7/18 Giants (Cain) at CUBS (Big Z), 1:20 PM CT, WGN

[RichHillIsABeast]

There's no way Dusty takes Z out of this ballgame like Lou just did. Awesome.

[Lefty]

I love Lou!

I never want to commit to a manager because they ultimately break my heart. But Lou does so many things that I might do, and are somewhat untraditional, that I find myself getting attached.

[fromthestretch]

#*%^ the heck is going on here? Hill and Jones doing good? What strange dimension have I fallen intoooooooooooooooooo!

 

Well played. :lol:

[CyHawk_Cub]

Would love to see Gallagher go the distance....

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

great move letting gallagher get some work in...and now if you can get eyre to pitch as well that would be ridiculously awesome...save the important arms for later

[CubmanPi]

I would've left Z in for one more, but I'm certainly not gonna crucify Lou for this. It's a smart move.

Yea, he probably could have stayed in one more, but with Lilly going tomorrow and the Giants being the Giants, it's a relatively safe bet that the bullpen won't get a whole lot of work, so giving them the extra inning today should be fine.

[98navigator]

Winn lines out to SS

 

2 down

[soccer10k]

Do any statheads have how long that inning went in minutes and/or pitches?

 

44 pitches... dunno about minutes

 

Don't know if you (erik) saw it but a couple pages back I said that Len and Bob said it was a half-hour half-inning before Koyie's AB so it was probably around 35 minutes total for the bottom of the fifth.

[TruffleShuffle]

walks

 

 

kill

 

 

ya

 

 

It's about time they started killing the opponent for a change.

 

it's not really about that... the reason it doesn't "happen" to opponents is because the Cubs don't have patient hitters. The Cubs are 25th in baseball in walks drawn. They need an opposing pitcher to be wild in order to draw a lot of walks.

 

Fortunately, the pitching staff isn't walking everyone in the league like last year, though.

[E.J.]

Great inning by Gallagher. Let him finish the game out if he can.

[inari]

Nice quick inning for Sean. Send him out there for one more then get Scotty Eyre some work.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

This lead prevents Z from getting a QS.

 

Lewis out to CF. 1 down

i'll sacrifice that

[Guancous]

This lead prevents Z from getting a QS.

 

Lewis out to CF. 1 down

 

I wonder Hendry will use that in his contract negotiations. "Zambrano couldn't even get a quality start with a 9 run lead!"

[C.C.]

Would love to see Gallagher go the distance....

 

I see no reason why he shouldn't. It's 4 innings with a 9 run lead.

[98navigator]

Klesko pops out to shallow LF. Nice 1-2-3 for Gallagher

[RichHillIsABeast]

S to da G. 3 up. 3 down.

[sweetpeteman]

good inning, Sean. Keep it up!

[CubmanPi]

Cubs bat for 35 minutes, play defense for less than 4, then go back to batting from the top of the order. Life is good 8-)

[Outshined_One]

It's been awhile since Z had a sub-100 pitch game.

 

Considering we're going to need Zambrano down the stretch, I really like this move.

[TruffleShuffle]

Would love to see Gallagher go the distance....

 

I see no reason why he shouldn't. It's 4 innings with a 9 run lead.

 

the long stretches of sitting around doing nothing probably haven't done much for his stamina.

[soccer10k]

There's no way Dusty takes Z out of this ballgame like Lou just did. Awesome.

 

"Gotta give the bullpen a rest, dude."

[Jasper]

I wonder if Zambrano's lack of hustle on his last at-bat played any importance in Lou's decision to pull him before he finished 5 innings. Or was that probably irrelevant? I actually didn't see his at-bat, it went by so fast...

[TruffleShuffle]

It's been awhile since Z had a sub-100 pitch game.

 

Considering we're going to need Zambrano down the stretch, I really like this move.

 

dusty would've had him go for the complete game shutout, because that's what Z would've wanted

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Nice quick inning for Sean. Send him out there for one more then get Scotty Eyre some work.

 

Even though he pitched yesterday, I wouldn't mind seeing Wuertz get some more work (just an inning) in a non pressure situation. He just hasn;t looked great to start the second half. It might help him out a bit.

Edited July 18, 2007 by RonnieWooWooSanto

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

Koyie Hill must have Brewer fans saying are you kidding me...just like how i say it everytime i see that damn tony graffanino, craig counsell, and damien miller have these types of days