Hammel pitches Cubs to winning month

Hammel pitches Cubs to winning month

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Jesse Rogers, Chicago Cubs beat reporter CloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000.Follow on Twitter

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CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has a simple explanation for his team’s 11-7 start.

“We’re playing good baseball,” he declared after a 4-0 beauty of a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on a chilly Monday night.

It’s hard to argue with him. The only two games the Cubs have lost over the last week were one-run affairs to the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Then they went to Cincinnati and swept a two-game set before coming home for Monday’s…