6/3 Cubs (Rusch) @ Cards (Mulder) 3:05 CT on FOX

[rocket]

bad news guys i'm now like 1-17 in game threads and last night was surely a fluke.

 

anyways, this will be the dusty baker classic crap lineup after a tough night game, so since we know we're going to get obliterated, let's have some fun in the process at least

 

here's glendon rusch vs. the cards

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/rocketsaucetd/ruschvscards.jpg

 

pujols and rolen kind of own him. but that's ok, because rusch sucks.

 

here's our cubs against mark mulder

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/rocketsaucetd/muldervscubs.jpg

 

well too [expletive] bad derrek lee is hurt and barrett likely doesn't catch the game, because after those 2, it doesn't look pretty.

 

anyways i just wanna say it was a pleasure finally winning a game thread game, too bad 2 in a row just ain't gonna happen.

 

go cubs.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I was really praying that tonight's game went like 18 innings and Dusty was forced to use Rusch out of the pen so he couldn't pitch this one. Oh well. :shrug:

[rocket]

ps no drunk people in the thread please.

[Laura]

Nice stats, Rocket!

[Chris]

ps no drunk people in the thread please.

 

:lol:

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

ps no drunk people in the thread please.

 

Does that mean we can't discuss Sidney Ponson either?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Let's take the series!

[Sammy Sofa]

Cubs need to only play the Cardinals! ROLL ON, BOYS!

[OleMissCub]

pirate mongerin is bannable offense/ heck i sure hope not cuz i could be banned. dont ban me im' just crunk from the dite sunkist and vodka and jagerbombs. sorry

[A New Era]

We loose. Their fatty lost yesterday. So it's only fair our fatty loses today. .

 

::sigh::

[sunnydoo]

Ooo Ooo Oooo

 

I know why Rocket won yesterday.

 

There was a hole ripped into the space/time continuum by the folks at Ohio St. They finally put away their coloring books long enough to figure out how Australia got seperated from the original main continent by using some complex math type calculations. Obviously their teachers were imported from either the Big Blue, the Big Red, or the Big Purple. A Big Bang

 

So right there, BANG! The whole universe just about inverted into itself, stupified at the reality of the Buckeyes actually providing some sort of useful knowledge to the world.

 

I am pretty sure that it was a one time only deal, so we should never have to worry about it again. Back to being Felony St of the Big 10 for the Clarett dolls, and a Big GO Wisky!

 

 

GEAUX CUBBIES!!!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 1-7 on Saturdays

CUBS are 5-2 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 6-8 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 8-13 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 9-20 in day games

CUBS are 9-18 on the road

CUBS are 18-6 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-26 when they don't

CUBS are 15-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 6-26 when they don't

CUBS are 18-18 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 3-14 when they don't

CUBS are 10-10 when they execute a sac bunt.... 11-22 when they don't

CUBS are 7-2 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 14-30 when they don't

CUBS are 13-6 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 8-26 when they don't

CUBS are 5-15 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 16-17 when they don't

CUBS are 14-12 when the opponent GIDPs.... 7-20 when they don't

CUBS are 11-4 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 10-28 when they don't

CUBS are 0-9 when the opponent triples.... 21-23 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 64 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 633 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 119 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 400 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 174 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.347 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.7% compared to 35.8% last year

 

CUBS are 1-4 when Rusch starts

Rusch is 1 of 4 in quality starts

Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.00.... pitching to Blanco it's 8.78

CUBS score 3.91 R/G overall.... 3.60 R/G when Rusch pitches

CUBS hit 0.74 HR/G overall.... 1.20 HR/G when Rusch pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Rusch.....

 

04/03 - 06/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Rusch      167   18   40    7    1    6   67   18   12   21  0.240  0.291  0.401  0.692
CUBS overall     1788  207  453   76   15   39  676  190  131  272  0.253  0.307  0.378  0.685

 

Rusch's previous starts (1-4).....

