Sun 07/10/2005
The Cubs won their 100th game as a franchise and first game of the 2005 season with an 8-7 win
over the Red Sox. Several clutch fielding plays, hits and pitching perforamnces allowed the
Cubs to win the tight game.
Wow what a win for the Cubs today and their 5th straight! Great pitching for 6 innings by Andy Schultz, allowing 1 run
to pick up the win. Tom Barnes pitched a scoreless final 3 innings allowing just 2 runners and
striking out 5 to pick up the save. The bat of Earl Carpenter continues to sizzle. Earl went 2-3
raising his average to .625 on the year. Today, Earl launched a three run bomb in the fifth inning erasing
a 1-0 deficit. Eddie Murray led off the 5th with a walk and Paul Sonnett
doubled Eddie to third before "the one legged blast" (TOLB). TOLB cleared the fence in left center
by a good 20 feet marking just the second ball to be hit out of Mooney in our 3 seasons of playing there.
TOLB was made possible by the fact the Earl has a right quad injury which prevents Earl from running.
The Cubs picked up a huge insurance run in the 7th when Andy Luckhardt hit a 1 out triple and Eddie
Murray had a 2 out RBI single. Backing up the great pitching today was possibly the best defensive
game the Cubs have played in a couple seasons. Tom Barnes, playing right field, made a great running
catch down the line in right on a liner. Also in that second inning, Rich Schwarz threw out two
consecutive Red Sox trying to score from second on singles to center. Tim Shaver made the tag on
both plays and Brad Adams made a nice cut and relay on the second one. In the 7th, Chris Ricker made
a great play on a slow roller to third just nipping the runner at first.