7/19 Cubs (Zambrano) @ Astros (Rodriguez) 6:05 PM CT CSN

[ChiCubsfan0502]

What, Tejeda didn't stick his bat out and bloop a single or double? :eek:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        82   20   25    5    1    2    2    9   12  0.305  0.380  0.463  0.844  0.338  3.74  0.076  0.000

[BCVM22]

I'm still waiting for Ramirez to get hot for a week or two at a time like he's supposed to this time of year. Ain't happened yet.

[illiniguy]

You know what Tejada was laughing at there? How he wasn't punished for his steroid use.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez popped out to shortstop

Soto struck out swinging

[TMan92]

Tip...........Your.............Hat

[17 Seconds]

This is so boring.

[UMFan83]

Ramirez hitting .161 since June 26

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Ramirez popped out to shortstop

Soto struck out swinging

DeRosa grounded out to short, 6-3

 

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 0 0                    0  7  0
Houston         0 1 2 0 0                      3  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      5.0  4  3  3  5  3  0  91

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Rodriguez     6.0  7  0  0  0  6  0  87

[Little Slide Rooter]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

[UMFan83]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

[ArthurVandalay]

Have we ever won a game against Wandy Rodriguez? I feel like every time we see this guy, he owns us.

 

Maybe I'm wrong.

[TMan92]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

 

On the road.

[UMFan83]

Have we ever won a game against Wandy Rodriguez? I feel like every time we see this guy, he owns us.

 

Maybe I'm wrong.

 

We're 3-4 against him lifetime, but I believe he's 3-1 against us in the last 2 years.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

 

Road Dempster.

[BCVM22]

Have we ever won a game against Wandy Rodriguez? I feel like every time we see this guy, he owns us.

 

Maybe I'm wrong.

 

We won against him last July at Wrigley, but only because he happened to suck slightly more than Marquis that day.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pence grounded out to third, 5-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wigginton grounded out to short, 6-3

[17 Seconds]

Where is brewersbrewers? No Street for the Crew

 

Something is up, probably not Street

By Tom Haudricourt

Saturday, Jul 19 2008, 07:02 PM

San Francisco - The Brewers definitely have some kind of trade in the works but I was just told by a club source that it is not for Oakland closer Huston Street (who is pitching badly by the way).

 

I'm still trying to get hold of GM Doug Melvin, who was nowhere to be found after the game. But Brevard County outfielder Darren Ford, a speedster, was pulled from the team's lineup before the game today and word was circulating there that he had been traded.

 

I'll see what I can find out but this might be something that's not announced until tomorrow. Stay tuned.

 

It could be a minor deal

By Tom Haudricourt

Saturday, Jul 19 2008, 07:21 PM

San Francisco - Whatever deal the Brewers are working on, I'm told there is no plan to announce it before tomorrow. And I'm now getting word that it might be with the Giants.

 

If Class A Brevard County centerfielder Darren Ford is the only player involved, it would be a minor deal for either a bench player (Ray Durham?) or a relief pitcher (Jack Taschner?).

 

Ford, 22, is one of the fastest players in the minors. He is batting only .230 at Brevard but has swiped 48 bases in 59 attempts. He stole 67 bases last season while splitting time at Class A West Virginia and Brevard.

 

Hard to say right now if the deal includes more than Ford. He was scratched from the Brevard lineup today with word circulating around that club that he had been traded.

 

I'll follow up later today if I hear anything but this might not break until tomorrow. And it might turn out to be a minor deal. Oakland closer Huston Street blew another save today in New York and I heard the Brewers' scouting reports on him are not good.

[UMFan83]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

 

On the road.

 

If you take out his one start against the White Sox, he has a 2.78 ERA on the road this year. Obviously you can't take that out, but even with that in there its sub-4.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Pence grounded out to third, 5-3

Wigginton grounded out to short, 6-3

Ausmus flied out to right center 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 0 0 0 0                    0  7  0
Houston         0 1 2 0 0 0                    3  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.0  4  3  3  5  3  0  99

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Rodriguez     6.0  7  0  0  0  6  0  87

[TMan92]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

 

On the road.

 

If you take out his one start against the White Sox, he has a 2.78 ERA on the road this year. Obviously you can't take that out, but even with that in there its sub-4.00

 

Not that he is bad...he just never gets wins (Cubs usually play like garbage when he pitches on the road).

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              3.78            3.81
RBI%              0.00            0.21
R/BR              0.00            0.33
BA               0.304           0.200
OBP              0.304           0.360
SLG              0.348           0.200
OPS              0.652           0.560
ERA               4.50            0.00
BB/9              7.50            0.00
K/9               4.50            9.00

[Little Slide Rooter]

Seems like the last 3 innings, Z has decided he wants to win. Unfortunately, the offense has had other plans.

[UMFan83]

Sure looks like we'll be relying on 2nd half Jason Marquis to avoid a sweep. Suuuuuuuper.

 

Dempster

 

On the road.

 

If you take out his one start against the White Sox, he has a 2.78 ERA on the road this year. Obviously you can't take that out, but even with that in there its sub-4.00

 

Not that he is bad...he just never gets wins (Cubs usually play like garbage in general on the road).

 

fixed

Edited July 20, 2008 by UMFan83