4/15 Cubs (Maholm) @ Cardinals (Westbrook) 1:15 CSN

[David]

No thread up with a little over 2 hrs to go, so I'll sub in.

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/6398.png&w=350&h=254

13.50 ERA 11.39 FIP 8.28 xFIP 2.00 WHIP 4.5 K/9

 

vs.

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/4422.png&w=350&h=254

0.00 ERA 4.03 FIP 4.81 xFIP 1.00 WHIP 2.57 K/9

 

@

http://www.angelsarms.org/pages/content/busch_stadium.jpg

 

Let's get our first series win of the year!

 

GO CUBS!

[Guest]

Teams line up as follows

 

Cardinals

 

Furcal, SS

Greene, 2B

Holliday, LF

Beltran, RF

Molina, C

Carpenter, 1B

Robinson, CF

Descalso, 3B

Westbrook, P

 

Cubs

 

Johnson, RF

DeWitt, 2B

Castro, SS

Baker, 1B

Stewart, 3B

Mather, LF

Soto,C

Byrd, CF

Maholm, P

[Guest]

Is Ian Stewart on pace for a 5.4 WAR year?

[CincyCubsFan]

Surprised Clevenger hasn't gotten a few more starts than he has.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Is Ian Stewart on pace for a 5.4 WAR year?

 

Is that all?

 

Anyway, stupid lineup today and today's game is probably going to be delayed for the third day in a row. At least the Blackhawks won.

[PrimeTime]

Mike Quade lineup card? Resting all the hottest hitters. Then we have the black hole at the bottom of the lineup. Ugh.

[otis89]

Bold prediction: Mather is going to homer today.

[Omar]

Cubs Vs. Westbrook

                   PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
David DeJesus      30  25  7  0  0  1   3  4  0 .280 .400 .400 .800  0  0   0   1         0
Alfonso Soriano    26  25  3  0  0  0   1  1  2 .120 .154 .120 .274  0  0   0   0         2
Marlon Byrd        14  13  2  0  0  0   4  0  2 .154 .214 .154 .368  0  0   0   1         0
Starlin Castro     14  13  4  1  0  0   1  1  2 .308 .357 .385 .742  0  0   0   0         0
Reed Johnson       13  13  4  0  0  0   2  0  1 .308 .308 .308 .615  0  0   0   0         0
Darwin Barney      11  11  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .182 .182 .182 .364  0  0   0   0         0
Blake DeWitt        7   7  2  1  0  0   0  0  0 .286 .286 .429 .714  0  0   0   0         0
Geovany Soto        3   3  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333 .333 .667  0  0   0   0         1
Ryan Dempster       2   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  1  0   0   0         0
Rodrigo Lopez       2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Paul Maholm         2   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  1  0   0   0         0
Matt Garza          1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jeff Samardzija     1   0  0  0  0  0   0  1       0          1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             126 115 25  2  0  1  11  7 11 .217 .274 .261 .535  2  0   0   2         3

 

Cards Vs. Maholm

                   PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Lance Berkman      38  34  7  1  0  0   1  4  3 .206 .289 .235  .525  0  0   0   0         1
Yadier Molina      33  29  9  1  0  0   4  4  2 .310 .394 .345  .739  0  0   0   0         3
Matt Holliday      27  24  3  0  0  2   4  3  4 .125 .222 .375  .597  0  0   0   0         2
Carlos Beltran     24  20  8  2  0  2   6  2  2 .400 .417 .800 1.217  0  2   0   0         1
Rafael Furcal      20  19  8  3  0  1   3  1  2 .421 .450 .737 1.187  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright    11  10  3  1  0  0   0  0  0 .300 .300 .400  .700  1  0   0   0         0
David Freese        9   8  2  0  0  1   2  1  1 .250 .333 .625  .958  0  0   0   0         2
Jon Jay             9   8  1  0  1  0   0  0  1 .125 .222 .375  .597  0  0   0   1         0
Tyler Greene        6   6  2  1  0  0   0  0  2 .333 .333 .500  .833  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Lohse          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Westbrook      1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             180 161 43  9  1  6  20 15 17 .267 .330 .447  .777  1  2   0   1         9

[bhogg]

Welcome back, Dusty Baker.

[PrimeTime]

Does Soto have any value at all? At this point just get whatever you can for him and Byrd. Bring up Castillo to go along with Clevenger and bring up Campana or whoever if your not going to call up Jackson and have them rotate in CF. Nothing can be worse than Byrd at this point.

[Theo]

WTF This lineup makes no sense.

[champaignchris]

ChEcking in from Busch. A little hazy but doesn't look like rain yet. Hopefully it can stay that way. Go Cubs!!!

[javy knows my name]

May this be the worst lineup we see all year.

[El Duderino]

holy forfeit lineup

[CincyCubsFan]

Fantastic half inning.

[Ballgame64]

This line-up is a fireable offense. You have a chance to win 2 out of 3 on the road and Sveum puts out this crap. No one expects the Cubs to be very good, but this is ridiculous.

[Guest]

LaHair has been dealing with back issues.

 

Westbrook's platoon split is almost non-existent.

[Ballgame64]

On the positive side, Maholm with an easy first inning.

[Guest]

LaHair has been dealing with back issues.

 

Westbrook's platoon split is almost non-existent.

Reed's is very real, though.

[Guest]

LaHair has been dealing with back issues.

 

Westbrook's platoon split is almost non-existent.

Reed's is very real, though.

 

Same with Baker's.

 

It is a weird lineup. Oh, well.

[Guest]

LaHair has been dealing with back issues.

 

Westbrook's platoon split is almost non-existent.

Reed's is very real, though.

 

Same with Baker's.

 

It is a weird lineup. Oh, well.

Well, if LaHair's back is acting up there's not a lot of left handed bench options. So I get that one.

 

But Reed? Leadoff?

[Careless]

If Malholm has to suck, I'm fine with him doing it by throwing pitches at Cardinals.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I think DeJesus has been the only offseason acquisition I was right about so far.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

With this lineup, that oughta do it.

[Schwarber Fan]

ballgame?

 

Matt Carpenter = John Mabry