Chicago Cubs vs Seattle Mariners Live Streaming
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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10:10 pm EDT Tue Jun 22, 2010
The Chicago Cubs engaged in a verbal battle with outfielder Milton Bradley after trading him this winter. Neither party has shown much fight this season, however. The inconsistent Cubs travel to Seattle to open a three-game series against Bradley and the Mariners on Tuesday night as both sides try to get their seasons back on track. Chicago was in first place in the NL Central in early August, but it stumbled down the stretch and missed the playoffs for the first time in three years.Bradley faced a lot of criticism for his part in the Cubs’ failure to get back to the postseason. He hit .257 and drove in 40 runs in 124 games before the club - frustrated by Bradley’s critical comments to a suburban Chicago newspaper about the history of the organization - suspended him for the rest of the season in late September. The feud didn’t stop when the Cubs traded Bradley to the Mariners for Carlos Silva(notes) in December. Bradley said in an interview this spring that he never felt comfortable in Chicago, blaming the Cubs organization. Chicago general manager Jim Hendry responded by saying Bradley needed to stop pointing fingers.
Neither party has much to be happy about since Bradley’s trade. The Cubs have dropped 12 of 19 and are in third place in the division while Bradley, who left the Mariners for two weeks to deal with personal and emotional issues, is hitting .215 after 49 games. Although Bradley went 0 for 11 over the weekend, Seattle swept Cincinnati to push its winning streak to four games. The Mariners have allowed two runs over those four games and concluded their series against the Reds with a 1-0 win Sunday. The Cubs, meanwhile, avoided being swept by the Angels with a 12-1 win Sunday - their most lopsided victory this season. The win came after they lost 12-0 the day before. In the last 19 games, Chicago has scored three or fewer runs 10 times. It will be trying Tuesday to win back-to-back games for only the second time since May 25.
