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

[E.J.]

Lieber against a lefty. This won't end well.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mientkiewicz struck out swinging

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lieber against a lefty. This won't end well.

 

For the lefty. :)

[CubColtPacer]

Tie game, eighth inning, long reliever.

 

Piniella really is just picking names out of a hat.

 

Tough choice for Piniella now. He's already confined Marmol to the 9th inning today (which is the small mistake).

 

Howry and Wood are both probably unavailable.

 

Wuertz and Eyre have been used.

 

That leaves Lieber and Fox to choose from here.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lieber hangs an 0-2 slider, fortunately it was hit on the ground for a single.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Paulino singled to left field

[CubsGM]

Right down the middle on 0-2

](*,)

[UMFan83]

Marmols situational usage:

 

May 14th. Came in up by 4, pitched 2 innings

May 11th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 10th. Came in up by 5, pitched 1 inning

May 9th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 6th. Came in up by 6, pitched 2 innings

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is soriano OPSing over 2.000 in the last 7 days?

 

Just shy of 1.700.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Marmols situational usage:

 

May 14th. Came in up by 4, pitched 2 innings

May 11th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 10th. Came in up by 5, pitched 1 inning

May 9th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 6th. Came in up by 6, pitched 2 innings

](*,) :banghead:

[CubsGM]

I would like to see Micah start in Houston for 1 game. At first.

[Careless]

That's been a strike all day

[Little Slide Rooter]

I wonder if Lee keeps struggling thorigh the rest of this series if Lou will give Hoff a start.

[Keener98]

That damn pitch has been a strike all day blue

[erik316wttn]

Bixler K's!

[haubrich91]

Sweet pitch.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Finally threw a good two-strike slider.

[Flames24Rulz]

Nice job Lieber. Let's take the lead and give it to Marmol in the 9th.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Lieber in to pitch for the CUBS

Nady struck out swinging

Mientkiewicz struck out swinging

Paulino singled to left field

Bixler struck out swinging

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: Soriano (9 & 10)

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Duke          6.3  8  4  4  1  4  1 104
Yates         0.7  1  1  1  0  0  1   7

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.0  7  5  4  3  3  0  73
Wuertz        2.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  23
Eyre          0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0   4
Lieber        1.0  1  0  0  0  3  0  20

[Careless]

Is soriano OPSing over 2.000 in the last 7 days?

 

Just shy of 1.700.

There's no way having a... 3.000 or so today doesn't raise 1.624 more than that, is there?

[Schwarber Fan]

Lieber's best fit is in the pen, no doubt about it

[Keener98]

Tie game, eighth inning, long reliever.

 

Piniella really is just picking names out of a hat.

 

Yup so now who comes in tomorrow when Marquis sucks? Good call Lou

[shnsajax]

Right now the offense simply has to ensure Soriano comes up to bat in the 9th.

[Flames24Rulz]

Tie game, eighth inning, long reliever.

 

Piniella really is just picking names out of a hat.

 

Yup so now who comes in tomorrow when Marquis sucks? Good call Lou

 

Chad Fox (lol).

 

There's no reason why Lieber can't pitch tomorrow if he's only going one inning today.

[CubinNY]

Marmols situational usage:

 

May 14th. Came in up by 4, pitched 2 innings

May 11th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 10th. Came in up by 5, pitched 1 inning

May 9th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning

May 6th. Came in up by 6, pitched 2 innings

](*,) :banghead:

I agree, kind of. I kind of give Lou a pass here (except for the May 6th game). It's real heard to "only" use a pitcher when you are leading or tied.