Reed Johnson should never hit against righties, but CERTAINLY not against 98 MPH throwing righties, and CERTAINLY not with 6 outs left at your disposal.
Is there a hurricane coming that I don't know about? We were down 1-0 at this point yesterday. But we looked somewhat good against Kuroda. Lowe is making us look silly. Meh. Maybe we'll hit Broxton again.
Lowe is looking pretty good tonight. He's not throwing a ton of strikes and is a little wild but he's getting hitters to chase. BTW, Z's ERA on June 1 last year was 5.68, so its not like Lowe is necessarily a horrible pitcher because of his numbers so far.
Because he's a good pitcher? Again, 6.61 ERA away from spacious Dodger stadium this year. It's also not the best night for hitting like last night. The park probably plays a lot like Dodger stadium at night right about now.
I know we aren't hitting the ball as well as in April, but its funny to see the Cubs leading the league in runs scored at the end of May and still hear fans say "ballgame" every time the Cubs don't score in the first few innings and the opposition takes a 1-0 lead.
Surprised that no one posted the lineup. I heard it on ESPN 1000 on the way home Soriano, LF Theriot, SS Lee, 1B Ramirez, 3B Fukudome, RF Soto, C DeRosa, 2B Johnson, CF Zambrano, P I honestly wish Zambrano and Johnson switched.