04/25 - Cubs (Dempster) vs. Nationals (Perez) - 6:35 - CSN

javy knows my name · April 25, 2008

Hey Nationals! Remember who you REALLY are:

http://billy-ball.mlblogs.com/billyball/images/expos.jpg

different country. different name. new stadium. same crappy ball club.

Same club that terrorizes us despite folding for everyone else.

BCVM22 · April 25, 2008

Same club that terrorizes us despite folding for everyone else.

I wish more clubs would terrorize us to the tune of letting us take 6 of 7 against them like we did against the Nats last season.

Fred Hornkohl · April 25, 2008

Greetings one and all from beautiful Rawlins, WY !!

Some worthless stats of the day for Friday............

CUBS are 1-2 on Fridays

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Washington

CUBS are 3-2 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 4-2 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 5-3 in games that start a series

CUBS are 1-1-1 in road series

CUBS are 6-2 at night

CUBS are 5-3 on the road

CUBS are 6-1 against lefties

CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-2 when they do

CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-7 when they don't

CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-7 when they don't

CUBS are 14-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-6 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even

CUBS are 5-0 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-7 when he doesn't

CUBS are 4-2 in one run games.... 3-2 in two run games

CUBS are 2-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-7 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 7-3 when they get a quality start.... 8-4 when they don't

CUBS are 5-6 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-1 when they don't

CUBS are 10-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-5 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 11-6 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 110 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 994 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 199 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 714 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1060 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 133 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 88 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 103 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 6.14 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.91 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are driving in 19.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.403 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.5% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05

CUBS are 6-3 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 12-3 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-4 when they don't

CUBS are 13-5 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-2 when they don't

CUBS are 7-1 when they steal a base.... 6-6 when they don't

CUBS are 6-5 when they GIDP.... 7-2 when they don't

CUBS are 4-5 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 9-2 when they don't

CUBS are 12-6 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-1 when they don't

CUBS are 5-0 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 8-7 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent steals a base.... 8-2 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 9-6 when they don't

CUBS are 5-0 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 8-7 when they don't

CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 11-5 when they don't

CUBS are 4-3 when they hit an opposing batter.... 9-4 when they don't

CUBS have won 12 of their last 16 games against left handed starters

CUBS have 3 GIDP in their last 13 games

CUBS have Homered in 5 of their last 6 games

CUBS have been HBP 5 times in their last 5 games

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 12 straight games

CUBS are 4-0 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 2 of 4 in quality starts

Dempster has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.00.... to Blanco it's N/A

CUBS score 6.14 R/G overall.... 8.50 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

03/31 - 04/24      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   121   21   35    7    0    5   57   20   17   27  0.289  0.387  0.471  0.858
CUBS overall      796  135  226   46    5   27  363  125   97  144  0.284  0.368  0.456  0.824

Composite scoring in games started by Dempster.........

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              1   4   3   3   9   5   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      34
Opponents         2   1   2   0   3   1   1   3   3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0      18

Dempster' starts this year (3-0)

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2    5    0    91  3.00  7.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/09  vs. Pitts       7.0    1    0    0    2    5    0    98  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.43  0.00
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    5    4    4    5    3    1   106  7.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  6.00
04/20  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    3    3    2    3    0    95  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  5.40

season totals         24.0   14    9    8   11   16    1   390  4.13  6.00  0.38  1.04  3.00

CUBS' bullpen load during the last week.....

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             24 Apr     23 Apr     22 Apr     21 Apr     20 Apr     19 Apr     18 Apr
             @ Colo     @ Colo     vs. Mets   vs. Mets   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart          1.0  28               1.0  22                          1.7  33                  3.7  83
Howry                    1.0  10    1.0  10               2.0  36                             4.0  56
Lieber                   1.7  21                                                0.7   9       2.3  30
Marmol                   1.0  21    1.0  18    1.0   9                          2.0  43       5.0  91
Pignatiello                                                                                          
Wood                     1.0  17               1.0   6                          1.0   6       3.0  29
Wuertz                   0.0   7                          1.0  27    1.3  16                  2.3  50
Marshall                 0.3   5                          1.0  18               0.3   2       1.7  25

