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

[BCVM22]

Kerry Wood shuts the soap dropping door! SHAM CLOSER

[Little Slide Rooter]

thank you.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Wow! That was awesome!

 

8-2 home stand!

[E.J.]

Sit down. Nice inning Kerry. Cubs Win!!!

 

Where's Jake and the smack talk now?? [-X

[TruffleShuffle]

haha nice try bixler, he knew he had no chance at hitting kerry

[RynoRules]

Wow. How do you let that go by on 3-2.

 

CUBS WIN!!!!

 

Best homestand since 1978.

 

Take note, haters.

[Soul]

CUBS WIN!

 

Some sham closer.

 

The Sham Closer thing is beginning to take on legendary proportions.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

Mientkiewicz grounded out to first, unassisted

Paulino called out on strikes

Bixler called out on strikes

 

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 0 0 0 0              3  5  0
CUBS            0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0                4  4  1

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: Marquis (2-3)

S: Wood (10)

L: Dumatrait (1-2)

 

T: 2:46

A: 41,321

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: LaRoche (5)

CUBS: none

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     4.7  4  4  4  7  2  0 105
Salas         0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0  10
Grabow        0.7  0  0  0  0  2  0  10
Yates         2.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  19

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       6.0  4  3  2  1  3  1  94
Howry         1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  17
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  1  3  0  20
Wood          1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  13

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

[weis21]

haha nice try bixler, he knew he had no chance at hitting kerry

He took a page out of Jason Kendall's book.

[Fred Hornkohl]

            Pittsburgh            CUBS
P/PA              4.11            4.24
RBI%              0.13            0.23
R/BR              0.33            0.36
BA               0.161           0.160
OBP              0.257           0.367
SLG              0.290           0.160
OPS              0.547           0.527
ERA               4.50            2.00
BB/9              7.88            3.00
K/9               7.88            8.00

[BigSlick]

Bad news: Marquis is probably staying in the rotation for the moment.

 

Good News: We won, yay!

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow. How do you let that go by on 3-2.

 

you have a 25 OPS+ and you can't hit a pitcher with good stuff, so you pray that he throws four balls before he throws three strikes

[CyHawk_Cub]

CUBS WIN!

 

Some sham closer.

 

The Sham Closer thing is beginning to take on legendary proportions.

 

Only to be outdone by the idiocy of the individual who coined the term for all of us to mock

[SouthSideRyan]

Enjoy the next 3 weeks on the bench Cedeno

 

Swinging at every junk pitch a reliver throws at you when your team could really use more offense isn't the best way to earn more playing time.

 

He saw that hitting 400 didn't work, he thought he'd try something new.

[RynoRules]

Wow. How do you let that go by on 3-2.

 

you have a 25 OPS+ and you can't hit a pitcher with good stuff, so you pray that he throws four balls before he throws three strikes

 

That's pretty bad. At least Neifi and Macias would swing and miss.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sunday 18 May 2008

Pittsburgh @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

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



Pittsburgh
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Sanchez       2b       4   1   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
McLouth       cf       3   1   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Bay           lf       3   0   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
LaRoche       1b       4   1   2   3   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Nady          rf       4   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mientkiewicz  3b       3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Paulino       c        3   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bixler        ss       4   0   0   0   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dumatrait     p        2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Salas         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Grabow        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Michaels      ph       1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Yates         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                31   3   5   3   3   8  14   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   1



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Soriano       lf       3   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
Cedeno        ss       4   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D Lee         1b       3   1   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ramirez       3b       3   0   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fukudome      rf       3   1   1   1   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soto          c        3   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
DeRosa        2b       3   1   1   0   1   1   3   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Johnson       cf       1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
Marquis       p        1   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hoffpauir     ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Howry         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Marmol        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wood          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                25   4   4   4   7   7  11   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   2   0



Pittsburgh
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Dumatrait        4.7   4   4   4   7   2   0  105
Salas            0.7   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Grabow           0.7   0   0   0   0   2   0   10
Yates            2.0   0   0   0   0   3   0   19

totals           8.0   4   4   4   7   7   0  144


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Marquis          6.0   4   3   2   1   3   1   94
Howry            1.0   1   0   0   1   0   0   17
Marmol           1.0   0   0   0   1   3   0   20
Wood             1.0   0   0   0   0   2   0   13

totals           9.0   5   3   2   3   8   1  144



Home runs:
Pittsburgh: LaRoche (5)
CUBS: none

W: Marquis (2-3)
S: Wood (10)
L: Dumatrait (1-2)

T: 2:42
A: 41,321

 

 

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[Jon]

The called strike 3 sure looked low to me, but I'll take it.

[chuckywang]

Hey, hey! Yo, yo! Man, you can't beat this feeling.

[splintersag]

Cardinals-Rays are in the 9th, tie game, for those who care.

[witty alias]

Kerry Wood shuts the soap dropping door! SHAM CLOSER

 

Can somebody explain the soap dropping thing? Where did it come from?

[Magnetic Curses]

seems like we've been fortunate against the pirates thus far. they usually someohow manage to make a charge and we stopped them today.

 

if howry can just turn back into a steady reliever.......

[chuckywang]

Cardinals-Rays are in the 9th, tie game, for those who care.

 

Ryan Ludwick is just ridiculous.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Astros are up 5-0 on the Rangers.

[splintersag]

Kerry Wood shuts the soap dropping door! SHAM CLOSER

 

Can somebody explain the soap dropping thing? Where did it come from?

 

Prison.

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Don't+drop+the+soap!

 

I don't remember where the Cubs part comes in though.

Edited May 18, 2008 by splintersag

[JonnyRed]

Talk about the Friendly Confines....what a homestand!

 

I love the fact that we won despite only managing 4 hits...this team's newfound patience at the plate is sure paying off. All four runs resulted from walks.

 

Go Cubs Go!