5/20 - Cubs (Hill) @ White Sox (Garcia) - 12:20 FOX

[Marco4]

So, after a disappointing defeat Friday, the second game of the set at US Cellular Field promises much. Pain.

 

Hill is 0-3 with a 7.63 ERA

Garcia is 6-1 with a 4.56 ERA

 

On those stats, we can probably expect some runs... the last few weeks have taught us not to expect runs, though.

 

Who knows? Maybe it'll work out well.

 

Apologies for starting this up so early, but its knocking on midnight here, and I don't want to fall asleep and miss the boat. If it does work out well, I won't be able to start the thread for Sunday's game.

 

GO CUBS!

[Outshined_One]

Contraction plz.

[Chris]

We win!

[Omar]

Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force.. never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill

 

 

We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!

Winston Churchill

 

When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.

Bob Verdi

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday.......

 

CUBS are 1-5 on Saturdays

CUBS are 0-1 vs. white sox

CUBS are 2-1 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 10-13 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 7-15 in day games

CUBS are 7-14 on the road

CUBS are 8-19 without Derrek Lee

CUBS are 0-3 (2 run scored) in games without an extra base hit

CUBS are 14-3 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-21 when they don't

CUBS are 12-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-20 when they don't

CUBS are 14-5 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-16 when they get outhit.... and 1-3 when the hits are even

CUBS are 8-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 9-17 when he doesn't

CUBS are 6-5 when Pierre steals a base.... 11-19 when he dosen't

CUBS are 13-11 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-13 when they do

CUBS are 16-13 when they average 18 pitches per inning or less..... 1-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-6 when they average 4.0 P/PA or greater.... 12-18 when they don't

CUBS are 14-6 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 3-18 when he doesn't

 

CUBS are 0-3 when Hill starts

Hill is 0 of 3 in quality starts

Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 6.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 11.25

CUBS score 3.70 R/G overall.... 0.33 R/G when Hill pitches

CUBS hit 0.66 HR/G overall.... 0.33 HR/G when Hill pitches

CUBS have been outscored 21-1 when Hill starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Hill.....

 

04/03 - 05/19      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Hill        94    1   15    2    1    1   22    1    5   19  0.160  0.202  0.234  0.436
CUBS overall     1348  152  328   57   10   27  486  139  110  215  0.243  0.301  0.361  0.662

 

Hill's last 3 starts (0-3).....

 

Hill                    IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/04  vs. Ariz        4.0    6    5    5    2    1    2    67  4.50  2.25  4.50  2.00 11.25
05/09  vs. S.F.        6.0    8    5    5    3    4    1   100  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.83  7.50
05/14  vs. S.D.        5.3    4    3    3    5    4    0    90  8.44  6.75  0.00  1.69  5.06

3 game totals         15.3   18   13   13   10    9    3   257  5.87  5.28  1.76  1.83  7.63

 

CUBS' season series vs. white sox .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
41  Fri 05/19  @ Chicago (AL)      1- 6  Maddux        
42  Sat 05/20  @ Chicago (AL)       -    Hill        
43  Sun 05/21  @ Chicago (AL)       -    Zambrano      
79  Fri 06/30    Chicago (AL)       -             
80  Sat 07/01    Chicago (AL)       -             
81  Sun 07/02    Chicago (AL)       -             

 

Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006.......

 

CUBS are 5-17 (0.415)

CUBS have been outscored 121 (5.50 R/G) to 56 (2.55 R/G)

CUBS have been shutout 5 times

CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins

CUBS have hit 9 home runs while allowing 25

CUBS are driving in 13.2% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.5% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year

CUBS are scoring 0.247 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.402 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year

CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 155 times, compared to 129 last year

 

CUBS team offense.....

 

04/26 - 05/19      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS              718   56  163   26    5    9  226   51   59  107  0.227  0.288  0.315  0.603
Oppt              735  121  193   43    6   25  323  112  102  174  0.263  0.354  0.439  0.793

 

CUBS team pitching.....

