8/17 Cubs (Z!) @ Astros (Oswalt) 6:05 p.m., CSN/ESPN

[OldHappyCubFan]

Brantley's already on Oswalt's jock.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

15th in the NL with RISP

 

 

 

Thats not good enough. The Cubs need RBI monsters.

 

FWIW, the White Sox are last in baseball in RISP OBP. And Pittsburgh is 4th.

[Derwood]

Update: My choices are Astros announcers or Carpenter/Brantley. I'll take the non-biased ESPN guys I guess.

 

Anyone surprised that the Cubs YET AGAIN got 2 on and 0 out and barely got 1 run?

 

http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/moran.jpg

[Coach C]

Nice way to start it off, Carlos.

[Flames24Rulz]

nice breaking ball by Carlos to get Tavaras to K.

[Flames24Rulz]

there's a nice quick inning from Z :D

[muntjack]

11 pitch inning with 2 Ks. Nice.

[Coach C]

1-2-3 by Zambrano.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Carlos with a really fine first inning. Great stuff. Makes me feel a whole lot more confident about our chances tonight.

[Ram1380]

CPunk is going yard tonight, I can feel it.

[CDBears1259]

Yay me, I get to watch the Astros' broadcast again. :x

[Coach C]

Yay me, I get to watch the Astros' broadcast again. :x

 

Better than nothing, really.

[AlwaysaCub]

Oswalt's funky split finger pitch is really nasty to lefties. I'm not expecting much outta Cpat toight.

[Derwood]

Eep. Looks like that 1st inning was our chance to score. Oswalt is nails tonight

[muntjack]

Even though that inning went 1-2-3, every hitter worked the count for at least five pitches. That is the kind of inning that pays dividends around the fifth or sixth.

[Derwood]

Yay me, I get to watch the Astros' broadcast again. :x

 

Got to ESPN. They are much better. Unless you're in Houston?

[chicubs]

25 strikes against 11 balls for Oswalt. He's starting to look pretty dominant, so we better get some runs while hes not completely settled in.

[chicubs]

Oswalt's funky split finger pitch is really nasty to lefties. I'm not expecting much outta Cpat toight.

 

See, I think this really is a situation where you would sit Corey. 0-4 nights do nothing to help confidence which I believe is his main issue right now.

[Flames24Rulz]

Z strikes out Ensberg.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Oswalt's funky split finger pitch is really nasty to lefties. I'm not expecting much outta Cpat toight.

 

See, I think this really is a situation where you would sit Corey. 0-4 nights do nothing to help confidence which I believe is his main issue right now.

 

Patterson has dominated Oswalt in his career.

[Flames24Rulz]

and Lamb strikes out on 3 pitches.

[Flames24Rulz]

Nomar makes a nice catch to his left to end the inning. Z has only thrown 20 pitches through the first 2 innings :)

[muntjack]

Through 2 innings:

 

Zambrano- 20 pitches

 

Oswalt- 36 pitches

[chicubs]

Oswalt's funky split finger pitch is really nasty to lefties. I'm not expecting much outta Cpat toight.

 

See, I think this really is a situation where you would sit Corey. 0-4 nights do nothing to help confidence which I believe is his main issue right now.

 

Patterson has dominated Oswalt in his career.

 

Really? Oops then.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

hahahahahahahaha