Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Spring Training Game 7 and Other News

Recap of spring training game 7:

The Cubs are back to winning ways, beating the Athletics 6 to 4. That improves there record to 5 and 2.

Theses players will make the team or might make the team:

Alfonso Soriano went 1 for 3 with a homerun and a rbi.

Ryan Theriot went 0 for 2 with a walk.

Aramis Ramirez went 1 for 3 with a homerun, 3 rbi's and a strikeout.

Jake Fox went 2 for 4 with a home run, 2 rbi's and a strikeout.

Reed Johnson went 1 for 3 with a single.

Paul Bako went 0 for 2 with a walk.

So Taguchi went 0 for 1 with a walk.

Pitchers:

Sean Marshall pitch 3 innings and struck out one. He also got the win.

Kevin Gregg pitch 1 inning and gave up 1 hit.

Mike Stanton pitch 1 inning and gave up 3 hits, 2 runs and a walk.

Luis Vizcaino pitch 1 inning and struck out one.

Neil Cotts pitch 0.2 innings and got 1 out because Cashner could not get the final our and he got the final out of the game.

Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot, Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Koyie Hill and Reed Johnson are among all the players that are expected to make the trip to Las Vegas to play the White Sox on Wednesday and Thursday.

Lou Pinella Notes:

Lou Pinella gave 2 different responses when ask about Jake Peavy. Pinella first said there is nothing to say. He also said I have to manage of what I have now and id something does happen, be it then.

Pinella has not name an opening day starter but is leaning toward Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster.

Jime Hendry notes:

Hendry has not talk to Curt Schilling about pitching for the Cubs. He added that a guy like that will play for us.

David Kaplan asked about Jake Peavy and Hendry said I can't say anything because Peavy is on another team and not on ours.

Hendry said that Aramis Ramirez is in the best shape ever when reporting to camp.

He also said that Carlos Zambrano's game on Monday look good and pitch with really good command on his fastball.

Zambrano said Ryan Dempster should pitch on opening day because what numbers he put up a year ago.

According to Zambrano he lost 10-15 pounds this offseason.

I will keep you posted on spring training news and other news.

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