Two straight gems by our starting staff has been a refreshing departure and Sean Marshall has about two to three more starts this year to leave some sort of impression going into the off-season. Hopefully it's a good one. While Marshall's final numbers at the end of the year probably won't be much to talk about, I think he's shown the ability to get major leaguers out and even flat out dominate at times. I'd say not to bad for a guy with about ten starts in AA before this season. And since consistency is generally the one thing lacking of rookie players, it's one of the things you hope he'll find in the very near future. And it's not like I'm advocating that the team guarantee him a spot this off-season and ignore the opportunity to acquire more talented players, but as the adage seems to go, you can't have enough good pitching.
As for the Phils, once again the Cubs get an opportunity to either play spoiler or springboard. So far it's the role of spoiler as they take an early 3-run lead on an Aramis dinger.
Go Cubs!
GAME ONE HUNDRED-FIFTY-ONE IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (61-89 (Draft) 3rd - 3.5 GB) AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (77-72 (WC) 2nd - 1 GB)
Citizens Bank Park, 6:05 pm CDT
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 78 degrees, Wind out to CF @ 3 mph
TV: CLTV
Radio: WGN, XM 184
Jon Lieber, RHP
8-9, 4.87 ERA, 153.1 IP
91 K, 24 BB, 24 HR
290/320/469 against | Sean Marshall, LHP
5-9, 5.34 ERA, 116.1 IP
71 K, 54 BB, 18 HR
268/354/437 against |
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*Juan Pierre, CF
Ryan Theriot, 2B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
*Jacque Jones, RF
#Angel Pagan, LF
Henry Blanco, C
*Scott Moore, 1B
Ronny Cedeno, SS
*Sean Marshall, P | #Jimmy Rollins, SS
#Shane Victorino, CF
*Chase Utley, 2B
*Ryan Howard, 1B
Jeff Conine, RF
Pat Burrell, LF
Chris Coste, C
#Abraham Nunez, 3B
*Jon Lieber, P |
| Cubs vs. Lieber:
Aramis Ramirez: 9-27, 333/333/407, 6 K, 0 BB
Juan Pierre: 7-22, 318/318/364, 2 K, 0 BB
John Mabry: 3-17, 176/222/235, 6 K, 1 BB
Jacque Jones: 5-16, 313 /313 /500, 1 HR, 6 K, 0 BB
Henry Blanco: 5-14, 357/400 /429, 4 K, 1 BB
| Phillies vs. Marshall:
No Phillies have ever faced Marshall
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