The Chicago Cubs continued their dominant season, this time attacking the Pittsburgh Pirates with their pitching and winning a 2-0 pitchers' duel. Starter Jason Marquis came into the game with a 5.09 ERA in the month of August, but pitched extremely well going 7 innings allowing no runs and only 5 hits. He was then followed by strong innings from both Carlos Marmol and closer Kerry Wood. On the other side of the diamond, Pirates starter Zach Duke had a great game of his own. He went 8 innings only allowing 2 earned-runs with 7 hits and 2 walks. One of the runs came on a Henry Blanco suicide squeeze which plated Mark DeRosa, proving just how dominant Duke was today. Despite the great effort, Duke fell to 4-13 on the year while Marquis tallied win number 9.
There's no doubt that the Cubs are the best team in the National League, so anything less than a World-Series berth would be a huge dissapointment. As for the Pittsburgh, "there's always next year".
Photo Courtesy: (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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