5/18 Pirates (Dumatrait) @ Cubs (Marquis) 1:20PM WGNTV

[cubbyvirus00]

wow the cubs took a crazy gamble on the double steal.....but it pays off

[Keener98]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson flied out to left field , Fukudome scored

[Careless]

DeRosa AVG almost above .300... at .299 right now

 

EDIT: just went up to .304

 

I was really surprised to note he had a .400 OBP on the season. He's so easy to not notice despite being a very good player.

He's had a great week

[splintersag]

Johnson gets a sac fly, cubs Reed (lead). Clever,eh?

[chuckywang]

LOL, I love it.

 

The Cubs lead due to 2 sacrifice fly's and a blooper into shallow center.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Fukudome walked

Soto struck out swinging

DeRosa singled to left field , Fukudome to second

Fukudome stole third base, DeRosa stole second base

Johnson flied out to left field , Fukudome scored

Marquis grounded out to second, 4-3

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: LaRoche (5)

CUBS: none

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     4.0  3  3  3  4  2  0  80

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       4.0  2  2  2  1  2  1  60

[Fred Hornkohl]

            Pittsburgh            CUBS
P/PA              4.00            4.44
RBI%              0.14            0.22
R/BR              0.50            0.43
BA               0.154           0.250
OBP              0.267           0.500
SLG              0.462           0.250
OPS              0.728           0.750
ERA               6.75            4.50
BB/9              9.00            2.25
K/9               4.50            4.50

[chuckywang]

wow the cubs took a crazy gamble on the double steal.....but it pays off

 

Yeah, due to the Pirates fielding like a AA team.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Good job small balling our way to the lead. We'll need a bit more in the long run, as Jason Marquis is about as likely not to give up any more runs as I am not to over react if the Cubs lose a close one.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Is this where Marquis gives up the lead?

[UMFan83]

Compare that to the Cardinals who have lost 9:

 

2 of them are 1 run games

2 of them have been 2 run games

5 of them have been by more than 2 runs

 

 

Which is why we have the best run differential in baseball, and they aren't keeping up despite a lucky-hot start.

 

Still only 2 games behind though.

 

After 1/4 of the season. So we are projected to finish 8 games ahead of them. This after seemingly everything has gone right for them (besides their injured pitchers)

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

 

.305 .371 .452 .823

 

You won't take that as a lefty-masher line from half of a CF platoon?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Paulino flied out to deep left field

[CubsGM]

Is this where Marquis gives up the lead?

Almost

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There have been a ton of warning-track flys by both teams in this series.

 

Marquis totally got away with one there.

[Keener98]

Wind blowing in huh. Its a good thing cause Marquis isnt fooling anyone, and missing his spots by a mile.

 

 

Ha and the Cards get lucky again and miss Peavy now, of course.

[Laura]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

 

.305 .371 .452 .823

 

You won't take that as a lefty-masher line from half of a CF platoon?

 

Yep, hope that's how he's used.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bixler struck out swinging

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If the Pirates made Marqueef throw strikes, they would be ahead by a bazillion runs.

[Keener98]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

 

.305 .371 .452 .823

 

You won't take that as a lefty-masher line from half of a CF platoon?

Id like to know where you are getting those numbers from because they arent Reed Johnsons against a lefty.

 

.255 .375 .298!!!! for a .673 OPS is his numbers on the year. His OPS against a lefty is barely better than his OPS against a righty.

 

EDIT: Ok those are his career numbers nevermind. Well hes nowere close to performing to those numbers in a Cubs uniform.

Edited May 18, 2008 by Keener98

[splintersag]

You know what my latest pet peeve is? People holding up acrostic signs that spell the TV stations name

 

Like

 

Way to

Go

North siders

 

These people want to get on TV so bad :)

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Paulino flied out to deep left field

Bixler struck out swinging

Dumatrait grounded out to short, 6-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: LaRoche (5)

CUBS: none

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     4.0  3  3  3  4  2  0  80

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       5.0  2  2  2  1  3  1  76

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

 

.305 .371 .452 .823

 

You won't take that as a lefty-masher line from half of a CF platoon?

Id like to know where you are getting those numbers from because they arent Reed Johnsons against a lefty.

 

.255 .375 .298!!!! for a .673 OPS is his numbers on the year. His OPS against a lefty is barely better than his OPS against a righty.

 

I listed his career line. His line for this season is based on 56 PAs.

[UMFan83]

Well, that was ignorance at its finest that turns into some pure luck. wow. Oh by the way can we stop acting like Reed Johnson isnt terrible? Lefty, Righty, it doesnt matter hes terrible.

 

.305 .371 .452 .823

 

You won't take that as a lefty-masher line from half of a CF platoon?

Id like to know where you are getting those numbers from because they arent Reed Johnsons against a lefty.

 

.255 .375 .298!!!! for a .673 OPS is his numbers on the year. His OPS against a lefty is barely better than his OPS against a righty.

 

Those are probably his career numbers, which indicate a much larger sample size than his numbers this year.