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Alex is Gone-zalezFriday, May 7, 2004I must admit, I am letting my loyal following down this week. I have been awefully busy with finals, but I have managed to listen to the previous two games. The Cubs lost Tuesday 3-6 behind Sergio Mitre who gave up four runs in his four innings while the offense had a tough day. Aside from Sammy Sosa's three run jack in the eighth (when we were down by six), not much else doing. On Wednesday, Kerry Wood threw another fantastic game, going seven innings of three hit ball, but allowing two to score. Although good enough for a quality start, Woody got shafted again by the Cubs anemic offense which got shut out for the second time in a week. On Thursday, in danger of getting swept for the first time since Dusty Baker became manager, the Cubs offense awoke. An 11-3 drubbing of the D-Backs resulted in Matt Clement's fifth win. Clement has been outstanding this year: he has a 5-1 record with a 2.29 ERA, notching 41 strikeouts in 39.1 innings pitched. I would say he has been impressive, and frankly ought to be considered the Cubs ace right now. We may have lost more than two games against the D-Backs though. During Wednesday night's game, Alex Gonzalez took an inside pitch that he said hit him, but the umpire didn't believe did. Well, the umpire is probably feeling a bit foolish right now, cause the pitch fractured Alex Gonzalez' wrist. Now, our starting shortstop will be joining the growing list of Cubs' DL buddies, and miss at least fifteen games. I am hoping Hendry uses this injury as an excuse to go out and get a top-notch shortstop, but I doubt that he will.
With Gonzalez out for at least two weeks, the Cubs are finding themselves in a bit of a crunch. Since Grudzielanek and Gonzalez are both injured, Todd Walker and Ramon Martinez are both starting, which has left the bench rather depleted. The Cubs also brought up a (huhhumm) cubdom.com favorite in Damian Jackson. (See March 28th) Saw a couple of interesting things on the internet this morning. A Cubs fan site www.thecubsfan.com (May 3rd entry) broke down Joe Borowski's stats by save situation and non-save situation
Obviously, you would like to see the ERA low in all games, but I'll take the good with the bad if I must. Saw an interesting article today, Are we the Other Half?, talking about the Cubs financial position in relation to other clubs. Posted by Byron at May 7, 2004 12:00 AM
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