Monday, February 1, 2010

Cubs Ousted

The Chicago Cubs got ousted quickly in an unheard of three shutouts as the Kansas City Royals move on to the next round. What happened to the Cubbies? Jose said it nicely, he forgot to set the pitching staff. I tend to agree as Sam Strittmatter probably should have been the opening starter in the series. One thing playing in KC, a negative home run park is tough on a line up consisting of power hitters. Though I am surprised that Nicky Sierra performed so well in game one. The one-two punch of Satou and Veras was too much for the Cubs pitching staff and the Cubs offense was befuddled by the steady off-speed stuff they couldn't hit.

Kansas City now moves on to Pittsburgh to take on the #1 seeded Pirates. Don't expect three shutout victories by the Royals there. Though IMO there could be four 1-run games in this series.

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