6/30 White Sox (Garland) at Cubs (Marshall) @ 1:20 CT WGN

[halplm]

The Cubs will Sweep the Sox.

 

This will Earn Dusty a 5 year extension.

 

We will proceed to lose the next 23 games.

 

Dusty will still play all the crappy veterans claiming that we are not mathematically eliminated yet, so he can't start planning for next year.

 

Hendry will make no moves, with the possible exception of trading away young guys for veterans to finish out year trying to spark the team to make it back to .500...

 

Because that means we had a good year...

[soccer10k]

The Cubs will sweep the Sox on their way to winning 8 of 10 before the All Star Break paving the way for the inevitable DUSTY BAKER EXTENTION on Monday July 10.

[Tracer Bullet]

Cubs lineup per ESPN

 

4-3

Walker

Lee

Ramirez

Jones

Nevin

Barrett

Cedeno

Marshall

 

Tiny bit hazy, the 6-7 might be reversed but I'm pretty sure its like this

 

I was just skimming and thought 4-3 was the date or something, and thought Walker was actually leading off. I almost had a heart attack, until I realized 4-3 was first.

 

Shorten it to "43" and you have the best nickname for JP that I've ever heard.

[tgk]

Cubs lineup per ESPN

 

4-3

Walker

Lee

Ramirez

Jones

Nevin

Barrett

Cedeno

Marshall

 

Tiny bit hazy, the 6-7 might be reversed but I'm pretty sure its like this

 

I was just skimming and thought 4-3 was the date or something, and thought Walker was actually leading off. I almost had a heart attack, until I realized 4-3 was first.

 

Hmmm. . . 4-3. . . don't get it :?:

 

Really something aobut it. . . Think I should know :scratch:

 

Wait a minute. . It's coming. . . :-k

 

GOT IT!!!!!! #-o

 

Excellent! You'd think someone who used to be an official scorer for college would have been a little quicker on the uptake.

 

(EDIT: left out a word)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Indianapolis, IN

 

Worthless stats of the day for Friday........

 

CUBS are 5-7 on Fridays

CUBS are 1-2 vs. Chicago (AL)

CUBS are 3-9 vs. the ALC Division

CUBS are 9-9 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 18-31 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 12-14 in games that start a series

CUBS are 12-28 in day games

CUBS are 13-23 at home

CUBS are 5-28 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 10-26 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 3-1 when Derrek Lee hit a home run.... 26-48 when he doesn't

CUBS are 5-14 in one run games.... 2-5 in two run games

CUBS are 26-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-39 when they don't

CUBS are 19-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-40 when they don't

CUBS are 11-7 when Pierre steals a base.... 18-42 when he dosen't

CUBS are 20-10 when they get a quality start.... 9-39 when they don't

CUBS are 12-36 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 17-13 when they don't

CUBS are 24-12 when they score first in the game.... 5-37 when they don't

CUBS are 12-9 when they score in the first inning.... 17-40 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 60 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 640 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 388 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 3.95 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.64 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 18.7% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.344 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.2% compared to 35.8% last year

 

CUBS are 8-7 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 7 of 15 in quality starts

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.82 ... pitching to Blanco it's 7.49

CUBS score 3.95 R/G overall.... 4.00 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 0.83 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Marshall pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/03 - 06/29      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   526   60  150   18    5   10  208   53   37   79  0.285  0.335  0.395  0.731
CUBS overall     2650  308  689  116   20   65 1040  288  187  408  0.260  0.311  0.392  0.704

 

Marshall's pitching lines (4-6).....

 

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
06/25  vs. Minn        4.7    6    5    4    3    3    0    94  5.79  5.79  0.00  1.93  7.71

Home                  34.7   25   12   12   14   23    2   532  3.63  5.97  0.52  1.13  3.12
Road                  46.0   51   35   34   25   30    7   774  4.89  5.87  1.37  1.65  6.65

Day                   27.3   27   17   16   17   18    1   459  5.60  5.93  0.33  1.61  5.27
Nite                  53.3   49   30   30   22   35    8   847  3.71  5.91  1.35  1.33  5.06

season totals         80.7   76   47   46   39   53    9  1306  4.35  5.91  1.00  1.43  5.13

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             29 Jun     28 Jun     27 Jun     26 Jun     25 Jun     24 Jun     23 Jun
             vs Milw    vs Milw    vs Milw    vs Milw    at Minn    at Minn    at Minn 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  21    0.3  20               1.0  14                             2.3  55
Eyre                     0.7  12    0.3   5                          1.3  21                  2.3  38
Howry         1.0  15    1.0  32    0.3   3               1.0  15                             3.3  65
Ohman                                          1.0  19               1.0  11    0.7  22       2.7  52
Novoa         0.3   2                                     1.3  25                             1.7  27
Aardsma                                        1.0  18                          1.7  21       2.7  39
Williamson    2.0  25                                                                         2.0  25


Totals        3.3  42    2.7  65    1.0  28    2.0  37    3.3  54    2.3  32    2.3  43      17.0 301

 

CUBS' season series vs. white sox (1-2) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
41  Fri 05/19  @ Chicago (AL)      1- 6  Maddux        
42  Sat 05/20  @ Chicago (AL)      0- 7  Hill        
43  Sun 05/21  @ Chicago (AL)      7- 4  Zambrano      
79  Fri 06/30    Chicago (AL)       -    Marshall      
80  Sat 07/01    Chicago (AL)       -    Maddux        
81  Sun 07/02    Chicago (AL)       -    Zambrano      

 

CUBS hitters vs. white sox this year.....

