After an incredible six innings of two-hit, eight strikeout, shutout ball from Mark Prior in his first major-league outing of the year, Joe Borowski blew his second save of the year.

He now has an 8.02 ERA this year. I like the Borowski as much as anyone, but right now he is costing the team games, and there doesn’t seem to be any sign that will change soon. I think Hawkins is too valuable to waste as a closer, but at this point I’d certainly rather see Farnsworth or Remlinger out there in the ninth inning. Baker needs to make a change.

In the meantime, as glas as I am to have Prior back, he cannot win games alone. The Cubs should just be hoping to be at .500 by the All-Star Break. There’s still no firm return date on Wood or Sosa (not to mention Grudzielanek), and right now this team sorely needs Sosa’s bat back in the lineup. The Cubs are now in fifth place, five games out. The season is slowly slipping away.