6/25 Cubs (Marshall) at Twins (Radke) 1:10 CST WGN TV

[bhogg]

Let's get this gravy train rollin' now that we've got our lead man back in teh saddle!

 

 

Yee haw, buckaroos!

 

DLee comes back.

 

Marshall continues his solid play, and the CUBS WIN A GAME IN THE HOMER DOME!!!!!

[Laura]

It's going to be great hearing DLee hit. He's barely back, I'm not expecting anything from him, but it's just good that he's playing again. From a practical standpoint, I'm not sure if it would have mattered much whether he played tomorrow in Iowa or in Minny.

 

He better be DHing, though.

[soccer10k]

Twins finish off a sweep in the HomerDome.

[UMFan83]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!! Go Royals/Pirates/Twins!

 

 

Welcome back to HELL Digli

[Laura]

poor Marshall.

[Derwood]

On Lee's first swing his hand will fall off, ending his career. The Cubs will then be financially burdened by his contract for the next 4 years.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday...........

 

CUBS are 5-6 on Sundays

CUBS are 0-2 vs. Minnesota

CUBS are 3-8 vs. the ALC Division

CUBS are 2-6 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 17-28 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 7-17 in games that end a series

CUBS are 2-3 in games that end a road trip

CUBS are 11-26 in day games

CUBS are 16-25 on the road

CUBS are 5-26 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 18-41 without Derrek Lee

CUBS are 25-8 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-37 when they don't

CUBS are 18-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-36 when they don't

CUBS are 23-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-31 when they get outhit.... and 1-5 when the hits are even

CUBS are 23-21 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 5-24 when they do

CUBS are 9-24 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 22-21 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start

CUBS are 21-13 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 7-32 when he doesn't

CUBS are 11-4 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 17-42 when they don't

CUBS are 13-5 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 15-40 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 62 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 648 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 135 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 382 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 160 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.00 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.62 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.351 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS have an extra base hit ratio of 29.3% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 11 GIDP's in their last 16 games

CUBS have 8 SB in their last 17 games

CUBS have 4 sac bunts in their last 18 games

CUBS have 5 errors in their last 18 games

CUBS have 17 home runs in their last 17 games

CUBS have drawn 19 BBs in their last 12 games..... 33 BBs in their last 18 games

CUBS have 6 sac flys in their last 16 games

 

CUBS are 8-6 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 7 of 14 in quality starts

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.82 ... pitching to Blanco it's 7.20

CUBS score 4.00 R/G overall.... 4.21 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 0.84 HR/G overall.... 0.714 HR/G when Marshall pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/03 - 06/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   490   59  139   17    5   10  196   52   36   72  0.284  0.336  0.400  0.736
CUBS overall     2479  292  642  108   19   61  971  273  172  370  0.259  0.309  0.392  0.701

 

Marshall's starts this year (8-6)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 5  Sun 04/09    St. Louis     N   8- 4  Marshall      
 9  Fri 04/14  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Marshall      
14  Wed 04/19  @ Los Angeles   N   5- 4  Marshall      
19  Tue 04/25    Florida       N   3- 1  Marshall      
24  Mon 05/01    Pittsburgh    N   2- 1  Marshall      
29  Sat 05/06  @ San Diego     N   1- 2  Marshall      
34  Thu 05/11  @ San Francisco     3- 9  Marshall      
39  Wed 05/17    Washington    N   5- 0  Marshall      
44  Mon 05/22  @ Florida       N   1- 9  Marshall      
48  Sat 05/27    Atlanta           1- 2  Marshall      
53  Fri 06/02  @ St. Louis     N   5- 4  Marshall      
58  Wed 06/07  @ Houston           0- 1  Marshall      
63  Tue 06/13    Houston       N   2- 9  Marshall      
69  Mon 06/19  @ Cleveland     N  12- 8  Marshall      
74  Sun 06/25  @ Minesota           -    Marshall      

 

Marshall's pitching lines (4-5).....

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/09  vs. St. L       4.3    4    4    4    1    2    1    65  2.08  4.15  2.08  1.15  8.31
04/14  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    4    4    1    2    1    79  1.80  3.60  1.80  1.20  7.20
04/19  vs. L.A.        5.0    2    2    2    3    4    1    86  5.40  7.20  1.80  1.00  3.60
04/25  vs. Flor        7.0    2    0    0    2    7    0    96  2.57  9.00  0.00  0.57  0.00
05/01  vs. Pitts       7.3    4    1    1    1    5    0    90  1.23  6.14  0.00  0.68  1.23
05/06  vs. S.D.        6.0    3    1    1    3    6    0    90  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
05/11  vs. S.F.        3.7    9    9    9    5    2    0    88 12.27  4.91  0.00  3.82 22.09
05/17  vs. Wash        6.0    1    0    0    4    6    0   100  6.00  9.00  0.00  0.83  0.00
05/22  vs. Flor        3.3    7    7    7    4    2    1    67 10.80  5.40  2.70  3.30 18.90
05/27  vs. Atla        6.0    7    2    2    2    2    0    93  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
06/02  vs. St. L       6.3    8    2    2    1    4    0    95  1.42  5.68  0.00  1.42  2.84
06/07  vs. Houst       7.0    4    1    1    3    5    1    84  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  1.29
06/13  vs. Houst       4.0    7    5    5    4    1    1    88  9.00  2.25  2.25  2.75 11.25
06/19  vs. Clev        5.0    7    4    4    2    2    3    91  3.60  3.60  5.40  1.80  7.20

