Outshined_One

Alright Gregg, there's your baserunner. Now get the third out already.

I love the fact that Reed Johnson's gameday picture is the one with him sporting the Amish beard.

Box Scores Iowa won 2-1 Box Score 3B A. Miles 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (2), SB (1), CS (1), PO (1B), E (1, fielding) 1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, K C S. Clevenger 2/4, RBI RF B. Scales 0/2, BB SS M. Camp 2/3, R, 2B (7), SB (12) PH J. Dubois 0/1, K PH C. Robinson 0/1 SP C. Fossum 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 2-9 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score SS J. Mota 0/5, K CF J. Adduci 0/4, BB, SB (21) 3B M. Smith 1/5, 2 K LF T. Wright 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (6), K, SB (5) RF D. Deeds 1/3, 2 BB, R, RBI, HR (4) 1B R. Canzler 0/3, 2 BB, R, K, SB (2), E (4, fielding) C W. Castillo 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), K, E (4, throw) 2B T. Thomas 1/3, BB, R, 2B (20), K, 2 SB (10) 2B N. Samson 0/1 SP J. Jackson 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7/4 K/BB, 2 HR, 7-1 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB RP M. Carrillo 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona won 3-0 Box Score LF T. Campana 2/5, R, 2B (6) SS S. Castro 1/5, K, E (28, throw) CF B. Guyer 1/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (3), HBP C R. Chirinos 0/2, 3 HBP 1B J. Opitz 0/4, RBI, K DH J. Vitters 0/4, RBI 2B M. Gonzalez 1/4 3B J. Harrison 2/3, CS (1), HBP SP C. Carpenter 5 scoreless, 1 H, 9/3 K/BB, WP, HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP D. Sasser 1.1 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Cales .2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB Peoria lost 9-2 Box Score CF D. Macias 0/4, E (7, fielding) 2B R. Flaherty 0/4, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 3/4, 2B (23), K, E (9, throw) RF K. Burke 0/2, 2 BB, RBI, Assist (Home) 3B J. Rosa 0/4, K C M. Brenly 1/4, K SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K, E (26, throw) LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, R, RBI, HR (1), K SP C. Archer 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO RP A. Cabrera 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 4-0 GO-FO, E (3, fielding) RP R. Buchter 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Boise won 3-2 in the 11th Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/5, R, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, SB (6) CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, R, RBI, PO (2B) DH J. Bour 1/4, BB, RBI RF JH Ha 2/4, RBI, CS (4), PO (1B) 1B G. Rohan 0/4 C M. Williams 0/4, K 3B G. Matheus 0/2, 2 BB, E (9, fielding) LF J. Valdez 1/3, BB, SB (8), CS (4), PO (1B) SP T. Mitchell 4.2 scoreless, 3 H, 4/0 K/BB, 8-2 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 2.1 perfect, 5-2 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 6-4 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/5, R, K 2B W. Darvill 0/4, RBI 1B R. Wagner 2/4, R, 3B (2) DH C. Thomas 1/4, R, K RF J. Morelli 1/3, R, K, SB (5), HBP 3B J. Petraitis 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), E (1, fielding) SS R. Bautista 1/4, RBI, K SP C. Rojas 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Encarnacion 4 scoreless, 1 H, 2/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 10-5 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost a rain-shortened game 11-4 Box Score OVERALL: 6-2

Not his best outing, but I'm glad Z managed to have a decent 5th to finish up.

44th Rounder Frank DeJiulio turned down the Cubs' offer - Link

With no game thread up, thought I'd post this. Olsen scratched for tomorrow. The rest of the series will go Stammen-Zimmerman-Mock for the Nationals.