Totals        1.0  28    5.0  81    3.0  50    2.0  15    4.0  81    3.0  49    4.0  60      22.0 364

CUBS' season series vs. Washington last year (0-0) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.23  Fri 04/25  @ Washington    N    -    Dempster        Perez         
.24  Sat 04/26  @ Washington         -    Zambrano        Chico         
.25  Sun 04/27  @ Washington         -    Lilly           Lannan        
128  Fri 08/22    Washington         -    Dempster        Redding       
129  Sat 08/23    Washington         -    Zambrano        Bergmann      
130  Sun 08/24    Washington         -    Lilly           Hill

CUBS' season series vs. Washington last year (6-1).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.27  Fri 05/04    Washington        6- 4  Zambrano        Bergmann      
.28  Sat 05/05    Washington        5- 3  Hill            Patterson     
.29  Sun 05/06    Washington        4- 3  Guzman          Hill          
.81  Mon 07/02  @ Washington        7- 2  Lilly           Simontacchi   
.82  Tue 07/03  @ Washington        3- 1  Zambrano        Redding       
.83  Wed 07/04  @ Washington        0- 6  Hill            Chico         
.84  Thu 07/05  @ Washington        4- 2  Marshall        Bergmann

CUBS hitters vs. Washington last year.....

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Blanco              1    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000
Ward                7    1    4    1    0    0    5    3    0    0  0.571  0.500  0.714  1.214  0.571
Jones              16    3    7    4    0    0   11    2    1    2  0.438  0.471  0.688  1.158  0.500
Pagan              13    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    3  0.308  0.308  0.308  0.615  0.400
Soriano            33    6   10    2    0    0   12    2    0    7  0.303  0.303  0.364  0.667  0.385
Ramirez            26    3    8    2    0    1   13    4    1    5  0.308  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.350
Floyd              11    1    3    0    0    0    3    3    3    2  0.273  0.429  0.273  0.701  0.333
DeRosa             21    0    6    2    0    0    8    5    4    2  0.286  0.400  0.381  0.781  0.316
Fontenot           12    1    3    0    0    0    3    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.300
Theriot            19    2    5    1    0    0    6    3    4    0  0.263  0.391  0.316  0.707  0.263
Izturis             9    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    0  0.222  0.417  0.333  0.750  0.222
Pie                 6    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.200
Barrett            13    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.154  0.154  0.154  0.308  0.182
Murton              6    2    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.333  0.619  0.167
Lee                20    4    4    0    0    1    7    2    6    0  0.200  0.429  0.350  0.779  0.158
K Hill              9    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222  0.111
Bowen               6    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Wash   242   29   64   14    0    2   84   28   23   32  0.264  0.333  0.347  0.680  0.298
season totals    5644  750 1531  338   28  150 2375  710  499 1044  0.271  0.332  0.421  0.753  0.310

CUBS pitchers vs. Wahington last year year......

vs. Wash             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               2.0    1    0    0    3    5    0    50 13.50 22.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Dempster            3.0    2    0    0    1    4    0    48  3.00 12.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              2.3    3    0    0    1    4    0    39  3.86 15.43  0.00  1.71  0.00
Ohman               2.0    2    0    0    1    2    0    41  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Petrick             2.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    29  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Lilly               7.0    3    1    1    3    5    0   115  3.86  6.43  0.00  0.86  1.29
Howry               5.3    4    1    1    1    4    0    73  1.69  6.75  0.00  0.94  1.69
Guzman              5.0    2    1    1    2    3    0    82  3.60  5.40  0.00  0.80  1.80
Marshall            5.3    5    2    2    4    2    0    85  6.75  3.38  0.00  1.69  3.38
Zambrano           12.7    9    5    5    7   12    1   225  4.97  8.53  0.71  1.26  3.55
Eyre                2.3    1    1    1    3    3    0    47 11.57 11.57  0.00  1.71  3.86
R Hill             12.0   16    7    7    2   10    2   198  1.50  7.50  1.50  1.50  5.25
Wuertz              1.3    1    1    1    1    0    0    15  6.75  0.00  0.00  1.50  6.75
Cherry              0.7    2    2    2    0    1    0    16  0.00 13.50  0.00  3.00 27.00

totals vs. Wash    63.0   52   21   21   29   56    3  1063  4.14  8.00  0.43  1.29  3.00
season totals    1446.7 1338  691  650  570 1209  165 23493  3.55  7.52  1.03  1.32  4.04