 

Rusch                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Cincy       4.0    6    4    4    2    2    2    85  4.50  4.50  4.50  2.00  9.00
04/11  vs. Cincy       5.0    5    4    4    1    4    4    97  1.80  7.20  7.20  1.20  7.20
04/16  vs. Pitts       6.0    5    3    3    1    5    1    88  1.50  7.50  1.50  1.00  4.50
04/22  vs. St. L       4.7    2    3    3    4    3    0    95  7.71  5.79  0.00  1.29  5.79
04/29  vs. Milw        2.7    6    7    7    3    0    4    81 10.13  0.00 13.50  3.38 23.63

Home                   7.7   11   11   11    4    4    8   178  4.70  4.70  9.39  1.96 12.91
Road                  14.7   13   10   10    7   10    3   268  4.30  6.14  1.84  1.36  6.14

Day                   22.3   24   21   21   11   14   11   446  4.43  5.64  4.43  1.57  8.46
Nite                   0.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

starting              22.3   24   21   21   11   14   11   446  4.43  5.64  4.43  1.57  8.46
in relief             14.7   16   10    8    6   17    2   279  3.68 10.43  1.23  1.50  4.91

overall               37.0   40   31   29   17   31   13   725  4.14  7.54  3.16  1.54  7.05

 

Rusch's starts against St. Louis last year (2-0)......

 

Rusch                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/06  vs. St. L       7.7    4    2    2    1    3    0   109  1.17  3.52  0.00  0.65  2.35
09/16  vs. St. L       6.7    7    3    3    2    4    1   106  2.70  5.40  1.35  1.35  4.05

totals  vs. St. L     16.3   13    5    5    3    8    1   241  1.65  4.41  0.55  0.98  2.76

season totals        145.0  175   79   73   53  111   14  2562  3.29  6.89  0.87  1.57  4.53

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (5-2) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 3  Fri 04/07    St. Louis         5- 1  Maddux        
 4  Sat 04/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Zambrano      
 5  Sun 04/09    St. Louis     N   8- 4  Marshall      
15  Fri 04/21  @ St. Louis     N   3- 9  Williams      
16  Sat 04/22  @ St. Louis         1- 4  Rusch        
17  Sun 04/23  @ St. Louis         7- 3  Maddux        
53  Fri 06/02  @ St. Louis     N   5- 4  Marshall      
54  Sat 06/03  @ St. Louis     N    -    Rusch        
55  Sun 06/04  @ St. Louis          -    Wood        
101  Thu 07/27    St. Louis     N    -             
102  Fri 07/28    St. Louis          -             
103  Sat 07/29    St. Louis          -             
104  Sun 07/30    St. Louis          -             
121  Fri 08/18    St. Louis          -             
122  Sat 08/19    St. Louis          -             
123  Sun 08/20    St. Louis          -             
128  Fri 08/25  @ St. Louis     N    -             
129  Sat 08/26  @ St. Louis     N    -             
130  Sun 08/27  @ St. Louis          -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

vs. St. L          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                10    4    4    0    0    2   10    2    2    2  0.400  0.500  1.000  1.500
Barrett            24    4   10    2    0    3   21   10    2    2  0.417  0.462  0.875  1.337
Cedeno             26    3   13    4    2    0   21    2    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.808  1.308
Nevin               0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Jones              26    4    7    0    0    3   16    5    2    8  0.269  0.321  0.615  0.937
Womack              3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833
Perez              10    2    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    0  0.300  0.300  0.400  0.700
Pierre             31    4    9    2    0    0   11    2    1    1  0.290  0.313  0.355  0.667
Bynum               6    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Walker             20    0    5    0    0    0    5    4    5    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Ramirez            26    4    5    0    0    1    8    3    5    4  0.192  0.323  0.308  0.630
Mabry               8    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583
Hairston            5    2    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Murton             23    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    3    5  0.087  0.192  0.087  0.279
Blanco              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.200  0.000  0.200
Restovich           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Pagan               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. St. L  244   32   66    9    2    9  106   28   24   35  0.270  0.336  0.434  0.770

season totals    1788  207  453   75   15   39  675  190  131  270  0.253  0.307  0.378  0.684

 

CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year......

