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

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jensen in to pitch for Los Angeles

[Fred Hornkohl]

Colvin struck out swinging

[Guest]

Quade switched out Ramirez and Soriano for Colvin and DeWitt.

 

Guess he threw in the towel after the sixth.

[Schwarber Fan]

did Ramirez get double switched out or something?

[Guest]

I'm with CCP. You can have Grabow, Samardzija, etc. mop up. This is highly dangerous to Stevens and it shouldn't matter that he has little value to the team. He shouldn't be risking severe injury just so you can save other pitchers. There's got to be other options besides burning Marmol/Wood/Marshall or having Stevens throw 89 pitches.

[ctcf]

Uhhhhhhhhhh....

 

I mean I know it's 9-2 but did he seriously pull Aramis for Colvin with the bases loaded and 1 out?

[TruffleShuffle]

Uhhhhhhhhhh....

 

I mean I know it's 9-2 but did he seriously pull Aramis for Colvin with the bases loaded and 1 out?

 

no.

[Guest]

Uhhhhhhhhhh....

 

I mean I know it's 9-2 but did he seriously pull Aramis for Colvin with the bases loaded and 1 out?

 

He pulled Rammy after the sixth. Colvin for Rammy was a straight switch and then there was a double switch with Grabow going in for Soriano and DeWitt into the ninth spot.

[Schwarber Fan]

Pena's been hitting it much harder lately

[ctcf]

Jay Jackson, your table is ready.

 

Assuming his velocity is back after last night's performance, I hope he gets the callup for Tuesday night. We need some serious help in the 4/5 spot right now and he may give us the best chance to bridge the gap until Wells/Cashner come back.

 

i don't. he still might be a pretty good prospect (was adequate last year at age 22 in a hitter's league) and is still overcoming a tired arm or something along those lines. you don't need him coming up with the risk of getting knocked around and losing confidence. just bite the bullet, start coleman and hope the other team hits the ball at our fielders.

 

This. Jay just got back to AAA. At the very least he needs a few more starts.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Soto lined out to right field

DeWitt singled to right field

Fukudome singled to right field, DeWitt to second

Barney singled to center field, DeWitt scored, Fukudome to second

Castro grounded an IF single to first base, Fukudome to third, Barney to second

Jensen in to pitch for Los Angeles

Colvin struck out swinging

Pena lined out to left field

 

1 runs 4 hits 0 errors 3 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   5.3  7  2  1  3  3  0 108
Jensen        0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0   7

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  4  4  0  90
Stevens       3.3  1  3  3  6  2  1  89
Grabow        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  10

[Fred Hornkohl]

      Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          5.11        3.59
RBI%          0.36        0.06
R/BR          0.53        0.20
BA           0.269       0.241
OBP          0.486       0.313
SLG          0.423       0.310
OPS          0.909       0.623
ERA           1.50       11.57
BB/9          4.50       12.86
K/9           6.00        9.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Washington     0
Pittsburgh     0  ppd

Arizona        0
NY Mets        0  6:10

Colorado       0
Florida        0  6:10

Houston        0
Milwaukee      0  7:10

Cincinnati     0
St. Louis      0  7:15

Philadelphia   0
San Diego      0  9:05

Atlanta        0
San Francisco  0  9:15

white sox      0
Detroit        0  6:05

[Fred Hornkohl]

Blake flied out to right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ethier struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kemp doubled to left center field

[TruffleShuffle]

I'm with CCP. You can have Grabow, Samardzija, etc. mop up. This is highly dangerous to Stevens and it shouldn't matter that he has little value to the team. He shouldn't be risking severe injury just so you can save other pitchers. There's got to be other options besides burning Marmol/Wood/Marshall or having Stevens throw 89 pitches.

 

i suppose samardzija could have come in for the 6th and 7th then you just waste grabow in the 8th/9th, but then each of those guys is not available tomorrow. as it is they should send down stevens and call up someone else since stevens is done for a while. it would have been an easy transition from stevens to samardzija since neither one can throw strikes.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Blake flied out to right field

Ethier struck out swinging

Kemp doubled to left center field

Uribe grounded out to short, 6-3

 

0 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 0 1 0 0                9  8  1
CUBS            0 0 0 1 0 0 1                  2  7  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   5.3  7  2  1  3  3  0 108
Jensen        0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0   7

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  4  4  0  90
Stevens       3.3  1  3  3  6  2  1  89
Grabow        2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  19

[Fred Hornkohl]

      Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          4.83        3.59
RBI%          0.35        0.06
R/BR          0.50        0.20
BA           0.267       0.241
OBP          0.462       0.313
SLG          0.433       0.310
OPS          0.895       0.623
ERA           1.50       10.13
BB/9          4.50       11.25
K/9           6.00        9.00

[Schwarber Fan]

Can't believe we waited a day + for this crap

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd struck out swinging

Johnson, pinch hitting for Grabow, struck out swinging

[Little Slide Rooter]

Did anyone else notice that Kosukes hitting .400?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Byrd struck out swinging

Johnson, pinch hitting for Grabow, struck out swinging

K Hill, pinch hitting for Soto, called out on strikes

 

0 runs 0 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 0 1 0 0                9  8  1
CUBS            0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0                2  7  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Uribe (2)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Billingsley   5.3  7  2  1  3  3  0 108
Jensen        1.7  0  0  0  0  4  0  24

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Coleman       2.7  6  6  6  4  4  0  90
Stevens       3.3  1  3  3  6  2  1  89
Grabow        2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  19

[Schwarber Fan]

Did anyone else notice that Kosukes hitting .400?

 

It's April, we're all used to it.

 

Pretty sure he doesn't have an XBH.

[ctcf]

Did anyone else notice that Kosukes hitting .400?

 

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