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Adbert Alzolay 
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Kyle Hendricks
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Jameson Taillon 
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* Jordan Wicks

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Patrick Wisdom

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Royals @ Cubs: Ventura vs. Wada (Game 48 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

KC (29-18): RHP Yordano Ventura (3-4, 4.64)

CHC (25-22): LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-0, 2.70)

 

Escobar ss

Infante 2b

Cain cf

Morales 1b

*Gordon lf

Perez c

Rios rf

Colon 3b

Ventura p

#Fowler cf

Bryant 3b

*Rizzo 1b

Castro ss

*Montero c

Soler rf

*Coghlan lf

*Wada p

Russell 2b


Wada switches spots with Hammel, who’s getting an extra day because of his ongoing nail issue and an extra extra day because of the rainout. Yesterday’s game will be made up on Monday Sept. 28, when KC is in town to face the Southsiders.

Wada has decent if abbreviated numbers since coming off the DL for his two winless starts. He might have been on an informal or unstated pitch count as he works himself back (69 against SD and 83 against WAS). When asked about Wada going longer, Maddon responded: “It just depends. It’s not a 100-pitch exercise.” Only Butera (with 1 official AB and a BB) has ever faced Wada in the regular season.

STL beat Ventura his last time out, when he went 7 and gave up 4 ER. He has pretty electric stuff--his fastball was ranked second among starters for all of MLB last year--but his control is inconsistent. If the Cubs start chasing, it could get ugly fast. Only 4 Cubs have a handful of bats against him (Fowler, Lake, Montero, and Ross). Ross has 2 ABs, with a HR.

Alex Rios returns for KC after a fractured left hand put him on the DL in the second week of the season. He went 3-17 with a HR in his rehab assignment.

Let’s hope for an early lead. The Cubbies like their late-inning heroics, but that's not how you beat KC. And if the Royals continue to hit HRs, we should have someone check the pine tar on their bats.

Go Cubs!

 

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:17 pm

The 6th inning was just really, really terrible managing by Joe. Tie game in the 6th, two outs, man on first -- with a rain-out rested bullpen -- and you bring in your mop-up/extra inning guy? Who has been one of the worst pitchers in the majors for the past 2 years? Who is still learning how to pitch out of the bullpen? What possible explanation can there be for that? Just horrible.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 06:02 am

The bullpen has been Maddon's achilles heel. But in his defense, nobody has come in and gotten the job done during that stage of the game whose last name isn't Grimm and he probably felt it was too early to bring him in. You can argue I guess that Wood isn't used to coming in with a guy on base, but I think Maddon would argue it shouldn't make any difference, and he'd be right. Hopefully he'll now turn to Theo and say, "time to cut this guy loose. I can't even bring him in to hold 'em in the sixth. What good is he?"

Submitted by Carlito on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:11 pm

Can someone just get Schlitter and Wood an apartment together. In Siberia. Maybe Jackson can join them ...

Submitted by CTSteve on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:18 pm

Finally, someone who can sing! Thank you, Fat Tony.

They seem to be few and far between these days.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:03 pm

i am so fucking over david ross... why is he even in the game in a tie game anyway? did montero get injured?

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:09 pm

no Montero injury... they pinch ran with Herrera when Montero walked. Herrera did score from 2nd on the Coughlan single to tie the game.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:47 pm

JD, after noting that only Edwin Jackson is left in the bullpen.."If the phone rings, at least they will know who it's for."

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:03 pm

cubs win!!!! ha. a bloop out turns into a bloop hit because of defensive positioning fearing another bunt attempt by d.ross. awesome.

Submitted by CubsfaninCA on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:07 pm

Cubs seem to have the "Angels in the Outfield" going against their opponents this year. I think it was Ernie that tripped the guy this time. Whales Win!!

Submitted by Carlito on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:25 pm

also speaking of Fowler, he basically reached back and made himself out on that Rizzo single. The anti-scoring slide.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 05:04 pm

Brewers-Dbacks game is crazy. Longest game by time in Miller Park. Garza just pitched his 5th inning as their 9th pitcher in the game. 6-6 in the bottom of the 17th in Milwaukee. edit: And Garza gets the win (3-7) on a Maldonado HR in bottom of 17th. Also, Welington is 0-4 with another tie game (3-3) in the 10th, Seattle vs Indians.

Submitted by dcf on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 06:53 am

Went to the ballpark yesterday with some of my wife's inlaws from KC. Very cold, wind from North and off the lake. Lots of KC people in the stands. Heard stories of other KC people in town that had tickets to Saturday, and left without seeing a game due the rainout. Maddon manages a lot of games using the bench very aggressively. It seems like he does not want to save anybody.

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Submitted by dcf on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 06:05 pm

Further to the above, Hammel was in the on-deck circle when Ross hit his jamshot to win the game. I don't recall Hammel being announced, but the pitcher's spot was due next, and Rosscup was in that spot. He was out of position players.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 06:14 pm

why in the hell are they wasting a "pitch around to get to the pitcher" slot on cog rather than castro at this point just to keep a L/R matchup that deep in the lineup intact? d.ross has benefited greatly from it...hell, it's almost his only saving grace at the plate.

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