Game 3 Thread: Cubs @ Braves

A battle of two of the better rookie pitchers from 2009 as the Cubs try to avoid the sweep.

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Cubs	Braves
Theriot SS	#Cabrera LF
*Fukudome RF	Prado 2B
Lee 1b	# C. Jones 3B
Ramirez 3B	*McCann C
Byrd CF	Glaus 3B
*Colvin LF	Escobar SS
Baker 2B	*Heyward RF
#Hill C	*McLouth CF
Wells P	Hanson P

Wells (2009):

12-10, 3.05 ERA, 165.1 IP, 46 BB, 104 K, 14 HR, 3.88 FIP, 6th in Rookie of the Year Voting

Hanson (2009):

11-4, 2.89 ERA, 127.2 IP, 116 K, 46 BB, 10 HR, 3.55 FIP, 3rd in Rookie of the Year Voting

No, game previews aren't back, at least not that I promise to always have them up. But they'll make appearances here and there. Lou changes up the lineup a bit tonight giving Colvin, Baker and Hill the starts and sitting Soriano, Fontenot and Soto. It looks like Xavier Nady will get a start in the outfield tomorrow as well against Homer Bailey. I assume Fukudome would sit, but Lou also said Nady will play left field at first, so I guess we'll find out tomorrow. Carlos Zambrano and Tom Gorzelanny have been flipped for the weekend series with Z going Saturday and Gorz being pushed to Sunday. Ted Lilly has also been pushed back in his rehab start in Iowa with a stiff back...he'll go on Sunday now.

A win sure would be nice tonight.

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Cubster 04/16/2024 - 04:59 am (view)

per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.
crunch 04/15/2024 - 04:08 pm (view)

suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging. okay. it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.
crunch 04/15/2024 - 04:58 pm (view)

5 IN A ROW!

hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.
Cubster 04/15/2024 - 04:46 pm (view)

A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554
Cubster 04/15/2024 - 04:47 pm (view)

Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).
AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.
crunch 04/15/2024 - 04:06 pm (view)

You have to C it! (tm)
Dolorous Jon Lester 04/15/2024 - 04:01 pm (view)

Best hitter: IL with oblique strain
Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing
Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy
Best pitcher: IL after one start
Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks
Noice
crunch 04/15/2024 - 04:58 pm (view)

suzuki 10d IL.

right oblique strain. ow. that's generally more than a 10d thing.
Dolorous Jon Lester 04/15/2024 - 04:56 pm (view)

Seiya on IL with an oblique strain
crunch 04/15/2024 - 04:47 pm (view)

cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

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