Brewers Won't Go AWAY

Prince Fielder and Corey Hart prevented the Cubbies from regaining the top spot of the N.L. Central Standings.

First things first, the Cubs shook off yesterday tough loss and rebounded to beat the Mets 6-2. Ted Lilly was solid going 7.2 and allowing only two runs, a pair of Solo homers to Mr. Pee Hands himself, Moises Alou. Jacque Jones went 3-4, DeRosa had two RBI and the Lovable Ones scored all their runs in the 3rd. The Cubs managed to chase John Maine, the Mets best pitcher this season after just 2.2 innings. All right, so far, so good.

The Phillies held a 5-1 lead over the Brewers and it looked as though the Cubbies would be back in first.

Life was good a couple of hours ago. Then Cole Hamels gave a two-run double to the pesky J.J. Hardy, and a RBI single to Prince Fatty.

The Phils took a 5-4 lead into the 8th and what happened? The Fat One cranked a two-run dong into the upper deck in right field.

Top 9, Cordero in for the save: Chris Roberson, inexplicably swings and misses at a pitch in the dirt with a 3-1 count and then flys lazily to right.
Noted Cub Killer, Tad Iguchi, follows and hits one high and deep, it could be, it might be, AWWWWW, it's caught by a leaping Corey Hart, who contrary to popular belief, does not wear his sunglasses at night. The replays show the ball would have cleared the fence easily. The nice play by Hart is followed by another Fly out to right and the Beer Makers remain in first. Whatever.

Sunday, Jason Marquis pitches for the Cubs and Tom Glavine goes for his 300th career victory for the Mets. As much as I like Glavine and would love to see probably the last guy to win 300 do so, Sunday's game is must win.

The Cubs beat up on a lot of bad teams during their torrid run and now they need to beat good ones. They split with the Phils and can win this series against the Mets.

Also, I have been trying to write the Brewers off for a long time, but they are a good team and they're not going away. I wish they would but I don't think so.

One last thing: Barry Bonds will tie the record tonight.