Iowa Cubs 0 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 3
Junior Lake was 1-4, and Jae-Hoon Hzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Tennessee Smokies 3 @ Montgomery Biscuits 4 (10 innings)
Hey! Arismendy Alcantara had a home run and a walk. Matt Szczur had a triple, John Andreoli had the vaunted double doubles. Rubi Silva went 2-4.
Alberto Cabrera went 6.1 innings and allowed two runs off of 7 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. Zach Rosscup had 2 strikeouts in 0.2 innings. Frank Batista walked the bases loaded in his inning but escaped. Kevin Rhoderick blew a save with a run allowed in the ninth, and then decided he didn't want to pitch anymore and allowed a run without recording an out in the 10th.
Kane County Cougars 4 @ Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 3
Jeimer Candelario was 0-5 with a run scored. Gioskar Amaya was 1-5. Everyone else on the team got on base AT LEAST twice. Reggie Golden was the best of them, with a home run and a walk. Dan Vogelbach didn't have any hits, but he walked twice. Kevin Encarncion had a trio of singles. He also stole a base.
Brian Smith took the start and was really meh. 4.1 innings, 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts. Armando Rivero had a really nice relief appearance, 1.2 innings with a hit and 3 strikeouts. Lendy Castillo had 1.2 innings of typical shit performance. He didn't allow a run but did allow a hit and 3 walks. And this is the guy who got the win! Michael Hamann had 1.1 innings with a single walk allowed.
Eugene Emeralds 5 @ Boise Hawks 6
Yasiel Balaguert went deep in this one, a 3-run blast in the 3rd inning. He also had a single. Jordan Hankins had a single and 2 walks. Rony Rodriguez had a double. Jose Dore was a triple and home run short of the cycle.
My main man CMP got the start today and allowed no earned runs. However, he had 2 unearned runs. 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 3 hits. Jasvir Rakkar allowed 3 runs, with 2 unearned runs, on one HR and 4 hits, with 2 walks. Andrew McKirahan went 2 innings. Scott Frazier went 0.2 scoreless innings, and Matt Iannazzo finished the game with a single out.
Chicago Cubs 7 @ Seattle Mariners 6
Luis Valbuena was just a single, double, triple, and home run short of the cycle. Starlin Castro was 1-5, and Nate Schierholtz was 1-4. Alfonso Soriano continues to surge forward with a pair of doubles. That was awesome to see. Anthony Rizzo was 2-3 with a walk, and in his last 10 he's batting .324.
Edwin Jackson went 6 strong innings and allowed 3 runs. He's 4-10 now with a 5.75 ERA. Shawn "DFA me" Camp put the Mariners right back in it with 3 runs allowed in 1.1 innings, and everyone watching just kind of assumed that when Hector Rondon came in that the Cubs were giving up the game. Instead, Rondon walked a guy and then got 2 outs and out of the inning. Kevin Gregg dominated in the ninth against 3 lefthanders for the save. Gregg is 4th in the league in ERA+ by pitchers with at least 10 saves: Joe Nathan, Mariano Rivera, and Craig Kimbrel are the only 3 better.
VSL Tigers 4 @ VSL Cubs 2
AZL Cubs 6 @ AZL Indians 4
Temperature for the game: 108 degrees. Woof.
Comments
http://www.willthecubslose100gamesthisyear.com/
They’d have to play at a .329 clip to achieve 100 losses.
SVBQuote Reply
@ SVB:
That link is as reliable as the Cubs bullpen.
SVBQuote Reply
You know, we win 10 or 12 games without losing any, we’re back to .500 and right back in it!
joshQuote Reply
Was this sentence so good it was cut short?
WaLiQuote Reply
@ josh:
That’s a 20-24 game swing.
GBTSQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
I just realized that it cut off the rest of my article 🙁
Will fix.
MylesQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
I think that was his advice on enjoying the Chicago Cubs. Or his choice for the Cubs’ 2013 slogan.
RynoQuote Reply
What a day for Valbuena.
dmick89Quote Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-wnnc1w1vw
GBTSQuote Reply
new shit
GWQuote Reply
I see Epstein gave Dale Sveum a vote of confidence yesterday.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
Does that mean he gets the ax soon?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
That’s what a lot of people think, but I doubt it.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
It’d be pointless, but I didn’t think they’d cut Marmol. I’m guessing that had to do with there being exactly zero market for him. There doesn’t seem to be any reason to cut Sveum, unless you count Castro’s performance or other behind-the-scenes problems.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
I think it’s about 50/50 whether or not they get rid of Sveum. This is the 2nd year of a 3-year contract. Maybe it’s more likely he stays than goes, but I don’t have any idea.
dmick89Quote Reply