Cubs Playoffs - Game 3 - IN GAME BLOG
Ok Cubs haters and Dback fans! We have a guest live blogger tonight. CSCMan will take over the reigns tonight and contribute to the live blog. Join along in commenting and rooting for a Dback SWEEEEEEP! There is a chance we will do another contest in the 7th inning stretch - but that is still up in the air. If we get tons of commentators we surely will! Boo Cubs!
11:05am: 6 hours until the start of the SWEEP! -CSCMan
3:07pm: 2 hours to go. What will be the Cubs excuse this time?
4:08pm: Cubs and Diamondbacks- less than an hour? Rich Hill v. Livan Hernandez, LIVE from the worst professional sports “stadium”. How much of a dump is Wrigley? I mean, seriously.
4:20pm: That’s a loser, Cubbie style.
- 1 . Soriano, LF- 3-12 career v. Hernandez
- 2. Theriot, SS
- 3. Lee, 1B- 8-33, .242 career v. Livan
- 4. Floyd, RF- 14-41, .341 career v. Livan, 3 doubles, 2 homeruns, 8 rbi’s
- 5. Ramirez, 3B- 10-26, .380 career v. Hernandez, 3 doubles, 4 homeruns, 9 rbi’s
- 6. DeRosa, 2B- 5-13 career v. Livan, 2 doubles, 2 rbi’s
- 7. Jones, CF- 3-9 career v. Hernandez
- 8. Kendall, C- 11-31, .355 career v. Livan, 1 double, 1 triple, 3 rbi’s
- 9. Hill, P
NLDS Champion, Arizona Diamondbacks
- 1. Young, CF- 0-3 career . Hill
- 2. Drew, SS- 1-2 career v. Hill
- 3. Byrnes, LF- career 3-9 v. Hill, 1 double, 1 homerun, 3 rbi’s
- 4. Jackson, 1B- 3-10 career v. Hill, 1 double
- 5. Reynolds, 3B- career 0-3 v. Hill
- 6. Upton, RF
- 7. Ojeda, 2B
- 8. Montero, C
- 9. Hernandez, P
4:43pm: Cal Ripken, Frank Thomas, and Curtis Granderson are talking about bunting. Sure the heck know the Cubbies can’t do this. Almost game time!
4:47pm: TBS, PLEASE do us a favor and QUIT showing the “Bleacher Bums”, they have been drunk for hours, and are absolutely baseball idiots. I really don’t want your TV station to get embarrassed by what you show LIVE.
4:53pm: Livan tuned into his headphones as he warms up. What a cool cat this dude is! He is also postseason NAILS. I bet he is listen to Steve Goodman’s jingle, whatdoya say Chicago? *Puke*
5:00pm: Quit showing Wrigley fans!!! Also, quit talking about how valuable Jason Kendall is? He is NOT good. He is just an average catcher. Agree?
5:07pm: First pitch. Let’s go D-Backs! GONE!!! 1-0! Drew doubles! Brynes goes down swinging. Come on Connor Jackson, get that second run in! Dang. Right down the middle man! A little Mark Reynolds, two out magic? Scared of him- walk. Come on youngster, Upton! Alright, Justin, how about a double in the left field corner? BASE HIT! Drew scores! 2-0. The hot hitting Augie Ojeda is now up, may as well tack on another run or two. The Cubs bullpen is warming up! LOL! Ojeda hit by pitch. Come on Montero! This guy can mash. Uh oh, 0-2 count. Rich Hill can’t throw strikes. He gets out of it with just 2. 2-0 after 1/2 inning.
5:26pm: Did the top of the first really take 19 minutes? Cubs suck! Soriano walks. DOUBLE PLAY! Lee with a hit. Floyd hit by pitch. Aramis Ramirez sucks. GOES DOWN LOOKING at THREE STRAIGHT STRIKES! Top 2!!
5:38pm: Livan and Young go down. Stephen Drew is on fire. 2 out single. Drew steals 2nd. Come on pyscho Brynes! Base hit! End of top 2.
