4/18 CUBS (Lackey) @ cards (Leake) 7:09 ESPN

[sweetpeteman]

Ok, the Rockies managed to not look like a pile of horse crap for a couple games, but it's time to get back on track and beat the crap out of the Cards

 

Hopefully Lackey can come out and skip the part where he sucks, while Leake continues to suck.

[CubInOK]

Remember when we donged them into submission in the playoffs?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.13  Mon 04/18  @ St. Louis     N    -    Lackey          Leake         
.14  Tue 04/19  @ St. Louis     N    -    Hammel          Garcia        
.15  Wed 04/20  @ St. Louis          -    Hendricks       Martinez

 

 

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/cubs-slug-cards.jpg

 

 

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/broom.jpg

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

 

 

That is all.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Memo to Game Thread starters..........

 

the lineup:

 

at bat: sweetpeteman (0-0) - Mon 18 Apr vs. St. Louis

 

on deck: Derwood (0-0)

 

in the hold: bukie (0-0)

[Omar]

Don't be surprised if Heyward is benched today

 

Cubs v. Leake

Name               PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo      33  30 10  2  0  2   5  3  5 .333 .394  .600  .994  0  0   0   0         2
Dexter Fowler      14  14  3  1  0  0   1  0  6 .214 .214  .286  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      14  14  1  1  0  0   1  0  3 .071 .071  .143  .214  0  0   0   0         1
Miguel Montero     12  11  3  0  0  1   2  0  0 .273 .333  .545  .879  0  0   0   1         0
Jorge Soler         9   9  1  0  0  1   2  0  4 .111 .111  .444  .556  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant         8   8  3  1  0  0   0  0  0 .375 .375  .500  .875  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell     7   7  1  1  0  0   0  0  4 .143 .143  .286  .429  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross          6   5  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .167  .000  .167  0  0   1   0         0
Jon Lester          5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood         5   2  0  0  0  0   0  2  2 .000 .500  .000  .500  1  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks      4   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist         3   3  2  2  0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Trevor Cahill       2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella     2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur         1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             125 116 24  8  0  4  11  6 29 .207 .252  .379  .631  2  0   1   1         3
Has not faced: Javier Baez & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, John Lackey, Neil Ramirez, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Adam Warren

 

Cards v. Lackey

Name             PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Matt Holliday    15 13  1  0  1  0   0  2  3 .077 .200 .231  .431  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Moss      9  8  4  1  0  0   2  1  0 .500 .556 .625 1.181  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Adams        7  7  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .143 .143 .143  .286  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Carpenter    7  7  3  1  0  0   0  0  1 .429 .429 .571 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Yadier Molina     7  7  2  0  0  0   1  0  0 .286 .286 .286  .571  0  0   0   0         0
Jedd Gyorko       6  6  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .167 .167 .167  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Eric Fryer        3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total            54 51 12  2  1  0   4  3  8 .235 .278 .314  .592  0  0   0   0         0
Has not faced: Aledmys Diaz, Greg Garcia, Randal Grichuk, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Stephen Piscotty and Kolten Wong & Has not faced pitchers: Matthew Bowman, Jonathan Broxton, Jaime Garcia, Mike Leake, Tyler Lyons, Seth Maness, Carlos Martinez, Seung-hwan Oh, Trevor Rosenthal, Kevin Siegrist, Michael Wacha and Adam Wainwright

[Banedon]

Oh I'm sure the Cubs benching Heyward today wouldn't cause any kind of reaction from Cardinal fans at all. Nope....huh uh.

[Bruno7481]

I'd bet on Heyward being in there. 14 ABs is nothing really. Only 3 strikeouts in that span as well.

 

Heyward is essentially starting April like he always does, slowly. His career line in March/April is 223/315/394.

[squally1313]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

[CubinNY]

Stomp these drunken bastards.

[Omar]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

 

Baez

[Ding Dong Johnson]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

trick question: all of the above

[Banedon]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

 

Ugh, watching playoff highlights and now it's making the Schwarber injury hurt all over again.

[Omar]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

 

Ugh, watching playoff highlights and now it's making the Schwarber injury hurt all over again.

 

if you're watching on ESPN, you might want to skip the first 20 minutes

 

that plus another 10 minutes of 1908-related graphics

[HendryWallet]

Edited April 18, 2016 by HendryWallet

[HendryWallet]

Predicting a huge series for Jorge.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Lackey doesn't have to worry about Baez donging off him but he better watch out for Diaz and Hazelbaker.

[Banedon]

So which of the 37 home runs we hit against the Cardinals in the playoff series was your favorite? Schwarber's is an easy number one, but Castro's smile rounding first probably takes the second spot.

 

Ugh, watching playoff highlights and now it's making the Schwarber injury hurt all over again.

 

Mercy.

 

What in the world?!

[Omar]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/Cubs4life421/CubsCardinals.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/h4nu02G.jpg

[UMFan83]

http://www.trbimg.com/img-57146d38/turbine/ct-sullivan-cubs-cardinals-rivalry-spt-0418-20-001/550/550x309

[Bote McBoteface]

Itd be real satisfying to sweep these turds without the use of Arrieta or Lester.

[UMFan83]

Itd be real satisfying to sweep these turds without the use of Arrieta or Lester.

 

Thank God no one here made a post wondering why Maddon didn't fix the rotation so one or both of them could have pitched in this series

[Omar]

whats up with a random 7:09 start?

 

None of their other games have it

[Schwarber Fan]

whats up with a random 7:09 start?

 

None of their other games have it

 

ESPN?

 

Or, they're raising their 2015 NL Central Championship banner.

[UMFan83]

Cardinals stupid loser lineup tonight:

 

Carpenter 3B

Hazelbaker CF

Holliday LF

Moss 1B

Piscotty RF

Molina C

Wong 2B

Diaz SS

Leake P

[Ding Dong Johnson]

whats up with a random 7:09 start?

 

None of their other games have it

it's just to piss you off