5 On It & Scott Merkin talks White Sox (Hour 3)
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On a scale of 1 to 10 on the Impress Me Meter, trademark, where would you rate the Cubs' performance against Pirates ace Paul Skeens in yesterday's 7-2 win over Pittsburgh?
Seven. They were impressive. Can I sound any more like Jim Rome there? That was not intentional. Seven.
What performance did the Cubs show against the Pirates ace?
On the impress me meter. No, wait. On the impress me meter, I give it a seven. I got to work on my Jim Rome. I don't really know how to do that well because he's got bass in his voice. But for an outing against Paul Skeens, who we know is somewhat fallible but also elite, to work him for five and a third innings and three walks. which I know he still threw 10 strikeouts, but three walks out of skeins, you get four hits, three runs, only one of them was earned, but that's because you took advantage of a bevy of errors by these Pirates, two to be exact, that cost them runs. I thought it was a good outing. I thought it was impressive. You know, the best thing that you can do as a team, especially one who really struggled offensively, is to not only show that the 10 runs you had to break your 10-game losing streak
were true, but that it wasn't a fluke. And so to be able to come through and score seven runs the next day, to close out a series, get a happy flight to St. Louis, all of those things that actually I feel like are important. You know, keep it going. And they kept the run going and they kept the offensive hustle going to smart base running plays, working counts. I thought that that was all very good.
I'm only going to give them a five for their work specifically against Paul Skeens.
Why are you calling Paul Skeens a lizard, Grody?
Well, because he is a lizard. Okay, Layla?
He did go to LSU. I feel like he would also survive the heat well.
Yeah, I think so. I think he has a certain immunity to it. He has that layer. It's the opposite.
You don't have a layer surviving the heat. You have no layers.
Oh, that's right. That's why you fall and freeze. I mean, I was very impressed. You asked us about the impress me meter of the Cubs beating the Pirates. It's an eight or nine. But against Skeens in particular, they didn't get to him. Skeens struck out 10, as you mentioned, Layla. Not only that, struck out six straight between the first and third inning and was exactly a victim of bad defense. He gave up one earned run in the game. His ERA went down to 289. So I can't say the Cubs... got to Paul Skeens, the dramatic damage was done in the eighth inning with Ian Happ and then the eighth inning and then the ninth inning. So where did they get to Paul Skeens exactly?
Well, they got on base. They worked the count. They did what they could. They worked three walks, which for him is also uncharacteristic. So I was happy with what they got out of him.
Okay. My standards are a little bit stricter than I go with a five for Mr. Skeens. Sorry.
Why are you calling Paul Skeens old Grady Jarrett?
He's old.
Old Paul Skeens.
Don't make me have to sing the song. Number two. You know the song. wait how did it where did it come from the song yeah well i i know this what is the name of that song do you know the song i'm talking about the first part of paul skeens his name oh oh i thought you were talking about the old grady jared oh no no no the one that you told me you said you can sing it if you want but i'm not going to because i know what it means yeah i stand by that remark And so I've noticed I'm not singing it.
Play the sound effect.
I'm showing some discipline here right now.
On a Friday.
It's strange for you. Isn't that crazy?
When'd you get in?
Number two.
See, he wasn't even distracted by that. I've got an in-the-zone Mark Rody.
We're in the zone and we're on five on it here on 104.3 The Score. Here's question number two. Which player needs to have a big series in order to ensure the Cubs a series win over the NL Central rival Cardinals this weekend?
Mark, what do you think? Let's start with you.
Can you read the question again? I wasn't ready. Which player needs to have a big series? Party foul on Layla, by the way.
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