Cubs 15-7, +1.5 (1st)
Rockies 10-12, -6.0 (2nd)
POTG: SP Jason Marquis (7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K, QS [2])
Runner Up: CF Felx Pie (2 H, RBI)
I have no recollection of this game. I wasn’t even sick at this point, as far as I can recall, and I actually listened to the whole game. It just wasn’t much of a memorable game when you don’t win it.
Marquis wasn’t lights out, but this is definitely going to end up as one of his better starts of the season and it ended up wasted. Somewhat surprising Pinella didn’t hit the Marmol button to protect the tie game, but I guess he wanted to avoid Carlos after using him the night before. Instead, they used Hart, and you don’t really know what you’re getting from him from game to game. This was not a good game.
On a better day, the decision’s made for Lou, because the Cubs score a few more runs than happened here. There weren’t too many missed opportunities because the Cubs didn’t give themselves many chances. They gave themselves lots of 1-2-3 innings instead. The costliest play of the game was Theriot’s line drive DP where a SF could’ve put the Cubs ahead, but the bigger problems was everything being reliant on one chance coming thru.
Some days, the offense just isn’t going to score runs. This was one of those days.