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

[weis21]

So how did Marmol look?

I was about to ask this as well. From the sound of Pat, was he just throwing breaking balls? Did he throw a fastball all inning?

[rawaction]

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

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

Cubs get 8 hits alot.

[CubsGM]

So how did Marmol look?

One long foul ball by Ankiel was just about the only think that scared me that inning.

[illiniguy]

anybody else cool with adding 5 runs and letting Woody have the day off?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot grounded out to third, 5-3

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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.

 

He looked fine, the two fly balls were skied, so it wasn't as if they were particularly well struck. Ankiel looked foolish on several sliders.

[UK1679666180]

So how did Marmol look?

I was about to ask this as well. From the sound of Pat, was he just throwing breaking balls? Did he throw a fastball all inning?

 

His FBs were located better than they had been. His usual 92-94 velo on it. But he threw the sliders where he wanted to low and in to Ankiel, inner half off the plate against Pujols followed by one low and away out of the zone with two strikes.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome walked

[CubColtPacer]

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.

 

Marmol's about as extreme of a fly ball pitcher as it gets. 58.7% of balls hit against them are fly balls. That's why I'm not too worried about the home runs, as long as he can keep his control better. His HR rate at the start of the year was way too low for how many fly balls he gives up.

[cubbyvirus00]

Santo is literally getting more insane as time goes on.

[chuckywang]

C'mon DLee ... smoke this guy and his 89 mph fastball.

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee struck out swinging

[illiniguy]

C'mon DLee ... smoke this guy and his 89 mph fastball.

tough to do that when you take those and flail at garbage.

[bukie]

That was a nice 2-strike pitch to Lee. No way to hit that unless you're Soriano/Vlad.

[mhuber92211]

Santo is literally getting more insane as time goes on.

 

care to elaborate?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Theriot grounded out to third, 5-3

Fukudome walked

D Lee struck out swinging

Ramirez flied out to left center field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 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 0              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     2.0  1  0  0  2  1  0  24

[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.

 

Marmol's about as extreme of a fly ball pitcher as it gets. 58.7% of balls hit against them are fly balls. That's why I'm not too worried about the home runs, as long as he can keep his control better. His HR rate at the start of the year was way too low for how many fly balls he gives up.

 

And this is why I know nothing about baseball.

[Ski]

Another Rami HR would be nice.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

[weis21]

sounds encouraging about marmol, thanks ping!

[illiniguy]

throw strikes.

[Guest]

Let's go Woody. Finish this thing.

[inari]

Come on Woody. This is not the game to blow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ludwick walked

[CubsGM]

At least he didn't hit him.