Playoff Diary - Game one

[David]

BTW, real good stuff, IMB

[ChiCubsFan]

Lou gambled and lost. He had a plan and my question is who was going to be the 3rd reliever since he took Z out in the 6th and not 7th. I have to believe that he also thought, I'm going to put Marmol into the game with no one on instead of seeing if Z could go the 7th, get into trouble and then Marmol would have guys on. I see his logic and it didn't work last night. i like the fact that he defended the pen, maybe he was defending himself too but, I think the pen will step up for him from here on. Now to take advantage of the pitchers not named Webb.

 

I agree, I usually HATE it when a manager trots his starter out there to start an inning with his trigger finger ready to pull him at the slightest sign of trouble. HOWEVER, usually that is because the starter has been struggling. Z, was getting much better as the night went on (I thought he was walking on a cliff the first few innings). I understand wanting to get him out with as few pitches as possible, but he was at 85. In the 6th he threw 15 pitches, and the 5th/6th/7th hitters were due up (who he had not let up a hit against) so he had a good chance of pitching the 7th and still coming out of the game with less than 100 pitches.

 

I would have left him. But then again, I would have pinch hit DWard for Theriot in the 6th with the bases loaded.

 

I would have pinch hit with Ward for Zambrano with the bases loaded. That would have been going to the pen early, and Zambrano had gotten a hit, but I saw that as a chance to blow the game open and I would have put the best hitter I could up there and hope for the best from the bullpen.

 

That was my first thought, too. But then I realized Z had hit th ball well the first time up so you might as well leave him in and take your chances. And really, it almost paid off. Stupid freaking midget....

 

Zambrano stuck out with the bases loaded. The line drive he hit that Drew caught was in his 2nd AB. Theriot was on 2nd with nobody out. On that play, I would have liked to see Z show bunt to draw in the infield and then swing away. Try to pull the ball to at least get Theriot to 3rd with one out. Oh well...let's get em tonight!

[kente777]

Lou gambled and lost. He had a plan and my question is who was going to be the 3rd reliever since he took Z out in the 6th and not 7th. I have to believe that he also thought, I'm going to put Marmol into the game with no one on instead of seeing if Z could go the 7th, get into trouble and then Marmol would have guys on. I see his logic and it didn't work last night. i like the fact that he defended the pen, maybe he was defending himself too but, I think the pen will step up for him from here on. Now to take advantage of the pitchers not named Webb.

 

I agree, I usually HATE it when a manager trots his starter out there to start an inning with his trigger finger ready to pull him at the slightest sign of trouble. HOWEVER, usually that is because the starter has been struggling. Z, was getting much better as the night went on (I thought he was walking on a cliff the first few innings). I understand wanting to get him out with as few pitches as possible, but he was at 85. In the 6th he threw 15 pitches, and the 5th/6th/7th hitters were due up (who he had not let up a hit against) so he had a good chance of pitching the 7th and still coming out of the game with less than 100 pitches.

 

I would have left him. But then again, I would have pinch hit DWard for Theriot in the 6th with the bases loaded.

 

I would have pinch hit with Ward for Zambrano with the bases loaded. That would have been going to the pen early, and Zambrano had gotten a hit, but I saw that as a chance to blow the game open and I would have put the best hitter I could up there and hope for the best from the bullpen.

 

That was my first thought, too. But then I realized Z had hit th ball well the first time up so you might as well leave him in and take your chances. And really, it almost paid off. Stupid freaking midget....

 

Zambrano stuck out with the bases loaded. The line drive he hit that Drew caught was in his 2nd AB. Theriot was on 2nd with nobody out. On that play, I would have liked to see Z show bunt to draw in the infield and then swing away. Try to pull the ball to at least get Theriot to 3rd with one out. Oh well...let's get em tonight!

 

Yep, as soon as Z got behind I knew he would K. Webb made him look silly, too.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[ChiCubsFan]

On a positive note, we were hitting the ball hard all night. We were making better contact against Webb than I was expecting. Unfortunately Marmol made a few mistakes and our hard hit balls were right at people or just a few feet short of the wall. I expect us to hit Doug Davis well tonight and come back to Chicago evened up at 1. If this happens, I like our chances to win the series.

 

Our 1-5 hitters need to hit better. Any idea on what the lineup looks like tonight? Hopefully SOTO and not Kendall again.

[kente777]

On a positive note, we were hitting the ball hard all night. We were making better contact against Webb than I was expecting. Unfortunately Marmol made a few mistakes and our hard hit balls were right at people or just a few feet short of the wall. I expect us to hit Doug Davis well tonight and come back to Chicago evened up at 1. If this happens, I like our chances to win the series.

 

Our 1-5 hitters need to hit better. Any idea on what the lineup looks like tonight? Hopefully SOTO and not Kendall again.

 

I think Soto looked pretty good last night. He was pretty patient. I'd keep him in!