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

[laurens]

Come on Wuertz, save us from this mess

[Keener98]

Marmol is the closer today guys, hes not being brought in right now.

 

Did Lou actually say that?

 

They said Wood is unavailable today, so that would mean Marmol would be the closer

[CubColtPacer]

Wuertz has been very good lately (the last 5 innings he's given up 1 hit and no walks), and he's typically a high strikeout guy. I can understand wanting Marmol here, but I don't have much of a problem with Wuertz either.

[erik316wttn]

McLouth scores on a sac fly to right. 5-4 Pirates.

[Careless]

too bad it was a CF at third

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Sac fly to right in foul territory.

 

Helluva throw by Fukudome to make it somewhat close on what should have been an easy score.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nady flied out (foul) to right field , McLouth scored, Bay to third

[Keener98]

Bob shut up about the [expletive] bat break and quit ignoring that Z was pitching bad before he did that Jesus

[Schwarber Fan]

5-4 PIT final? Too obvious it would seem

[rawaction]

Anybody besides McClouth running and Fukudome had a shot at him.

[UMFan83]

Probably more imporant to get the out...but any thoughts of letting the ball drop foul?

 

Probably not.

[TysonCBulls423]

5-4 PIT final? Too obvious it would seem

 

Not the same Cubs.

[Careless]

Fantastic, Lee

[Keener98]

Phew good thing DLee is 6 6

[rawaction]

holy crap, Derrek.

[erik316wttn]

DOUBLE PLAY BY D-LEE!!

 

Wow, we needed that. Inning over.

 

Caught the liner, then tagged out LaRoche.

[haubrich91]

Gold glove play.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Derrek Lee is so freaking good at baseball.

 

5-4 is a huge victory for Wuertz, though that ball was smoked.

[BigSlick]

5-4 PIT final? Too obvious it would seem

I thinkn we're in for a 8-7 18 extra inning game

[hawkcub]

I think we are really lucky it's only 5-4

[inari]

Well that could've been a lot worse. Let's see what the best offense in baseball can do about a one run deficit.

[UMFan83]

5-4 PIT final? Too obvious it would seem

 

Not the same Cubs.

 

See: Tuesday.

[rawaction]

5-4 PIT final? Too obvious it would seem

 

Not the same Cubs.

 

That's what we said in a similar situation Tuesday facing Estes.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Probably more imporant to get the out...but any thoughts of letting the ball drop foul?

 

Probably not.

 

It crosses your mind, but you have to take the out. When the bases are loaded with one out, you have to accept that you are probably giving up runs and just hope to minimize.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Duke walked

Sanchez singled to center field , Duke to second

McLouth singled to center field , Duke scored, Sanchez to third

Bay walked , McLouth to second

LaRoche singled to center field , Sanchez scored, McLouth to third, Bay to second

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

Nady flied out (foul) to right field , McLouth scored, Bay to third

Mientkiewicz lined out to first base , D Lee tagged out LaRoche for a double play

 

3 runs 3 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 3                      5  7  2
CUBS            0 3 0 1                        4  8  0

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: Soriano (9)

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Duke          4.0  7  4  4  1  1  0  76

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.0  7  5  4  3  3  0  73
Wuertz        1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   9