4/23 Meh (Dempster) vs Brewers (Suppan) 7:10p WGN, XM187

[Sosa21MVP]

Heck of a blast by Colvin. I like it. \:D/

[NotSoSober]

Now no need for Marmol in the 9th, hopefully he doesn't come back out

[Schwarber Fan]

Is Colvin dead?

 

no

[SouthSideRyan]

I probably would've put the over over/under on Colvin HRs this year at 2.

 

Who wants to bet Marmol finishes the game?

[Careless]

Fielder is trying to figure out why his don't do that against the Cubs

[chuckywang]

That ball was kilt

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Coffey in to pitch for Milwaukee

D Lee called out on strikes

Tracy grounded out to first, unassisted

Byrd singled to center field

Colvin homered to center field , Byrd scored

Fontenot grounded out to short, 6-3

 

2 runs 2 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2              8 13  1
Milwaukee       0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0                1  7  3

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Fukudome (2), Colvin (1)

Milwaukee: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      7.7  7  1  1  1  4  0 111
Marmol        0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0   5

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Suppan        4.3 10  6  5  2  2  1  79
Vargas        0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Parra         2.0  0  0  0  1  4  0  35
Hawkins       1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  11
Coffey        1.0  2  2  2  0  1  1  24

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, Marmol should not be coming out again...but of course he will.

[Fred Hornkohl]

San Diego     10
Cincinnati     4  F

Pittsburgh     3
Houston        4  F

St. Louis      0
San Francisco  2  3

[Little Slide Rooter]

With the 7 run lead and Braun and Fielder out of the way, this would be a good time to let someone else pitch. Probably wont happent though.

[Sammy Sofa]

Alright, Tyler...you are forgiven for bumping Soriano in the middle of a hot streak.

[Sammy Sofa]

It really is disheartening how Lou manages his bullpen.

[Roast]

Now no need for Marmol in the 9th, hopefully he doesn't come back out

Why? He hasn't worked a whole ton recently and we're in the middle of a 19-game stretch w/out an off day. Plus Lilly is coming back w/ a pitch count tomorrow. Marmol looks to be on tonight, I have no doubt he can mow through the bottom of this order fairly quickly. No reason to waste another pitcher that we may need tomorrow.

[NotSoSober]

Now no need for Marmol in the 9th, hopefully he doesn't come back out

:banghead: It's a [expletive] 7 run lead, Lou

[Keener98]

Hahaha if you have never googled Ted Lilly before, I suggest you do, and then go to "the ted lilly fan club" . Wow

[Careless]

Oh, hi, Marmol, please, close out this game we have a 7 run lead in

[Fred Hornkohl]

Edmonds lined out to third base

[Roast]

lol I still love that Edmonds tried to climb the wall for that HR

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zaun singled to center field

[SouthSideRyan]

The excuse will be that nobody was ready to go and the inning ended so quickly after Colvin's HR.

 

WHAT IS THE [expletive] HARM IN GETTING GRAY WARMED UP IN CASE WE SCORE A RUN CAUSE GOD KNOWS HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY HOLD THE 5 RUN LEAD IN 1 INNING, BUT 6 OR 7 LOU???

[Yeti]

Hahaha if you have never googled Ted Lilly before, I suggest you do, and then go to "the ted lilly fan club" . Wow

tha's a pretty amusing read

[Fred Hornkohl]

Escobar called out on strikes

[Sammy Sofa]

Now no need for Marmol in the 9th, hopefully he doesn't come back out

Why? He hasn't worked a whole ton recently and we're in the middle of a 19-game stretch w/out an off day. Plus Lilly is coming back w/ a pitch count tomorrow. Marmol looks to be on tonight, I have no doubt he can mow through the bottom of this order fairly quickly. No reason to waste another pitcher that we may need tomorrow.

 

Eh, with a 7 run lead you can toss one guy out there and just let them finish it. It's good work for a bullpen that desperately needs more experience because it gives the pitcher a ton of room to make some mistakes.

[Careless]

So is Lou Piniella cripplingly senile, or mentally [expletive]?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zaun took second on defensive indifference