Game 152 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs
Submitted by Cubnut on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 12:20pmGame Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | Adam Wainwright | SP | Carlos Zambrano |
| 9-3, 3.20, 84 K, 26 BB, 121 IP | 14-5, 3.41, 127 K, 65 BB, 182.1 IP | ||
| CF | *Skip Schumaker | LF | Alfonso Soriano |
| LF | Ryan Ludwick | SS | Ryan Theriot |
| 1B | Albert Pujols | 1B | Derrek Lee |
| 2B | Felipe Lopez | 3B | Aramis Ramirez |
| 3B | Troy Glaus | CF | *Jim Edmonds |
| RF | *Adam Kennedy | RF | Mark DeRosa |
| SS | *Aaron Miles | 2B | *Mike Fontenot |
| P | Adam Wainwright | C | Henry Blanco |
| C | Jason Larue | P | #Carlos Zambrano |
In his post-game press conference Thursday, a giggly Lou Piniella implied he was planning to go out last night to tie one on in celebration of the spectacular comeback victory. (I believe the exact quote was, "This is going to be a bad night for me.") It's a relief then, looking at today's lineup, to see Lou didn't stumble into the lockerroom still drunk and blindly pencil Koyie Hill into the leadoff spot as his second baseman or give a spot start to Michael Wuertz.
Geovany Soto gets the day off owing to irritation of a joint in his left hand. He is listed as day-to-day.
Our man Zambrano makes his first start since last Sunday's no-no at Milwaukee. I took a look at the last ten National Leaguers to throw complete game no-hitters before Zambrano to see how they fared in their very next outing.
