It continues to be cold in Chicago and the Cubs have not figured out how to warm up. Ted Lilly made his second start as a Cub and his first at Wrigley Field. The fans were out in force hoping to have some fun. Instead, there was not much to cheer about on this season starter.
Lilly did not pitch badly, giving up three runs in six innings. It was enough to keep the home town boys in the game and they battled back to tie. Then Bobby Howry came along in the eighth.
Last year, Bobby Howry and Scott Eyre made the bullpen look good. I know this is the first week of April and the guys are veterans, but so far this season, both are making us wish Roberto Novoa were around.
Today, Howry gave up a two run homer to Adam Everett which made the final score 5 to 3.
Now I do not mind if Carlos Lee goes yard and ruins the game for you. The Astros are paying him a lot of money to do just that. Adam Everett, on the other hand, is supposed to make great plays at shortstop. He is not the guy to beat your team with a two-run dinger.
So the Cubs have not found a groove yet. Maybe that groove is still coming. The team is only one game under .500 and has 155 games left to play. Mark Prior will be pitching in a game at Mesa on Wednesday. There is still hope left, isn’t there?
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