4/26 Cubs (Russell) vs Rockies (De La Rosa) 7:05 WGN

[Schwarber Fan]

sigh

[MWV]

Ducked in to catch up on the game (busy working) and MY GOD does Russell give up homers. 2 to a lefty, no less. I thought retiring lefties was the one thing Russell was decent at.

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to give a damn about this team.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Soto popped out to shortstop

Soriano lined out to shortstop

Johnson 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
Colorado        1 0 1 1 1 0                    4  6  1
CUBS            2 0 0 0 0 0                    2  6  0

 

Home runs:

Colorado: Helton (2 & 3), Wigginton (2)

CUBS: none

 

Colorado       IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
De La Rosa    6.0  6  2  1  0  7  0  97

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Russell       4.0  5  4  4  3  4  3  82
Berg          2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  23

[Fred Hornkohl]

         Colorado        CUBS
P/PA          3.75        3.73
RBI%          0.10        0.06
R/BR          0.40        0.29
BA           0.250       0.240
OBP          0.357       0.269
SLG          0.708       0.240
OPS          1.065       0.509
ERA           1.50        6.00
BB/9          0.00        4.50
K/9          10.50        9.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets        6
Washington     4  F

San Francisco  1  8
Pittsburgh     2

LA Dodgers     2
Florida        4  F

St. Louis      3
Houston        2  6

Cincinnati     2  8
Milwaukee      2

Philadelphia   1
Arizona        0  2

Atlanta        0  1
San Diego      0

white sox      3
NY Yanks       2  9

[Little Slide Rooter]

That was one of the more puzzling things I've seen. You've got a reliever making a spot start, he's thrown 80 pitches and isn't really looking good, the wind's blowing out, he's facing 3-4-5 hitters of the opponent in the 5th, you're batting and you've got a guy on first with one down, and you send the pitcher up there to hit. Not only that, he shows bunt on pitch one, but not on pitch two. Pitch 3, when he's up 2-0, he doesn't show bunt and now it's 2-1 as the heater down the middle is a strike. Then you trade showing bunt and not, and wind up having him bunt with two strikes only to K after fouling the last pitch off swinging? To top it off, he throws four (?) pitches to the first batter and gives up a dinger, then you pull him.

 

Quade, are you [expletive]?

This

 

Pretty much. Quade is really doing his best to show he's a typically crappy MLB manager.

 

Can they just offer him his old job as back and hire a major league manager? Under better management, this team wouldnt be great, but theyd have a chance to be decent.

Edited April 27, 2011 by Little Slide Rooter

[Fred Hornkohl]

Marshall in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

Herrera singled to right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Helton flied out to shallow center field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Tulowitzki flied out to deep right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Marshall in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

Herrera singled to right field

Helton flied out to shallow center field

Tulowitzki flied out to deep right field

Herrera caught stealing, 2-4

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Colorado: Helton (2 & 3), Wigginton (2)

CUBS: none

 

Colorado       IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
De La Rosa    6.0  6  2  1  0  7  0  97

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Russell       4.0  5  4  4  3  4  3  82
Berg          2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  23
Marshall      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  12

[Sammy Sofa]

That was one of the more puzzling things I've seen. You've got a reliever making a spot start, he's thrown 80 pitches and isn't really looking good, the wind's blowing out, he's facing 3-4-5 hitters of the opponent in the 5th, you're batting and you've got a guy on first with one down, and you send the pitcher up there to hit. Not only that, he shows bunt on pitch one, but not on pitch two. Pitch 3, when he's up 2-0, he doesn't show bunt and now it's 2-1 as the heater down the middle is a strike. Then you trade showing bunt and not, and wind up having him bunt with two strikes only to K after fouling the last pitch off swinging? To top it off, he throws four (?) pitches to the first batter and gives up a dinger, then you pull him.

 

Quade, are you [expletive]?

This

 

Pretty much. Quade is really doing his best to show he's a typically crappy MLB manager.

 

Can they just offer him his old job as back and hire a major league manager? Under better management, this team wouldnt be great, but theyd have a chance to be decent.

 

I said "typically crappy" for a reason. Most MLB managers stink.

[Fred Hornkohl]

         Colorado        CUBS
P/PA          3.77        3.73
RBI%          0.09        0.06
R/BR          0.36        0.29
BA           0.259       0.240
OBP          0.355       0.269
SLG          0.667       0.240
OPS          1.022       0.509
ERA           1.50        5.14
BB/9          0.00        3.86
K/9          10.50        7.71

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets        6
Washington     4  F

San Francisco  1  8
Pittsburgh     2

LA Dodgers     2
Florida        4  F

St. Louis      3
Houston        4  6

Cincinnati     2  8
Milwaukee      2

Philadelphia   1
Arizona        3  2

Atlanta        2  1
San Diego      0

white sox      3
NY Yanks       2  F

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome, pinch hitting for Marshall, grounded out to first, unassisted

[Fred Hornkohl]

Castro grounded out to third, 5-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Barney struck out swinging , safe at first on a dropped 3rd strike

[Cubswin11]

It would be nice if Marlon could remember how to hit the ball hard here.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Fukudome, pinch hitting for Marshall, grounded out to first, unassisted

Castro grounded out to third, 5-3

Barney struck out swinging , safe at first on a dropped 3rd strike

Byrd struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Colorado: Helton (2 & 3), Wigginton (2)

CUBS: none

 

Colorado       IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
De La Rosa    7.0  6  2  1  0  9  0 110

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Russell       4.0  5  4  4  3  4  3  82
Berg          2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  23
Marshall      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  12

[Fred Hornkohl]

         Colorado        CUBS
P/PA          3.77        3.67
RBI%          0.09        0.06
R/BR          0.36        0.29
BA           0.259       0.207
OBP          0.355       0.233
SLG          0.667       0.207
OPS          1.022       0.440
ERA           1.29        5.14
BB/9          0.00        3.86
K/9          11.57        7.71

[Cubswin11]

Cripes, Byrd is about as useful (and powerful) as Theriot at the plate right now.

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets        6
Washington     4  F

San Francisco  1  8
Pittsburgh     2

LA Dodgers     2
Florida        4  F

St. Louis      3  7
Houston        4

Cincinnati     2
Milwaukee      3  8

Philadelphia   1
Arizona        3  2

Atlanta        2  1
San Diego      0

white sox      3
NY Yanks       2  F

[Little Slide Rooter]

this team is not good.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wood in (3rd) to pitch, Fukudome in rf, Johnson in lf for the CUBS

[Cubswin11]

Without looking it up, I have to imagine the Cubs are easily at the bottom 1/3 of the league in HR and SLG. Edited April 27, 2011 by Cubswin11