The Morning After: Hi Ho, Silva!
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 8, 2010 3:00PM
There is no questioning it now: Carlos Silva, the return gift in the "sure-whatever-we'll-take-him-just-have-Milton-Bradley" trade, is the Cubs' MVP of 2010 thus far. Silva now stands at 8-0 after leading the Cubs past the Pirates 6-1 yesterday afternoon in a make-up game from last week's rain-out. Silva struck out five and allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings of work. Jeff Baker had a pair of early RBI to get the Cubs up 2-0 early and Marlon Byrd also had a good day at the plate, going 3-for-4 and knocking in two runs himself. But the story of the day was Silva, the first Cubs pitcher since Ken Holtzman in 1967 to start out 8-0 (Holtzman ultimately started out 9-0). Lou was blunt, saying, "Look, he's been our best pitcher." And what did Silva have to say about the good start? "It feels great. I thank God for all of this, not only for me, but for my whole family. Last year was brutal and this is like, man you know, I've got like 20 messages already from my brothers and my mother. Not only for me, but my team and my family. It's really like a blessing, it's amazing." The Cubs will hopefully utilize the momentum tonight when they head into Milwaukee for the last set of games on the current road trip (7:10 p.m., CSN).
The White Sox will also be in action after a day off on Monday, welcoming Detroit to town for a three-game series (7:10 p.m., CSN).