08/15 CUBS (Mateo) @ Houston (Clemens): THE BIG MURT!!!!!!!!

[cheapseats]

Why not let Guz bunt Izturis over for Ramirez?

 

It would lower the chance of scoring a run this inning.

 

Compared to letting Z hit?

 

The OBP of a batter has to be pretty low to justify bunting a runner from first to second with no outs. With one out, the OBP threshold is even lower.

 

Z's OBP is pretty bad this year, but it's a small sample size. I think letting Z hit there was the right call, results notwithstanding.

 

And Z knows this park, dude. :lol:

 

.233 OBP in ~325 career PA's.

 

Thanks.

 

According to the James Click series on sac bunts, if a guy has a line greater than .199/.224/.174, he should swing away to maximize the chances of scoring 1 run with a runner on first and one out.

 

Calling for Guz to sac bunt wouldn't have been the worst thing in the world, but it wasn't a no-brainer.

[Guest]

So who pitches after Dempster? Given that Guzman is a starter and is stretched out, I think you have to let him sac there and keep him pitching until he runs out of gas.

 

Then again, I've lost track of how long ago he pitched.

 

To answer your question, Guzman started on Saturday.

thx

[coldsteel]

49 pages??? what the hell is going on here?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTEENTH INNING

 

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

Burke singled to left field

Ensberg flied out to shallow right field

Berkman struck out swinging , Burke stole second base

Borkowski grounded out to first, unassisted

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4    R  H  E
CUBS            1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0    6 13  0
Houston         0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    6 14  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Cedeno (5), Jones (20), Murton (8)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         5.0  4  2  2  1  2  0  78
Ohman         0.7  2  2  2  0  0  0  11
Wuertz        0.3  2  2  2  1  0  0  12
Aardsma       0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0  12
Eyre          0.7  2  0  0  0  1  0  16
Howry         0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0   5
Novoa         2.0  1  0  0  2  0  0  28
Guzman        3.0  2  0  0  1  3  0  54
Dempster      1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  17

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Clemens       6.0  7  5  5  1  5  2  96
Qualls        1.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  15
Wheeler       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   8
Lidge         0.7  3  1  1  0  1  1  16
Miller        0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0   6
Springer      0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  17
Nieve         2.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  15
Borkowski     2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  25

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Did Bob just call Jacque Chipper Jones?

[texascub]

49 pages??? what the hell is going on here?

 

The Cubs' game...still.

[texascub]

That was a awfully delayed call there. Edited August 16, 2006 by texascub

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez flied out to right field

[jjgman21]

might as well look at it Jacque, you haven't hit it all year.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wow, that might've been a solid foot inside.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones struck out (called)

[cheapseats]

Wow, that might've been a solid foot inside.

 

and highish - at least the way the zone has been called tonight

Edited August 16, 2006 by cheapseats

[ZMovieman]

Borderline on Jones' strikeout pitch? Bad call. Bottom of the 15th now!

[Butterscup1679666578]

Bottom half we go.

[Andy]

This game might just go 20 innings if the ump's strike zone remains that huge.

[coldsteel]

did anyone mention Santo earlier said **** on the air? ha ha ha ha

[UMFan83]

This game better end soon or I am going to "grow up" a little bit tonight as it will be the first time I have to turn off a sports event while its still going on so I can get enough sleep to be alive at work tomorrow.

 

I thought I could make it until age 30

[jjgman21]

in extra innings

 

three base runners, two double plays.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

FWIW, the Dodgers just beat the Marlins. The Dodgers are 13-1 since adding Maddux to the team.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTEENTH INNING

 

Ramirez flied out to right field

Jones struck out (called)

Mabry grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5  R  H  E
CUBS            1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  6 13  0
Houston         0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    6 14  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Cedeno (5), Jones (20), Murton (8)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         5.0  4  2  2  1  2  0  78
Ohman         0.7  2  2  2  0  0  0  11
Wuertz        0.3  2  2  2  1  0  0  12
Aardsma       0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0  12
Eyre          0.7  2  0  0  0  1  0  16
Howry         0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0   5
Novoa         2.0  1  0  0  2  0  0  28
Guzman        3.0  2  0  0  1  3  0  54
Dempster      1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  17

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Clemens       6.0  7  5  5  1  5  2  96
Qualls        1.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  15
Wheeler       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   8
Lidge         0.7  3  1  1  0  1  1  16
Miller        0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0   6
Springer      0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  17
Nieve         2.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  15
Borkowski     3.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  34

[jjgman21]

did anyone mention Santo earlier said **** on the air? ha ha ha ha

yes, and everyone freaked about about repeating it here. as you will see by the time I hit the submit button

[cheapseats]

This game better end soon or I am going to "grow up" a little bit tonight as it will be the first time I have to turn off a sports event while its still going on so I can get enough sleep to be alive at work tomorrow.

 

I thought I could make it until age 30

 

Hah.

 

I'm older than that, and I have a lunch meeting with the president of my institution tomorrow, but I'm still watching.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Good game Cubs.

[jjgman21]

This game might just go 20 innings if the ump's strike zone remains that huge.

 

I didn't mind the zone until a couple innings ago when Guz started getting squeezed a little while the Astros zone got a little generous.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Munson singled to right field