 

vs. St. L            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano            6.0    4    2    0    4    5    0   111  6.00  7.50  0.00  1.33  0.00
Howry               3.3    1    0    0    0    4    0    50  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.30  0.00
Ohman               2.0    1    0    0    1    2    0    32  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Eyre                1.7    0    0    0    1    2    0    21  5.40 10.80  0.00  0.60  0.00
Wuertz              0.7    2    0    0    0    1    0    22  0.00 13.50  0.00  3.00  0.00
Maddux             13.3    9    1    1    3    5    1   180  2.03  3.38  0.68  0.90  0.68
Novoa               3.7    3    1    1    0    2    0    46  0.00  4.91  0.00  0.82  2.45
Williamson          3.0    3    1    1    1    5    0    50  3.00 15.00  0.00  1.33  3.00
Dempster            4.0    3    2    2    1    3    0    57  2.25  6.75  0.00  1.00  4.50
Rusch               4.7    2    3    3    4    3    0    95  7.71  5.79  0.00  1.29  5.79
Marshall            4.3    4    4    4    1    2    1    65  2.08  4.15  2.08  1.15  8.31
Aardsma             2.0    2    2    2    2    1    1    42  9.00  4.50  4.50  2.00  9.00
Willliams           3.3    8    7    7    3    1    1    76  8.10  2.70  2.70  3.30 18.90

totals vs. St. L   52.0   42   23   21   21   36    4   847  3.63  6.23  0.69  1.21  3.63

season totals     456.7  415  263  245  233  398   68  7780  4.59  7.84  1.34  1.42  4.83

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

 

05/26 - 06/02      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Murton             20    4    8    3    0    1   14    1    1    1  0.400  0.455  0.700  1.155
Jones              29    6   10    2    0    3   21   10    1    3  0.345  0.367  0.724  1.091
Nevin               0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Womack             20    2    9    1    0    0   10    1    1    1  0.450  0.476  0.500  0.976
Cedeno             24    4   10    1    0    0   11    1    2    0  0.417  0.462  0.458  0.920
Walker             30    7   10    1    0    1   14    6    4    0  0.333  0.412  0.467  0.878
Pierre             33    5   11    3    1    0   16    3    1    1  0.333  0.353  0.485  0.838
Bynum              13    3    3    0    0    1    6    3    0    5  0.231  0.231  0.462  0.692
Barrett            26    3    7    2    0    0    9    3    2    3  0.269  0.333  0.346  0.679
Ramirez            31    2    8    2    0    0   10    2    2    3  0.258  0.303  0.323  0.626
Perez              16    4    4    0    1    0    6    4    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625
Mabry               5    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533
Blanco              4    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Hairston            5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

7 game totals     273   40   84   16    2    6  122   36   16   26  0.308  0.349  0.447  0.796

season totals    1788  207  453   75   15   39  675  190  131  270  0.253  0.307  0.378  0.684

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

 

05/26 - 06/02        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman               4.0    2    0    0    1    6    0    52  2.25 13.50  0.00  0.75  0.00
Aardsma             3.3    2    0    0    1    3    0    54  2.70  8.10  0.00  0.90  0.00
Wood                6.0    5    2    1    1    4    0    85  1.50  6.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
Eyre                6.3    8    3    2    2    8    1   118  2.84 11.37  1.42  1.58  2.84
Zambrano           12.7    6    4    4    9   14    1   225  6.39  9.95  0.71  1.18  2.84
Marshall           12.3   15    4    4    3    6    0   188  2.19  4.38  0.00  1.46  2.92
Dempster            5.7    5    3    2    2    6    0   102  3.18  9.53  0.00  1.24  3.18
Howry               5.0    5    2    2    2    3    0   107  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  3.60
Maddux              5.7    7    3    3    0    1    0    64  0.00  1.59  0.00  1.24  4.76
Novoa               3.3    2    2    2    4    5    2    75 10.80 13.50  5.40  1.80  5.40
Rusch               4.0    6    4    3    1    9    2    83  2.25 20.25  4.50  1.75  6.75
Williamson          0.3    2    1    1    0    0    0     5  0.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 27.00
Ryu                 1.3    7    6    6    0    0    4    28  0.00  0.00 27.00  5.25 40.50

7 game totals      70.0   72   34   30   26   65   10  1186  3.34  8.36  1.29  1.40  3.86

season totals     470.7  434  267  249  236  408   68  8012  4.51  7.80  1.30  1.42  4.76

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 06/02      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              24   51  0.320
Lee                  7   17  0.292
Jones               19   57  0.250
Perez               11   35  0.239
Barrett             18   63  0.222
Murton              16   61  0.208
Bynum                4   19  0.174
Ramirez             16   77  0.172
Cedeno              13   69  0.159
Womack               1    6  0.143
Blanco               3   18  0.143
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Pagan                1    8  0.111
Pierre               5   59  0.078
Mabry                2   28  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000
Nevin                0    0  0.000

team               151  644  0.190

 

Go CUBS !!

