6/21 White Sox (Contreras) at Cubs (Marquis) 12:05 WGN

[erik316wttn]

Whew. Out of the inning, and no Marmol for 2 days.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm really glad Lou let him try to pitch out of it, actually.

[BCVM22]

That was not a pretty inning.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Whew! Edited June 21, 2008 by vance_the_cubs_fan

[BigSlick]

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Got three outs at least, more than can be said of his last appearance.

[Brock]

Did he have a bullpen session with Rich Hill and Rick Ankiel or something?

[Little Slide Rooter]

I guess it could have been a lot worse. Im still trying to understand why Marquis was pulled after he batted.

[Soul]

So what's the over/under on a Marmol injury?

 

60% chance? 65?

[Joe_Cub]

I'm really glad Lou let him try to pitch out of it, actually.

 

me too

[BCVM22]

Whomever pitches the 9th will face the pitcher's spot, Cabrera and Pierzynski.

[evv98]

Looks like Rich Hill's spirit has invaded Marmol's body.

[Jon]

That turned out decently. Marmol didn't show better command, but he was able to get in an inning of work with a big lead and only allowing a run.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

Quentin walked

Dye popped out to second base

Swisher struck out swinging

Crede walked , Quentin to second

Wise walked , Quentin to third, Crede to second

Quentin scored, Crede to third, Wise to second on a wild p itch

Ramirez grounded out to third, 5-3

 

1 runs 0 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
white sox       2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1                6  8  0
CUBS            1 0 0 9 0 1 0                 11 15  0

 

Home runs:

white sox: Dye (16), Wise (1)

CUBS: Edmonds (3 & 4), Ramirez (13), Fontenot (3)

 

white sox      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Contreras     3.3 10  9  9  2  1  3  72
Logan         0.7  1  1  1  0  1  1   7
Masset        2.0  2  1  1  1  1  0  29
Russell       1.0  2  0  0  0  0  0  18

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       7.0  8  5  5  1  4  2  93
Marmol        1.0  0  1  1  2  2  0  31

Edited June 21, 2008 by Fred Hornkohl

[hawkcub]

Man that was more stress then was needed.

[Guest]

Thanks to Ramirez for swinging at ball 4.

[illiniguy]

I'm really glad Lou let him try to pitch out of it, actually.

Yeah, it is probably better for his Psyche.

[Flames24Rulz]

Yeah, I really wouldn't mind it if Marmol took a week off. His fastball was barely touching 90.

[WindyCity]

Uhh.... Who broke Marmol?

[FergieJ31]

I'm really glad Lou let him try to pitch out of it, actually.

 

Easy to say now ;-)

[splintersag]

31 pitches, 3 walks for Marmol.

 

We gotta keep him out for a couple days now. He really needs to calm down and pitch in the zone. He's been incredibly wild the last two outings.

[Little Slide Rooter]

So what's the over/under on a Marmol injury?

 

60% chance? 65?

 

All I know is his ERA is going up faster than the gas prices. Zing!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I don't think Marmol is dealing with an injury or dead arm. He's just lost his control. With his stuff, that's not always uncommon.

[Butterscup1679666578]

This is why I'd like to land another big reliever before the break. Obviously I don't want to give up a ton for one and an SP is my first choice, but just in case Marmol has stretches where he's struggling with his command, it'd be nice to have another shutdown reliever. I have a lot of confidence in our pen, but as for our middle guys, we don't have anyone who I consider to be a shutdown reliever.

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee struck out swinging

[Jon]

Yeah, I really wouldn't mind it if Marmol took a week off. His fastball was barely touching 90.

I think that was just the WGN gun. The PitchFX data on Gameday had every one of Marmol's fastballs that inning between 92 and 94 mph.