4/6-OPENING DAY-Cubs (Z!) @ Astros (Oswalt) - 6:05 CSN/ESPN2

[Fred Hornkohl]

Berkman walked

[Hall7810]

Wrong Ump, Carlos.

[cubswin2009]

And here we go. :bye:

[Keener98]

So are we going to see So Taguchi now or is he not on the team anymore?

 

Not on team.

 

Backup OFs are Gathright, Reed Johnson and I guess Hoffpauir sorta.

 

I didn't figure he was on the roster now is, I guess I was wondering if he was on the Iowa Cubs roster? (I know I didn't phrase it that way at all)

 

Good question. I know he got sent to AAA, I don't know if he accepted the send down. Someone else could probably answer that better than I.

 

Bruce mentioned that So was expected to go to AAA with no complaints

[Cynosure]

Would anyone be surprised if what everyone expects to happen happens?

 

Think about that one for a minute ;)

[cubswin2009]

Strikes?

[Butterscup1679666578]

come on carlos...

[hardcorecubfan]

I'm no foot doc, but that didn't look anything more than an ankle roll.

 

not always though. I pretty much did the same thing once and it severely strained my achilles tendon. was on crutches for weeks.

 

what, Are you trying to cheer us up?

[Little Slide Rooter]

finish him

[Keener98]

KNEE BUCKLER!

[Hall7810]

Filthy.

[UMFan83]

Would anyone be surprised if what everyone expects to happen happens?

 

Think about that one for a minute ;)

 

A K?

[Butterscup1679666578]

nice!

[erik316wttn]

Whew.

 

Good job staying with that, Aram.

 

Now, let's get an insurance run or two.

[Keener98]

Nice job Carlos!!!!!

 

 

LETS GET SOME RUNS!!!!!

[Cynosure]

Well that's a relief.

[BCVM22]

breeeeeeathe

[kujay]

Haha he got the fastball in on him! Nice.

 

You know he was waiting for the breaker...

[Sorianos hop]

Nice Carlos

[TruffleShuffle]

here comes the real heart of the lineup

[Little Slide Rooter]

Marmol just didnt want the new guy to have to face C Lee on his first night on the job.

[Hall7810]

Alright, Gregg, Marmol did the heavy lifting.

[Keener98]

Over 70,000 people at the NCAA game, thatd be amazing to be at

[inari]

That was close.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

Matsui grounded out to short, 6-3

Rodriguez grounded out to short, 6-3

Berkman walked

C Lee popped out (foul) to third base

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (1), Ramirez (1)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      6.0  5  1  1  3  6  0  97
Heilman       0.7  1  0  0  0  0  0   6
Cotts         0.3  0  0  0  0  0  0   6
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  24

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Oswalt        7.0  7  3  3  1  2  2  93
Geary         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  11