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Game One Hundred Three - Cubs 2 Rockies 17
WP - Jeff Francis (4-3) LP - Ryan Dempster (8-8) Save - None
The 2010 version of the Chicago Cubs keep finding embarrassing ways to lose a ballgame. Just when you thought you've seen it all, Lou Piniella's pathetic excuse for a baseball team takes the field.
The Rockies turned a 5-2 advantage in the eighth into a 17-2 drubbing ... and all 12 runs were scored with two outs. The Rockies batted around twice and ripped 11 straight hits with two outs. In the process the Rockies set a Major League record with the 11 straight hits off of Sean Marshall, Andrew Cashner and Brian Schlitter.
The Rockies pounded out 13 hits in another nightmarish eighth inning and scored five runs off Marshall in 2/3 off an inning, six off Cashner and one off Schlitter before the Cubs could record the third out of the inning.
Ryan Dempster had another bad start against the Rockies. Dempster left in the fifth without recording an out. In his shortest outing of the season, Dempster allowed five runs on seven hits with five walks and five strikeouts. Dempster struggled with his command once again and threw 105 pitches in four-plus innings.
Dempster was sharp the first time through the lineup but seemingly fell apart after allowing Jeff Francis' first hit of the season. Francis ended an 0-for-16 skid and scored the first run of the game.
While Sean Marshall and Andrew Cashner had their worst outings of the season, James Russell was extremely good in relief of Ryan Dempster.
The Cubs offense disappeared again. Tyler Colvin drove in one of the Cubs' two runs with a triple in the sixth. The Cubs managed only four hits and two walks ... and have clearly quit.
Starlin Castro was a loud 0-for-4 Friday night.
Ryan Theriot was pulled as part of a double-switch in the fifth and started the speculation he had been traded. Theriot is still a Cub ... and so is Ted Lilly.
The Cubs dropped back to 11 games under .500 on the year (46-57) with their third loss in a row.
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