Edited June 3, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[macuser1]

Fred, do you have all this programmed into an Excel spreadsheet? Regardless, I still have trouble trying to "parse" all those numbers. Any recommendations about something to read to help promote understtanding?

 

Anyway, re today's game: I'll probably end up napping through part of it after being up so late. During what inning will Rusch put me to sleep?

 

Go Cubs!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, do you have all this programmed into an Excel spreadsheet? Regardless, I still have trouble trying to "parse" all those numbers. Any recommendations about something to read to help promote understtanding?

 

 

Actually, I'm using Lotus. Excel is so...... well..... it's Microsoft, eh?

 

Not sure what you're asking here with respect to understanding. If there's something specific here that you don't grasp, ask me and I'll try to explain. If it's just generally information overload.... well, that's kind of the point of the exercise. There probably is no cure for that. :wink:

[rocket]

Ooo Ooo Oooo

 

I know why Rocket won yesterday.

 

There was a hole ripped into the space/time continuum by the folks at Ohio St. They finally put away their coloring books long enough to figure out how Australia got seperated from the original main continent by using some complex math type calculations. Obviously their teachers were imported from either the Big Blue, the Big Red, or the Big Purple. A Big Bang

 

So right there, BANG! The whole universe just about inverted into itself, stupified at the reality of the Buckeyes actually providing some sort of useful knowledge to the world.

 

I am pretty sure that it was a one time only deal, so we should never have to worry about it again. Back to being Felony St of the Big 10 for the Clarett dolls, and a Big GO Wisky!

 

 

GEAUX CUBBIES!!!!!!!

 

is wisconsin still partying over that ladies field hockey championship or whatever it was?

[3finger]

CUBS are on a pace to score 633 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

I'm lovin' the flood of info, although I wish it contained better news.

 

One of the more chewable bits of data is the one quoted above. As of this a.m. the only team scoring fewer runs in the majors is KC:

 

26 Florida 238

27 Tampa Bay 232

28 Colorado 224 (How 'bout them moist balls?)

29 Cubs 207

30 KC Masterpiece 200

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

CUBS are on a pace to score 633 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

I'm lovin' the flood of info, although I wish it contained better news.

 

One of the more chewable bits of data is the one quoted above. As of this a.m. the only team scoring fewer runs in the majors is KC:

 

26 Florida 238

27 Tampa Bay 232

28 Colorado 224 (How 'bout them moist balls?)

29 Cubs 207

30 KC Masterpiece 200

 

Denny Neagle said they got him kicked off the team.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace to score 633 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

I'm lovin' the flood of info, although I wish it contained better news.

 

One of the more chewable bits of data is the one quoted above. As of this a.m. the only team scoring fewer runs in the majors is KC:

 

26 Florida 238

27 Tampa Bay 232

28 Colorado 224 (How 'bout them moist balls?)

29 Cubs 207

30 KC Masterpiece 200

 

The good news is ..... things are gettting better. It wasn't too long ago we were on a pace to score 588 runs on the season. We have scored 40 runs in our last 7 games, or 5.71 R/G. Let's hope the offensive juggernaut continues !!

[Balsa]

Oh god. Glendon is gonna suck tonight and Pujols is gonna have like 30 bajillion home runs. This is gonna be a slaughter.

 

Cubs pitchers tonight:

 

Rusch, Williamson, Novoa, Ohman.

 

There is almost no way we win this game.

 

GO CUBS.

[Shavo]

Oh god. Glendon is gonna suck tonight and Pujols is gonna have like 30 bajillion home runs. This is gonna be a slaughter.

 

Cubs pitchers tonight:

 

Rusch, Williamson, Novoa, Ohman.

 

There is almost no way we win this game.

 

GO CUBS.

 

Mulder will own us like all leftys do.

[CardsFanInChiTown]

Freaking soft tossing lefties always seem to do well against us.

[Shavo]

Freaking soft tossing lefties always seem to do well against us.

 

Your a Cubs fan now? Yay! :D

[Balsa]

Freaking soft tossing lefties always seem to do well against us.

 

Your a Cubs fan now? Yay! :D

A convert! A convert! Praise be to Jebus!

[baseball7897]

Dave Otto is throwing BP today so the cubs will get to see a slow tossing left hander before the game starts

[Fro]

This is the game where big Phil Nevin takes over with his lefty-killing powers.