Pirates 7-11, 5.0 GB (5th)
Cubs 12-6, 1st
POTG: SS Ryan Theriot (4 H, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 2B, SB)
Runner Up: CF Reed Johnson (2 H, 3 R, 2B, HBP), 1B D Lee (2 H, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB), 3B A Ram (4 H, HR, 2B, HBP, 4 RBI), C Soto (2 H, 2 R, 2 BB), 2B Ronny Cedeno (2 H, 2B, 2 R, RBI)
I think I was hurting bad during this game, but I have some vague recollection of dragging myself out of bed (because Comcast didn’t get the TV in there working) and to my couch to watch – this? something else? I do not recall!
Pirates would also like to forget this weekend. This was a slaughter, a game where the only mistake the Cubs appeared to make was taking out Dempster for Fontenot when it ended up not mattering at all. And even then, Ryan still gets the win and the valuable people in the bullpen never have tow arm up, so it worked out pretty okay.
It’s funny. By the end of the catchup I’m working on, people are annoyed with Theriot, but he was pretty great here. OTOH, this was the point where he could steal third successfully.
Wuertz, on the other hand, had started to doom himself again. Alas.
Cubs would like to play the Pirates each and every day.