Day: September 15, 2007

Zambrano, Cubs extend Cards’ skid to 8Zambrano, Cubs extend Cards’ skid to 8

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, left, talks on the mound with Cubs reliever Ryan Dempster after Dempster gave up two home runs to the St. Louis Cardinals during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, in St. Louis. Dempter was pulled out of the game soon after, but the Cubs won 5-3.

Carlos Zambrano came up big. The St. Louis Cardinals didn’t. Zambrano allowed four hits in eight innings, Cliff Floyd hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 5-3 Friday night to send the Cardinals to their eighth straight loss. “I was feeling good,” Zambrano said. “I don’t think I could pitch any better than this.” Chicago, which survived a wild ninth that ended with…

Judge denies motion to make names publicJudge denies motion to make names public

A federal judge denied a request by Hearst Corp. to make public the names of baseball players implicated in obtaining steroids. In an eight-page decision Friday, U.S. District Judge Thomas C. Platt in Central Islip ruled there was no public right to the names, contained in a December 2005 sworn statement by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky used to obtain a search warrant for the home of former New…