04/27 Cobs (Lilly) @ Diamondbacks (Haren?) 8:40 CT, CSN+

[InconspicuousZ28]

Another ball gets past Fontenot. Sure am glad we don't have DeRosa to play at third right now.

[Sammy Sofa]

Completely unacceptable. I in no way think this team is this bad but Hendry really [expletive] the bed with this off season. Edited April 28, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jackson grounded to third base , safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Ojeda scored

[Mephistopheles]

67 np for haren in 7 ip?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jackson stole second base

[Fred Hornkohl]

Arizona started tonight with 6 stolen bases on the year.....tonight they have 5

[Fred Hornkohl]

Reynolds flied out to right field , Jackson to third after the catch

[Cubswin11]

Fontenot looks like a little leaguer at 3B and not just because he is 5'5''...

 

Seriously DFA Gathright and bring in a backup INF. Mark Grudzielanek(sp?) is still a FA. He could at least provide a decent bat in the lineup and we could at least tolerate a little below average D, as opposed to Miles/Fontenot where we are getting little to no offense and absolutely no D.

[UMFan83]

Completely unacceptable. I in no way think this team is this bad but Hendry really [expletive] the bed with this off season.

 

It is bad in some areas we are seeing. Our bench is pretty bad, our depth is pretty bad, the backend of our bullpen is pretty bad. As optimistic as we're all trying to be, I don't think we will see these trends reverse themselves unless we make changes.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS allowed 5 SB in a game.... Fri 05 Aug 05 in a 9-5 loss at NY Mets

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Mephistopheles]

Arizona started tonight with 6 stolen bases on the year.....tonight they have 5

 

Well, to be fair Dexter Fowler stole five bases today. They're currently in the 6th inning. He would have stolen more in the fifth inning, but he walked with [expletive] on first, so running isn't possible.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jackson scored on a wild pitch

[BCVM22]

Soto just having a night to forget.

[UMFan83]

Fontenot looks like a little leaguer at 3B and not just because he is 5'5''...

 

Seriously DFA Gathright and bring in a backup INF. Mark Grudzielanek(sp?) is still a FA. He could at least provide a decent bat in the lineup and we could at least tolerate a little below average D, as opposed to Miles/Fontenot where we are getting little to no offense and absolutely no D.

 

That's actually a pretty good suggestion. I think our concerns over signing him in the offseason were that he was asking too much, but now that it's almost May, I'm sure he will lower his demands a bit unless he has decided to retire.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrnes flied out to center field

[Sammy Sofa]

Completely unacceptable. I in no way think this team is this bad but Hendry really [expletive] the bed with this off season.

 

It is bad in some areas we are seeing. Our bench is pretty bad, our depth is pretty bad, the backend of our bullpen is pretty bad. As optimistic as we're all trying to be, I don't think we will see these trends reverse themselves unless we make changes.

 

Oh, definitely, hence my [expletive] the bed comment since pretty much all of those flaws are the result of Hendry's actions or inactions in the off season.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS committed 3 errors in a game.... Thur 02 Oct 08 (4 err) in a 10-3 loss to Los Angeles at Wrigley

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

Forget Bradley, I'm starting to want Soto on the DL for his own good. Edited April 28, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Ojeda singled to center field

Ojeda took third on a pickoff throwing error, E1

Jackson grounded to third base , safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Ojeda scored

Jackson stole second base

Reynolds flied out to right field , Jackson to third after the catch

Jackson scored on a wild pitch

Byrnes flied out to center field

Upton grounded out to second, 4-3

 

2 runs 1 hits 2 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (6)

Arizona: Snyder (1)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         5.0  6  5  5  4  3  1  96
Patton        2.0  2  2  0  0  2  0  34

 

Arizona        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Haren         7.0  2  1  1  0  5  1  76

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Arizona
P/PA              3.30            3.94
RBI%              0.00            0.22
R/BR              0.50            0.58
BA               0.087           0.276
OBP              0.087           0.364
SLG              0.217           0.483
OPS              0.304           0.846
ERA               6.43            1.29
BB/9              5.14            0.00
K/9               6.43            6.43

[UMFan83]

Completely unacceptable. I in no way think this team is this bad but Hendry really [expletive] the bed with this off season.

 

It is bad in some areas we are seeing. Our bench is pretty bad, our depth is pretty bad, the backend of our bullpen is pretty bad. As optimistic as we're all trying to be, I don't think we will see these trends reverse themselves unless we make changes.

 

Oh, definitely, hence my [expletive] the bed comment since pretty much all of those flaws are the result of Hendry's actions or inactions in the off season.

 

It's worrying because at this time last year we were trying to figure out IF the Cubs had a flaw.

 

I really feel like this team is losing confidence by the game. They really need to snap out of this funk in a hurry. Hopefully in a month we will all be laughing about this period. Tons of teams have had starts like this and it ended up much better.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 2-6 when they trail at the end of the 7th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        12    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.250  0.417  0.182  4.17  0.000  0.000
bases empty        18    2    3    1    0    0    0    2    2  0.167  0.250  0.222  0.472  0.188  3.95  0.083  0.000
8th inning          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  2.50  0.500  0.000
0 outs             17    2    3    1    0    0    0    1    2  0.176  0.222  0.235  0.458  0.200  4.17  0.046  0.000
last 10 games      33    3    4    1    0    0    2    8    6  0.121  0.293  0.152  0.444  0.148  4.15  0.171  0.091
Road               16    2    3    1    0    0    0    2    5  0.188  0.316  0.250  0.566  0.273  4.53  0.128  0.000
Nite               16    1    3    0    0    0    1    2    4  0.188  0.316  0.188  0.503  0.250  3.53  0.128  0.091
vs Right           36    3    4    1    0    0    1    8    7  0.111  0.273  0.139  0.412  0.138  4.14  0.162  0.043

season totals      39    3    5    1    0    0    2    8    8  0.128  0.292  0.154  0.446  0.161  4.04  0.163  0.077

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto called out on strikes

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        29    5    9    2    0    0    0    6    5  0.310  0.429  0.379  0.808  0.375  4.63  0.118  0.000
8th inning          9    0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.333  0.400  0.444  0.844  0.375  5.30  0.067  0.000
1 out              15    2    3    0    0    0    1    3    5  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.300  4.33  0.133  0.143
last 10 games      30    2    6    1    0    0    2    4    6  0.200  0.314  0.233  0.548  0.250  4.17  0.114  0.095
Road               33    6   11    3    0    1    6    6    8  0.333  0.436  0.515  0.951  0.417  4.18  0.103  0.313
Nite               25    6    6    2    0    1    5    6    7  0.240  0.406  0.440  0.846  0.294  4.22  0.166  0.308
vs Right           47    7   13    3    0    1    6    9    9  0.277  0.404  0.404  0.808  0.324  4.19  0.127  0.179

season totals      55    7   13    3    0    1    6   10   11  0.236  0.364  0.345  0.709  0.279  4.23  0.127  0.139