4/15 Cubs (Williams) vs Pirates (Duke) 6:05 WGN

[Flames24Rulz]

well Otis said he couldn't make the thread if the Cubs won, so I got the first post in the thread meaning I can hopefully nail down the save for Otis tomorrow. Cubs had a great game today getting a solid effort from Marshall and a real good effort from the offense. Pitching matchup:

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_425532.jpg

 

#57 Jerome Williams, 0-0 3.60 ERA. Williams is making his first start of the year after spending the first week and a half in the bullpen.

 

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_435043.jpg

 

#57 Zach Duke, 0-1 6.55 ERA. Duke had a pretty good outing against us if I recall at Wrigley last year.

 

bottom line is that we're 6-3. Let's make it 7-3 with a W tomorrow :D

[baseball7897]

Duke pretty much had alot of good outings aganist everyone last year.

[Brian]

yeah.... the outing you're thinking of he outdueled Maddux on a day when Maddux was 'on'.

[da bears]

Hopefully the Cubs don't hit into 52 double plays this game like they seemed to last year against Duke.

[Jon]

Please go at least 6, Williams.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Win is fun; let's do it again.

 

Please don't suck, Jerome.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

At game time, it will be 68°F with a 30% chance of a thunderstorm. The wind will be blowing out to LF at 15 mph.

 

http://image.weather.com/web/radar/us_pit_closeradar_medium_usen.jpg

[A New Era]

Win is fun; let's do it again.

 

Please don't suck, Jerome.

 

PLEASE DON'T BLOW (the game) JW!!

[UMFan83]

Zach Duke is the classic case of Pirates pitchers who dupe me into thinking they are good enough for my fantasy team, so I pick them too early and they suck.

 

Last years example was Oliver Perez, who is basically a waste of life at the moment.

 

Get a win Cubs!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

We are awesome.

[Andy]

Zach Duke is the classic case of Pirates pitchers who dupe me into thinking they are good enough for my fantasy team, so I pick them too early and they suck.

 

Last years example was Oliver Perez, who is basically a waste of life at the moment.

 

Get a win Cubs!

I picked Perez in the 2nd round last year. I still finished 3rd. That's how good (read: lucky outside of Perez)) I am.

[Yeti]

Zach Duke is the classic case of Pirates pitchers who dupe me into thinking they are good enough for my fantasy team, so I pick them too early and they suck.

 

Last years example was Oliver Perez, who is basically a waste of life at the moment.

 

Get a win Cubs!

I picked Perez in the 2nd round last year. I still finished 3rd. That's how good (read: lucky outside of Perez)) I am.

i dont get my dish untill monday, yet another game i miss :( at least i have XM

[stitchface]

Zach Duke is the classic case of Pirates pitchers who dupe me into thinking they are good enough for my fantasy team, so I pick them too early and they suck.

 

Last years example was Oliver Perez, who is basically a waste of life at the moment.

 

Get a win Cubs!

I picked Perez in the 2nd round last year. I still finished 3rd. That's how good (read: lucky outside of Perez)) I am.

i dont get my dish untill monday, yet another game i miss :( at least i have XM

 

and you get XM on directv too! did you know that?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Zach Duke is the classic case of Pirates pitchers who dupe me into thinking they are good enough for my fantasy team, so I pick them too early and they suck.

 

Last years example was Oliver Perez, who is basically a waste of life at the moment.

 

Get a win Cubs!

I picked Perez in the 2nd round last year. I still finished 3rd. That's how good (read: lucky outside of Perez)) I am.

i dont get my dish untill monday, yet another game i miss :( at least i have XM

 

and you get XM on directv too! did you know that?

 

So can you listen to Cubs games on DirecTV's XM feature even if you're not an XM subscriber?

[Omar]

Zach Duke is on my fantasy team :roll:

[da bears]

7-3 is better than 6-4. Get it done Cubs.

[soccer10k]

This is Jerome's chance to prove he is better than Rusch and deserves a spot in the rotation until Prior/Wood/Miller return. Hopefully he'll pitch like something is on the line (cause for him there is).

 

And it is very nice winning.

[C.C.]

I'm going to call it and say JWill goes 7 innings today. Just a feeling he's looked good as of late.

[Mark_R]

Do it for us Cubs fans, Jerome, who are tired of Glendon Spahn!

[Fred Hornkohl]

OK... we got plenty of worthless stats for Saturday........

 

CUBS are 10-16 on Saturdays

CUBS are 11-5 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 38-38 at night.

CUBS are 41-39 on the road.

CUBS are 49-19 when they score first,.... 30-62 when they don't

CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-42 when they do

 

CUBS are 6-11 when Williams starts

Williams is 9 of 19 in quality starts

Williams' ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.98.... Williams did not pitch to Blanco

CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.76 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 10/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   575   64  138   25    2   26  245   64   43  108  0.240  0.295  0.426  0.721
CUBS overall     5585  703 1506  322   23  194 2456  674  419  920  0.270  0.324  0.440  0.764

 

Williams hasn't started a game yet this year. After a rocky first relief appearance, he came back with two scoreless efforts......

