Eric Patterson, Derek Lee, Aramis Ramirez
Two, three, and four in the order on Sunday night against the Sox. Six for eleven at the plate, five runs and six rbis. Oh yeah, and two home runs. The only run they didn't knock in was a technicality. On Lee's first inning single, an error allowed the second run to score.
Ryan Dempster
Two starts ago he threw a complete game. He was about to do the same tonight. He led off the Cub eighth as a hitter, letting you know Lou had confidence in his starter. However, two singles to start the ChiSox ninth got him yanked.
He ended the night scattering ten hits and one walk, allowing only one run. Three double plays by the Cubs helped wipe away some of those baserunners. While Z is on the DL, you have to consider Dempster the Ace of this staff, and today he pitched like it.
Back to those hitters. Aramis hit his fourth home run of the series. That is more than anyone else has hit against the White Sox all year. He is hitting .291 during June, but exemplifies the Cubs this season. At Wrigley in June he is 13 for 25, a .520 clip! On the road, 10 for 54. I hope the National League wins the All Star game so the Cubs get four home games in the World Series.
Patterson just got called back up, but went 5 for 8 in the two games he played. He notched his first career home run, just a day after his big brother Corey hit is 100th career long ball. With Johnson and Edmonds ailing a bit, I like the way he is playing. I'll admit, earlier this year I wasn't high on him, I wanted to see Murton. A .625 series makes me like him more.
D Lee leads the team in hits, runs, triples, and home runs. He went 5 for 12 over the weekend along with some sparkling defensive play. If you didn't see the game, in the fourth inning Ramirez made a nice sliding stop but the throw short hopped. D Lee made a great pick to get the out. Great play on both ends.
The Cubs are twenty games over .500 for the second time this season. Tomorrow they will try to get to 21 for the first time. If they do, that will extend their home winning streak to 15 games, the longest since 1935...A World Series Year for the Cubs. They will do so against the Orioles, with Sean Marshall taking Zambrano's turn in the order. This will be the first trip to Wrigley for the Orioles.
Monday, June 23, 2008
6/22/08 vs. White Sox; W 7-1; (48-28)
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At 26 and with Soriano, Fuku, DeRosa, and company in front of him ... it would seem like the team doesn't need Patterson once Soriano gets back. Think about it, they don't want to block CF from Pie (yes, they are still waiting) and we're going to use Reed and Edmonds for the rest of the year.
That means the best thing coming from Patterson's playing well is that his trade value is increased. Hopefully he's part of a package deal to land Sabathia, Harden, or Bedard.
Great series! We should take at least 2/3 from the Orioles. Hopefully the Brewers and Cardinals start losing sometime soon (2nd and 3rd best records in the NL).
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