Hurricane Carlos

09-14-2008 -Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano throws the first no-hitter in Cubs history in 36 years yesterday against the Houston Astros. It was a weird game all-around. The Astros have been hot making a charge towards the playoffs and the Cubs, though comfortable in first place in the NL Central, have been struggling. Due to the devastation of Hurricane Ike in Houston, the series was moved to Milwaukee, which many refer to as North Wrigley Field. So, it was not exactly a home game for the Astros, which it should have been. And furthermore, Zambrano had not pitched in 11 days and he had been struggling as well. And so the first no-hitter ever pitched on a neutral site happened with a dominating pitching performance by Zambrano, who struck out 10, walked one, hit one batter, and only allowed two balls to leave the infield with 110 pitches thrown. That's got to make Cubs' fans feel alot better headed into the final stretch and the playoffs.