4/16 Padres @ Cubs 7:05CT Radio:WGN TV:CSN

[cubbiechris]

Hensley

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Vs.

Marquis

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Classic example of a game we should win. Hensley comes in with a 9.00 ERA. Let's see what happens...

[Bockstock]

Classic example of a game we should win. Hensley comes in with a 9.00 ERA. Let's see what happens...

Didn't Hensley pitch a CG shutout against the Cubs last year???

The way the Pads bullpen is going, the Cubs HAVE to get things going against the Pads starters.

[cubbiechris]

Didn't Hensley pitch a CG shutout against the Cubs last year???

The way the Pads bullpen is going, the Cubs HAVE to get things going against the Pads starters.

Yes, you are right...I forgot all about that! Oh man....

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

The Cubs need to use this game to their advantage becasue the Padres played a late game on the West coast last night.

[cubbiechris]

The Cubs need to use this game to their advantage becasue the Padres played a late game on the West coast last night.

Which of course means the Cubs will lose big today...

[Bockstock]

Yes, you are right...I forgot all about that! Oh man....


Yea, Cubs.com says the cubs haven't beaten the Pads since the 6-game win streak in early 2005 after Prior wend down

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Which of course means the Cubs will lose big today...

I really hope you are wrong because Tuesdays game is not gonna be a walk in the park facing Maddux.

[cubbiechris]

I really hope you are wrong because Tuesdays game is not gonna be a walk in the park facing Maddux.

I pray I'm wrong. I'd hate to be 5 games under .500 after the Pads series. We better win tonight, because Wade Miller is pitching tomorrow.

[Bockstock]

I pray I'm wrong. I'd hate to be 5 games under .500 after the Pads series. We better win tonight, because Wade Miller is pitching tomorrow.

Who's pitching the Cards this weekend???

Z, Lilly, Marquis??

I assuming Hill will probably pitch the last game in Pads series based on what Lou said about breaking up the lefties.

[cubbiechris]

Who's pitching the Cards this weekend???

Z, Lilly, Marquis??

I assuming Hill will probably pitch the last game in Pads series based on what Lou said about breaking up the lefties.

Z is pitching Wednesday and Hill on Thursday...So I'm assuming...Lilly, Marquis and Miller?

[Ivy Killa]

I read Hill was gonna face the Braves, Lilly will face the cardinals....then they will split them up in the rotation. Anyone know if Rammy is playing tonight?

[cubbiechris]

I read Hill was gonna face the Braves, Lilly will face the cardinals....then they will split them up in the rotation. Anyone know if Rammy is playing tonight?

No he's not playing tonight. Theriot is playing 2B, DeRosa 3B, and Murton is playing RF!

Tonight lineup via the Score:

Soriano CF
Theriot 3B
Lee 1B
Murton RF
Barrett C
Jones LF
DeRosa 2B
Izturiz SS
Marquis

[Bockstock]

Z is pitching Wednesday and Hill on Thursday...So I'm assuming...Lilly, Marquis and Miller?

ah yes

if I would have consulted my trusty wallet schedule I would have seen that it's two 2-game series than the weekend series against STL

(crosses fingers for a Guzman start against STL)

[chas777]

hey,anyone ever hear anymore news on prior?last I heard he was supposed to get examined friday,and then I haven't heard a word about it since.

[VanMan]

Well, the Cubs got themselves a couple of runs in the first inning. After Marquis pitched a 1-2-3 inning (after almost getting attacked by a seagull dropping his dinner), Soriano led off with a solid single up the middle. He advanced on a hit-and-run grounder to first by Theriot. Lee singled Soriano in on another smash up the middle. After a wild pitch advanced Lee to second, Murton singled to left. Quade aggressively sent Lee home, and the throw from left went up the first-base line. Barrett then lined the ball right up the middle, but since Murton was running on the play, the ball found the second-baseman's mitt on the fly, and he tagged Murton for the tough-luck DP.

[chas777]

lets see if we can get a couple more!

[VanMan]

Len just said that the Cubs were 6-for-59 with RISP in the seven-game series sweep by San Diego. Bob then quipped that the Cubs are 2-for-2 tonight.

