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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 7 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (1 of 3)

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SP Tom Gorzelanny SP
Ted Lilly
(2008)
 0-1, 4.50, 3 K, 3 BB (2008) 0-1, 7.71, 4 K, 0 BB
       
LF Alfonso Soriano CF *Nate McLouth
CF
 Reed Johnson 2B
Freddy Sanchez
1B
Derrek Lee LF
Jason Bay
3B
 Aramis Ramirez C
Ryan Doumit
RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome RF
Xavier Nady
2B
 Mark DeRosa 1B
 *Doug Mientkiewicz
C Geovany Soto 3B
 Jose Bautista
SS Ronny Cedeno SS
 Luis Rivas
P
 *Ted Lilly P *Tom Gorzelanny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs look to extend their winning streak to three as they help open PNC Park for the year. Ted Lilly tries to rebound from a less-than-good debut versus the Brewers; he went 1-0 with a 3.20 ERA last year versus the Pirates in three starts.Kerry Wood will sit this one out today, so look for Carlos Marmol to close if the Cubs are so fortunate to find themselves in that situation.

 

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Comments

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:03 pm

Has anyone heard anything about Pie, as this is the third straight game he is not starting? Is he hurt or been been benched or just sitting for awhile and will be given back his everyday job. Giving him only 4 starts and then pulling the rug out from him seems REALLY fast. I think he should be given till the end of May at least to see where he is at before talking about benching him.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:26 pm

today is expected, but yeah the other 2 days were not... Rotoworld said something yesterday that he's considered d2d with a hand bruise after getting hit Thursday, but he did play Friday, so that don't make much sense...

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:00 pm

I have not seen technical difficulties last for an hour before. I get very few games on TV up here in Wisconsin and it would be nice to see more than a "we are sorry" graphic.

Submitted by navigator on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:32 pm

and Cedeno taketh away Might as well give Fontenot a shot at short.

Submitted by Timmer on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:16 pm

A-Ram is having a lot of throwing issue so far. It's possible his shoulder is still bothering him.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:46 pm

Boy, does this one bring back memories -- Following the game at work, Cubs score a lot early, then shut down, crappy team stages comeback with the help of lots of walks and errors. Yeesh.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:31 pm

Go ahead run on 2nd -- Soriano, Lee and Ramirez all whiff. We need more Japanese players who undestand how to play the damn game. K-Fuk's approach makes Soriano look like a fool.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:45 pm

Cubs were very lucky the runner on 3rd in the 9th I think for PITT missed the sign for the squeeze. It was a perfect bunt and woul dhave easily scored the winning run. Now the Cubs need to take advantage of that break after blowing a a fucking 7-0 lead!!

Submitted by joshb on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:01 pm

re: cedeno I really want to give this guy a shot. He is really hitting quite well. Yes he can be dumb as a brick (ie throwing the ball into the stands when you should hang onto it) I would hope that with playtime comes experience and he will think better next time. So his error led to a run scored. He did however have a huge double and a really nice diving catch in the 9th (i think the 9th) Saved a run easily.

Submitted by dc60124 on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:56 pm

cubs 12th- 5 walks 2 wild pitches stolen base 2 runs 0 hits seems like the pirates out-cubberied the cubs. ain't it grand? and hello lieber, goodbye pig. time for cotts? or arshall? or is steve ire ready to go? or will it just be righty after righty out of the pen?

Submitted by carmelo on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:00 pm

Pretty obvious that Piggy isn't ready for prime time--8 pitches, all balls---this is the major league, not a development league---should bring Cotts back up, at least he's been in the fire before----should have a battle for SS, the numbers Cedeno put up in AAA are numbers that Theroit never came close to---who has more upside---let's see who plays again on Wed vs another LHP

Submitted by Wes on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:52 pm

Piggy aside.. pretty pleased with the effort our pen was forced to give today. They had to pitch almost 8 innings, and did a fine job. I'm sure part of Piggy's problem was nervousness. I know he pitched in a couple of games last season. However, it's a little bit different when you put all that work into earning a spot in the spring and then come out to make your season debut with a little bit more pressure on you. He's still got a great arm, just needs to refocus a little bit. He'll be fine.

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Submitted by Andrew on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:12 pm

Was that his debut? I thought he appeared in the Milwaukee series. I hope Piggy improves quickly or he's going to get replaced for Eyre, who's not that good, or Marshall, who should stay stretched out in AAA.

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Submitted by Wes on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:30 pm

Yeah. You're right. But, appearing in a game when you're behind 5-2 is a little different than coming in in a situation like today's. I don't think he pitched in any real high pressure situations last year. Nonetheless, I still think he'll be OK. He's got good enough stuff.

Submitted by Dmac on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:02 pm

Glad they won, but Fonzie's plate approach is really becoming irritating. No matter what the situation is, he's always swinging for the farkin' fences. I don't want someone to change his swing, but how about learning how to bunt once in awhile? Or trying to go the opposite way? Bueller? Hello?

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:18 pm

Being above .500 after playing this shitty is pretty amazing.

Submitted by jacos on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 04:48 pm

I caught the end of the game on the radio during my ride home. Pat Hughes should be in the HOF now for what he has to put up with, with Ron. Ron was down just to making rudimentary sounds and one time sounded like a steam engine train. And its about as cute as sitting next to Ronnie Woo-Woo for a whole game.

Submitted by rokfish on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 04:55 am

piggy is gonna find a flight from pennsylvania to iowa marshall should stay in iowa we will need him as a starter when lilly gets or is hurt. neil cotts is the man coming to cubs for piggy i thought cedeno had a decent game 3 rbis and that catch was big also. i also think lou has a ----- for hart he will be huge this year. they said that johnson would start on wed. also

Submitted by rokfish on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 04:12 am

i thik pie not starting has to do with lefties and the fact that the wrist hurts the true test will be on thursday does he play. he is lucky hes not on DL.

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 04:02 am

For those who didn't watch the game yesterday - it wasn't Lilly all of sudden losing his control during mid - game; instead he started nibbling at the corners, and the home plate ump was all over the place with his strike zone. I forget the guy's name, but many players and managers have complained about his plate performance over the past few years - he's terrible.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    What are the chances we can back off on gloating over other people’s misfortune?  One of the things I appreciate about the TCR community is that the remarks are more productive and add to how I like to follow the game.  

    Lately, however, I’m reading comments that are just mean.  If I were an MLB player, I would hate to get a back or finger injury and have someone write ‘hurrah!  I hope we never see him again!’  Especially when it is someone we were praising not long ago.  I’m not saying ‘don’t express how you feel’ but some comments lately seem downright mean spirited.  Stuff I expect from other communities but don’t often see here.  The TCR community has always spoken the truth but never with such a dark tone.

    Just my two cents.  I hope Hendricks comes back and is the professor we all know. He can pitch for the Cubs as long as he wants in my book.  

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