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

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome called out on strikes

[bhogg]

i'm pretty much tired of fukudoome

[Schwarber Fan]

Man we are in big trouble. Since we never win in Arizona and havent beat the Marlins since '05.

 

Don't worry about the Marlins, the games are at Wrigley

 

I'll be surprised if we get a hit in Arizona

[UMFan83]

Man we are in big trouble. Since we never win in Arizona and havent beat the Marlins since '05.

 

We beat the Marlins in 2006. We haven't won in the state of Florida since 2005

[illiniguy]

i'm pretty much tired of fukudoome

He is terrible.

[BCVM22]

Fontenot just looks overmatched.

[RedFlash]

It's two games people, get a grip.

 

I don't think it's the losses that bother us per say (not that there's any such thing as a good loss), but rather the fashion in which they're losing, the team/pitchers they're losing to and the worrisome performances that are contributing to the losses, performances that could be precursors to extended problems.

 

Exactly. I know the Cubs are better then the Brewers/Cards, but the fact that they are playing like the Padres is what concerns. 17+ innings, they've score 2 runs on such "legendary" pitcher like Moehler and Rodriguez. That is concerning to me.

[illiniguy]

Man we are in big trouble. Since we never win in Arizona and havent beat the Marlins since '05.

 

We beat the Marlins in 2006. We haven't won in the state of Florida since 2005

Gotcha. So only two years ago we beat them.

[UMFan83]

i'm pretty much tired of fukudoome

He is terrible.

 

I'm starting to buy into the theory that umps are calling a huge strike zone against him.

[weis21]

Man we are in big trouble. Since we never win in Arizona and havent beat the Marlins since '05.

I can't wait to see the line that Dan Uggla puts up in that series. It's going to be scary good.

 

Seriously though, I'm not panicking...yet. It's only two games, and I'll chalk it up to coming slow out the gates. They lost their first two of the year as well before getting red hot. Fukudome is concerning me however, I hope he figures it out soon.

[Vinestal]

so what do the standings look like now? We lead by 1 game?

[UMFan83]

It's two games people, get a grip.

 

I don't think it's the losses that bother us per say (not that there's any such thing as a good loss), but rather the fashion in which they're losing, the team/pitchers they're losing to and the worrisome performances that are contributing to the losses, performances that could be precursors to extended problems.

 

Exactly. I know the Cubs are better then the Brewers/Cards, but the fact that they are playing like the Padres is what concerns. 17+ innings, they've score 2 runs on such "legendary" pitcher like Moehler and Rodriguez. That is concerning to me.

 

Concerning yes but every team has stretches like this. This crap would matter less if we didn't have the 3 best records in the NL in this division. If we were in the East or West with at least a 7 game cushion we'd be brushing this off.

Edited July 20, 2008 by UMFan83

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Pinch hitting      19    5    5    2    0    0    0    2    3  0.263  0.333  0.368  0.702  0.313  3.91  0.070  0.000

[UMFan83]

so what do the standings look like now? We lead by 1 game?

 

2 over STL, 3 over MIL

[illiniguy]

Man we are in big trouble. Since we never win in Arizona and havent beat the Marlins since '05.

I can't wait to see the line that Dan Uggla puts up in that series. It's going to be scary good.

 

Seriously though, I'm not panicking...yet. It's only two games, and I'll chalk it up to coming slow out the gates. They lost their first two of the year as well before getting red hot. Fukudome is concerning me however, I hope he figures it out soon.

I hope he adjusts cause I don't want 3 more years of what he has done since the first month.

[weis21]

i'm pretty much tired of fukudoome

He is terrible.

 

I'm starting to buy into the theory that umps are calling a huge strike zone against him.

It sure seems that he doesn't get many close calls.

[17 Seconds]

so what do the standings look like now? We lead by 1 game?

 

2 and 3

[erik316wttn]

Can we have 4 days off again? At least the Cubs didn't lose in those 4 days.

[17 Seconds]

So the whole Astros team poses after wins?

[illiniguy]

It's two games people, get a grip.

 

I don't think it's the losses that bother us per say (not that there's any such thing as a good loss), but rather the fashion in which they're losing, the team/pitchers they're losing to and the worrisome performances that are contributing to the losses, performances that could be precursors to extended problems.

 

Exactly. I know the Cubs are better then the Brewers/Cards, but the fact that they are playing like the Padres is what concerns. 17+ innings, they've score 2 runs on such "legendary" pitcher like Moehler and Rodriguez. That is concerning to me.

 

Concerning yes but every team has stretches like this.

When will the Cardinals have theirs? Next year?

[TMan92]

[expletive] you Tejada.

[Roast]

What the hell?

 

Shut up Tejada.

[bhogg]

THE ASTROS WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Valverde in to pitch for Houston

DeRosa struck out swinging

Fukudome called out on strikes

Fontenot, pinch hitting for Cedeno, lined out to shallow 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0              1  9  0
Houston         0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0                4  6  0

 

W:Rodriguez (5-3)

S:Valverde

L:Zambrano (10-4)

 

T:2:24

A:43,192

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Zambrano (2)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.3  6  4  4  6  3  0 108
Gaudin        1.7  0  0  0  0  2  0  23

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Rodriguez     6.7  9  1  1  0  7  1  89
Sampson       0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0   4
Brocail       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  13
Valverde      1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  16

[Sosa21MVP]

And the 20 game losing streak is well underway. :banghead: