Game 100 Thread / Cubs @ Diamondbacks (2 of 3)
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
SP | Jason Marquis |
SP |
Yusmeiro Petit |
6-5, 4.44 ERA, 53 K, 39 BB, 99.1 IP |
0-1, 3.06 ERA, 11 K, 1 BB, 17.2 IP | ||
SS | Ryan Theriot | SS | *Stephen Drew |
RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
LF | Conor Jackson |
1B |
Derrek Lee | 2B |
#Orlando Hudson |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | 1B |
*Chad Tracy |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds | 3B | Mark Reynolds |
C | Geovany Soto | C | *Miguel Montero |
LF |
Mark DeRosa | CF | Chris Young |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot | RF | *Alex Romero |
P |
*Jason Marquis | P | Yusmeiro Petit |
The Cubs reach the century mark of the season that may mark their century-long run of futility. A little known fact is that they've lost the 100th game of every season since 1909 foreshadowing their 100-year drought (don't bother looking it up, I've posted it on the Internet, so it must be true)
All kidding aside, the Cubs hopes of a .500 road trip lay on the right arm of Jason Marquis. It's good that he's sporting a 2.08 ERA versus the NL West this season in 60.2 IP. Hopefully he can add to the recent run of success by the starters who have gone into the seventh inning in five straight games and eight of the last ten and have a 2.06 ERA since July 4th (how awesome are press notes - crutch of the ever-lazy writer?).
Of course, it'll require the Cubs offense actually scoring to get the win and Lou has the cure for the road hitting woes (emphasis added):
"...we're canceling batting practice, and the next day, we're going to cancel batting practice. We're going to come out here and just stretch and play. That's it. I'm tired of seeing balls flying all over batting practice, and when the (darn) game starts, I see very little or nothing. So we'll just go play and hope that'll get it going. We did it Sunday, and it worked. So we'll see."
Small sample size means nothing to Lou...
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