Nice day for a ball game and nice of Jim Bonaparte to come help us out today. With our 9 and Taz on the mound he gutted his way to a 10-3 complete game victory. Taz kept his composure through 7 errors by a makeshift Cardinals defense but they also made some big catches behind him and refused to lose. Martin was pitching a fine game himself until the Cards started making the adjustment to his fine breaking stuff in the third. Jim Bonaparte smoked one in the hole that the shortstop just could not find the handle on and beat the eventual throw to first, Dionne followed with a sharp single to center and Stevens unloaded a gapper to right center and speeded his way as only he can all the way to third standing. Freddy Mac hit a gapper in the same hole and we think he stayed on first just so could stay one up on Speedy for the stolen base lead AC plated Freddy after he stole second , yours truly fouled out to third but Shaymus picked me up with his second hit of the game to plate AC after he stole second. Taz grounded out to second and went back to the mound with a 6 run lead. Two unearned runs came across for the Cubbies in the bottom of the inning on two errors a single a walk and a fielders choice. The Cubs would threaten again in the bottom of the fourth loading the bases with a single a fielders choice erasing the runner, another error another single and with one out and the bases loaded Taz helped himself with a huge strikeout and finally a grounder to second got him out of trouble.