Wow! What a game you saw last night if you had Chicago Cubs tickets, when Sean Marshall threw a no hitter for the WIN_TEAM!! Congratulations to Marshall as well as the Cubs for an incredible accomplishment. You never know what you will see at a baseball game and if you were at Wrigley Field yesterday you’ll have a story to tell for the rest of your life! Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Sean Marshall and John Ely will never forget! Fans with Cubs tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it!
Cubs pitcher Sean Marshall (1.85 ERA) got the win, while John Ely (3.00 ERA) took the loss for the Dodgers. Ted Lilly went 7 solid innings for the Cubs, allowed 3 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. The Dodgers’s starter John Ely went 7.1 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Jeff Weaver (2.70) also pitched for the Dodgers. With the win, Marshall’s record goes to 5-1, while Ely is at 3-2. Carlos Marmol earned the save for the Cubs, bringing his saves up to 11.
In addition to the one run, the Cubs scored 4 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Cubs, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Dodgers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Xavier Paul could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Dodgers managed no runs, 5 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Laz Diaz, John Hirschbeck, James Hoye and Wally Bell. There were 33,868 Cubs ticket holders in attendance at Wrigley Field.
The win puts the Cubs at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Dodgers to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Cubs are the (-) at the Cubs’s Wrigley Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Dodgers will next take on the (-) at Coors Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and and see the game in person.