Game 30 Thread - Dempster vs. Delgado
Ryan Dempster, he of a 0.95 ERA on the season, goes tonight in search of his first win in his last 13 starts. That win was versus the Nationals last year on August 11th. It's his 5th start of this season and he hasn't given up an earned run in 14.1 straight innings.
Braves | Cubs |
*Bourn, CF |
*DeJesus, RF |
Prado, LF |
*Campana, CF |
*Freeman, 1B |
Castro, SS |
*McCann, C |
*LaHair, 1B |
Uggla, 2B |
Soriano, LF |
#C. Jones, 3B |
*Stewart, 3B |
*Heyward, RF |
Soto, C |
Pastornicky, SS |
*Cardenas, 2B |
Delgado, P |
Dempster, P |
No real news in Cubsland today. Cardenas is getting the start at second base and we're seeing Barney's playing time dwindling as of late. We'll see if the trend continues. Epstein had a little chat with the media today and is pleased with the Cubs play of late and of course of Bryan LaHair's.
"The results are probably not going to always be this 'Ruthian,' so to speak," he said. "But I think the quality of at-bats will remain consistent, and it's not a fluke. He's doing things the right way. He's recognizing pitches out of the pitcher's hand really early. He's letting the ball travel and get deep, and he's really short and compact to the ball.... He's going to go through slumps, but it's really encouraging, not just what he's doing, but how he's accomplishing it.
Another quote said the team has narrowed it's first round selection in the June draft to 10 players.
Wind blowing out to right as the Cubs go for three in a row tonight.
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