[VanMan]

Whatcha guys think of Lou flip-flopping the corner outfielders tonight? Murton in right and Jones in left tonight. I haven't seen how they're adjusting in the field, but Murt is 1-1 with and RBI already, while Jones rolled out his first AB.

[chas777]

nothin' that inning,marquis and the top of the order coming up,marquis is a pretty good hitter.I'm predicting 2 more runs.

[VanMan]

Did the Padres load up the line-up with lefties?

[chas777]

Whatcha guys think of Lou flip-flopping the corner outfielders tonight? Murton in right and Jones in left tonight. I haven't seen how they're adjusting in the field, but Murt is 1-1 with and RBI already, while Jones rolled out his first AB.

good to get Murt a start somewhere,this is his first home game start this year.

[VanMan]

Opposing pitcher took a called third strike after not getting the bunt down the first two pitches.

[VanMan]

Marquis gets out of the inning with no damage. 2-0, bottom 3 coming.

[chas777]

what's with the padres yellowish looking road uniforms,kinda nasty looking,maybe its just my tv

[VanMan]

what's with the padres yellowish looking road uniforms,kinda nasty looking,maybe its just my tv
Not really yellowish. I guess it's more of a cream color.

[VanMan]

AFLAC Trivia Question:

What two Cubs hit back-to-back home runs on this date in 2004 to beat the Reds 11-10?

[chas777]

Marquis is looking pretty good so far .Lets hope he can keep it up.

[chas777]

not sure I was thinking maybe Lee and Sosa for a guess anyway.

[VanMan]

AFLAC answer:

Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou

[chas777]

half right anyway

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Think it was Alou and Sosa

[VanMan]

Lee bangs out a lead-off singler in the fourth.

[chas777]

Great spot for Murts 1st home run

[VanMan]

Murton walks, so the Cubs have something brewing in the 4th.

[VanMan]

Barrett grounds into a 5-4-3 around-the-horn double play. Lee to third with two outs.

[VanMan]

Jones gets his first RBI with a solid single past the second baseman. 3-0 Cubs.

[VanMan]

DeRosa walks to put runners on first and second, two out.

[VanMan]

Izturis grounds to third to end the inning. One run, two hits, two left.

[VanMan]

Cruz leads off the 5th with a double off the bricks in right center.

[VanMan]

Soriano just tweaked his hammy? It's now 3-1. I was out of the room when it happened. Floyd comes in to play left field and Jones shifts to center.

[chas777]

Oh no not soriano!sure looked caught to me!

[VanMan]

Well, the Cubs get out of the inning with "minimal" damage, although we did lose our center fielder and lead-off man.

[chas777]

It looked like on the replay(although too close to be sure)that soriano made a shoestring catch to end the inning,but the umpire said it hit the ground

[chas777]

way to go jason!

[VanMan]

Marquis just missed a homer by a few feet, strolls into second with a double.

[VanMan]

Marquis scores on a single by Floyd, who took second on the throw to the plate and third on the trowing error. 4-1 Cubs.

[chas777]

Great spot for Derricks 1st home run!

[VanMan]

Lee walks. Murton up with runners on the corners.

[VanMan]

Murton beats out a possible DP to score Floyd. 5-1 now.

[VanMan]

Barrett goes deep! 7-1 Cubs! Gotta love it when a guy hustles down the line to beat out a DP to extend an inning ahead of a slugger.

[VanMan]

Jones went deep to center field, the crowd thinks it's going to be back-to-back, but it falls into the center fielder's glove to retire the side. :( But, four runs in the inning to extend the Cubs lead to 7-1 after 5.

[VanMan]

Update on Soriano:

Left hamstring strain, listed as day-to-day, so probably won't play tomorrow.

[VanMan]

Marquis strikes out the lead-off hitter of the inning, Gilles, looking.

[VanMan]

Gonzales whiffs. 2 down

[VanMan]

I missed what Sledge did, but he's on first. Maybe a walk.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Marquis needs to cut down on the walks!!

[VanMan]

Now the Padres have something going. 1st and 2nd with two out.

[VanMan]

Grounder to Theriot ends the inning on a FC. No damage from the two-out rally, so it's still 7-1 going to the bottom of the sixth.

[VanMan]

DeRosa leads off the sixth with a homer off the top of the basket in left, followed by an Izturis single to center. 8-1 Cubs!

