5/19 Cubs (Lilly) @ Astros (Moehler) 6:05 PM ESPN/CSN

[cheapseats]

Just a heads up- Jon Lester is no hitting the Royals with 1 out in the 7th at Fenway.

 

97 pitches through 7 - needs some quick innings.

 

How many did Buchholtz throw last year?

 

115

 

He's still got some pitches to work with, but not by much. The Red Sox are adamant about pitch counts.

 

Kind of, but not really. They do a lot of testing with each individual pitcher that, AFAIK, no other team does. Will Carroll has written about it.

[Mizzou]

Nice

[AFCubsFan]

Nice job Lieber :)

[illiniguy]

reds44 when the hell are Burce and Bailey coming up?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Berkman struck out swinging

Lieber in to pitch for the CUBS

C Lee singled to right field

Pence sacrificed, 6-4-3, C Lee out at second

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soto (9)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         5.7  4  2  2  2  6  0  95
Lieber        0.3  1  0  0  0  0  0   3

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Moehler       5.0  7  3  3  2  1  0  95
Byrdak        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   9

[chuckywang]

Seems something bad always happens when I switch to the ESPN broadcast. It's CSN for me from now on.

 

You can congratulate me on that DP ball. I switched back to Comcast.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              3.71            4.08
RBI%              0.18            0.17
R/BR              0.33            0.29
BA               0.280           0.227
OBP              0.333           0.292
SLG              0.400           0.318
OPS              0.733           0.610
ERA               3.00            4.50
BB/9              3.00            3.00
K/9               9.00            3.00

[genbar]

Runs plz

[CubsGM]

I really hope Lester doesn't throw the no-hitter. It will overshadow Edmonds and Soto.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 23-1 when they lead after 6 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[hotshot13422]

I just got home and watched the previews on mlb.com and what did you guys think of the edmonds catch? I don't feel like going back and trying to find it, but i'm guessing most of you guys called it a typical edmonds catch where he dogs it to make it look better than it really was. Am i right?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 13-7 when the opponent GIDPs.... 14-10 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nieve in to pitch for Houston

[hotshot13422]

I really hope Lester doesn't throw the no-hitter. It will overshadow Edmonds and Soto.

 

It's already overshadowed them, it's espn, red sox and yankees are the only two teams who exist

[chuckywang]

I just got home and watched the previews on mlb.com and what did you guys think of the edmonds catch? I don't feel like going back and trying to find it, but i'm guessing most of you guys called it a typical edmonds catch where he dogs it to make it look better than it really was. Am i right?

 

Nope, we called it the great catch it was.

[weis21]

Rather odd to have Lilly hit for himself just to let him pitch to one more batter :?

 

Why? It keeps the hottest hitter in baseball hitting from his "weaker" side while saving the one lefty reliever for another point in the game.

 

I suppose Lilly's success against Berkman tonight was enough to warrant the move. I didn't say it was a dumb move by any means, I was more questioning why not leave him in until someone reaches.

[mlarner]

How about some insurance runs?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano struck out swinging

[weis21]

And now he is an inning away from a QS.

 

TAKE HIM OUT!!!!1111

 

Why are you here?[/quote

ahhaha

 

why do you have such a weird array of teams in your sig? and 2 nfl teams? wtf?

 

I thought he was a Bears fan too. And who was a Hornets fan before this year?

 

I was...when they were the Charlotte Hornets.

[El Ridda]

Can we see Lee get out of this slump right here? How about something besides a ground out.

[hotshot13422]

lester through 8. at this point, pitch count doesn't matter

[chuckywang]

Lester going into the 9th with the no-no still intact.

[17 Seconds]

Can we see Lee get out of this slump right here? How about something besides a ground out.

 

How about a weak flyout to right?

[ToupeeOnFire]

lester through 8. at this point, pitch count doesn't matter

113

[CubsGM]

They are going to cut into this game!