6/7 Cubs (Z!) at Dodgers (Lowe), 2:55 pm, FOX, WGN 720

[wekse]

mlb needs to replace the umpires with robots and cameras....i'm dead serious....this "human element" if effin' b.s.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Saito in to pitch for Los Angeles

Fontenot struck out swinging

Johnson struck out swinging

Edmonds, pinch hitting for Cotts, struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0              3  6  1
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0                7 13  0

 

W: Lowe (4-5)

S: none

L: Zambrano (8-2)

 

T: 2:29

A: 50,020

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (15)

Los Angeles: Martin (5), Kemp (5)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.7 13  7  7  1  6  2 107
Cotts         1.3  0  0  0  0  1  0  18

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lowe          7.0  6  3  3  2  4  1  95
Broxton       1.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  23
Saito         1.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  18

Edited June 7, 2008 by Fred Hornkohl

[erik316wttn]

mlb needs to replace the umpires with robots and cameras....i'm dead serious....this "human element" if effin' b.s.

 

I'm totally with you. But it'll never happen. Limited replay, yes, but complete elimination of fat, arrogant, incompetent umpires? Never.

[RedFlash]

with derrek lee struggling this bad, its hard for our offense to really bust out. solution, derrek lee pull his head out of his ass.

 

I still think switching Fuku and Lee in the order, is prolly the best temp solution (othen then switching Lee and ARam). Either that, or force Lee to sit a couple of games in a row. I love Lee, but when he struggles, our middle of the order becomes easier to pitch to. By having Lee and Fuku switch spots (Fuku 3rd, and Lee 5th) this would---in theory---give Lee more chances with runners on, and he could see more fastball counts.

 

Nonetheless, something needs to happen with Lee. Without Lee hitting in the middle of the lineup, our middle becomes very average. Unless Fuku magicially become a 30 homerun guy.

 

With that said, the Cubs WILL WIN tomorrow, force the split, and get the winning road trip.

[TMan92]

Nice game....Marquis will be nails tomorrow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS     Los Angeles
P/PA              3.78            3.38
RBI%              0.15            0.27
R/BR              0.33            0.50
BA               0.188           0.361
OBP              0.257           0.378
SLG              0.313           0.528
OPS              0.570           0.906
ERA               7.88            3.00
BB/9              1.13            3.00
K/9               7.88            7.00

[erik316wttn]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Saito in to pitch for Los Angeles

Fontenot struck out swinging

Johnson struck out swinging

Edmonds, pinch hitting for Cotts, struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0              3  6  1
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0                7 13  0

 

W: Zambrano (8-2)

S: none

L: Lowe (4-5)

 

T: 2:29

A: 50,020

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (15)

Los Angeles: Martin (5), Kemp (5)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.7 13  7  7  1  6  2 107
Cotts         1.3  0  0  0  0  1  0  18

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lowe          7.0  6  3  3  2  4  1  95
Broxton       1.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  23
Saito         1.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  18

 

Got your Win and Loss pitchers reversed.

[erik316wttn]

with derrek lee struggling this bad, its hard for our offense to really bust out. solution, derrek lee pull his head out of his ass.

 

I still think switching Fuku and Lee in the order, is prolly the best temp solution (othen then switching Lee and ARam). Either that, or force Lee to sit a couple of games in a row. I love Lee, but when he struggles, our middle of the order becomes easier to pitch to. By having Lee and Fuku switch spots (Fuku 3rd, and Lee 5th) this would---in theory---give Lee more chances with runners on, and he could see more fastball counts.

 

Nonetheless, something needs to happen with Lee. Without Lee hitting in the middle of the lineup, our middle becomes very average. Unless Fuku magicially become a 30 homerun guy.

 

With that said, the Cubs WILL WIN tomorrow, force the split, and get the winning road trip.

 

I wonder if a proctologist can remove his head from that far up his ass.

[Little Slide Rooter]

So now we rely on Marquis to avoid our first 3 game losing streak. At least we go back to Wrigley monday.

