The Cubs beat the Cardinals 13-5 to even their 2003 record at 1-1. The Cubs never trailed and rode
a 5 run 3rd and a 4 run 8th to the victory. Andy Schultz started and went 4 innings and reached base
all 4 times at the plate scoring 3 times. Andy was cruising along and probably would have pitched the
fifth inning, but he was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the fourth on his pitching elbow. Chris Greig
finished the game by pitching 5 solid innings to pick up the win. Chris also smoked a 2 run triple.
Defensively, the Cubs middle infield was outstanding. Dennis Fontecchio at short and Peter DiNatale
at second had excellent games. They turned a critical 4-6-3 double play to end the second inning
which seemed to turn the momentum of the game in the Cubs favor. Tim Shaver caught all 9 innings and
did a fantastic job calling the game. Mark Grogan made a great play in left on a ball that was hit to
the wall. The Cardinals batter tried to stretch the hit to a triple, but Mark hit Dennis with a bullet
and Dennis relayed to Glenn Legault for the final out of the sixth inning. Glenn also turned in a nice
game at third.
Offensively the Cubs had a great game with several great at bats. Dennis Fontecchio went 4-5 with
3 RBIs and two doubles, one was a bomb to center. Brad Adams was 3-5 with 3 run scoring singles. Eddie
Murray was 2-4 and reached on an error to drive in 2 runs and score three times. The 2-3-4 hitters
(Dennis, Eddie and Brad) went 9-14 with 8 RBIS and 5 runs scored! Mark Grogan singled in his first
at bat of the 2003 season.