Today's tale of the tape:
Pettitte vs. O'Malley:
350    GS   0
183    W    0
1661 K   0
2257.1 IP   0
Ryan O'Malley
gets the default start today with Scott Eyre hitting the DL with a strained hamstring. According to that Trib article, he's the 7th Cubs rookie pitcher this year and 4th to make his major leage debut in a starting role.
As for last night's marathon affair, I tuned in on my XM radio on my drive home to hear the Astros take the lead and pretty much got through the bottom of the eighth. Forgetting the game was on WGN and figuring it was over, I went inside and spent a couple of hours with the kids before putting them to bed. I went to check the boxscore to see the final damage and saw the game was still going on and in the 15th inning. I decided to check out the parachat to see if any insomniacs were still around and there were a good 10-15 TCR'ites still fighting the good fight. Of course they were playing Hangman and 20 Questions, but most stuck around until the end. There were calls to officially reference the game as "The Murton Game" ala the '84 "Sandberg game", but I'm not sure ballplayers can get games named after them in a non-playoff season. But still what a performance by Murton and by most of the bullpen sans Wuertz and Ohman.
Today should be fun, Go Cubs!
GAME ONE HUNDRED-TWENTY IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (51-68 (Div) 5th - 12.5 GB; (Wild Card) 12th - 10.0 GB) AT HOUSTON ASTROS (57-62, (Div) 3rd - 6.5 GB; (Wild Card) 6th - 4.0 GB)
The Juice Park, 1:05 pm CDT
Weather: Roof Closed
TV: WGN, DirecTV 734
Radio: WGN, XM 186
Andy Pettitte, LHP
11-12, 4.86 ERA, 159.1 IP
136 K, 54 BB, 22 HR
300/353/493 against | Ryan O'Malley, LHP
(AAA) 7-7, 4.08 ERA, 123.2 IP
71 K, 30 BB, 9 HR
286/330/429 against |
|
*Juan Pierre, CF
Ryan Theriot, 2B
Michael Barrett, C
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Phil Nevin, 1B
#Angel Pagan, RF
Matt Murton, LF
#Neifi Perez, SS
*Ryan O'Malley, P | Wily Taveras, CF
Chris Burke, 2B
#Lance Berkman, 1B
*Luke Scott, LF
Morgan Ensberg, 3B
Jason Lane, RF
Adam Everett, SS
Brad Ausmus, C
*Andy Pettitte, P |
| Cubs vs Pettitte:
Neifi Perez: 8-29, 276/276/414, 2 K, 0 BB, 4 2B
Phil Nevin: 6-21, 286/423/524, 6 K, 5 BB, 1 HR
Aramis Ramirez: 6-17, 353/353/882, 2 K, 0 BB, 3 2B, 2 HR
Jacque Jones: 2-16, 125/176/188, 7 K, 1 BB, 1 2B
Michael Barrett: 5-15, 333/474/600, 4 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Matt Murton: 4-14, 286/412/286, 3 K, 3 BB, 0 XBH
Juan Pierre: 4-11, 364/417/455, 1 K, 1 BB, 1 2B | Astros vs. O'Malley:
No Astros with more than 10 AB's |
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