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

[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.

 

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.

 

I'm not too worried about something like a "funk" since I think that's something you can get over pretty easily when your 3 main hitters are back in there producing. They're also going to cut down on these errors and misplays we're seeing that are screwing up the pitchers. I'd rather Hendry takes a practical approach to the actual needs of the bench and the bullpen as quickly as possible. Any "funk" will likely take care of itself if he attempts to do that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot homered to right field

[BCVM22]

Garbage time sneaky power.

[Cubswin11]

When was the last time a pitcher threw a complete game with under 100 pitches? Haren might do it tonight, but hey at least our lineup is balanced :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Roast]

Haha, nice. A long at bat ended with a homer.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Miles              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        17    3    4    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.235  0.278  0.235  0.513  0.286  4.00  0.042  0.000
8th inning          5    2    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.333  3.71  0.133  0.000
1 out               8    1    2    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583  0.286  3.67  0.083  0.000
last 10 games      23    3    5    1    0    0    2    2    4  0.217  0.280  0.261  0.541  0.263  4.04  0.063  0.167
Road               13    2    4    1    0    0    0    0    2  0.308  0.308  0.385  0.692  0.364  3.71  0.000  0.000
Nite                7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.13  0.000  0.000
vs Right           27    3    4    0    0    0    2    2    5  0.148  0.207  0.148  0.355  0.182  4.10  0.059  0.100

season totals      30    3    6    1    0    0    2    2    5  0.200  0.250  0.233  0.483  0.240  3.97  0.050  0.100

[BCVM22]

When was the last time a pitcher threw a complete game with under 100 pitches?

 

I remember Mitre doing it on 99 pitches in 2005.

[CubInOK]

When was the last time a pitcher threw a complete game with under 100 pitches? Haren might do it tonight, but hey at least our lineup is balanced :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Won't happen after that Fontenot AB.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 4-1 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 5-7 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Miles called out on strikes

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Pinch hitting       2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  4.67  0.333  0.000
bases empty        12    1    1    0    0    1    1    2    4  0.083  0.267  0.333  0.600  0.000  4.73  0.183  0.000
8th inning          2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.50  0.000  0.000
2 outs              7    1    0    0    0    0    0    5    1  0.000  0.462  0.000  0.462  0.000  5.31  0.462  0.000
last 10 games       6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.143  0.000  0.143  0.000  5.00  0.143  0.000
Road               17    3    1    0    0    1    1    6    3  0.059  0.360  0.235  0.595  0.000  4.84  0.301  0.000
Nite               18    2    0    0    0    0    0    5    6  0.000  0.280  0.000  0.280  0.000  4.92  0.280  0.000
vs Right           20    3    1    0    0    1    1    6    7  0.050  0.321  0.200  0.521  0.000  4.89  0.271  0.000

season totals      23    3    1    0    0    1    1    6    7  0.043  0.290  0.174  0.464  0.000  4.87  0.247  0.000

[Shilzzz]

Milton Bradley,

[Roast]

That was fast.

[CliftonHanger]

:twisted: F U Miles. :twisted:

[CliftonHanger]

:twisted: F U Bradley. :twisted:

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Soto called out on strikes

Fontenot homered to right field

Miles called out on strikes

Bradley, pinch hitting for Patton, called out on strikes

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 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  3
Arizona         0 0 1 4 0 0 2                  7  8  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (6), Fontenot (2)

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         8.0  3  2  2  0  8  2 100

[Fred Hornkohl]

Samardzija in to pitch for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

Roberts struck out swinging

[Cubswin11]

Mark Grace needs to take this entire team out tonight and find them all a slump buster

[Fred Hornkohl]

Snyder walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

Haren sacrificed, 3-4, Snyder to second

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 3-4 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 6-4 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

I have nothing to add other than the Yahoo box score says Ted Lilly has given up 5 runs with 7 of those being earned.

 

The 2009 Chicago Cubs: Allowing more earned runs than total runs!

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=290427129

[Fred Hornkohl]

:twisted: F U Bradley. :twisted:

 

That'll be enough.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Samardzija in to pitch for the CUBS

Roberts struck out swinging

Snyder walked

Haren sacrificed, 3-4, Snyder to second

Young struck out swinging

 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1                2  3  3
Arizona         0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0                7  8  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (6), Fontenot (2)

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
Samardzija    1.0  0  0  0  1  2  0  18

 

Arizona        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Haren         8.0  3  2  2  0  8  2 100