CUBS are facing 3 lefties in a row. So far this year, they've hit lefties like this.........

vs Left            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   RBI%
Blanco              3    1    2    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.667  0.750  0.667  1.417  1.000  4.50    1.5  0.000
Soto               20    3    9    2    0    1    5    4    2  0.450  0.542  0.700  1.242  0.471  4.13    7.6  0.286
D Lee              24    5    9    2    1    1    6    4    3  0.375  0.464  0.667  1.131  0.400  4.79    7.4  0.333
Ramirez            22    3    8    4    0    1    5    2    4  0.364  0.440  0.682  1.122  0.412  3.60    6.6  0.286
Fukudome           18    4    7    1    1    0    3    2    5  0.389  0.450  0.556  1.006  0.538  5.00    4.5  0.333
Theriot            18    5    6    2    0    0    2    3    2  0.333  0.429  0.444  0.873  0.375  3.62    3.4  0.222
Cedeno             17    3    6    1    0    0    5    3    4  0.353  0.450  0.412  0.862  0.462  4.55    3.2  0.313
DeRosa             21    5    5    1    0    1    3    4    4  0.238  0.346  0.429  0.775  0.250  3.62    3.1  0.133
Fontenot            3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  2.50    0.3  0.500
Johnson            22    5    5    1    0    0    2    4    2  0.227  0.393  0.273  0.666  0.250  4.07    2.4  0.167
Soriano            16    1    4    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.250  0.294  0.250  0.544  0.286  4.18    1.2  0.000
Ward                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  7.00    0.0  0.000
Pie                 7    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.250  4.29    0.1  0.222
Murton              7    0    0    0    0    0    2    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.29    0.0  0.154

totals vs. Left   214   37   65   16    2    4   37   29   38  0.304  0.393  0.453  0.846  0.355  4.02   38.1  0.223
overall           796  135  226   46    5   27  125   97  144  0.284  0.368  0.456  0.824  0.318  3.91  133.5  0.199

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

03/31 - 04/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Cedeno              12   20  0.375
D Lee               11   25  0.306
Johnson              9   21  0.300
Fukudome             8   23  0.258
Ramirez             10   35  0.222
Soto                11   39  0.220
DeRosa              12   46  0.207
Pie                  5   28  0.152
Theriot              5   30  0.143
E Patterson          1    7  0.125
Fontenot             3   22  0.120
Murton               2   15  0.118
Soriano              3   24  0.111
Ward                 1   10  0.091
Blanco               1   13  0.071

CUBS                98  394  0.199

CUBS' magic numbers:

Milwaukee     139
St. Louis     139
Houston       136
Pittsburgh    135
Cincinnati    134

Go CUBS !!!

rawaction · April 25, 2008

The Cubs go back to their winning ways tomorrow. Dempster pitches 8 shutout innings and Kerry Wood pitches a perfect ninth for the save. Derrek Lee hits two HRs. Cubs win 6-0

I'm very interested to see how Kerry gets a 6-run save having only pitched the bottom of the 9th.

Little Slide Rooter · April 25, 2008

The Cubs go back to their winning ways tomorrow. Dempster pitches 8 shutout innings and Kerry Wood pitches a perfect ninth for the save. Derrek Lee hits two HRs. Cubs win 6-0

I'm very interested to see how Kerry gets a 6-run save having only pitched the bottom of the 9th.

This is the 2008 Cubs. Anything can happen.

Roast · April 25, 2008

This CSN crap needs to stop. At least when I'm home to see games. At least until mid may when i move back home and get my CSN back.

jersey cubs fan · April 25, 2008

Dear Lou, Please refrain from even thinking about putting Theriot or Fontenot in Friday's baseball game. Ronny Cedeno and Mark DeRosa can handle the middle infield duties capably, and Reed Johnson is ready for the call in left.

