5/16 Astros (Oswalt) @ Cubs (Wells) 12:05 CSN

[The R-Train]

I'm actually not 100% about that pitching matchup, but a mod can change it later. Win tomorrow and I'll match my win total from last year! Go me! And Cubs!

[jersey cubs fan]

First thought is why not skip Wells, but then I think I'd rather they push him and Marshall back a day, and give Harden 2 more days of rest for his start in STL Tuesday. Harden/Lilly/Dempster is a nice three game matchup for STL.

[Keener98]

First thought is why not skip Wells, but then I think I'd rather they push him and Marshall back a day, and give Harden 2 more days of rest for his start in STL Tuesday. Harden/Lilly/Dempster is a nice three game matchup for STL.

 

Nope they are startin Wells tomorrow, and skipping Marshall altogether so Lou can finally get him in the pen. Harden is pitching Sunday. Guess Lou finally got his wish. Hooray for skipping the guy whos been really good this year, for a kid making his 2nd career start just so we can have a loogy worth a damn.

[jersey cubs fan]

First thought is why not skip Wells, but then I think I'd rather they push him and Marshall back a day, and give Harden 2 more days of rest for his start in STL Tuesday. Harden/Lilly/Dempster is a nice three game matchup for STL.

 

Nope they are startin Wells tomorrow, and skipping Marshall altogether so Lou can finally get him in the pen. Harden is pitching Sunday. Guess Lou finally got his wish. Hooray for skipping the guy whos been really good this year, for a kid making his 2nd career start just so we can have a loogy worth a damn.

 

Seriously? That's the decision? Unbelievable.

[jersey cubs fan]

Sooner or later they have to use some preventive medicine with Harden, no? Are they just going to run him out there every 5 days until he can't go?

[Little Slide Rooter]

First thought is why not skip Wells, but then I think I'd rather they push him and Marshall back a day, and give Harden 2 more days of rest for his start in STL Tuesday. Harden/Lilly/Dempster is a nice three game matchup for STL.

 

Nope they are startin Wells tomorrow, and skipping Marshall altogether so Lou can finally get him in the pen. Harden is pitching Sunday. Guess Lou finally got his wish. Hooray for skipping the guy whos been really good this year, for a kid making his 2nd career start just so we can have a loogy worth a damn.

 

Seriously? That's the decision? Unbelievable.

 

Because clearly its the logical decision over aquiring a semi competant lefty reliever.

[Laura]

MLB story says that Marshall will be skipped, but is scheduled vs St Louis on Thursday.

[haubrich91]

It's going to be Oswalt on Saturday, Moehler on Sunday.

[rawaction]

Sooner or later they have to use some preventive medicine with Harden, no? Are they just going to run him out there every 5 days until he can't go?

 

If this is the Cubs thinking, then I'd imagine they'd try to wait it out until Zambrano comes back. If he goes out and throws 2 gems between now and then, though, I'd imagine they'd wait until he struggles or if he throws a high number of pitches.

[Schwarber Fan]

Don't like our chances in this matchup

[mul21]

MLB story says that Marshall will be skipped, but is scheduled vs St Louis on Thursday.

 

If that's the reason it's being done then that's totally legit with the way the Cards have struggled against lefties thus far. That's about the only reason I would find acceptable for the change.

[ctcf]

I'll probably be trying to follow this one on my cell while I'm graduating. Win damnit.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Don't like our chances in this matchup

 

Oswalt has been nowhere steller this season. While the Astros hitters have been hot as of late, having a pitcher they know little about may work to our advantage.

[Fred Hornkohl]

vs Oswalt          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soriano             4    1    2    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.250  1.750  0.333  1.75  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            3    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.667  0.667  1.000  1.667  0.667  3.33  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             3    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000  3.33  0.000  0.000
Theriot             2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.500  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.500  3.67 -0.167  0.333
Soto                3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  3.00  0.000  0.000
Bradley             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  7.00  0.333  0.000
Fukudome            3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.33  0.000  0.000
D Lee               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.67  0.000  0.000

totals vs Oswal    26    3    7    1    0    2    3    1    2  0.269  0.286  0.538  0.824  0.227  3.32  0.016  0.083
totals vs Houst   184   31   53   10    1    8   29   20   37  0.288  0.361  0.484  0.844  0.324  3.78  0.073  0.194
sdeason totals   1150  172  293   57    5   43  161  139  256  0.255  0.340  0.425  0.765  0.294  3.97  0.085  0.185

[C.C.]

I think we are gonna beat up on Oswalt today.

 

 

Cubs lose 13-12.

[Fred Hornkohl]

I think we are gonna beat up on Oswalt today.

 

 

Cubs lose 13-12.

 

No way.... the bullpen is getting better...........

 

05/01 - 05/14        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Gregg               6.7    4    1    1    2    7    0   125    80  0.64  18.8    6    7  0.46  2.70  9.45  0.00  0.90  1.35
Marmol              8.0    6    2    2    8   12    1   153    93  0.61  19.1    6    5  0.55  9.00 13.50  1.13  1.75  2.25
Guzman              6.7    3    2    2    1    6    1    94    67  0.71  14.1    7    7  0.50  1.35  8.10  1.35  0.60  2.70
Ascanio             2.0    1    1    1    0    3    1    34    25  0.74  17.0    0    3  0.00  0.00 13.50  4.50  0.50  4.50
Patton              3.7    4    2    2    3    1    0    62    36  0.58  16.9    7    3  0.70  7.36  2.45  0.00  1.91  4.91
Heilman             5.0    3    3    3    2    8    1    94    53  0.56  18.8    3    4  0.43  3.60 14.40  1.80  1.00  5.40
Cotts               1.7    1    2    2    2    2    0    31    19  0.61  18.6    2    1  0.67 10.80 10.80  0.00  1.80 10.80

Totals             33.7   22   13   13   18   39    4   593   373  0.63  17.6   31   30  0.51  4.81 10.43  1.07  1.19  3.48

 

CUBS win 12-9 !!!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Should we expect to see yesterdays lineup?

[tfarks]

Boo on CSN

[Derwood]

HOORAY FOR FOX/MLB BLACKOUT RULES

[Old Style]

At least I get to watch the Astros broadcast. Better than nothing, I guess.

[rynefan]

It's windy big time. This could be a fun one, hopefully moreso for the Cubs!

[Rusch33]

Lineup:

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Fukudome CF

Lee 1b

Hoffpauir RF

Soto C

Fontenot 3b

Scales 2b

Wells P

 

--

 

Houston

 

Matsui 2b

Bourn Cf

Berkman 1b

Lee LF

Tejada SS

Pence RF

Blum 3b

Rodriguez C

Oswalt P

[E.J.]

About as good as our lineup is going to get with Milton serving his suspension and Aram injured.

[Guest]

Wow. Blackout rules on Thursday, a rain out on Friday and blackout rules on Saturday means three days in a row of no Cubs baseball.

 

And what's on FOX during the Cubs game? Crapola. They don't deserve black out rights. They don't deserve MLB.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Are you sure the game is blacked out? I'm pretty sure I was able to watch the early Cubs game before the Fox games last Saturday.