08/30 CUBS (Mateo) @ Pittsburgh (Santos) 11:35 CDT, CSN TV

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mateo........ deep bone bruise. no break !!

 

Wow, that's good.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 17-31 when they hit an opposing batter.... 37-46 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Castillo grounded into a FC, 6-4, Doumit out at second

[beersoakedivy]

Theriot doubled to right center field

 

Man, I wish Bynum got to play more. :roll:

 

yeah.... somewhere else !!

 

St. Louis?

 

If he went to St. Louis he would instantly become great...

[rynesrevenge0206]

Castillo grounded into a FC, 6-4, Doumit out at second

 

Did Cedeno botch the play? Should it have been two?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Going by Gameday, how was that not a DP?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Theriot doubled to right center field

 

Man, I wish Bynum got to play more. :roll:

 

yeah.... somewhere else !!

 

St. Louis?

 

If he went to St. Louis he would instantly become great...

 

Just like Weaver and Ponson and Miles...

 

So far so good this season. :D

[Brian]

The Cubs will have scored at least 6 runs in all three games, and they'll probably be swept.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Randa, pinch hitting for Bayliss, flied out (foul) to right field

[rynesrevenge0206]

Is that Gameday pic of Wuertz making anybody else ill?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wuertz for closer

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

Nady singled to center field

Nady stole second base

Doumit hit by pitch

Castillo grounded into a FC, 6-4, Doumit out at second

Randa, pinch hitting for Bayliss, flied out (foul) to right field

Duffy grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            3 0 0 0 0 2 1                  6 11  1
Pittsburgh      1 0 3 1 2 0 0                  7 12  1

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         2.0  4  3  3  1  2  0  53
Aardsma       1.0  2  1  1  0  1  0  20
Walrond       1.7  4  3  3  2  1  0  40
Novoa         1.3  0  0  0  0  4  0  21
Wuertz        1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  21

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Santos        5.7  9  5  3  0  4  0  89
Marte         0.3  1  0  0  0  0  0   8
Bayliss       1.0  1  1  1  1  0  0  17

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 7-65 when they trail by 1 run or more at the end of 7 innings.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Grabow in to pitch for Pittsburgh

[Fred Hornkohl]

through 7 innings........

 

                  CUBS      Pittsburgh
P/PA              3.45            4.31
RBI%              0.32            0.29
R/BR              0.50            0.44
BA               0.355           0.400
OBP              0.375           0.500
SLG              0.452           0.467
OPS              0.827           0.967
ERA               9.00            4.50
WHIP              2.14            1.50
BB/9              3.86            1.13
K/9              10.29            4.50

[Fred Hornkohl]

Murton struck out swinging

[RichHillIsABeast]

Wuertz for closer

 

join

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno bunted out to the pitcher , 1-3

[cjbucks]

Cedeno bunted out to the pitcher , 1-3

 

 

NEIFI LIVES!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lee, pinch hitting for Mabry, singled to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre singled to left field , Lee to second

[Jim Ignatowski]

Hey Fred, this working for a living stinks, but at least I escaped Amarillo. Can you give me a 25 word or less summary of today's game?

[cjbucks]

Bold prediction - Theiriot walks, Ramirez makes an out and Theriot gets set down for not being aggresive enough.

[cjbucks]

Bold prediction - Theiriot walks, Ramirez makes an out and Theriot gets set down for not being aggresive enough.

 

Who hoo - glad to be wrong!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hey Fred, this working for a living stinks, but at least I escaped Amarillo. Can you give me a 25 word or less summary of today's game?

 

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Pierre flied out to left field

Theriot blooped a single to right field

Ramirez blooped a single to center field , Theriot to third

Nevin grounded an IF single to third base , Theriot scored, Ramirez to second

Jones grounded an IF single to first base , Ramirez to third, Nevin to second

Barrett popped out (foul) to the catcher

Murton singled to left field , Ramirez & Nevin scored, Jones to second

Cedeno struck out swinging

 

3 runs 5 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Duffy grounded an IF single to shortstop , safe at second on a throwing error, E6

Bautista singled to center field , Duffy scored

Sanchez grounded into a FC, 5-4, Bautista out at second

Bay grounded into a FC, 5-4, Sanchez out at second

Burnitz struck out swinging

 

1 runs 2 hits 1 errors 1 men left on base

 

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Santos doubled to right field

Santos took third base on a wild pitch

Duffy walked

Bautista grounded an IF single to the pitcher , Santos holding third, Duffy to second

Aardsma in to pitch for the CUBS

Sanchez singled to center field , Santos & Duffy scored, Bautista out at third, 8-3-5

Bay singled to left field , Sanchez to third

Burnitz flied out to center field , Sanchez scored after the catch

Nady singled to left field , Bay to second

Doumit struck out (called)

 

3 runs 5 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Walrond in to pitch for the CUBS

Castillo doubled to right center field

Santos sacrificed, safe at first on a FC, 2-5, Castillo to third

Duffy flied out to left field , Castillo scored after the catch

Bautista flied out to center field

Sanchez walked , Santos to second

Bay struck out swinging

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Burnitz singled to right field

Nady flied out to deep center field

Doumit walked , Burnitz to second

Castillo singled to center field , Burnitz scored, Doumit to third

Santos bunted for an IF single to the pitcher , Doumit scored, Castillo to second

Duffy lined out to second base

Novoa in (4th) to pitch, Mabry in (9th) at 1b for the CUBS

Bautista struck out swinging

 

2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Jones grounded to shortstop , safe at first on a throwing error, E6

Barrett grounded out to second, 4-3 , Jones to second

Murton grounded out to short, 6-3 , Jones holding second

Cedeno doubled to left field , Jones scored

Marte in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Mabry singled to left center field , Cedeno scored

Pierre grounded into a FC, 4-6, Mabry out at second

 

1 runs 1 hits 1 errors 1 men left on base

 

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Bayliss in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Theriot doubled to right center field

Ramirez walked

Bynum, pinch hitting for Novoa, sacrificed, 5-4, Theriot to third, Ramirez to second

Jones grounded out to short, 6-3 , Theriot scored, Ramirez to third

Barrett popped out to third base

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base