5/2 Pirates (Duke) @ Cubs (Guzman) 1:20 WGN x 2; XM187

[Derwood]

Beernutz goes yard

[ToupeeOnFire]

Home run Beer Nuts.

 

With the way the Cubs hit Duke and lefties in general, this game is seemingly out of reach.

[Brian]

grrrr.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

What percentage of times do you think JJ has swung at the first pitch?

 

It has to be way over 50%.

 

These numbers only include when he does something other than swing and miss, but with a 0-0 count, he has actually been very good -- 625/625/1125/1750

[E.J.]

Chance of us scoring 4 runs? Probably not. :x

[da bears]

With Duke and the way the Cubs offense is going, this is looking like a 10 run lead for the Pirates.

[Brian]

MAYBE WE'LL GET TO SEE GLENDON PITCH TODAY... HOORAY.

[Hatman]

I'm home with the flu...and fast balls up ain't helping.

[erik316wttn]

Methinks Guzman won't see his 3rd start for a while.

[treebird]

the cubs should score runs sometimes too then maybe if the pitcher forgot what he was doing and gave up more than one run we'd still have a chance

[ChiCubsFan]

Well it's always fun when the game is over in the 3rd inning...oh yeah, and losing to inferior teams, that's fun too.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING

 

J Wilson struck out swinging

Sanchez singled to left field

Sanchez took second base on a wild pitch

Bay struck out (called)

Burnitz homered to right field, Sanchez scored

C Wilson struck out swinging

 

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs: Pittsburgh: Burnitz (6)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Guzman     3.0  3  4  4  2  6  1  62 

[gflore34]

Game over, on to Arizona.

[erik316wttn]

Game over, on to Arizona.

 

Oh, god. They ALWAYS kill us. We'll be lucky to win 1 in the desert.

[Laura]

Methinks Guzman won't see his 3rd start for a while.

 

There are 12 more consecutive days of play after today.

 

Who would pitch in his place? Yo-yo Williams up again?

[E.J.]

Guzman definitely needs to work on the wildness. He's got the stuff, but he's all over the place. Needs more time in AAA. Send him back down and bring back up Williams.

[Jake]

Holy Sh*t, we're winning?

 

We scored 4 runs?

 

Burnitz hit the ball, much less that it was a home run?

 

Wow.

 

:shock:

[erik316wttn]

Methinks Guzman won't see his 3rd start for a while.

 

There are 12 more consecutive days of play after today.

 

Who would pitch in his place? Yo-yo Williams up again?

 

He couldn't do worse.

[Hatman]

Methinks Guzman won't see his 3rd start for a while.

 

There are 12 more consecutive days of play after today.

 

Who would pitch in his place? Yo-yo Williams up again?

 

I'd settle for Yo Yo Mah

[Balsa]

Man, Guzman is really, really hit and miss.

 

He struck out the side but allowed a 2 run homer. I just don't get it.

[erik316wttn]

I'm out, folks. Gonna finish the laundry then go out on my bike. Might play Sims Nightlife when I get home.

[ChiCubsFan]

Methinks Guzman won't see his 3rd start for a while.

 

There are 12 more consecutive days of play after today.

 

Who would pitch in his place? Yo-yo Williams up again?

 

He couldn't do worse.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 1.1 IP and 7 ER is worse than 3 IP and 4 ER.

[swordsman]

Can I ask a question that might make me look dumb?

 

When referring to a pitcher, what exactly is "stuff"?

 

I guess that is two questions that make me look dumb.

 

Oh well.

[frostwyrm]

You take DLee's big right-handed bat away, add in a slumping Aram, and the Cubs look real weak vs. LHP. We need another RH bat. Hopefully the real Aram shows up soon.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Can I ask a question that might make me look dumb?

 

When referring to a pitcher, what exactly is "stuff"?

 

I guess that is two questions that make me look dumb.

 

Oh well.

 

I always took it to mean velocity, movement, deception of the pitches.