08/10 CUBS (Prior) @ Milwaukee (Davis) 1:05 CDT, WGN-TV

[Soriano12]

Pathetic....

 

that our 4 and 5 hitters can't even make contact with the baseball

.

 

when your 4 and 5 hitters are Nevin and Jones..you are pretty much screwed.

[Bruno7481]

Brenly loves to read those Budweiser promos.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 25-22 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 23-43 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mench flied out to left field

[lowest]

HE CAUGHT IT!!! :P

 

 

 

sorry. :oops:

[goonys evil twin]

Pathetic....

 

that our 4 and 5 hitters can't even make contact with the baseball

..

 

Didn't Jones strike out on a foul tip?

[Bruno7481]

Wow.

 

Prior looks like Jason Bere.

[cheapseats]

 

You can't refer to the walk as having taken the bat out of his hand. What about if a guy singles, steals 2nd and 3rd, and still doesn't score. Just because he didn't score doesn't mean it was bad to single, steal, steal. You take a walk if the pitcher is giving it to you because otherwise you're just swinging at bad balls.

 

I think the idea was that Davis wouldn't have pitched around Aramis if 1st base weren't open.

 

I agree with the not swinging at bad balls part, but Aramis probably would've seen better pitches without the double steal.

 

If Pierre is going to be in a lineup, he'd be more valuable in the 7 or 8 spot, where "small ball" might actually help produce a run every now and then. Why MLB teams feel they need to put traditional leadoff types in front of power hitters is beyond me. Henry Blanco can score from first on a D-Lee homer just as easy as Pierre can.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fielder took second base on a wild pitch

[Fred Hornkohl]

Gross walked

[Laura]

Fro watching the game today, the only offspeed pitch Prior can get anywhere close to a strike is his 84-86 mph changeup.

 

Not going to win any games with just that and a 91-92 mph fastball.

 

He did have the curve working at times over his past two starts, so ... who knows why it's not today. I'm on radio, but what they're saying matches up. Ron is distressed over the lack of breaking balls.

 

When Prior doesn't have the curveball, he has no margin for error.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Graffanino flied out to center field , Fielder to third, Gross holding first

[cheapseats]

Gross walked

 

When Fielder took second on the wild pitch, he took the bat out of Gross's hands. :twisted:

[gflore34]

Nevin struck out swinging

 

6 in row!! Can he reach 10?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bell singled to left field , Fielder scored, Gross to second

[Bruno7481]

Wow.

 

Prior looks like Jason Bere.

 

Just for fun I looked up Bere's stats.

 

93: 12-5 3.47 ERA 142 IP 109 H 129 SO

 

94 12-2 3.81 ERA 141.7 IP 119 H 127 SO

 

All downhill after that. Prior headed down the same path?

[cheapseats]

Nevin struck out swinging

 

6 in row!! Can he reach 10?

 

At least he's good with the media.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Rivera singled to right field , Gross scored, Graffanino to thiurd

[Tim Burr]

Nevin struck out swinging

 

6 in row!! Can he reach 10?

 

That might be a stretch!

[Jim Ignatowski]

Just got here and see that Prior is still pregnant. How long can a pregnancy last?

[YearofDaCubs]

Prior is done for. I'm convinced now more than ever that he will never be the same pitcher whom was drafted by the Chicago Cubs. His curveball and fastball are just not the same anymore. I feel bad for this guy who was drafted by a 2nd rate organization like this one.

[illiniguy]

Just got here and see that Prior is still pregnant. How long can a pregnancy last?

If we sign a good pitcher this offseason, does this Mark deserve a rotation spot?

[Soriano12]

Just got here and see that Prior is still pregnant. How long can a pregnancy last?

 

Prior's daddy told him not to throw hard today.

[E.J.]

Just turned on the game. Man, Prior looks like crap once again. 88 MPH fastball with no command? What's wrong with him?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Fielder walked

Mench flied out to left field

Fielder took second base on a wild pitch

Gross walked

Graffanino flied out to center field , Fielder to third, Gross holding first

Bell singled to left field , Fielder scored, Gross to second

Rivera singled to right field , Gross scored, Graffanino to thiurd

Davis grounded out to short, 6-3

 

2 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Milwaukee: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Prior         3.0  4  6  5  4  1  0  58

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Davis         3.0  4  1  1  1  5  0  50