Day: May 5, 2008

Cubs 18-13, -1.5 (2nd)
Cardinals 20-12, +1.5 (1st)

POTG: 2B Mike Fontenot (2 BB, 2B, H, R)
Runner Up: RP Sean Gallagher (2 IP, H, 0 R)

Sean Gallagher can pitch two inning! Shocking. All considered, I’d think even Lou would’ve rather use him on Saturday and have Marmol ready on Sunday.

Jason Marquis was not good, but just as I noted last start, he’s not going to be good some days and you need to be prepared to do something. The Cubs were lacking for hits in this game, or at least hits at the right time. It was really Marquis wildness which was most annoying. Marquis actually threw a lot of strikes, but he self destructed in the 1st.

5 pitch walk to Kennedy
5 pitch walk to Ankiel
4 pitch walk to Glaus

3rd inning
4 pitch walk to Duncan
5 pitch walk to Kennedy

If a batter battles and you give up a walk, you can shrug it off. Here, Marquis wasn’t even battling, wasn’t throwing strikes to the guy right before Pujlos. That’s disasterous.

I hope Ram is back on Monday, but Fontenot has been hitting fine in his place. It wasn’t that spot that was costing the team runs. DeRosa had one hit on the weekend, Lee only had 2, and everyone knows about Sorain’s weekend.

I had to call someone during the game just to scream about the ESPN announcers. I think it’s out of my system for the moment, but I hope ESPN doesn’t pick up another Sunday night game for the rest of the season.