My brother just popped into the room, saying, "I'd be more interested in this team if they did this every game instead of every third game."

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Derosa Homers for 3rd of the year, great start to the year for Derosa.

[VanMan]

Cubs starting to pour it on now. Marquis just singled, advancing Izturis to third. Double switch coming up for the Padres.

[VanMan]

I think Bob just mentioned something about the Cubs flipping the switch tonight. Maybe they should find that switch and lock it in the "on" position.

[VanMan]

Cliff Floyd just welcomed the new pitcher with a three-run rainbow into the right-field seats, 11-1 Cubs on Floyd's first Cub HR!

[VanMan]

Theriot then followed with a single, then Lee takes one off the elbow, and Murton bloops one into right-center. Bases loaded. Quade threw up the stop sign to obey the "unwritten rules" of baseball.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Well nice to see the offense showed up today, I think Lou may have sent a message

[VanMan]

Barrett got sawed off, but was able to lift one to Cruz in center and got Theriot home on a sac fly. Theriot had a great slide around the catcher, swiping the dish to make it 12-1. Floyd grounded to the pitcher, who then threw it to first, thinking there was two outs.

[VanMan]

Well nice to see the offense showed up today, I think Lou may have sent a message
Message received loud and clear! Let's see if they can continue to do this daily.

[VanMan]

DeRosa ends the inning with a foul-tip K. Five score as 10 come to the plate! Gotta love this!

[VanMan]

Anyone going to watch the CMI with Lou tomorrow night?

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Message received loud and clear! Let's see if they can continue to do this daily.

I wouldn't mind it at all if they continued to do it daily!! Guess we would have no need for a closer if that was the case. lol

[VanMan]

Ward dropped the ball? Looked like he was transferring the ball.

[VanMan]

I wouldn't mind it at all if they continued to do it daily!! Guess we would have no need for a closer if that was the case. lol
Well, Demp would still work the ninth.

[VanMan]

Guzman had no trouble getting out of that trouble. Still 12-1 into the bottom of the 7th.

[VanMan]

Izturis and Ward both line out to Blum. Floyd now up, trying to improve on his 2-for-2 with 4 RBI night.

[VanMan]

Oops, Floyd struck out to end the inning.

[VanMan]

I wonder if Lou's going to keep Guzman in the game for three innings for the save.

[Drockvb]

LMAO. Typical cubs baseball. Can't score 1 run when thats all they need, then when they do score runs they score 10+ and they only needed 1 or 2. LOL.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Its a non save opportunity, leads to large for a save

[ryno4ever]

I just got home..... I was listening to the game at work.... THIS is what I have been waiting to see! THIS is the team I drooled over all winter! Now, if they can KEEP playing like this.

[VanMan]

Its a non save opportunity, leads to large for a save
Actually, there are three criteria for a save. One of the following three must be satisfied for a save:

1. Three innings in relief
2. One inning with a three-run-or-less lead
3. Entering the game with the tying run on deck.

If Guzman pitches the ninth without giving up the lead, he has the save because he would have three innings pitched.

[VanMan]

Guzman's batting, so he might stay in for the three-inning save. Otherwise, Ohman is in the pen.

[VanMan]

Cubs go down 1-2-3, and there will be no save. Ohman coming in for the ninth. Just have to hope he doesn't give up a bunch of runs in this situation.

[VanMan]

Ohman starts with a K. That's more like it. Now 17 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings out of the pen.

[VanMan]

Izturis can't get the batter out from deep in the hole.

[VanMan]

LaForest followed Cruz's infield single with a single past second.

[VanMan]

Theriot catches the liner for the second out. The crowd's on its feet!

[VanMan]

Ohman gives up a HR to Marcus Gilles, but at this point, it's meaningless. 12-4 Cubs.

[VanMan]

Izturis puts away the final out, even though Theriot collides with him. CUBS WIN!

[ARamfan]

This was much better tonight. This is what I expected to see following Spring Training. I'll rest easy tonight! :cool:

[chas777]

they need to get rid of Ohman,he is awful.

