Chicago Cubs Photos & Video:Walker`s slam lifts Bucs past Cubs: The inaugural game, Mike Quade as good time coach of the Chicago Cubs seemed all too familiar. For Cubs fans, anyway.
3.6Loss Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday looked like a lot of losses atWrigley Field ended the days with other skippers in the dugout.
ubs looked comfortable with a 2-0 lead, and Ryan Dempster on the mound. Suddenly, a pair of walks and two shots off the bat changed everything and destroyed the opening day.
Dempstergave a Grand Slam Neil Walker in the fifth - after two walks - and bothrun Homer Andrew McCutchen in the seventh after two outings.
Dempster was defeated by "Grand Slam" Walker steps of 3.2. McCutchen Drive really put the Cubs in the hole.
"Twoquick exits and the guy hits the image and McCutchen strikes theball," said Dempster threw 114 pitches in his 6 3.2 innings, allowingsix hits and six points with four walks. "Ifelt strong, but could not do the job. _ When it`s 4-2, and you`reright in the game, and abandon those who work supplements, they usuallyend up with you put. "
Quadewent incognito on the way to Wrigley Field on Friday in a hat andjacket while riding SkyTrain from downtown, it took about 8 hours,he said he was sitting quietly at the back of the car, head down to that there was no chance acknowledged that he wants to love the atmosphere per day.
During the season, he will be within walking distance of the park. And later games like Friday when the Cubs lost despite getting 11 hits, he will require a pass to make my thoughts. Chicago has also left 10 on base
"Webeat two hits today, and what happens," said Quade, who has managedmore than 2,000 minor league games before his fortune at the highestlevel, first as a director for 37 temporary games last season end.
"If we played shortly and poorly row and poor game, I`d be more disappointed.
Baby Walker, a skillful actor and McCutcheon, who he is. We want to see how to do better. "
Onthe spine of a 2-0 Pirates, Ryan Doumit started the fifth with a singleand Dempster walked round the two victims winner Kevin Correia,bringing in Walker.
Cubs cut it to 6-3,Kosuke Fukudome when hit RBI single to score Barney, which should beachieved when pop fell between the denture and mound. Aramis Ramirez flied to the dog with two riders.
Joel Hanrahan pitched the ninth for the Pirates, working around a walking and infield hit to save.
"Theyhave a respectable young team. In a sense, they can not do it, but they havethe pieces there," said Ramirez, who played parts of six seasons withthe Pirates before they sold Cubs in 2003.
"We receive the ball. We have received many complaints. We only did not possess more hits or strikes base."
Withgames starting with light rain on the 41 degree days, the Cubs wereunearned in the first, thanks to some delicate Fielding in the Piratesthird baseman Pedro Alvarez. It could not happen at Ground hard Starlin Castro, who was considered one of the infield. Thenhe grabbed a bouncer Marlon Byrd and threw the globe over the headbaseman Lyle Overbay that Castro visited his home, sliding head first.
Carlos Pena got his first RBI with the Cubs in the third. After three singles, he struck Grounder, who made it 2-0. Penasigned as a release agent after spending 4 days in Tampa, and flashedhis glove, making some good throws the nut low on the damp lawn.
NOTES: Both teams wore the storage of a notable member of the organization, who died last season. Cubs wore number 10 for the ex-baseman and broadcaster Ron Santo third popular. Pirates were a patch for Chuck Tanner, who managed to Bucs for 9 days and led them to a World Series championship in 1979. _ Cubs held a bit of secrecy in respect of Santo and for victims of Japanese earthquake and tsunami. _ Santo son and daughter led the singing during the stretch run seventh. _ Fans cheered when the sun makes an appearance in the seat of the ninth session. _ Dempster is 0-4 in his final four starts against the Pirates, dating from May of last year. He has a 7.23 ERA in those games.
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