Cubs 9, Brewers 5

by KLSnow on Jul 2, 2009 9:50 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps Comment 28 comments

Chicago Cubs' Geovany Soto rounds third after hitting a home run off Milwaukee Brewers' Seth McClung, right, in the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/John Smierciak)

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4 months ago: Chicago Cubs' Geovany Soto rounds third after hitting a home run off Milwaukee Brewers' Seth McClung, right, in the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/John Smierciak)

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W: Ryan Dempster (5-5)
L: Seth McClung (3-2)

HR: Mike Cameron (13), Prince Fielder (21), Derrek Lee 2 (14), Jake Fox (3), Geovany Soto (8)

MVP: Mike Cameron (+.149)
LVP: Seth McClung (-.324)

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Turns out, Seth McClung's second start was shorter than his first one.

McClung may have pitched himself out of the rotation once and for all tonight, allowing four runs in the first on home runs from Derrek Lee and Jake Fox en route to allowing seven runs on seven hits in just 3.1 innings. Chris Smith came in to try to keep the Brewers within shouting distance in the fourth but allowed a grand slam to Derrek Lee, who had seven RBI in the game's first four innings.

The Brewers were briefly back in the game in the top of the second, when a Mike Cameron two-run shot reduced the deficit to 4-2. Cameron had a good night in the loss, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored. Prince Fielder was also on base three times with a home run and a walk. Jody Gerut got a pinch hit single in the seventh, which surprised no one more than Tom Haudricourt, who tweeted the following:

Jody Gerut just got a pinch-hit single for the Brewers. I'm not kidding. Honest.

Tomorrow is another day.

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I bet the other BCB

doesn’t get post-game threads up that quickly!

by oconnobe on Jul 2, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

hey ooo

Imagine the Brewers offense without Ryan & Prince.
-Bill Schroeder

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 2, 2009 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

bizarro BCB

doesn’t seem to do much quickly without breaking down and squabbling amongst themselves.

by sowingwildoats on Jul 2, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's like Big Z with the gatorade over there?

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 2, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or the board game tycoon himself

Milton Bradley

dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove

by GoGregGo on Jul 2, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sigh

Any time that McClung isn’t looking like he’s going to cry after he gets pulled is a plus, though. (Now to see what he says during the postgame interview, if there is one.)

by morineko on Jul 2, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if he'd still pick himself for WS Game 7

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Jul 3, 2009 4:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not even sure that he'd pick himself to watch it on TV

by morineko on Jul 3, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't possibly have worse days from Hardy, Hart, and CC

Cam and Prince were good, but that was it. Call me foolish, but I’m still optimistic about the rest of the series.

dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove

by GoGregGo on Jul 2, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

But we don't get Yo in a 4 gamer vs the Cubs

Imagine the Brewers offense without Ryan & Prince.
-Bill Schroeder

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 2, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I realize this

I’m not thrilled about that, but the Cubs haven’t been very good on offense lately, and I think we can still out score them with our other starters on the mound.

dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove

by GoGregGo on Jul 2, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yo would have been only one of 4 games if he had pitched

what? did you only expect us to win one?

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 3, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hope you're right.

i have a reasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 2, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The standings Monday morning...

Reds
Cubs 0.5 GB
Cards, Astros, Brewers 1 GB

Assuming Cubs sweep Brewers, Reds sweep Cards, Astros sweep Giants. NL Central is insanely close at midpoint of season, and could tighten phantasmagorically this weekend.

by DukeMarkell on Jul 2, 2009 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 2, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jul 3, 2009 5:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

title jackass, title

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 3, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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