5/24 Cubs (Marquis) @ Pirates (Dumatrait) 6:05 WGN

[illiniguy]

I have no faith in Kerry getting out of this with it tied.

[JimSorgi]

ugh

[17 Seconds]

The Cubs have to have the dumbest pitchers in baseball.

[bhogg]

At this point, Im just not seeing enough arguement not to make Marmol the closer.

 

 

I agree.

 

 

Kerry has hit about half as many guys as Marmol has given up hits.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I suppose there would be noody better to end this one than Bay.

[splintersag]

Ok proof there is no god

 

Maybe it's proof there is a god. A god with a grudge against the Cubs.

[El Ridda]

At this point, Im just not seeing enough arguement not to make Marmol the closer.

 

 

Because if wood had given up the run in the 8th what would Marmol had to save...

[Vanilla Ice]

WTP!!!!

[BigSlick]

Why can't i have nice things

[BCVM22]

Oh lord, more extras in Pittsburgh.

[haubrich91]

Thank you god.

 

Wood, STOP HITTING THE LEAD-OFF MAN!

[17 Seconds]

Thank you Soriano and thank you Kerry.

[Guest]

Man, 0-2 pitch over the plate...suckage.

[witty alias]

Is this 4 or 5 blown saves now? He's on pace for some kind of record.

 

Marmol for closer please. Let's see what Wood can do in the 7th and 8th for a while.

[17 Seconds]

Man, 0-2 pitch over the plate...suckage.

 

It pisses me off.

Edited May 25, 2008 by 17 Seconds

[Little Slide Rooter]

The good news is Capps is out of the picture, and the rest of the Bucs bullpen is a joke.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The answer is still for Marmol and Wood to split close role.

 

Marmol for 1-run leads and Wood for 2-3 run leads.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

Capps hit by pitch

Nady singled to center field , Mientkiewicz to second

Sanchez sacrificed, 5-4, Mientkiewicz to third, Nady to second

Rivas flied out to right field , Mientiewicz scored

McLouth walked (intentionally)

Bay flied out to right field

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0              4  9  0
Pittsburgh      0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1              4 10  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: Bay (12)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       5.3  7  3  3  3  2  1  85
Howry         1.7  2  0  0  0  1  0  14
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  1  3  0  17
Wood          1.0  1  1  1  1  0  0  18

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     5.7  5  1  1  3  2  0 104
Osoria        0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0   3
Marte         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  13
Yates         1.0  3  3  3  2  1  0  27
Capps         1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   9

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Pittsburgh
P/PA              4.00            3.35
RBI%              0.22            0.12
R/BR              0.29            0.25
BA               0.265           0.313
OBP              0.359           0.432
SLG              0.382           0.406
OPS              0.741           0.839
ERA               4.00            4.00
BB/9              5.00            5.00
K/9               6.00            5.00

[17 Seconds]

Is this 4 or 5 blown saves now? He's on pace for some kind of record.

 

Marmol for closer please. Let's see what Wood can do in the 7th and 8th for a while.

 

It's 4 and his first in 7 tries. It's also nowhere near any sort of record.

[Guest]

Marmol would be better used as a high leverage fireman than just as the 8th inning setup guy...but that's still better than having him pitch the 9th only.

[Outshined_One]

Considering Wood was facing what should have been a relatively easy lineup of Chavez-PH-Sanchez, he should have been able to get that without much trouble. Saving Marmol for the 9th would have been really stupid, considering he faced better hitters than Wood.

[El Ridda]

At this point, Im just not seeing enough arguement not to make Marmol the closer.

 

 

Because if wood had given up the run in the 8th what would Marmol had to save...

[Garage Party]

Meanwhile in DC, Solomon Torres is able to fall ass-backwards into a save after Bill Hall makes two errors. It's not fair sometimes.

[E.J.]

The answer is still for Marmol and Wood to split close role.

 

Marmol for 1-run leads and Wood for 2-3 run leads.

 

The answer is to not have a closer role at all. Put pitchers in the best situations to get hitters out. Who cares who "closes out" the game?