6/27/08 @ White Sox; L 3-10; (49-31)

Ryan Dempster did his best Jason Marquis impersonation today. Eight earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. Not good at all. The only good news from today is Kosuke was back in the lineup.

He banged out two hits in his return to the top of the lineup. Geovony Soto got three base knocks in four trips to the plate.

Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez went hitless today. That's the second day in a row they both went hitless and the team got spanked. We need them hitting. This year when the Cubs play a game and neither of those two get a hit, their record is 4-9. Not the most surprising statistic, but in this season where we have guys picking each other up regularly, we need these two to pick each other up.

Luckily St. Louis was handed defeat by Gil Meche and the Royals. The Brewers fell to the Twins, winners of ten straight. The silver lining is not losing ground in the central division.