GAME SEVENTEEN IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (9-7, 4th, -2.5) AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (11-6, 2nd, -1.0)
Busch Stadium, 1:15 PM CDT
Weather:
TV: WGN
Radio: WGN, XM 187
Jason Marquis, RHP
3-0, 2.79 ERA, 19.1 IP
12 K, 4 BB, 1 HR | Greg Maddux, RHP
3-0. 1.33 ERA, 20.1 IP
14 K, 4 BB, 1 HR |
*Juan Pierre, CF
Ronny Cedeno, SS
*Todd Walker, 2B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Michael Barrett, C
*Jacque Jones, RF
Matt Murton, LF
#Neifi Perez, 2B
Greg Maddux, P | David Eckstein, SS
Juan Encarnacion, RF
Albert Pujols, 1B
Scott Rolen, 3B
*Jim Edmonds, CF
*John Rodriguez, LF
Yadier Molina, C
#Aaron Miles, 2B
*Jason Marquis, P |
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Cubs vs. Marquis
Michael Barrett: 7-15, 467/529/800, 2 BB
Juan Pierre: 3-15, 200/294/2002 BB,1 K | Cardinals vs. Maddux
Albert Pujols: 10-27, 370/357/741, 3 HR, 3 K
David Eckstein: 6-14, 429/429/571
Juan Encarnacion: 10-29, 345/387/483, 1HR, 1 BB
Jim Edmonds: 7-28, 250/250/536, 2 HR, 5 K
Scott Rolen: 15-58, 259/343/431, 2 HR, 7 BB, 10 K
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This is the marquee (heh heh) pitching matchup of the day, as two of the five 3-0 NL pitchers hook up (there are also two 4-0 pitchers). Both of these guys are being extremely stingy in the earlygoing -- each of them has walked as many batters as
Glendon Rusch did last night. Maddux is holding opponents to a 149/197/239 batting line, and Marquis' offensive numbers (200/200/300) are almost as good as the numbers of the batters who have faced him (214/257/314). In fact, Tony LaRussa has used Marquis as a pinch-hitter, which says as much about St. Louis' bench as it does about Marquis' batting prowess.
It would be easy for the Cubs to justify a sweep at the hands of the Cardinals in the first series of the post-Lee era. I'm not going to talk about team character and junk like that -- even without Lee the Cubs have enough talent to win games -- but instead will simply say that a win today would be awfully nice, and right now there's no one besides Maddux I'd rather have on the hill.
GO CUBS!!!
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