Joe Mather knocked in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth inning, and the Cubs go on to a 5-3 win over the Rockies. Chicago came into the eighth trailing 3-2 on two solo home runs, and after Brett Jackson led off the inning with Chicago’s third solo of the contest, the Cubs still didn’t have a hit on a fieldable ball in play. Luis Valbuena double broke that string, and Mather’s single were the only hits of that type for the Cubs all game. The Cubs came into the game hitting just .226 since the All-Star break, and their 5 for 29 didn’t help that number at all. They won with power and timing.