6/16 Padres (Young) v. CUBS (BIG Z!) WGN 12:05 CST

[UMFan83]

worst loss of the season

 

your kidding right?

 

I wasn't kidding, but I am prone to hyperbole. Still in my top 5 though.

 

Man, its funny how different people take different games. This game didn't hurt me too much because I kinda saw this coming. The way the offense was hitting, it seemed all too unlikely that we'd score any runs.

 

Anyways I can think of 5 worse losses in my mind, 10 probably.

 

4/10 vs. Houston - Home opener spoiled by Adam Everett's GW HR

4/13 vs. Cincinnati - Cubs take a 5-0 lead with Z on the hill when he implodes and gives up 6 runs in the 5th. Neither team scores the rest of the way.

4/17 vs. San Diego - Cubs lose in the 14th as the Cubs have several opportunities to score and don't. Pie throws out a runner at the plate in extras, but eventually the Padres score and win

4/22 vs. St Louis - Cubs tie the game on a miraculous 2 run single by DeRosa in the 9th with 2 outs and 2 strikes and then Dempster gives up a 3 run bomb to Pujols

5/12 vs. Philly - Cubs come back from 5-1 deficit with 6 in the 7th to take a 7-5 lead. The Cubs pen gives up 6 in return and the Cubs lose 11-7

5/17 vs. Mets - Cubs have a 5-1 lead entering the 9th and Dempster comes on just to get some extra practice, but gives up 5 runs and the Cubs lose.

5/25 vs. LA Dodgers - Cubs come back from a 5-0 defecit to take an 8-5 lead with 7 runs in the 7th. But then the bullpen implodes and gives up 4 runs in the 8th for a loss.

6/10 vs. Braves - Cubs, with Ted Lilly ejected in the 1st inning claw theirselves into a 4-2 lead. Dempster gives up 3 runs in the 8th and the Cubs lose.

6/12 vs. Mariners - Cubs tie up the game 3-3 in the 8th, and have the bases loaded with 0 outs and don't score. Mariners score 2 in the 13th and the Cubs lose.

 

I'm also leaving out several one run losses that the bullpen gave up late leads in.

 

Sorry, I'm not picking on you, I just kinda got off on a side tangent and wanted to figure out how many painful losses we've had.

[TruffleShuffle]

even if he didn't have the glove on him, no ump is going to call him safe if he gets him with the forearm and not the glove. It's too hard to tell, and if the ball beats the runner, 99% of the time he'll be called out there.

 

like the way no ump is going to call the neighborhood play at second on a DP?

 

sometime check out the play on which Chipper injured both hands.

 

That's different. Bautista's glove was basically underneath his body... on that play there was no way that he possibly could have tagged out the runner. This was very different... Bowen clearly was moving his arms toward Theriot; even if he'd gotten him with the forearm, the ump would've called Theriot out.

[TruffleShuffle]

worst loss of the season

 

your kidding right?

 

I wasn't kidding, but I am prone to hyperbole. Still in my top 5 though.

 

Man, its funny how different people take different games. This game didn't hurt me too much because I kinda saw this coming. The way the offense was hitting, it seemed all too unlikely that we'd score any runs.

 

Anyways I can think of 5 worse losses in my mind, 10 probably.

 

4/10 vs. Houston - Home opener spoiled by Adam Everett's GW HR

4/13 vs. Cincinnati - Cubs take a 5-0 lead with Z on the hill when he implodes and gives up 6 runs in the 5th. Neither team scores the rest of the way.

4/17 vs. San Diego - Cubs lose in the 14th as the Cubs have several opportunities to score and don't. Pie throws out a runner at the plate in extras, but eventually the Padres score and win

4/22 vs. St Louis - Cubs tie the game on a miraculous 2 run single by DeRosa in the 9th with 2 outs and 2 strikes and then Dempster gives up a 3 run bomb to Pujols

5/12 vs. Philly - Cubs come back from 5-1 deficit with 6 in the 7th to take a 7-5 lead. The Cubs pen gives up 6 in return and the Cubs lose 11-7

5/17 vs. Mets - Cubs have a 5-1 lead entering the 9th and Dempster comes on just to get some extra practice, but gives up 5 runs and the Cubs lose.

5/25 vs. LA Dodgers - Cubs come back from a 5-0 defecit to take an 8-5 lead with 7 runs in the 7th. But then the bullpen implodes and gives up 4 runs in the 8th for a loss.

6/10 vs. Braves - Cubs, with Ted Lilly ejected in the 1st inning claw theirselves into a 4-2 lead. Dempster gives up 3 runs in the 8th and the Cubs lose.

6/12 vs. Mariners - Cubs tie up the game 3-3 in the 8th, and have the bases loaded with 0 outs and don't score. Mariners score 2 in the 13th and the Cubs lose.

 

I'm also leaving out several one run losses that the bullpen gave up late leads in.