 

vs. CWS            AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Ramirez            10    2    4    0    0    2   10    2    1    0  0.400  0.500  1.000  1.500
Jones               8    1    2    0    0    1    5    2    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875
Cedeno             12    0    5    0    0    0    5    1    0    2  0.417  0.417  0.417  0.833
Pierre             13    2    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.308  0.308  0.308  0.615
Walker             11    1    3    0    0    0    3    2    1    1  0.273  0.308  0.273  0.580
Barrett             9    1    1    0    1    0    3    1    0    0  0.111  0.111  0.333  0.444
Perez               6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333
Murton             10    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.100  0.100  0.100  0.200
Hairston            9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.100  0.000  0.100
Blanco              6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Mabry               5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. CWS     99    8   21    0    1    3   32    8    2   11  0.212  0.240  0.323  0.564

season totals    2650  308  689  111   20   65 1035  287  187  406  0.260  0.312  0.391  0.702

 

CUBS pitchers vs. white sox this year......

 

vs. CWS              IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch               2.3    1    0    0    1    3    0    48  3.86 11.57  0.00  0.86  0.00
Dempster            2.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    25  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Novoa               1.7    1    0    0    1    2    0    30  5.40 10.80  0.00  1.20  0.00
Williamson          0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     5  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman               0.7    0    0    0    1    0    0    11 13.50  0.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Eyre                0.7    0    0    0    0    1    0     8  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Howry               0.3    0    0    0    1    1    0    13 27.00 27.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Zambrano            7.0    4    4    4    3    9    3   113  3.86 11.57  3.86  1.00  5.14
Maddux              5.7    9    6    6    5    1    1    96  7.94  1.59  1.59  2.47  9.53
Hill                4.0    5    7    7    5    2    2    87 11.25  4.50  4.50  2.50 15.75

totals vs. CWS     25.0   21   17   17   17   21    6   436  6.12  7.56  2.16  1.52  6.12

season totals     685.7  653  400  370  322  582  104 11663  4.23  7.64  1.37  1.42  4.86

 

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

 

06/15 - 06/29      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco             47    8   16    3    1    3   30   10    1    6  0.340  0.354  0.638  0.992
Jones              55    6   19    6    0    2   31    7    2    7  0.345  0.368  0.564  0.932
Bynum              13    1    5    0    1    0    7    0    0    3  0.385  0.385  0.538  0.923
Perez              25    2   10    2    0    0   12    2    1    3  0.400  0.423  0.480  0.903
Walker             38    5   13    3    0    0   16    4    5    4  0.342  0.409  0.421  0.830
Ramirez            55    6   13    2    0    4   27    7    4    7  0.236  0.283  0.491  0.774
Pierre             56    5   16    1    1    1   22    5    2    4  0.286  0.344  0.393  0.737
Lee                19    3    4    0    0    1    7    2    3    7  0.211  0.318  0.368  0.687
Nevin              49    4   10    0    0    3   19    5    6   12  0.204  0.291  0.388  0.679
Mabry              14    2    3    2    0    0    5    1    2    3  0.214  0.313  0.357  0.670
Barrett             3    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.333  0.250  0.333  0.583
Murton             26    4    6    0    0    0    6    1    2    5  0.231  0.286  0.231  0.516
Cedeno             47    5    7    2    0    0    9    2    1    8  0.149  0.184  0.191  0.375
Womack              9    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.111  0.200  0.111  0.311

14 game totals    471   52  127   21    3   15  199   49   31   75  0.270  0.318  0.423  0.741

season totals    2650  308  689  111   20   65 1035  287  187  406  0.260  0.312  0.391  0.702

 

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

 

06/15 - 06/29        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Eyre                5.0    3    0    0    1    5    0    82  1.80  9.00  0.00  0.80  0.00
Williamson          2.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    25  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Ohman               6.3    4    1    1    4    7    1   109  5.68  9.95  1.42  1.26  1.42
Guzman              5.3    3    1    1    3    8    0    96  5.06 13.50  0.00  1.13  1.69
Zambrano           21.0   17    7    7    7   15    1   328  3.00  6.43  0.43  1.14  3.00
Aardsma             5.7    4    2    2    2    5    0   107  3.18  7.94  0.00  1.06  3.18
Maddux             14.3   14    9    9    1   11    4   196  0.63  6.91  2.51  1.05  5.65
Marmol             18.0   16   12   12    8   15    2   289  4.00  7.50  1.00  1.33  6.00
Novoa               5.7    7    5    4    1    4    4    84  1.59  6.35  6.35  1.41  6.35
Marshall            9.7   13    9    8    5    5    3   185  4.66  4.66  2.79  1.86  7.45
Prior              15.0   23   16   15    6   15    5   280  3.60  9.00  3.00  1.93  9.00
Dempster            4.3    8    9    5    4    6    1   107  8.31 12.46  2.08  2.77 10.38
Howry               6.0   10    8    7    3   11    2   130  4.50 16.50  3.00  2.17 10.50
Rusch               1.7    6    4    4    0    2    1    54  0.00 10.80  5.40  3.60 21.60

