Archive - Apr 23, 2008
Game 21 Thread / Cubs @ Rockies (1 of 2)
Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 6:00pm.
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| SP | *Rich Hill |
SP |
*Franklin Morales |
| 1-0, 3.86, 11 K, 10 BB | |
1-1, 6.60, 5 K, 11 BB | |
| CF | Reed Johnson | CF | Ryan Spilborghs |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | 2B |
Clint Barmes |
| 1B |
Derrek Lee | 1B |
*Todd Helton |
| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez | LF |
Matt Holliday |
| RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | 3B |
Garrett Atkins |
| LF |
Mark DeRosa | RF |
*Brad Hawpe |
| C | Geovany Soto | SS |
Troy Tulowitzki |
| 2B | Ronny Cedeno | C |
Yorvit Torrealba |
| P |
*Rich Hill | P | *Franklin Morales |
Rich Hill's flyball tendencies and big curve meet the thin air of Denver where he's 0-2 with 10.1 IP and an 11.32 ERA over his career. The Rockies counter with one of their many heroes from last year's late season surge to the NL pennant, Franklin Morales.
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Independent Living
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 4:53pm.
For those of you who follow the Cubs minor leagues, you may be interested to know that getting released isn't necessarily the End of the Baseball World as it once was.
Killer Bees Lead Cubs to Victory
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 3:41pm.
Robert Hernandez threw three hitless innings and Dwayne Kemp drove in three runs with a sac fly, a triple, and a home run, leading the EXST Cubs to a 9-4 victory over the EXST Giants in Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 this morning.
Recipe for a 7-1 Homestand
Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 12:00pm.
- Outscore opponents 67-28 (41-9 over the last 4 games)
- Score first in 6 of the 8 games (they won 5 of the 6 games they scored first in)
- Out-homer your opponents 10-8
- Hit 342/436/535 as a team
- Walk 43 times, while only allowing 28 free passes yourself
- Hit .389 with 21 RBI's with the bases loaded
- Pitch to a tune of 3.25 ERA as a team
- Hold opposing team to a 219/300/364 line
- Bear down and hold the opposing team to 197/310/361 with men in scoring position
- Strike out 56 batters in 72 IP (7.375 K/9)
- Beat up on the Reds and Pirates and use that momentum to finish off the Mets
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Gallagher's Dirty Dozen
Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 8:05am.
The season here in Des Moines has had a hard time getting started this year. Bad weather, bad team and bad schedule; you're out!
Yesterday was an exception.
Sean Gallagher served up a tasty lunch in a nooner matinee at Principal Park on one of the very few days so far when the elements didn't cross-up the schedule makers.
After seven innings Gallagher had thrown 86 pitches, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and 12 strikeouts. All 12 K's were swinging, most of them on a nasty breaking ball.
His pitch counts by inning were as follows: 11, 13,13, 14, 16, 9 and 10.
They trotted him back out for the eighth, the only frame when he failed to fan anybody. He walked the leadoff man, erased him on a DP grounder, gave up a base hit and called it a day after 101 mostly carveaceous, to coin a word, pitches.