The Dodgers are just piling on now.
Greg Maddux was scheduled to pitch today's game but was pushed back so he can face the Padres this weekend, them being the Dodgers closest competition in the NL West race. Instead they give Hong-Chih Kuo his second major league start. Someone must have gotten the scouting report to Grady Little that the Cubs can't hit the newbies. If you have time to pick him up in your fantasy league, he's a good bet to throw a gem today.
The Cubs were officially eliminated from the post-season last night. They did pick up a game on the Royals in the race for the top draft pick, trailing them by a mere 2 games with the D-Rays only a game and half behind the Royals for the top stop. Here's the schedule breakdown for the 3 teams:
Royals:
(Home - 9): Mariners (4), Angels (2), Tigers (3)
(Away -7): Twins (4), Tigers (3)
D'Rays:
(Home - 7): Orioles (3), Yankees (4)
(Away -10): Yankees (1), Blue Jays (3), Red Sox (2), Indians (4)
Cubs:
(Home - 9): Dodgers (1), Reds (3), Breweres (2), Rockies (3)
(Away - 7): Phillies (3), Reds (4)
Who said this September won't be exciting? Sure, I'd rather see 16 straight gems from our starting staff, but on the other hand it's pretty tough to completely screw up the first pick in the draft, Matt Bush and Brien Taylor notwithstanding.
GAME ONE HUNDRED-FORTY-SEVEN IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
LOS ANGELES DODGERS (77-68 (Div) 1st - 0 GB) AT CHICAGO CUBS (58-88 (Draft) 3rd - 2 GB)
Wrigley Field, 1:20 pm CDT
Weather: Sunny, 71 degrees, Wind in from CF @ 9 mph
TV: WGN
Radio: WGN, XM 188
Wade Miller, RHP
0-1, 12.00 ERA, 3 IP
3 K, 5 BB, 2 HR
385/556/846 against | Hong-Chih Kuo, LHP
1-4, 4.46 ERA, 36.1 IP
43 K, 29 BB, 2 HR
223/366/338 against |
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#Rafael Furcal, SS
*Kenny Lofton, CF
Nomar Garciaparra, SS
#J.D. Drew, RF
Jeff Kent, 2B
#Wilson Betemit, 3B
*Marlon Anderson, LF
Russ Martin, C
*Hong-Chih Kuo, P | *Juan Pierre, CF
Ryan Theriot, 2B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Derrek Lee, 1B
Matt Murton, LF
#Angel Pagan, RF
Henry Blanco, C
Ronny Cedeno, SS
Wade Miller, P |
| Dodgers vs. Miller:
J.D. Drew: 3-23, 130/310/261, 8 K, 6 BB, 1 HR
Kenny Lofton: 8-22, 364 /440/545, 1 HR, 1 2B
Marlon Anderson: 6-19, 316/364/368
Rafael Furcal: 2-14, 143 /368 /357, 3 K, 5 BB, 1 HR
Jeff Kent: 5-12, 417/417/583, 2 K, 0 BB, 2 2B
| Cubs vs. Kuo:
No Cubs with more than 10 AB's
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We can really stop giving Blanco just about every start. At least split time with Reyes and Soto.
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