Reds @ Cobs 9/18/07 Game Thread

[SportsWorld]

Tue., September 18 @ 7:05 p.m. CT
TV: CSN
Radio: WGN 720


Aaron "I look like a beaver" Harang (15-4, 3.65 ERA)

vs

Carlos "Booooooo" Zambrano 16-12, 4.14

Message to the Cubs:
Please don't make me curse 1,000 times in 3 hours ever again. Okay?

[Gordon Bombay]

great pitching matchup

go cubs!!!

[IbreakNeckZ101]

please cubs no more suspense.. just win by alot!

[#1TKfan]

please cubs no more suspense.. just win by alot!

oh yeah. definitly. i would like a couple of easy wins down the stretch. the cardiac cubs is a name that might stick if they keep this up.

[Posey H8er]

Must win. If we cannot beat Harang, we cannot win in the playoffs.

[SportsWorld]

Rumor has it the wind is blowing out and it is very windy.
Advantage: Cubs

[2poor]

After last night's heroics I think Santo should be the regular 7th inning stretch guy for the rest of the season.

(personally I think he should be the full-time guy, we need an icon not the Naperville Girl's Golf team or whatever other rubbish "guest conductors" they throw in there)

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Great game last night, very suspensful, but let's try to keep the games out of reach instead of all the late night heroics.

[The Sheik]

Hopefully we build on last night and continue our good play (or good luck?) as of late.

Cubs Magic number is 12

[SportsWorld]

Lineups
Reds:
1. N Hopper, CF BOOOOOOOOOOOO
2. J Keppinger, SS BOOOOOOOOOOO
3. K Griffey Jr., RF
4. B Phillips, 2B
5. A Dunn, LF
6. E Encarnacion, SS
7. J Votto, 1B
8. J Valentin, C
9. A Harang, P

Cubs:
1. A Soriano, LF
2. R Theriot, SS
3. D Lee, 1B
4. A Ramirez, 3B
5. M Murton, RF
6. M DeRosa, 2B
7. J Jones, CF
8. J Kendall, C
9. C Zambrano, P

[Posey H8er]

I like Murton hitting there, but wouldn't Lou want to put in Floyd (a lefty) against Harang (a righty)?

[SportsWorld]

I like Murton hitting there, but wouldn't Lou want to put in Floyd (a lefty) against Harang (a righty)?

Maybe Floyd is still hurt from that foul ball he hit off his leg last night.

[IbreakNeckZ101]

this game needs to start i got **** to do.

[Posey H8er]

-= original quote snipped =-


Maybe Floyd is still hurt from that foul ball he hit off his leg last night.

Cubs vs Harang

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                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Derrek Lee           35    32  12  2  0  4   8   3   4  .375  .429  .813 1.242
 Aramis Ramirez       28    27   7  0  0  3   4   1   2  .259  .286  .593  .879
 Jason Kendall        21    18   4  2  0  0   1   3   1  .222  .333  .333  .666
 Jacque Jones         16    14   5  1  0  1   2   1   3  .357  .375  .643 1.018
 Matt Murton          16    16   5  0  0  2   5   0   5  .313  .313  .688 1.001
 Henry Blanco         12    12   2  0  0  0   0   0   4  .167  .167  .167  .334
 Alfonso Soriano      11    11   2  1  0  0   0   0   3  .182  .182  .273  .455
 Mark DeRosa          10     7   2  0  0  0   1   2   1  .286  .500  .286  .786
 Cliff Floyd          10     9   1  0  0  0   0   1   0  .111  .200  .111  .311
 Ronny Cedeno          9     9   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .111  .111  .111  .222
 Ryan Theriot          9     8   3  0  0  0   2   1   4  .375  .444  .375  .819
 Carlos Zambrano       8     8   2  1  0  1   1   0   4  .250  .250  .750 1.000
 Daryle Ward           6     6   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000
 Jason Marquis         5     5   2  0  1  0   3   0   0  .400  .400  .800 1.200
 Craig Monroe          3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000
 Ryan Dempster         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000
 Mike Fontenot         1     0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000             
 Steve Trachsel        1     0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                         
 Kerry Wood            1     0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                         
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Total               204   187  48  7  1 11  27  13  37  .257  .307  .481  .788

Maybe this is why. See Murton vs Floyd.

[SportsWorld]

10 minutes to go...
*A win officially eliminates the Reds from the playoffs.
*Last night the umpires were awful. The Cubs are 1-4 with this umpiring crew on the field.
*Lastly, here is the wild card race. This could come out big if the Brewers and Cubs stay hot:

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Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       82      67     0.550     ---
Philadelphia    81      69     0.540     1.5
Los Angeles     79      70     0.530     3.0
CUBS            79      72     0.523     4.0
Milwaukee       77      72     0.517     5.0
Colorado        77      72     0.517     5.0
Atlanta         77      73     0.513     5.5
St. Louis       70      79     0.470    12.0
Cincinnati      68      82     0.453    14.5
Washington      67      83     0.447    15.5
San Francisco   66      83     0.443    16.0

[SportsWorld]

Wow props to Comcast for that intro.

[mattbulls]

10 minutes to go...
*A win officially eliminates the Reds from the playoffs.
*Last night the umpires were awful. The Cubs are 1-4 with this umpiring crew on the field.
*Lastly, here is the wild card race. This could come out big if the Brewers and Cubs stay hot:

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Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       82      67     0.550     ---
Philadelphia    81      69     0.540     1.5
Los Angeles     79      70     0.530     3.0
CUBS            79      72     0.523     4.0
Milwaukee       77      72     0.517     5.0
Colorado        77      72     0.517     5.0
Atlanta         77      73     0.513     5.5
St. Louis       70      79     0.470    12.0
Cincinnati      68      82     0.453    14.5
Washington      67      83     0.447    15.5
San Francisco   66      83     0.443    16.0

The wildcard will be tough because we are 5 back of the Padres in the loss column.

[SportsWorld]

LOL Z and Fontenot.

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Let's get this thing rollin!

[mattbulls]

Cub killer Javier Valentin with the start.....