Reverse the Curse of the Billy Goat - A MLB 14: The Show Cubs Dynasty

[NightHawkTH]

I'll start officially when Knight releases his corrected OSFM roster. Probably start tomorrow. Can't wait for the frustrations!

[redsrulenc]

Are you going to keep the roster exactly right or will you be calling up and sending down players as well as making trades?

[NightHawkTH]

I'm not sure yet. I think this year I will be making trades and call ups/send downs as needed. I think I'll attempt to play the real role of a GM haha. I am playing with quick counts on so that should make the games go by quicker.

[KHarmo88]

Looking forward to this!

[kc2135]

Following, is Junior Lake in the long term plans?

[Baby_D_32]

Definitely following this! Go Cubs!

[NightHawkTH]

Quote: Originally Posted by kc2135

Following, is Junior Lake in the long term plans?

I dont know about long term. Gonna see how he does early on. But I do like him

[NightHawkTH]

Samardzija Starts Season Off Right

Pittsburgh -- Jeff Samardzija and the Cubs started the season off with a 2-0 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday.

Samardzija pitched a solid 6.2 innings of shutout baseball, giving up 3 hits and striking out 8 while issuing 4 walks.

The offense for the Cubs came from an Emilio Bonifacio run after Starlin Castro reached on a fielder's choice in the 1st inning and a solo home run by Nate Schierholtz in the 5th inning off Pirates starter Gerrit Cole.

Wesley Wright and Pedro Strop provided just over an inning of relief of Samardzija and setting up closer Jose Veras for his 1st save of the season.

The Cubs have the day off Tuesday but will resume Wednesday for the second game of the 3 game series in Pittsburgh. Projected starters will be Edwin Jackson for the Cubs and Francisco Liriano for the Bucs.

Spoiler

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates
Mar 31, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (1-0)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Pittsburgh (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
W: Jeff Samardzija (1-0) L: Gerrit Cole (0-1) S: Jose Veras (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	PIT
CHC	1	Castro reaches on a fielder's choice. Lake out at second. Bonifacio scores	1	0
CHC	5	Schierholtz homered to left	2	0

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Bonifacio, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Lake, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Castro, SS	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000
Rizzo, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Olt, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Castillo, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Wright , P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Strop, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Veras, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Schierholtz, RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Barney, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Samardzija, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Baker, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	2	6	2	1	3	1
BATTING: 2B: E. Bonifacio (1) HR: N. Schierholtz (1) RBI: S. Castro (1), N. Schierholtz (1)
BASERUNNING: CS: S. Castro (1)
FIELDING: E: A. Rizzo (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Marte, LF	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Polanco, RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
McCutchen, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Alvarez, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Martin, C	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333
Sanchez, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Mercer, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Melancon, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Barmes, 2B	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
Cole, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Hughes, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tabata, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wilson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hanson, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	0	3	0	6	11	0

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Samardzija (W, 1-0)	6.2	3	0	0	4	8	0	0.00
W. Wright (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
P. Strop (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.00
J. Veras (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	3	0	0	6	11	0

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
G. Cole (L, 0-1)	6.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	3.00
J. Hughes	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
J. Wilson	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
M. Melancon	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1