...with the series victory.
GAME FOURTEEN IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (8-5, 2nd, -1.5) AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS (7-8, 3rd, -2.0)
Dodger Stadium, 9:10 PM CDT
Weather: Clear, 71 degrees, wind out to center at 5 mph
TV: CSN, DirecTV 741
Radio: WGN, XM 189
Brad Penny, RHP
2-0, 1.50 ERA, 18 IP
18 K, 1 BB, 2 HR | Sean Marhall, LHP
1-0, 7.71 ERA, 9 1/3 IP
4 K, 2 BB, 2 HR |
*Juan Pierre, CF
*Todd Walker, 2B
Derrek Lee, 1B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
*John Mabry, LF
Jacque Jones, RF
Michael Barrett, C
Ronny Cedeno, SS
*Sean Marshall, P | #Rafael Furcal, SS
*Kenny Lofton, CF
#Jose Cruz, LF
Jeff Kent, 2B
Olmedo Saenz, 1B
Bill Mueller, 3B
Sandy Alomar, C
, LF
Brad Penny, P |
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Cubs vs. Penny
Aramis Ramirez: 6-15, 400/400/467
Juan Pierre: 5-16, 313/421/375, 3 BB, 2 K
Todd Walker: 3-20, 150/150/300, 1 HR, 4 K
Neifi Perez: 3-18, 167/211/222, 1 BB, 1 K
Michael Barrett: 1-16, 063/059/125, 5 K
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I mentioned that last night's game had the potential to be "a nice tight game," and both pitchers held up their ends of the bargain. Zambrano pitched out of trouble a bit (walking five and hitting one) but timely defense kept most of those baserunners from crossing the plate.
Derek Lowe was just slightly better, blanking the Cubs and getting out of the only jam he found himself in, in the 6th.
Tonight's starter, Brad Penny, has looked great so far this season. In his three starts he's truck out 18 and walked only one. He's given up only one earned run in each of his starts. Sean Marshall, on the other hand, has struggled. I've seen a number of articles talking about how well he's pitched, and his poise, and I guess that's true when you look at the fact that he has barely any experiece above A ball, but examined as major league starts, they're not that great -- he's given up nearly a run an inning. On the positive side, he's only walked two batters and he's keeping the ball down. After throwing 65 and 79 pitches in his last two starts, he should be available to be stretched out a bit, possibly up to the 90-100 pitch range.
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