04/26 Cubs (Zambrano) @ Nationals (Chico) 6:10pm CDT, CSN

[UMFan83]

Geez, you'd think this game thread was from September 2006.

[UMFan83]

Geez, you'd think this game thread was from September 2006.

[UMFan83]

Geez, you'd think this game thread was from September 2006.

[CubInOK]

C'mon Rammy!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Cedeno doubled to down the left field line

Zambrano grounded out to first, unassisted , Cedeno to third

Pie, pinch hitting for Johnson, called out on strikes

Theriot walked

Theriot stole second base

D Lee walked

Ramirez grounded into a FC,

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 3 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            3 2 0 0 0 0                    5 10  1
Washington      0 0 0 0 0                      0  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Washington: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      5.0  4  0  0  3  4  0  86

 

Washington     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Chico         4.0  8  5  5  2  5  0  85
Hanrahan      2.0  2  0  0  2  3  0  49

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milledge singled to right field

[Transmogrified Tiger]

0-6 6Ks for Soto this series.

 

He's completely overthinking each pitch and pressing too much in his ABs. It's a sign of being mentally weak. I hope I'm wrong.

 

That's quite a stretch. Could be a couple pitchers who have the stuff to exploit him and have made their pitches over two days. Maybe he's not picking the ball up well with the new field's batter's eye. Maybe he's doing it to throw us off the trail that he's really a cyborg, it could be a lot of different things.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kearns flied out to right field

[rawaction]

Cubs have left a crapload of runners on base since the start of the Mets series.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

What a throw by Pie!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milledge took second on wild pitch, out at third, 2-6-8-5

[Vanilla Ice]

This was a quality game thread

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Milledge singled to right field

Kearns flied out to right field

Milledge took second on wild pitch, out at third, 2-6-8-5

Estrada flied out to center field

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            3 2 0 0 0 0                    5 10  1
Washington      0 0 0 0 0 0                    0  5  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Washington: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.0  5  0  0  3  4  0  95

 

Washington     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Chico         4.0  8  5  5  2  5  0  85
Hanrahan      2.0  2  0  0  2  3  0  49

[rawaction]

Milledge took second on wild pitch, out at third, 2-6-8-5

 

Love 2-6-8-5 putouts.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Washington
P/PA              4.62            3.96
RBI%              0.20            0.00
R/BR              0.36            0.00
BA               0.400           0.250
OBP              0.483           0.375
SLG              0.560           0.300
OPS              1.043           0.675
ERA               0.00            7.50
BB/9              4.50            6.00
K/9               6.00           12.00

[UMFan83]

0-6 6Ks for Soto this series.

 

He's completely overthinking each pitch and pressing too much in his ABs. It's a sign of being mentally weak. I hope I'm wrong.

 

That's quite a stretch. Could be a couple pitchers who have the stuff to exploit him and have made their pitches over two days. Maybe he's not picking the ball up well with the new field's batter's eye. Maybe he's doing it to throw us off the trail that he's really a cyborg, it could be a lot of different things.

 

No I agree to an extent. He just looks like he's trying too hard to outthink the pitcher. On that last AB, he had a 3-1 count and took 2 breaking pitches over the plate. Looks like a guy who is trying to guess. Also, I should mention how Lou mentioned earlier that his somewhat slow start at the plate was effecting his defense during the first week of the season, or something like that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 12-0 when they lead after 6 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Garwilly]

0-6 6Ks for Soto this series.

 

He's completely overthinking each pitch and pressing too much in his ABs. It's a sign of being mentally weak. I hope I'm wrong.

 

That's quite a stretch. Could be a couple pitchers who have the stuff to exploit him and have made their pitches over two days. Maybe he's not picking the ball up well with the new field's batter's eye. Maybe he's doing it to throw us off the trail that he's really a cyborg, it could be a lot of different things.

 

 

Wait wait wait.

 

Did I miss the memo where THINKING was a sign on MENTAL weakness?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cordero in to pitch for Washington

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome lined out to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

DeRosa singled to center field

[UMFan83]

0-6 6Ks for Soto this series.

 

He's completely overthinking each pitch and pressing too much in his ABs. It's a sign of being mentally weak. I hope I'm wrong.

 

That's quite a stretch. Could be a couple pitchers who have the stuff to exploit him and have made their pitches over two days. Maybe he's not picking the ball up well with the new field's batter's eye. Maybe he's doing it to throw us off the trail that he's really a cyborg, it could be a lot of different things.

 

 

Wait wait wait.

 

Did I miss the memo where THINKING was a sign on MENTAL weakness?

 

Overthinking could be.

[SABR Gamer]

This was a quality game thread

 

Is green the official color of sarcasm now so that those individuals with broken sarcasm readers can tell that the post is sarcastic?

[UMFan83]

Geo needs an offday tomorrow big time.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto called out on strikes