7/5 Cubs (TRL) at Red Birds (KML) 2:55 FOX/WGN Radio XM188

[Fred Hornkohl]

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

[rawaction]

Thru the heart of the Cards lineup too. C'mon Marmol. Be good.

[CubsNSkers07]

mamol I beg of you for a 1,2,3 inning pa pa pleaseeeeee

[CubsNSkers07]

my heart skipped a beat there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 47-19 when they get at least 8 hits..... 5-15 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Handlebar McSkullet]

I just pooped myself on that foul ball

[UMFan83]

This inning might be very telling for Marmol. Is it a mental issue? Can he overcome things?

[UK1679666180]

 

My problem is it seems like such a fine line between a "this guy doesn't care about baseball, he's not fully dedicated" and "this guys gets upset over every mistake and overthrows because of it"

 

No one has ever questioned Lilly's passion for the game, similar to (as raw mentioned) Z. He does lose his focus at times in the heat of the moment and will carry it into the next batter(s).

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ankiel struck out swinging

[cubbyvirus00]

Ankiel struck out swinging

 

 

Take a seat you piece of trash

[UMFan83]

Marmol vs. Pujols awesome

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pujols flied out to right center field

[SouthSideRyan]

 

My problem is it seems like such a fine line between a "this guy doesn't care about baseball, he's not fully dedicated" and "this guys gets upset over every mistake and overthrows because of it"

 

No one has ever questioned Lilly's passion for the game, similar to (as raw mentioned) Z. He does lose his focus at times in the heat of the moment and will carry it into the next batter(s).

 

No, I understand that, it's just that it seems odd to call out one guy for not having a passion for the game, while other guys get called out for being too fired up. Admittedly I haven't been watching Lilly as long as lifetime scouts would have, but I haven't really seen his mistakes carrying over.

[UK1679666180]

His balance is better and his command looks a lot better today, but lets see if he can go 3 for 3 here.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nice job by Marmol.

[CubsNSkers07]

That's what I wanted out of you Marmol!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

Ankiel struck out swinging

Pujols flied out to right center field

Glaus flied out to left field

 

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 1 0 1 0 0 2                4  9  0
St. Louis       0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0                2  7  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: DeRosa (11), Ramirez (15)

St. Louis: Ankiel (18)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         6.0  7  2  2  1  5  1  90
Cotts         1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  13
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  13

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lohse         7.0  6  2  2  2  5  1 111
Franklin      0.0  2  2  2  1  0  1  12
McClellan     1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0   8

[CubsGM]

2-3-4 hitters go down 1-2-3. Is Marmol back?

[chuckywang]

Very very nice, Marmol.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS       St. Louis
P/PA              3.74            3.74
RBI%              0.12            0.09
R/BR              0.33            0.25
BA               0.281           0.233
OBP              0.343           0.258
SLG              0.563           0.400
OPS              0.905           0.658
ERA               2.25            4.50
BB/9              1.13            3.37
K/9               9.00            6.75

[UK1679666180]

Hopefully, that's the start of Marmol getting his mechanics back to where they were.

[tenritsu]

Looked alright to me :mrgreen:

[17 Seconds]

So how did Marmol look?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 45-3 when they lead after 8 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

Still would have liked to see him miss more bats and induce grounders. When Marmol is really on hes striking out two and getting a grounder for the other.

 

Although, since I am not watching the game, I have no clue how nasty Marmol did or didn't look and a 3 batter sample size doesn't tell us much.