GAME 149 - September 15: Ill Wind Blows...

Chicago 6, Houston 1

Quote of the Day: "It was a real small moral victory there." (Loretta on the hit that kept the Astros from being no-no'ed two days in a row)

The bad karma continues, as the Cubs nearly no hit the Astros for the second game in a row. The Astros scored their only run in the eighth on a pair of walks, wild pitch, and sac fly. This time it was Ted Lilly (no relation of mine) who kept the Astros off base inning after inning. Loretta broke up the no-hitter in the seventh with a single. The Astros scored their only run in the eighth on a pair of walks, wild pitch, and sac fly. This time it was Brian Moehler who gave up a bunch of runs - 5 runs in his 6 innings on 6 hits and a walk.

One thing was the same: The so-called Astros home game was played in front of thousands of screaming Cubs fans, who made the short trip up from Chicago. Why does this ugly series seem like such a bad omen?