9/12 Cubs (Hill) @ Astros (Albers) 7:05 CST WGN-9/WGN-720

[Omar]

Eyrehead is also warming up. Who is due up for the 'Stros?

[weatherdood]

Finish him right here

[Vanilla Ice]

Woo-hoo! From cubs.com

 

The Cubs have mapped out the rotation for the remaining 18 games, but it doesn't appear that Steve Trachsel is included. Trachsel will start Thursday in the series finale against the Astros, but the Cubs will be using Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly on short rest for the Sept. 17-19 series against Cincinnati.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Scott flied out to deep right field

[weatherdood]

Woo-hoo! From cubs.com

 

The Cubs have mapped out the rotation for the remaining 18 games, but it doesn't appear that Steve Trachsel is included. Trachsel will start Thursday in the series finale against the Astros, but the Cubs will be using Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly on short rest for the Sept. 17-19 series against Cincinnati.

 

I like this a lot!

[weatherdood]

One more, Rich!

[inari]

Just got back from class... nice outing so far by Rich. Gotta hope the offense can score a few insurance runs, as this one is probably up to the likes of Scott Eyre.

[weatherdood]

Nice outing, Rich! Exactly what we needed!

[C.C.]

Fantastic night by Rich! Offense is still terrible.

[SouthSideRyan]

Rich Hill is the best starting pitcher on the Cubs.

[Flames24Rulz]

7 innings of 1 run, 3 hit ball is pretty damn good. Nice game, Rich.

[hawkeyecub]

Good outing Rich, we needed it.

[E.J.]

Nice outing for Rich. Hopefully the bullpen doesn't screw it up.

[C.C.]

GET SOME MORE RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Loretta homered to left field

Wigginton struck out swinging

Scott flied out to deep right field

Quintero struck out swinging , 2-3

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Floyd (6)

Houston: Loretta (5)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
R Hill        7.0  3  1  1  3  7  1 116

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Albers        6.0  7  3  3  1  3  1 102
Moehler       1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  15

[C.C.]

Nice outing for Rich. Hopefully the bullpen doesn't screw it up.

[TruffleShuffle]

3 runs of run support for rich, par for the course... fortunately he had a good game

[Little Slide Rooter]

Its only the top of the 8th, and Im shuddering thinking about who they use to close this one out if it comes down to that. As long as his first or last name doesnt begin with W we should be OK.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              4.03            4.46

[C.C.]

Its only the top of the 8th, and Im shuddering thinking about who they use to close this one out if it comes down to that. As long as his first or last name doesnt begin with W we should be OK.

 

It's sad when I'd rather see Erye then Wood.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 62-6 when they lead after 7 innings

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Butterscup1679666578]

nice job tonight Richie

[Keener98]

Just got back from class... nice outing so far by Rich. Gotta hope the offense can score a few insurance runs, as this one is probably up to the likes of Scott Eyre.

 

You might want to check Eyres stats lately before you act like hes horrible. After his rough start, and demotion to mop up, his numbers are great.

[Vanilla Ice]

Its only the top of the 8th, and Im shuddering thinking about who they use to close this one out if it comes down to that. As long as his first or last name doesnt begin with W we should be OK.

 

It's sad when I'd rather see Erye then Wood.

 

I think it will go either Eyre for two innings or Eyre then Wuertz.

[Anomalied]

His OBP is the same as Pierre's was last season... and people still give me crap when I say he shouldn't be leading off.

 

Who gives you crap?

Maybe not around here, but just about every Cub fan I mention it to brings up the age-old argument of "oh, but he hits so much better in the one hole". But who says that Lou has to cater to whatever King Alfonso wants? Just because he's hit .183 or whatever in the five spot doesn't mean that he'll perform that poorly over a whole season. You'd need a much larger sample size.

 

The guy swings at everything, doesn't walk, doesn't even steal anymore... he just doesn't fit the mold of a leadoff hitter. He should be hitting cleanup or fifth, but for some reason most Cub fans I talk to about it just won't accept that he could hit lower in the order.