Game 40 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (3 of 4)
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SP | Jake Peavy |
SP |
*Ted Lilly |
4-2, 2.47, 52 K, 18 BB, 54.2 IP | 3-4, 5.24, 39 K, 16 BB, 44.2 IP | ||
CF |
Scott Hairston |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Tadahito Iguchi | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Brian Giles | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
3B |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Khalil Greene |
C |
Geovany Soto |
LF |
Justin Huber |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
#Josh Bard | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Jake Peavy |
P |
*Ted Lilly |
Pepsi has merged with Coca-Cola. Batman has given the Joker the passcode to the Bat Cave. The Corleones have entered into a business partnership with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo.
And the Cubs are going to sign Jim Edmonds.
According to cubs.com, "Edmonds is on his way to Chicago and is expected to sign with the Cubs later tonight, if he passes a physical exam."
Here again are Edmonds' ugly, 2008 numbers before his release last week by the Padres: 16 hits in 90 AB; 24 K, 10 BB, 1 HR, and an OPS of 498.
(Statisical footnote--some other, recent Major Leaguers who ended a season with around 90 AB and an OPS of around 500: the Cubs' Koyie Hill, Craig Grebeck, and Rafael Belliard. You can see why Edmonds wanted to continue playing this season.)
Did I mention Edmonds wasn't looking too good in centerfield either?
As for tonight's matchup, the first-place, 23-16 Cubs face the considerable task of beating Jake Peavy, lest they head into tomorrow afternoon's series finale needing to win just to secure a four-game split with the losingest team in the National League.
Lilly is coming off his best outing of the season, a 7-inning, 10-strikeout effort against the Diamondbacks, in which he also had a key base-hit. The Padres are just 2-9 against lefties this season.
Peavy is unbeaten against the Cubs in five career starts, compiling a 2.10 ERA over 30 IP. While he has savaged right-handed hitters throughout his career, Peavy has been especially hard on them this year (.174 batting average, 478 OPS Against).
If the waiver timing had allowed, it would have been a perfect night for the Cubs to add the lefty-swinging Edmonds to the lineup and have him return to his 2004 hitting form. Maybe he would even have realized what an arrogant prick he has seemed like all these years, to boot!
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