7/7 Cubs (LILLY) @ Pirates (VAN BENSCHOTEN), 6:05 CT WGNTV

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lilly struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano blooped a single to right field

[Soul]

And the Cubs emerge from the black hole at the bottom of the lineup.

 

Sori single.

[Careless]

some nice cheap hits here

[Fred Hornkohl]

some nice cheap hits here

 

I'm not proud. I'll take any kind of hit !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING

 

K Hill grounded out to short, 6-3

Lilly struck out swinging

Soriano blooped a single to right field

Theriot grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Van Benschoten2.0  5  2  2  0  2  0  42

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 29-15 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 14-27 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bay struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Phelps singled to right center field

[Handlebar McSkullet]

whats josh phelp's story

[Fred Hornkohl]

Doumit struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Paulino singled to left field , Phelps to second

[OleMissCub]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Bay struck out swinging

Phelps singled to right center field

Doumit struck out swinging

Paulino singled to left field , Phelps to second

Wilson grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         2.0  2  0  0  0  2  0  31

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Van Benschoten2.0  5  2  2  0  2  0  42

[E.J.]

I love DeRosa. He's definitely grown on me.

[Careless]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Pittsburgh
P/PA              3.82            3.88

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

 

Floyd has soar arm from a throw in Washington.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

floyd isnt playing this weekend... hurt but not badly.

[E.J.]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

 

Floyd has a hyper-extended elbow so can only pinch hit for the rest of the series.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Nice play by Dero there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lilly's facial expression doesn't even change when he does a fist pump.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

 

Why are they using fill in umps?

[OleMissCub]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

 

Floyd has a hyper-extended elbow so can only pinch hit for the rest of the series.

 

I don't care if he's not hitting, I'd still rather see Pie in the OF than Ward. Ward's gotta be a defensive liability out there.