 

04/26 - 05/19        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
CUBS              192.3  193  121  114  101  175   25  4.73  8.19  1.17  1.53  5.33
Oppt              197.0  163   56   48   59  108    9  2.70  4.93  0.41  1.13  2.19

 

CUBS' offense since 26 April.....

 

04/26 - 05/19      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Bynum              20    2    6    0    2    1   13    3    1    7  0.300  0.333  0.650  0.983
Jones              68    6   22    4    0    3   35    9    3   10  0.324  0.361  0.515  0.876
Barrett            51    2   15    2    1    1   22    1    9    4  0.294  0.410  0.431  0.841
Ramirez            79   10   19    7    0    3   35    9    6    6  0.241  0.291  0.443  0.734
Restovich           8    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    2  0.250  0.333  0.375  0.708
Walker             69    3   16    5    0    0   21    8   10    9  0.232  0.321  0.304  0.625
Murton             64    8   16    1    0    0   17    4    8   12  0.250  0.342  0.266  0.608
Cedeno             83    6   21    0    1    1   26    5    2   17  0.253  0.267  0.313  0.581
Hairston           43    3    9    2    0    0   11    3    2    8  0.209  0.244  0.256  0.500
Pierre             91    9   18    2    1    0   22    0    6    8  0.198  0.255  0.242  0.497
Perez              45    3    8    1    0    0    9    4    3    2  0.178  0.224  0.200  0.424
Mabry              33    1    5    0    0    0    5    0    3    8  0.152  0.243  0.152  0.395
Theriot             3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250
Blanco             24    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    3    4  0.042  0.143  0.042  0.185

22 game totals    718   56  163   26    5    9  226   51   59  107  0.227  0.288  0.315  0.603

 

CUBS' pitchers since 26 April......

 

04/26 - 05/19        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Howry              10.3    8    3    3    0    6    2   141  0.00  5.23  1.74  0.77  2.61
Zambrano           27.0   21    8    8   15   29    1   442  5.00  9.67  0.33  1.33  2.67
Eyre               11.3    8    4    4    7   15    2   202  5.56 11.91  1.59  1.32  3.18
Ohman              11.0   11    5    5    3   10    1   174  2.45  8.18  0.82  1.27  4.09
Marshall           23.0   17   11   11   13   19    0   368  5.09  7.43  0.00  1.30  4.30
Williamson          9.7    6    5    5    6   12    0   165  5.59 11.17  0.00  1.24  4.66
Dempster            7.0    6    4    4    1    8    1    84  1.29 10.29  1.29  1.00  5.14
Novoa              11.3   12   10    7    8   11    1   247  6.35  8.74  0.79  1.76  5.56
Maddux             27.7   40   21   20    9   19    3   413  2.93  6.18  0.98  1.77  6.51
Guzman             18.0   20   16   14   16   20    2   378  8.00 10.00  1.00  2.00  7.00
Wood                5.0    5    4    4    0    6    3    71  0.00 10.80  5.40  1.00  7.20
Hill               15.3   18   13   13   10    9    3   257  5.87  5.28  1.76  1.83  7.63
Rusch              12.3   16   13   12    8    7    4   265  5.84  5.11  2.92  1.95  8.76
Ryu                 1.0    1    1    1    2    2    0    27 18.00 18.00  0.00  3.00  9.00
Aardsma             2.3    4    3    3    3    2    2    60 11.57  7.71  7.71  3.00 11.57

22 game totals    192.3  193  121  114  101  175   25  3294  4.73  8.19  1.17  1.53  5.33

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis     131
Cincinnati    129
Houston       127
Milwaukee     127
Pittsburgh    118

 

 

R.I.P. CUBS !!

Edited May 19, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

So maybe by some HUGE miracle the cubs will get a win tomm. Then again if i come back down to reality it's gonna be a long saturday

[E.J.]

Loss.

 

Not even close.

