And the Cubbies won 3-1. Anthony Rizzo was the hitting star, hitting a 2-run home run. And Jeff Samardzija pitched 8 innings for the win ( Read more... )

Cubs trade Cashner to Padres for prospectsThe good thing is that Anthony Rizzo is a left-handed first baseman. Last year was his first year in the majors and its hopeful that he will only get better from there. He hit a rousing .141 last year with the Padres, with one home run and 9 RBI's. He had twice as many strikeouts to walks, which is not a ( Read more... )