05/31 Los Angeles (Milton) @ CUBS (Marshall) 7:05 CDT, ESPN

[TruffleShuffle]

Way to show up tonight Marshall.

 

Awesome. Patton warming up.

 

Considering the Dodgers have only had one hard hit ball, I'm willing to give Marshall a pass on this game.

 

...for now.

 

the early ones weren't hard hit but the 7-8-9 guys all hit the ball hard.

[UMFan83]

Did anyone else see the Gatorade machine run and hide in a corner when Marshall was making his way back into the dugout?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Pierre grounded an IF single to shortstop

Furcal singled to right field , Pierre to thitrd

Hudson singled to left field , Pierre scored, Furcal to second

Martin singled to left field , Furcal to third, Hudson to second

Loney blooped a single to center field Furcal scored, Hudson to third, Martin to second

Kemp struck out swinging

Loretta doubled to down the left field line , Hudson & Martin scored, Loney to third

Hoffmann flied out to center field , Loney scored, Loretta to thitrd

Milton flied out to center field

 

5 runs 6 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: none

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Milton        0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marshall      1.0  6  5  5  0  1  0  32

[Gingerballs Lives]

:puke

[Tryptamine]

So, how many innings until the first Bartman or goat reference. You know those idiots in the box are just salivating waiting for that chance.

[Hall7810]

Did anyone else see the Gatorade machine run and hide in a corner when Marshall was making his way back into the dugout?

 

Isn't it gone yet? It'll be gone soon, right?

[Exile on Waveland]

Wow, what unlucky awful garbage.

 

Guess I'll be watching mainly the hockey game tonight.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 5-4 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 20-19 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[BCVM22]

Odds we score anything off Tommy John Milton tonight?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS allowed 5 runs in an inning.... Sat 09 May 09 (6 runs in the 7th inn) in a 12-6 loss at Milwaukee

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

I wish the wind was blowing out...but I think its blowing pretty heavily in. The only way we come back is if we are swinging the bats particularly well.

 

Who knows though, this could end up like the Brewers-Cubs game back in 2007 when the Brewers scored 5 runs in the first off Rich Hill, and were shutout the rest of the game as the Cubs slowly crawled back. Finally, with the wind blowing way in all game, Aramis Ramirez crushed a 2 out HR in the 9th to win it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        87   18   25    5    0    4    4    4   21  0.287  0.319  0.483  0.801  0.339  4.04  0.031  0.000
bases empty       136   27   37    9    0    7    7    8   34  0.272  0.317  0.493  0.810  0.316  3.98  0.045  0.000
Early (1-3)        83   16   21    3    0    6    9    4   19  0.253  0.303  0.506  0.809  0.259  3.84  0.050  0.097
0 outs            102   19   26    5    0    5    7    4   27  0.255  0.280  0.451  0.731  0.300  3.93  0.025  0.100
CUBS trailing      65   16   17    3    0    6   11    6   17  0.262  0.324  0.585  0.909  0.262  3.65  0.062  0.161
last 10 games      37    3    5    1    0    0    0    2   13  0.135  0.179  0.162  0.342  0.208  3.95  0.044  0.000
May               107   15   23    4    0    5   11    5   30  0.215  0.254  0.393  0.647  0.250  3.92  0.039  0.143
Home              100   19   27    6    0    3    7   10   27  0.270  0.342  0.420  0.762  0.343  4.02  0.072  0.091
Nite              104   21   28    7    0    9   19    8   26  0.269  0.325  0.596  0.921  0.275  3.68  0.055  0.208
vs Left            31    5    5    2    0    1    1    4   11  0.161  0.257  0.323  0.580  0.211  4.37  0.096  0.000
vs. L.A.           13    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.154  0.154  0.154  0.308  0.250  3.23  0.000  0.000
Drake, Rob          4    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.250  0.250  1.000  1.250  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000

season totals     195   36   48   10    0   12   25   15   52  0.246  0.305  0.482  0.787  0.275  3.85  0.059  0.153

[Joe_Cub]

what a waste

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano flied out to center field

[UMFan83]

So, how many innings until the first Bartman or goat reference. You know those idiots in the box are just salivating waiting for that chance.

