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Game 45 Thread / Cubs @ Astros (1 of 3)
Submitted by Cubnut on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 4:35pm.
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| SP | *Ted Lilly |
SP |
Brian Moehler |
| 4-4, 5.33, 50 K, 17 BB, 50.2 IP | 1-0, 4.58, 10 K, 4 BB, 17.2 IP | ||
| LF |
Alfonso Soriano | CF |
*Michael Bourn |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | 2B |
#Kaz Matsui |
| 1B |
Derrek Lee | SS |
Miguel Tejada |
| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez | 1B |
#Lance Berkman |
| RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | LF |
Carlos Lee |
| C |
Geovany Soto | RF |
Hunter Pence |
| CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
3B |
Ty Wigginton |
| 2B |
Mark DeRosa | C |
Brad Ausmus |
| P |
*Ted Lilly |
P |
Brian Moehler |
The Cubs, winners of eight of ten, all at home, meet the Astros, winners of seven of ten, all on the road. Read the rest of this entry>>>
Awful Reporting
Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 3:38pm.
From this morning's Tribune and Steve Rosenbloom...
If you're rating the last 10 games for each team, the Sox get more style points than the Cubs. Sure, the Cubs went 8-2 while the Sox went 7-3, but the Sox did that on the West Coast, while the Cubs were at home.
Sure, the Cubs played better, won more games, faced teams with a higher combined winning percentage (.488 to .455) and outscored their opponents by a wider margin (+27 to +13), but the White Sox did it while they were sleeping with their road groupies and the Cubs players got to sleep in their own beds. That makes all the difference in the world...because this is the NBA all of a sudden.
The Sox also did it against the one good team that either team played, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Orange County of California of the United States of the Northern Hemisphere of Earth,
Haha, see what Steve did there? He took a joke that's three years old and recycled it.
coming back in the last two games to get a split.
Wow, the White Sox split a four-game series on the road versus a good team that just got back its best starter for that series and is still missing Kelvim Escobar, Howie Kendrick and Chone Figgins. That's incredible work there by the White Sox. I mean they managed to play .500 baseball versus a depleted team. Print up the playoff tickets for winning 5 of 6 against two teams with winning percentages at or below .400.
To be fair, The Cubs did play against some lightweights in the last series, the just-below .500 Pirates, the woeful Padres and the Diamondbacks, who just happen to have the best record in baseball.
Guzman Extends Pitch Count At Fitch Park
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 3:28pm.
While the EXST Cubs were losing 8-3 to the EXST Giants this morning on Fitch Park Field #3, Angel Guzman continued his rehab from September 2007 TJ surgery, throwing 20 pitches in a "simulated game" on Field #2.
Facing five EXST Cubs who were not in the starting lineup on Field #3 (Junior Lake, George Matheus, Nelson Perez, Kevin Soto, and Josh Vitters), the 26-year old Guzman once again had good velocity (consistently throwing his fastball 92-94 MPH, same as last Thursday), but also once again struggled with his control, (throwing ten balls and ten strikes in his one inning of work). But at least nobody hit the ball hard off him.