4/12 Cubs (Dempster) @ Brewers (Suppan) 7:05 PM ESPN/720

[Fred Hornkohl]

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

[Tryptamine]

Sick

[cubswin2009]

Filthy.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hardy struck out swinging

[erik316wttn]

How did Bradley get hurt and what's his prognosis?

Radio said it was a right groin strain. He got hurt running the bases.

 

Fantastic.

 

His groin didn't explode like Nomar's did, did he?

[Rumbach]

Filthy

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ive never heard Morgan and Miller go ga ga over a Cubs player like they are about Marmol.

[BCVM22]

His groin didn't explode like Nomar's did, did he?

 

No, he walked off the field calmly and under his own power.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hart struck out swinging

[JimSorgi]

Marmol is filthy.

[Tryptamine]

The fact that Joe and Steve think Marmol should be closing makes me believe Lou made the right decision.

[cubsfan26]

How did Bradley get hurt and what's his prognosis?

Radio said it was a right groin strain. He got hurt running the bases.

 

Fantastic.

 

His groin didn't explode like Nomar's did, did he?

 

 

No it didn't really look bad. Lou said during the interview that it was tightness. Seems like they pulled him to be cautious. He's probably day to day and hopefully only will miss a game or two.

Edited April 13, 2009 by cubsfan26

[erik316wttn]

Another excelling outing, Carlos. Good job.

[Careless]

Easy enough

[Sosa21MVP]

So I suppose we are going to see the sham closer again tonight?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

Hardy struck out swinging

Hart struck out swinging

Duffy popped out to third base

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (4)

Milwaukee: Hart (2)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      6.0  6  4  4  3  6  1 110
Marshall      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  13
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  11

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Suppan        3.7  2  5  5  6  1  1  78
Julio         2.3  1  1  1  2  0  0  41
McClung       2.0  1  1  1  1  1  0  37

[Little Slide Rooter]

Theres little doub inmy mind that Marmol will one day be one of the elite closers in baseball. I just hope hes still a Cub when it happens.

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS       Milwaukee
P/PA              3.90            3.94
RBI%              0.25            0.23
R/BR              0.47            0.40
BA               0.143           0.214
OBP              0.395           0.333
SLG              0.250           0.321
OPS              0.645           0.655
ERA               4.50            7.88
BB/9              3.38           10.13
K/9               9.00            2.25

[doschi]

Marmol = teh filth.

[Tryptamine]

The only reliever in baseball I take over Marmol is Soria and even then it's probably a toss up.

[cubsfan26]

So I suppose we are going to see the sham closer again tonight?

 

 

Yep, as long as he doesn't pitch like he did Friday we will be fine. Even if he does pitch that poorly again we still might be alright with a three run lead.

[BCVM22]

So I suppose we are going to see the sham closer again tonight?

 

Probably. Hopefully the Cubs can score some more here and make it less stressful.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 51-0 when they lead by 3 runs or more at the end of the 8th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[cubswin2009]

So I suppose we are going to see the sham closer again tonight?

With a 3 run lead I feel a little more confident.

[erik316wttn]

CUBS are 51-0 when they lead by 3 runs or more at the end of the 8th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

They didn't have Kevin Gregg last year.