5/28 Cardinals (Carpenter) @ Cubs (Wells) 1:20 WGN/MLBNet

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ludwick popped out (foul) to first base

[jersey cubs fan]

Stupid play, but then again why is Lee taking strike 3 right down the middle of the plate?

 

 

exactly, dumb call maybe but that was lee's fault.

Its not Lees fault his manager is a [expletive] moron who sent the runners down 5 damn runs in the 1st freaking inning.

I'm not arguing the bad manager decision, but how is it not Lee's fault that he took a fastball right down the middle of the plate?

 

Guys take called third strikes. It's a 3-2 count, a ball is a walk. If he thought it was a ball, he's thinking go to first. They needed baserunners, not 90 feet.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

James Russel should have Grabow's salary and John can go to Iowa.

[Garwilly]

In the spirit of nobody cares, a buddy from StL and I bet on the following three things just before the game started.

 

*Only in games between the the clubs*

 

1) Over wins

2) Batting Triple Crown stats (2 of 3 wins)

3) Pitching stats (K's, BB's, ERA), again 2 of 3.

 

 

I'm gonna lose all three bets.

Why on earth would you have made those bets?

 

We always do something of the sort. And really, looking at season stats, the Cubs match up favorably in the stats.

[JoshiQ]

Actor Gary Coleman has passed away.

 

And the hits just keep coming.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pujols walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

Holliday singled to center field , Pujols to second

[Keener98]

Is it just me, or is Keener double posting a lot? Also, on a hit-n-run, you swing the freaking bat! ESPECIALLY if it's right down the middle.

Lol sorry! I'm on my Blackberry and I have no idea why I'm double posting. I hit submit once and then I'm gettin an "oops" on my browser. I'm using Opera 5 mini and like I said I don't know wtf is going on.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Is Zambrano available today? Time to stretch that arm out big guy...

[Keener98]

Is it just me, or is Keener double posting a lot? Also, on a hit-n-run, you swing the freaking bat! ESPECIALLY if it's right down the middle.

Lol sorry! I'm on my Blackberry and I have no idea why I'm double posting. I hit submit once and then I'm gettin an "oops" on my browser. I'm using Opera 5 mini and like I said I don't know wtf is going on.

[Sever82]

How about the cubs move Wells and Gorzelanny to the Pen and bring up Cashner for the rotation instead of putting Cashner in the pen when they call him up.

[jersey cubs fan]

Wait, that was a double steal with a 3-2 count? He was thrown out at 3rd? That's even more dumb.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Lopez flied out to right field

Ludwick popped out (foul) to first base

Pujols walked

Holliday singled to center field , Pujols to second

Rasmus struck out swinging

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
St. Louis       5 0                            5  7  0
CUBS            0                              0  2  0

 

Home runs:

St. Louis: none

CUBS: none

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Carpenter     1.0  2  0  0  1  1  0  20

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wells         0.0  6  5  5  0  0  0  16
Russell       2.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  28

[Fred Hornkohl]

Houston        0
Cincinnati     0  6:10

Pittsburgh     0
Atlanta        0  6:35

NY Mets        0
Milwaukee      0  7:10

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 18-7 when they score first in the game.... 5-18 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when they score in the first inning.... 18-20 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Careless]

Am I crazy, or have the Cardinals sent 14 batters to the plate and had a total of three called strikes against them?

[UK1679666180]

Stupid play, but then again why is Lee taking strike 3 right down the middle of the plate?

 

 

exactly, dumb call maybe but that was lee's fault.

Its not Lees fault his manager is a [expletive] moron who sent the runners down 5 damn runs in the 1st freaking inning.

I'm not arguing the bad manager decision, but how is it not Lee's fault that he took a fastball right down the middle of the plate?

 

Guys take called third strikes. It's a 3-2 count, a ball is a walk. If he thought it was a ball, he's thinking go to first. They needed baserunners, not 90 feet.

 

Lee was at fault for not recognizing a strike with 2 strikes, it was poor pitch recognition.

