8/9 Cardinals (Wellemeyer) @ Cubs (Z!) 2:55 CDT FOX

[Fred Hornkohl]

Glaus grounded out to second, 4-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Molina walked

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Fred, it's starting to appear you're the only one left in here.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mather struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Gaudin in to pitch for the CUBS

Glaus grounded out to second, 4-3

Molina walked

Mather struck out swinging

Miles grounded out to short, 6-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
St. Louis       1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0                9 11  0
CUBS            0 1 1 0 0 0 1                  3  7  0

 

Home runs:

St. Louis: Schumaker (7), Pujols (24), Glaus (20 & 21)

CUBS: DeRosa (13), Zambrano (3)

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wellemeyer    6.7  6  3  3  1  5  2 112
Villone       0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0   9
Spronger      0.3  1  0  0  0  1  0  10

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.3 10  9  9  1  3  4  88
Marshall      2.7  1  0  0  0  2  0  28
Gaudin        1.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  14

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off       100   25   30    7    2    6    6   11   19  0.300  0.369  0.590  0.959  0.320  3.88  0.069  0.000

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, it's starting to appear you're the only one left in here.

 

Not the first time !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee called out on strikes

[Guest]

Just got in.

 

Blah. Not often the Cubs have gotten blown out this season.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       207   36   53   13    1    9    9   31   39  0.256  0.358  0.459  0.817  0.277  3.95  0.102  0.000

[Fred Hornkohl]

A Ramirez struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Edmonds            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        90   17   25    5    1   10   10   15   24  0.278  0.381  0.689  1.070  0.268  4.39  0.103  0.000

[Andy]

Springer had one year with an ERA below 3.40 in his career prior to signing with the Cardinals at age 38, and since his ERA's are 2.18 last year and 2.25 coming into today.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

D Lee called out on strikes

A Ramirez struck out swinging

Edmonds struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
St. Louis       1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0                9 11  0
CUBS            0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0                3  7  0

 

Home runs:

St. Louis: Schumaker (7), Pujols (24), Glaus (20 & 21)

CUBS: DeRosa (13), Zambrano (3)

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wellemeyer    6.7  6  3  3  1  5  2 112
Villone       0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0   9
Spronger      1.3  1  0  0  0  4  0  25

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.3 10  9  9  1  3  4  88
Marshall      2.7  1  0  0  0  2  0  28
Gaudin        1.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  15

[Fred Hornkohl]

             St. Louis            CUBS
P/PA              3.64            4.56
RBI%              0.42            0.10
R/BR              0.69            0.33
BA               0.333           0.233
OBP              0.371           0.281
SLG              0.727           0.433
OPS              1.099           0.715
ERA               3.38           10.13
BB/9              2.25            2.25
K/9              10.13            6.75

[Andy]

Springer had one year with an ERA below 3.40 in his career prior to signing with the Cardinals at age 38, and since his ERA's are 2.18 last year and 2.25 coming into today.

And I just noticed that last year he logged his career high for innings as a reliever, and is on pace to approach that again this year.

[Schwarber Fan]

Springer had one year with an ERA below 3.40 in his career prior to signing with the Cardinals at age 38, and since his ERA's are 2.18 last year and 2.25 coming into today.

 

And he just K'd our 3 best hitters

 

anyone surprised?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-6 when they trail by 6 runs or more at the end of the 8th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

This game has been depressing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Schumaker flied out to shallow left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Izturis singled to center field

[Guest]

Springer had one year with an ERA below 3.40 in his career prior to signing with the Cardinals at age 38, and since his ERA's are 2.18 last year and 2.25 coming into today.

 

He's a freaking reliever. I mean, you find competent relievers everywhere. Not all teams are dumb enough to pay millions for the Remlingers, Eyres and Howrys of the world.

 

The Cubs found this one toiling in the Mexican League: http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borowjo01.shtml

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pujols blooped a single to shallow right field , Izturis to third

[SouthSideRyan]

Sit down you hicks.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ankiel, pinch hitting for Lopez, singled to left field , Pujols to second