Pie should get chance to start three straight games

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Wednesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
Published 4/16/2008 by carlheartscubs at A League of Her Own - Front Page
... only 5 pitches in the first inning, Dempster ran his pitch count to 106 by the time Piniella came to get him in the seventh inning after the first two Reds reached base. "I've always said I like to win ugly, preferred to losing pretty," Dempster said. "It was a battle out there. I didn't have the command I had the last couple games." Carlos Marmol got good defense from second baseman Mike Fontenot and Lee in the seventh and struck out the side in the eighth. Pie should get two more starts against Reds We need you to start doing ...

Pie and Hill out of doghouse, for now
Published 4/16/2008 by Colin Wyers at GoatRiders of the Apocalypse -
Bruce Miles reports than Felix Pie will start the rest of the series against the Reds, against three righties. Oh, and Rich Hill will start on Friday. God's in his heaven, all's right with the world. In fact, the Cubs are looking to have Pie move up in the order, if he could just, well, hit the ball some of the time. "We're going to let him start here," Piniella said. "I told Felix we're going to play him when we have right-hand pitching out there, and the Reds are pitching three right-handers, so you're going to see Felix out there in center field. "I hope he swings the bat. I'd ...