Game 3 Thread: Cubs @ Braves

A battle of two of the better rookie pitchers from 2009 as the Cubs try to avoid the sweep.

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Cubs	Braves
Theriot SS	#Cabrera LF
*Fukudome RF	Prado 2B
Lee 1b	# C. Jones 3B
Ramirez 3B	*McCann C
Byrd CF	Glaus 3B
*Colvin LF	Escobar SS
Baker 2B	*Heyward RF
#Hill C	*McLouth CF
Wells P	Hanson P

Wells (2009):

12-10, 3.05 ERA, 165.1 IP, 46 BB, 104 K, 14 HR, 3.88 FIP, 6th in Rookie of the Year Voting

Hanson (2009):

11-4, 2.89 ERA, 127.2 IP, 116 K, 46 BB, 10 HR, 3.55 FIP, 3rd in Rookie of the Year Voting

No, game previews aren't back, at least not that I promise to always have them up. But they'll make appearances here and there. Lou changes up the lineup a bit tonight giving Colvin, Baker and Hill the starts and sitting Soriano, Fontenot and Soto. It looks like Xavier Nady will get a start in the outfield tomorrow as well against Homer Bailey. I assume Fukudome would sit, but Lou also said Nady will play left field at first, so I guess we'll find out tomorrow. Carlos Zambrano and Tom Gorzelanny have been flipped for the weekend series with Z going Saturday and Gorz being pushed to Sunday. Ted Lilly has also been pushed back in his rehab start in Iowa with a stiff back...he'll go on Sunday now.

A win sure would be nice tonight.

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TarzanJoeWallis 04/28/2024 - 04:42 am (view)

Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:44 pm (view)

no days off til may 9th. moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.
Cubster 04/27/2024 - 04:30 pm (view)

On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:04 pm (view)

"Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:51 pm (view)

rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:44 pm (view)

...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:38 pm (view)

matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

cubs run differential getting destroyed.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:34 pm (view)

matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs. no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count. ha.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:23 pm (view)

he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:22 pm (view)

and morel is injured...nice.

morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

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