 

Willliams               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Cincy       1.0    2    3    2    3    0    1    28 27.00  0.00  9.00  5.00 18.00
04/09  vs. St. L       2.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    23  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
04/11  vs. Cincy       2.0    1    0    0    1    1    0    35  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00

season totals          5.0    5    3    2    5    2    1    86  9.00  3.60  1.80  2.00  3.60

 

Williams had one start (1-0) vs. Pittsburgh in 2005......

 

Williams                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/04  vs. Pitts       7.3    4    0    0    2    5    0    95  2.45  6.14  0.00  0.82  0.00

season totals        106.0   98   50   46   45   59   12  1676  3.82  5.01  1.02  1.35  3.91

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 9  Fri 04/14  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Marshall      
10  Sat 04/15  @ Pittsburgh         -    Williams      
11  Sun 04/16  @ Pittsburgh         -    Rusch        
24  Mon 05/01    Pittsburgh    N    -             
25  Tue 05/02    Pittsburgh         -             
109  Fri 08/04    Pittsburgh         -             
110  Sat 08/05    Pittsburgh         -             
111  Sun 08/06    Pittsburgh         -             
131  Mon 08/28  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
132  Tue 08/29  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
133  Wed 08/30  @ Pittsburgh         -             
137  Mon 09/04    Pittsburgh         -             
138  Tue 09/05    Pittsburgh    N    -             
139  Wed 09/06    Pittsburgh    N    -             
140  Thu 09/07    Pittsburgh         -             

 

CUBS' offense against Pittsburgh this year.....

 

CUBS vs. Piits     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker              5    3    4    0    1    0    6    1    0    0  0.800  0.800  1.200  2.000
Murton              5    2    2    1    1    0    5    3    0    2  0.400  0.400  1.000  1.400
Mabry               4    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Hairston            0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Lee                 4    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.500  0.400  0.500  0.900
Pierre              4    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Barrett             4    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Ramirez             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.400  0.000  0.400
Cedeno              5    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Pagan               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

total vs. Pitts    39   11   14    1    2    0   19    9    4    7  0.359  0.422  0.487  0.909

overall           310   58   92   17    4   11  150   51   27   52  0.297  0.351  0.484  0.835

 

In 2006:

 

CUBS are 6-1 when they take at least 1 walk

CUBS are 3-0 when they steal at least 1 base

CUBS are 4-1 when they don't commit an error

CUBS are 3-0 when they hit at least 1 triple

CUBS are 2-0 when don't hit a home run

CUBS are 3-0 when they allow fewer than 4 walks

CUBS are 4-1 when they turn a double play

CUBS are 5-0 when they allow fewer than 3 home runs

CUBS are 4-0 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning

CUBS are 1-0 in one run games

CUBS are 3-0 when the temperature is below 50 degrees

CUBS are 5-1 when they throw less than 19 pitches per inning

CUBS are 4-0 when the see at least 4.0 P/PA

CUBS are 6-0 when the opponents' starter goes less than 6-2/3 innings

CUBS are 6-1 when they allow fewer than 7 earned runs

CUBS are 4-0 when they are ahead or tied after 6 innings

CUBS are 5-0 when they are ahead or tied after 7 innings

CUBS are 6-0 when they are ahead or tied after 8 innings

 

Linear extrapolations based on 9 games......

 

                       2006   2005
Team wins               108     79
Runs scored            1044    703
Home runs               198    194
Walks                   486    419
Strikeouts              936    920
Stolen bases            108     64
GIDPs                   180    100
Errors                  108    100
Earned runs allowd      720    674
Walks allowed           702    576
Strikeouts             1152   1256
Home runs allowed       324    185
1st inn runs scored     198     58
9th inn runs scored     144     52
9th inn runs allowed      0     53
Barrett RBIs            252     61
Cedeno hits             216     24
Lee HRs                  54     46
Lee RBIs                144    107
Lee BBs                 180     85
Walker hits             216    121

 

Go CUBS !!

[snoodmonger]

We are awesome.

 

I find myself looking forward to this post in every game thread. Not kidding.

[radarluv1]

OK... we got plenty of worthless stats for Saturday........

 

CUBS are 10-16 on Saturdays

CUBS are 11-5 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 38-38 at night.

CUBS are 41-39 on the road.

CUBS are 49-19 when they score first,.... 30-62 when they don't

CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-42 when they do

 

CUBS are 6-11 when Williams starts

Williams is 9 of 19 in quality starts

Williams' ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.98.... Williams did not pitch to Blanco

CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.76 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 10/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   575   64  138   25    2   26  245   64   43  108  0.240  0.295  0.426  0.721
CUBS overall     5585  703 1506  322   23  194 2456  674  419  920  0.270  0.324  0.440  0.764

 

Williams hasn't started a game yet this year. After a rocky first relief appearance, he came back with two scoreless efforts......