[chas777]

Here's to all the Cardinal fans that said Marquis would stink this year,HaHaHaHA

[ryno4ever]

Here's to all the Cardinal fans that said Marquis would stink this year,HaHaHaHA

I was thinking the same thing, too! I actually had a friend of mine who is a Cardinal fan send me a good luck card when we signed Marquis! I think I am going to send him a thank you card right back!

[VanMan]

Here's to all the Cardinal fans that said Marquis would stink this year,HaHaHaHA
Yeah. Three starts so far for Marquis, no home runs allowed.

[VanMan]

I was thinking the same thing, too! I actually had a friend of mine who is a Cardinal fan send me a good luck card when we signed Marquis! I think I am going to send him a thank you card right back!
There you go! That's a very good idea.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

I was thinking the same thing, too! I actually had a friend of mine who is a Cardinal fan send me a good luck card when we signed Marquis! I think I am going to send him a thank you card right back!

Nah no need for a thank you card just send him a sympathy card because I feel sorry for anyone that is a clueless cards fan :D

Did anyone else hear Pat and Rons conversation tonight about a Cubs fan marrying a Cards fan? It was really funny by the end when Pat asked Ron if he would ever marry a Cards fan. Ron seemed reluctant to answer it so all he could do is laugh.

[chas777]

I agree also,and you're right vanman that's all I heard before the season started:Marquis is going to give up tons of home runs in Wrigley,so far a big fat ZERO!take that Cardinal fans always bragging about how great your pitching coach is!

[VanMan]

Nah no need for a thank you card just send him a sympathy card because I feel sorry for anyone that is a clueless cards fan :D
I never thought of it that way.
Did anyone else hear Pat and Rons conversation tonight about a Cubs fan marrying a Cards fan? It was really funny by the end when Pat asked Ron if he would ever marry a Cards fan. Ron seemed reluctant to answer it so all he could do is laugh.
Unfortunately, I wasn't listening to the radio (I was watching the game with Len and Bob on CSN), but if I was facing that situation, I'd respond, "How good does she look?" :D ;) :cool:

[chas777]

Nah no need for a thank you card just send him a sympathy card because I feel sorry for anyone that is a clueless cards fan :D

Did anyone else hear Pat and Rons conversation tonight about a Cubs fan marrying a Cards fan? It was really funny by the end when Pat asked Ron if he would ever marry a Cards fan. Ron seemed reluctant to answer it so all he could do is laugh.

Didn't hear that watched the game on tv,my first wife was a Cardinal fan when I met her,the marriage didn't end up working out,but at least I converted her to a Cubs fan!

[ryno4ever]

One of my best friends is a die hard Cub fan...her husband is a die hard Cardinal fan. They have two kids, one is a Cub fan, the other a Cardinal fan. They make a point of going to both Wrigley and Busch for a Cubs/Cards game each year. She wears the pants in the family, so even if the Cubs lose, her husband knows better than to gloat.

If Pat really wanted to get a reaction from Ron, he should have asked him if he would have ever married a Mets fan! To this day, Ron still hates the Mets with a passion because of the collapse in '69 (I wasn't around for that, but have heard and read lots about it.)

[VanMan]

If Pat really wanted to get a reaction from Ron, he should have asked him if he would have ever married a Mets fan! To this day, Ron still hates the Mets with a passion because of the collapse in '69 (I wasn't around for that, but have heard and read lots about it.)
Yeah, that would've been the kicker in the conversation. Bring up '69, and Ron goes into a bit of a rage.

[taz57]

I remember hearing last season when Greg Maddux told his former teammate Jason Marquis to contact Larry Rothschild after the season. Marquis took his advise, and pitched for Rothschild. Shortly afterwards, the Cubs signed Marquis to a three year deal. Maddux saw something good in this guy, and if he's good enough for Maddux, he's good enough for me also.

All I heard all winter was negative feedback for the Marquis signing. As far as I'm concerned, Tony "the sleeping drunk" LaRussa ruined the guys confidence by leaving him in to get shelled in two games.

Marquis is most effective when he is able to keep the ball down for strikes. So far, he is is doing exactly that. I hope that he keeps it up, or down in this case.

[ryno4ever]

I agree with you Taz.... the true test for Marquis will be a really warm day with the wind blowing out...that's when Marquis will have to really work on keeping the ball down, as will Lillly.