04/13 Rockies (Jimenez) @ Cubs (Lilly) ~2:30 PM CDT WGN TV

[Sosa21MVP]

dumb base running play but at least he drove the run in.

 

He was just trying to prevent DLee from grounding into another DP.

[Soul]

dumb base running play but at least he drove the run in.

 

Maybe Fuku needs the extra brain matter to hit better. Good baserunning must be sacrificed a little :)

[jersey cubs fan]

Why sacrifice?

It is a bit strange with a 3 run lead.

 

It's not that strange, in general. You can then justify sitting down your closer. But with the Cubs talking about Gregg's knee not being able to rest after warming up, it seems odd. They can keep him warming up with somebody else starting the 9th though and bring him in only if it turns back into a save situation. He pitched yesterday, but not Saturday, and he won't be pitching tomorrow.

[Butterscup1679666578]

imagine the level of greatness sitting at that part of the bench (Z and Marmol)

 

good thing soto wasn't over there or the world might've imploded.

[Bote McBoteface]

I have to assume that Heilman stays in now, right?

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee walked

[Bote McBoteface]

And a really good game by Lee today, that's good to see.

[Tryptamine]

Nice day for Lee. I believe he started the day with an OPS in the 200's

[erik316wttn]

imagine the level of greatness sitting at that part of the bench (Z and Marmol)

 

good thing soto wasn't over there or the world might've imploded.

 

100% pure concentrated awesome is unstable in large amounts.

[chuckywang]

Kevin Gregg is asking the baseball gods if he'll ever get a save.

[CubInOK]

Did Soriano look a little gimpy there to anyone else?

yep

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS hitters with the bases loaded this year........

 

bases loaded       AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez             2    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.500  2.500  1.000  4.50  0.000  1.000
Fontenot            1    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  4.00  0.000  1.000
Theriot             1    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  1.00  0.000  1.000
Fukudome            0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  6.00  1.000  1.000
D Lee               0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  4.00  1.000  1.000
Soriano             1    0    0    0    0    0    2    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  4.50  0.500  0.500
K. Hill             1    1    0    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  3.00  0.500  0.250
Hoffpauir           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Johnson             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

CUBS                9    2    4    1    0    0   10    4    1  0.444  0.615  0.556  1.171  0.500  3.62  0.171  0.417

[Brian]

Bob mentioning how the Cubs would draw 9 walks in a week when they (Len and Bob) first got there, brings back great memories of Bob openly questioning Dusty's managing in the booth.

[BCVM22]

Did Soriano look a little gimpy there to anyone else?

yep

 

I'm hoping he was just being weary of the wet conditions.

[Brian]

I love the bullpen coats, it looks like they are about to go on an arctic expedition.

[Bote McBoteface]

Bob mentioning how the Cubs would draw 9 walks in a week when they (Len and Bob) first got there, brings back great memories of Bob openly questioning Dusty's managing in the booth.

 

I was wondering if it sounded like Bob was saying "Dusty sucks" to anybody but me.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Speier in to pitch for Colorado

Soriano singled to left field

Theriot sacrificed, 5-3, Soriano to second

Fukudome singled to left field , Soriano scored, Fukudome caught off 1b, 7-5-3

D Lee walked

Fontenot grounded out to second, 4-3

 

1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Colorado: none

CUBS: none

 

Colorado       IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Jimenez       3.7  4  3  1  6  5  0 104
Rusch         1.3  3  0  0  1  0  0  29
Belisle       2.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  24
Speier        1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  25

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         6.7  1  0  0  2  8  0 104
Guzman        0.3  0  0  0  0  0  0   5
Heilman       1.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  19

[Soul]

Pat: "fasten those seatbelts."

 

Buh?

[Fred Hornkohl]

              Colorado            CUBS
P/PA              4.74            4.92
RBI%              0.00            0.10
R/BR              0.00            0.21
BA               0.043           0.360
OBP              0.154           0.543
SLG              0.043           0.400
OPS              0.197           0.943
ERA               1.13            0.00
BB/9             10.13            3.38
K/9               6.75           10.13

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 85-5 when they lead at the end of 8 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Soul]

The streaming audio feed on gameday iphone is awesome.

 

Just in case anyone was wondering.

[CubmanPi]

Pat: "fasten those seatbelts."

 

Buh?

He doesn't expect much from Gregg either?

[Guest]

Here we go. Strap on your seatbelts and send the kids away.

 

On the plus side, I don't think he could pitch in more favorable conditions. If he walks two guys my guess is Lou just slugs him right in front of god and everyone.

[hotshot13422]

gregg in

[Fred Hornkohl]

Gregg in to pitch for the CUBS