7/14 CUBS (Lilly) vs. Astros (Oswalt), 2:55 PM CT, FOX

[Butterscup1679666578]

Well there's a start. 1-0 in my game thread career. Time to go to 2-0 and get the brooms ready for Sunday.

 

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Ted Lilly

8-4

3.67 ERA/1.09 WHIP

98 K/27 BB

 

vs.

 

http://www.astrosdaily.com/files/gallery/Oswalt_Roy_03.jpg

Roy Oswalt

8-5

3.53 ERA/1.38 WHIP

94 K/44 BB

 

 

Go Cubs Go!

Edited July 14, 2007 by Butterscup

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Oswalt? more like Lameswalt

[Moonlight Graham]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Just win, bitches.

[Outshined_One]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

 

Lilly: 112.6 IP

Oswalt: 135 IP

 

Huh. Weird.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I'm guessing Soto will ride the pine, since Oswalt is tough against righties. If that is the case, will it be Hill or Bowen and does it even matter if that's the case?

[E.J.]

This is going to be a tough one to win. Hopefully Oswalt doesn't have his best stuff.

[inari]

I'll be at the game Sunday, it would be nice to have the series in hand by then. Don't suck Cubs!

[weis21]

Lilly's picture isn't working. I would think that would be bad karma if you didn't fix it.

[TruffleShuffle]

If Oswalt's WHIP doesn't improve, this will be by far the worst year of his professional career. He's on his way to Cooperstown if he has another seven years like his first seven.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If Oswalt's WHIP doesn't improve, this will be by far the worst year of his professional career. He's on his way to Cooperstown if he has another seven years like his first seven.

 

He's the guy who said he was going to retire around age 31, right? That was a while back though, I wonder if he's commented on it since then.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

dear cubs,

don't ruin this magical weekend of my going to two games in a row. JUST WIN!

 

love,

me

[otis89]

Win again, por favor.

[Mephistopheles]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

 

 

This isn't surprising. Roy Oswalt's strikeout rate has been in a perpetual decline since he broke into the majors.

[C.C.]

Cubs are getting hot again! Win just win!

 

 

 

 

 

Cubs lose this game 5-1 and the next two.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Fixed the Lilly picture.

 

Cubs win 7-2. Soriano goes deep.

[TruffleShuffle]

Fixed the Lilly picture.

 

Wind blowing out hard, Lilly on the mound. 10-4 Astros.

[Alfonso Soriano]

I will be there so Cobs please don't suck.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Astros will own our bitches tomorrow. I can feel it.

[A New Era]

When's soto getting here? (please don't ask).

[TysonCBulls423]

how are you guys still pessimistic? No comprendo.

[Omar]

how are you guys still pessimistic? No comprendo.

 

More along the lines of superstitious.

[illiniguy]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

 

 

This isn't surprising. Roy Oswalt's strikeout rate has been in a perpetual decline since he broke into the majors.

You think there is a reason for it? Is he just trying to pitch to contact more?

[Sarcastic]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

 

 

This isn't surprising. Roy Oswalt's strikeout rate has been in a perpetual decline since he broke into the majors.

You think there is a reason for it? Is he just trying to pitch to contact more?

 

He could just be losing his stuff as he gets older. I know he isn't really at the age where people think of players as declining, but K/9 tends to peak early in pitchers' careers, if I remember correctly. I haven't looked at his stats, so I don't know if how much more significant his decline is than the average.

[Jazz]

Wow, Lilly with more Ks than Roy.

 

 

This isn't surprising. Roy Oswalt's strikeout rate has been in a perpetual decline since he broke into the majors.

You think there is a reason for it? Is he just trying to pitch to contact more?

 

He could just be losing his stuff as he gets older. I know he isn't really at the age where people think of players as declining, but K/9 tends to peak early in pitchers' careers, if I remember correctly. I haven't looked at his stats, so I don't know if how much more significant his decline is than the average.

 

Your exactly right. In fact, you could probably say that as he has gotten older, Roy has become more of a groundballer pitcher, as his k-rate has gone down almost every year since he's come to the bigs. His season high for K's is 10, but I've noticed that in almost every game this year, he has gotten into the double digits for groundballs. I wish i had some stats that could show his average velocity, because I fully believe that he has lost some of it on his fastball, and because of this, hasn't used his curveball as much as his punchout pitch because it doesnt have as much of a difference from the fastball.