5/8 Cards (Westbrook) @ CUBS (Villanueva) 1:20 WGN

[sweetpeteman]

Holy cow two in a row.

[KaiserCesar]

Westbrook has way overperformed his peripherals. I hope for many runs.

[Schwarber Fan]

Sweeney in for Soriano and Ransom in for Valbuena today.

[pitchcs]

Yes, but Valbuena also in for Barney.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's all gone topsy-turvy!

[pitchcs]

I think I like this lineup.

[Guest]

I'm definitely intrigued by Valbuena at second.

[Little Slide Rooter]

@Boers_Bernstein: Woman dies after choking on hot dog at Wrigley Field http://t.co/oPZw7oTt3o

 

Looks like this is what Nuts&Gum witnessed Sunday. Very sad.

[Sammy Sofa]

@Boers_Bernstein: Woman dies after choking on hot dog at Wrigley Field http://t.co/oPZw7oTt3o

 

Looks like this is what Nuts&Gum witnessed Sunday. Very sad.

 

[expletive], that's crazy. Sad news.

[Smack]

I'm looking forward to having Sweeney over Sappelt.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Rizzo taking his cues from Molina.

[BeerHere]

WTF is Rizzo trying to steal third with Molina behind the plate?

[Andy]

WTF is Rizzo trying to steal third with Molina behind the plate?

Always seems like we try to steal way too much on Molina.

[Guest]

I remember some of the years with Lee at first base where we struggled to get a legit left handed hitter into the lineup.

 

Today, we have five.

[bukie]

Who are you counting as the 5th, Navarro or Sweeney?

[Guest]

Who are you counting as the 5th, Navarro or Sweeney?

DeJesus

Valbuena

Rizzo

Schierholtz

Sweeney

 

Forgot Navarro is a switch hitter, actually.

 

I guess the last two stretch the "legit" part of the other post, but still a big change from years past.

[Omar]

Little late but here are today's Batter v. Pitcher match-ups.

 

Cards v. Villanueva

                  PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Yadier Molina     19 18  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  .167  .211  .167  .377  0  0   0   1         0
Matt Holliday     12 10  3  0  0  2   3  2  2  .300  .417  .900 1.317  0  0   1   0         1
Ty Wigginton      10 10  2  0  0  0   0  0  4  .200  .200  .200  .400  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright    7  7  1  0  0  1   1  0  2  .143  .143  .571  .714  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Jay            5  4  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .750  .800  .750 1.550  0  0   0   0         0
Carlos Beltran     4  3  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Daniel Descalso    2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jaime Garcia       2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Allen Craig        1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
David Freese       1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             63 58 13  0  0  3   5  4 13  .224  .286  .379  .665  0  0   1   1         1

 

Cubs v. Westbrook

                      PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
David DeJesus         37  32  9  0  0  1   3  4  1 .281 .378  .375  .753  0  0   0   1         0
Alfonso Soriano       32  30  3  0  0  0   1  2  3 .100 .156  .100  .256  0  0   0   0         3
Starlin Castro        23  22  7  1  0  0   2  1  3 .318 .348  .364  .711  0  0   0   0         0
Darwin Barney         17  16  3  1  0  0   0  1  0 .188 .235  .250  .485  0  0   0   0         0
Dioner Navarro        11  11  3  0  0  0   0  0  1 .273 .273  .273  .545  0  0   0   0         0
Nate Schierholtz       7   7  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .143 .143  .143  .286  0  0   0   0         0
Ryan Sweeney           6   6  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 .167 .167  .167  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Cody Ransom            3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo          3   3  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .333 .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         1
Welington Castillo     2   2  1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500  0  0   0   0         0
Luis Valbuena          2   1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500  .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Scott Hairston         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                145 134 29  3  0  1   7 10 13 .216 .276  .261  .537  0  0   0   1         4

[bukie]

Damn, good splitter from Westbrook to Castro. Almost got something out of nothing that inning.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

My inner meathead just swooned at how Rizzo shortened his swing and went the other way for that hit.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

BABIPwRISP!

[Sammy Sofa]

Mmmmmm, schnitzel.

[SouthSideRyan]

Moreland you dope.

 

ETA: Yeah, excellent ABs always end with a ground out to 1B

[bukie]

I still hate the term "productive out", since outs are the most precious thing in baseball, but hey, at least the runner's at 3rd.

[sneakypower]

My inner meathead just swooned at how Rizzo shortened his swing and went the other way for that hit.

it's awesome that he does that; it helps make him un-shiftable

[bukie]

I suppose in most cases I'd trade an out for a run given the opportunity, though.