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Game 104 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (3 of 4)
SP | Chris Volstad |
SP |
Rich Harden |
2-1, 2.16, 9 K, 6 BB, 16.2 IP |
5-2, 2.12, 112 K, 36 BB, 89.1 IP | ||
SS |
Hanley Ramirez |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
RF |
*Jeremy Hermida |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Jorge Cantu |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Mike Jacobs | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
2B |
Dan Uggla |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
LF |
Josh Willingham | RF |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
*John Baker |
C |
Geovany Soto |
CF |
#Alfredo Amezaga | CF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
P |
Chris Volstad | P |
*Rich Harden |
Rise and shine, Cubbies. A 12:05 day game in Chicago sees Rich Harden looking for his first win as a Cub, the Cubs looking for reliable offense, and fans looking to maintain bragging rights over the charging Brewers. That's three more uses of the verb "looking" than I'd make if I wasn't rusty from yet another long hiatus.
Who is John Baker?
The biggest pregame news has to be Fontenot's promotion and Fukudome's demotion. This is by my quick count the second time this season Fukudome started a game in center, the first time Fontenot has started the game hitting fifth, likewise for Fukudome hitting eighth.
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Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
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SP | Josh Johnson |
SP |
Ryan Dempster |
0-0, 3.86, 10 K, 3 BB, 11.2 IP |
11-4, 3.05, 111 K, 51 BB, 132.2 IP | ||
SS |
Hanley Ramirez |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
RF |
*Luis Gonzalez |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Jorge Cantu |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Mike Jacobs | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
2B |
Dan Uggla |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
LF |
Josh Willingham | C |
Geovany Soto |
CF |
Cody Ross |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
C |
Paul Hoover |
CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
*Josh Johnson | P |
Ryan Dempster |
With Jeff Samardzija (last name = 29 Scrabble points) in a Major League uniform for the first time and the Brewers so close you can smell the Miller High Life and cannibal sandwiches on their breaths, the Cubs go for a second win in a row against the Fightin' Fish.
Kosuke Fukudome returns to the starting lineup, as does Mike Fontenot, who has gone 14-for-41 (.341) with four homers and a 1260 OPS since the first of July.
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Game 102 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (1 of 4)
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Game 100 Thread / Cubs @ Diamondbacks (2 of 3)
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SP | Jason Marquis |
SP |
Yusmeiro Petit |
6-5, 4.44 ERA, 53 K, 39 BB, 99.1 IP |
0-1, 3.06 ERA, 11 K, 1 BB, 17.2 IP | ||
SS | Ryan Theriot | SS | *Stephen Drew |
RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
LF | Conor Jackson |
1B |
Derrek Lee | 2B |
#Orlando Hudson |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | 1B |
*Chad Tracy |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds | 3B | Mark Reynolds |
C | Geovany Soto | C | *Miguel Montero |
LF |
Mark DeRosa | CF | Chris Young |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot | RF | *Alex Romero |
P |
*Jason Marquis | P | Yusmeiro Petit |
The Cubs reach the century mark of the season that may mark their century-long run of futility. A little known fact is that they've lost the 100th game of every season since 1909 foreshadowing their 100-year drought (don't bother looking it up, I've posted it on the Internet, so it must be true)
Game 98 Thread / Cubs @ Astros (3 of 3)
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SP | Ryan Dempster |
SP |
Brandon Backe |
10-4, 3.25, 104 K, 350 BB, 124.2 IP |
6-9, 4.76, 83 K, 50 BB, 111.2 IP | ||
SS | Ryan Theriot |
2B | #Kaz Matsui |
RF | *Kosuke Fukudome | CF | *Darin Erstad |
1B |
Derrek Lee | 1B |
#Lance Berkman |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | LF |
Carlos Lee |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
SS | Miguel Tejada |
LF | Mark DeRosa | 3B | #Geoff Blum |
C |
Geovany Soto |
RF | Hunter Pence |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
C | J.R. Towles |
P |
Ryan Dempster |
P | Brandon Backe |
The Cubs' NL Central lead is down to +2 over the Cardinals and +3 over the Brewers as the Lou Crew tries to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Astros.
Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto, and Kosuke Fukudome are a combined 3-for-32 (.094) in the series, and as a team, the Cubs have fanned 14 times and walked once.
Or, as Lou Piniella explained so elegantly after Saturday night's 4-1 fall, "We're not getting much hitting anywhere in the lineup."
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Game 97 Thread / Cubs @ Astros (2 of 3)
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Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.
crunch (view)
steele MRI on friday. counsell expects an IL stint.
no current plans for his rotation replacement.
hellfrozeover (view)
I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1.
crunch (view)
amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.
neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.
Eric S (view)
Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it).
crunch (view)
boo.
crunch (view)
smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.
this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.
crunch (view)
i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things. the default is delay. i would choose brown.
like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.
anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.
Childersb3 (view)
Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.
I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.
If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.
Give him a chance.
But Wesneski probably gets it