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Archive - Apr 5, 2008

Cubs Sign Another Australian Pitcher

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 4:55pm.

The Cubs have signed another Australian pitcher, and he has reported to Fitch Park.

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Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7

Submitted by Transmission on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 3:11pm.
It's... It's.... It's.....
Cubs Game Recaps!
W- Hart (1-0), the Lees, extra-base hits
L- Oswalt (0-1), relief pitchers
S- Wood (2), hope for this homestand

Things to Take from This Game

1. No easy innings

Other than the sixth and the half-inning ninth, no inning went without someone scoring a run. Marquis struggled through five and a third, featuring rolling sliders and fastballs that kept moving back over the plate, but getting out of potentially disasterous innings with 3 GIDPs. Oswalt gave up ten hits and a walk without striking anyone out in six and two-thirds.

2. The Lees

Derrek and Carlos combined for seven hits, five runs, four rbis, three doubles, two home runs, and awful defense. Derrek dropped a ball at first that started a 2-run sixth inning for the Astros. Carlos Lee wandered about aimlessly in left field, occasionally drawing stray baseballs closer to him by virtue of his gravitational field.

3. More love for Fukudome

KF's day featured a fine running catch, a bunt single that surprised the whole ball-park, and the go-ahead, two-run double in the five-run seventh inning.

4. Then, there's Soriano...

Whose 0-5 with 5 LOB day leaves him with a .045 average to start the year.

That je ne se qua of mine that you didn't know you missed until you saw it again, the dinge an sich goodness inherent in a recap, below

 

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Game 5 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Submitted by Cubnut on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 10:15am.

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SP Roy Oswalt
 SP
Jason Marquis
(2008)
 0-1, 5.06, 6 K, 1 BB
 (2007) 12-9, 4.60
       
CF *Michael Bourn
 LF Alfonso Soriano
RF
 Hunter Pence
 CF
Reed Johnson
1B
#Lance Berkman
1B
Derrek Lee
LF
 Carlos Lee
 3B
Aramis Ramirez
SS
 Miguel Tejada RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
3B
 Ty Wigginton 2B
 Mark DeRosa
2B Mark Loretta C Geovany Soto
C Brad Ausmus SS
 Ryan Theriot
P
 Roy Oswalt
P *Jason Marquis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So here's where we are:

The Cubs need to win a game started by Roy Oswalt or be assured of having lost the season's first two series, at home, to division rivals Milwaukee and Houston.

Yeeech!

The good news is, the Cubs have had at least a few productive offensive games against Oswalt (11-10, 3.97 lifetime v. Cubs), which is more than they can say about their encounters with Chris Sampson.

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