Brooming Marvellous
After winning last night's game 2-1 in the ninth (recap, boxscore, play-by-play) to take a 2-0 series lead, the residents of West Tennessee have their brooms out tonight as the Jaxx look to go sweeping. Ricky Nolasco was simply outstanding yesterday, pitching eight scoreless frames. Though he had just the two innings in which he kept the bases clean, and a number of runners got themselves into scoring position, Nolasco immediately slammed the door shut every time, dialling his sinking fastball up to a very impressive 94mph in the late innings and inducing huge strikeouts with his excellent "Uncle Charlie" (or curveball, to you and me). 8 innings, 6 hits, 2 walks and a hit by pitch, 11 strikeouts, and, most importantly, 0 runs. Impressive. The Jaxx blew a 1-0 lead in the top of ninth though, with closer Andy Shipman, who was stolen from the Red Sox in the Jimmy Anderson back-and-forth last year, allowing a pair of hits and a run. Worry not though - the Jaxx came back in the bottom of the inning when Ryan Theriot, who was named Jaxx MVP before the game, tripled off the left field wall with one out. Two intentional walks followed and Brandon Sing struck out swinging before Buck Coats got the winning run home with an infield hit. Tonight...
Carlos Marmol, RHP 9-6, 3.34 ERA 141/77 K/BB, 17 HR in 153.2 IP |
Luke Lockwood, LHP 2-8, 3.24 ERA 79/23 K/BB, 6 HR in 114.0 IP |
2B *Frank Moore | SS Ryan Theriot |
3B #Drew Niles | 2B Aaron Sisk |
RF Juan Carlos Muniz | 3B Casey McGehee |
1B Jason Hill | RF Brandon Sing |
LF James Shanks | 1B #Matt Craig |
C #Dennis Anderson | CF *Buck Coats |
CF Reggie Abercrombie | LF Luis Montanez |
SS Rex Rundgren | C #Jose Reyes |
P *Luke Lockwood | P Carlos Marmol |
Recent comments
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Hagsag 13 hours 10 min ago (view)
Chase Strumpf and Andy Weber invited to the ML camp.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 18 hours 34 min ago (view)
Ryan Tepera returns. Major League deal
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crunch 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
spring training TV is usually fluid...adding and subtracting broadcast games...
first cubs TV (as of now) is March 3 (wednesday) on ESPN at 3pm EST.
radio broadcasts available for almost every game that's not televised. the cubs get going on monday and some other teams will start the day before.
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crunch 2 days 13 hours ago (view)
dj snelton's left elbow is screwed up...6 weeks rest then re-evaluate.
looks like he's going to try to avoid having surgery.
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Arizona Phil 3 days 5 hours ago (view)
AAA leagues really need to play through the month of September, because with September rosters being limited to 28 instead of 40, players will need to be moved back & forth between MLB and AAA throughout the month of September instead of just through the month of August.
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Mike Wellman 4 days 12 hours ago (view)
I get you, SW. Here in Des Moines, Cardinal fans flocked to I-Cub games when Memphis Redbirds were in town. That won't happen in '21 and even if it does in '22 & beyond it won't be as frequent as when they were in the same division. Not that I'll miss seeing Cardinal gear @ our ballpark...
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Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 14 hours ago (view)
Ervin claimed by Braves. So we lose a potential future (and also current) asset in exchange for one year of a very mediocre Jake Marisnick.
This team has no direction at the moment.
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Sonicwind75 4 days 14 hours ago (view)
As a midwest kid now living in Texas, new scheduling is a bummer. Only get a chance to drive and see Cubs once every 3 years with interleague. Really looked forward to those games in Round Rock and the one season in San Antonio. I understand it makes more sense in the big picture, just selfishly disappointed.
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Cubster 5 days 15 hours ago (view)
Barry Foote bobble day! Cool!
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Mornington Crescent 5 days 17 hours ago (view)
They also gave away Larry Craig bobblefoot dolls as a promotion.
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crunch 6 days 9 hours ago (view)
alcantara passes through waivers and is assigned to AAA.
marisnick contract final, phllip ervin (OF) DFA'd
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Hagsag 6 days 11 hours ago (view)
Yes they did.
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crunch 6 days 12 hours ago (view)
welcome to the "big time" st paul saints...they built a nice park, the fans showed up, and they go from indies to AAA (with a bit of $ help from the twins for part ownership).
billy murray is a part owner of the group that owns the saints, btw.
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Mike Wellman 6 days 13 hours ago (view)
Hagsag, the River Bandits made the cut tho, right?
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Craig A. 6 days 14 hours ago (view)
Could have an option year remaining. Bleacher Nation walked it back, per the link above.
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Hagsag 6 days 14 hours ago (view)
Living in the Quad Cities area, I look forward to hopefully coming to Des Moines to see the I Cubs a few times this summer.
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