 

I think I finally accepted that its going to happen to any cursed team in any situation when I saw them bring out the "Cleveland Sports Misery" chart at the end of yesterday's Cavs game.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       109   13   26    6    2    2    2   13   17  0.239  0.325  0.385  0.711  0.267  3.77  0.087  0.000
Early (1-3)        67   11   22    8    1    3    9    6    8  0.328  0.392  0.612  1.004  0.339  3.66  0.064  0.273
1 out              72    9   16    3    0    0    3   10   10  0.222  0.321  0.264  0.585  0.258  3.81  0.099  0.125
CUBS trailing      67    9   17    4    1    2    9    4   11  0.254  0.306  0.433  0.738  0.278  3.71  0.052  0.280
last 10 games      34    5   10    3    0    0    4    1    4  0.294  0.333  0.382  0.716  0.333  3.43  0.039  0.444
May                95   17   25    8    1    5   15    8   15  0.263  0.333  0.526  0.860  0.267  3.52  0.070  0.278
Home               90   17   30    6    2    5   17    6   14  0.333  0.381  0.611  0.993  0.352  3.81  0.048  0.293
Nite              100   12   27    7    0    3   12   10   14  0.270  0.339  0.430  0.769  0.289  3.46  0.069  0.196
vs Left            30    7   10    4    0    1    4    3    3  0.333  0.412  0.567  0.978  0.346  3.83  0.078  0.250
vs. L.A.            6    1    2    0    0    0    1    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.400  3.88  0.167  0.250
Drake, Rob          4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.25  0.000  0.000

season totals     177   27   51   11    2    5   22   16   27  0.288  0.352  0.458  0.810  0.317  3.66  0.064  0.221

[Hall7810]

Didn't realize Soriano's OPS was below .800

[UMFan83]

I just realized that Eric Milton is a notorious fly ball pitcher who gives up a crapload of HRs, who is pitching with the wind blowing in.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot singled to left field

[Hawk4Hall]

Way to show up tonight Marshall.

 

Awesome. Patton warming up.

 

Well Marshall has been awesome this season for the most part and for his efforts Lou has all but sent him to the pen after this start. I wonder if that's affecting him at all mentally.

He's done this stuff before. It seems like he pitches well for a bit, then just falls apart. I'm not saying he shouldn't be in the rotation, but he's prone to meltdowns early. The Cubs can't afford that especially with this bad bullpen.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
runners on         43    7   10    2    1    2   11   11    8  0.233  0.411  0.465  0.876  0.242  4.20  0.178  0.167
Early (1-3)        41    8    9    1    1    0    5    6    7  0.220  0.347  0.293  0.640  0.265  4.14  0.127  0.200
1 out              41    7   12    1    1    2    6    4   12  0.293  0.370  0.512  0.882  0.370  3.89  0.077  0.250
CUBS trailing      48    7   13    3    0    3   10    5   13  0.271  0.340  0.521  0.860  0.313  3.55  0.069  0.389
last 10 games      29    6    9    1    1    1    5    4    4  0.310  0.394  0.517  0.911  0.333  3.24  0.084  0.364
May                78   13   21    3    1    3   12    9   14  0.269  0.352  0.449  0.801  0.295  3.78  0.083  0.265
Home               48    9   13    1    1    3    9    7   11  0.271  0.375  0.521  0.896  0.294  4.13  0.104  0.273
Nite               74   14   16    3    0    4   10   15   18  0.216  0.370  0.419  0.788  0.231  3.96  0.153  0.167
vs Left            29    4    9    1    1    1    5    3    3  0.310  0.394  0.517  0.911  0.320  3.73  0.084  0.235
vs. L.A.            7    1    4    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.571  0.625  0.571  1.196  0.667  3.13  0.054  0.000
Drake, Rob          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

season totals     112   18   25    3    1    5   14   18   24  0.223  0.346  0.402  0.748  0.241  3.99  0.123  0.167

[Derwood]

Death by 1000 cuts

[Butterscup1679666578]

Ahps.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley struck out swinging

[TruffleShuffle]

nice swing