Ryan Dempster
Game 113 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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Game 108 Thread / Cubs @ Brewers (3 of 4)
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Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
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SP | Josh Johnson |
SP |
Ryan Dempster |
0-0, 3.86, 10 K, 3 BB, 11.2 IP |
11-4, 3.05, 111 K, 51 BB, 132.2 IP | ||
SS |
Hanley Ramirez |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
RF |
*Luis Gonzalez |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Jorge Cantu |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Mike Jacobs | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
2B |
Dan Uggla |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
LF |
Josh Willingham | C |
Geovany Soto |
CF |
Cody Ross |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
C |
Paul Hoover |
CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
*Josh Johnson | P |
Ryan Dempster |
With Jeff Samardzija (last name = 29 Scrabble points) in a Major League uniform for the first time and the Brewers so close you can smell the Miller High Life and cannibal sandwiches on their breaths, the Cubs go for a second win in a row against the Fightin' Fish.
Kosuke Fukudome returns to the starting lineup, as does Mike Fontenot, who has gone 14-for-41 (.341) with four homers and a 1260 OPS since the first of July.
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Game 85 Thread / Cubs @ Giants (3 of 4)
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Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
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SP | Ryan Dempster |
SP |
José Contreras |
9-2, 2.63, 85 K, 38 BB, 102.2 IP |
6-6, 3.96, 56 K, 26 BB, 97.2 IP | ||
DH |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Orlando Cabrera |
LF |
*Eric Patterson |
C |
*A.J. Pierzynski |
1B |
Derrek Lee | LF |
Carlos Quentin |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | RF |
Jermaine Dye |
RF |
*Daryle Ward |
DH |
*Jim Thome |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
3B |
Joe Crede |
C |
Geovany Soto |
1B |
#Nick Swisher |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot | 2B | Juan Uribe |
SS |
Ronny Cedeno |
CF | *Dewayne Wise |
It's time for Round Two of the Cubs versus White Sox, a.k.a. Team Inferiority Complex.
The Cubs go with a lineup that's long on lefties and rich on suck. Fontenot? Cedeño?? Ward in the field??? Lou is clearly trying to win the game with one hand tied behind his back, thus completely demoralizing the hosts.
Dempster, who yielded just one run (though 10 hits) to beat the White Sox on Sunday night, gets the nod against Contreras, who the Cubs undressed last Saturday (9 ER, 10H allowed in 3.1 innings).
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Game 76 Thread / White Sox @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Javier Vazquez | SP |
Ryan Dempster |
7-5, 4.13, 93 K, 24 BB, 96 IP |
8-2, 2.76, 81 K, 37 BB, 94.2 IP | ||
SS |
Orlando Cabrera | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
C |
*A.J. Pierzynski |
LF |
*Eric Patterson |
LF |
Carlos Quentin | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
RF |
Jermaine Dye | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
1B |
#Nick Swisher |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
3B |
Joe Crede |
C |
Geovany Soto |
CF |
*Dewayne Wise | RF |
Mark DeRosa |
2B |
Alexei Ramirez |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
P |
Javier Vazquez |
P |
Ryan Dempster |
The national ESPN spotlight shines this evening on 1060 West Addison, which can only mean one thing:
The Yankees and Mets aren't playing each other this weekend.
According to the Sun-Times' up-to-the-minute Cubs reports via Twitter, Rob Reiner and his kid are in the house tonight. Could there be any clearer indication what an important contest this is?
Regarding tonight's starters...
