4/20 Game 2: Padres (Harang) @ Cubs (Russell) 6:05 pm, CSN+

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wednesday 20 April 2011

San Diego @ CUBS

18:05

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
San Diego       0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0              5 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0              4 13  0



San Diego
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Denorfia      rf       5   1   3   1   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Bartlett      ss       4   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Headley       3b       3   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1
Cantu         1b       4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maybin        cf       4   2   2   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Ludwick       lf       4   2   3   2   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0
Johnson       c        4   0   1   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gonzalez      2b       2   0   0   1   2   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Harang        p        3   0   1   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Frieri        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Qualls        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hudson        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bell          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                34   5  12   5   2   2  18   1   3   0   1   0   3   0   3   0   1



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Fukudome      rf       5   0   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Barney        2b       5   0   2   1   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Castro        ss       4   0   1   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ramirez       3b       4   0   1   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Pena          1b       2   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Stevens       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Byrd          ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mateo         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
DeWitt        ph       1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Grabow        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soriano       lf       4   2   2   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0
Soto          c        4   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Johnson       cf       4   0   3   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Russell       p        1   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Baker         1b       3   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                38   4  13   4   0  10  16   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0



San Diego
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Harang           6.0   9   2   2   0   5   0   97
Frieri           1.0   1   0   0   0   2   0   22
Qualls           1.0   2   2   2   0   2   1   18
Bell             1.0   1   0   0   0   1   0   23

totals           9.0  13   4   4   0  10   1  160


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Russell          4.0   7   4   4   1   0   3   74
Stevens          2.0   2   1   1   0   0   0   22
Mateo            2.0   2   0   0   0   2   0   31
Grabow           1.0   1   0   0   1   0   0   15

totals           9.0  12   5   5   2   2   3  142

W: Harang (4-0)
S: Bell
L: Russell (1-2)

T:  2:47
A:  35,095

Home runs:
San Diego: Ludwick (2), Maybin (3), Denorfia (2)
CUBS: Soriano (6)

[ChiCubsFan]

Looking at strike 3 down the middle?

 

It was a pretty nasty curveball.

[Schwarber Fan]

Heath Bell's celebration: really?

[CubColtPacer]

Looking at strike 3 down the middle?

 

Looks like he didn't pick up the spin there..by the time he realized it wasn't a high fastball like all the others Bell had thrown it was way too late.

[Ski]

I miss the middle of last season, where the Cubs were in the tank and I had a stress free summer.

[ConstableRabbit]

Looking at strike 3 down the middle?

 

Looks like he didn't pick up the spin there..by the time he realized it wasn't a high fastball like all the others Bell had thrown it was way too late.

Ah, I was watching on Gamecast. That makes me feel a little better.

[BCVM22]

I miss the middle of last season, where the Cubs were in the tank and I had a stress free summer.

 

I'll take this any year, even if the eventual end result is always the same.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Baker singled to center field

 

Would reed have scored from 2nd?

It's not impossible. It took fairly long for the CF to get it, but he was really close to the IF when he did

 

Also, Starlin robbed of a double or triple and the Cubs robbed of runs just now

 

And even if Reed didn't score on the Baker single, he would have scored on Fukudome's single.

 

Looks like this sequence of events ended up looming large. Oh well, we still won the series. Lets go out there and beat the Dodgers while they still have a team to beat.

[Brian]

so the cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8 and now 9-9 correct?

 

How delightfully average this team is.

[Careless]

Looking at strike 3 down the middle?

 

Looks like he didn't pick up the spin there..by the time he realized it wasn't a high fastball like all the others Bell had thrown it was way too late.

Ah, I was watching on Gamecast. That makes me feel a little better.

Yeah, he threw him high fastballs which he didn't swing at and then struck him out on a pitch that started high and broke at the bottom of the zone, if that's what he meant to do, it was very good pitching.

[Guest]

With the Cards on the verge of winning, there will be a four-way tie for first in the NL Central. The Cubs, Cards, Brewers and Reds are all 9-9. Had the Pirates won today, they also would have been 9-9.

[otis89]

With the Cards on the verge of winning, there will be a four-way tie for first in the NL Central. The Cubs, Cards, Brewers and Reds are all 9-9. Had the Pirates won today, they also would have been 9-9.

 

This division is freaking nuts.

[Omar]

With the day off tomorrow, why didn't the Cubs just start Coleman for game 2 and skip Russell's start?

[Outshined_One]

so the cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8 and now 9-9 correct?

 

How delightfully average this team is.

 

Yet we're tied for first.

 

I don't want to get irrationally hopeful that this team could compete if Wells and Cashner come back healthy and effective.

[otis89]

so the cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8 and now 9-9 correct?

 

How delightfully average this team is.

 

Yet we're tied for first.

 

I don't want to get irrationally hopeful that this team could compete if Wells and Cashner come back healthy and effective.

 

All the Cubs have to be to be competitive is mediocre. It is not going to take much to win this division.

[UMFan83]

so the cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8 and now 9-9 correct?

 

How delightfully average this team is.

 

Yet we're tied for first.

 

I don't want to get irrationally hopeful that this team could compete if Wells and Cashner come back healthy and effective.

 

All the Cubs have to be to be competitive is mediocre. It is not going to take much to win this division.

 

Maybe...but 9-9 playing the Pirates, Diamondbacks, Brewers, Astros, Rockies, and Padres is probably not good enough because the Phillies, Braves, Giants, Dodgers, Yankees and Red Sox are still on the schedule.

[SouthSideRyan]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

[CubColtPacer]

With the day off tomorrow, why didn't the Cubs just start Coleman for game 2 and skip Russell's start?

 

Coleman would have had to pitch on short rest.

 

The good news is that the Cubs only have to have the #5 spot come up twice more in the next 3+ weeks. Hopefully they'll have one of Wells/Cashner back by around mid-May (probably Wells).

[Soul]

I'm just really ready for the weather to not be this terrible anymore. Not just for baseball.

 

I'm done with winter. No more sleet-snow, thx.

[UMFan83]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

[Soul]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

 

Playoffs?.......PLAYOFFS?

 

Don't talk about.........Playoffs?!?

[SouthSideRyan]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

 

Except the Rockies are one of the best teams in the NL and the Brewers are with us and the Reds at the top of our mediocre division.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

so the cubs have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8 and now 9-9 correct?

 

How delightfully average this team is.

 

Yet we're tied for first.

Yeah, with everybody.

[javy knows my name]

I miss the middle of last season, where the Cubs were in the tank and I had a stress free summer.

 

This post just sucks completely

[ConstableRabbit]

"Unfortunately, we didn't get the sweep," losing pitcher James Russell said. "But two out of three is just as good."

 

Ummmmm what?