Game 65 Thread / Braves @ Cubs (1 of 3)

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SP *Tom Glavine SP *Ted Lilly
  2-2, 4.47, 34 K, 29 BB, 56.1 IP
5-5, 5.23, 69 K, 23 BB, 72.1 IP
       
SS Yunel Escobar LF Alfonso Soriano
2B *Kelly Johnson SS Ryan Theriot
RF Jeff Francoeur 1B Derrek Lee
1B #Mark Teixeira 3B Aramis Ramirez
LF #Greg Norton C Geovany Soto
C *Brian McCann RF *Kosuke Fukudome
3B *Omar Infante 2B Mark DeRosa
CF *Gregor Blanco CF Reed Johnson
P *Tom Glavine P *Ted Lilly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When home/road splits collide!!!!

The Cubs are best in the senior circuit with a 26-8 mark and the Braves are the worst at 7-21, and will also be without the services of Chipper Jones and his .400-plus hitting for at least today's game, if not more. The Cubs will also look to extend their 8-game home winning streak.

A quick 3-game home jaunt before the Cubs head right back on the road to start inter-league play.

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Submitted by ultrapeanut
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 8:44pm

Cubs is pretty good. Really pretty good.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 9:05pm

Manny..... are you still alive?

Submitted by Barry M
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 9:20pm

Lilly seemed to be cruising, What happened? He get in a Jam and need Marmol-ade to get him through it

Submitted by nohit
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 10:03pm

I would so love the Cardinals to be featured on the cover of SI right now.

Submitted by Chifan
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 10:18pm

Pujols leaves the game tonight with a strained calf.

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:32pm

Moo!

Submitted by Mister Whipple
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 12:25am

No, no, no. A strained calf would sound more like:

MOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Submitted by Jeff_Pico
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 10:22pm

Great game except for Lilly's 1st and Howry's 8th. Derrek Lee showed some positive steps to maybe turning it around although I think Glavine was mostly throwing BP when he wasn't getting that same call he got in the 98 playoffs. I don't see why we can't sweep this series with Dempster and Zambrano going in the next 2. The Cubs offense has just been unreal at Wrigley.

And yes Pujols going down is big but something tells me these Cardinals are just one of those teams that are going to win even in the face of adversity. The Cubs/Cardinals head to head is going to be unbelievable.

Submitted by Ryno
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 10:56pm

I agree that Glavine was throwing BP. He wasn't fooling anyone. I would have been more surprised if D Lee hadn't hit a home run.

Submitted by Chifan
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 1:06am

your ace and your stud hitter for at least couple of weeks (assuming the Pujols injury requires a DL stint as it most likely will from reading the early reports). We need to play some good baseball this month to really put us in a place where we do not need to overuse are main guys in the 2nd half.

Submitted by Cubster
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:18pm

they said Glavine left the game with an elbow strain and will miss his next start.

...he did throw 72 pitches (38 strikes) in 3 innings, so that's not bad for a 43 yr old.

Submitted by Cubster
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:36pm

Pujols calf injury. Details from the mlb site and a video of what happened. Reminiscent of Garciaparra in April 2005 although that was a severe adductor tear and this is a calf strain. Still it's eerie seeing him lying in a heap just a few steps down the first base line from home plate. More Voodoo dolls?

http://tinyurl.com/56prxl

Submitted by Chifan
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 1:00am

lets say Pujols's calf strain is the most severe case of a calf strain, how much time would he miss?

Submitted by SJS_Kenosha
on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 11:51pm

Isn't adductor an oxymoron? Just saying

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 8:25am

lets say Pujols's calf strain is the most severe case of a calf strain, how much time would he miss?
==================
cramp: 2-3 days, rxd with Midol. (www.midol.com)
mild strain: day to day until it's reinjured
moderate strain: 2-4 weeks
severe strain: 4-6 weeks
most severe strain in the history of baseball: 6-12 weeks
Soriano's calf: remainder of contract

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 9:00am

LOL

Submitted by Mister Whipple
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 10:58am

Thanks Dr. Nick!!

Submitted by Dmac
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 9:08am

Nice to see Lilly get a warning (and not thrown out) in the 1st - inning for that message pitch. I seem to recall a certain umpire showboating last year on Lilly during a game on ESPN. What a novel idea - it's about the players, not the umps.

Submitted by hellfrozeover
on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 10:23am

I don't even know if that was a message pitch. It wasn't even that far inside, McCann was just standing practically on top of the plate. It could have been but I'm not convinced one way or the other.

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