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Adbert Alzolay 
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Game 11 Thread / Cubs @ Phillies (2 of 3)

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SP Ted Lilly
 SP
*Cole Hamels
  0-1, 9.72, 5 K, 2 BB
1-1, 1.20, 10 K, 5 BB
       
LF Alfonso Soriano CF #Shane Victorino
CF
 Reed Johnson RF
 Jayson Werth
1B
Derrek Lee 2B
*Chase Utley
3B
 Aramis Ramirez 1B
 *Ryan Howard
C
 Geovany Soto LF
Pat Burrell
RF
 Mark DeRosa 3B
 Pedro Feliz
2B Ronny Cedeno C
 Carlos Ruiz
SS Ryan Theriot SS
 Eric Bruntlett
P
 *Ted Lilly P *Cole Hamels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lilly is coming off his shortest outing as a Cub, that is, in games that weren't meaningless end-of-season affairs or didn't involve his getting a quick thumb from the home plate umpire. In Monday's game, you'll recall, the Cubs staked Lilly to a 7-0 lead, then the lefty couldn't make it out of the fourth inning. Eventually the Cubs won 10-8 in 12 innings. Thank God for Jon Lieber and Evan Meek.

From the cubs.com report about the outing:

"I almost felt like...I was trying to force the ball in there and going a little too fast," Lilly said.

As far as Cubs manager Lou Piniella was concerned, Lilly is going too slow, the infielders may be back on their heels, and that may be contributing to the errors behind him.

"The way it appears is I'm going slow, but when I'm out there, I feel like I'm going too fast," the left-hander said. "I almost feel better when I'm a little bit slower. It's almost like I rush through my delivery when I go too fast..."

Lilly says too fast; Lou says too slow. Unless this game is played in a time warp, I think somebody is destined to be unhappy with Lilly's pace.

As for the Phillies' lefthander, Hamels is 2-1, 4.24 lifetime against the Cubs. Alfonso Soriano has tagged him for three HR in just 21 plate appearances.

Last night's game, in which Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit consecutive first-inning homers, was the 27th game in which the pair have homered. (Only Santo/Williams (63), Santo/Banks (43), and Banks/Williams (42) have achieved the feat more times for the Cubs.) Too bad Cub hitters went 4-for-27 over the final eight innings.

One other note: Jason Marquis, who missed his scheduled start Friday night with a strep throat, will now pitch in the series finale Sunday afternoon against Jamie Moyer.

Update: Cubs give Fukudome the night off, and DeRosa sees his first action this season in right field, where he appeared in 22 games for the Cubs last year. Soto gets moved up into the fifth spot. Regarding the bottom third of the order--Cedeno, Theriot, and the pitcher's spot--all I can say is oy, oy, oy.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:52 pm

"Hey, we swept the Pirates! We must be good!" Ah, never mind. Meyers and Hamels outpitch CZ and Lilly, and Phils hitters hit while the Cubs don't. Very discouraging -- and they didn't even have Rollins. Very early, but the Phils look to be the far superior team. Is Lilly toast? Ever since he gave up the glove-slam HR in the playoffs, he has been lousy -- terrible in Spring Training, very lousy so far in 2008. Wonder if that one pitch, and his violent reaction to the result, so shattered his confidence that he can no longer be successful. If Lilly and Hill continue to pitch like this -- it will be a very interesting season. Cubs rotation now looks very shaky. Early, I know. But still....

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Submitted by Wes on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:47 pm

You blame that homer and concoct some deep-rooted psychological problem if you like, but I'll stick with the fact that he can't throw a curveball for a strike right now. Just from my observations, he's not throwing nearly as many curves as he did last year. The ones he is throwing are poorly located, which makes me think there's something to this story about him having back pain.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:42 pm

Rotoworld's take on Lilly: He's been fine while working from the windup, but he just hasn't been able to get anyone out from the stretch so far. Has anyone else caught this distinction? I honestly haven't paid attention.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:42 pm

I don't know about his confidence, but Lilly's fastball only hit 88 mph twice tonight. Otherwise, it was generally in the 85-86 mph range for the most part. It only touched 87 mph in the 4th inning and 88 mph twice in the 5th. Last year (at least by the end of the season) he was getting up to a top end of 92 mph. Likewise, Howry's fastball is maxing out at 91 mph now as opposed to 95 mph last season. I recall Howry took a couple of months to get his velocity up last year. Z also took awhile last year before his velocity was in its normal range. I don't recall that being the case with Lilly. At any rate, two of our struggling pitchers have yet to show the kind of speed they had last year. Hope this problem rights itself quickly.