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Game 71 Thread / Cubs @ Rays (1 of 3)
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SP | Ryan Dempster |
SP |
*Scott Kazmir |
8-2, 2.81, 75 K, 35 BB, 89.2 IP | 6-2, 1.74, 54 K, 16 BB, 51.2 IP | ||
CF |
Reed Johnson | 2B |
*Akinori Iwamura |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
1B |
#Willy Aybar |
1B |
Derrek Lee | CF |
BJ Upton |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
RF |
*Eric Hinske |
DH |
Geovany Soto | 3B |
Evan Longoria |
RF |
Mark DeRosa | DH |
*Cliff Floyd |
LF |
Matt Murton |
C |
#Dionar Navarro |
C |
Henry Blanco | RF |
*Gabe Gross |
2B |
Ronny Cedeno |
SS |
Jason Bartlett |
Matt Murton has been called up and Eric Patterson has been sent down. Welcome back to the Show Orange Guy, and good luck with Scott Kazmir, who has given up all of one run in four home starts this year (thanks nohit). The entire Rays team has been enjoying the comforts of Tampa, Florida with a shiny 26-11 mark at Tropicana Field. That's good for second best in the home record in the American League and has helped catapult them from the worst overall record in the league last year to the current AL Wild Card leaders. Most of that turnaround can be attributed to their pitching and defense and not that sketchy lineup that I'm looking at. But I guess you don't need good hitters if you can "Execute to the Max".
Game notes fun after the jump...
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Game 61 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (1 of 4)
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SP | Ryan Dempster |
SP |
Chad Billingsley |
7-2, 2.75, 63 K, 33 BB, 75.1 IP | 4-6, 3.29, 71 K, 34 BB, 65.2 IP | ||
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
LF |
*Juan Pierre |
SS |
Ryan Theriot | CF |
Matt Kemp |
1B |
Derrek Lee | RF |
*Andre Ethier |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
2B |
Jeff Kent |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | C |
Russell Martin |
C |
Geovany Soto | 1B |
*James Loney |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
3B |
*Blake DeWitt |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
SS |
Chin-Lung Hu |
P |
Ryan Dempster | P |
Chad Billingsley |
And so, here we are:
The final, deciding game in the Cubs' and Dodgers' best-of-2,021 game series.
Who'd have thought it would come down to this?
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Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Tonight when the Braves visit the Mets, former Cub Rick Sutcliffe will be in the ESPN broadcast booth for the first time since he was diagnosed with colon cancer during spring training. Sutcliffe, who has been receiving chemotherapy and radiation, is scheduled for surgery on June 16th, which he hopes will lead to a clean bill of health.
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Game 18 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | *Zach Duke | SP | Ryan Dempster |
0-0, 2.89, 7 K, 4 BB | 2-0, 2.37, 13 K, 9 BB | ||
CF | *Nate McLouth | CF | Reed Johnson |
2B | Freddy Sanchez | SS | Ryan Theriot |
LF | Jason Bay | 1B | Derrek Lee |
1B | *Adam LaRoche | 3B | Aramis Ramirez |
RF | Xavier Nady | LF | Matt Murton |
C | #Ryan Doumit | RF | Mark DeRosa |
3B | Jose Bautista | C | Geovany Soto |
SS | Brian Bixler | 2B | Ronny Cedeno |
P | *Zach Duke | P | Ryan Dempster |
WGN Radio is reporting that Kosuke Fukudome has a sebaceous cyst on his forehead which is causing some swelling in his right eyelid and thus, some vision problems. However, according to WGN's Cory Provus, Fukudome is on medication and is expected to return to the lineup on Monday.
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Arizona Phil (view)
azbobbop: Yes.
Mike Wellman (view)
I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Very well played game all around tonight.
crunch (view)
best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.
little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.
azbobbop (view)
Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?
azbobbop (view)
The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.
Arizona Phil (view)
This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5:
JAXON WIGGINS:
ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes)
one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
one walk (B. Davis)
one HBP (B. Davis)
two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
three swing & miss
two fouls
four called strikes
nine called balls
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Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).
Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years.
JAXON WIGGINS:
ONE INNING:
25 pitches (11 strikes)
no batted balls in play
two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz)
three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
six swing & miss
two fouls
three called strikes
14 called balls
one WP
ETHAN ROBERTS:
ONE INNING
15 pitches (7 strikes)
two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel)
two walks (Lubo and Carico)
no strikeouts
no swing & miss
two fouls
three called strikes
eight called balls
one WP
Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts.
MAT PETERS:
TWO INNINGS
44 pitches (23 strikes)
five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3)
three walks
two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
six swing & miss
three fouls
nine called strikes
21 called balls
three WP
crunch (view)
wall stole a HR from busch...double. nice to see him destroy a curve ball.
upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.