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Game 16 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (1 of 3)

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SP Ian Snell
 SP
*Rich Hill

2-0, 3.93, 15 K, 4 BB
0-2, 5.00 7 K, 7 BB




CF *Nate McClouth
2B
 *Eric Patterson
SS
 Luis Rivas
 SS
 Ryan Theriot
2B
 Freddy Sanchez 1B
Derrek Lee
LF
 Jason Bay 3B
Aramis Ramirez
RF
 Xavier Nady
 RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
1B
 *Adam LaRoche LF
 Mark DeRosa
C Ronny Paulino C Geovany Soto
3B Jose Bautista CF
 Reed Johnson
P
 Ian Snell
 P *Rich Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Snell goes for the Pirates and the early returns suggest this might be the year that he figures it all out. Cubs fans hope that today is the day that Rich Hill figures out where the strike zone is. The sequel to Patterson leading off for the Cubs starts today as well, hope it's better than the original.

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Submitted by Q-Ball on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:47 pm

E-Pat at the top is interesting, maybe Lou's early love for Fontenot is receding, or maybe that 0 for 5 yesterday had something to do with it. Let's see how E-Pat plays 2nd

Submitted by mattralph on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:51 pm

The Cubs offense is looking to give Rich Hill their second run of support today. It's really painful seeing that this team still can't figure out how to score without either hitting a homerun or getting gifted runs on walks and errors. This game appears to be going down hill real fast.

Submitted by Chicago Jamie on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:02 pm

I just cried for Felix Pie. Man, I can't imagine how tuff this must be on him. EPat gets to lead off, but Felix can't get an AB or start to save his life. To quote Ron Santo, "GEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ!" I'll be the first to admit Pie's looked lost out there, but there's still only one way to ever get out of a slump: more ABs (not fat girls, sorry!). Can the Cubs really justify not sending him down so they can use his defense every now and again in the late innings?!? Couldn't Sam Fuld give us that while Felix works on his swing in AAA?

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Submitted by mjkillshot on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:08 pm

I was on on the "Pie Needs At Bats Bandwagon" last week .... okay I was a little more wildly agressive than Chicago Jamie. To be fair: Johnson has had a good couple of games with the bat - yes he is hitting .375. Johnson also had a great running catch this afternoon. If Pie is/was not going to be the Cub centerfielder this year - TWO mistakes were made: - not trading him in Spring Training for Roberts (assuming that deal was there) and - giving him less than a week of games to prove or disprove himself. I understand that Lou is in the business of winning and not development, but without player development how do we win?

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:17 pm

EPat is doing an excellent job replacing Soriano's strikeouts. Lets see... EPat's line: .000/.000/.000 4 Ab, 3 K Pretty sure Murton could do better than that.

Submitted by Chicago Jamie on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:50 pm

I couldn't agree more, Ryno, but it was also my point. I know he can't hit MLB pitching right now, but is he gonna learn from sitting on the bench? No. So why the hell is he even on our MLB team?!? To be a late-inning defensive replacement?!? Stoopid, if you ask me. Call Fuld up if that's what they're doing, instead of letting one of our more promising young players rot away and sulk on the bench...

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:52 pm

I think all you need to know about why Pie is not playing was spelled out in yesterday's Suntimes. ''We're working with him on shortening up his swing,'' Piniella said after reversing course. ''And we're going to work with him for a few days until he feels nice and comfortable.'' and more importantly: "Pie still hasn't developed that keen eye. The Cubs have told him to swing only at pitches in the middle of the strike zone and down. Sounds simple enough. Then Pie sees a chin-high fastball and swings for the fences. It has become unsettling to watch." http://www.suntimes.com/sports/deluca/899334,CST-SPT-deluca17.article

Submitted by Chicago Jamie on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:04 pm

I think they pulled him just to keep his confidence high. He pitched well and can get a win. A bad 6th inning and his confidence is shot again. I think it was a good move . . . and a good beginning to getting out of his rut.

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:09 pm

Given the way the club handled Hill in the past, Lou and Co. deserve the benefit of the doubt on this one. At any rate, we desperately need Hill to be back to his old form, since Lilly's all over the place so far.

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:55 pm

So far, the Wood as closer experiment has been acceptable.

Submitted by dc60124 on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:30 pm

10% of 2008 in the books- cubs 10-6, nice. too bad they can't play the astros, pirates, and reds all summer. nice suprises so far: wood fuku reed johnson lee dempster mostly good health not so nice so far: soriano lilly ramirez ward wuertz passable so far: shortstop 2b- derosa now muscles up as the lf, ha! marmol zambrano will the real rich hill please stand up? will the real bob howry please stand up? will the future compact-swinging felix pie please show up? so far, so good. get 2 more wins and be on a roll when the big bad mutts hit town!!

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:40 pm

That list makes little sense to me - Marmol and Z are only "passable? What on earth do they have to do to improve on their season's performances at this point? And Ramirez never hits well in the Spring, at least as far back as I remember. He's basically in line with expectations.

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Submitted by dc60124 on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:43 pm

in line with expectations. thanks, that's a better name for 2b-ss-z-marmol. ramirez so far is no great help. winning (10-6) without him is nice. ditto soriano. that was by and large my point. and it's 10% of the season. probably still falls under the "small sample size" clause. once again, consider the relative strength of the competition they've faced. let's compare notes again after 32 games. or 41 games. losing 2 of 3 to milwaukee and 2 of 3 to philly, presumably potential playoff opponents, leaves me under-whelmed. only one man's opinion.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 04:49 pm

This was a pretty good game, as many have said it was lucky we were playing the Pirates, Hill didn't look very good but the numbers in the end were ok. Using Marmol for 2 innings was interesting, goes to show that Lou either has no confidence in Howry, or he was unavailable for some reason. EriK Patterson didn't look so good, I wonder if the callup of Murton was half way planned due to facing the 2 left handers Sat and Sunday.

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