After Chris Sampson pitched five shutout innings, the Houston Astros beat the Cubs 4-2. The loss would drop the Cubs to 3-5.

Even before the loss, which dropped the Cubs to 3-5, Chicago manager Lou Piniella predicted the team would play better once the weather warms. It was 47 degrees Tuesday.

“I was telling our general manager today, the way we’re put together as a team, if we play in 40-degree (weather) all year, I don’t think we’re going to do very well because we don’t have that type of team,” Piniella said. “We have more power in our lineup. We need to bang it a little more, and once the weather warms up, we will.”

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