5/31 Reds (Milton) vs. Cubs (Zambrano) 7:05 CT- WGN

[Brian]

yay big Z!

[RockTheIvy]

Carlos is pissed! Woohoo! WHYTF is Neifi! starting? Ride the Womack train till it runs out of steam!

[da bears]

So who's up for Z retiring, oh say 13 straight batters after the walk? Two down...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Where is Zambrano on that play?

 

Ground ball towards 1st/2nd pitcher goes towards 1st. Once he saw that the play was contained he should have gone to third.

 

That ball was up the middle. He's got to know the shift is on and head to third since there's no way he would be going to first where that ball was hit.

[soccer10k]

Way to get yourself out of the jam Z.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Z!

[Mizzou]

Nice job. How many pitches did he throw that inning?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Freel blooped a single to right field

Lopez struck out (called)

Griffey grounded to short, safe on a fielding error, E6 Freel took third, Griffey took second on a throwing error, E6

Dunn walked

Kearns struck out swinging

Hattieberg grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 2 errors, 3 men left on base

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   1.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  19 

[Brian]

for the amount of activity 19 pitches isn't terrible.

[CuseCubFan69]

Where is Zambrano on that play?

 

Ground ball towards 1st/2nd pitcher goes towards 1st. Once he saw that the play was contained he should have gone to third.

 

Z should know that there is a switch on and that there are 3 infielders on the right side of the field.

 

True but pitchers are trained over and over again to slide to the right side when there's a grounder there.

[Flames24Rulz]

Pierre singles.

[Jon]

Where is Zambrano on that play?

 

Ground ball towards 1st/2nd pitcher goes towards 1st. Once he saw that the play was contained he should have gone to third.

 

Z should know that there is a switch on and that there are 3 infielders on the right side of the field.

 

True but pitchers are trained over and over again to slide to the right side when there's a grounder there.

I'm with Bob. Barrett should've been the one covering third. If necessary, Z would cover home.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre singled to center field

[ToupeeOnFire]

Perfect bunt opportunity right here.

[Brian]

holy crap, pierre showing the power

[soccer10k]

Nice hit Pierre.

[RockTheIvy]

That's the first solid hit I've seen old Ivory have this season.

[CuseCubFan69]

Where is Zambrano on that play?

 

Ground ball towards 1st/2nd pitcher goes towards 1st. Once he saw that the play was contained he should have gone to third.

 

That ball was up the middle. He's got to know the shift is on and head to third since there's no way he would be going to first where that ball was hit.

 

I'm happy the Cub pitchers are even going towards first. Now you're asking them to go to third? Pitching and thinking are not something a lot of pitchers do well my friend.

[E.J.]

Where is Zambrano on that play?

 

Ground ball towards 1st/2nd pitcher goes towards 1st. Once he saw that the play was contained he should have gone to third.

 

Z should know that there is a switch on and that there are 3 infielders on the right side of the field.

 

True but pitchers are trained over and over again to slide to the right side when there's a grounder there.

 

Can't really blame Z for Ronny throwing the ball blindly. He's got to actually make sure there's somewhere in the area of 3rd base before he decides to let it go.

[Jon]

Nice job, Neifi.

 

You're no GA Hill.

[RockTheIvy]

Perfect bunt opportunity right here.

 

You must mean "Swinging bunt opportunity."

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 16-14 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-17 when they do

CUBS are 10-4 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 10-27 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Flames24Rulz]

Perez swinging away? DP for sure now.

[rocket]

Neifi can't even waste outs correctly

[Brian]

NEIFI :x