That certainly was an unfortunate loss. I didn't see the play where Gustavo Chacin reached on a sacrifice bunt but it sounded like a somewhat ill-advised decision to try and nail the lead runner. I did see the pitch to Reed Johnson that landed in the bleachers and there was nothing wrong with it. It appeared to be a low slider, well below the knees that Johnson just happened to turn around for a three run blast. With Jerome Williams having a few successful starts in Iowa, Kornonka's major league debut with the big league club may be a short one.
The Cubs offense struggled mightily, wasting a few scoring opportunities early in the game, particularly annoying was Jerry Hairston grounding into a double play to end the second with Michael Barrett on third. The next respectable Cubs scoring opportunity didn't come again until the 9th and once again was thwarted by the double play. It began well enough, when Aramis Ramirez homered to leadoff the inning and then continued the rally by getting runners on 1st and 3rd with one out. Up comes Todd Walker pinch hitting for Jose Macias and representing the tying run. No, wait, back goes Todd Walker and up comes Jose Macias, 2 for 3 on the day. Dusty for no good reason pinch hit for Hairston with Corey Patterson the 8th and now was short a man on the bench. So he called back Walker, hoping Macias would do anything except hit into a double play.....grounder up the middle, easy 6-6-3 game ender.
Tomorrow it's more night baseball at Wrigley, as Glendon Rusch tries to maintain his Cy Young pace and keep his ERA under 2.00 and the Cubs try to regain their winning ways.
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