FRIDAY'S GAME AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Matt Clement actually pitched a good game for a change, pitching a shutout through the five innings. Clement gave up homeruns to Frank Thomas in the sixth and Carlos Lee in the seventh. The White Sox scored another run in the eighth to make in 3-1 White Sox. The Cubs offense was MIA most of the day until the ninth when the Cubs came back to tie it at 3-3. You just knew it the Cubs were trouble with Antonio Alfonseca on the mound in the ninth inning and sure enough he gave up a homerun to Jose Valentin and the White Sox won 4-3.
TODD HUNDLEY AWARD: The Todd Hundley Award for poor performance by a Cubs catcher to Paul Bako. Bako went 0 for 4, and left 2 runners on base in scoring position.
posted by Thomas at 12:57 PM
THURSDAY'S GAME VS. MILWAUKEE: It looked like the Cubs were headed to win on Thursday leading 3-2 going into the top of the ninth and Joe Borowski coming into the game. Borowski blew the game, giving up three runs in the ninth, and the Cubs lost the game 5-3.
posted by Thomas at 9:14 AM
WEDNESDAY'S GAME VS. MILWAUKEE: Shawn Estes pitched a good game on Wednesday, pitching 6 innings giving up one unearned run. The Cubs were able to score six runs but the bullpen blew the game allowing Milwaukee to come back to tie the game 6-6 then score six runs in the top of the tenth to win the game 12-6.
RUDY MEOLI AWARD: The Rudy Meoli Award for worst performance by a Cubs infielder to Jose Hernandez. Hernandez went 0 for 4, striking out all four times. Hernandez also dropped a throw to second base on a steal attempt which he easily should have caught.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 1: The Mel Rojas Award for poor performance by a Cubs relief pitcher to Mike Remlinger. Remlinger pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up 3 hits, and 3 earned runs.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 2: The Mel Rojas Award for poor performance by a Cubs relief pitcher to Antonio Alfonseca. Alfonseca pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up 3 hits, and 2 earned runs.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 3: The Mel Rojas Award for poor performance by a Cubs relief pitcher to Todd Wellemeyer. Wellemeyer pitched 1 inning giving up 4 hits (including 2 homeruns), 2 walks, 6 runs (5 earned).
posted by Thomas at 9:10 AM
WEDNESDAY'S GAME VS. MILWAUKEE: The Cubs got a good performance out of Shawn Estes (6 IP, 1 unearned run) and good hitting but the bullpen was pathetic as the Cubs lost to Brewers 12-6 in 10 innings.
RUDY MEOLI AWARD: The Rudy Meoli Award for worst performance by a Cubs infielder to Jose Hernandez. Hernandez went 0 for 4, striking out in all four at-bats. Hernandez also dropped a throw to second base on a steal attempt which he should have caught easily.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 1: The Mel Rojas Award for poor relief pitching to Mike Remlinger. Remlinger pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three earned runs.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 2: The Mel Rojas Award for poor relief pitching to Antonio Alfonseca. Alfonseca pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two earned runs. Alfonseca also failed to cover first base on a ball hit to the right side of the infield.
MEL ROJAS AWARD 3: The Mel Rojas Award for poor relief pitching to Todd Wellemeyer. Wellemeyer came into the game in the top of the tenth inning and gave up six runs (five earned), four hits (two were home runs), and two walks.
posted by Thomas at 11:23 AM
