From Wrigley

Ten dramatic innings of baseball tonight as the Cubs won their 10,000th game in franchise history.  Rich Hill pitched a few really strong innings to get started, but ended up getting roughed up a bit in the bottom of the 6th inning and looked to be in line for the win going into the 7th.  Unfortunately the Cubs blew the lead and Kerry Wood blew a save, while picking up the win.

Some of today’s highlights were Fukudome and Lee both hitting triples and home runs by Aramis Ramirez and Geovany Soto.  Ramirez’s homer looked to seal the win until Wood’s blown save in the 9th set the table for a game winning single by Ryan Theriot.  One of the surprising moves of the day was pinch running Felix Pie for Derrek Lee in the 9th.  Its a move that makes sense if you have Pie steal a base, but Pie stayed put at first until Ramirez hit his homer.

Some tid bits about this 10,000th franchise win that they mentioned in tonights broadcast, only one other franchise has more wins, the Giants.  The Cubs are also the only franchise in the history of the game not to ever have a franchise overall record to never dip below .500.  That was pretty surprising, especially given the ‘loveable losers’ moniker.

Another interesting point that the Elias Sports Bureau pointed out was that in the previous four games before today, the Cubs won each by six runs or more.  The only other time the Cubs have won four in a row by six or more runs was in 1876.  Gee, feels like yesterday.

In the end, the Cubs won yet another extra inning game, putting them at 4-0 on the road in extras for the season.  The Cubs are also off to their best start since 1975, this is the fifth time in the franchise’s history to get off to this good of start.   These guys are firing on all cylinders and even when they don’t dominate they are finding a way to win.  I know it can’t last all season, but I’ll take it while I can get it.

Tomorrow at 2:05 PM CST the Cubs will face off against these Rockies again with Jason Marquis on the mound.  Given the rough day for the bullpen, the Cubs are going to be looking for a good outting by Marquis.  If Marquis can’t go deep, my money is on Sean Marshall to come in and play the long relief role, since Lieber threw an inning and a third today.