Aug 26 Marlins (Vargas 4-1) at Cubs (Rusch 5-6) 1:20 wgn

[AR-Baseball-Fan]

Stealing bases, hitting behind runners to move them up and a sac fly. Are those things allowed?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Pierre hit by pitch

Pierre stole second base

Conine doubled down the right field line, Pierre scored

Cabrera grounded out to second, 4-3, Conine to third

Delgado flied out to right field, Conine scored

Encarnacion bunted out to the pitcher, 1-3

 

2 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Florida    2                    2 1 0 
CUBS       .                    0 0 0 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Rusch      1.0  1  2  2  0  0  0  1  14

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is Barrett really a cleanup hitter though?

he is when Aramis is on the DL.

 

Check Barrett's numbers v. LHP. He absolutely crushes them.

[neely crenshaw]

can i just say that i am so pleased that we took hill out of the rotation for rusch? it is such an improvement and why would we want to see what the kid had? i mean, we need to finish .500...right

[Skers and Cubbies]

Dang it Jerry put it on the ground an run your butt down the line

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 10-22 when they hit an opposing batter, 50-44 when they don't

CUBS are 37-17 when they score first,.... 24-49 when they don't

 

Go CUBS !!

[sweetpeteman]

CUBS are 10-22 when they hit an opposing batter, 50-44 when they don't

CUBS are 37-17 when they score first,.... 24-49 when they don't

 

Go CUBS !!

 

whelp... this game is over

 

thank god I have English to do to... wait.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Hairston popped out (foul) to third base

Lawton struck out swinging

Lee flied out to right field

 

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

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Florida    2                    2 1 0 
CUBS       0                    0 0 0 

[E.J.]

good inning by the Cubs. this should be a fun game.

[otis89]

thank god I have English to do to... wait.

 

I don't care how horrible we are. Cubs baseball is always more important than English.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Dang it Jerry put it on the ground an run your butt down the line

 

It was a foul ball that was nearly out of play. Doesn't seem like something that I'd get too mad at Jerry for.

[Fred Hornkohl]

can i just say that i am so pleased that we took hill out of the rotation for rusch? it is such an improvement and why would we want to see what the kid had? i mean, we need to finish .500...right

 

I think we saw enough of Hill to know he wasn't ready and needed another pitch or two.

 

04/04 - 08/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch             106.7  126   54   50   43   87   10  1907  3.63  7.34  0.84  1.58  4.22
Hill               21.0   24   20   20   13   21    3   426  5.57  9.00  1.29  1.76  8.57

[Tracer Bullet]

Is Barrett really a cleanup hitter though?

 

Maybe he ought to be ?? :wink:

 

Team record by cleanup hitter

                        W    L     pct
1.  Ramirez            29   37   0.439
2.  Lee                 3    5   0.375
3.  Burnitz            27   23   0.540
4.  Dubois              1    1   0.500
5.  Barrett             1    0   1.000

Totals                  61   66   0.480

 

Don't go by that chart or Burnitz would be hitting cleanup a lot.

[cubbyvirus00]

hopefully cedeno hits 2 homers today, so baker's forced to play him !

[neely crenshaw]

with aram out this line up is worse than the rockies let alone not good enough to make the playoffs!

 

i can't wait for the hendry is a genius for not signing anyone because he knew aram would get hurt, along with everyone else so why waste the money or trade a prospect!.....kinda like the idea that it was ok not sign benetiz or percival because they got hurt this year.

[Skers and Cubbies]

just generally angry.

i mean 2nd pitch swinging and he pops out

just doesnt seem right for a guy who gets moved to lead off.

[otis89]

hopefully cedeno hits 2 homers today, so baker's forced to play him !

 

Even if Cedeno goes 5-5 with 5 homers, he still won't get the majority of the playing time at short.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Easley flied out to right field

Gonzalez grounded out to short, 6-3

Treanor struck out (called)

 

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

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Florida    2 0                  2 1 0 
CUBS       0                    0 0 0 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Rusch      2.0  1  2  2  0  1  0  1  25

[AR-Baseball-Fan]

hopefully cedeno hits 2 homers today, so baker's forced to play him !

 

Even if Cedeno goes 5-5 with 5 homers, he still won't get the majority of the playing time at short.

 

Dude. Cedeno didn't save us in April.

[neely crenshaw]

can i just say that i am so pleased that we took hill out of the rotation for rusch? it is such an improvement and why would we want to see what the kid had? i mean, we need to finish .500...right

 

I think we saw enough of Hill to know he wasn't ready and needed another pitch or two.

 

04/04 - 08/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch             106.7  126   54   50   43   87   10  1907  3.63  7.34  0.84  1.58  4.22
Hill               21.0   24   20   20   13   21    3   426  5.57  9.00  1.29  1.76  8.57

 

and the up side of rusch is.....

[otis89]

Nevermind.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

can i just say that i am so pleased that we took hill out of the rotation for rusch? it is such an improvement and why would we want to see what the kid had? i mean, we need to finish .500...right

 

I think we saw enough of Hill to know he wasn't ready and needed another pitch or two.

 

04/04 - 08/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch             106.7  126   54   50   43   87   10  1907  3.63  7.34  0.84  1.58  4.22
Hill               21.0   24   20   20   13   21    3   426  5.57  9.00  1.29  1.76  8.57

 

21 innings? Seriously?

[neely crenshaw]

take away his fast start and he has barely been better. he will not improve, and we know what he brings! why not see what the kid can do for the rest of the season? don't like hill...let's see some other young gun.

[otis89]

Len, please don't ever mention Enrique Wilson again. Thank you.

[Tracer Bullet]

can i just say that i am so pleased that we took hill out of the rotation for rusch? it is such an improvement and why would we want to see what the kid had? i mean, we need to finish .500...right

 

I think we saw enough of Hill to know he wasn't ready and needed another pitch or two.

 

04/04 - 08/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch             106.7  126   54   50   43   87   10  1907  3.63  7.34  0.84  1.58  4.22
Hill               21.0   24   20   20   13   21    3   426  5.57  9.00  1.29  1.76  8.57

 

I don't know. In 64.0 IP at AAA he has a 1.03 WHIP and 1.4 K/9. Neither is a very large sample size, but I don't think we saw enough of Hill in Chicago to determine anything.