4/22 Dodgers (Billingsley) @ Cubs (Coleman) 1:20 p.m., WGN

[Little Slide Rooter]

Carlos Silva, Tom Gorzelanny, where are you?

 

I cant blame them for the Gorz trade, and hopefully, Doug Davis cant be much worse than Silva.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Blake struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ethier grounded out to first, 3-1

[pitchcs]

Haha, Oh poor Jeff Stevens

 

May as well have put Fred up there

 

:shock: Careful !!!

 

If Coleman were pitching you wouldn't even have to swing!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kemp walked

[TruffleShuffle]

This is the downside to Casey Coleman. When he doesn't have control of his pitches, he doesn't have the stuff to overcome that. Reminds me somewhat of Jason Marquis in that way actually. It's the reason that while he's an ok bet to be a 5th stater in the league he can never be more than that and he's better as a 6th/spot starter.

 

part of it is control and part of it is that he has fringy stuff and it's hard to feel confident in it, so he's going to nibble a lot. either way, he doesn't have much margin for error.

 

basically casey coleman's ceiling is jason marquis and his floor is the multitude of pitchers who can barely touch 90 mph and routinely get hammered in the major leagues.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Uribe homered to left field, Kemp scored

[Little Slide Rooter]

This is the downside to Casey Coleman. When he doesn't have control of his pitches, he doesn't have the stuff to overcome that. Reminds me somewhat of Jason Marquis in that way actually. It's the reason that while he's an ok bet to be a 5th stater in the league he can never be more than that and he's better as a 6th/spot starter.

 

part of it is control and part of it is that he has fringy stuff and it's hard to feel confident in it, so he's going to nibble a lot. either way, he doesn't have much margin for error.

 

basically casey coleman's ceiling is jason marquis and his floor is the multitude of pitchers who can barely touch 90 mph and routinely get hammered in the major leagues.

 

So basically, once either Wells and Cashner are back, or Jackson or Davis come up, he'll be spending a a lot of time with my favorite prospects, JR Mathes and Austin B-D.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Blake struck out swinging

Ethier grounded out to first, 3-1

Kemp walked

Uribe homered to left field, Kemp scored

Loney struck out swinging

 

2 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 6 2                        8  7  0
CUBS            0 0 0                          0  0  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   3.0  0  0  0  2  2  0  48

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  3  4  0  90
Stevens       1.3  1  2  2  1  2  1  31

[Fred Hornkohl]

      Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          5.04        4.36
RBI%          0.44        0.00
R/BR          0.67        0.00
BA           0.368       0.000
OBP          0.500       0.182
SLG          0.579       0.000
OPS          1.079       0.182
ERA           0.00       18.00
BB/9          6.00       11.25
K/9           6.00       13.50

[Little Slide Rooter]

May as well just let Stevens go until his arm falls off at this point rather than waste the rest of the pen in case the Cubs decide to play baseball the next 2 days. Should have just left Coleman in for a few more innings.

[TruffleShuffle]

there might be about 15 people left in the stands by the end of this one.

[Andy]

Coleman nibbling on Billingsley - twice - while Billingsley did nothing but plug 3 fastballs at 65 percent effort past Jeff Stevens in his AB. That's my pick for "most annoying part of this game". I HATE when we waste pitches trying to nibble against the other pitcher.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Castro grounded out to third, 5-3

Ramirez singled to left field

Pena walked, Ramirez to second

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd grounded into a FC, 3-6, Pena out at second, Ramirez to third

[Fred Hornkohl]

on a wild pitch, Ramirez scored, Byrd to second

[Guancous]

Soon we'll be able to score by our own volition.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Castro grounded out to third, 5-3

Ramirez singled to left field

Pena walked, Ramirez to second

Byrd grounded into a FC, 3-6, Pena out at second, Ramirez to third

on a wild pitch, Ramirez scored, Byrd to second

Soriano grounded out to short, 6-3

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 6 2                        8  7  0
CUBS            0 0 0 1                        1  1  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   4.0  1  1  1  3  2  0  69

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  3  4  0  90
Stevens       1.3  1  2  2  1  2  1  31

[Fred Hornkohl]

      Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          5.04        4.31
RBI%          0.44        0.00
R/BR          0.67        0.25
BA           0.368       0.077
OBP          0.500       0.250
SLG          0.579       0.077
OPS          1.079       0.327
ERA           2.25       18.00
BB/9          6.75       11.25
K/9           4.50       13.50

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sands flied out to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ellis walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ellis caught stealing, 2-4

[Fred Hornkohl]

Billingsley walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Sands flied out to left field

Ellis walked

Ellis caught stealing, 2-4

Billingsley walked

Carroll grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 6 2 0                      8  7  0
CUBS            0 0 0 1                        1  1  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   4.0  1  1  1  3  2  0  69

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  4  4  0  90
Stevens       2.3  1  2  2  3  2  1  53

[Fred Hornkohl]

      Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          5.11        4.31
RBI%          0.41        0.00
R/BR          0.57        0.25
BA           0.333       0.077
OBP          0.500       0.250
SLG          0.524       0.077
OPS          1.024       0.327
ERA           2.25       14.40
BB/9          6.75       12.60
K/9           4.50       10.80