Morning Report

Astros
Reds -.5
Cardinals -1.0
Cubs -1.5
Brewers -3.5
Pirates -9.0


Brewers 3 vs. Braves 2

A big win for the Crew last night and Corie Koskie finally got a big hit with his absolute bomb that gave Chris Capuano and the Brewers the victory. As Gaddis said last night, the Brewers need to win 2 of 3 in this series with the lineup the Braves are throwing out there. It was a solid outing by Capuano, who is turning into the stopper on this staff with Sheets not fully back to form.

As much as I HATE Bill Schroeder and Darren Sutton, I have to say they were right on with Prince Fielder. After he started his season 0-12, he has been absolutely raking the ball and is hitting over .370 right now, including 3-3 last night.

It was nice to see the Brewers win last night and hopefully they can keep it up in this series and end the home stand on a positive note.

Tonight:

Brewers vs. Braves 7:05



Cubs 6 vs. Marlins 3

I was so mad during this game that I left during the 6th inning to go hit golf balls. When I returned, the Cubs were still down 3-0 and were being 1 hit by a guy who had a +7 ERA coming in. The top fo the order was a combined 0-9 although Todd Walker should have been 3-3 save for 3 outstanding defensive plays by the Marlins.

Then came the magical 8th inning. By the way, thanks ESPN for letting us relive the game 6 meltdown from the 2003 NLCS. I didn't remember what happened, so thanks for bringing that up again. I did like that they showed the Alex Gonzalez error with one out and the Cubs up by 2 which probably would have ended the inning on a double play. That play was much more devastating than the foul ball Moises Alou wasn't able to make a play on. Anyway, a great at bat by Pierre leading to a double, Cedeno continues to impress by drawing a walk, Walker walked on 5 pitches, Ramirez got on after an error on the throw home, Barrett struck out, Murton singled home two runs, and here's what went through my head when Jacques Jones stepped up to the plate, "Whatever you do, you idiot, don't swing at the first pitch from this guy." What happened? He swung at the first pitch and deposited the ball in the seats, and Ryan Dempster came on to pitch a perfect 9th inning and get his 5 save of the season and 24th straight. Games like this remind me of why I love baseball.

Tonight:

Cubs vs. Marlins 7:05pm


-Until next time...