7/18 Cubs (Wells) @ Nationals (Zimmerman) 6:05PM WGN

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Heilman in to pitch for the CUBS

Nieves lined out to first base

Belliard, pinch hitting for Bergmann, walked

Morgan singled to right field , Belliard to third on a fielding error, E9

Johnson walked , Morgan to second

Gregg in to pitch for the CUBS

R Zimmerman flied out to right field , Belliard scored, Morgan to third

Dunn walked , Johnson to second

Willingham grounded out to third, 5-3

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 3 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1                6 11  1
Washington      2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1                5 10  1

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (15), Fontenot (7)

Washington: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wells         5.0  7  4  4  1  1  0  85
Guzman        0.7  1  0  0  1  0  0  22
Marshall      0.7  1  0  0  1  0  0  20
Marmol        0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0  14
Heilman       0.3  1  1  1  2  0  0  18
Gregg         0.7  0  0  0  1  0  0  16

 

Washington     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
J Zimmermann  5.3  6  5  4  1  8  1 100
Burnett       0.7  1  0  0  0  0  0   8
Bergmann      2.0  4  1  1  0  2  1  37

[bcl412]

I wish Patton wasn't on the DL so we could watch him close. It would provide the perfect finale for this one.

[TruffleShuffle]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Need to score like 3 runs in the top of the 9th

[Fred Hornkohl]

              CUBS  Washington
P/PA          4.03        4.27
RBI%          0.21        0.20
R/BR          0.50        0.28
BA           0.324       0.333
OBP          0.343       0.500
SLG          0.676       0.433
OPS          1.019       0.933
ERA           5.63        5.63
BB/9          6.75        1.13
K/9           1.13       11.25

[Irrelevant Dude]

Who closes in the 9th? Gregg threw a lot of pitches already in the 8th, plus this is his 3rd straight day.

[Bruno7481]

I don't know what people expect from Gregg. He has been solid and did a good job that inning not giving into Dunn and battling Willingham.

[bcl412]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

 

Who's left? Samardzija is all I can think of.

[Soul]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

 

And I can't even blame Lou because Marshall was fading, and then Marmol and Heilman just plain sucked. He's got to do something to try to keep the lead.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

On replay, that was a much better throw than I thought.

[Fred Hornkohl]

San Francisco  0
Pittsburgh     2  F

Milwaukee      4  8
Cincinnati     1

Arizona        4
St. Louis      1  9

Houston        0
Los Angeles    0  9:10

[bcl412]

I don't know what people expect from Gregg. He has been solid and did a good job that inning not giving into Dunn and battling Willingham.

 

He's really lucky Willingham swung at ball 4.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Beimel in to pitch for Washington

[Soul]

I don't know what people expect from Gregg. He has been solid and did a good job that inning not giving into Dunn and battling Willingham.

 

They are expecting their closer to have much better stuff.

[coldsteel]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/blackandwhitesoricat.jpg

 

This one has potential.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Cardinals have lost.

[Guest]

I don't know what people expect from Gregg. He has been solid and did a good job that inning not giving into Dunn and battling Willingham.

 

Its not what I expect from Gregg - I would just like to have a dominating closer. Fewer walks and fewer flyballs would be a good start. He reminds me too much of Bob Howry.

[Soul]

On replay, that was a much better throw than I thought.

 

He knows Lee will dig him out.

[JWCUB]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

 

Who's left? Samardzija is all I can think of.

 

Is Stevens still here?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        61   10   20    7    1    2    2    5   14  0.328  0.379  0.574  0.953  0.400  3.73  0.051  0.000
bases empty       168   20   39   11    2    5    5   24   34  0.232  0.332  0.411  0.742  0.264  4.08  0.099  0.000
Late (7th on)      87    9   21    5    0    2    8   13   22  0.241  0.337  0.368  0.704  0.302  4.08  0.095  0.150
0 outs             84   17   27    9    1    2    4   12   18  0.321  0.406  0.524  0.930  0.391  3.73  0.085  0.118
CUBS leading       87   12   25    5    1    3   13   21   10  0.287  0.423  0.471  0.895  0.297  4.02  0.136  0.303
This series         4    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.500  4.50  0.000  0.000
last 10 games      31    5    7    2    1    1    3    3    4  0.226  0.286  0.452  0.737  0.231  3.71  0.060  0.200
July               44    6   11    4    1    2    4    5    4  0.250  0.320  0.523  0.843  0.237  3.78  0.070  0.125
Road              137   17   38    9    2    4   16   23   34  0.277  0.385  0.460  0.845  0.343  3.94  0.108  0.203
Nite              128   18   34   11    0    4   12   23   35  0.266  0.386  0.445  0.831  0.337  4.10  0.120  0.145
vs Left            24    4    5    1    0    1    4    4    7  0.208  0.310  0.375  0.685  0.250  3.80  0.102  0.176
vs Beimel           0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00  0.000  0.000

season totals     263   39   67   18    3    7   27   47   55  0.255  0.368  0.426  0.794  0.299  4.03  0.114  0.187

[CyHawk_Cub]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/blackandwhitesoricat.jpg

 

This one has potential.

 

Didn't realize Sori was a furry....eewwww

[bcl412]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

 

Who's left? Samardzija is all I can think of.

 

Is Stevens still here?

 

I don't even know who that is.

[Bruno7481]

I don't know what people expect from Gregg. He has been solid and did a good job that inning not giving into Dunn and battling Willingham.

 

They are expecting their closer to have much better stuff.

 

Like Wood?

 

Gregg has been fine this year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 36-4 when they lead at the end of the 8th inning

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Soul]

man we had better win this game in 9 because our bullpen is boned otherwise.

 

Who's left? Samardzija is all I can think of.

 

Is Stevens still here?

 

I assume yes, because Dibble mentioned him. I haven't been following the transactions.