Shea Hillenbrand

Zambrano throws no-hitter for Cubs

2008-09-14 22:29:00

Immediately after finishing off the game of his life, Carlos Zambrano got down on one knee and thrust his arms toward the sky. The emotional right-hander threw the Cubs' first no-hitter in 36 years Sunday night, a 5-0 win over Houston at Miller Park in...

Basically, much improved

2006-05-28 13:09:00

After responding Sunday to manager Ozzie Guillen's message with a 7-5 victory over the Blue Jays, the White Sox moved on to their next challenge. Monday they return to American League Central play against a Cleveland team trying to climb out of a rut...

Cubs' interleague 'act' needs work

2005-06-06 21:47:00

The Cubs have to be wondering about those so-called Friendly Confines. Fresh off a road trip to the West Coast that featured a 6-1 record, 84 hits and 38 runs, the Cubs came home Monday and scratched out seven hits in a 4-1 loss to Toronto. So the...

Guillen fumes after Sox loss

2006-05-27 20:38:00

Manager Ozzie Guillen reached a boiling point with the White Sox's lack of fundamentals on offense Saturday well before reliever Jeff Nelson surrendered a home run to Shea Hillenbrand with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Blue Jays a...

Poor execution haunts Sox

2005-08-03 21:32:00

Orlando Hernandez dug himself into a first-inning hole Wednesday night, but the White Sox's inability to hit with runners in scoring position made their 4-3 loss to Toronto more frustrating. Six times the Sox put a runner in scoring position but didn't...

Vazquez, Guillen lose it

2006-05-13 21:12:00

Javier Vazquez's sudden meltdown Saturday night became a fifth inning of fury for the White Sox. They saw a four-run lead quickly dissolve and eventually lead to the ejections of manager Ozzie Guillen and pitching coach Don Cooper in a bizarre 8-4 loss...

From the Cubicle

2006-09-01 13:36:00

The visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field is roughly three times the size of a standard office cubicle. It's long and narrow with players shoulder-to-shoulder, sometimes on top of each other. The cramped confines present an extra problem when the San...

Arizona breaks the law in rally

2003-08-02 20:43:00

The immutable law of averages, which seemed to favor the Cubs in Friday's marathon 14-inning victory over Arizona, came back to pay its respects to the visiting Diamondbacks on Saturday. "As good as I felt [Friday] night, I feel just as bad today,"...

Skid goes on for loose Sox

2003-06-04 00:00:00

Damaso Marte put on quite a show Tuesday. And it came hours before the game's first pitch. The left-handed White Sox reliever moon-walked to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," drawing high-fives from teammates D'Angelo Jimenez and Miguel Olivo. Third-base...

9th-inning rally comes up short

2003-06-05 00:00:00

Jose Valentin joked that the White Sox should be permitted to cork their bats, given the team's .241 average entering Wednesday night's game. As if that would be enough for a team that had been averaging 2.6 runs over its last five games. "This is the...

Zambrano fires gem

2003-08-22 22:30:00

It may have been 102 degrees Friday night outside Bank One Ballpark, but Carlos Zambrano definitely was the hottest man in Phoenix. Zambrano came within four outs of throwing a no-hitter in the Cubs' 4-1 win over Arizona before a controversial call...

Lowe-down: Filthy

2002-05-20 20:48:00

Derek Lowe's sinker was so effective Monday night the White Sox's lineup looked like it was hitting in super slow motion. Lowe dominated the White Sox for eight innings in Boston's 9-0 victory at Fenway Park, taming the league's second-ranked offense. A...

Jeff Kent had to run the instant he saw Washington's Austin Kearns move a step deeper into right field.

2007-08-30 10:58:16

Shea Hillenbrand knocks in two RBIs on this single in the second inning.

2007-08-28 00:00:00

Angels Shea Hillenbrand drills a single during the second inning.

2007-06-19 00:00:00