5/17 Astros (Moehler) @ Cubs (Harden) 1:20 WGN

[illiniguy]

Man, Fontenot is struggling.

[Sosa21MVP]

Okay all we need is Bobby Scales to knock one into the seats. \:D/

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot grounded into a FC, 4-6, Soto out at second, Bradley to third

[witty alias]

Hoffpauir should have batted there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Scales             AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
RISP                4    2    2    2    0    0    4    0    1  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.500  0.667  5.25  0.000  0.571
Late (7th on)       7    2    2    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.286  0.375  0.714  1.089  0.333  4.13  0.089  0.000
2 outs              7    2    4    1    0    0    2    0    2  0.571  0.571  0.714  1.286  0.800  4.14  0.000  0.667
CUBS trailing      10    2    3    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.300  0.300  0.300  0.600  0.500  3.80  0.000  0.000
This series         3    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000  5.00  0.250  0.000
last 7 games       17    6    7    2    1    1    5    2    4  0.412  0.474  0.824  1.297  0.500  4.63  0.062  0.444
May                21    7    8    2    1    1    5    2    6  0.381  0.435  0.714  1.149  0.500  4.26  0.054  0.444
Home               12    5    4    2    0    1    5    2    4  0.333  0.429  0.750  1.179  0.429  4.21  0.095  0.800
Day                14    5    5    2    0    0    4    2    4  0.357  0.438  0.500  0.938  0.500  4.31  0.080  0.800
vs Right           20    7    8    2    1    1    5    2    5  0.400  0.455  0.750  1.205  0.500  4.32  0.055  0.444
vs Sampson          0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  7.00  1.000  0.000
vs. Houst           3    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000  5.00  0.250  0.000

season totals      21    7    8    2    1    1    5    2    6  0.381  0.435  0.714  1.149  0.500  4.26  0.054  0.444

[Hall7810]

Bees are attracted to roids!

[TruffleShuffle]

Hoffpauir should be batting here.

 

agreed, hoffpauir for fontenot, scales moves over to third and miles comes in at 2nd. i'd rather have hoffpauir bat for a badly slumping fontenot in a spot where he can tie the game than leading off the 9th with nobody on base.

[BCVM22]

dammit

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

D Lee singled to left field

Bradley grounded into a FC, 4-6, D Lee out at second

Soto singled to center field , Bradley to second

Sampson in (7th) to pitch, Kepplinger in (9th) at 3b for Houston

Fontenot grounded into a FC, 4-6, Soto out at second, Bradley to third

Scales flied out to center field

 

0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Houston: Rodriguez (5)

CUBS: D Lee (4)

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Moehler       5.0  5  3  3  2  4  1 106
Byrdak        1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   5
Arias         1.3  2  0  0  0  0  0  17
Sampson       0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harden        6.0  6  4  4  3  7  1 112
Ascanio       2.0  1  2  2  0  2  0  24

[Fred Hornkohl]

           Houston        CUBS
P/PA          4.00        4.00
RBI%          0.25        0.12
R/BR          0.50        0.30
BA           0.241       0.219
OBP          0.353       0.286
SLG          0.414       0.375
OPS          0.767       0.661
ERA           3.38        6.75
BB/9          2.25        3.38
K/9           4.50       10.13

[witty alias]

Hoffpauir should be batting here.

 

agreed, hoffpauir for fontenot, scales moves over to third and miles comes in at 2nd. i'd rather have hoffpauir bat for a badly slumping fontenot in a spot where he can tie the game than leading off the 9th with nobody on base.

 

I think Lou was taking a nap.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 1-11 when they trail by 1 run or more at the end of the 8th inning

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cotts in to pitch fo rthe CUBS

[Hall7810]

I don't imagine we'll be seeing much more of Fontenot.

[Outshined_One]

So, how many runs will Cotts allow here?

[Hall7810]

So, how many runs will Cotts allow here?

 

Enough to convince Lou that Marshall should be in the pen

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kepplinger grounded to second base , safe at first on a fielding error, E4

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 2-9 when they commit one or more errors.... 19-5 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[TruffleShuffle]

I don't imagine we'll be seeing much more of Fontenot.

 

if the alternatives are ryan freel and aaron miles then you might as well just let fontenot work his way through his struggles. neither freel nor miles are going to hit much, and fontenot at least has shown in the past that he can hit.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Colorado       4
Pittsburgh    11  F

Milwaukee      8
St. Louis      2  8

Cincinnati     0  4
San Diego      2

[Hall7810]

I don't imagine we'll be seeing much more of Fontenot.

 

if the alternatives are ryan freel and aaron miles then you might as well just let fontenot work his way through his struggles. neither freel nor miles are going to hit much, and fontenot at least has shown in the past that he can hit.

 

I'm all for it. However, it is just a matter of him being overexposed with how many ABs he's getting?

[Little Slide Rooter]

I don't imagine we'll be seeing much more of Fontenot.

 

if the alternatives are ryan freel and aaron miles then you might as well just let fontenot work his way through his struggles. neither freel nor miles are going to hit much, and fontenot at least has shown in the past that he can hit.

 

There are other options, unsigned options, but Id hate to beat the same drum again.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Matsui popped out to shortstop

[CyHawk_Cub]

Cotts actually isn't sucking today...figures it's when we're down by 3 in the 9th

[TruffleShuffle]

I don't imagine we'll be seeing much more of Fontenot.

 

if the alternatives are ryan freel and aaron miles then you might as well just let fontenot work his way through his struggles. neither freel nor miles are going to hit much, and fontenot at least has shown in the past that he can hit.

 

There are other options, unsigned options, but Id hate to beat the same drum again.

 

it depends if durham hits. he didn't hit in 2007 and his defense is horrendous. he has to hit well to make up for his terrible fielding.