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Dempster Gets ROCKED against Sox
Didn’t we just see this movie? The other team get a zillion hits and runs while we hit a few solo home runs and can’t seem to string a few hits together. Wow, if I felt like I got tagged after the Orioles series the game yesterday put me right on my backside. With that said how do you fault a pitcher that was pitching 2.41 away from home (grant it this still earned him two losses) and 2.74 at home and has a bad terrible outing? You don’t, you lick your wounds and try to come out the next day with a fire in your belly.
The problem is there are quite a few wounds to lick; Patterson is starting to come down to earth after a great home series against the Sox, Edmonds looks like the walking wounded, even with his two hits Fukodome’s status concerns me, we got the kid on the mound today who, on the road, on grass in the day has an ERA around 5.00 and Lee and Ramirez need to find their bats again. Plus Soriano and Zambrano are still on the D.L..
Well let’s get the bandages out and see what happens.
Cubs Take It On The Chin Against Orioles
Look at my nose…am I bleeding? Because I just got tagged. Two days after singing the Cubs praises and throwing A+’s around, the Cubs lose two out of three to the Baltimore Orioles at home! It wasn’t like the Cubs lost a couple of close games, in the two loses they were out scored 18-9. In the last game by the middle of the sixth it was turning into a good old fashion #&! whipping. The Cubs did score three in the bottom of sixth and one more in the eighth to make it just a normal #&! whipping, but this series did expose the one weakness of this Cubs team…starting pitching.
In game one Marshall goes 4.2 innings and gives up four runs. I guess the good news is his control was good, he stuck out seven and only walked one, but he gave up seven hits. Definitely not what you would call a good outing.
In game two Lilly looked good giving up four runs in seven innings, but the problem again is the long ball. Payton takes him yard twice with a man on both times. Seeing Marmol pitch an inning with 2k’s, no walks and only one hit was nice, and Wood…a definite bright spot.
The truth is Marshall doesn’t belong in any teams starting rotation, Lilly is a solid pitcher but I would say a number four. My big concern is game three’s starter, Marquis. Seven hits, seven runs in four innings and he looked bad doing it. With Rich Hill as a bust this year the Cubs need Marquis to step up and win 15 plus games. It’s possible but when I see him pitch like he did against the Orioles it reminds me that there are two Jason Marquis; the one that can win five games in a row and the one that started the season 1-3.
That’s the bad, the good, maybe Marmol’s control returning to form. In any event the second big test of the season starts tomorrow on the south side and Dempster is starting and he has been lights out. The Cubs went to Florida got swept then came home and swept the Sox, Cubs then lost two out of three at home, maybe they will go to Comiskey Cellular One and take two out of three.
Hey, Next Century Is Here, go get it done Cubs!
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