Shiner's better than Miller.

Keeping with the norm, the Cubs lost for the second straight game against the Atlanta Braves. Cubs starter Wade Miller still has not been able to get anything on his fastball topping out at 89 MPH on the TV gun sitting in the mid-to-upper 80s. Miller's final line was had five walks, four runs in three innings of work. In true Cubs fashion, he threw more balls than strikes. I can see our minor league coaches screwed him over too. Why Jae-kuk Ryu did not get the start is beyond me, and he did okay in relief. He pitched 2.2 innings giving up a run. Les Walrond got an out, so it is time for the daily why is he on this team question. Scott Eyre struggled putting on two base runners without recording an out. He has been solid all season long so he can get a mulligan. Michael Wuertz did okay, but allowed one of Eyre's runners to score. For the seventh straight outing Ryan Dempster gave up at least one run. Terrible.

The Cubs' couldn't hit flyball extraordinaire Chuck James. James has gotten groundballs on just 25% of batted balls this season. The Cubs hitters kept hitting soft flyballs like normal. They have no power, but Matt Murton managed to hit his 11th home run of the season, giving him seven since August began after he went homerless in June and July. Juan Pierre stole his 50th and 51st bags today. Awesome? Over the course of the season that has netted the Cubs roughly 3 and a half runs - 1/3 of a win. Thanks Dusty! Jacque Jones had a couple of knocks today. The Cubs first six hitters are hitting over .280 and the Cubs still can't score runs. Dusty take notes.