April 30, 2007
Bay Blast
Jason Bay homers in the bottom of the eighth and Salomon Torres picks up a wild save (15 pitches, 8 for balls) as Pittsburgh defeats Chicago 3-2. The Cubs are now 0-6 in one-run games, the only team not to earn a victory in that situation.
Rich Hill pitched seven strong innings, but Duke matched him through 6 2/3, both allowing two runs. Wuertz made the mistake to Bay, and that was the ballgame. Three of Bay's four home runs have come from the seventh inning on.
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Unfortunately, even after all that spending, the Cubs are still the Cubs. I bleed for Ron Santo; 2003 was their only chance at the WS in his lifetime, and Baker's incompetent management of the pitching staff blew it for him (and us).
beckya57.... 1984 was a pretty good chance for the Cubs too. They only needed 1 more win to get into the WS, but couldn't close the deal. They lost 3 straight games to San Diego, blowing the playoffs. They led 3-2 going into the bottom of the 7th of game 5 (before they had 7 games championship series's).
I'm impressed by Pittsburgh this year. When was the last time they entered May with an above .500 record? Or entered May as a 2nd place team?? Their pitching is pretty solid. I could see them making a run at a playoff spot...and at the very least, making the team more appealing to free agents over the winter.
the pitching is solid except for torres...capps needs to close
On MLB.TV the Cubs announcers were making a big deal over the club's inability to win close games. They're 1-9 in one-run and two-run games. Ridiculously bad luck, but these are the Cubs.
The sabermetrician in me says this has to turn around sooner or later. Chicago has a +21 run diff, Pittsburgh is the mirror image at -20. The won-loss records have no business being where they are.
But these are the Cubs.