 

But the combo of a strike-out pitcher, a batter that often strikes out, avg. speed on the bases, shorter throwing distance to 3B, best arm in the game, and 5 runs behind was a much worse decision than Lee passing up a strike.

[Cubswin11]

How about the cubs move Wells and Gorzelanny to the Pen and bring up Cashner for the rotation instead of putting Cashner in the pen when they call him up.

Stop making sense and thinking logically.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS gave up 5 runs in the first inning..........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.29  Thu 05/06  @ Pittsburgh    N   1-11  Wells           Burress       

[J.R.]

"fists it foul"

[Irrelevant Dude]

It's going to suck for Russell when he gets undeservedly sent back to Iowa because the Cubs have too many lefties in the bullpen.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        36    7   11    6    0    1    1    2    5  0.306  0.342  0.556  0.898  0.333  3.87    6.8  0.037  0.000
bases empty        94   17   27   11    0    3    3    3   13  0.287  0.337  0.500  0.837  0.308  3.68   15.8  0.049  0.000
Early (1-3)        61    7   16    3    0    3   14    3   10  0.262  0.303  0.459  0.762  0.271  3.39    8.5  0.041  0.244
0 outs             59   13   20    6    0    4    7    2    7  0.339  0.371  0.644  1.015  0.333  3.60   14.1  0.032  0.158
CUBS trailing      67    9   21    7    0    1    6    2   11  0.313  0.351  0.463  0.814  0.364  3.46   10.9  0.038  0.179
last 10 games      32    3    4    0    0    0    1    3    4  0.125  0.222  0.125  0.347  0.143  3.64    0.9  0.097  0.071
May                91   13   24    7    0    3   10    4   12  0.264  0.320  0.440  0.760  0.276  3.46   12.8  0.056  0.159
Home               92   12   31   10    0    4   13    1   13  0.337  0.347  0.576  0.923  0.360  3.41   18.4  0.010  0.200
Day                87   11   26   10    0    5   15    1   10  0.299  0.315  0.586  0.901  0.292  3.33   16.0  0.016  0.213
vs Right          128   20   36    8    0    6   17    4   18  0.281  0.321  0.484  0.806  0.288  3.57   19.9  0.040  0.157

season totals     180   27   55   16    0    7   26    6   25  0.306  0.342  0.511  0.853  0.324  3.47   31.5  0.036  0.196

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd struck out swinging

[SouthSideRyan]

It's going to suck for Russell when he gets undeservedly sent back to Iowa because the Cubs have too many lefties in the bullpen.

 

They're gonna send down Stevens and move Wells to the pen. Bob Howry will remain safe.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        66   10   18    4    0    4    4   14   17  0.273  0.400  0.515  0.915  0.311  4.10   13.6  0.127  0.000
Early (1-3)        38    4    7    0    0    0    2    5    7  0.184  0.279  0.184  0.463  0.226  4.09    2.0  0.095  0.091
1 out              45    3   10    4    0    1    4    7   15  0.222  0.327  0.378  0.705  0.310  4.23    5.6  0.105  0.111
CUBS trailing      45    6   10    3    0    1    3   11   13  0.222  0.375  0.356  0.731  0.290  4.25    6.0  0.153  0.118
last 10 games      20    1    1    0    0    0    0    4    7  0.050  0.208  0.050  0.258  0.077  4.13    0.2  0.158  0.000
May                60    6   11    3    0    1    3   13   17  0.183  0.329  0.283  0.612  0.238  4.21    5.6  0.145  0.074
Home               61    9   15    1    0    2    5   16   15  0.246  0.403  0.361  0.763  0.295  4.42    8.9  0.157  0.120
Day                59   10   13    1    0    3    5   14   16  0.220  0.370  0.390  0.760  0.250  4.38    8.5  0.150  0.080
vs Right           75   13   18    3    0    3    7   20   18  0.240  0.400  0.400  0.800  0.278  4.32   12.0  0.160  0.129

season totals     113   17   29    4    0    4   10   30   27  0.257  0.413  0.398  0.811  0.305  4.27   18.6  0.156  0.120