Make It 8

The Cubs and Jason Marquis completely destroyed the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 8th time in a row, overcoming the Bucs 13-1...

The Cubs offense was SPECTACULAR... There's really no one person who contributed the most. D Lee sparked things with his 7th homer making it 2-0 in the bottom of the first. And it was all the Cubs would've needed, but they kept swinging the bats. Lee extended his home run lead, he now leads the majors with 7.

The Cardinals dropped their game, allowing the Cubs to be within just a half game. The Cubs now have a great record of 11-6.