Box Scores Iowa lost 4-1 Box Score 3B/2B A. Miles 1/4, 2B (1), K CF/3B M. Camp 0/4, K LF J. Dubois 1/4, K 1B B. Scales 2/3, RBI, CS (3), PO (1B) PH M. Craig 0/1 C C. Robinson 1/4, K SS D. Barney 1/4, 2B (2), K, E (2, throw) SP J. Ascanio 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 2 HBP, 9-6 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 5-4 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 0/3, HBP CF J. Adduci 0/4 3B M. Smith 1/3, R, HBP, SB (4) RF T. Colvin 0/4, K LF D. Deeds 2/4, 2 R, RBI, HR (3), K SS N. Samson 1/4, RBI PH T. Wright 0/1 RF R. Canzler 0/1 SP HW Chen 6 scoreless, 2 H, 5/3 K/BB, 2-9 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 0-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/3, 2 BB, R, SB (33), Assist (Home) SS S. Castro 2/5, R, 2B (14), CS (8), E (27, fielding) RF B. Guyer 2/3, 2 BB, SB (11) 1B R. Chirinos 1/4, BB, K DH J. Opitz 0/3, BB, RBI, 3 K 3B J. Vitters 2/5, RBI, K LF J. Harrison 3/5, R, RBI, 2B (2), 3B (1), 2 SB (2) SP R. Dolis 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, WP, Balk, 4-5 GO-FO RP H. Williamson 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2.2 scoreless, 4 H, 3/0 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO Peoria lost 9-0 Box Score 2B D. Macias 2/5, K, E (6, fielding) DH R. Flaherty 1/4, K 1B R. Ridling 1/3, HBP CF K. Burke 1/4, 2B (31), K, E (4, fielding) 3B J. Rosa 1/4, 2 K C M. Brenly 1/4, K RF N. Perez 1/3, BB, E (11, fielding), Assist (Home) SS J. Lake 0/3, K LF D. Rundle 1/3, K, SB (2) SP J. Bristow 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 5/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-4 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HBP, 2-3 GO-FO Boise won 6-0 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/5, R, RBI 2B L. Watkins 1/4 CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB, 2 K C R. Jones 0/4, RBI, K RF JH Ha 2/3, 2 R, 2B (7), HBP 1B J. Bour 0/3, BB, 2 K DH G. Rohan 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (5), HR (2) 3B G. Matheus 1/4, R LF R. Davis 2/4, RBI, K SP R. Hernandez 4 scoreless, 2 H, 3/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP D. Nunez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/2 K/BB AZL Cubs won 3-1 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/3, BB, R, K, SB (13), CS (1) SS W. Darvill 2/4, R, 2B (1), K, 2 E (5, fielding, throw) 3B R. Wagner 0/3, BB, R, RBI 1B C. Thomas 1/4 RF J. Morelli 1/4, RBI, 2 K 2B B. Springfield 0/3 2B R. Bautista 0/1 DH G. Cook 0/2, BB, K SP M. Sierra 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 3-6 GO-FO RP C. Hams 4 scoreless, 4 H, 5/0 K/BB, HBP, 6-1 GO-FO RP A. Spencer 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 won 10-7 Box Score OVERALL: 3-5

Striking out in 1/4 of his ABs at Boise won't help.

Sweet.

Thanks for this!

"That was about as routine as brushing your teeth at night!"

Nice summer day, iffy Cubs team, boring matchup. Heck, I'm going to be out of here in a few minutes to enjoy the warm night ahead.

I <3 Bob Brenly. I have many fond memories of Adam Dunn's defensive miscues.

Everyone's taking it to right. It doesn't seem to be working.

Kind of sucks that Zimmerman is stuck with the Nationals. He'd be even more loved than Wright if he played in a better market.

I'm thinking All Star Game, imo.

Nyjer Morgan? Really? Is it a rule in MLB that every team must have a former Pirate?

Coors Light, because remember how awesome those GI Joes that changed colors when you got them wet or cold as a kid? We're totally like that.

Fantastic start.

I feel like I'm watching a Dodgers game with the empty stands in the 1st.

It's like we're back to the lineups of the Dusty days where he went with his gut rather than logic or common sense.