5:47pm: Ugh! Drew makes an error! Joke Jones up. Nice play Augie! One out! Kendall up. This guy is a true Cub. He sucks. Kendall singles. 2 on, 1 out for Chubs. Hill can’t get the sac down well, Jones out at third. 2 outs. Soriano’s chance. I think not! Top 3!
5:57pm: Lead-off double for Backs! More bullpen action for Chubs. Line-out. 1 down. Come on Upton! Fly out. 2 down. Let’s go Augie! Larry Rothschild is behind Lou Pinella. Interesting. Wonder if that’s their preference… Back to the game, Ojeda flies out.. Bottom 3!
6:08pm: Theriot grounds out! 20 more outs 
Holy smokes, D. Lee has two hits in the game! Floyd walks. Come on LIVAN! Aramis swings at one in the dirt. WOW. Swings at another ball. Woah. TWO close pitches, called balls. 2-2 count. Come on Livan, K or 6-4-3 here. 6-4-3!!! Top 4!
18 outs to go!
6:18pm: Lead-off walk! Nice Rich, 0-2 count, four straight balls. NOW a hit from Livan!! two on, no outs! Hey, Kenny Lofton got traded again? To Japan? Michael Weurtz is into pitch for the Cubs. Young up. WALK! Bases loaded! WOW. Huge strikeout of Drew! Come on crazy Byrnes! 1-2 count. 3-0 Diamondbacks. Byrnes safe at first. Classy Cub fans. Chant “bullshit”, blame it on the ump Mike Everett for life now. End of inning. Bottom 4, 3-0.
6:38pm: Lead-off single for DeRosa. Marmol warming up. He sucks too. Joke Jones is up. Time for a K. Throw strikes Livan! Double for Jones. 2nd and 3rd, nobody out. Come on Livan. Get Kendall, then pinch hitter, you know you can get Soriano! Ground ball. 3-1. 1 out. Fontenot batting for Weurtz. Ground ball to second! 2 down. Come on, get Soriano! Right down the middle Alfy. Fly ball. Can of Corn. Top 5, 3-1.
15 outs to go!
Kenny Lofton just got traded again.
6:50pm: Marmol in. One out. Upton walks. Stolen base. Jason Kendall sucks! I could steal a base off Jason Kendall. Ojeda walks. Marmol sucks! Woah! Marmol is throwing at Montero’s head! Dang. Popped it up. Up to the pitcher, Livan. How about a base hit Livan? Shut up Cub fans, not every freaking pitch is a strike. Jagbags. BARTMAN! Struck him out! Bottom 5. Go pitch Livan!
7:04pm: Lead-off walk to Theriot. Steals 2nd. Yes, ground out! 1 out! Quit booing Cub fans. It was your batter that stepped out of the box. Douchebags. Boo-ing again. Joy. Keep being dumb Cub fans! COME ON LIVAN! THROW STRIKES! Floyd walks. Ramirez really sucks. Strike 1. Walk.. Bases loaded for DeRosa. 3-1 count. Wow, nothing is a strike. DOUBLE PLAY!!
12 outs to go!
7:25pm: HOMERUN Byrnes! 4-1. Bottom 6!
7:31pm: 11 outs to go! 10 more outs! Pie K’s!!! 9 more outs!
7:46pm: Down to 8 outs to go! Lee up with Theriot on at first. DOUBLE PLAY! 6 outs to go!
7:51pm: CSCMan has got to go, just for a little bit. Don’t worry, I will still be tracking what is going on in this game. Cubs suck.
8:21pm: 3 outs to go. This has been a downright pathetic series… PATHETIC!!! Cubs are worthless. Drew is a Cub killer. 3 more outs for the SWEEEEEEEEEEEP Dbacks! Valverde is lights out! 1 OUT!!! 2 OUTS!!! 3 OUTS!!! SWEEEEEEEEP!!! Worst playoff team I’ve ever witnessed…
Thanks to everyone for following these blogs. We will have TONS of post-sweep coverage in the next week to come. Please continue to come back and chime in. “Boo Cubs Boo, Boo Cubs Boo, hey Chicago what do ya say? The Cubs are gonna get SWEPT TODAY!”
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