Game 45 Thread / Cubs @ Astros (1 of 3)

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SP *Ted Lilly SP Brian Moehler
  4-4, 5.33, 50 K, 17 BB, 50.2 IP
1-0, 4.58, 10 K, 4 BB, 17.2 IP
       
LF Alfonso Soriano CF *Michael Bourn
SS Ryan Theriot 2B #Kaz Matsui
1B Derrek Lee SS Miguel Tejada
3B Aramis Ramirez 1B #Lance Berkman
RF *Kosuke Fukudome LF Carlos Lee
C Geovany Soto RF Hunter Pence
CF *Jim Edmonds 3B Ty Wigginton
2B Mark DeRosa C Brad Ausmus
P *Ted Lilly P Brian Moehler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs, winners of eight of ten, all at home, meet the Astros, winners of seven of ten, all on the road.

The contest, marking the Cubs' first visit this season to the former Kenneth Lay Field, will match two of the game's hottest hitters, the Cubs' Soriano, whose average on May 1st was .164 and is now .296, and the Astros' Berkman, who has gone a ridiculous 36-for-66 (.545) with 8 HR and 21 RBI in the course of a 17-game hitting streak. (By comparison, Houston's Hunter Pence, who has gone 23-for-64, .359, while hitting in a mere 16 straight, has been a sluggard.)

Lilly has won three decisions in a row and four of his last five. In his last two outings, against the Padres and Diamondbacks, he whiffed 21 while walking just three.

Moehler joined the Houston rotation about a week-and-a-half ago, replacing the injured Wandy Rodriguez, and threw a pair of five-inning outings, one good, one less good, on the Astros' just-finished West Coast trip. Tonight Moehler will be making his first start against the Cubs since '06 and is 1-0, 3.91 lifetime against our side.

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Submitted by CincyKid
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 5:45pm

I think Lou should take a page from Tony's book. put somebody on for Fonzie.

Soriano
Fukudome
Lee
Aram
Soto
Edmonds
DeRosa
Lilly
Theriot

Submitted by Wes
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 5:57pm

I think hitting Edmonds behind Soto is crazy talk.

Submitted by Fireball
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 7:39pm

Wow, an inside the park home run from Soto and a beautiful over-the-shoulder basket catch from Edmonds. This game has been fun so far...

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:13pm

Zeus is a badass. Carlos Lee looked scared as hell on that breaking ball right after the chin music. Not that I blame him.

Submitted by Green Lantern
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:13pm

marmolaaaaaade
lady marmolaaaaade

all star game!

Submitted by Green Lantern
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:15pm

how about ESPN with this one: gary thorne says "carlos lee 2-7 career vs. marmol"
immediately followed by a graphic that says "lee 1-9 vs. marmol"
good job, guys.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:43pm

I think they also set a record for most minutes discussing topics not related to the game they were announcing. The 5-minute discussion about eating rice and beans with Orestes Destrade in Puerto Rico and how poor Steve was not invited was particularly stupid.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:26pm

Why did Lou start Wuertz out there in the 8th? I would have given Eyre a chance against the lefty Bourne.

Submitted by eli18
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:30pm

why does it feel as if wuertz has failed to demonstrate he can be counted on to hold leads...

he's going to be the main reason Marmol's arm falls off.

Submitted by Hobart Mike
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:34pm

It was awkward to watch Edmonds do the hop/bump thing with Soriano after the game was over. Nice catch earlier.

Submitted by billybucks
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:34pm

Just checking in now--

Why was Lilly pulled after striking out the leadoff hitter in the 6th??

Submitted by Wes
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 9:40pm

Ted kind of struggled in the 5th. Threw 96 pitches.

I imagine Lou only sent him out there to make Berkman bat right-handed.

Submitted by navigator
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:13pm

.000 Pie 0/4 again tonite, 0/16 since being sent to Iowa.

The Jason Dubois, formerly? an IronPig but back in the Cubs system?, played 1B for Iowa and made two errors. Got a hit though.

Submitted by Eric S
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 8:40am

And Matt Murton with his 1st dinger of the season last night ... along with his 8th RBI ... which is pretty abysmal for hitting at the 3rd in the lineup for most of his time while down at Iowa.

