June 11, 2008
Braves 5, Cubs 10: Winning Despite Bad Pitching
By
Zeldink
Posted at 3:35 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves (32-33) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Cubs (41-24) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | 10 | 12 | 1 |
W: Lilly (6-5)
Ted Lilly was terrible in his first inning of work yesterday, but settled down for the next 5 2/3 innings, letting the offense bail him out.
The Cubs bullpen wasn’t so hot, either, allowing 2 runs in less than 3 innings, but it was good enough. Easy to get a win when your offense scores 10 runs.
Chicago continues to own everyone who steps inside the friendly confines. Well, at least their offense does. The team’s pitching staff still has lots of question marks, like all teams in the NL Central.
Jeff Bennett starts against Ryan Dempster tonight at 8:05pm EDT, with Dempster attempting to continue his hard-to-believe season.