5/17 - Pirates (Duke) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 12:05PM CSN & 720

[Jon]

Was the contact made before the ball got to the plate?

[rawaction]

Watching Pirates coverage. The announcers are raving about Soto. Apparantly the Pirates organization believes Soto has the fewest holes in his swing.

 

Soto was out. He never touched the plate.

[Fred Hornkohl]

            Pittsburgh            CUBS
P/PA              3.20            3.75

[nilodnayr]

Bad Call, IMO

 

I was wrong... bad slide

 

It wasn't a really a bad slide, it just happened that Paulino hooked Soto's ankle...kinda a freak thing.

[Careless]

I honestly think if he would have ran instead of slid he would have made it. He seemed to make a complete stop the moment he slid.

Or if he slid head first or with his right leg out instead of his left

[Fred Hornkohl]

LaRoche doubled to right center field

[erik316wttn]

LaDouche with a leadoff double.

[inari]

Ick. This reeks of a momentum swing.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

None of this matters anyway, the Cubs are obviously lightyears better than the Pirates.

 

I'm pretty nervous about the way Zambrano is pitching. If the wind isn't blowing in, it's 3-3 right now.

[Careless]

And len's right, we're lucky Soto didn't injure himself, twist an ankle or something

[OleMissCub]

I guess this game being at 12 means that it won't be blacked out because of FOX, right?

 

wrong. Saturday day games area blacked out from noon until 6 or 7

 

Apparently not because I'm watching it now.

[nilodnayr]

I honestly think if he would have ran instead of slid he would have made it. He seemed to make a complete stop the moment he slid.

or with his right leg out instead of his left

 

that is like telling someone to bat wrong handed

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nady grounded out to second, 4-3 , LaRoche to third

[BigbadB]

I sure hate missing a Cubs baseball game.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Ick. This reeks of a momentum swing.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/280517116_Pirates_Cubs_73376103_lbig.png

[TysonCBulls423]

keep this runner at 3rd please

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Somewhere a baseball guy is praising the Pirates batter for getting the runner to third with one out, not noticing that the odds of scoring and the average run expectancy of the inning both swung in the Cubs favor on the play.

[erik316wttn]

3-2.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mientkiewicz singled to left center field , LaRoche scored

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soto's bad slide suddenly looks a bit more important.

[Careless]

I honestly think if he would have ran instead of slid he would have made it. He seemed to make a complete stop the moment he slid.

or with his right leg out instead of his left

 

that is like telling someone to bat wrong handed

Really more of a complaint about bad luck. There were a lot of things he could have done that would have made him safe. He had no reason to think that a normal feet first slide would result in him being out. *shrug*

[UMFan83]

I guess Z can''t be sharp every game. I just hope he doesn't go into an extended slide like last year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Paulino struck out swinging

[BigSlick]

Geo being gunned down is disappointing but still its not like last year where we are certain to never have another opportunity to score again, lets just hope we can keep the Pirates down a bit.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

LaRoche doubled to right center field

Nady grounded out to second, 4-3 , LaRoche to third

Mientkiewicz singled to left center field , LaRoche scored

Paulino struck out swinging

Bixler struck out swinging

 

1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: none

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Duke          3.0  6  3  3  1  0  0  60

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.0  4  2  1  1  3  0  51