5/14 Pirates (Burres) @ Cobs (Gorzelanny) - 1:20 PM CT, WGN

[bushwoodcc]

Worst defensive catcher in baseball and this team has to bunt runners over in order to generate a scoring chance. Embarrassing. Fontenot has now missed a bunt attempt TWICE already this season and been picked off both times.

[bushwoodcc]

Worst defensive catcher in baseball and this team has to bunt runners over in order to generate a scoring chance. Embarrassing. Fontenot has now missed a bunt attempt TWICE already this season and been picked off both times.

[apete6]

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[Old Style]

We are the dumbest [expletive] team in baseball

At least we are consistent. I've been saying that pretty much every year since the 70's.

[indycub]

98 mph? Pirates? Can't wait to sign this scrub for 10 million a year this offseason

[ctcf]

Theriot struck out swinging

 

At least Riot took more than one pitch

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Meek in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Fontenot, pinch hitting for Marshall, singled to center field

Fontenot picked off first base, 2-3

Theriot struck out swinging

Byrd flied out to right field

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: Byrd (7)

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Burress       4.0  7  6  5  2  2  1  77
Carrasco      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   6

[code]CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Gorzelanny    5.0  9  5  5  4  7  0 113
Caridad       0.3  1  1  1  1  0  0  13
Marshall      0.7  0  0  0  1  1  0  13

[Fred Hornkohl]

        Pittsburgh        CUBS
P/PA          4.09        3.41
RBI%          0.26        0.33
R/BR          0.38        0.50
BA           0.370       0.360
OBP          0.500       0.444
SLG          0.444       0.560
OPS          0.944       1.004
ERA           7.50        9.00
BB/9          3.00        9.00
K/9           4.50       12.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Grabow in to pitch for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Clement called out on strikes

[ctcf]

For those who were also relying on gameday, ESPN.com gamecast is working.

[Keener98]

Wow who was that guy pitching

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Grabow in to pitch for the CUBS

Cedeno struck out swinging

Clement called out on strikes

Iwamura struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Pittsburgh: none

CUBS: Byrd (7)

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Burress       4.0  7  6  5  2  2  1  77
Carrasco      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   6

[code]CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Gorzelanny    5.0  9  5  5  4  7  0 113
Caridad       0.3  1  1  1  1  0  0  13
Marshall      0.7  0  0  0  1  1  0  16
Grabow        1.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  13

[ctcf]

Did that seriously just happen?

[Fred Hornkohl]

        Pittsburgh        CUBS
P/PA          4.19        3.41
RBI%          0.26        0.33
R/BR          0.38        0.50
BA           0.333       0.360
OBP          0.457       0.444
SLG          0.400       0.560
OPS          0.857       1.004
ERA           7.50        7.71
BB/9          3.00        7.71
K/9           4.50       14.14

[apete6]

Grabow proving the blind squirrel/nut theory. What the hell was that?

[Ballgame64]

Worst defensive catcher in baseball and this team has to bunt runners over in order to generate a scoring chance. Embarrassing. Fontenot has now missed a bunt attempt TWICE already this season and been picked off both times.

What is embarrassing is the manager even thinking about a sacrifice bunt with anyone other than the pitcher batting in the bottom of the 6th inning in a tie game. Why would you even think about only playing for one run?

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        25    3    4    0    0    0    0    3    4  0.160  0.276  0.160  0.436  0.190  4.48    1.1  0.116  0.000
bases empty        67    7   13    1    0    2    2   12   18  0.194  0.325  0.299  0.624  0.234  4.44    6.5  0.131  0.000
Middle (4-6)       43    5   12    1    0    1    7    5    7  0.279  0.347  0.372  0.719  0.314  4.29    5.6  0.068  0.273
0 outs             42    6    6    0    0    0    1    5    7  0.143  0.245  0.143  0.388  0.171  4.37    1.5  0.102  0.053
Game tied          39    5   11    0    0    0    3    6   12  0.282  0.391  0.282  0.673  0.407  4.33    4.3  0.109  0.250
May                43    7   12    3    0    0    4    6    7  0.279  0.360  0.349  0.709  0.333  4.64    5.4  0.081  0.167
Home               61    8   16    3    0    2   10    3   11  0.262  0.292  0.410  0.702  0.292  4.46    7.3  0.030  0.250
Day                63   11   16    1    0    3   12    6   15  0.254  0.314  0.413  0.727  0.289  4.53    8.2  0.060  0.243
vs Right          102   17   26    3    0    4   15   17   23  0.255  0.364  0.402  0.766  0.293  4.50   14.9  0.109  0.204
vs Meek             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Pitts          11    1    2    0    0    0    0    2    2  0.182  0.308  0.182  0.490  0.222  4.85    0.6  0.126  0.000
Ted Barrett         0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

season totals     131   17   30    4    0    4   16   21   28  0.229  0.338  0.351  0.689  0.263  4.47   15.5  0.109  0.162

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nady               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        21    1    4    1    0    0    0    1    4  0.190  0.346  0.238  0.584  0.235  3.69    1.7  0.156  0.000
Middle (4-6)       15    0    4    0    0    0    0    1    5  0.267  0.389  0.267  0.656  0.400  3.61    1.6  0.122  0.000
1 out              18    0    3    0    0    0    1    1    4  0.167  0.250  0.167  0.417  0.214  3.25    0.8  0.083  0.100
Game tied          18    2    5    1    0    1    4    1    3  0.278  0.316  0.500  0.816  0.286  3.42    2.8  0.038  0.188
May                12    1    2    2    0    0    2    2    3  0.167  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.222  3.87    1.3  0.167  0.222
Home               20    2    4    1    0    1    3    1    4  0.200  0.304  0.400  0.704  0.200  3.65    2.4  0.104  0.133
Day                16    1    3    0    0    1    3    1    3  0.188  0.316  0.375  0.691  0.167  3.42    1.9  0.128  0.154
vs Right           18    1    4    0    0    1    4    2    4  0.222  0.417  0.389  0.806  0.231  3.67    2.9  0.194  0.176
vs Meek             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Pitts           7    0    1    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.143  0.250  0.286  0.536  0.200  3.75    0.5  0.107  0.250
Ted Barrett         3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  3.50    0.5  0.167  0.000

season totals      43    2    8    2    0    1    6    5   10  0.186  0.327  0.302  0.629  0.219  3.81    4.3  0.141  0.143

[Fro]

man, Jeff Garlin is really high or something.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have allowed double digit hits in 8 of their last 13 games

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[bushwoodcc]

Finally, the Grabow that the Cubs paid out the ass for.

[apete6]

Finally, the Grabow that the Cubs paid out the ass for.

 

He'll show the real Grabow in the next inning.