6/18 Yankees (Burnett) at Cnbs (Dempster), 3:10, FOX

[thefranchise]

Wel.....

[TruffleShuffle]

Tie game! Oh right, Grabow.

 

i blame samardzija more for allowing 5 baserunners in 1.1 innings than i do grablow for giving up a hit.

[bcl412]

Yeah, shut up about bunting there you idiots.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto grounded into a DP, 4-3, Montanez out at second

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Rivera in (9th) to pitch for New York

Johnson homered to left field

Soriano singled to center field

Montanez in to pinch run for Soriano

Soto grounded into a DP, 4-3, Montanez out at second

Baker struck out swinging

 

1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
NY Yankees      0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1              4 11  2
CUBS            0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1              3  6  0

 

W: Burnett (7-5)

S: Rivera

L: Dempster (5-6)

 

T: 3:45

A: 42,236

 

Home runs:

NY Yankees: none

CUBS: Pena (11), Johnson (4)

 

NY Yankees     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Burnett       5.3  4  2  2  3  8  1 104
Wade          0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0  12
Noesi         1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  15
Robertson     1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  11
Rivera        1.0  2  1  1  0  1  1  13

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      5.3  8  3  3  6  6  0 119
Russell       0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0   7
Carpenter     1.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  14
Samardzija    1.3  2  0  0  3  1  0  40
Grabow        0.7  1  1  0  0  0  0   6

[Fred Hornkohl]

       NY Yankees        CUBS
P/PA          4.23        4.31
RBI%          0.15        0.06
R/BR          0.19        0.30
BA           0.367       0.188
OBP          0.553       0.278
SLG          0.467       0.375
OPS          1.019       0.653
ERA           3.00        3.00
BB/9          3.00       10.00
K/9          11.00        7.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Toronto        0  3
Cincinnati     0

Texas          4  R
Atlanta        2  5

Pittsburgh     0  3
Cleveland      2

Milwaukee      2  3
Boston         2

Kansas City    2
St. Louis      2  2

Houston        0
LA Dodgers     0  9:10

white sox      0
Arizona        0  7:10

[thefranchise]

And yes [expletive] you Joe Buck for getting me excited for about 2 seconds

[Little Slide Rooter]

Considering the lack of options, Quade should seriously consider batting Johnson 3rd, at least as long as he stays hot, which has been pretty much all season. Not like we have a better CF option either while Byrds out.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Saturday 18 June 2011

NY Yankees @ CUBS

15:10

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
NY Yankees      0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1              4 11  2
CUBS            0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1              3  6  0



NY Yankees
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Gardner       lf       4   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Granderson    cf       3   1   2   1   1   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
Teixeira      1b       5   0   1   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rodriguez     3b       4   0   2   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Cano          2b       3   2   2   1   2   1   3   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0
Swisher       rf       2   0   0   1   2   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
Martin        c        3   0   1   0   2   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Nunez         ss       4   1   2   1   0   1   3   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0
Burnett       p        2   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wade          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Noesi         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Posada        ph       0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Robertson     p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rivera        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                30   4  11   4  10   7  23   1   2   2   0   2   3   0   0   2   0



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

totals                32   3   6   3   3  11  17   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   2   0   1



NY Yankees
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Burnett          5.3   4   2   2   3   8   1  104
Wade             0.7   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
Noesi            1.0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15
Robertson        1.0   0   0   0   0   2   0   11
Rivera           1.0   2   1   1   0   1   1   13

totals           9.0   6   3   3   3  11   2  155


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Dempster         5.3   8   3   3   6   6   0  119
Russell          0.7   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
Carpenter        1.0   0   0   0   1   0   0   14
Samardzija       1.3   2   0   0   3   1   0   40

totals           9.0  11   4   3  10   7   0  186

W: Burnett (7-5)
S: Rivera
L: Dempster (5-6)

T:  3:45
A:  42,236

Home runs:
NY Yankees: none
CUBS: Pena (11), Johnson (4)

[Schwarber Fan]

Thoughts:

 

-If Pena is Prince Fielder, Russell Martin probably dies today

-ONLY THE CUBS hit a HR (with Reed Johnson) down by 1 instead of 2 off Mariano Rivera

-We saw today with an extremely patient team in the Yankees why our middle relievers will never succeed - they can't consistently throw strikes

-Really impressive first two games against the Yanks, I really expected the Cubs to get blown out of the water. It sucks that tomorrow's pitching matchup gives the Cubs virtually no chance, but before the series began, I would have been content with one win anyway.