 

We suck.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bullpen Rest  Dempster   Eyre      Williamson   Howry   Ohman     Novoa      Rusch      
May 19         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP      2.1IP/48p

May 18         DNP      1IP/22p      DNP       1IP/9p   1IP/21p  1IP/20p      DNP

May 17         DNP      1IP/14p     1IP/11p    1IP/10p   DNP       DNP        DNP       

May 16        1IP/9p     DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP        DNP       

May 15         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP        DNP       

May 14         DNP       DNP        .2IP/17p   1IP/17p   DNP     1IP/23p      DNP

[Sammy Sofa]

Cubs lose, 9-2. Hill manages to lose total control and breaks Lee's other wrist. Dusty ignores this and instead praises him for having found some "serious heat" with his pitching and gives him a hearty man-kiss in front of the press.

[otis89]

Here are the Cubs first three innings.

 

1st:

Neifi Perez pops out to second.

Neifi Perez strikes out.

Neifi Perez grounds out softly to shortstop.

 

2nd:

Neifi Perez strikes out.

Neifi Perez strikes out.

Neifi Perez pops out to catcher.

 

3rd:

Neifi Perez strikes out.

Neifi Perez strikes out.

Neifi Perez strikes out.

 

The whole team dies from food poisoning except for Neifi, so they have to clone him and have him play every position. Freddy Garcia pitches a perfect game in the White Sox infinity-0 win.

[Banedon]

Nationally televised network failure >>>>> WGN Superstation failure

[UMFan83]

My Cubs pocket schedule, only seconds from being burned in the alley way, says the game is at 12:20. Did the time change?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

My Cubs pocket schedule, only seconds from being burned in the alley way, says the game is at 12:20. Did the time change?

 

ESPN.com has 12:20 too, as does my iCal Cubs sked.

[E.J.]

Cubs.com says this game starts at 12:20 CT.

[oldstyle81]

12:20 start tomorrow

[UMFan83]

Nice T-Minus 12 hours until another loss begins!

[oldstyle81]

Nice T-Minus 12 hours until another loss begins!

 

loss? its going to be a slaughter, they are going to destroy Hill tomorrow

 

i hope im wrong, i really do but he hasant done anything against ok teams, now he is facing one of the best

[UMFan83]

Nice T-Minus 12 hours until another loss begins!

 

loss? its going to be a slaughter, they are going to destroy Hill tomorrow

 

i hope im wrong, i really do but he hasant done anything against ok teams, now he is facing one of the best

 

No your right. I think the Sox hit early and often. I'm predicting something like 16-2 White Sox. Contraras will shut down our anemic offense on Sunday and will lead the Sox to a 3-0 win for the sweep. The Cubs will then goto Florida and lose 2 of 3 to our old pitchers. Pierre will go 0-16 in the series. Ok thats enough pessimism for one post :)

[Mark_R]

I have decided to postpone going to the Shoe in Hammond on account of rowdy Sox fans parading on the Ryan while traffic is miserable. Hooray for Joliet!

[CubfaninCA]

Sox 20 - Cubs 4

 

hill's going to get shelled.

[soccer10k]

White Sox 0 Cubs -2

 

The White Sox become the first team to win a nine inning game and not score any runs. I'll let you use your imaginations on how the Cubs scored negative runs.

[A New Era]

White Sox 0 Cubs -2

 

The White Sox become the first team to win a nine inning game and not score any runs. I'll let you use your imaginations on how the Cubs scored negative runs.

 

Jonest runs backwards on the bases during a solo homerun. . TWICE!!

[bc2k]

I think the pessimism is a little much in this case. Rich Hill isn't our stopper, but note that the Sox are a poor hitting team against lefties.

 

This game could go either way.

[CUBZ99]

I think the pessimism is a little much in this case. Rich Hill isn't our stopper, but note that the Sox are a poor hitting team against lefties.

 

This game could go either way.

 

I thought they had a Left Handed batting practice pitcher? #-o

[Shavo]

White Sox 0 Cubs -2

 

The White Sox become the first team to win a nine inning game and not score any runs. I'll let you use your imaginations on how the Cubs scored negative runs.

 

Jonest runs backwards on the bases during a solo homerun. . TWICE!!

 

:lol:

 

Guys, dont be silly. The Cubs get a hit? That will be the day.