Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
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SP | Ryan Dempster |
SP |
José Contreras |
9-2, 2.63, 85 K, 38 BB, 102.2 IP |
6-6, 3.96, 56 K, 26 BB, 97.2 IP | ||
DH |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Orlando Cabrera |
LF |
*Eric Patterson |
C |
*A.J. Pierzynski |
1B |
Derrek Lee | LF |
Carlos Quentin |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | RF |
Jermaine Dye |
RF |
*Daryle Ward |
DH |
*Jim Thome |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
3B |
Joe Crede |
C |
Geovany Soto |
1B |
#Nick Swisher |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot | 2B | Juan Uribe |
SS |
Ronny Cedeno |
CF | *Dewayne Wise |
It's time for Round Two of the Cubs versus White Sox, a.k.a. Team Inferiority Complex.
The Cubs go with a lineup that's long on lefties and rich on suck. Fontenot? Cedeño?? Ward in the field??? Lou is clearly trying to win the game with one hand tied behind his back, thus completely demoralizing the hosts.
Dempster, who yielded just one run (though 10 hits) to beat the White Sox on Sunday night, gets the nod against Contreras, who the Cubs undressed last Saturday (9 ER, 10H allowed in 3.1 innings).
Every drunken lout who stumbles into the park today wearing a CUCK THE FUBS t-shirt will point out that Dempster hasn't won a game away from Wrigley Field. If you're at the game and can stand to get next to the drunk, point out that Dempster, while 0-2 on the road, has a 2.48 road ERA (5th best in the NL), has held road opponents to a measly .194 batting average, and the bullpen has cost him at least a couple victories. I bet that'll shut the lout right up!
Aramis Ramirez, who torched Sox pitching for 4 HR and 8 RBI last weekend, has also enjoyed great success against Contreras: 7-for-14, 4 HR, 10 RBI.
Though U.S. Cellular Field has been one of the homer-happiest parks in the game, when the Cubs swept the home team there last June, they did so by scores of 5-1 (WP: Zambrano), 2-1 (Wuertz), and 3-0 (Marshall).
Presumably, Cub pitchers had no pig-sized rats running through the bullpen to distract them.
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