Game 86 Thread / Cubs @ Giants (4 of 4)

thanks to their awful bullpen. It is nice to know were not going to lose a game to them today, because they get to feast on the underbelly of a bad Pittsburgh staff why we are dealing with the Cards.

D-Backs score 6 in the 9th to beat the Brewers 6-5 - Torres takes the loss.

I stopped looking at the Brewers score in the 8th. oops.
They need to go away. If this is a two team race I can deal, especially when the loser seems destined for the wildcard. A 3 team race mucks everything up.

it's amazing how much better this lineup looks (By name and reuptation) than the last 3 days.

Well, this went to shit quickly...

A half-inning of Gallagher throwing BP and dashes of Cubbery add up to a steep hill to climb against the SI cover boy.

the brewer bullpen explosion reminds me of the game last year that Dempster/Eyre imploded against the Mets (blowing a 5-1 lead). Wasn't a blown save but it might have been the single most relevant reason Lou wanted to move Dempster out of the closing role.

5/17/07

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=2007...

WTF is wrong with Marmol?

My god, Marmol just looked lost out there - that pitch was absolutely crushed, a belt - high meatball serving. Something's not right with his head, his stuff looked fine at the beginning.

Perhaps Marmol should join Rich Hill in AZ.

This is ridiculous -- can't ever remember a guy going from lights out to a total disaster so fast.

So, the bullpen is now Howry and Wood? Yikes.

LET'S GO METS!!

- Bummer for Gallagher -- only gave up 4 hits, but they were all in the same inning.

- Why replace Ascanio with Marmol? Odd move.

- Is the plan to have Soto catch every game for the rest of the year?

Mets up 9-0 -- LaRussa leaving Boggs in to take the beating. One way to save your bullpen, I guess.

Update on Superman -- Jay Bruce down to .286 (although he did go yard twice yesterday).

For the first time all season I'm starting to wonder a little. We really don't have any kind of a bullpen without Marmol at his best. I had already considered him 'cured' in the Baltimore series but these are 3 psychologically bad outings in a row.

If we can just take one in St. Louis, it won't be a disaster and we'd still be in first, with 6 home games with the Reds and Giants coming up.

Good thing the Brewers blew today's game.

The have played 9 more road games than home, and tomorrow start a 10-game homestand against the Pirates, Rockies and Reds.

Uh-oh.

Gallagher pitched pretty well... again.

Even in his bad inning, he didn't get hit that hard other than Lewis' triple.

Oh... and ESPN is reporting that the Indians are scouting the Brewers AA team in connection to a possibly Sabathia trade...

Mets now up 11-0 --- and Boggs is still pitching.

What did this kid do to piss off LaRussa?

lou shortened gallagher because he over extended his pitch
count last start

Sabathia for LaPorta?

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8311012/Brewers...

I was at the game today and they just seemed off. From Soto dropping a routine pop fly in the infield to Edmonds taking a horrible path to Lewis' triple to Marmol continuing to look lost, the Cubs just seemed as if they had already departed to St. Louis. Gallagher looked great, however. The inning he struggled was not as bad as it looked. DLee could have easily stabbed Rowand's hard hit liner and the only other hard hit ball was Freddie Lewis' triple. Two hard hit balls (and one that could have been an out) is not deserving of four runs.

Why Lou took Gallagher out before the 6th, when the pitchers spot was due up first in the 7th for the Cubs is a mystery to me. How the game would have been different if Gallagher would have shut them down in the 6th and then Wuertz in the 7th (as he did in the 6th).

Hopefully St. Louis is better.

So, the Cubs have won 3 of their last 7?

Formerly reliable players stumbling?

Rivals looking more tenacious? Looking to improve their rosters?

Time to start dreaming of next year?

I hate Chicken-Littling, but it's in my blood. I cannot deny who I am.

*cracks open some Ripple*

*ripples open some crack*

Yea, this C.C. to the Brewers crap is really not cool....

Jeffy was hitting 234/287/374 this year. He's headed to the AA Mississippi Braves until at least the All-Star Break.

OK, say the Brewcrew gets CC - I don't think that shifts the balance of power definitely, and their BP still sucks (much worse tha ours, even at this moment). I still like our chances, and the season's not even half over. Many things can transpire over the next few months, let's try to keep it all in perspective.

Peoria has won ten in a row.

Jay Jackson started Thursday, pitched well.

Iowa has won 8 of last 9. McGehee with 62 RBI.

had a two-week contract with Iowa.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...

Also, I-Cubs pitchers J.R. Mathes and Mike Burns have been named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team.
Just two Iowa Cubs picked.

"Peoria has won ten in a row."

Man, our farm system sucks. After all, it's only about W/L records, no?

Marmol tipping his pitches?

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/10397...

Funny how something like that travels around both leagues but Rothschild doesn't catch on. (Not a big fan of his.)

Reds SP Adam Harang will miss his saturday start because of forearm soreness. I wonder if he'll be ready for his next start which should be Thursday vs the Cubs at Wrigley.

Norris Hopper gets Tommy John surgery

Joe Borowski again on the scrap heap...gets DFA from the Indians after pooching a game this week vs WSux.
Carlos, can you get him a job in the Mexican league again?

http://www.southtownstar.com/sports/1039754,070408...

Could be problematic for Z to get a win with that low a pitch count.