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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Game 98 Thread / Cubs @ Astros (3 of 3)

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SP Ryan Dempster
 SP
Brandon Backe
  10-4, 3.25, 104 K, 350 BB, 124.2 IP
6-9, 4.76, 83 K, 50 BB, 111.2 IP
       
SS Ryan Theriot
 2B #Kaz Matsui
RF *Kosuke Fukudome CF *Darin Erstad
1B
 Derrek Lee 1B
#Lance Berkman
3B
 Aramis Ramirez LF
 Carlos Lee
CF
 *Jim Edmonds
 SS Miguel Tejada
LF Mark DeRosa 3B #Geoff Blum
C
 Geovany Soto
 RF Hunter Pence
2B
 *Mike Fontenot
 C J.R. Towles
P
 Ryan Dempster
 P Brandon Backe

 

The Cubs' NL Central lead is down to +2 over the Cardinals and +3 over the Brewers as the Lou Crew tries to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Astros.

Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto, and Kosuke Fukudome are a combined 3-for-32 (.094) in the series, and as a team, the Cubs have fanned 14 times and walked once.

Or, as Lou Piniella explained so elegantly after Saturday night's 4-1 fall, "We're not getting much hitting anywhere in the lineup."

Backe, 2-1, 4.63 in 6 starts lifetime against the Cubs (0-1 this year), is coming off perhaps his best start of the season, last Sunday, when he threw 7 shutout innings at the Nationals. Dempster, who remains winless on the road this season, was a loser at Wrigley for the first time in '08, also last Sunday, when he fell to Tim Lincecum and the Giants. Dempster also dropped his only start this season against the Astros, back in May, yielding 6 hits and 4 runs over 6 IP in a 4-2 Cubs loss.

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Submitted by Chifan on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:45 pm

You think given our offensive struggles that the smart thing to do would be to sacrifice some defense (really how much better is Derosa than Ward) for an upgrade at the plate.

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:51 pm

Ugh... we need Soriano back just so we don't see DeRosa playing LF anymore. I don't get how LouPa is okay throwing DeRosa out there but wasn't okay throwing Murton out there. We are losing defense both in LF and at 2b when DeRosa is playing LF.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:19 pm

here in Des Moines Samardzija ran his record to 4-1 today by going 6, allowing 2 hits, walking 1 and fanning 9. His Triple A ERA is down to 3.13, 5 out of 6 in quality starts...

Submitted by Jackstraw on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:41 pm

Overheard on last night's Superfans (at least in MY head) Bob: Say the Cubs play the Astros with just Dempster and Fontenot. Who wins? Pat: Are Fontenot and Dempster full size or mini? Bob: Full-size Dempster, mini-Fontenot. Pat: Cubs, in a rout. Carl: Cubs, exta innings. Todd: Astros. But it's close. If Fontenot is full size, it's no question.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:23 pm

If they had any self-respect, the NL West would gives its playoff spot to the NL Central. Brewers score 5 off of Lincicum. Ugh. Time to wake up the bats, boys.

Submitted by Eric S on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:26 pm

Nice to see Marmol mix some fastballs in his one inning of work -- 8 pitches, 4 fastballs (3 for strikes no less!) and 4 sliders. Nice little work out. Good to see Kosuke get off the schnide with 2 doubles -- looking forward to seeing Aram lining shots around the outfield or into the bleachers soon.

Submitted by Bigz on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:09 pm

marmol did have a good mix. ARAM continues this new streaky behavior. Brewers are hot (like us early) and we are not (like them early). They beat Cain/Linc (something we didn't do in 2 tries)

Submitted by rokfish on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:41 pm

but know st louie and brewers play 4 games vs. each other so the question is what do we root for a sweep by 1 team 2and 2 or a 3 to one series and which team. also do you think fukudome will start vs. randy johnson monday

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Submitted by Chifan on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 07:02 pm

I am hoping for a 3 out of 4 for the Cardinals in that upcoming series. I think its likely that were going to win 3 of the next 4 and I think at some point the fairy dust has to come off STL and they come back to earth which for them is right around .500 ( I still stick to my theory they wont win more than 85 games), so I'd rather keep ground with them and gain it on Milwaukee. As for whether or not Fukudome starts, the numbers would dictate that the lefty that starts aganist RJ tomorrow should be Edmonds. In his career Jimmy Baseball is a .240/367/560/927 hitter vs the Unit in 25 AB's. He also 2 of the 24 HR that LHB have hit off him being one of 3 LHB (Bonds and Green are the others) to take him deep multiple times. Infact, Edmonds has better numbers verus the Unit than Dero, Lee, and Ram. Also tomorrow wouldnt be a bad time to spot start Blanco as he has a .833 OPS aganist him in 14 AB, while Soto has not faced him. Lou did mis a good time in the last series to get Blanco a spot start as he has a .999 OPS in 15 games at the Juice Box. All stats were found using Yahoo!: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/4288/batvspit;_ylt=AjcX62hmRl0DmRGp…

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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