Can't say I'm all that excited if his velocity is down, but I can't complain about it, either. I'm curious what happens with Marshall. He's not stretched out, so having him fill in for Dempster would be an issue. However, he's no longer a LOOGY if Ryan becomes the situational lefty. Maybe Marshall takes over Marmol's fireman role?

Some good news on the Austin Kirk front: Link

Box Scores Iowa won 11-4 Box Score 2B A. Miles 0/3 PH C. Robinson 1/1 PH J. Dubois 1/1, R, RBI, 2B (16) 1B M. Craig 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (4) C S. Clevenger 0/4, R 3B B. Scales 0/4, K, E (4, throw) CF M. Camp 1/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, 3B (1) SS D. Barney 0/3, BB, 2 R, K PH/2B N. Spears 2/3, R, 4 RBI, 2B (16) SP E. Caridad 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, 6-8 GO-FO RP J. Berg 1 perfect, 3-0 GO-FO RP G. Reinhard 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP J. Waddell 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 9-2 Box Score SS J. Mota 1/4, 2 R, RBI CF J. Adduci 2/4, BB, R, SB (20) 3B M. Smith 2/3, 2 BB, R, 3 RBI RF T. Colvin 0/3, K PH N. Samson 1/1, R, RBI LF T. Wright 1/5, R, K 1B R. Canzler 0/4, BB, 2 K C W. Castillo 3/5, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B (6), K 2B T. Thomas 0/4, R, K, HBP PH/RF D. Deeds 1/3, R, RBI, 2B (8) SP J. Papelbon 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5/0 K/BB, HBP, 3-7 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 2 perfect, 2-4 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 5-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/3, CS (7) (Ejected in 5th) SS S. Castro 0/3, R, SB (17), HBP RF B. Guyer 0/3, K, HBP 1B/2B J. Opitz 0/4, SB (4) C/1B R. Chirinos 2/3, BB 3B J. Vitters 1/4, R, K 2B/CF M. Gonzalez 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (11) LF J. Harrison 0/4, Assist (Home) SP D. McDaniel 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1/3 K/BB, 8-5 GO-FO, E (2, pickoff) RP D. Sasser 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 11-7 Box Score CF D. Macias 0/4, BB, 2 K 2B R. Flaherty 2/5 1B R. Ridling 2/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (9) RF K. Burke 2/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (7), K, Assist (2B) 3B J. Rosa 0/5 C M. Brenly 2/3, BB, 2 R, SB (2, home), PB (5) SS J. Lake 2/4, R, SB (5) LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, RBI, 3 K DH N. Perez 1/3, R, RBI, K SP M. Hatley 2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP R. Buchter .1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB Boise won 14-5 Box Score SS HJ Lee 3/5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B (8), 3B (1) DH L. Watkins 5/6, 3 R, RBI, 2B (4) CF B. Jackson 1/2, 4 BB, R, RBI C R. Jones 2/6, 4 RBI, 2B (1), 2 K RF JH Ha 2/5, R 1B J. Bour 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (1) 3B G. Rohan 1/5, 2 R, RBI, K 2B G. Matheus 3/5, 2 R LF J. Valdez 1/5, R, K SP J. Whitlock 4 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 6-2 GO-FO RP E. Figueroa 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, 1-3 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 5-4 Box Score SS W. Darvill 0/4, BB, K, 2 E (fielding, throw) 2B R. Bautista 1/5, R, K, SB (9), E (12, fielding) LF R. Wagner 3/4, 2 R, 3B (1) 1B C. Thomas 2/4, R, RBI RF J. Morelli 1/4, R, RBI, K, 2 SB (4), Assist (3B) DH B. Springfield 1/2, 2 BB, RBI, K, 2 SB (3) 3B J. Petraitis 0/4, 2 K CF F. Guzman 2/4, SB (12) SP C. Rusin 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO - Professional Debut RP T. Matchulat 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 7-3 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) DSL Cubs lost 10-5 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 2-0 Box Score OVERALL: 4-4

To be frank, the scouting reports on him are incredibly sparse. No one quite knows how he projects, much less how the Cubs will handle him.