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

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ronny just ensured another 2 weeks without playing time.

[UMFan83]

I was thinking about what Len and Bob had to say about putting out the worst lineup possible. This is what I came out with:

 

Cedeno, SS

Fontenot, 2B

Ward, 1B

DeRosa, 3B

Edmonds, CF

Hoffpauir, RF

Blanco, C

Johnson, LF

Marquis, P

 

I bet this team could win some games if given a shot.

[Careless]

Soriano having a tough night....maybe that means DLee will totally snap out of it. BB has a theory that having a hot player means another player gets cold. It's the worst theory I've ever heard.

Soriano stole Lee's beard and now keeps it tucked inside his uniform. Therein lies his power.

[inari]

Eh, at least we got some insurance.

[cheapseats]

Man, it feels good to know the Cobs are patient at the plate these days

 

The change in Ronny in particular has been incredible so far.

 

He saw 3.49 pitchers per plate appearance in 2006 (under Dusty...), but so far he's seeing 4.09 this year. That's a huge difference. He was near the bottom of the league (including pitchers) in 2006, but now he's almost in the top 50.

[weis21]

I keep waiting (not hoping) for Theriot to regress to his norm and it just hasn't happened. He's been a great surprise thus far.

[Andy]

I keep waiting for Theriot to start sucking and it just isn't happening.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Wright in to pitch for Houston

Edmonds grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

DeRosa blooped a single to left field

Cedeno, pinch hitting for Lieber, walked , DeRosa to second

Borkowski in to pitch for Houston

Soriano struck out swinging

Theriot singled to center field , DeRosa scored, Cedeno out at third

 

1 runs 2 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 1 1                5 12  0
Houston         0 0 0 1 1 0 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        1.3  1  0  0  0  0  0  14

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Moehler       5.0  7  3  3  2  1  1  95
Byrdak        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   9
Nieve         1.0  3  1  1  0  1  0  27
Wright        0.3  1  1  1  1  0  0  16
Borkowski     0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0   6

[cheapseats]

I keep waiting for Theriot to start sucking and it just isn't happening.

 

I'm glad it isn't.

[chuckywang]

I was thinking about what Len and Bob had to say about putting out the worst lineup possible. This is what I came out with:

 

Cedeno, SS

Fontenot, 2B

Ward, 1B

DeRosa, 3B

Edmonds, CF

Hoffpauir, RF

Blanco, C

Johnson, LF

Marquis, P

 

I bet this team could win some games if given a shot.

 

Hoffpauir and Ward will never be on the team at the same time.

[Careless]

Wuertz has been really good lately. If you're not going to go with the lefty, I like it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

[inari]

Good Michael Wuertz would be excellent.

[killthegoat06]

no Marmol :clapping:

[splintersag]

I was thinking about what Len and Bob had to say about putting out the worst lineup possible. This is what I came out with:

 

Cedeno, SS

Fontenot, 2B

Ward, 1B

DeRosa, 3B

Edmonds, CF

Hoffpauir, RF

Blanco, C

Johnson, LF

Marquis, P

 

I bet this team could win some games if given a shot.

 

Marquis is a pretty good hitter, at least. He could allow 6 runs a game, but hit a RBI or two each time :wink:

[AFCubsFan]

I guess maybe Cedeno could say he was trying to get caught in a run down to make sure the run scored. Wow...that's a stretch. Maybe I should just use the Chewbacca defense next time.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bourn singled to right field

[CubsGM]

DP PLZ

[hawkcub]

No bob it was a bad base running play.

[islandcub]

Marmol with only his left arm might be a better option here.

[weis21]

Wow Andy, our Theriot posts were almost identical :shock:

[BCVM22]

Good Michael Wuertz would be excellent.

 

But not the case, apparently...

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Dag nabbit Ronny

 

I didn't realize this was a White Sox message board. Can we keep Hawk's hillbilly phrases out of here?

[Careless]

Why is Marmol warming up? lou doesn't want to pitch wood 4 innings in 5 days?

[squally1313]

And Marmol is up again...