Cubs 11, Astros 7
W: Howry (4-4) | L: Sampson (5-4)
HRs: Wigginton (11), Blum (10), Lee (26), Soriano (20)
Footer gives her take.
Back at Wrigley for an early game after a long, rainy victory last night, the Astros fell behind early, rallied to take the lead, but the overtaxed bullpen cratered late as the Astros fell to the front-running Cubbies of Chicago, 11-7.
Wandy started and spotted the Cubs six runs in the first two frames. He toughed it out and lasted five as the Astro began to chip away at the lead with a run in the second on an Erstad single and two more in the fifth, a solo blast by Wiggy and an RBI triple from Kaz.
Blum hit a two-run bomb in the sixth to draw the good guys within a run at 6-5, and chased Cubbie starter Harden for the first time in his short NL career. In the seventh, Lee put the good guys ahead 7-6 with a two-run dinger, capping the improbable comeback.
It all fell apart in the bottom half of the seventh as the bullpen allowed a five-spot for the final score. Speculation is running rampant in the TZ about the cause of this meltdown.