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Game time is 3:45 PM EST / 2:45 PM CST. The temperature should be about 70 degrees farenheit.

The pitching matchup features one of our young arms against a former White Sox starter.



Angel Guzman - 0-0, 2.19 ERA, 11/3 K/BB



Freddy Garcia - 1-2, 5.33 ERA, 21/6 K/BB

Garcia's ERA is pretty high but he still has a good strikeout to walk ratio which suggests it will come down. Guzman's numbers are good but they're sitll over a very small sample size.

Players To Watch

Shane Victorino - Had 6 stolen bases in one series

Aaron Rowand - .987 OPS for the season

Derrek Lee - Lost his hitting streak yesterday

Cliff Floyd - Career vs Garcia, 4 AB, 2 HR's

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Prediction

Both teams bats get off the hot starts as the pitchers struggle early on. The bullpens quiet the offenses until the late innings when the Cubs finally have a timely hit and steal the win.

Mwahaha, beat you Posey.

lol, you picked a bad matchup
jk

What a shtty start time

2:45 starts...I hate them.
FOX should bring back the 12:15 start time.

GAME SUMMARIES:
1=Cubs @ Phillies (HD) - 76%

unfortunately not in cleveland

im stuck with damn tigers/twins game. like i care about that

well go cubbies nonetheless

Joe **** Buck?

Jesus kill me now.

I want ex-broadcaster Steve Lyons.
Who knows what the guy will say.

I only like Joe Buck for big games like the World Series otherwise he is just boring.

Slam a lamma...Ding Dong

Tim McCarver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euERw9D5qm8

Joe Buck:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nShJm4mKIpY

How could you stand Joe Buck in the world series last year? He's a Cardinals fan and was absolutely terrible during the WS last year.

treyZz wrote:How could you stand Joe Buck in the world series last year? He's a Cardinals fan and was absolutely terrible during the WS last year.

I barely watched any of the World Series last year. In fact nobody watched it last year.
I am talking about some his most famous calls like the Boston world championship.

When the game gets tight in like the 8th inning I love Joe Buck because he makes the game good but in a blow out Joe Buck is so boring.

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. A Soriano, LF .316 4 8 4
2. C Floyd, RF .279 2 13 0
3. D Lee, 1B .378 2 21 2
4. A Ramirez, 3B .269 8 20 0
5. M Barrett, C .261 5 19 0
6. J Jones, CF .268 1 10 1
7. M DeRosa, 2B .242 4 17 0
8. C Izturis, SS .214 0 3 1
9. A Guzman, P .000 0 0 0

Name AVG HR RBI SB
1. J Rollins, SS .293 9 24 8
2. S Victorino, RF .282 2 15 13
3. A Rowand, CF .359 5 16 3
4. C Utley, 2B .292 6 30 3
5. P Burrell, LF .257 3 16 0
6. G Dobbs, 1B .222 1 9 0
7. A Nunez, 3B .268 0 3 0
8. C Ruiz, C .272 1 12 1
9. F Garcia, P .250 0 1 0

I like his call when Randy Moss mooned the Packers. DISGRACEFUL!!!

Theriot sitting..............................

I Am A Witness wrote:unfortunately not in cleveland

im stuck with damn tigers/twins game. like i care about that

well go cubbies nonetheless

I'm in the same boat.

Yeah, I could listen to the gameday audio if I wanted, the MLB.TV subscription grants me that. But the TV is blacked out.

Odd we don't get Joe Bucks I think it is Kenny Albert.

2poor wrote:Yeah, I could listen to the gameday audio if I wanted, the MLB.TV subscription grants me that. But the TV is blacked out.

One of the advantages to living in Canada, I'm never blacked out of any games on MLB.tv.

Guzman looked sharp, and I said to watch Victorino. He can fly.

And I can't believe Theriot isn't playing. Second highest on-base percentage on the team after Lee, plays multiple positions, and he still doesn't get to play everyday.

They've really looked lethargic since getting to .500