7/3 Cubs (Zambrano) vs. Nationals (Drese) 1:20 PM, WGN

[Flames24Rulz]

terrible series :(

[rocket]

awesome work cubs i officially hate you now

[Chris]

yikes.

[J.R.]

499 days until Baker's contract expires.

[Cubzfan64]

what an awful display - only good thing is they kept coming back but the good teams come back to WIN this kinds of games.

 

Disgusting

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE TWELFTH INNING

 

Cedeno, pinch hitting for Mitre, grounded out to third, 5-3

Hairston flied out to center field

Walker grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2    R  H E
Washington 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1    5 10 0 
CUBS       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0    4 11 3 

 

W: Eischen (2-0)

S: none

L: Mitre (2-4)

 

T: 3:47

A: 40,006

 

Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez ( 18 ), Hairston (3), Washington: Schneider (6)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   7.0  6  2  2  2  7  0 120 
Novoa      0.7  1  0  0  1  1  0  17 
Ohman      0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0  04
Dempster   2.0  0  0  0  1  3  0  34 
Rusch      0.3  2  2  2  1  0  0  19 
Mitre      1.7  1  1  1  1  1  1  25 

Edited July 3, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

[TruffleShuffle]

Boy aside from the clutch 2-out hitting in the late innings, that loss could not have been more Cub-like.

[Crash]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

[YearofDaCubs]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

Yeah, at first it was pathetic but you cant blame the team for the loss though. Too bad we made some costly errors and the pen couldnt keep it even at the end.

[XZero771679666304]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

 

I agree. I want to blame somebody, and it is tempting to blame Walker, but the Cubs were smoking balls all over the park, and the pitching was adequate. It was just a combination of Brad Wilkerson and bad luck, IMO.

 

The first two games of the series, on the other hand....... :evil:

[Brian]

well off to Atlanta with their crappy Bullpen, and motherload of rookies. I heard that Smotlz has a little injury in one of his hamstring, he says he won't miss the start but hopefully he will be off his game.

[Flames24Rulz]

well off to Atlanta with their crappy Bullpen, and motherload of rookies. I heard that Smotlz has a little injury in one of his hamstring, he says he won't miss the start but hopefully he will be off his game.

 

plus a sweep of them would move us past them in the WC standings :wink:

 

im up for another 6-1 road trip.

[gflore34]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

 

I agree. I want to blame somebody, and it is tempting to blame Walker, but the Cubs were smoking balls all over the park, and the pitching was adequate. It was just a combination of Brad Wilkerson and bad luck, IMO.

 

The first two games of the series, on the other hand....... :evil:

 

Nevertheless, its disappointing to watch the Cubs shoot themselves in the foot and lose to a team that they could have swept with some solid play.

[CubinNY]

yukie poo poo!

[Soul]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

Yeah, at first it was pathetic but you cant blame the team for the loss though.

 

Really? Was some other team out there wearing Cub uniforms?

[YearofDaCubs]

The prior two games in the series were bad. But I won't get mad at the team for this one. They tried and just couldn't get the bounce when they needed it.

Yeah, at first it was pathetic but you cant blame the team for the loss though.

 

Really? Was some other team out there wearing Cub uniforms?

The fact is they came back to tie the game but ended up losing by other forms. This wasnt a team loss, but more a loss thanks to Walker. We came back twice to tie the game, at that point that's all you can ask. Regardless though. We are still a pathetic team if you ask me, and Dusty is the problem.