5/29 Dodgers (Billingsly) @ Cobs (Lilly) 1:20CDT CSN

[Pushfrog98]

get the walk!

[Hawk4Hall]

I love it when everyone stands at Wrigley.

[haubrich91]

There we go baby!

[Sosa21MVP]

.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome flied out to center field , Fox scored

[Outshined_One]

Good enough.

[PrimeTime]

Thank God

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

A run! A run! A run!

[Friendly Confines]

if Fox left early I would have thrown a 15 pound dumbbell through my tv

[kujay]

Those excited posts. Haha. I should've known it was a sac fly.

[ctcf]

Play him off, Keyboard Cat.

[Hawk4Hall]

Sweet.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ill take it. Now ground into a double play and lets be done with this nonsense.

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
RISP               34    4    8    4    0    1   15    5   14  0.235  0.317  0.441  0.758  0.368  4.78  0.082  0.280
Late (7th on)      40    3    8    0    0    1    2    3    6  0.200  0.250  0.275  0.525  0.212  3.68  0.050  0.048
2 outs             47    2   10    1    0    1    7    7    9  0.213  0.315  0.298  0.613  0.243  4.33  0.102  0.194
CUBS leading       39    2    6    3    0    1    6    8    9  0.154  0.292  0.308  0.599  0.172  4.19  0.138  0.192
This series         4    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.500  3.75  0.000  0.000
last 10 games      26    1    9    1    0    1    1    2    2  0.346  0.393  0.500  0.893  0.348  3.89  0.047  0.000
May                58    8   19    3    0    4    9    7   13  0.328  0.400  0.586  0.986  0.366  4.14  0.072  0.161
Home               76   12   22    5    0    4   13    9   19  0.289  0.360  0.513  0.874  0.340  4.16  0.071  0.200
Day                64   11   19    5    0    4   14    6   16  0.297  0.352  0.563  0.915  0.341  3.93  0.055  0.244
vs Right          117   13   28    6    0    5   17    7   27  0.239  0.278  0.419  0.697  0.271  3.87  0.038  0.182

season totals     132   15   33    7    0    5   19   14   27  0.250  0.318  0.417  0.734  0.280  3.93  0.068  0.187

[jersey cubs fan]

Fox, pinch hitting for Lilly, singled to center field

 

or just *a* hit with runners on base? or a productive out like a sac fly or (earlier in the game) a ground ball past the pitcher? instead all the plays in run scoring situations have been K's or piss-poor ground outs while non run-scoring situations have been pretty good.

 

When you have so many poor hitters, and such a limited amount of decent hitters, it should be no surprise if a decent hitter gets on and the others don't drive him in.

 

lee and hoffpauir both saved bad ABs for when fukudome was on third; fontenot has had two run-scoring situations and made outs both times but singled in his other AB.

 

Like I said though, these are just decent hitters, not great ones coming up short. Decent hitters don't get a ton of hits. When one does, it doesn't mean the others will. All of those guys have huge question marks.

 

There is no "heart" of this lineup. (and I don't mean that from an effort standpoint)

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 8-2 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 15-21 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Brian]

I was pretty sure they were going to call Fox out at 3rd.

[TruffleShuffle]

most of the time i would say that's not a great result for a 3-1 meatball, but given the sad sack offense i'm quite happy with a sac fly.

[Pushfrog98]

Play him off, Keyboard Cat.

http://images.smh.com.au/ftsmh/ffximage/2009/05/23/catplay1_wideweb__470x353,0.jpg

[Outshined_One]

Play him off, Keyboard Cat.

 

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4230/gifbinkeyboardcat.gif

[Pushfrog98]

Play him off, Keyboard Cat.

 

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4230/gifbinkeyboardcat.gif

no fair... yours moves.

[haubrich91]

Eh, we got the lead. Marmol Gregg. Finish it.

[Hawk4Hall]

Do your thing bullpen. Hold it. Then close it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

K. Hill homered to right field

Blanco bunted out to the pitcher, 1-3

Fox, pinch hitting for Lilly, singled to center field

Soriano singled to right field , Fox to second

Scales singled to left field , Fox to third, Soriano to second

Fukudome flied out to center field , Fox scored

D Lee flied out to center field

 

2 runs 4 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Kemp (5)

CUBS: K Hill (2)

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   7.0  8  2  2  2  7  1 110

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         7.0  4  1  1  3  5  1 102

[Little Slide Rooter]

Best we can hope for out of a bases loaded situation these days, so lets hope the pen can hang on. Edited May 29, 2009 by Little Slide Rooter