Submitted by billybucks
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:15pm

Pretty terrible umpiring -- Soto's ball was clearly out, and the Astro basestealer was clearly out in the 8th. MLB needs to implement some sort of fitness testing for umps -- it seemed like Joe West blew both plays, in part because he is too damn fat to get into posiiton to see the play properly.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:22pm

BILLYBUCKS: Just getting home now - and did not see it - BUT, I thought Cowboy Joe West retired after last season ended!!

He was really bad last year and blew TWO HR's of the Cubs - one in particular was Soriano's, I think in Cinci.

I completely concur that MLB has let these arrogant prick umpires screw up for too long.

Submitted by billybucks
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 7:52am

Unless it's another "Joe West" -- Box Score says he was the 2B ump (as did Len and Bob).

Submitted by Vegas Brian
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:42am

Exactly.

That was his call to make on Soto's HR to left-center. It turned out the 3rd base ump had to make the call from a crappy angle because West couldn't get out there. He also blew the CS call at 2nd.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:39pm

Watching highlights, now. The Edmonds catch. WOW!

And, he was 1-5. Certainly saved a run, as there was a runner on 1B.

We have been getting some absolutely killer defense in CF this year. Eat it, Jacque Jones!!

Submitted by nohit
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:55pm

You know, a sustained season of .622 would be good for 100 wins. Just sayin'...

/nojinxhere

Submitted by 433
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:59pm

Hey I just realized I had Soriano/Edmonds/Fukudome in TCR's "What will be the starting outfield for the cubs in 2008" contest back in 2004. What do I win?

Submitted by CT_Steve
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:10pm

Ha!

Excellent...

Submitted by Mitterwald
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:03pm

Wasn't it Joe West who made that call during that Sunday afternoon game at U.S. Cellular Field last year? I forget the particulars, but it caused Hawk Harrelson to have a coronary in the booth, and Ozzie got ejected, so Joe West is alright by me.

Submitted by nohit
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:11pm

I wonder what Pence's sluggard percentage is?

Submitted by rokfish
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:51pm

when the nl rookie of the year is catching granted this probally
changes with who is pitching but whaat % of the pitches does
he actually call and what comes from the bench?

Submitted by rokfish
on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:59pm

also has brad ausmas been catching for 20 years god it seems
that long.

Submitted by rokfish
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:16am

fox out

ascaino up

Submitted by Brian
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 2:21am

Ascanio, but yes.

Fox getting injured is no surprised.

I don't know what you guys think, but I like the pick. I have a feeling some people might say Cotts should've been called up, but I was a big fan of Ascanio in Spring Training- he's only 23. By the way, this is the guy we traded Will Ohman for, remember.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 2:45am

roberto novoa...damn, i mean jose ascanio isn't a bad guy.

hard thrower...hopefully has control of his secondary pitch. what's his secondary pitch dujour this year? slider?

in all seriousness...i did/do like the trade...if you're trading for young kids with raw tools a 95+mph fastball is a nice start. even nicer when you dump a little loot off the payroll to obtain the guy.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 2:49am

hill to minor league DL, 15-day...also s.marshall seems to be in line to take someone's rotation slot soon (probably gallagher).

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/spor...

Submitted by Jeff_Pico
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 6:53am

Like the call up for Ascanio, at least he's a young guy with room to improve. The whole Fox episode was kind of weird, be interesting to see if we ever see him again.

Submitted by billybucks
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 8:02am

Theriot .333 BA/.410 OBP
DeRosa .306 BA/.408 OBP
Cedeno .324 BA/.410 OBP

B. Roberts .274 BA/.355 OBP

Cubs lead the MAJORS in runs scored -- more than any o' them ersatz DH teams, even.

Keep it up, fellows.

Submitted by navigator
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:13am

and the Cubs lead the major leagues in OBP base-clogging as well.

Clearly our homegrown talent is capable of patience at the plate. Soto leads the team in OBP, Theriot and Cedeno are over .400 right now as you point out, and Fontenot is at .375 which hints that the Cubs system, which traditionally emphasized "hitting" and sneered at OBP, is one reason the Cubs have had a problem with the winning thing.

Submitted by Dmac
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 9:56am

Joe West is this year's version of Bruce Froemming.

Submitted by hellfrozeover
on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:35pm

Some more Joe West shenanigans:

http://mikesrants.baseballtoaster.com/archives/987...

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