Cesar Izturis was placed on the DL today after straining his hamstring last night, and Buck Coats' contract was purchased to replace him. Oh, if only the Cubs had a guy like Neifi Perez on their roster, who could step in and take over for Izturis.
I'll let Arizona Phil talk about Coats in a bit more depth, but my impression of him is that he's a guy who hits like a middle infielder but can't field like one.
Today's tale of the tape:
Moyer vs. O'Malley
GS 510 1
W 211 1
K 1966 2
IP 3299.2 8
Moyer makes his first start for the Phillies and first start at Wrigley Field since October 2, 1988, his last start as a Cub before he was traded, along with Rafael Palmeiro and Drew Hall, to the Texas Rangers for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curt Wilkerson, Luis Benitez and Pablo Delgado. After bouncing around for the first half of his career (six teams in the first decade), he ended up in Seattle at age 32 and pitched for them for the last decade. When Moyer left the Cubs, Ryan O'Malley was 8 years old.
GAME ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (62-62 (Div) 2nd- 13.5 GB; (Wild Card) 3rd - 2.5 GB) AT CHICAGO CUBS (53-71 (Div) 5th - 13.5 GB; (Wild Card) 12th - 11.5 GB)
Wrigley Field, 7:05 pm CDT
Weather: Clear, 84 degrees, Wind out to C @ 5 mph
TV: CSN, DirecTV 743
Radio: WGN, XM 187
Ryan O'Malley, LHP
1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 IP
2 K, 6 BB, 0 HR
172/314/172 against | Jamie Moyer, LHP
6-12, 4.39 ERA, 160 IP
82 K, 44 BB, 25 HR
285/331/484 against |
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#Shane Victorino, CF
#Danny Sandoval, 2B
#Jimmy Rollins, SS
*Ryan Howard, 1B
Pat Burrell, LF
Mike Lieberthal, C
*Dave Dellucci, LF
#Abraham Nunez, 3B
Jamie Moyer, P | *Juan Pierre, CF
Ryan Theriot, 2B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Phil Nevin, 1B
*Jacque Jones, RF
Matt Murton, RF
Henry Blanco, C
Ronny Cedeno, SS
Ryan O'Malley, P |
| Phillies vs. O'Malley:
No Phillies has ever faced
| Cubs vs. Moyer:
Phil Nevin: 7-24, 292/370/458, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K
Jacque Jones: 5-16, 313/389/375, 1 BB, 2 K |
Michael Barrett's arm must be pretty banged up, as we're being treated to our third straight day of Blancomania. Or maybe he's in the lineup as part of Dusty's "Give a Guy With A Sub-.300 OBP A Regular Job Campaign" now that Neifi is gone.
The Phils are dealing with some injuries, too -- I got a chance to watch last night's game, the first Cubs game I've seen in weeks ever since I switched from DirecTV to Comcast and lost the Extra Innings package, and witnessed the collision between Aaron Rowand and Chase Utley that put Rowand on the DL with a broken ankle and Utley on the bench tonight. Rowand is lucky he doesn't have a concussion and/or a broken neck or shoulder, given how awkwardly he landed on his head after the collision.
Go Cubs!
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