Game #43 / Restaurant #29 – Angelina Ristorante

Game #43 / Restaurant #29 – Angelina Ristorante

Friday, September 6, 2013
Heather & Julie

Not crowded at all today in bleachers, so plenty of room to spread out. Much hotter than I was expecting, but not like last Friday’s game.

Junior Lake Grand Slam in the first inning!! The Cubs scored 5 in the first. Didn’t that happen last Friday when the Cubs were then shut out and lost 6-5?? Luckily no repeat today. This was a fun game. Well, I guess they usually are fun when the Cubs win! In the top of the 1st inning, Rusin struggled, throwing 32 pitches, but didn’t give up any runs. Phew. The Cubs batted a round in the bottom of the first with Lakes GS the highlight. In the bottom of the 3rd with 2 men on, Lake bunted for a single to load the bases. Rusin came up and singled in 2 runs for his first RBI’s. Cub pitchers – 27 RBI’s this year (most in the majors). Aramis Ramirez hit a homer (his 10th – he must’ve been on DL this year??), and Scooter Gennett hit a 3 run pinch hit homer in the 8th. The Cubs did hang on to win 8-5, and Kevin Gregg had his 30th save (3rd time in his career) with a 1-2-3 ninth. (Feel like I haven’t seen a 1-2-3 in a while…) Yea Cubs!!

To Bernie’s after the game, where we met up with Lyletta, Wigs, Trish, John, Kristen and Kevin. Trish & John’s drinking ban apparently lasted only 5 hours (from her email at Noon today indicating they were on a ban). Ha ha : )

A couple beers at Bernie’s and then we headed to Angelina’s (on Broadway) for dinner. It’s been a year or so since we’ve been here and they were able to take us (Heather, Wigs, KD, Kev & me). For appetizers, we shared calamari and antipasti. For dinner, Heather had the the insalata bosco and the Fusilli con Pollo. She said it was good, but a little light on the chicken. Wigs had the short ribs, which he said were very good, and Kevin had the risotto with chicken which he also said was good. I had the pasta pomodoro (angel hair pasta with fresh tomato basil sauce). Very fresh and very good. With enough for leftovers!

Recap:

Cubs Win 8-5

My season record: Visitors 27, Cubs 16

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