6/2 Cubs (Wells) @ Braves (Kawakami) 6CDT WGN

[erik316wttn]

I, for one, am not upset by the decision to put Marshall in the pen at the expense of Wells going to the rotation. Randy deserves it, and Marshall will be very valuable in the pen as a guy who can eat up 2 innings at a time, or even spot start when necessary. A good long man in the pen is worth his weight in gold.

[Little Slide Rooter]

traditionally, hasnt Lee really heated up in June?

[cubswin2009]

That wasn't a very good send at all but I'll take it.

[NotSoSober]

Not a fan of sending Kosuke there, but damn, that was a great slide.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Haha I can imagine. What'd he say?

 

something like: "we'll you can imagine he's a little gunshy, he just got hit in the head with a pitch"

[Keener98]

Nice job D Lee and good slide from Fuku!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
RISP               28    2    6    2    1    0   10    1    6  0.214  0.258  0.357  0.615  0.273  3.68  0.044  0.196
Middle (4-6)       22    6    9    2    0    0    5    3    3  0.409  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.474  3.68  0.091  0.227
1 out              25    4    9    2    0    3    9    0    4  0.360  0.385  0.800  1.185  0.333  2.77  0.025  0.375
CUBS leading       32    5    7    1    0    1    6    2    6  0.219  0.297  0.344  0.641  0.240  3.41  0.079  0.167
last 14 games      23    5   10    2    0    3    8    2    2  0.435  0.480  0.913  1.393  0.389  3.48  0.045  0.313
May                41   11   15    3    1    3   14    4    6  0.366  0.413  0.707  1.120  0.375  3.59  0.047  0.314
Road               34    4    7    0    1    1    5    3    7  0.206  0.308  0.353  0.661  0.231  3.28  0.102  0.160
Nite               38    4   10    2    1    0    6    3    5  0.263  0.326  0.368  0.694  0.303  3.60  0.062  0.207
vs Right           50    8   13    1    0    3    7    2    9  0.260  0.309  0.460  0.769  0.263  3.53  0.049  0.111
Brian O'Nora        3    2    2    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.667  0.750  0.667  1.417  0.667  4.25  0.083  0.000

season totals      78   13   23    3    1    3   14    6   11  0.295  0.364  0.474  0.838  0.313  3.55  0.069  0.180

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 23-17 when they hit at least one double.... 2-7 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Andy]

traditionally, hasnt Lee really heated up in June?

In every year prior to 05, he pretty much sucked until June. In 07 and 08, he actually played worse in June. So in sum, I have no idea what to make of him.

[Outshined_One]

I love hearing that chant and the ensuing boos from Braves fans.

[cubswin2009]

Haha I can imagine. What'd he say?

 

something like: "we'll you can imagine he's a little gunshy, he just got hit in the head with a pitch"

And he let out a sarcastic chuckle after it.

[haubrich91]

Bloop hits rule. Let's get more boys!

[Guest]

Is it possible that Randy Wells is actually good?

 

I didn't know the whole back story on him (on how he was recently converted and hasn't been pitching for very long)...

 

He's been pitching since 2004.

 

6 innings in 2003 between Mesa and Lansing.

 

He wasn't converted to pitching full-time until 2004, iirc. He had a number of ABs between Lansing and Mesa in 2003.

 

He was hitting at Lansing in 2003 but he was demoted to Mesa and converted around June or July. Kinda like Blake Parker a few seasons ago (converted to pitcher a day after hitting a grand slam) or Jake Muyco Andres Quezada last year.

[cubswin2009]

Johnson can't hit righties!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson blooped a single to left center field , D Lee to third

[chuckywang]

LOL, Reed's little popup drops in for a hit while Theriot's scorcher was run down.

[Keener98]

Reed is on fire

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
RISP               37    1    6    1    0    1   13    2   12  0.162  0.214  0.270  0.485  0.208  3.93  0.052  0.188
Middle (4-6)       57    7   15    3    1    3    7    4   13  0.263  0.323  0.509  0.831  0.293  3.82  0.059  0.148
1 out              48    6   10    2    0    2    8    4   14  0.208  0.259  0.375  0.634  0.250  4.43  0.051  0.207
CUBS leading       61    9   16    3    1    3   13    5   14  0.262  0.324  0.492  0.815  0.295  4.06  0.061  0.217
last 14 games      38    2   10    3    1    0    3    2    5  0.263  0.300  0.395  0.695  0.303  4.15  0.037  0.167
May                74    4   16    4    1    1   10    7   17  0.216  0.277  0.338  0.615  0.268  4.40  0.061  0.205
Road               75    8   18    5    0    3   11    8   16  0.240  0.310  0.427  0.736  0.268  4.11  0.070  0.229
Nite               74   10   15    5    0    4   12   10   18  0.203  0.302  0.432  0.735  0.212  4.24  0.100  0.216
vs Right          118   13   28    6    0    5   15   16   24  0.237  0.333  0.415  0.749  0.258  4.39  0.096  0.161
Brian O'Nora        3    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0  0.667  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.667  3.75 -0.167  0.400

season totals     143   14   32    7    1    5   20   17   30  0.224  0.307  0.392  0.698  0.250  4.28  0.083  0.174

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sac fly. I'll take it!

[Keener98]

Good job Font, way to get the runner in.

[haubrich91]

RISP scored!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot flied out to center field , D Lee scored

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
runners on         65    4   14    0    0    1   12   16   14  0.215  0.373  0.262  0.635  0.260  4.07  0.158  0.139
Middle (4-6)       42    3    7    2    0    0    4    7   12  0.167  0.286  0.214  0.500  0.233  4.10  0.119  0.174
1 out              35    2    7    0    0    0    3    4    7  0.200  0.275  0.200  0.475  0.250  3.45  0.075  0.111
CUBS leading       49    2   11    1    0    1    6    4   10  0.224  0.283  0.306  0.589  0.263  3.77  0.059  0.143
last 14 games      36    1    9    1    0    0    2    6    8  0.250  0.372  0.278  0.650  0.321  3.98  0.122  0.095
May                79    6   22    3    0    1   10   12   18  0.278  0.376  0.354  0.731  0.350  4.10  0.098  0.176
Road               55    3    9    2    0    0    0    6   18  0.164  0.258  0.200  0.458  0.243  4.26  0.094  0.000
Nite               66    4   17    1    0    1    6    9   18  0.258  0.355  0.318  0.673  0.340  3.91  0.098  0.122
vs Right          101    8   22    4    0    1    9   16   24  0.218  0.328  0.287  0.615  0.276  4.13  0.110  0.140
Brian O'Nora        3    0    2    0    0    0    1    1    1  0.667  0.750  0.667  1.417  1.000  6.50  0.083  1.000

season totals     125    9   27    4    0    1   12   21   29  0.216  0.336  0.272  0.608  0.274  4.10  0.120  0.139

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Theriot lined out to right center field

Fukudome singled to center field

D Lee doubled to down the left field line , Fukudome scored

Johnson blooped a single to left center field , D Lee to third

Fontenot flied out to center field , D Lee scored

Soto lined out to left field

 

2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (13)

Atlanta: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wells         5.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  47

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Kawakami      6.0  6  4  3  1  2  1  87

[Little Slide Rooter]

LOL, Reed's little popup drops in for a hit while Theriot's scorcher was run down.

 

thats how baseball works. weak infield sinlge>loud warning track out.