May 26, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:42 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cubs (29-21) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Pirates (24-26) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
W: Damaso Marte (4-0)
L: Jon Lieber (2-3)
Boxscore
The Cubs, who have a record right around .500 against teams not named after illegal downloaders, lost a series to the team they’d dominated so well. In Chicago’s defense, it took 11 innings for Pittsburgh to win. The loss dropped the Cubs into a first-place tie with the Cardinals.
The extra-inning heroics once against went to Jason Bay, who ended the game in walk-off style for the second consecutive time. His team has a day off, giving him plenty of time to perfect his next trick: the old hidden ball gag.
The Pirates have Memorial Day off, before moving on to Cincinnati and sending out Ian Snell against Johnny Cueto at 7:10pm EDT.
May 23, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:09 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Brewers (22-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Pirates (22-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 13 | 1 |
W: Tom Gorzelanny (4-4)
L: Dave Bush (1-5)
Boxscore
After teaching the Brewers how to win for the past two games, Pittsburgh apparently thought it was time to win one for themselves. Or at least Jason Bay and Xavier Nady did, who both hit home runs off of Milwaukee starter Dave Bush.
Tom Gorzelanny pitched well for the Pirates, but he lasted only 5 innings which will not help what has to be a tired bullpen.
The Brewers had their own pair of homers, and Prince Fielder had a couple hits and a walk. Even though they lost the game, the fact that they scored 4 runs and had plenty of hits has to be encouraging. Now they need to focus on not leaving 14 runners stranded.
The Pirates stay home to host the Cubs at 7:05pm EDT when Carlos Zambrano comes to town to battle with Zach Duke. The Brewers move on to DC, with Jeff Suppan going against Odalis Perez at 7:35pm EDT.
May 22, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:45 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cubs (28-19) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Astros (27-21) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 0 |
W: Shawn Chacon (1-0)
L: Sean Gallagher (1-1)
S: Jose Valverde (14)
Boxscore
The Cubs continue to search for a fourth and fifth starter for their rotation. Sean Gallagher was up for the audition today, and things looked promising when Derek Lee homered in a three-run top of the first. Of course, Gallagher hadn’t pitched yet.
Actually, Gallagher did fine until the third when Carlos Lee homered and gave the Astros the lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. The Astros moved a game closer to the Cubs and are now only 1.5 games back.
The Cubs have a day off, hoping to regroup after losing yet another series to a team in their division. The Astros host the Phillies with Kyle Kendrick starting against Roy Oswalt at 8:05pm EDT.
May 22, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:37 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Brewers (22-24) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Pirates (21-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
W: Ben Sheets (5-1)
L: Ian Snell (2-3)
Boxscore
Now that the Pirates reminded the Brewers how to win a game, it looks like Milwaukee liked it and wants some more, please.
Rickie Weeks had what he hopes was a slump-busting home run and Ben Sheets pitched a complete game, allowing only one run. That one run was a Xavier Nady solo shot in the 4th.
The Pirates try once more to deal with this formerly sleeping giant they awakened when Tom Gorzelanny faces Dave Bush at 7:05pm EDT.
May 22, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:26 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Reds (21-26) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Dodgers (25-21) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 8 | 0 |
W: Kuroda (2-3)
L: Johnny Cueto (2-5)
S: Takashi Saito (8)
Boxscore
As I fell asleep watching Johnny Cueto continue his rookie struggles, the Reds were foremost in my thoughts. I then proceeded to have this awesome dream where Ken Griffey, Jr. took the team on his back–without breaking it!–and proceeded to launch three home runs to lead the team to victory, prevent the sweep at the hands of the once-hated Dodgers, and prevent the losing.
Then I woke up and saw the team once again lost and Griffey, like he has most of this year, was a complete non-factor in the game. Still, it would have been nice. And what a way to reach 600.
Fantasy is better than reality when it comes to the Reds, I’m afraid. They’ll try to change that when they travel to Aaron Harang’s hometown today. Harang gets the start, which doesn’t bode well for Griffey’s offensive chances, considering the dearth of scoring for Harang. He’ll face Randy Wolf at 10:05pm EDT.
