Chicago Cubs vs Florida Marlins Game 5 LIVE THREAD

10/12/03

[ChadGore]

Going into the bottom of the 3rd . . .

Chicago Cubs 0, Florida Marlins 0
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. Cubs	0	0	0								0	0	0
Florida	0	0									0	1	0

[steveegg]

A bit late (was posting elsewhere)...No runs, no hits, 1 left. After 2 1/2, it's still Cubs 0, Marlins 0.

[ChadGore]

Sun Oct 12, 5:18 PM ET

Chicago Cubs (news)' pitcher Carlos Zambrano reacts to the Florida Marlins (news)' last out in the first inning of Game 5 of the National League (news) Championship Series in Miami, October 12, 2003. REUTERS/Pierre DuCharme

[Allegra]

Let's shut 'em down and see some Cubs' BATS.

[steveegg]

The fans didn't mind when Harry Caray left off the "Root, root, root for the Cubbies" when the Brewers were in the AL and interleague play (a Pope Bud I abomination) was just starting, but now that the Brewers are in the same division, they really get on your case for wearing Brewer Blue south (which is as it should be :-)

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NFL update:

Baltimore 16, Arizona 7.

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Hit-and-run executed almost perfectly by Castillo to move Pierre to 2nd. Runner on 2nd and 2 out for Pudge.

[ChadGore]

Re: and see some Cubs' BATS.

Agreed. There's no such thing as to many runs.

[Charles Henrickson]

Bako lets another one get through him! He did that the other night. Miller is much better at stopping those pitches in the dirt.

[Charles Henrickson]

Here comes Don Zimmer after Zamboni!

Oops! Got mixed up there.

[steveegg]

Pull Zambrano NOW!!! Wild pitch, then hit batsman loads them up for the Marlins.

[Prince Charles]

Whew!

[Charles Henrickson]

Lee surrenders meekly.

[Don Munn]

Bases loaded and no one scores. That hurts the Marlins.

[Allegra]

Bases loaded and no one scores. That hurts the Marlins.

Now their pitcher needs a little rattling.

[steveegg]

The Cubs get out of a major jam. No runs, 1 hit, 1 hit batsman, 3 left. We go to the 4th still tied at nothing-nothing.

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NFL updates:

NY Jets 13, Buffalo 3 (half)
Baltimore 16, Arizona 10 (half)
Denver 7, Pittsburgh 6 (half)

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Sosa knocked down by a wild pitch by Beckett (Pudge was set up outside).

[Charles Henrickson]

Beckett's hummer was much closer to Sammy's head than Clemens' was to Ramirez. Manny WAAYYY overreacted yesterday.

[Allegra]

Dammit, Sammy....

[Allegra]

When the Cubs all stood up in the dugout right after that, I thought "Here we go again..."

[steveegg]

Another 1-2-3 inning. No runs, no hits, nobody left. At the end of 3 1/2, it's tied at 0.

[steveegg]

We need to start talking about this no-hitter that Beckett has going. Beckett's line so far:

4 IP, 0 hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

[Charles Henrickson]

. .is throwin' pretty good.