14 game totals    120.0  129   83   75   45  110   24  2072  3.38  8.25  1.80  1.45  5.63

season totals     685.7  653  400  370  322  582  104 11663  4.23  7.64  1.37  1.42  4.86

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 06/29      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              30   70  0.300
Barrett             22   70  0.239
Perez               15   50  0.231
Blanco              13   45  0.224
Jones               27   96  0.220
Ramirez             28  111  0.201
Lee                  8   33  0.195
Murton              17   92  0.156
Cedeno              19  105  0.153
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Nevin                5   37  0.119
Pierre              11   87  0.112
Pagan                1    8  0.111
Mabry                4   35  0.103
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000

CUBS               222  971  0.186

 

have I mentioned that I really really hate the white sox ?

 

Go CUBS !!

[Chocolate Milk]

Barrett 7th? Eh.

[Blueheart05]

Dusty said on the pregame that he battled with putting Barrett 7th because he wasn't sure how good his stroke would be after the 10 game suspension...

 

The Cubs are going to win today as well as the series!

[Outshined_One]

I dunno, if the Sox sweep the Cubs in this series, I could see people getting rabid enough that Hendry might actually make a move and fire some one.

 

Granted, it'd probably be some one useless like Sarge, but hey.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Just now.

 

Harrelson quick to say...."I don't know what the big deal is AJ hit Barrett a HELL of a lot harder than Barrett hit AJ"

[Outshined_One]

Just now.

 

Harrelson quick to say...."I don't know what the big deal is AJ hit Barrett a HELL of a lot harder than Barrett hit AJ"

 

If he keeps saying it, maybe he'll finally believe it.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I dunno, if the Sox sweep the Cubs in this series, I could see people getting rabid enough that Hendry might actually make a move and fire some one.

 

Granted, it'd probably be some one useless like Sarge, but hey.

 

He already did, in a way -- Womack. My guess if someone from the coaching staff goes: either Juan Lopez or Sonny Jackson.

[goonys evil twin]

Just now.

 

Harrelson quick to say...."I don't know what the big deal is AJ hit Barrett a HELL of a lot harder than Barrett hit AJ"

 

He is the most ridiculous homer in the announcing business. Way over the top. Much worse than any Yankees sycophant.

[Balsa]

Is Konerko playing? I benched him on my fantasy team on the assumption that Thome would start....

[johnnyba99]

Is Konerko playing? I benched him on my fantasy team on the assumption that Thome would start....

I think I read somewhere that Thome was starting at first on Saturday so I think Konerko is in to day and Sunday.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Is Konerko playing? I benched him on my fantasy team on the assumption that Thome would start....

 

 

Konerko is at first.

 

Ozzie didn't decide to put Thome at first today. He's on the bench.

[Outshined_One]

I'm not the only one who gets weirded out when Len and Bob are dressed the same, am I?

[AR-Baseball-Fan]

Wayne: great singing.

Memo to Cubs: Don't suck.

[BeerHere]

I hope Marshall shuts em down but realistically, this doesn't look good on paper. Hopefully Marshall is sharp and the offense shows up. Otherwise its lambs to the slaughter.

[BeerHere]

When is Aramis going to start acting like a cleanup hitter and drive in some runs?

[Flames24Rulz]

Brenly: "First 2 games of this series figure to be offensive slugfests."

 

Uh, with the Cubs offense? You sure you've seen every game this season Bobby?

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I hope Marshall shuts em down but realistically, this doesn't look good on paper. Hopefully Marshall is sharp and the offense shows up. Otherwise its lambs to the slaughter.

 

 

I'm afraid.

 

I think that the people in the bleachers will be dodging baseballs today.

[UMFan83]

When is Aramis going to start acting like a cleanup hitter and drive in some runs?

 

Whenever he leaves the Cubs

[BeerHere]

Brenly: "First 2 games of this series figure to be offensive slugfests."

 

Yet another reference to Barrett/AJP, great.

[AR-Baseball-Fan]

Brenly: "First 2 games of this series figure to be offensive slugfests."

Uh, with the Cubs offense? You sure you've seen every game this season Bobby?

 

Translation: Brenly thinks the Sox will poiund the Cubs first two starting pitchers.

[Blueheart05]

Osuna with a leadoff single