Cubs middle relief lay an egg in game one vs RedBirds
I hate to say I told you so…..but I did. http://cubsdiamond.com/this-site/odds-ends-season-opener-monday/
Our middle relief sucks. I can’t really say it any better. You knew going into the game today that Sean Marshall wasn’t going to pitch deep in the game. You could only hope that we had a big enough lead to hold off the Cardnals. Unfortunately that wasn’t meant to be as Aaron Heilman and now the human white flag Neal Cotts come in and give up runs and the once short lived Cubs 4-3 lead after Fukudome hit a three run bomb turned into a 7-4 Cubs loss.
Milton Bradley made his home debut with style yesterday as well, coming up with the bases loaded in the 6th inning of a tie game and never taking the bat off his shoulders. He worked a 3-0 count to a 3-2 count and then proceeded to strike out looking. Granted….it wasn’t a strike. No Cubbie Kool-Aid there….that pitch was 6 inches inside. But Milton being Milton, he exploded, said some magic words and got tossed. Welcome to Wrigley, Milton.
Today Biz Z goes to the mound to face rookie pitcher PJ Walters. I would hope that the Cubs tie this series up as the pitching matchup favors the Cubs big time. Game time 2:20 EST on WGN.
