Cubs Suffer First Cactus League Loss

Final Score: Padres 4, Cubs 2

Cubs Starting Line-up Stats:
Theriot: 2-3
Miles: 0-3
Johnson: 1-3
Fox: 1-3, Run
Fontenot: 2-3, Run
Deeds: 0-3, RBI
Robnett: 0-2, RBI
Bako: 0-2

The two teams did not use a DH for today's game. Theriot and Miles each had 2 hits, but other than that the bats were quiet in the loss.

The Pitchers Stats:

Dempster: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K
Fox: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
Stanton: 1 IP, 0 ER
Berg: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER
Roquet: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB
Hart: 1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K
Mateo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K

So the pitching wasn't bad, it was the defense that hurt the Cubs with errors by Fox, Theriot, and Miles. Jake Peavy looked sharp for the Padres allowing just 1 man to reach base in 3 innings.

Cubs hitters off the Bench:
Barney: 0-1
Scales: 0-1
Fuld: 0-1
M. Johnson: 0-1
Clevenger: 0-1
Taguchi: 0-1
Snyder: 0-1

The game wasn't very interesting today. I listened to it on Gameday Audio with former Cubs broadcaster Andy Masur and 2 other Padre broadcasters on the call. How come the game wasn't broadcast yesterday? The Cubs won 13-0, it was against the Sox, Soriano played, Lee played, Ramirez played, Heilman made his Cubs debut, and Gregg made his Cubs debut. Anyways, the Cubs bench went a combined 0-7 today.

Game Highlight: Jake Peavy, who the Cubs pursued all off season, tossed 3 innings allowing 0 Runs on 1 Hit.

My Player of the Game: Mike Fontenot who went 2-3 and had the only 2 Cubs extra base hits in the game (both doubles). He also scored a run.

Up Next: VS Arizona tomorrow @ 2 PM CT.

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Former Cubs Notes:

• Kerry Wood felt great after throwing 40-pitches in a side session today.
• Felix Pie went 1-2 with a walk and 2 runs scored today for the O's.
• Bobby Howry got the save for the Giants today tossing a shutout 9th inning.
• Mike Wuertz threw 2/3 of an inning today for the A's allowing 3 hits, a walk, and 3 ER.
• Ronny Cedeno went 2-3 with a Run Scored and a pair of singles today for Seattle.
• Rich Hill missed his start today for Baltimore with a stiff left elbow.

I'll keep you posted!