7/11 Other Games

[ELCABALLO45]

NL CENTRAL GAMES THAT MATTER

Giants (Cain 5-7; 4.30 ERA) @ Cubs (Marquis 6-5; 4.78 ERA) - 1:20 CDT

Cardinals (Lohse 10-2; 3.61 ERA) @ Pirates (Duke 4-5; 4.23 ERA) - 6:05 CDT

[wibadgers23]

It would be nice if we could have a repeat of yesterday. The Cubs game will probably be on WGN, so maybe I'll check it out for awhile.

[berniebrewer4life]

Marquis is due for a blow up. Let's hope Duke remembers he is supposed to be a good pitcher, and not just a belly itcher.

[datrain711]

Marquis is due for a blow up. Let's hope Duke remembers he is supposed to be a good pitcher, and not just a belly itcher.

 

going against the suddenly unstoppable Kyle Lohse they have no chance. I can't for the life of me understand how a guy the Phillies couldn't give away is 10-2 right now.

[sgtcluels]

Cubs aren't on WGN, go Caine.

[Brian the Automator]

Bottom of the 4th, and only 1 hit between both teams...

[cubfan1126]

End of 5 each team with 1 hit

 

Cain at 82 pitches - Marquis at 59

 

Randy Winn left the game in the 3rd inning

 

Edit:

 

BTW Tim McClelland behind the plate

[MillerParkSouth]

the Giants are really, really bad. 1 run for the Cubs might win this.

[Fear The Chorizo]

it's really bad offense when you can't tell the starting pitcher's offensive stats apart from over half of the regular position player lineup

 

giants...yeesh

[fondybrewfan]

Well good news is that it is still tied, the bad news is that I have no confidence whatsoever that the Giants will score a run at any point so I expect the Cubs to pull this one out. Marquis has 81 pitches through 7 innings he is looking at a complete game if he doesn't screw it up. Is the wind blowing in or what?

[splitterpfj]

Giants bashers - mind yourselves - the Brewers are there in a week.

[datrain711]

How do the Giants justify playing Vizquel? he's hitting .154

 

brutal

[Dmiles23]

I asked this to myself a couple weeks ago, and it still puzzles me. How can the Giants keep trotting Omar Vizquel out there? I understand they are a bad team, but how can any team keep sending a .150 hitter out there?

[datrain711]

i was just about to say lets get throught he 8th tied so the meat of the order can hit in the 9th, but then i saw the giants lineup and I slammed my head against my desk.

 

what a pathetic lineup.

[fondybrewfan]

I seriously want to know how Theriot has a .317 BA, that can't be sustainable can it? I think he is a pretty solid player but certianly not a .315 BA + type of player

[Brian the Automator]

3-0 cubs ... Ramirez went deep.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Always a good idea to intentional walk a guy to get to Ramirez, then serve up a cookie for a 3-run homer.

[datrain711]

who didn't see that one coming?

 

3-0 Cubs

[fondybrewfan]

who didn't see that one coming?

 

3-0 Cubs

You took the words right out of my mouth, I smelled that one from a mile away. A Ram certainly has a flair for the dramatic

[MillerParkSouth]

i mean this will all sincerity: Aramis Ramirez is my least favorite person in the entire world. I really dislike him.

[dlk9s]

I just took a quick shower when they were pitching to Fontenot. I told myself that if he bunted Theriot to 2nd, the Giants would walk Lee and Ramirez would hit a homer.

 

It's too easy.

[datrain711]

Ramirez has this way of ensuring that his team doesn't fall into a slump.

 

Best instance I can think of is the first game of the Cubs-White Sox series. Chicago had just lost its first home series in a long time and the Brewers were making a move, and then Ramirez hit that walk off to win it and a few more over the weekend to make sure they swept them.

 

I really can't stand him. but i have to respect the clutch homers.

[naivin]

The Cubs offense is just relentless. Every time Ramirez hit sone of those (which seems to be about every other week), I die a little inside. I love the Wild Card!

[sargennm]

I just watched a replay of the homer on Gameday. I hope whoever it pitching tomorrow puts one right in the middle of his back in his first AB.

[datrain711]

the feeble giants have managed to put 2 runners on base in the ninth