[haubrich91]

We had no business winning this game today. We were lucky to have lost by only a run. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are awful. I guess the only bright side for tomorrow is we have had success against Sabathia in the past. Let's hope Double D taught Wells the weakness he found on Friday. :-)

[Sammy Sofa]

It sucks that tomorrow's pitching matchup gives the Cubs virtually no chance

 

It's Sabathia, not [expletive] Pedro in his prime.

 

Though, yes, Wells sucks.

[Little Slide Rooter]

It sucks that tomorrow's pitching matchup gives the Cubs virtually no chance

 

It's Sabathia, not [expletive] Pedro in his prime.

 

Though, yes, Wells sucks.

 

He doesnt suck, but you never like your chances when you have a 5th starter, whose basically a 4th starter out of necessity going against an ace, especially one with an offense significantly better than ours, however, Johnson and Baker are like having a real heart of the lineup vs. lefties.

[SouthSideRyan]

Yeah, Randy Wells is not a 5th starter.

[TruffleShuffle]

also it's who's not whose. i know you're not writing a dissertation here WSR, but please put in a little effort.

[Guest]

Really impressive first two games against the Yanks, I really expected the Cubs to get blown out of the water. It sucks that tomorrow's pitching matchup gives the Cubs virtually no chance, but before the series began, I would have been content with one win anyway.

 

How many times to we have to go through this whole pitching matchup [expletive]?

 

If we're looking at [expletive] pitching matchups, the Cubs should have lost on Friday also. And yet somehow, miraculously, the Cubs won that day with Doug [expletive] Davis pitching.

 

Yes, the pitching matchup is obviously not in our favor. But that hardly means the Cubs have "virtually no chance".

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yeah, Randy Wells is not a 5th starter.

 

Look around the league. Most teams 5 starters are probably on par with Wells. Its not his fault that we only have 3 starting pitchers that are better than him when we should have 4.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Yeah, Randy Wells is not a 5th starter.

 

Look around the league. Most teams 5 starters are probably on par with Wells. Its not his fault that we only have 3 starting pitchers that are better than him when we should have 4.

 

No. Most teams do not have five starters with a career 116 ERA+. They just don't.

[TruffleShuffle]

Yeah, Randy Wells is not a 5th starter.

 

Look around the league. Most teams 5 starters are probably on par with Wells. Its not his fault that we only have 3 starting pitchers that are better than him when we should have 4.

 

name 10 teams with 5 starters who are on par with wells. note: 10 is not "most teams" but if you can name 10, you at least might be onto something.

 

hint: you may just want to not do this and admit you were wrong.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yeah, Randy Wells is not a 5th starter.

 

Look around the league. Most teams 5 starters are probably on par with Wells. Its not his fault that we only have 3 starting pitchers that are better than him when we should have 4.

 

name 10 teams with 5 starters who are on par with wells. note: 10 is not "most teams" but if you can name 10, you at least might be onto something.

 

hint: you may just want to not do this and admit you were wrong.

 

Probably am wrong, although there probably are about 10. As I've stated in the past, as long as Wells is cheap and semi effective, I'm OK with him. Once he's up for a pay raise, I'd prefer some other team give it to him.

[UMFan83]

There are 10 teams that have a better 5th starter than a guy with a 3.77 career ERA in 3 seasons?

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm actually confused here. On one hand, there's the Wells sucks camp. On the other, theres the Wells is good camp. I'm with the Wells is decent and cheap, but wouldn't want to offer him any kind of contract extension.

[Sammy Sofa]

Is there a "Wells sucks" camp? I said Wells sucks in that he sucks so far this year.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

Probably am wrong, although there probably are about 10. As I've stated in the past, as long as Wells is cheap and semi effective, I'm OK with him. Once he's up for a pay raise, I'd prefer some other team give it to him.

 

116 ERA+. 116. This is not some replacement level retread.