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Game 49 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (2 of 3)

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SP Jason Marquis
 SP
*Phil Dumatrait
  2-3, 4.96, 27 K, 17 BB, 45.1 IP
1-2, 4.39, 28 K, 25 BB, 41 IP
       
LF
 Alfonso Soriano 2B
 Freddy Sanchez
SS
 Ryan Theriot
 SS
 Luis Rivas
1B
 Derrek Lee CF
 *Nate McLouth
3B
Aramis Ramirez LF
Jason Bay
C
 Geovany Soto 1B
*Adam LaRoche
RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome RF
 Jason Michaels
2B
 Mark DeRosa
 3B
 Jose Bautista
CF
 Reed Johnson
 C
 Raul Chavez
P
 *Jason Marquis
 P
 Phil Dumatrait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His leg doesn't hurt. His leg doesn't hurt. His leg doesn't hurt. Just keep repeating it to yourself as you watch Alfonso Soriano run the bases and man leftfield tonight. The guy says his leg is fine despite what your eyes and the television cameras may tell you.


Fukudome returns to the lineup after a night off, though he will be hitting in the six hole, the lowest spot in the order the outfielder has occupied in his brief Cub career. The Pirates do a little lineup-juggling as well, giving Luis Rivas a start at shortstop and batting the .212 hitter second, and moving Nate McLouth down to the third spot, where his big bat could do more damage. That is, if Luis Rivas wasn't batting right in front of him.

Tonight's pitching matchup is a replay of last Sunday's, in which Marquis, whose two wins this year have both come against Pittsburgh, allowed three runs (two earned) over six innings. Dumatrait couldn't make it past the fifth inning, having issued seven walks and allowed just enough runs to lose, 4-3.

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Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 05:39 pm

and I'm not happy about the Piniella brain cramp of double switching with Blanco for DLee, had a feeling that would bite em in the ass...why not sacrifice the earlier inning with a pitcher batting (Wuertz batted in the 14th anyway) and why take a HR threat out of the game in extra innings

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 05:29 pm

I know its 'only' been 3 times with the HBP to lead off the inning..but it almost seems like a mental thing...hopefully that can be the last one. Very strange. Good news is that Capps should be unavailable for them tomorrow. That guy owns us.

Submitted by dc60124 on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:49 am

i would love to see the text question of the day for today be: "which play was most responsible for turning friday night's champs into saturday night's chumps:" a. derosa can't get a ball in play with the bases loaded b. soriano gets picked off 2nd base c. wood hits his first batter (again) d. theriot can't remember which first baseman he is throwing to. e. lou outsmarts himself with 1 too many double switches the beauty of all this is that lots of knuckle-headedness gets spent in only 1 game. and they play again today with a fresh start (albeit not a fresh bullpen) against a team they have had in a choke-hold all season. i think my vote would be "b". maybe. i think.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:43 am

A Jones out for the Dodgers 4-6 weeks to get his knee scoped...that's money well spent (Ned Coletti, master of the 3/44). We play the Dodgers starting monday.

Submitted by hellfrozeover on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:15 am

I'd have to agree, the DLee double switch hurt us the most. Lee makes that pick in the 14th with no problem and the Pirates don't score. Not to mention his bat.... Another big one--Blanco not getting a good bunt down, but that's not entirely his fault because I would have to believe he's just not a very skilled bunter.

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:20 am

I tend to think that Fonzi's mental cramp on 2nd base was the worst gaffe of the evening (he almost made a worse one the night before). Granted, their catcher made a hell of a throw, but you just don't get thrown out in that situation. We have some disturbing tendencies on the basepaths, don't know what the problem is. You look at the replay, and the ump was already predisposed to call him out on that play, his arm was cocked way back before the throw even made it out there.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:05 am

and it's not popular to be critical of Theriot these days but can someone tell him to please stop gettiing thrown out stealing? 8 CS vs 9 steals is really bad.

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:32 am

I also agree about Theriot's baserunning inefficiency this year - last night wasn't his fault, but that's a terrible percentage for success. Either he's telegraphing his move to 2B, or he's not as fast as we believe. Brenly and Kasper mentioned a Pirate last night who's something like 7 for 7 on the year so far, after he'd just stolen a base on Marmol. That sounds like a player who knows how to pick his spots.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 05:41 am

yes, that was also Jason Bay (one man Cub killer) in the 8th. Walked, stole 2nd...then Zeus regained the strike zone and the icewater in his circulatory system. also on the telecast Brenly was vehement about walking Bay in the 14th to load the bases, saying Bay wasn't hot the first trip to Pittsburgh but was way too hot to risk the game in that spot. LaRoche was next, but I suspect Lou didn't have confidence that Wuertz in that situation with the bases loaded would be able to throw enough strikes...so that was Piniella's choice. It's only second guessing at this point (except for Brenly, who was first guessing).

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

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