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Game 53 Recap: Cubs 2, Dodgers 1
Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:25pm.
1010-1010
W- Howry (1-2 ), getting to a W/L record against the Dodgers franchise that looks like binary.
L- Park (1-1 ), not getting Z a win, inconsistent strike zones
Things to Take from This Game
1. Lowe rolls, Z keeps us in it.
Derek Lowe looked pretty unstopable. After getting Lee to GIDP with the first two hitters on in the first, Lowe didn't look like he was challenged much by the Cubs offense all night. Z didn't have his best stuff, but labored through 8 innings and 130 pitches while only giving up one run. That came in the fourth, the result of a couple singles followed by two walks, the second one bringing in a run. It would have been a miserable way to lose a 1-0 game, but...
2. The top of the 8th vs. the bottom of the 9th.
The Dodgers had a chance to add some insurance runs in the 8th, as the Cubs defense lets Zambrano down and he's suddenly nearing 130 pitches with a bullpen that has just begun to warm up. Z gets out of it, however striking out Kemp and keeping the game at 1-0. Compare that to the bottom of the 9th, where Saito has a very, very rare fit of wildness. Like Z, he battles hard with far from his best stuff, but Soto manages a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to tie up the game at one.
3. Pulling out a tough win in the 10th
Pinch-hitting, Fontenot lined a double into the left-center gap. Soriano then hit a little blooper down the left field line that just did drop in fair territory. Fontenot scored uncontested, giving a very satisfying result to a hard-fought nail-biter of a game.
The sweeping details, below.
EXST Giants drub EXST Cubs
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 3:54pm.
The EXST Giants put up a six spot in the bottom of the 1st inning en route to a 12-7 victory over the EXST Cubs at Indian School Park Field #2 in Scottsdale this morning.
Game 53 Thread / Dodgers @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 12:10pm.
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | Derek Lowe |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
| 2-5, 5.03, 44 K, 19 BB, 62.2 IP | 7-1, 2.47, 52 K, 20 BB, 73 IP | ||
| LF |
*Juan Pierre |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
| 2B |
Luis Maza |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
| RF |
*Andre Ethier | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
| C |
Russell Martin |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
| 1B |
*James Loney | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
| CF |
Matt Kemp | C |
Geovany Soto |
| 3B |
*Blake DeWitt |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
| SS |
Chin-lung Hu | CF |
Reed Johnson |
| P |
Derek Lowe |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
Carlos Zambrano is fresh off that remarkable game in which he stroked four hits off a trio of Pittsburgh pitchers and, oh, yeah, also threw the first seven innings in a 12-3 Cubs win.
Z was 1-1 last year against the Dodgers, including a horrible outing last September at Wrigley. Lowe pitched twice against Piniella's men in '07 and came away with a pair of ND's. Derrek Lee, who is 10-for-22 lifetime (1136 OPS) against the former Bosoxer probably couldn't get to the ballpark today early enough. For his part, Lowe hasn't won a game in more than a month and has a 7.29 ERA in his last six starts. Read the rest of this entry>>>
Major League Playoffs to Begin; Cubs, Rays Hold Down Top Spots
Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 6:13am.
You are traveling through another dimension...
Having shared baseball's best, regular-season record, the Cubs and the surprisingTampa Rays, making their first-ever trip to baseball's post-season, enter the 2008 playoffs assured of home-field advantage in the first two rounds.
In the NL, Lou Piniella's Cubs, reaching the post-season in consecutive years for the first time since 1908, when they also won their last World Championship, will hope to continue their superb play at Wrigley Field this season as they host their National League Division Series with the NL West champion, Arizona. Read the rest of this entry>>>