Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 5, Braves 1 – July 4, 2012

Go, Cubs, and go, America! It was an all-around solid game for the Cubs, who got a nice performance out of Paul Maholm, and a great inning out of Carlos Marmol. The Cubs’ current and former first basemen went deep, and nobody even noticed what a crummy game Geovany Soto had.

And, hey, this is something that’s supposed to happen…

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and @Brett_A_Taylor.

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