May 26 Cubs (Marshall) vs Pirates (Snell) 7:05 CST

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot flied out to center field

[bcl412]

I hate when hard hit balls go right at the defense.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome grounded out to second, 4-3

[haubrich91]

That was close.

[Cubswin11]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley walked

[Keener98]

HOFF

[haubrich91]

Haha we got so lucky there. Milton wasn't running that fast. Nice hitting by Micah.

[Hawk4Hall]

Hoff! Nice rip!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yay for 2 out runs.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hoffpauir doubled to center field , Bradley scored

[Hall7810]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

[apete6]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

 

He's a senile old man. And by senile, I mean dumb.

[Ihatepujols]

I got the radio on how close was Hoffs ball to gettin out?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Theriot flied out to center field

Fukudome grounded out to second, 4-3

Bradley walked

Hoffpauir doubled to center field , Bradley scored

Fontenot 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
Pittsburgh      0 0 0                          0  2  0
CUBS            1 1 1                          3  4  0

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: Fukudome (5)

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Snell         3.0  4  3  3  2  3  1  53

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marshall      3.0  2  0  0  0  4  0  47

[Cubswin11]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

At least Cotts will be gone?

[Little Slide Rooter]

3 run lead. OK, whose job is it to alert the sniper in case Neal Cotts ends up on the mound at some point?

[bcl412]

Why did McLouth swing at that?

[CyHawk_Cub]

I think removing Marshall from the rotation is stupid, but if it means getting rid of Cotts, so be it. I mean, just b/c Marshall goes to the 'pen doesn't mean he'll have to stay there. I'll take the chance Hendry gets a Loogy & Marshall starts again soon

[weis21]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

At least Cotts will be gone?

Yeah, that is definitely the silver lining. If Wells can keep pitching like he has (I have my doubts) then it's not really that bad of a move. All in all though, I'd rather just drop Cotts and send Wells to the pen - but we MUST have a lefty for crying out loud!

[Fred Hornkohl]

McClouth walked

[bhogg]

Yes!!!

[Hall7810]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

At least Cotts will be gone?

 

That response was based on pre-game comments made by Lou. He noted that if Harden was healthy, Marshall could go the pen and "get lefties out." He seems obsessed with a LOOGY

[Little Slide Rooter]

I got the radio on how close was Hoffs ball to gettin out?

 

very. It hit just under the basket

[bcl412]

So assuming all is well with Harden and he is back end of next week or so who gets bumped out of the rotation? If we go strictly on a production basis there is no way either Marshall or Wells should be removed. Do we go with alternating Marshall/Wells as the 5th starter/long man depending on matchups?

 

Lou made it sound like Marshall would go to the pen.

At least Cotts will be gone?

Yeah, that is definitely the silver lining. If Wells can keep pitching like he has (I have my doubts) then it's not really that bad of a move. All in all though, I'd rather just drop Cotts and send Wells to the pen - but we MUST have a lefty for crying out loud!

 

I don't think we have to. We just need a guy who can get lefty's out.