Thursday, June 30, 2011

Cubs beat Lincecum....is that even possible?

My Grandpa would have hated last night's game. He hates pitcher's duels. But last night, Ryan Dempster was every bit as good as Tim Lincecum if not, dare I say it, better. At one point, Demp retired 20 Giants in a row...not too shabby! The game was scoreless until the 8th when Mr. Sexy Pants, Carlos Pena, scored Run #1 after a hit by Sikeston's own, Blake DeWitt. Demp was allowed to come out and pitch the 9th as he'd been so stellar throughout. He immediately gave up a double so Quade pulled him in favor of Mr Heart attack, Carlos Marmol. You can see where this one's heading, right? The little engine that could, Tony Campana, tried an ill-advised dive (and missed the ball), then made a horrible throw to home, tie ballgame. Luckily, Marm was able to get out of it with a 1-1 score. Bottom of the 9th, Lil Campana got on and pinch hitter extraordinaire (ha!) Rami, singled him home. Cubs win! Cubs win!

Game 4 is today. I doubt you can catch lightning in a bottle twice.

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