Cubs 5- Dodgers 3

Yippee skippee! The Cubs move above .500 with their first 4 game winning streak of the season.

Play of the Game: Michael Barrett's 2 run homer in the 4th made the score 4-0. It was also important because Patterson was on 2nd with nobody out for the second inning in a row. This time he was able to score.

Lowlight of the Game: Wellemeyer walking the first two batters in the 8th. I thought it was time to pull him, but Dempster was the only right hander up with Ohman up to face Drew. Dusty stuck with him and he was able to get Werth to ground into a key double play. That killed the rally.

Injury Updates: From cubs.com. Kerry Wood through a succesful 30 pitch mound session before the game. ESPN showed a couple of pitches which looked pretty good. Baker is still saying All-Star break is a good goal for Wood. I would like to see mid-June if he's pain free.

Prior is without the sling, which is pretty good. The swelling has gone down and the range of motion has increased. I'm really worried about this injury, simply because it's his freaking pitching elbow. But I hope that when the range comes back, the pitching can happen pain free. I hope he is doing his exercises and keeping his shoulder/wrist and elbow musculature strong. In the meantime, John Koronka will start on Wednesday. 3-5 with a 5.05 ERA at AAA Iowa in 9 starts this season. Not good, but Mitre was not great either and he had an excellent first start.