Hard to quarrel with any of Lou's major decisions, but when you are in this sort of streak everything that can go wrong usually does. The Cubs did not figure to score a lot of runs against the Brewers' ace and they did not. They put out probably the best lineup they could, although why on earth Lou still thinks Theriot can lead off is a mystery to me. The one chance the Cubs had to break the game open relatively early died when the aforementioned Theriot stepped up with the bases loaded and promptly killed the rally on the first pitch.
Fukudome, who should of course be the leadoff man, had a good game, as did Colvin and Castro. Soriano, who was used as a pinch-hitter when the Cubs had far more experienced talent on the bench, did drive in the lead run in the ninth with a weak groundout. The Cubs seemed poised to take home a hard-earned win with Marmol closing it out, but Marmol hit a batter and then forgot he was on base, putting the Cubs in a hole from which they could not recover. The little things count in games like this. 99% of the time, Marmol pitches out of it, but this time he did not. I didn't see the play because the TV feed experienced technical difficulties, but Fielder must have had some kind of secondary lead to lumber in on McGehee's game-winning single.
Tomorrow night they face a tough lefty in Randy Wolf, which undoubtedly means the return of the all right-handed lineup of doom. This road trip, which should have brought them back up around .500 with six or seven wins, will be fortunate to provide three.
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