Friday, August 31, 2012

Scoreboard Watching: Giants @ Cubs, 11a

Fresh off their sweep of the Astros (giving the Giants their largest divisional lead of the season (4.5 games)), the Giants now face another triple-A team in the Cubs. The Cubs are 50-80 this season and start Chris Volstad, who is an overpowering 1-9 / 6.28 ERA. The Giants counter with Ashley Madison (14-8, 2.93).

The Giants' remaining schedule includes these three against the Cubbies, then all NL West opponents: Snakes (9), Rockies (7), Padres (6), and Dodgers (6).

The Dodgers' more difficult remaining schedule includes the Giants (6), Padres (6), Snakes (5), and Rockies (3). But instead of extra series against the Snakes / Rockies / Cubbies, the Dodgers have the WC-contending Cardinals (4), the NL East-leading Nationals (3), and the NL Central-leading Reds (3). An uphill battle for the Dodgers, no doubt.

Get your Cubs hats out, guys. We need some miracle wins here.

9 comments:

Dusty Baker said...

Fresh off their what seemed like 15-game homestand aginst the 0-150 Astros, the Giants now have a 9-game homestand with the Little League World Series runners up.

Hideo Nomo said...

Giants also have a 10-game homestand where they face a team of infants, the corpses of the '27 Yanks, and a pitching machine.

Hideo Nomo said...

Soriano!!!

Hideo Nomo said...

Giants collapsing at the moment. Me likey.

QuadSevens said...

That pitching machine has been tipping it's pitches lately.

Steve Sax said...

Wellington Castillo with a 2-RBI inside the park HR (sort of) made it 5-0 Cubs. It's 6-4 now in the eighth.

Steve Sax said...

Damn. The cubs had two RISP with two out in the eighth, with a 3-0 count, and botched it.

6-4 going to the ninth. Nervous time.

Steve Sax said...

Cubs win!

Dusty Baker said...

Cartoon bear porn for all!