chance to do it against the Cardinals.

Jason Marquis started out extremely rough today, allowing the first four hitters to reach base. Prince Fielder's bases clearing double gave Milwaukee all the runs they would need, and there still hadn't been an out recorded in the game. He is six for nine in the two games so far with six rbi.

The lone highlight was a line drive home run by Aramis that took less than two seconds to leave the park. I mean, Fontenot made a nice diving catch at second base, but for the most part this was a game we were destined to lose.

When you look back at the predictions for the remainder of the season when we were 80-50, at this point it was predicted we would be 93-58. We lost one game to Hurricane Ike, presume please it was a win. We are only one game worse than that prediction. The end result of that prediction was a 99-63 record.

Presuming that Houston won't need that one game, should we finish right on track with these predictions, we end up 98-63. 98 wins is phenomenal. Most in my lifetime. Heck, 6-5 gets us 97 wins. Still better than the 1984 team (96) and the best since the 98 wins in 1945....the last time the Cubs played in the World Series.

Just as we knew the losing streak would stop, so to did the winning streak. A win today and two over the Cardinals on the weekend makes next week irrelevant...for the Cubs at least. Both Milwaukee and the Mets will be fighting for their lives and taking turns rooting for the Cubs.