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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
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Hector Neris 
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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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Christopher Morel
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Patrick Wisdom

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Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Julian Merryweather, P

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Game 15 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (3 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP Edinson Volquez
 SP
*Ted Lilly
  1-0, 0.87, 9 K, 5 BB
0-2, 9.95, 8 K, 4 BB
       
CF Norris Hopper
2B
 *Mike Fontenot
2B
Ryan Freel SS
 Ryan Theriot
RF
 *Ken Griffey Jr. 1B
Derrek Lee
LF
 *Adam Dunn 3B
Aramis Ramirez
SS
 Jeff Keppinger
 RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
3B
 Edwin Encarnacion LF
 Mark DeRosa
1B *Joey Votto CF Reed Johnson
C *Paul Bako
C
 Henry Blanco
P
 Edinson Volquez
P *Ted Lilly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, you didn't think this Lou vs. Dusty stuff was over? I mean, I made a graphic afterall, I need to get some mileage out of it. The Cubs go for the sweep and a win today means the Reds season is over.

(Rumbling from the crowd)

Oh...you say it's just April? Alright, well if the Cubs were about to get swept I'm fairly certain that at least one person in the comments would say that our season is over. But for all intent and purposes, as long as Dusty Baker believes that Corey Patterson is a legitimate major league lead-off hitter, the Reds season is over.

Step on their throats, Cubs!

The Cubs will have to go through Edinson Volquez though for the win and I hope they fare better than I did in MLB '08:The Show last night. Volquez dominated my ass to a tune of 6 IP and 10 K's and just two lone hits, a blooper by Rich Hill and a double high off the right field wall by (wait for it)....Matt Murton. Murton also singled later in the ninth off Cordero, but I still lost 1-0.

Be sure to vist Inside the Ivy's live blog from New Orleans tonight. A little more exciting matchup as Sean Gallagher takes the mound for the Iowa Cubs. I'll also be putting up a little Q&A with their main author Steve Holley after today's major league game.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:29 pm

This is funny:
Miguel Tejada told the Astros today that he's been lying about his age, and that he's actually 33, not 31. And he's telling the Astros this himself because he didn't want them to find it out from someone else.

Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:55 pm

Edinson Volquez--member of Club of Professional Athletes Whose Names Appear To Be Typographical Errors. See also: Jhonny Peralta, Georghe Murasan, Ronn Reynolds, Micheal Ray Richardson.

Submitted by SJS_Kenosha on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:03 pm

But for all intensive purposes, as long as Dusty Baker believes that Corey Patterson is a legitimate major league lead-off hitter, the Reds season is over. ---------- The correct phrase is "for all intent and purposes". I'm not sure what purposes would be intensive, or how intensive they would get. Are intensive purposes kinda like the Grinder mentality the White Sox promote?

Submitted by Andrew on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:04 pm

Maybe the Dodgers tank and we can get Furcal. *Dreaming*

Submitted by Phalid on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:06 pm

There is no way that Edinson Volquez can maintain a LD% of 7.4 and a GB% of 48.1 combine with a 4.6BB/G and still have his ERA be under 1.00. His BABIP is on the fast track back to the mean and I'd expect the Cubs to have solid day against him, especialy given the new quick infield surface.

Submitted by Phalid on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:58 pm

Blanco has a career slg of .363 and anyone who has seen him play for the Cubs the last couple of years shouldnt be surprised by what he's done today and Fontenot is the definiition of replacement level player. *sigh

Submitted by Tarzan Joe on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:15 pm

Fontenot's had a bit of bad luck. He's been the victim of a couple of diving stops by Votto (who knew he could play "D"?) on hard hit balls. Blanco's last AB, though, had me wondering if Lou and Dusty switched dugouts for an inning. Doesn't really matter, however, as today is basically the Votto show. Lilly, meanwhile, is doing his best to remind the die-hards of Paul Kilgus.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:03 pm

Can we now officially declare the Cubs rotation "in shambles"?

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:19 pm

At least Weurtz got through an inning without Lou pistol-whipping him on the mound. Johnson keeps hitting (4-4), and Felix keeps sitting -- and the Pirates are scheduled to pitch Gorz and Duke this weekend.

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Submitted by Doug on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:52 pm

Did Lou or anyone else mention Theriot's status in the post-game? When he limped back into the dugout he remained standing and grimaced and put his head down. I just thought this was odd because if he had injured his leg or foot I would've expected him to sit down onto the bench immediately.

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Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:48 am

If theriot is hurt for a couple of days what does Lou do? 1. Put Epatt and 2nd and Derosa at Short 2. Plug Ronny Cedeno in at Short 3. Play Fontenot at 2nd Derosa in Left and Cedeno at Short What's the TCR consensus on what Uncle Lou Will and SHOULD do?

Submitted by Wes on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:57 pm

Anybody seen or heard from the Ted Lilly Fan Club in the last week or so? Is somebody keeping an eye on him? Just want to make sure he's not hurting himself.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:43 pm

They won the series and have the Pirates coming in, so things look good for the weekend. I think Lilly was a 'little' better this outting than his others so far this year. Hopefully he will turn it around. A decent outing from Rich Hill and the roation should look a little better. I think this team is much stronger offensively than alot of people thought.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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