Home                  34.7   25   12   12   14   23    2   532  3.63  5.97  0.52  1.13  3.12
Road                  41.3   45   30   30   22   27    7   680  4.79  5.88  1.52  1.62  6.53

Day                   22.7   21   12   12   14   15    1   365  5.56  5.96  0.40  1.54  4.76
Nite                  53.3   49   30   30   22   35    8   847  3.71  5.91  1.35  1.33  5.06

season totals         76.0   70   42   42   36   50    9  1212  4.26  5.92  1.07  1.39  4.97

 

CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week......

 

              Sat        Fri        Thu        Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun           Totals
             24 Jun     23 Jun     22 Jun     21 Jun     20 Jun     19 Jun     18 Jun
             at Minn    at Minn    no game   at Cleve   at Cleve   at Cleve   vs Detr 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                             1.0  35    1.0  17       2.0  52
Eyre          1.3  21                                     0.7   3    0.7  12                  2.7  36
Howry                                                                1.0  18                  1.0  18
Ohman         1.0  11    0.7  22               1.0  12                          1.0  13       3.7  58
Novoa                                                                           3.3  54       3.3  54
Aardsma                  1.7  21                                     1.3  27                  3.0  48
Rusch                                                                                                


Totals        2.3  32    2.3  43               1.0  12    0.7   3    4.0  92    5.3  84      15.7 266

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games......

 

06/09 - 06/24      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco             32    7   14    3    0    3   26   11    0    3  0.438  0.438  0.813  1.250
Nevin              49    7   16    2    0    5   33    9    3   11  0.327  0.365  0.673  1.039
Barrett            20    3    8    1    0    1   12    5    2    2  0.400  0.435  0.600  1.035
Bynum              17    1    7    0    1    0    9    0    1    3  0.412  0.444  0.529  0.974
Ramirez            51    6   16    5    0    3   30    9    3    5  0.314  0.357  0.588  0.945
Perez              28    5   10    3    0    1   16    5    0    3  0.357  0.345  0.571  0.916
Jones              55    7   14    2    0    2   22    4    1   13  0.255  0.263  0.400  0.663
Pierre             59    6   16    2    1    0   20    6    2    3  0.271  0.317  0.339  0.656
Mabry              15    3    3    2    0    0    5    0    2    4  0.200  0.294  0.333  0.627
Cedeno             48    6   11    1    1    1   17    4    1    8  0.229  0.245  0.354  0.599
Walker             40    5    8    2    0    0   10    4    5    4  0.200  0.283  0.250  0.533
Murton             37    4    8    0    0    0    8    1    4    4  0.216  0.293  0.216  0.509
Womack             14    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    2  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393

14 game totals    482   61  135   23    3   16  212   59   27   71  0.280  0.319  0.440  0.759

season totals    2479  292  642  103   19   61  966  272  172  368  0.259  0.310  0.390  0.699

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games......

 

06/09 - 06/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano           20.7   15    4    4   11   11    1   334  4.79  4.79  0.44  1.26  1.74
Guzman              7.3    4    2    2    4    9    0   127  4.91 11.05  0.00  1.09  2.45
Ohman               6.7    6    3    3    3    5    0   111  4.05  6.75  0.00  1.35  4.05
Aardsma             6.3    5    3    3    3    4    1   130  4.26  5.68  1.42  1.26  4.26
Eyre                6.0    6    3    3    3    5    1   116  4.50  7.50  1.50  1.50  4.50
Maddux             19.7   22   11   11    1    7    3   263  0.46  3.20  1.37  1.17  5.03
Novoa               6.0    6    4    4    0    3    4    84  0.00  4.50  6.00  1.00  6.00
Marmol             17.7   15   12   12    9   14    3   291  4.58  7.13  1.53  1.36  6.11
Howry               5.7    9    5    4    1   10    0   114  1.59 15.88  0.00  1.76  6.35
Marshall            9.0   14    9    9    6    3    4   179  6.00  3.00  4.00  2.22  9.00
Prior               9.3   15   11   10    2    6    4   179  1.93  5.79  3.86  1.82  9.64
Dempster            5.0    8    6    6    5    3    0   115  9.00  5.40  0.00  2.60 10.80
Rusch               1.7    6    4    4    0    2    1    54  0.00 10.80  5.40  3.60 21.60

14 game totals    121.0  131   77   75   48   82   22  2097  3.57  6.10  1.64  1.48  5.58

season totals     641.7  613  370  346  304  529   95 10936  4.26  7.42  1.33  1.43  4.85

 

04/03 - 06/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              29   69  0.296
Lee                  7   17  0.292
Perez               15   47  0.242
Barrett             22   70  0.239
Blanco              11   37  0.229
Ramirez             28  104  0.212
Jones               23   92  0.200
Nevin                5   23  0.179
Cedeno              18   95  0.159
Murton              17   90  0.159
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Pierre              11   79  0.122
Pagan                1    8  0.111
Mabry                3   34  0.081
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000

CUBS               211  897  0.190

 

Avoid the broom !!

