By TONI GINNETTI tginnetti@suntimes.com
Catcher Geovany Soto continues that Astros Carlos Lee from scoring inside the seventh inning Sunday during Wrigley Field , although Monday in general wasn t kind to help the particular Cubs. Tom Cruze Sun-Times
A revolving roster had been the norm with regard to Mike Quade within his minor-league managing days. It s growing to be exactly the same to get his Cubs, which in turn isn capital t actually indicative regarding progress.
Injuries have resulted in the promotions involving outfielders Brad Snyder, Lou Montanez and also Tony Campana along with infielder DJ LeMahieu, and also a further stopgap might be essential when Alfonso Soriano is actually shelved immediately after tensing their remaining quadriceps in the 1st inning of any 12-7 impairment to the Houston Astros on Monday.
That is the location where the feel-good idea of prospects diminishes. Even major-league-ready players just like shortstop Starlin Castro (2-for-5, double, RBI) plus second baseman Darwin Barney (1-for-5, triple) will go through growing pains, as Quade place it. Each devoted a strong fault Monday around a forgettable loss.
And other edge in the prospective client coin is a insufficient homegrown replacements regarding that rotation. The Cubs have got turned to veterans Doug Davis plus Rodrigo Lopez after potential clients Casey Coleman and also James Russell broke to be able to effectively below pertaining to harmed Randy Wells as well as Andrew Cashner.
Davis is winless in three starts, and Lopez faltered around his debut Monday, struggling to store some sort of 6-3 lead above four innings. Clint Barmes along with Hunter Pence attached with back-to-back homers out of him from the fifth.
I threw many harmful pitches and got disciplined pertaining to it, Lopez said.
On a new hot, windy evening from Wrigley Field , J.R. Towles also homered away Jeff Samardzija (3-1) while in the sixth and Jeff Keppinger off Scott Maine within the ninth. The Cubs acquired one homer out of Carlos Pena with your first.
The circumstance with the roster around flux and all the things taking place makes it tough, in addition to to help make a person's debut right here inside Wrigley is usually tough, Quade said. All we were interested in was to get through your fifth . But after that the actual guys from the bullpen get extended. It ersus intending being essential that marilyn and i get ahold on this beginning pitching.
Quade as well as the Cubs stage to the advantages associated with homegrown talent in order to tap.
We ve experienced we all ve created , understanding that azines the best thing, Quade said.
Except when experience patterns contenders.
You learn everyone ll utilize the 40-man roster extensively, however this specific is a bit more extreme, Quade admitted.
Even along with Snyder and Montanez for the bench, Quade considered outfielder-in-training Blake DeWitt (3-for-4, RBI, triple) after Soriano was injured. The seasoned infielder has become smacking very well and may even get most of energy if Soriano is still out, Quade said.
The reduction fell your Cubs record with this homestand to 3-4, like a lost sequence for you to National League Central that will make Pittsburgh.
When all is considered and done, make verts merely put that at the rear of us, Quade said. We have Zambrano proceeding , as well as you can still win a series.
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