April 14, 2008
Cubs Game 12: Cubs 6, Phillies 5 (OT)
By
Zeldink
Posted at 12:17 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Phillies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
The Cubs (7-5), not content with playing extra innings even after all the more than regulation games against the Pirates, decided to play one more against the Phillies (6-7).
Cubs manager Lou Piniella pulled a Larussa and had Carlos Zambrano pinchhit in the 10th. He didn’t get a hit, but apparently, the fierce nature of his moose-like being caused Chase Utley to screw up a throw, which allowed the winning run to score. Now that’s what I call using intangibles.
Kerry Wood (1-0) picked up the win, Rudy Seanez (0-1) got the loss, and Bob Howry (S 1) got the save.
Like everyone else in the Central (except the poor Pirates), the Cubs have Monday off before hosting the Reds on Tuesday. Aaron Harang goes against Ryan Dempster at 8:05pm EDT.