4/18 CUBS (Villanueva) vs. Rangers (Ogando) 1:20 WGN/MLBN

[sweetpeteman]

Carlos Villanueva

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/525x330/453646.jpg

 

Fangraphs

BR

 

 

vs.

 

Alexi Ogando

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/525x330/alt/468396.jpg

 

Fangraphs

BR

 

 

Edited from yesterday, 4/17 due to rain out.

Edited April 18, 2013 by sweetpeteman

[GammonsPocketTweets]

Can wait to see how the Cub's offense manages to get mowed down against this nobody.

[Omar]

Rangers v. Villanueva

                  PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Lance Berkman     23 21  5  2  0  2   3  1  6 .238 .304 .619  .923  0  0   1   1         0
Ian Kinsler       12 11  2  1  0  0   0  1  2 .182 .250 .273  .523  0  0   0   0         0
Nelson Cruz       10 10  3  1  0  1   3  0  2 .300 .300 .700 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
David Murphy      10 10  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .100 .100 .100  .200  0  0   0   0         0
Elvis Andrus       8  7  1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .143 .250 .143  .393  0  0   0   0         0
Mitch Moreland     8  8  3  0  0  0   0  0  2 .375 .375 .375  .750  0  0   0   0         0
A.J. Pierzynski    7  7  2  1  0  0   2  0  1 .286 .286 .429  .714  0  0   0   0         0
Adrian Beltre      6  6  3  1  0  0   0  0  1 .500 .500 .667 1.167  0  0   0   0         0
Jeff Baker         5  5  3  0  0  0   0  0  0 .600 .600 .600 1.200  0  0   0   0         0
Geovany Soto       4  4  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Craig Gentry       2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             95 91 23  6  0  3   8  3 17 .253 .284 .418  .702  0  0   1   1         0

 

Cubs v. Ogondo

                   PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
David DeJesus       3  2 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500 .500 1.000  1  0   0   0         0
Nate Schierholtz    1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               4  3 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .333 .333 .333  .667  1  0   0   0         0

Edited April 18, 2013 by Omar

[sneakypower]

Our chances of winning look pretty...Grimm :D

[UMFan83]

Our chances of winning look pretty...Grimm :D

 

especially because we are about to get pounded with a storm

 

/aramisfan

[haubrich91]

Does this game get in? Will the bullpen blow another game for Villanueva? Will Kevin Gregg make his second debut as a Cub? So many questions!

[GammonsPocketTweets]

The radar map doesn't look too good....

[Smack]

skip it and give me Shark friday night in Milwaukee!

[Guest]

@sahadevsharma: Big Z just pulled into Wrigley players parking lot. No joke. I'm assuming he's just visiting... or looking for a job. #zambranoforcloser

[neely crenshaw]

Good to see sweetpeaman was able to make his scheduled start, a little worried about injuries to the thread starting staff!

[neely crenshaw]

Does this game get in? Will the bullpen blow another game for Villanueva? Will Kevin Gregg make his second debut as a Cub? So many questions!

 

will gregg wear his stupid goggle/glass things...

[pitchcs]

And it's raining hard here now.

[Schwarber Fan]

Postponed.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

postponed.

[Irrelevant Dude]

It will be interesting to see how they plan to make up tonight's, and presumably tomorrow's, games.

[Andy]

It will be interesting to see how they plan to make up tonight's, and presumably tomorrow's, games.

Both teams off May 9, Texas in Milwaukee the series before. It'll be then.

[Irrelevant Dude]

It will be interesting to see how they plan to make up tonight's, and presumably tomorrow's, games.

Both teams off May 9, Texas in Milwaukee the series before. It'll be then.

But would they play a day/night doubleheader on 5/9 with both teams having to travel to play the next day? Or would they play an old-fashioned back-to-back doubleheader? Or would they play 1 game on 5/6 and another on 5/9, avoiding the doubleheader altogether but forcing the Cubs to play games on 27 consecutive days. Not many good options there.

[Andy]

It will be interesting to see how they plan to make up tonight's, and presumably tomorrow's, games.

Both teams off May 9, Texas in Milwaukee the series before. It'll be then.

But would they play a day/night doubleheader on 5/9 with both teams having to travel to play the next day? Or would they play an old-fashioned back-to-back doubleheader? Or would they play 1 game on 5/6 and another on 5/9, avoiding the doubleheader altogether but forcing the Cubs to play games on 27 consecutive days. Not many good options there.

It would probably be a straight doubleheader - that's my completely uneducated guess anyway.

[Careless]

Can wait to see how the Cub's offense manages to get mowed down against this nobody.

Now if you're lucky you could be waiting for years.

[sweetpeteman]

I edited the thread for today's game, if it happens.

[Guest]

It actually looks like the heavy stuff might be pushing east come this afternoon. Not sure what type of shape the field is in now, but considering they've told the media they're going to do all they can to get this in, I think there's decent shot they can at least start the game at some point.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

 

I'd play, I don't think the heavy stuff's going to come down for some time.

[neely crenshaw]

How's it look for today? any chance at all

 

The good lord would never disrupt the best game of our lives....

[jersey cubs fan]

http://www.sportsworldchicago.com/c=eLBamd9YOc3Wk8HLMmnHMe9n0/category/wrigley_field_cam/#_

[Irrelevant Dude]

According to weather.com, there is a 90% chance of rain at 1:00 with the chances decreasing gradually down to 30% at 4:00.

 

I know they really want to get this game in, but even if the weather clears up somewhere around 4:00, I can't imagine the field being in a playable condition.