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Box Scores: Iowa lost 6-2, box: 2B E. Patterson 1/5, R, K CF F. Pie 1/5, 2B (5), RBI, K, CS (4) SS-3B M. Fontenot 0/5, 3 K 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, R, 2B (13), K RF B. Coats 2/2, 2 BB C G. Soto 2/4, RBI, K - .312/.382/.505/.887 in 109 ABs SS R. Cedeño 1/1 - .306/.404/.388/.792 in 49 AAA ABs SP J. Webb 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 K/3 BB, 1 HR, 9 GO-4 FO, 80 pitches (47 strikes) RP C. Pignatiello 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/1 BB, 2 GO-1 FO, 15 pitches (10 strikes) Tennessee lost 5-4 on a 9th inning walk-off HR, box: CF S. Fuld 0/4, R, BB, K LF J. Cortes 2/4, 2B (8), RBI, BB DH J. Fox 1/5, R, K RF J. Kroeger 1/2, R, HR (8), 3 RBI, BB, SB (3) C C. Robinson 1/4, 2B (6), 2 K SS J. Simokaitis 1/4, R, 2B (5), K, E (6, throw) SP K. Hart 4 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 4 K/2 BB, HBP, 2 HR, 5 GO-3 FO RP G. Johnson 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 K/0 BB, 5 GO-3 FO - AA debut Daytona with the day off. Peoria lost 9-3, box: 2B M. Camp 0/3, R, BB, K SS D. Johnston 1/4, 2 K CF Y. Carter 0/4, 3 K LF A. Joseph 1/4, RBI, 2 K, SB (9) DH B. Lalli 2/4, R, HR (1), RBI - first professional HR SP R. Hernandez 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 3 K/3 BB, HR, WP, 2 GO-9 FO RP A. Alburquerque 1.2 IP, 7 ER, 7 H, 3 K/1 BB, 2 HR, WP, 0 GO-2 FO - yikes Overall: 0-3

Iowa has a 7-1 lead with the game suspended due to rain against the Round Rock. It will be resumed at a date TBD. 2B Patterson - 1/2, R, 2B (7), BB CF Pie - 1/3, R, K, SB (6) SS Fontenot - 0/2, BB, 2 K, SB (3) 1B Hoffpauir - 1/2, 2 R, BB C Hill - 3/3, 2 R, 2 2B (12), 2 RBI (22) RF Coats - 2/3, 4 RBI (21), SB (4) LF Walker - 1/3, RBI (6), 2 K SP Webb - 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR Peoria tied and took the lead in the 8th and hung on to beat Lansing 5-4 3B Lansford - 2/4, 2 R, HR (2), 2 RBI (21), E (7, fielding) 1B Canzler - 2/4, 2 R, 2B (7), HR (3), 2 RBI (14), 2K LF Joseph - 1/4, K DH Lalli - 1/3, 2B (3), 2K RF Carter - 1/3, RBI (24), 2K SP Hernandez - 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 2 WP RP Carrillo - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3/1 K/BB RP Bernard - 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0/0 K/BB RP Roquet - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1/0 K/BB Tennessee lost to Jacksonville 8-2 CF Fuld - 1/3, R, 2B (5), BB LF Salas - 2/3, RBI (17), BB C Fox - 1/4, HR (9), RBI (29), K, E (4, throw) 1B Craig - 1/3, 2B (7) 2B-SS Cates - 2/4 SP Hart - 6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 6/0 K/BB, HR, Balk RP Reinhard 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0/1 K/BB RP Blevins - 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2/2 K/BB RP Mendez - 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB Daytona lost to Fort Myers 5-0 CF Colvin - 1/4, K LF Valdez - 2/4, 2B DH Dopirak - 0/4, K 3B Reynolds - 1/3, K 1B Garcia - 1/3, 2K SP Koerber - 5 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR RP Santo - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0/0 K/BB RP Mueller - 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB

Box Scores: Iowa wins 7-2, box: LF E. Patterson 0/4, RBI CF F. Pie 1/5 2B M. Fontenot 3/5, R, RBI 1B M. Hoffpauir 3/4, R C G. Soto 1/4, R, HR (3), 4 RBI, K - grand slam 3B S. Moore 0/3, R, BB, E (6, throw) SS R. Cedeño 1/3, R, BB, K SP N. Cotts 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K/0 BB, HBP, 6 GO-0 FO, 41 pitches (27 strikes) RP R. Wells 3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K/1 BB, 3 GO-5 FO, 58 pitches (37 strikes) Tennessee won 16-11, box: 2B I. Salas 4/4, 2 R, 2B (4), HR (4), 5 RBI, E (4, throw) RF J. Fox 2/4, R, 2 BB CF J. Kroeger 1/4, 3 R, HR (7), 2 RBI, BB, HBP 3B C. McGehee 2/6, R, 2B (4), HR (2), 5 RBI, 2 K C C. Robinson 2/5, 2 R, BB, K SS C. Rojas 3/5, 3 R, BB, SP J. Berg 6 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 K/4 BB, HBP, HR, 11 GO-4 FO RP B. Petrick 1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K/0 BB, HR, 0 GO-2 FO Daytona lost 6-0, box: CF C. Amador 1/4, 2B (6), 2 K SS M. Matulia 1/4, 2 K RF J. Valdez 2/4 DH B. Dopirak 0/4, 3 K - .125/.125/.250 in 24 ABs at Daytona; .196/.219/.265 in 102 ABs overall 1B R. Norwood 0/2, BB, K SP S. Taylor 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 5 K/1 BB, 8 GO-4 FO RP D. Downs 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 K/3 BB, 2 GO-1 FO Peoria lost 8-2, box: CF M. Camp 0/2, R, 2 BB, SB (13) SS J. Mota 2/4, K 3B J. Lansford 1/4, 2 RBI LF A. Joseph 1/4 RF Y. Carter 0/4, 3 K C W. Castillo 0/4, K SP J. Renshaw 5.1 IP, 6 ER, 5 H, 5 K/2 BB, 2 HBP, 2 HR, 4 GO-7 FO RP J. Papelbon 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/1 BB, 1 GO-2 FO Overall: 2-2

Box Scores: Iowa won 7-6, box: LF-2B E. Patterson 3/5, R, HR (4), 3 RBI CF F. Pie 1/3, BB, K, SB (5), CS (3) 2B-SS M. Fontenot 1/2, RBI, 2 BB, K 3B S. Moore 1/4, BB, K SS R. Cedeño 1/5, R, RBI SP L. Walrond 5+ IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 4 K/2 BB, HBP, WP, 7 GO-3 FO, 96 pitches (61 strikes) RP R. Cherry 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K/2 BB, 2 WP, 2 GO-1 FO, 2-1 inherited runners-scored, 44 pitches (29 strikes) RP C. Rapada 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/0 BB, 1 GO-1 FO, 1-0 inherited runner-scored, 9 pitches (5 strikes) Tennessee with the day off. Daytona lost 7-4, box: SS M. Matulia 0/3, 2 K, 3 BB 2B N. Spears 1/4, 2B (6), 2 RBI, K CF T. Colvin 1/4, 2 RBI, K DH B. Dopirak 0/4, K 1B A. Rick 1/1, 2 R, 3 BB C M. Reed 2/4, 2 R SP J. Estrada 4.2 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 1 K/2 BB, 1 HR, 9 GO-4 FO RP M. Avery 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K/0 BB Peoria won 7-5, box: 2B-SS J. Mota 2/4, R, 2 2B (4), RBI, E (4, throw) 3B J. Lansford 0/4, 2 K LF A. Joseph 2/4, R, RBI DH J. Adduci 3/4, 2 R, K RF Y. Carter 1/4, R, HR (5), 2 RBI, K 1B DJ Lewis 1/3, R, 2B (3), RBI, BB C W. Castillo 2/4, 2 RBI SP J. Pina 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 1 K/1 BB, 3 HR, 6 GO-8 FO RP A. Alburquerque 2 iP, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 K/2 BB, 2 GO-1 FO Overall: 2-1

Box Scores: Iowa lost 5-1, box: SS R. Cedeño 1/4, K, CS (2), PO (1) CF F. Pie 1/3, BB 2B M. Fontenot 0/4 C G. Soto 1/3, R, 2B (7), K 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, 2B (12), RBI, K 3B S. Moore 0/3, 2 K SP W. Miller 6 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 3 K/3 BB, WP, 7 GO-8 FO, 89 pitches (54 strikes) Tennessee won 4-3, box: 1B J. Fox 1/4, 2B (16) RF J. Kroeger 1/3, 2 R, HR (3), RBI, BB, K C C. McGehee 2/4, R, K, 2 PB (4) 3B I. Salas 1/3, R, HR (3), 3 RBI, BB PH J. Spearman 1/1, 2B (5) SP S. Gallagher 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 K/3 BB, HBP, WP, 8 GO-6 FO RP J. Blevins 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K/0 BB, 1 GO-0 GO Daytona lost 11-3, box: RF C. Amador 2/5, RBI, 2 E (5, fielding, fielding), OF assist CF T. Colvin 0/4, 2 K DH B. Dopirak 1/4 1B R. Norwood 3/4. 2 R, K C J. Muyco 3/4, R, K SP J. Samardzija 1.2 IP, 7 ER, 9 H, 0 K/1 BB (intentional), 1 HR, 4 GO-0 FO RP M. Phelps 2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K/0 BB, 1 GO-3 FO Peoria lost 5-3 in 11, box: CF M. Camp 2/4, R, 2B (5) 2B R. Malone 1/5, K, E (1, throw) 3B J. Lansford 1/4, RBI, BB 1B R. Canzler 3/5. RBI DH J. Adduci 3/5, K C W. Castillo 0/4, K, PB (6) SP C. Shaver 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 3 K/1 BB, 4 GO-7 FO RP R. Roquet 2.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K/1 BB, 2 GO-3 FO - first ER this season (in 22 IP)

1B Brian Dopirak and LHP Tim Layden to Daytona, LHP Jerry Blevins (he of a 0.38 ERA and 32 Ks in 23.2 innings with the D-Cubs) up to Tennessee. Discuss.

Finally two Cubs make it: They waited till Holliman had a bad start to finally get him on there.

I went through last year's draft and this is what I have. The deadline to sign these guys is May 28th. So far IF Jovan Rosa (22) and RHPs Cedric Redmond (27), Brett Summers (28) and Jordan Latham (29) have already signed. Signed by the Cubs: 22. IF Jovan Rosa, Lake City CC, FL: 220 AB, .359/.458/.564, 34 BB, 34 K 27. RHP Cedric Redmond, Oakton CC, IL (Joliet Township HS, IL): 46.2 IP, 4.63 ERA, 48 H, 64 K/31 BB 28. RHP Brett Summers, South Suburban CC, IL: 65 IP, 4.43 ERA, 66 H, 53 K/36 BB - At the Area Code Games two years ago, righthander Brett Summers had the best arm among Midwest pitchers--better than Michael Bowden, a Red Sox supplemental first-round pick in 2005. Summers also entered last year with high draft hopes, but a disappointing spring and a commitment to Virginia caused him to slide to the 36th round, where the Yankees took him. Summers wound up at South Suburban Junior College, though his brief stay at Virginia cost the Yankees his draft rights. He didn't have a good spring and pitched at 85-88 mph, but he was drafted on the basis of his body (6-foot-6, 185 pounds) and past velocity (90-93 mph). - from BA last year. 29. RHP Jordan Latham, JC of Southern Idaho: 73.1 IP, 1.84 ERA, 52 H, 66 K/19 BB – FB in the low 90s at the time of last year’s draft. 39. P/OF Marcus Hatley, Palomar JC, CA (Mission Hills HS, CA): 169 AB, .290/.313/.444, 3 BB, 36 K - signed as a pitcher 43. SS Anthony Morel, Riverside CC, CA: 126 AB, .341/.410/.429, 14 BB, 26 K Eligible to be Signed by the Cubs (parentheses indicate school for the 2006 season): 18. RHP Jose Hernandez, Manatee CC, FL (Edgewater HS, FL): 61.2 IP, 3.79 ERA, 62 H, 33 K/24 BB 25. RHP Jamie Bagley, San Jacinto JC, TX (Hargrave HS, TX): 18.2 IP, 0.96 ERA, 17 H, 10 K/5 BB 31. RHP Bryan Collins, Central Missouri State (Alvin CC, TX): 31 IP, 1.45 ERA, 16 H, 43 K/19 BB 37. RHP David Francis, Walter State JC, TN (St. Joseph SS, Ontario): 45.2 IP, 3.35 ERA, 48 H, 47 K/28 BB - Righthander David Francis was the top pitcher in the country coming into the year from a draft standpoint, and he used to touch the low 90s with his fastball when he used a smooth three-quarters arm slot. This spring his slot has moved up, becoming more of an over-the-top motion, and he has lost both velocity and movement on his heater. His curve has deep, late bite at times, but Francis has shown better arm strength and in the past. - from BA last year 41. RHP Jonathan Negron, Arizona Western College (Puerto Rican Baseball Academy): 41.2 IP, 6.48 ERA, 34 H, 26 K/17 BB 42. OF Ben Ornelas, Cypress JC, CA: 136 AB, .309/.403/.441, 17 BB, 24 K 46. LHP Ryan Shook, Solano CC, CA (Valley Christian Academy, CA): can’t find stats 48. RHP Kenneth Goodline, Santa Rosa JC, CS (North Monterey County HS, CA): can’t find stats 50. LHP Ryan Davis, Columbia Basin CC, WA (East Lake HS, WA): 9 IP, 3.00 ERA, 10 H, 14 K/8 BB Failed Cubs Physical, did not sign last season: 45. OF Elliot Shea, Franklin Pierce College, NH: failed physical due to limited range of motion in shoulder Cannot be Signed by the Cubs: 17. 2B Keoni Ruth, Concordia, CA (U. San Diego): 183 AB, .339/.427/.486, 24 BB, 9 K 35. 3B Marquez Smith, Clemson: 204 AB, .304/.381/.529, 22 BB, 37 K - cannot sign because season won't finish before 5/28 38. OF Ben Feltner, Texas A & M (Temple JC, TX): 203 AB, .330/.387/.409, 16 BB, 48 K - cannot sign because season won't finish before 5/28 44. RHP Dan Berlind, Pierce College (CA) via Cal Poly (Calabassas HS, CA)

TV: WGN Radio: WGN 720, XM 185 LHP Ted Lilly (2-2, 2.78 ERA, 146 ERA+, 42 K/7 BB) @ RHP Jon Lieber (1-1, 3.33 ERA, 122 ERA+, 13 K/11 BB) Weather: Sunny Game-time temperature: 64°F; feels like: 64°F GO BULLS!

There goes the last of the first rounders from that 2002 class. Sorry, NCCF.

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flat out the single worst home plate umpire i have EVER seen. no high strikes, no at the knee strikes, no outside corner....awful, just awful. Ceda actually pitched pretty well. its a shame... I could tell you thought the umps were bad but you were pretty careful with your words. I don't think I'd have as much self control! :)

I have the game.

Ugh, Ceda couldn't get out of the second...gave up 3 runs and Papelbon had to come in and get out of a bases loaded jam. Ceda: 1.2 IP, 3 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 6 BB. Didn't have much control but Nate is saying the ump's strike zone wasn't that great. Peoria down 3-1 in the top of the third.

Double sarcasm can be so confusing!

I don't see why he wouldn't go another.... his turn in the lineup isn't coming up and he'd be able to face some of the Nats' weaker hitters. Well, he's been throwing about 15 pitches an inning so my concern is keeping his pitch count down. However, the more I think about it, the more likely he is to start the 7th (especially in light of Guzman starting tomorrow). I think Hill should be out there for the 7th.

Rich Hill has a walk and an RBI too Wow, I missed an IsoD Party it seems. :( IsoD party!!!!!!!!! IsoP parties are more fun.

Rick?

it would be nice if my offense started to produce regularly. are we still the top two scores? Yeah, by about 21 points.

Danke! Yay Aramis!

What's the score?

Why should you try to fix it when one of the top pitchers in the league has turned into the team's worst starter? One reason you might want to fix it is that the lower arm angle makes breaking balls break horizontally (staying in the same plane) instead of vertically. Also, it's pretty obvious that Zambrano is walking quite a few more batters than he used to. Maybe you need to work on it Larry. Zambrano has never been a great April pitcher, so it's difficult to differentiate how the angle is affecting him versus what other factors usually contribute to his April woes. I think you're overstating it when you say it's making his breaking balls break on a horizontal plane. It's not like he's dropping 90 degrees down into a sidearmer, and his problem isn't his breaking balls. He throws a sinking fastball that doesn't have the same action, plus he tends to leave more balls up when he drops down. That's the problem. Actually, he had a bad April last season, an ok one in 05 and a great April in 04 and 03.

Man, yesterday was bad. I was up by 50 or so and now I'm down 10. At least I still have 2 starts (Lackey and Sabathia) to 1 (Sowers).

needs to get his act together. He did last time. I must've missed that. :oops: 6+ IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 9 K/2 BB, 1 HR - 2 of the walks and 2 of the runs came in the 7th, the runs scored after he left.