3/23 ST Cubs (Rusch) vs Mariners (Nageotte) 2 PM

[Pistolcub42]

Cubs first

Hairston pops to short

Perez grounds to short

Lee is hit by a pitch

Ramirez doubles to left-center, scoring Lee

Barrett grounds out 4-3

 

 

heh, great. First game back and Lee gets drilled...

 

Bruce, Where did he get hit? Is he alright?

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs first

Hairston pops to short

Perez grounds to short

Lee is hit by a pitch

Ramirez doubles to left-center, scoring Lee

Barrett grounds out 4-3

 

 

heh, great. First game back and Lee gets drilled...

 

Bruce, Where did he get hit? Is he alright?

 

Up high on the left arm. He's OK.

[Bruce Miles]

Mariners 2nd:

Borchard walks

Dobbs sacrifices Borchard to second

Rivera reaches first on fielder's choice; Borchard safe at third as Perez's throw is high

Ransom grounds into a 1-6-3 DP

[Fred Hornkohl]

Dodged a bullet there, eh?

[rawaction]

I hate a sac bunt after a walk. Make sure the guy can throw a strike. Make sure if he does throw a strike, it's not a fat pitch he's just trying to get over because he walked the last man. Glad it wasn't our cubbies doing that.

[Bruce Miles]

Dodged a bullet there, eh?

 

Indeed

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs 2nd:

Mabry leads off with a double down the RF line

Murton pops foul to first

Pagan flies to center, Mabry to third

Rusch flies to center.

Still 1-1

[Fred Hornkohl]

                       1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
                      -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
 SEATTLE              1  0                          1  1  0
 CHICAGO CUBS         1  0                          1  2  0    (END BOTTOM 2)

[Bruce Miles]

Mariners 3rd:

DH Casey Craig (late switch as M's use DH) strikes out

Vina grounds 4-3

Bloomquist flies to right.

[C.C.]

Mariners 3rd:

DH Casey Craig (late switch as M's use DH) strikes out

Vina grounds 4-3

Bloomquist flies to right.

 

Rusch seems to be crusing a bit now. Good to see it. How's he looking Bruce?

[Bruce Miles]

Mariners 3rd:

DH Casey Craig (late switch as M's use DH) strikes out

Vina grounds 4-3

Bloomquist flies to right.

 

Rusch seems to be crusing a bit now. Good to see it. How's he looking Bruce?

 

Actually pretty good. He's working fast and his command has picked up.

[Fred Hornkohl]

There's hope for that boy, yet.

[C.C.]

Mariners 3rd:

DH Casey Craig (late switch as M's use DH) strikes out

Vina grounds 4-3

Bloomquist flies to right.

 

Rusch seems to be crusing a bit now. Good to see it. How's he looking Bruce?

 

Actually pretty good. He's working fast and his command has picked up.

 

That's good to see. That's when he pitches his best when he works quickly.

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs third (Cruceta pitching)

Hairston called out on strikes

Perez grounds 4-3

Lee doubles down LF line on first pitch

Ramirez doubles to the wall in left, scoring Lee

Barrett flies to center

2-1 Cubs

[Fred Hornkohl]

                       1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
                      -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
 SEATTLE              1  0  0                       1  1  0
 CHICAGO CUBS         1  0  1                       2  4  0    (END BOTTOM 3)

[Brian]

Lee <3, Ramirez <3 AWESOME.

[rawaction]

Just like last year, Cubs only scoring when Lee and Ramirez knock each other in.

[JonnyRed]

When are we opening the bank and signing D-Lee to an extension?

[louisvillecub]

Way to set the table for Lee and Aram...jeesh..

[Brian]

yeah Bruce... have you heard anything knew on extending Lee, I heard that his agent was on the Score today and said that he won't go below Konerko's deal :(

[Bruce Miles]

Mariners 4th

Ibanez grounds to Lee unassisted

Petagine walks

Borchard grounds 6-4-3 DP

[Fred Hornkohl]

Just like last year, Cubs only scoring when Lee and Ramirez knock each other in.

 

Last year, the first and second spots in the batting order (22.2% of the lineup), scored 173 of our total 703 runs (24.6% of the total runs).

 

Lee & Ramirez scored a total of 192 times, while driving in a combined 200 runs.

 

You wouldn't be exagerating a point there, would you ??

[Bruce Miles]

yeah Bruce... have you heard anything knew on extending Lee, I heard that his agent was on the Score today and said that he won't go below Konerko's deal :(

 

They continue to talk. That's about it. I don't think anything is imminent, but my gut feeling is that something gets done.

[UBlink]

Just like last year, Cubs only scoring when Lee and Ramirez knock each other in.

 

Last year, the first and second spots in the batting order (22.2% of the lineup), scored 173 of our total 703 runs (24.6% of the total runs).

 

Lee & Ramirez scored a total of 192 times, while driving in a combined 200 runs.

 

You wouldn't be exagerating a point there, would you ??

 

1st and 2nd spots will get somewhat more than 22.2% of PA's, however.

[Fred Hornkohl]

1st and 2nd spots will get somewhat more than 22.2% of PA's, however.

 

Duly noted. In fact, last year 1 & 2 accounted for 24.5% of the PA's