Ted Lilly to the Rescue!

Let's face it, the Cubs have been bad as of late. I mean really, exceptionally bad. Lost three games in a row, two out of three to the Pirates and Phillies successively, and our bullpen was acting like, well, our bullpen. Today was like a little shot in the arm for the Cubs, as Ted Lilly showed us why the only way we'll get to the playoffs at the rate we're going is to only let him and Jason Marquis pitch. No relievers, no Zambrano, no anything. Since that won't happen, we'll have to try and make something else work. Maybe Zambrano will remember he's in a contract year and get off his butt and pitch well. Maybe.

Game Summary for May 13th, 2007

• Score: Cubs avoid the sweep against the Phillies, 4-1.
  
• Player of the Game: Ted Lilly. Eight innings, only one run given up, 3 hits and 4 K's. A beacon of hope in a dark, dark team.
• Subject of Lou's Wrath: Neck spasms. Derrek Lee was taken out of the game because of them, and when the Yahoo box score said he was out with a neck injury I thought our season was over. Once I found out it was neck spasms I felt better, but any game without Lee is not a good game.
  
• Comments: Lilly continued to pitch extremely well in this game, and Dempster was able to hold down the fort for the save. The offense for the Cubs was decent, especially Thunder Matt Murton who went 3-for-5 with an RBI. Also of note was that Soriano's 20 game hitting streak was broken, as he went 0-for-4.
  
• Magic Number: 134. The Brewers lost two out of three to the Mets, showing that they are in fact human.

Speaking of which, red-hot Jason Marquis pitches tomorrow against the legend Tom Glavine and the Mets. At the same time the Brewers face off against the Phillies. We seem to be trading opponents a fair amount which gives us little to no excuse as to why we can't keep up with them at all.