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:25 pm

So... I am waiting for everyone to call for sitting Lilly like many did with Hill. Hopefully people realize that while Hill has not been great, Lilly has been much worse. But no.. Lilly is a rich veteran, while Hill is just a lowly 2nd year player.

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Submitted by Bleeding Blue on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 04:24 am

There's also the element that while they are both sucking, you've got a lot more options with Hill, as in he has options. With Lilly, you either have to stick with him or come up with an injury to put him on the DL, with Hill you can send him down to get some extra coaching and to try and fix whatever it is that's hurting him and bring him back whenever he's ready to come back. Its not like missing a couple starts while working in Iowa to figure out what is wrong is a death sentence for Hill's career. Of course, we could also go back to declaring an injury any time a Cubs pitcher was underperforming, but I thought we were finally rid of Mark Prior.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 04:44 pm

U-G-L-Y!!! Let's get the getaway game and a 4-2 road trip is very respectable. But there are some real things to start worrying about. Nothing to go crazy, but some guys need to start hitting while other needs to start getting some people out.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 04:37 am

as someone stated already - this Phillies club is far superior. And - no Jimmy Rollins in the lineup even. During the offseason, I was hoping there was some way Hendry could have gotten Shane Vittorino. It is going to be interesting to see, if the Cubs do miss the playoffs, just how much of an impact either Bedard OR Roberts could have made.

Submitted by gilby on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 04:16 am

I knew they were in for it last night when Lou started an all righty lineup against Hammels. He did the same thing last year and Hammels made them look horrible in two starts. A pitcher like Hammels needs to have different looks so he can't get comfortable with that changeup. Having an all right-handed lineup allows him to get into a rhythm. Why do managers do this? I can see if Hammels were a power pitcher, like a Randy Johnson, but he's not. This team is going to struggle to score runs all year, not much different than last year's team. Too many fence swingers and not enough baseball players.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). 

    Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

    The player is NOT paid at the MLB split rate and does NOT accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Taxi Squad. Also, it is not considered to be an official recall / option back if he is not added to the 26-man roster. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al). 

  • crunch (view)

    excited to see more power in the lineup.

    HOU going with 3 righty starters vs the cubs and their only lefty pen arm is hader.

    unless busch has a mystery injury, we should see busch+mervis working all 3 games.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    More than 50 years ago (I'm old), I was in the audience when my HS choir performed the whole thing. (It was a really elite choir and director.) That was my first exposure to the piece. You're right, Sonicwind75, there is a lot more to it than "O Fortuna," just like there's a lot more to Beethoven's Ninth than the Ode to Joy, etc. Much if it, as you say, is bawdy: "O! O! Totus florio! Iam amori virginali, totus ardeo!" Basically, "I'm really horny for these virgins!" And the guys in the choir adopted the "Skoal"- type greeting from the tavern scene: "Wafna!" 

  • crunch (view)

    i would have pause if the cubs had a pitching squeeze.   as it is, they have more guys than they have roster.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Maybe Brewer

    He'd be able to leave the Cubs. He's out of options. That would open up a 40man spot.

    I don't think Jed would do that.

  • crunch (view)

    brewer has done nothing to keep him on the big league roster...imagine that's 1 guy gone.

    yeah, it's only 2 appearances, but they were both unimpressive.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Yeah it is.....sorry......closers don't throw 89mph

    It would be unique for sure.

    But CP can't be HR susceptible

    That's what Alzolay has right now and that's what Kyle has no matter the situation.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Supposedly Happ said on a radio show he's good to go

    I hadn't read that anywhere from the usual accounts, so this could be off.

    If true, Canario goes down.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.

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