7/3 Astros (Cy Clemens) vs. Marmol (and crap) 7:05 CSN

[coldsteel]

YAWN... endless santo blabbing attributing the cubs' year-long suckiness to the youth of the cubs starting staff. um, verlander? miner? rookies can kick serious butt -- the cubs don't have the right ones, is all.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Nieve in to pitch for Houston

Lee grounded out to first, 3-1

Ramirez singled to center field

Jones grounded out to third, 5-3 , Ramirez to second

Barrett struck out (called)

 

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

 

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

 

Home runs: Houston: Biggio (7), Berkman (23 & 24) - CUBS: Jones (15)

 

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marmol        4.3  5  4  4  7  1  2  90
Novoa         1.0  1  2  2  0  1  0  20
Ohman         1.7  1  1  1  0  0  1  22

 

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Clemens       5.0  4  2  2  3  5  1 115
Springer      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  10
Qualls        1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Nieve         1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  15

[Fred Hornkohl]

Williamson in to pitch for the CUBS

 

   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
23.7   20   13   12   14   29    1   392  5.32 11.03  0.38  1.44  4.56

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nieve grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Biggio flied out to right field

[Schwarber Fan]

Prediction: Cubs hit 2 GS's in the top of the 9th and Dempster blows the game by giving up one of his own in the bottom half.

[texascub]

Hopefully Williamson can string together a few nice outings here right before the all-stary break and boost his stock. It'd be nice to actually get something in return for someone we got for next to nothing.

[soccer10k]

Enjoying yourself yet Fred? It's gotten awfully quiet in the Game Thread today.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Williamson in to pitch for the CUBS

Nieve grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Biggio flied out to right field

Taveras grounded out to first, 3-1

 

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

 

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

 

Home runs: Houston: Biggio (7), Berkman (23 & 24) - CUBS: Jones (15)

 

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marmol        4.3  5  4  4  7  1  2  90
Novoa         1.0  1  2  2  0  1  0  20
Ohman         1.7  1  1  1  0  0  1  22
Williamson    1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

 

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Clemens       5.0  4  2  2  3  5  1 115
Springer      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  10
Qualls        1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Nieve         1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  15

[texascub]

Prediction: Cubs hit 2 GS's in the top of the 9th and Dempster blows the game by giving up one of his own in the bottom half.

 

Wild prediction; even if the Cubs regain the lead, Dempster won't be coming in. Howry has pitched more here recently and he needs to be abused a little bit.

[texascub]

Enjoying yourself yet Fred? It's gotten awfully quiet in the Game Thread today.

 

Losing tends to do that, especially when we had several chances early on and did nothing with them.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mabry , pinch hitting for Williamson, walked

[Schwarber Fan]

maBBry

[texascub]

Something is wrong tonight, the Cubs are actually taking pitches and getting walks. Some things never change though I guess because they're still losing by 5 runs.

[Schwarber Fan]

Something is wrong tonight, the Cubs are actually taking pitches and getting walks. Some things never change though I guess because they're still losing by 5 runs.

 

Mabry walks alot

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno grounded into a DP, 5-4-3, Mabry out at second

[Schwarber Fan]

Bruntlett never touched 2B!!!!!!!!!!!

[Schwarber Fan]

30-52

[texascub]

Something is wrong tonight, the Cubs are actually taking pitches and getting walks. Some things never change though I guess because they're still losing by 5 runs.

 

Mabry walks alot

 

4BB's in one game though is extremely rare for a Cubs team; I bet that's close to a single game high for the year.

[soccer10k]

Enjoying yourself yet Fred? It's gotten awfully quiet in the Game Thread today.

 

Losing tends to do that, especially when we had several chances early on and did nothing with them.

 

There were a decent number of posts at the beginning because Marmol was pitching, but I see your point.

[Flames24Rulz]

Cobs lose.

[Schwarber Fan]

Something is wrong tonight, the Cubs are actually taking pitches and getting walks. Some things never change though I guess because they're still losing by 5 runs.

 

Mabry walks alot

 

4BB's in one game though is extremely rare for a Cubs team; I bet that's close to a single game high for the year.

 

oh Fred....

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Mabry , pinch hitting for Williamson, walked

Cedeno grounded into a DP, 5-4-3, Mabry out at second

Murton struck out swinging

 

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

 

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

 

 

W: Clemens (1-2)

S: none

L: Marmol (1-3)

 

T: 2:53

A: 41,655

 

 

Home runs: Houston: Biggio (7), Berkman (23 & 24) - CUBS: Jones (15)

 

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marmol        4.3  5  4  4  7  1  2  90
Novoa         1.0  1  2  2  0  1  0  20
Ohman         1.7  1  1  1  0  0  1  22
Williamson    1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

 

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Clemens       5.0  4  2  2  3  5  1 115
Springer      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  10
Qualls        1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Nieve         2.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  29

[texascub]

Enjoying yourself yet Fred? It's gotten awfully quiet in the Game Thread today.

 

Losing tends to do that, especially when we had several chances early on and did nothing with them.

 

There were a decent number of posts at the beginning because Marmol was pitching, but I see your point.

 

True, and it was also a 4-2 at that point as well....the posting dropped significantly as the deficit increased.

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

I was watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith with my wife. Sorry guys it wont happen again... :wink: