04/08/05 - Brewers (Capuano) @ Cubs (Wood), 1:20 PM CT

[DHonks]

great job there. Pretty much K'd the side using two pitches, fastball in and changeup down and away. Could see the trend right away, and he milked it all inning

[brettac1]

He just needs the BB and the HR for the trinity, he got the easy part out of the way early.

[Bruce Ciskie]

In Capuano's defense (I said he was about as sharp as a spoon earlier), Wood isn't much better. He's all over the freaking place.

[Blazer25]

Too easy....need to get to Wood.

[Bruce Ciskie]

A ground ball to second? Does Branyan think he's Wes Helms or something?

[shelmark]

I know it's early but we have really let Wood off the hook. He is all over the place and we run/swing our way out of innings. Jenkins still hasn't swung at a strike. 1 run and Wood is struggling. Need to get to the pen by the 6th.

[DHonks]

has Jenkins made contact with even a foul ball yet today?

[brettac1]

Jenkins still hasn't swung at a strike

He rarely does.

[Oldcity]

Cappy has really settled down. 8 straight outs.

 

Edit: Make that 9. Come on guys, be patient on offense!

[Harold Hutchison]

Agreed.

 

But Cappy is holding his own so far.

[brettac1]

He's borderline dominant today, aside from the 1st.

[batman]

Jenks' at-bats so far:

 

Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), G Jenkins struck out swinging

 

Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), G Jenkins struck out looking

 

Three balls, five swings and misses, and one called strike.

 

Ouch.

 

~Bill

[danzig6767]

Could have just been nerves that first inning.Cappy has good stuff,he just needs to stay healthy.I dont see a better starter on our tean besides Sheets/Davis.

[DHonks]

good thing I threw Cappy today in my fantasy leagues

[brettac1]

But Wood has been just a smidge better, as one would expect.

[Blazer25]

78 pitches for Wood...40 Strikes 38 balls...

 

How do we only have 1 run?!?

 

 

Oh yeah, I forgot....Nedly tried to have Damian "sweet feet" Miller steal 3b!!!

[Blazer25]

PRINCE!!!!!!

 

 

The "boy who would be king" hit another HR in his first game at AAA....Powell said he's done it in his first game at every level.

 

Here's hoping we see the trend continue in the big leagues.....

[batman]

78 pitches for Wood...40 Strikes 38 balls...

 

At least a handful of those "strikes" were balls that we swung at, too. He couldn't hit pavement if he fell out of a truck today.

 

~Bill

[Pack87Man]

That was not necessary by Cappy.

[scoop53714]

I havent been able to watch any of this. Whats the story? Seems like we are running ourselves out of innings and not coming up with any key hits.

[Blazer25]

I like my new avatar....

[batman]

LOL. Jenkins ran down that ball, spun, and fired as far and as hard as he could in the general direction of the infield. The Cubs fans are lucky he didn't guess wrong and kill somebody in the upper deck.

 

Yuck.

 

~Bill

[danzig6767]

Clark got picked off first and Nedly tried a hit and run with Miller on secondbase and Capuano at the plate.He swung and missed at the pitch and Miller was out by 10 feet.

[Oldcity]

Spivey Overbay Lee this inning. Time to do some damage.

[ja002h]

Cappy keeps rollin...