8/19 Cubs (Volstad) @ Reds (Latos) 12:10 pm WGN

[Andy]

Go Cubs.

 

Rizzo with the day off today.

 

DeJesus RF, Barney 2B, Valbuena 3B, Soriano LF, Castro SS, LaHair 1B, Jackson CF, Clevenger C, Volstad P

[CincyCubsFan]

Day after a night game and Svuem still has to get Clevenger in there. Oh, and Valbuena. Figures.

[PrimeTime]

Valubuena hitting third...Um ok...

[Gilby]

To be fair, Vitters wouldn't do well against Latos.

[Epsteenie]

To be fair, Vitters wouldn't do well against Latos.

 

At this point Vitters wouldn't do well against my grandma throwing underhand

[KaiserCesar]

Valbuena's been pretty great this month. It's actually brought his season numbers to a decent point.

[CincyCubsFan]

To be fair, Vitters wouldn't do well against Latos.

 

At this point Vitters wouldn't do well against my grandma throwing underhand

then put him back in Iowa.

[davell]

Day after a night game and Svuem still has to get Clevenger in there. Oh, and Valbuena. Figures.

Castillo has some sort of foot injury. Saw an article mentioning Sveum understood why he didn't advance to 2nd yesterday, due to it.

[CincyCubsFan]

What a waste of roster space this doofus is.

[Hawk4Hall]

I know this season has been a wash for some time now, but why in the hell is Volstad still on the roster?

[bukie]

Because there isn't a better option.

 

And holy hyperbole, the guy's given up one run to this point.

[KaiserCesar]

Oh no! This pitcher who is 25 and has decent peripherals is in a starting rotation where he's only been better than 2 of the other starters!

[CincyCubsFan]

Well, this is an unexpected development.

[sneakypower]

Bruce gets fooled and dribbles an IF hit to the vacant 3B area, Frazier reaches over on a ball a foot out of the zone for a single, and i start feeling bad for Volstad, and then of course he starts serving up meatballs to guys like Valdez and Latos

[bleedingblue]

Over/under: 2 wins this year for Volstad?

[El Duderino]

Over/under: 2 wins this year for Volstad?

 

Under. He'll get 1.

[Ballgame64]

Jackson with a leadoff walk...Sveum doesn't even give the kid a chance to try to steal a base because he just has to have Clevenger bunt. So after a nice at bat by Jackson, Latos throws one pitch and gets two outs. For all of the supposed good Sveum has done, his decision making still leaves a lot to be desired in my opinion. I don't understand why any manager plays for a tie on the road.

[Old Style]

Valbuena you [expletive] moron.

[sneakypower]

i like Valbuena, but what the hell was he doing there?

[El Duderino]

Beliboner.

[Schwarber Fan]

No excuse not to PH Castillo here, unless you don't care about winning a ballgame.

[Soul]

So.....Brett Jackson can power through a 100 MPH fastball....

 

interesting.

[squally1313]

BJAX!

[El Duderino]

Why?

[Schwarber Fan]

Clevenger should not have even been batting, but the chance of him putting the ball in play was about 0 anyway so running there is ridiculous