 

http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

 

Go CUBS !!

[soccer10k]

04/03 - 06/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%

CUBS               211  897  0.190

 

I may be misinterpreting your stats but 211/897 is .235 not .190.

[Bull]

04/03 - 06/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%

CUBS               211  897  0.190

 

I may be misinterpreting your stats but 211/897 is .235 not .190.

 

Try 211/1108

[Fred Hornkohl]

04/03 - 06/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%

CUBS               211  897  0.190

 

I may be misinterpreting your stats but 211/897 is .235 not .190.

 

Reading comprehension is so valuable because it is so rare, no? :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

"Attention ! Attention, please ! Have your pencils and scorecards handy, and I will give you the correct starting lineups for toady's ballgame." P.Pieper

 

 

Pierre, cf

Walker, 2b

Lee, dh

Nevin, 1b

Ramirez, 3b

Jones, rf

Murton, lf

Perez, ss

Blanco, c

 

 

 

Castillo, 2b

Punto, 3b

Redmond, c

Cuddyer, rf

Morneau, 1b

Hunter, cf

Sierra, dh

Ford, lf

Bartlett, ss

[CuseCubFan69]

"Attention ! Attention, please ! Have your pencils and scorecards handy, and I will give you the correct starting lineups for toady's ballgame." P.Pieper

 

 

Pierre, cf

Walker, 2b

Lee, dh

Nevin, 1b

Ramirez, 3b

Jones, rf

Murton, lf

Perez, ss

Blanco, c

 

 

 

Castillo, 2b

Punto, 3b

Redmond, c

Cuddyer, rf

Morneau, 1b

Hunter, cf

Sierra, dh

Ford, lf

Bartlett, ss

 

Why is Perez batting 8th and Walker 2nd? You need speed on the top of a batting order not guys on base.

[UMFan83]

Better question, how is our 4th best 2B (rated by Dusty) playing today.

 

I guess its a nice lineup...minus perez and white

[Fred Hornkohl]

 

Why is Perez batting 8th and Walker 2nd? You need speed on the top of a batting order not guys on base.

 

Perhaps because Walker's finally starting to come out of his funk ?? No, that couldn't be it..... that would require far too much intelligence on the part of the manager. :wink:

[Andy]

Best lineup we could have hoped for.

 

Go D-LEE!

[bhogg]

How does the Cubs' 25-8 record when scoring 4 or more runs compare to the rest of the league?

 

 

That seems like to could be a very telling stat for the cubs.

[Balsa]

DLEE. IS. BACK.

 

It's been too long man. Glad to have you back.

 

In the mean time, Marshall will pitch an excellent game and win, because he's on my fantasy team.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Best lineup we could have hoped for.

 

Go D-LEE!

 

Cedeno over Neifi, then it'd be the best we could have hoped for.

[Fred Hornkohl]

How does the Cubs' 25-8 record when scoring 4 or more runs compare to the rest of the league?

 

 

That seems like to could be a very telling stat for the cubs.

 

I haven't done the research, but I suspect that most teams would have an even better records than the CUBS when scoring 4 or more. I base this on the fact that the CUBS pitching ranks 14th in the league.

 

Edit: FWIW... last year, the CUBS were 62-28 (.689) when they scored 4 or more, compared to this year's 25-8 (.758).

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bynum has been placed on the 15 day disabled list, and is in the hospital in Minneapolis, where he will remain for a couple of days. [Andy Mazur on WGN Radio pregame]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2006/06/25/cwScwAjF.jpg

 

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060625/capt.3c218a5c15664d0a94cfa59db7615ec3.cubs_lee_baseball_iacn105.jpg

 

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060625/capt.ffee056c345042788f117ee0b8d6edf8.cubs_lee_baseball_iacn103.jpg

[Fro]

Lee seriously looks like he's been hitting the juice hard while he was out hurt.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre blooped a single to center field

[CaliforniaRaisin]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060625/capt.4e9dc8229d7a4773a136dcbcfd86472d.cubs_lee_baseball_iacn104.jpg

 

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060625/capt.fc0e07e1e38245c5b67a4c39128cadc6.cubs_lee_baseball_iacn102.jpg

 

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060624/capt.96ae482917ad42bc8a6b6afb51293f89.cubs_lee_baseball_iacn101.jpg

[Fred Hornkohl]

Walker singled to right field, Pierre to second