08/16 CUBS (O'Malley) @ Houston (Pettitte) 1:05, WGNTV,XM186

[da bears]

Cubs win! Sweep! Congradulations to Ryan O'Malley.

[UMFan83]

SWEEEEEP!!!!!!

[Laura]

SWEEEEEEP!!!!

 

Congrats to O'Malley!

[Flames24Rulz]

Cubs win!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Howry in (5th) to pitch, Mabry in (9th) at 1b for the CUBS

Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Pettitte, lined out to shortstop

Huff, pinch hitting for Taveras, struck out swinging

Burke grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

 

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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0              1  4  0
Houston         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              0  5  1

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: O'Malley (1-0)

S: Howry (4)

L: Pettitte (11-13)

 

T: 2:18

A: 38,989

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Barrett (14)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
O'Malley      8.0  5  0  0  6  2  0 109
Howry         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  18

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Pettitte      9.0  4  1  1  1  7  1 105

Edited August 16, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[NorthsideAvenger]

Last two days:

 

Mateo > Clemens

O'Malley > Pettite

 

:shock: :shock: :shock:

 

Being better than Roger is an accomplishment, Andy? Not so much.

 

True. But didn't he shut out the Cubs twice this year? Once a MMP and once at Wrigley, I think.

 

Although I'm not positive on that.

 

The only time the Cubs had been shut-out by the Stros was June 7, and the Astros started a rookie by the name of Chris Sampson. Pettite has NOT shut out the Cubs this yr.

[chuckywang]

Last two days:

 

Mateo > Clemens

O'Malley > Pettite

 

:shock: :shock: :shock:

 

Being better than Roger is an accomplishment, Andy? Not so much.

 

I haven't been watching, but it doesn't look like Andy pitched a bad game.

 

Complete game for Pettitte, 1 ER. It must really suck to be a starting pitcher for the Astros.

[UMFan83]

As I said, who would have thought in April that Marmol and O'Malley would combine for 3 times as many wins as Prior and Wood?

[JonnyRed]

Hey, this rookie pitcher thing is starting to work! Is there anyone else we can bring up?

 

Way to go Cubs! We may still suck, but it's always nice to sweep a rival fighting for a Wild Card berth!

[Andy]

That's one way to make your debut: Waking up in Round Rock and going to bed a Major League winner. Nice going Ryan :)

[minnesotacubsfan]

WTG IRISH!!!!

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Cubs defeat Oswalt, Clemens and Pettitte in the series.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Len Kasper said they are going to interview O'Malley and warned for the potential of a shaving cream pie attack. Hopefully, there will be WGN staffers on the field ready to intercept any threats.

[FergieJ31]

YES!!! wtg kid!

[Soriano12]

wow..what this kid did today was huge.

 

simply amazing.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Len Kasper said they are going to interview O'Malley and warned for the potential of a shaving cream pie attack. Hopefully, there will be WGN staffers on the field ready to intercept any threats.

 

Too late.

[CuseCubFan69]

Len Kasper said they are going to interview O'Malley and warned for the potential of a shaving cream pie attack. Hopefully, there will be WGN staffers on the field ready to intercept any threats.

 

To late.

 

You just can't stop Z at anything.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Wow. O'Malley's parents were at the game. They got down to Houston fast.

[da bears]

Seems like a good kid.

[hawkeyecub]

How awesome is this. The kid just seems in awe.

[WindyCity]

They should name bars after this kid! :lol:

[minnesotacubsfan]

Len Kasper said they are going to interview O'Malley and warned for the potential of a shaving cream pie attack. Hopefully, there will be WGN staffers on the field ready to intercept any threats.

 

To late.

 

You just can't stop Z at anything.

 

exxxxxcellant

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wednesday 16 August 2006

CUBS @ Houston

13:05

 

 

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


CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Pierre        cf       4   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Theriot       2b       2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Barrett       c        3   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Ramirez       3b       3   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Nevin         1b       4   0   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Howry         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Pagan         rf       3   0   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Murton        lf       3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Perez         ss       3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
O'Malley      p        3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mabry         1b       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                28   1   4   1   1   7   9   0   0   2   1   0   1   0   1   0   1


Houston
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Taveras       cf       4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Huff          ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Burke         2b-ss    5   0   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Berkman       1b       2   0   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Scott         lf       3   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ensberg       3b       3   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lane          rf       3   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Everett       ss       2   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Biggio        ph       1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ausmus        c        3   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lamb          ph-2b    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Munson        c        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Pettitte      p        3   0   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Palmeiro      ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                32   0   5   0   6   3  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
O'Malley         8.0   5   0   0   6   2   0  109
Howry            1.0   0   0   0   0   1   0   18

totals           9.0   5   0   0   6   3   0  127


Houston
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Pettitte         9.0   4   1   1   1   7   1  105

totals           9.0   4   1   1   1   7   1  105


Home runs:
CUBS: Barrett (14)
Houston: none


W: O'Malley (1-0)
S: Howry (4)
L: Pettitte (11-13)

T: 2:19
A: 38,989

Edited August 16, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              3.39            3.34
RBI%              0.00            0.00
R/BR              0.17            0.00
BA               0.143           0.156
OBP              0.200           0.289
SLG              0.286           0.156
OPS              0.486           0.446

[Fro]

Wow. O'Malley's parents were at the game. They got down to Houston fast.

 

Someone tipped him off yesterday that he was going to start for the Cubs today.

 

He's from Illinois, lifelong Cubs fan.