 

Willliams               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Cincy       1.0    2    3    2    3    0    1    28 27.00  0.00  9.00  5.00 18.00
04/09  vs. St. L       2.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    23  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
04/11  vs. Cincy       2.0    1    0    0    1    1    0    35  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00

season totals          5.0    5    3    2    5    2    1    86  9.00  3.60  1.80  2.00  3.60

 

Williams had one start (1-0) vs. Pittsburgh in 2005......

 

Williams                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/04  vs. Pitts       7.3    4    0    0    2    5    0    95  2.45  6.14  0.00  0.82  0.00

season totals        106.0   98   50   46   45   59   12  1676  3.82  5.01  1.02  1.35  3.91

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 9  Fri 04/14  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Marshall      
10  Sat 04/15  @ Pittsburgh         -    Williams      
11  Sun 04/16  @ Pittsburgh         -    Rusch        
24  Mon 05/01    Pittsburgh    N    -             
25  Tue 05/02    Pittsburgh         -             
109  Fri 08/04    Pittsburgh         -             
110  Sat 08/05    Pittsburgh         -             
111  Sun 08/06    Pittsburgh         -             
131  Mon 08/28  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
132  Tue 08/29  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
133  Wed 08/30  @ Pittsburgh         -             
137  Mon 09/04    Pittsburgh         -             
138  Tue 09/05    Pittsburgh    N    -             
139  Wed 09/06    Pittsburgh    N    -             
140  Thu 09/07    Pittsburgh         -             

 

CUBS' offense against Pittsburgh this year.....

 

CUBS vs. Piits     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker              5    3    4    0    1    0    6    1    0    0  0.800  0.800  1.200  2.000
Murton              5    2    2    1    1    0    5    3    0    2  0.400  0.400  1.000  1.400
Mabry               4    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Hairston            0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Lee                 4    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.500  0.400  0.500  0.900
Pierre              4    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Barrett             4    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Ramirez             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.400  0.000  0.400
Cedeno              5    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Pagan               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

total vs. Pitts    39   11   14    1    2    0   19    9    4    7  0.359  0.422  0.487  0.909

overall           310   58   92   17    4   11  150   51   27   52  0.297  0.351  0.484  0.835

 

In 2006:

 

CUBS are 6-1 when they take at least 1 walk

CUBS are 3-0 when they steal at least 1 base

CUBS are 4-1 when they don't commit an error

CUBS are 3-0 when they hit at least 1 triple

CUBS are 2-0 when don't hit a home run

CUBS are 3-0 when they allow fewer than 4 walks

CUBS are 4-1 when they turn a double play

CUBS are 5-0 when they allow fewer than 3 home runs

CUBS are 4-0 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning

CUBS are 1-0 in one run games

CUBS are 3-0 when the temperature is below 50 degrees

CUBS are 5-1 when they throw less than 19 pitches per inning

CUBS are 4-0 when the see at least 4.0 P/PA

CUBS are 6-0 when the opponents' starter goes less than 6-2/3 innings

CUBS are 6-1 when they allow fewer than 7 earned runs

CUBS are 4-0 when they are ahead or tied after 6 innings

CUBS are 5-0 when they are ahead or tied after 7 innings

CUBS are 6-0 when they are ahead or tied after 8 innings

 

Linear extrapolations based on 9 games......

 

                       2006   2005
Team wins               108     79
Runs scored            1044    703
Home runs               198    194
Walks                   486    419
Strikeouts              936    920
Stolen bases            108     64
GIDPs                   180    100
Errors                  108    100
Earned runs allowd      720    674
Walks allowed           702    576
Strikeouts             1152   1256
Home runs allowed       324    185
1st inn runs scored     198     58
9th inn runs scored     144     52
9th inn runs allowed      0     53
Barrett RBIs            252     61
Cedeno hits             216     24
Lee HRs                  54     46
Lee RBIs                144    107
Lee BBs                 180     85
Walker hits             216    121

 

Go CUBS !!

 

nice stats fred. so we are averaging 3 BBs a game which is better than last year. whats the league average? it seems we give up much more than that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

 

nice stats fred. so we are averaging 3 BBs a game which is better than last year. whats the league average? it seems we give up much more than that.

 

Last year, the National League team average for walks was 525 (std dev = 61.8 ), Max = 639 (Philadelphia), Min = 419 (CUBS)

[radarluv1]

 

nice stats fred. so we are averaging 3 BBs a game which is better than last year. whats the league average? it seems we give up much more than that.

 

Last year, the National League team average for walks was 525 (std dev = 61.8 ), Max = 639 (Philadelphia), Min = 419 (CUBS)

 

ouch. still room for improvement. thanks always for the very quick stats fred.

[Andy]

I noticed we're still on pace for more homers than last year. It seems no matter how much we try to limit our home run influence, we end up hitting more!

 

But if we win, it's fine. :)