Bad start, worse finish
Published 5/3/2008 by BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
If this is how the National League Central intends to play itself out, it's going to be a long season. Playing their sixth extra-inning game already this season, the Cubs lost 5-3 in 11 innings in their first meeting of the season against archrival St. Louis and with first place for a day swinging on the outcome.
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