July 29, 2005
Prior at Home
Mark Prior continues to dominate this season at Wrigley field. He's thrown 100 pitches through seven innings, 68 for strikes. He's allowed just one runs while striking out 8, bringing his home ERA down to 1.82.
Update: I didn't think Prior would come out for the 8th after 100 pitches. He loaded the bases with two singles, a sacrifice and an intentional walk. He got ahead of Glaus 0-2, but Troy singled on the next pitch to drive in two and give the DBacks a 3-2 lead. This reminds me of game six in 2003, where Dusty didn't seem prepared for his ace to get in trouble.
Update: With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Michael Barrett singles in the tying run. It's first and second with one out for pinch-hitter Aramis Ramirez.
Update: Ramirez bounces one past a sliding Glaus for to drive in the winning run. It looks like the bounce was funny, because Troy look fooled. The Cubs win 4-3.
Posted by David Pinto at
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And Prior batted in the bottom of the 7th. Did the same exact thing last week with Zambrano. Nobody up in the pen coming into the 8th both times. Both times pitchers were at 100 pitches or more.