Game 62 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 4)

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SP Sean Gallagher SP Hiroki Kuroda
  3-1, 4.55, 25 K, 10 BB, 31.2 IP
2-5, 3.93, 37 K, 23 BB, 71 IP
       
LF Alfonso Soriano LF *Juan Pierre
SS Ryan Theriot RF #Delwyn Young
1B Derrek Lee 2B Jeff Kent
3B Aramis Ramirez 1B *James Loney
RF *Kosuke Fukudome CF Matt Kemp
CF *Jim Edmonds 3B *Blake DeWitt
2B Mark DeRosa C Danny Ardoin
C Henry Blanco SS Chin-Lung Hu
P Sean Gallagher P Hiroki Kuroda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A win tonight and the Cubs are the proud owner of a winning road trip. They will aslo be the first team to 40 wins this season, a seemingly insignificant milestone that reader "JohnBeasley" shows is at the very least, a marker of good things to come.

First in the majors to 40:
2007: 6/9 - BOS (won World Series) and LAA (made playoffs)
2006: 6/11 - DET (won pennant)
2005: 6/8 - CHW (won World Series)
2004: 6/13 - NYY (made playoffs)

Source: BaseballRace.com

It'll be up to 22-year Sean Gallagher to try and accomplish the task, and he fared well last week versus the Dodgers, going seven innings and only allowing one earned run, albeit in prime pitching conditions. And while there was talk a few weeks back that Gallagher is just keeping the seat warm for either Sean Marshall or Rich Hill's return, he seems to have gotten on Lou's good graces.

"He's got a good arm," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said.
"He's basically learning to pitch at the big-league level. He's working
every time he works in the bullpen on his second and third pitches.
He's got a fine arm.

"I've said many times it surprised me how good an arm
he has. I didn't see it last spring, and I didn't see it last summer,
and I didn't see it this spring. I knew he had the potential to be a
major-league pitcher, but I didn't realize he threw as hard as he did."

I'll be at Dodger Stadium for the next two after tonight, wish me luck with the parking lot.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 8:27pm
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Submitted by John Beasley
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:03pm

Edmonds at catcher! WOO!!!

Submitted by Jeff_Pico
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:09pm

Cubs going with the rare 2 catcher alignment.

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:20pm

lou has lost his fucking mind.

going with the classic 2-catcher/0-CF setup and they choose edmonds over fontegod?

what's up with this joker?!?!

Submitted by The E-Man
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:30pm

Gee ROB G:

You shouldn't have any parking problems on Sunday, at least.

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:38pm

another WGN game...another 1000 herpies and limp dick pill commercials.

i swear...cubs fans...start taking care of your dicks.

wtf...

Submitted by billybucks
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 9:44pm

5IP, one hit.....and 7 BB

Ugh.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 10:32pm

Too bad Hill can't hit like Ankiel

Submitted by The Joe
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 10:40pm

Umps seem to be anti-Cub tonight.

Submitted by billybucks
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 10:48pm

Terrible call at first costs the Cubs a run following the Brenley jinx ("this is a sure thing RBI for Aramis").

Now LA loads 'em up with no outs.

We're gonna need some runs, boys. Wake up them bats.

At least the Cards and Brewers lost.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 11:19pm

it's tough watching a game when the umpiring crew is so inconsistent and bad.

Kent's K was a ball and of course his arguing is going to get him run from the game.
Fukudome's double play was a force out RBI, boo Cousins.
Kuroda's pitching so slowly that the hitters need to step out and slow up the game even more, but the umps don't do much about it. I thought someone was supposed to time the pitcher to 12 seconds...

I hate bad umpiring. Derryl Cousins and Marty Foster, please go away.

Submitted by billybucks
on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 11:29pm

Doesn't seem like the Cubs are going to score 4 tonight.

G'Night.

Submitted by Cubster
on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 9:08am

Anyone noticing that Scott Eyre has been really good in the limited role Lou's used him? 2 more K's last night in 2/3 IP.

Certainly better than at any point last year. Can't hurt that he's on a contract season.

Submitted by nohit
on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 1:36pm

Curse Fox and their blackout rights.

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