Corey Patterson has the right mind set.

Centerfielder Corey Patterson touched on that issue Wednesday night. Patterson's speed and ingenuity had played a big part in this victory. He had started the winning rally in the seventh with a bunt base hit, then stifled an Astros rally in the eighth with a superb running catch in deep, deep, deep left-center.

"Every team is going to have some adversity every year," Patterson said. "But it's how you overcome it. You can sit down and make excuses, 'Oh, we don't' have all our players,' and you can fold. Or, you can just keep playing well and have confidence in each other. And that's what we have. We really don't care who we run out there. We know that whoever Dusty (Baker) puts out there, we have a great chance of winning."

You can fold or keep trying. Thank god the Cubs decided not to fold going into Anaheim. They have really turned around their season in the last five days.