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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Hoff-POWER! Act Getting a Bit Old

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Micah Hoffpauir hit a three-run homer and reached base three times, Mike Fontenot drove in four runs with a two-run homer and a two-run triple, and Sam Fuld smacked a solo home run, scored two runs, and threw a runner out at the plate, as the Cubs thrashed the Texas Rangers 10-4 at Surprise Stadium today.

box score

Ted Lilly got the start, and worked two shutout innings, leaving unscathed thanks to a runner (Frank Catalanotto) being thrown out at the plate after a two out double by Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the bottom of the second.

The Cubs had taken the lead in the top of the frame, throwing up a seven spot on Rangers starter Scott Feldman.

Doug Deeds led off the Cubs second with a triple, and scored on an RBI single by Luis Rivas. So Taguchi then reached base on an error and Ryan Theriot singled to load the bases. After the runners advanced on an RBI ground out by Reed Johnson, Hoffpauir slammed a three-run blast, his second homer in three days. Geovany Soto singled with two outs, and then Fontenot followed with his two-run shot.

The Rangers came back with single runs off J. R. Mathes in the 3rd (a Ryan Theriot error  followed by two singles) and 4th (a single, a double, and an RBI GO), before the Cubs took an 9-2 lead in the top of the 6th.

Reed Johnson reached base leading off the inning after being hit by a pitch, and pinch-runner Sam Fuld moved up to second on a two-out walk to Mark Johnson. Fontenot then followed with a two-run triple to plate Fuld and Johnson.  

The Rangers scored two off Rocky Roquet in the 7th to narrow the Cub lead to 9-4, as Adam Melhuse smashed a one-out bases loaded double. But the potential third run was cut down at the plate.    

Fuld led off the 8th for the Cubs with a solo HR, and Jake Fox followed with a double, but was left stranded when DH Jason Dubois struck out, Mark Johnson grounded out, and Bobby Scales struck out.

Cubs pitchers retired the last seven Rangers batters on three ground outs and four punch-outs, and Cubs pitchers racked up 12 strikeouts for the day. Andruw Jones struck out three times (not easy to do in a Spring Training game). 

The Cubs return to Mesa tomorrow to play the White Sox.  

BTW, I was not at today's game (Surprise is like half-way to California), so I was forced to follow the game via "live" box score. 

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Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 02:42 pm

THANKS PHIL! Sorry you weren't in attendance for this one. IS there any way, if Jake Fox continues to hit the cover off the ball this spring, that he'd be the last RH bench player? It seems as if there is no fielding position if Hoff is added as the 1B sub. And, certainly, he is no more a catcher - which is now a position where he'd actually be of tremendous value if he was a decent.

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Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 02:06 pm

I hope Manny has to sign with the Giants for half the money. I recognize the hypocrisy in criticizing the players and not the owners, etc., and I have plenty of problems with the whole business end of the game. But anyone who would essentially say that they won't play baseball for $10 million this year and $15 million deferred deserves to be told he can sit out the season, then. It would be different if he had multiple teams bidding on him and the price was being driven up between the two of them.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 03:40 am

Pretty much all players do it all the time. They all fight for extra money, and many are even willing to hold out over a couple of million dollars. It is Scott Boras's job to get Manny as much money as possible. I also think that it is funny that it is Manny's failt that we wants the money to not be deferred, but it is NOT the owner's fault for wanting the money deferred. Do it is okay when the owner/management says that they don't want one of the top few hitters in baseball because of a few million bucks, but it is not okay when the player says no because of a few million bucks.

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 02:05 pm

Micah Hoffpauir??? Don't let the "Children of the Corn" name fool you this Amish Babe Ruth SOB can hit!!!!!!!!!! Who was the a-hole third baseman who hit .400 with 10 hr in ST three years ago? Clayton Moore? I don't know maybe we can put him crack and meth and he can be this year's Josh Lewin. Yes Im durnk, why do you aks?

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