7th:

Rockies 7th:

Samardzija in for Marmol. Colvin in for Byrd, LaHair in for Lee, Jackson in for Soriano.

Samardzija gets a line-out. I think Samardzija's biggest problem is that when he's ahead in the count he often gets too much of the plate. There he was up 1-2 and he grooved a fastball. Lucky that he got an out on that one.

Olivo pokes a single into left. One on, one out, Stewart coming up. Samardzija now out of the game and the Cubs' LH specialist (Grabow) is in to face Stewart. Grabow's a strange lefty - he does much better against righties than lefties. I think he's one of the biggest parts of the Cubs bullpen - if he can consistently get lefties out, then the Cubs are in good shape in bridging the gap to Marmol.

Grabow immediately falls behind Stewart 2-0 with two sliders off the outside corner. Grabow promptly walks Stewart. Poor job. Grabow needs to throw a double-play here to get out of the inning. Two on, one out.

Herrera takes 2 strikes - good changeup for strike 2. Filthy, filthy changeup and Herrera strikes out.

Jason Giambi in to pinch-hit. Grabow grooves an 87 mph fastball and luckily Giambi misses it. That one was belt-high. LaHair makes a nice play to knock down a rope from Giambi and Grabow beats him to the bag. Decent play all around, even though Grabow let an 0-2 pitch get way too much of the plate and LaHair didn't field the ball cleanly - Giambi drilled that ball.

Cubs 7th:

Hill leads off the 7th, super-rookie Colvin on deck. Rockies have a LHP in to pitch now, Joe Beibel. Hill flies out to RF.

Colvin hasn't walked at all this spring. That's amazing. However, he's batting .459 and has 17 RBIs. This kid has mashed all spring long. If I was hitting .459 I don't think I'd look for a walk either. Colvin looks awful on a good curveball and strikes out.

None on, two out. Young SS Hak-Ju Lee up for the first time. Lee pops out to third, 1-2-3 inning.