5/14 - Fathers (Peavy) @ Cubs (Lilly) 7:05 PM WCIU & 720

[David]

Jacob Edward Peavy

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6872.jpg

155 ERA+ 1.079 WHIP

 

 

will face (and likely beat)

 

Theodore Roosevelt Lilly

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6223.jpg

84 ERA+ 1.299 WHIP

 

in the start of what figures to be a short stint as game thread starter for me.

 

 

 

If any of you don't know what ERA+ or WHIPs are and whether it's better to have high ones or low ones (I doubt it but maybe), you should be able to figure it out by looking at these two guys.

[Omar]

Padres Vs. Lilly

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Tony Clark           21    21   5  1  0  1   3   0   6  .238  .238  .429  .667 
Tadahito Iguchi      11     9   3  0  0  2   3   2   2  .333  .455 1.000 1.455 
Jody Gerut            9     8   3  1  0  0   0   1   2  .375  .444  .500  .944 
Josh Bard             6     6   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .167  .167  .333  .500 
Brian Giles           5     4   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .200  .000  .200 
Khalil Greene         5     5   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .200  .200  .200  .400 
Adrian Gonzalez       4     3   1  0  1  0   1   1   1  .333  .500 1.000 1.500 
Scott Hairston        4     4   2  0  0  1   1   0   0  .500  .500 1.250 1.750 
Kevin Kouzmanoff      3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jake Peavy            2     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                70    65  17  3  1  4   8   5  14  .262  .314  .523  .837 

 

Cubs Vs. Peavy

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Aramis Ramirez       14    14   4  1  0  1   2   0   1  .286  .286  .571  .857 
Derrek Lee           11    10   2  2  0  0   0   1   4  .200  .273  .400  .673 
Alfonso Soriano       9     7   2  1  0  1   1   2   5  .286  .444  .857 1.301 
Daryle Ward           9     9   3  0  0  0   0   0   2  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Jon Lieber            5     4   1  1  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .500  .750 
Ronny Cedeno          3     3   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667 1.334 
Jason Marquis         3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ryan Theriot          3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ted Lilly             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Kerry Wood            2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Mark DeRosa           1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                62    58  14  5  0  2   3   3  18  .241  .279  .431  .710 

[CubInOK]

So will Cedeno actually start? Nahh...

[BCVM22]

Oh poop we're facing Peavy tomorrow. Good bye chances of a W...

[SouthSideRyan]

I'll be taking my 2-1 record to the game tomorrow.

[CubbieBum]

Oh poop we're facing Peavy tomorrow. Good bye chances of a W...

 

Estes got a W today so its only fair Peavy doesn't. Got to even out ...right????

[chuckywang]

Cubs do well against the top echelon pitchers. So, I'm not all doom and gloom for this game.

[tfarks]

Start Pie not Edmonds

[Yeti]

cubs are 6-3 when im in attendance...i'll be there tomorrow...i lost my hat last night....i m gonna go ahead and chalk up todays loss to that, that said, i'm gonna retrace my drunken movements from last night in an effort to find that damn hat

[ZMovieman]

While ordinarily facing Peavy should be considered an automatic loss (Webb and Santana are the only other pitchers I feel that way about), with Lilly's improvement against a light hitting Padres team, we might be able to win a close one ala the Lilly-Haren game last week. Keep it low scoring and close and who knows? Not getting my hopes up, but if Lilly pitches well, it's not the automatic loss we are all fearing.

[RedFlash]

I think the Cubs offense is more likely to get 3 or so runs off Peavy then the Padres are to get 3 off Lilly. Not because Lilly is a great pitcher, but because if the Padres are not facing a lousy pitcher (Marquis) they'll likely not to score much or at all.

 

I like the Cubs to win 3-1, tomorrow.

[tfarks]

I think Lou goes like this:

 

Soriano

Theriot

Lee

Ramirez

Fukudome

Soto

Fontenot

Pie

 

Pie gets to continue his enjoyment of starting against tough righties only

 

I must add this is also contingent on Edmonds not becoming a Cub

[Yeti]

Edmonds not becoming a Cub

lets all keep our fingers crossed

[Schwarber Fan]

The Edmonds signing isn't going to be announced until after the game so he obviously won't be starting tonight. Let's hope Pie starts and goes 4-4 and hits for the cycle.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The Padres cant be expected to score 3+ runs in 3 consecutive games. We just need a few off of Peavy and we should be good.

[rawaction]

I'd rather Pie NOT start tonight, if this game is being used as any sort of barometer for how much playing time he may or may not get. Peavy should pretty much eat Felix alive. First start in the week probably shouldn't be against the best RH pitcher in the NL.

[erik316wttn]

If (and that's a big if) we win tonight, I guarantee Peavy won't be tacked with the L. If we can't score more than 3 runs off of Estes, Peavy ought to shut us out fairly easily.

[Roast]

Well, the silver lining here is that it should be a very quick game. Lilly has been good recently and then there's Peavy - they should both roll through these line-ups. That means it won't be nearly as hard to wake up for the day game tomorrow. yippee.

 

Also - Last day of classes for me today. Thank God.

[Derwood]

3 nights games in a row? LAME

[Soul]

This one's going to be rough. Lilly will know he can't afford to give up anything or we're done. I hope that doesn't take him off his game.

[TruffleShuffle]

3 nights games in a row? LAME

 

yeah i am not pleased.

 

you know this summer when there's a heat wave the cubs are going to play like 15 home day games in a row too.

[Soul]

3 nights games in a row? LAME

 

yeah i am not pleased.

 

you know this summer when there's a heat wave the cubs are going to play like 15 home day games in a row too.

 

I can't watch day games during the week, so I'm not displeased.

[David]

If (and that's a big if) we win tonight, I guarantee Peavy won't be tacked with the L. If we can't score more than 3 runs off of Estes, Peavy ought to shut us out fairly easily.

 

 

That's really not how things work in baseball.

 

But yea, we'll probably lose anyways, because it's Peavy.

[soapy]

since there's a dominant pitcher going for the opposition, and it's probably his last game in the majors for a while, i look for Pie to get the start. i look forward to people (Lou) using it to justify sending him down tomorrow/tonight. Edited May 14, 2008 by soapy

[bcl412]

If (and that's a big if) we win tonight, I guarantee Peavy won't be tacked with the L. If we can't score more than 3 runs off of Estes, Peavy ought to shut us out fairly easily.

 

 

That's really not how things work in baseball.

 

But yea, we'll probably lose anyways, because it's Peavy.

 

I wonder if the rain had anything to do with why they didn't Estes, like maybe visibility was messed up, because nobody hit after it started raining. I mean there has to be a reason why one of the best offenses in baseball didn't hit Shawn Estes.