 

And we all know the Brewers and Cards will be winning this evening.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Saturday 07 June 2008

CUBS @ Los Angeles

14:55

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0              3  6  1
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0                7 13  0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Soriano       lf       4   1   1   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Theriot       ss       4   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D Lee         1b       4   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ramirez       3b       3   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Fukudome      rf       3   1   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soto          c        3   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fontenot      2b       3   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Johnson       cf       4   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Zambrano      p        3   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Cotts         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Edmonds       ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                32   3   6   3   3   7  11   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   1   0   0



Los Angeles
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Pierre        lf       5   1   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ethier        rf       4   1   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kent          2b       4   1   2   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Broxton       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Saito         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Martin        c        4   2   3   3   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Loney         1b       4   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kemp          cf       4   1   2   3   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
DeWitt        3b       3   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hu            ss       4   0   0   0   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lowe          p        2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Young         ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maza          2b       1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                36   7  13   6   1   7  11   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   0



CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Zambrano         6.7  13   7   7   1   6   2  107
Cotts            1.3   0   0   0   0   1   0   18

totals           8.0  13   7   7   1   7   2  125


Los Angeles
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Lowe             7.0   6   3   3   2   4   1   95
Broxton          1.0   0   0   0   1   0   0   23
Saito            1.0   0   0   0   0   3   0   18

totals           9.0   6   3   3   3   7   1  136



Home runs:
CUBS: Soriano (15)
Los Angeles: Martin (5), Kemp (5)

W: Lowe  (4-5)
S: none
L: Zambrano (8-2)

T: 2:29
A: 50,020

Edited June 7, 2008 by Fred Hornkohl

[RedFlash]

mlb needs to replace the umpires with robots and cameras....i'm dead serious....this "human element" if effin' b.s.

 

I'm totally with you. But it'll never happen. Limited replay, yes, but complete elimination of fat, arrogant, incompetent umpires? Never.

 

I think the Cubs should send a petition into baseball, and asking them never to assigned the "brilliant" Cousins and Hernandez umpire crew to Cubs game again. It's apparently these two jerks have something against the Cubs. And everytime this crew umps Cubs games, the Cubs will automatically be at a disadvantage.

[Little Slide Rooter]

D Lee was not the story today. The story was Z meltling down like he hasnt in a long time.

[TMan92]

D Lee was not the story today. The story was Z meltling down like he hasnt in a long time.

 

Be careful. I agree with you. His defense sucked, but sometimes you have to sack up and pick up your team. Not pout and break stuff.

[Fred Hornkohl]

 

Got your Win and Loss pitchers reversed.

 

Yeah, I see that. Thanx

[CubsGM]

Let's all hope Big Brown doesn't choke like these pathetic gimps

k nevermind

[Fred Hornkohl]

mlb needs to replace the umpires with robots and cameras....i'm dead serious....this "human element" if effin' b.s.

 

I'm totally with you. But it'll never happen. Limited replay, yes, but complete elimination of fat, arrogant, incompetent umpires? Never.

 

I think the Cubs should send a petition into baseball, and asking them never to assigned the "brilliant" Cousins and Hernandez umpire crew to Cubs game again. It's apparently these two jerks have something against the Cubs. And everytime this crew umps Cubs games, the Cubs will automatically be at a disadvantage.

 

Not to defend the umpires..... but we are 3-2 with this crew on the field this year.

[Butterscup1679666578]

D Lee was not the story today. The story was Z meltling down like he hasnt in a long time.

 

Regardless, those are plays Theriot and Fukudome need to play. If Z was a pitcher who kept his composure, it might not have mattered, but either way, the throw to second and the fly ball are balls are supposed to be caught.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Im not too worried about the long run, as were clearly the best overall team in the division, but I get the sick feeling were in for an ugly stretch.

[CubsGM]

Question of the Day:

Who choked more today?

Big Brown or the Cubs

[CubColtPacer]

At least if we were going to blow it, we did it in the 7th before the best bullpen pitchers had to pitch more. That's the only silver lining in an otherwise pretty terrible game. Marmol's pace dropped below 100 with the game today (although he's a good bet to go over again with 2 straight games he'll be rested in with the off day in between).

[chuckywang]

Question of the Day:

Who choked more today?

Big Brown or the Cubs

 

Big Brown absolutely no question.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Remember when DLee didn't suck?

I honestly think Lee is on the down-side of his career. He will be 33 in September and it isn't just his offense that has taken a hit this year. He is still an above average defensive player, but he is making a lot more errors than he has in the past.

[17 Seconds]

So I just woke up (crazy night)... how bad did they look?

[Schwarber Fan]

Likely a 3-4 trip... ugh

 

Hopefully Penny doesn't remember that he's supposed to be good tomorrow and Marquis doesn't remember he's supposed to be bad.

 

I'll take a 4-3 trip positively.