 

Sorry, I'm not picking on you, I just kinda got off on a side tangent and wanted to figure out how many painful losses we've had.

 

You left out that game against the Pirates that the Cubs blew against the Pirates when they had 2nd and 3rd, no outs in the 8th inning with a 1 run lead, and didn't get them home. Then came the inevitable blown save and the loss in the 15th inning. That might have been the worst game - pitching, hitting, umpiring - I've ever seen.

[Lockes Eye Scar]

This game just really killed me... the brawl, the Padres have to go to the bullpen in the 4th, Zambrano almost pitching a no hitter, Russell Branyan with a one-handed HR on a pitch on the outside corner at the knees... ugh

 

and the umpire's shrinking strike zone towards the end of the game ticked me off as well. consistency plz

[killthegoat06]

Good job, offense. Nice job hitting the ball.

[98navigator]

Good job, offense. Nice job hitting the ball.

 

It was a pitcher's day. I'm not going to say "tip your cap" but coming into the game, the Padres have the best pitching staff in the MLs. Their bullpen has been superb so it's not really a surprise that they surrendered no runs. It's also noteworthy that the Cubs pitching has only yielded 2 runs in this series (to their 4).

[soccer10k]

Good job, offense. Nice job hitting the ball.

 

It was a pitcher's day. I'm not going to say "tip your cap" but coming into the game, the Padres have the best pitching staff in the MLs. Their bullpen has been superb so it's not really a surprise that they surrendered no runs. It's also noteworthy that the Cubs pitching has only yielded 2 runs in this series (to their 4).

 

Best staff in the MLS? Interesting. :wink:

[Andy]

So, Z pitches a two-hitter and gets the loss. The two hits are a dinky grounder off Z's glove and a pop-fly home run that comes after two possible strike threes in the AB.

 

Yup. That's our Cubs.

 

Oh, and I'm fully preparing myself for a long DLee suspension and a short Young one even though Young started it (and, apparently, incited it further), and the Padres all but said they'd drill somebody in this game.

[98navigator]

Good job, offense. Nice job hitting the ball.

 

It was a pitcher's day. I'm not going to say "tip your cap" but coming into the game, the Padres have the best pitching staff in the MLs. Their bullpen has been superb so it's not really a surprise that they surrendered no runs. It's also noteworthy that the Cubs pitching has only yielded 2 runs in this series (to their 4).

 

Best staff in the MLS? Interesting. :wink:

 

 

Uh no, that's a lowercase "s" :lol:

[98navigator]

Zambrano interview podcast

[gflore34]

worst loss of the season

 

your kidding right?

 

I wasn't kidding, but I am prone to hyperbole. Still in my top 5 though.

 

Man, its funny how different people take different games. This game didn't hurt me too much because I kinda saw this coming. The way the offense was hitting, it seemed all too unlikely that we'd score any runs.

 

Anyways I can think of 5 worse losses in my mind, 10 probably.

 

4/10 vs. Houston - Home opener spoiled by Adam Everett's GW HR

4/13 vs. Cincinnati - Cubs take a 5-0 lead with Z on the hill when he implodes and gives up 6 runs in the 5th. Neither team scores the rest of the way.

4/17 vs. San Diego - Cubs lose in the 14th as the Cubs have several opportunities to score and don't. Pie throws out a runner at the plate in extras, but eventually the Padres score and win

4/22 vs. St Louis - Cubs tie the game on a miraculous 2 run single by DeRosa in the 9th with 2 outs and 2 strikes and then Dempster gives up a 3 run bomb to Pujols

5/12 vs. Philly - Cubs come back from 5-1 deficit with 6 in the 7th to take a 7-5 lead. The Cubs pen gives up 6 in return and the Cubs lose 11-7

5/17 vs. Mets - Cubs have a 5-1 lead entering the 9th and Dempster comes on just to get some extra practice, but gives up 5 runs and the Cubs lose.

5/25 vs. LA Dodgers - Cubs come back from a 5-0 defecit to take an 8-5 lead with 7 runs in the 7th. But then the bullpen implodes and gives up 4 runs in the 8th for a loss.

6/10 vs. Braves - Cubs, with Ted Lilly ejected in the 1st inning claw theirselves into a 4-2 lead. Dempster gives up 3 runs in the 8th and the Cubs lose.

6/12 vs. Mariners - Cubs tie up the game 3-3 in the 8th, and have the bases loaded with 0 outs and don't score. Mariners score 2 in the 13th and the Cubs lose.

 

I'm also leaving out several one run losses that the bullpen gave up late leads in.

 

Sorry, I'm not picking on you, I just kinda got off on a side tangent and wanted to figure out how many painful losses we've had.

 

Just a pedestrian 4-5 in those above games and the Cubs are 3 out, two in loss column, I'm thinking an average BP would have been able to deliver 4 wins.