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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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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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