4/13 Cubs (Zambrano) v.s. Reds (Milton) 1:20 WGNTV and Radio

[RyCubsFan]

Man Zambrano has really sucked this year *sigh* What the heck is wrong with him?

 

 

Again, his last start against the Cards was VERY good. Before today, one bad start, one very good start.

[Andy]

I love how we get beat by scrubs.

I sort of see your point here, but the big blows have been struck by All-Stars.

 

Z calms down and gets out of it, but we need to wake up. A Z homer would be a good start.

[moorecg]

I was going to say..."its early...its only 4 runs"...but then I looked at the lineup....and thought...My God...how will we ever score 4 runs.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Ross walked

Milton bunted into a FC, 1-6, Ross out at second

Milton awarded second base on a balk

Freel hit by pitch

Lopez homered to left center field, Milton & Freel scored

Dunn struck out swinging

Aurilia struck out swinging

 

3 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Cincinnati    1 0 3                4 2 0 
CUBS          0 0                  0 1 0 

 

Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (5), Lopez (3)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Milton     2.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  38 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   3.0  2  4  4  1  6  2  56 

Edited April 13, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[da bears]

Man Zambrano has really sucked this year *sigh* What the heck is wrong with him?

 

 

Again, his last start against the Cards was VERY good. Before today, one bad start, one very good start.

 

Didn't he start off this way last year too? One bad, one good, one bad one good?

[badger1679666666]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

Reactionary much? Did you watch the Cardinal Game?

 

:roll:

[Blueheart05]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

[RyCubsFan]

And Lopez is hardly a "scrub." He's arguably the best hitting shortstop in the NL.

[badger1679666666]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

did he "suck it up"?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Atta boy, Z! Way to get that ERA back under 6!

[C.C.]

Well we better start to score some runs!

[JonnyRed]

I got flammed on the board a few weeks back for saying that while Z is clearly an ace pitcher, he isn't one of the elite (ie top 10) pitchers in the game. This inning really proves my point unfortunately. He sandwiches a string of Ks around a walk, HBP and HR to a weak hitter.

[Blueheart05]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

did he "suck it up"?

 

He allowed 2 unearned runs to score.

[sweetpeteman]

strike 3, but a terrible call

 

Fine, it wasn't a tipped ball, so its a called strike.

[minnesotacubsfan]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

 

I'd loose my composure too if I had this lineup behind me

[soapy]

I got flammed on the board a few weeks back for saying that while Z is clearly an ace pitcher, he isn't one of the elite (ie top 10) pitchers in the game. This inning really proves my point unfortunately. He sandwiches a string of Ks around a walk, HBP and HR to a weak hitter.

 

Lopez is not a weak hitter.

[badger1679666666]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

did he "suck it up"?

 

He allowed 2 unearned runs to score.

 

Did he "suck it up"?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano flied out to right field

[RyCubsFan]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

I wouldn't necessarily agree. Yes, he allowed one hit after he had already gotten 4 outs. But his pitch count was already very high. Who's to say he wasn't tired by that point?

 

Either way, it was still a VERY good outing.

[Wild_Cubs04]

I got flammed on the board a few weeks back for saying that while Z is clearly an ace pitcher, he isn't one of the elite (ie top 10) pitchers in the game. This inning really proves my point unfortunately. He sandwiches a string of Ks around a walk, HBP and HR to a weak hitter.

 

Lopez is not a weak hitter.

 

Doesn't matter what kind of hitter he is...he hit a 3 run homer.

[badger1679666666]

I got flammed on the board a few weeks back for saying that while Z is clearly an ace pitcher, he isn't one of the elite (ie top 10) pitchers in the game. This inning really proves my point unfortunately. He sandwiches a string of Ks around a walk, HBP and HR to a weak hitter.

 

You do know that Lopez is probably the 2nd or 3rd best hitting SS in the NL right?

[Andy]

Come on, Slap Nasty, split a gap here, don't bunt.

[C.C.]

zambrano continues to suck it up....way to step it up with prior and wood gone.

 

What do you mean "continues?" Did you watch the last game he pitched against the Cardinals? 0 ER.

 

He lost his composure in that game too because of errors behind him.

 

 

I'd loose my composure too if I had this lineup behind me

 

A pitcher shouldn't worry about what lineup supports him. Anytime you let up 4 runs by the 3rd inning you are in trouble.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Ah, the obligatory fake bunt / strike 1 from Pierre.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre struck out swinging