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Pads beat Cubs; Castro leads NL with 207 hits |
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MLB: San Diego 9, Chicago Cubs 2 |
Published: Sept. 28, 2011 at 11:32 PM
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28 (UPI) — Nick Hundley and Will Venable homered and combined to drive in seven runs Wednesday, sending the San Diego Padres to a 9-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Padres and Cubs ended the season tied for the second-worst record in the National League (71-91) — ahead of only the Houston Astros and their 106 losses. Hundley hit a three-run homer to highlight a four-run third and Venable blasted a grand slam in the sixth. That made things easy for Wade LeBlanc (5-6), who gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings to get the victory. Ryan Dempster (10-14) suffered the loss, surrendering all nine runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
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Cubs beat Padres in Game 161 |
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Starlin Castro and Matt Garza have been bright spots in an otherwise dismal season for the Chicago Cubs. Castro had two singles to extend his NL-leading total to 206 hits and Garza won his 10th game as the Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup of 90-game losers. Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning. Castro has 12 more hits than Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers. On Wednesday, Castro will become the youngest player ever to lead the NL in hits in a season, at 21 years, 188 days. He’ll also become the third Cubs player in seven seasons to lead the NL in hits, joining Juan Pierre (2006) and Derrek Lee (2005). Castro reached base for the 39th straight game, extending his career-high streak. Garza, obtained in an offseason trade with Tampa Bay, finished 10-10 with a 3.32 ERA. He had been sick on Monday night and the Cubs sent him back to the hotel. “Come hell or high water he was going to pitch,” manager Mike Quade said. “It was an excellent effort.” Soriano homered off the base of the batter’s eye in straightaway center field against Chad Qualls (6-8), giving the Cubs a 4-2 lead. Aramis Ramirez, who homered in the fourth, reached on a leadoff walk before being replaced by Tony Campana, and Bryan LaHair walked with one out ahead of Soriano’s 26th homer. “A normal human being would have hit that on the ground,” Qualls said. “Soriano hits it 420 feet.” Garza tied his career high with his fourth straight win. He allowed two runs and five hits, struck out eight and walked two in seven innings. “It is what it is. I had a chance at the end,” Garza said. “I’m happy the way it ended. I’m not happy we’re not playing in October, but I’m just going to take what I did and let it keep rolling into the offseason and get ready for next season.” The loss clinched last place in the NL West for the Padres (70-91). They won 90 games in 2010, but took a face-plant this season after trading All-Star slugger Adrian Gonzalez to the Boston Red Sox in December. Ramirez hit a drive to straightaway center leading off the fourth against rookie Anthony Bass, his 26th. Chicago’s Blake DeWitt added a pinch-hit, two-run single in the ninth. San Diego’s Kyle Blanks hit a two-run double in the second. Bass, who started the season in Double-A, held the Cubs to one run and five hits in five innings. “For the most part I was pleased,” Bass said. “I made a couple of mistakes that they hit hard.” NOTES: Castro extended his hitting streak to 10 games, his fifth double-digit streak of the season. … The season ends Wednesday night when Cubs RHP Ryan Dempster (10-13, 4.53 ERA) faces LHP Wade LeBlanc (4-6, 4.83). Dempster is 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA and 36 strikeouts in his last four starts against San Diego. LeBlanc will be facing the Cubs for the first time. In a 2-0 win at Colorado in his last start, LeBlanc struck out a career-high 10, the most strikeouts by a Padres pitcher this season. Leave your comments on the news below. Posted in cubs-news | Comments Off
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Ricketts on Cubs: ‘Things can turn around pretty… |
SAN DIEGO- Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts spoke to his players before the final game of the season on Wednesday, just as he did after last year’s end. Ricketts also spoke with Cubs’ beat writers, but declined to give any update on the ongoing general manager’s search. “We’ll do it as efficiently and as quickly as possible, but it’s a big decision,” he said. “There’s no point in rushing it. We’ve got to have the right guy, and at the right time, and however long it takes, it takes.” Ricketts has spent the last month and a half talking to baseball people about the search. He called it an “ongoing process,” adding “but I have talked to a lot of people.” Ricketts let manager Mike Quade know that the process may take some time, which Quade said he appreciated. Quade said he still believes he will be back in 2012. As for the direction of the team, Ricketts appeared confident that the Cubs can get back on track without a major overhaul. “One thing you’ve seen in baseball over the last few years is turnarounds can happen pretty quickly,” he said. ‘So I don’t think it’s meaningful to describe a year as a rebuilding year or a reloading year or any of that. The fact is, if you get the right players on the team and they all stay healthy and they play hard, a team can go from 70 wins to 90 wins. “It happens pretty frequently. Look at the Diamondbacks. Look at the Cubs a few years ago (in 2007). Things turn around fast, so that’s the way we look at it for next year.” As for how much “patience” he would have, Ricketts said: “We look at everything from a long-term perspective. We’ll make the right long-term decisions. Like we’ve always said, it’s about player development.” Ricketts doesn’t believe the four-year extension to Player Personnel director Oneri Fleita will hurt the Cubs in their GM search, despite speculation that any of the top-notch general managers they would be looking at would probably prefer to bring in their own people. “The fact is that Oneri really is a valuable part of this organization,” he said. “I think that any general manager coming in would agree with that. It was just a step we took to make sure that we had good continuity and made sure we kept building on the things we think we’re doing well.” Ricketts also assured Scouting Director Tim Wilken that he would stay on, though Wilken did not receive an extension. “We really think does a terrific job and he’s signed through next year,” he said. “And we’ll just kind of leave it the way it is for now.” psullivan@tribune.com Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. Posted in cubs-news | Comments Off
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MLB: Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego 2 |
Published: Sept. 28, 2011 at 2:02 AM
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28 (UPI) — Alfonso Soriano hit a three-run home run and the Chicago Cubs scored five runs in the final two innings Tuesday to upend San Diego 6-2. The Cubs, who banged out 11 hits, trailed 2-1 heading into the eighth inning. Soriano’s shot to center in the eighth gave Matt Garza (10-10) the victory. Garza allowed two runs on five hits and struck out eight through seven innings for his fourth straight win. Chad Qualls (6-8) gave up Soriano’s home run and ended up with the loss. Kyle Blanks knocked in both San Diego runs. The Padres lost for the third time in five games.
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Padres clinch last place in NL West with 6-2 loss |
The San Diego Padres went from 90 wins to 91 losses, from a riveting pennant race to a ponderous season largely devoid of highlights. Gotta run!. Posted in cubs-news | Comments Off
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