Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
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| SP | Sean Gallagher |
SP |
Hiroki Kuroda |
| 3-1, 4.55, 25 K, 10 BB, 31.2 IP | 2-5, 3.93, 37 K, 23 BB, 71 IP | ||
| LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
LF |
*Juan Pierre |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | RF |
#Delwyn Young |
| 1B |
Derrek Lee | 2B |
Jeff Kent |
| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
1B |
*James Loney |
| RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | CF |
Matt Kemp |
| CF |
*Jim Edmonds | 3B |
*Blake DeWitt |
| 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
Danny Ardoin |
| C |
Henry Blanco |
SS |
Chin-Lung Hu |
| P |
Sean Gallagher | P |
Hiroki Kuroda |
A win tonight and the Cubs are the proud owner of a winning road trip. They will aslo be the first team to 40 wins this season, a seemingly insignificant milestone that reader "JohnBeasley" shows is at the very least, a marker of good things to come.
First in the majors to 40:
2007: 6/9 - BOS (won World Series) and LAA (made playoffs)
2006: 6/11 - DET (won pennant)
2005: 6/8 - CHW (won World Series)
2004: 6/13 - NYY (made playoffs)Source: BaseballRace.com
It'll be up to 22-year Sean Gallagher to try and accomplish the task, and he fared well last week versus the Dodgers, going seven innings and only allowing one earned run, albeit in prime pitching conditions. And while there was talk a few weeks back that Gallagher is just keeping the seat warm for either Sean Marshall or Rich Hill's return, he seems to have gotten on Lou's good graces.
I'll be at Dodger Stadium for the next two after tonight, wish me luck with the parking lot."He's got a good arm," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "He's basically learning to pitch at the big-league level. He's working every time he works in the bullpen on his second and third pitches. He's got a fine arm.
"I've said many times it surprised me how good an arm he has. I didn't see it last spring, and I didn't see it last summer, and I didn't see it this spring. I knew he had the potential to be a major-league pitcher, but I didn't realize he threw as hard as he did."
#1 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Edmonds at catcher! WOO!!!
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#2 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Cubs going with the rare 2 catcher alignment.
#3 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
lou has lost his fucking mind.
going with the classic 2-catcher/0-CF setup and they choose edmonds over fontegod?
what's up with this joker?!?!
#4 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Gee ROB G:
You shouldn't have any parking problems on Sunday, at least.
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#5 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
another WGN game...another 1000 herpies and limp dick pill commercials.
i swear...cubs fans...start taking care of your dicks.
wtf...
#6 Richh Hill Tonight
5IP, one hit.....and 7 BB
Ugh.
#7 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Too bad Hill can't hit like Ankiel
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#8 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Umps seem to be anti-Cub tonight.
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#9 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Terrible call at first costs the Cubs a run following the Brenley jinx ("this is a sure thing RBI for Aramis").
Now LA loads 'em up with no outs.
We're gonna need some runs, boys. Wake up them bats.
At least the Cards and Brewers lost.
#10 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
it's tough watching a game when the umpiring crew is so inconsistent and bad.
Kent's K was a ball and of course his arguing is going to get him run from the game.
Fukudome's double play was a force out RBI, boo Cousins.
Kuroda's pitching so slowly that the hitters need to step out and slow up the game even more, but the umps don't do much about it. I thought someone was supposed to time the pitcher to 12 seconds...
I hate bad umpiring. Derryl Cousins and Marty Foster, please go away.
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#11 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Doesn't seem like the Cubs are going to score 4 tonight.
G'Night.
#12 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Anyone noticing that Scott Eyre has been really good in the limited role Lou's used him? 2 more K's last night in 2/3 IP.
Certainly better than at any point last year. Can't hurt that he's on a contract season.
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#13 Re: Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)
Curse Fox and their blackout rights.
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