07/20 Cubs (Dempster) @ Astros (Backe) 1:05 CT WGN-TV

[Butterscup1679666578]

That was nice to see, Kosuke.

[UMFan83]

Welcome back Cubs offense

[David]

DLee!

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee doubled to left field , Fukudome scored

[Keener98]

Hey we have a run :shock:

[Little Slide Rooter]

Am I detecting some signs of life here?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez flied out to center field

[TysonCBulls423]

Would ya look at that? It's a GASP a RUN!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Edmonds            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
scoring pos        42    7   14    4    0    2   18    7    6  0.333  0.420  0.571  0.991  0.353  3.82  0.087  0.262

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Whoever taught Hunter Pence to throw should be ashamed of themselves.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 39-14 when they score first in the game.... 18-26 when they don't

CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-34 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[E.J.]

Edmonds crushed that ball. :lol:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Edmonds singled to center field , D Lee scored

[UMFan83]

And in 5 batters we equaled our offensive output for the first 18 innings of the series.

[Sammy Sofa]

2 runs? Is this allowed?

[Fred Hornkohl]

DeRosa             AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
runners on        157   27   39    7    0    5   44   23   44  0.248  0.348  0.389  0.736  0.315  4.07  0.099  0.192

[tenritsu]

EDMONDS!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Theriot flied out to right field

Fukudome doubled to left field

D Lee doubled to left field , Fukudome scored

Ramirez flied out to center field

Edmonds singled to center field , D Lee scored

DeRosa grounded into a FC, 6-4, Edmonds out at second

 

2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            2                              2  3  0
Houston                                        0  0  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Backe         1.0  3  2  2  0  0  0  15

[Andy]

Nice 1st inning. Hopefully Dempster keeps up his performance of late.

[E.J.]

All that and he only had to throw 15 pitches? :shock:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Matsui lined out to left field

[Little Slide Rooter]

beaut.

[TysonCBulls423]

How that hung up there, I have no idea.

[Fred Hornkohl]

All that and he only had to throw 15 pitches? :shock:

 

Last 3 games combined, the CUBS are seeing 3.68 P/PA.... well below league average.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Erstad grounded out to first, unassisted