Theriot is white hot right now. Can we at least curb the hate until he cools down?
I don't think it's hate to say Cedeno/DeRosa/Johnson is better than Theriot/Fontenot/DeRosa. It's just the facts.

If Theriot is the hot hand, he should play until he's not hot anymore. Whatever gives us the best chance of winning.

He's 2 for his last 10. If you believe in playing the hot hand, when do you consider a player to no longer be hot? I think it varies depending on the player. But an 0-4 from Ryan Theriot is much less surprising than the 4-5 a couple days before. If DLee or Ramirez mixed in an 0-4 and 2-10 in the middle of a hot month, you wouldn't assume the hot streak was over. But those guys are legit regulars. Theriot's career suggests his hot streaks can come and go, and turn cold in an instant.

Little Slide Rooter · April 25, 2008

Dear Lou, Please refrain from even thinking about putting Theriot or Fontenot in Friday's baseball game. Ronny Cedeno and Mark DeRosa can handle the middle infield duties capably, and Reed Johnson is ready for the call in left.

Theriot is white hot right now. Can we at least curb the hate until he cools down?
I don't think it's hate to say Cedeno/DeRosa/Johnson is better than Theriot/Fontenot/DeRosa. It's just the facts.

If Theriot is the hot hand, he should play until he's not hot anymore. Whatever gives us the best chance of winning.

He's 2 for his last 10. If you believe in playing the hot hand, when do you consider a player to no longer be hot? I think it varies depending on the player. But an 0-4 from Ryan Theriot is much less surprising than the 4-5 a couple days before. If DLee or Ramirez mixed in an 0-4 and 2-10 in the middle of a hot month, you wouldn't assume the hot streak was over. But those guys are legit regulars. Theriot's career suggests his hot streaks can come and go, and turn cold in an instant.

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

BigbadB · April 25, 2008

Gotta love that picture of Demp.

Dempster was in that picture? Hmm. I thought some really hot girl was pitching for the Cubs today.

jersey cubs fan · April 25, 2008

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

The fact that 1 of the 2 was clutch is meaningless.

If you are talking about playing a hot hand, you'll have a hard time justifying calling a weak hitter coming off an 0-4 game who is 2 for his last 10 the hot hand.

Little Slide Rooter · April 25, 2008

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

The fact that 1 of the 2 was clutch is meaningless.

If you are talking about playing a hot hand, you'll have a hard time justifying calling a weak hitter coming off an 0-4 game who is 2 for his last 10 the hot hand.

I didnt say he was the hot hand. Im just saying you cant bench him after 1 crap game, especially when you can have him and Ronny both playing.

jersey cubs fan · April 25, 2008

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

The fact that 1 of the 2 was clutch is meaningless.

If you are talking about playing a hot hand, you'll have a hard time justifying calling a weak hitter coming off an 0-4 game who is 2 for his last 10 the hot hand.

I didnt say he was the hot hand. Im just saying you cant bench him after 1 crap game, especially when you can have him and Ronny both playing.

You bench him because he's the lesser player, not because of one crap game. But lots of people are insisting he's the hot hand, that he's white hot, and that he's on a roll. I was pointing out that 0-4 yesterday and 2 for his last 10 takes away from the theory that he's the hot hand.

Little Slide Rooter · April 25, 2008

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

The fact that 1 of the 2 was clutch is meaningless.

If you are talking about playing a hot hand, you'll have a hard time justifying calling a weak hitter coming off an 0-4 game who is 2 for his last 10 the hot hand.

I didnt say he was the hot hand. Im just saying you cant bench him after 1 crap game, especially when you can have him and Ronny both playing.

You bench him because he's the lesser player, not because of one crap game. But lots of people are insisting he's the hot hand, that he's white hot, and that he's on a roll. I was pointing out that 0-4 yesterday and 2 for his last 10 takes away from the theory that he's the hot hand.

Lesser player than who? Granted, Ronny Cedeno game up big vs. The Mets, but what else has he done for us? You need more that a couple of clutch hits to be guaranteed a starting job on a contening team.

illiniguy · April 25, 2008

Sure, hes 2 for 10, but the fact is that one of those 2 was an incredibly clutch that was the game winner. Essentially, he had one bad game. he went 2-5 the first game, and he happened to get owned by Cook, as did the rest of our offense. Him and Cedeno will hopefully both play until Soriano comes back, and hopefully, by the time that happens, one of them will emerge as our starting shortstop.

The fact that 1 of the 2 was clutch is meaningless.

If you are talking about playing a hot hand, you'll have a hard time justifying calling a weak hitter coming off an 0-4 game who is 2 for his last 10 the hot hand.

I didnt say he was the hot hand. Im just saying you cant bench him after 1 crap game, especially when you can have him and Ronny both playing.

You bench him because he's the lesser player, not because of one crap game. But lots of people are insisting he's the hot hand, that he's white hot, and that he's on a roll. I was pointing out that 0-4 yesterday and 2 for his last 10 takes away from the theory that he's the hot hand.

Lesser player than who? Granted, Ronny Cedeno game up big vs. The Mets, but what else has he done for us? You need more that a couple of clutch hits to be guaranteed a starting job on a contening team.

All Ronny has done is be better at baseball than Theriot. That fact alone should guarantee he get to play.

cubbyvirus00 · April 25, 2008

Theriot is garbage and has NO business being a SS on this team.....2B while Soriano is gone? Maybe.

rawaction · April 25, 2008

Can we leave the Theriot v. Cedeno discussion out of this thread? There are at least 2-3 in Baseball discussions about the same thing.

C.C. · April 25, 2008

C'mon! Start the game already! I hate waiting...

Terp · April 25, 2008

This CSN crap needs to stop. At least when I'm home to see games. At least until mid may when i move back home and get my CSN back.

Seriously. I'm just biased since I don't get CSN Chicago so I can't see the games. I hate resorting to Gameday for things.

Anyway, Go Cubs!

JimSorgi · April 25, 2008

The Cubs go back to their winning ways tomorrow. Dempster pitches 8 shutout innings and Kerry Wood pitches a perfect ninth for the save. Derrek Lee hits two HRs. Cubs win 6-0

I'm very interested to see how Kerry gets a 6-run save having only pitched the bottom of the 9th.

#-o uhhh...3-0

chuckywang · April 25, 2008

Lineup prediction:

Johnson

Cedeno

Lee

Ramirez

Fukudome

DeRosa

Soto

Theriot

Dempster

RedFlash · April 25, 2008

The Cubs go back to their winning ways tomorrow. Dempster pitches 8 shutout innings and Kerry Wood pitches a perfect ninth for the save. Derrek Lee hits two HRs. Cubs win 6-0

I'm very interested to see how Kerry gets a 6-run save having only pitched the bottom of the 9th.
#-o uhhh...3-0

I prefer the 6-0.

mul21 · April 25, 2008

Lineup prediction:

Johnson
Cedeno
Lee
Ramirez
Fukudome
DeRosa
Soto
Theriot
Dempster

That works for me. However, there's no way Lou bats Ronny at 2 and Theriot at 8. It'll be the other way around if that's who's in the lineup.

weis21 · April 25, 2008

Lineup prediction:

Johnson
Cedeno
Lee
Ramirez
Fukudome
DeRosa
Soto
Theriot
Dempster

That works for me. However, there's no way Lou bats Ronny at 2 and Theriot at 8. It'll be the other way around if that's who's in the lineup.

I wouldn't be so sure. If Lou has proven one thing, its that he jumps to conclusions quickly. Theriot had a bad day yesterday and his last impression of Cedeno was hitting monstrous grand slams. In this case it's the right conclusion, just wrong reasoning. I'm thinking Cedeno hits 7th or higher. That said, Fontenot will probably be leading off with Theriot right behind him.

ETA: According to BR's "Batting Game Score" Theriot didn't just have a bad day yesterday, he had the worst day in the majors.

Edited April 25, 2008 by weis21

cubbyvirus00 · April 25, 2008

Theriot better be at 2B

David · April 25, 2008

Theriot better be at 2B

Not a chance in hell.

04/25 - Cubs (Dempster) vs. Nationals (Perez) - 6:35 - CSN

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