7/3 Astros (Cy Clemens) vs. Marmol (and crap) 7:05 CSN

[otis89]

Cubs still suck. Clemens will own them.

[Blueheart05]

Considering the Astros don't usually score many runs for Clemens, I say the Cubs have a better than average chance to win. I call for a Marmol win.

[Outshined_One]

I predict this is when the Astros start their hot streak and inevitably win the Wild Card.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I predict this is when the Astros start their hot streak and inevitably win the Wild Card.

 

And it will be because Barrett instigated them!! They wouldn't have cared about winning otherwise.

[soccer10k]

Clemens shuts the Cubs down 2-1.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Monday.......

 

CUBS are 7-3 on Mondays

CUBS are 1-5 vs. Houston

CUBS are 19-20 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 7-11 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 10-18 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 12-15 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-2 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 17-21 at night

CUBS are 16-26 on the road

CUBS are 20-13 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 20-10 when they get a quality start.... 10-41 when they don't

CUBS are 12-37 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 18-14 when they don't

CUBS are 24-24 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 6-27 when they do

CUBS are 22-18 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 8-33 when they don't

CUBS are 22-15 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 8-37 when he doesn't

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

CUBS are on a pace to score 662 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 144 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 scoring 4.09 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 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.352 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.7% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 1 GIDP's in their last 6 games

CUBS have 6 SB in their last 16 games

CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 15 games.... 5 sac bunts in their last 20 games

CUBS have 28 home runs in their last 25 games

CUBS have drawn 38 BBs in their last 20 games..... 52 BBs in their last 26 games

CUBS have 3 sac flys in their last 16 games

 

CUBS are 2-2 when Marmol starts

Marmol is 2 of 4 in quality starts

Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 1.50 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00

CUBS score 4.09 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Marmol pitches

CUBS hit 0.89 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Marmol pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marmol.....

 

04/03 - 07/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marmol     145   20   43    8    1    6   71   19    7   29  0.297  0.327  0.490  0.816
CUBS overall     2767  331  730  123   22   72 1113  310  191  430  0.264  0.314  0.402  0.716

 

Marmol's pitching lines (1-2).....

 

Marmol                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/11  vs. Cincy       6.0    2    1    1    3    7    1    99  4.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  1.50
06/17  vs. Detr        6.0    7    4    4    2    4    1    86  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
06/23  vs. Minn        5.7    6    7    7    4    3    1   106  6.35  4.76  1.59  1.76 11.12
06/28  vs. Milw        6.3    3    1    1    2    8    0    97  2.84 11.37  0.00  0.79  1.42

Home                  12.3   10    5    5    4   12    1   183  2.92  8.76  0.73  1.14  3.65
Road                  15.7   11    8    8    7   16    2   274  4.02  9.19  1.15  1.15  4.60

Day                   20.3   13    6    6    7   22    2   310  3.10  9.74  0.89  0.98  2.66
Nite                   7.7    8    7    7    4    6    1   147  4.70  7.04  1.17  1.57  8.22

season totals         28.0   21   13   13   11   28    3   457  3.54  9.00  0.96  1.14  4.18

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             02 Jul     01 Jul     30 Jun     29 Jun     28 Jun     27 Jun     26 Jun
             vs CWS     vs CWS     vs CWS     vs Milw    vs Milw    vs Milw    vs Milw 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  21                          1.0  21    0.3  20                  2.3  62
Eyre          0.3   7    0.7  20    1.0  11               0.7  12    0.3   5                  3.0  55
Howry         1.3  25    1.3  23               1.0  15    1.0  32    0.3   3                  5.0  98
Ohman                                                                           1.0  19       1.0  19
Novoa         1.0  13               2.0  34    0.3   2                                        3.3  49
Aardsma                                                                         1.0  18       1.0  18
Williamson    0.3   7                          2.0  25                                        2.3  32


Totals        3.0  52    3.0  64    3.0  45    3.3  42    2.7  65    1.0  28    2.0  37      18.0 333

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston (1-5) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
56  Mon 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 0  Zambrano      
57  Tue 06/06  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Wood        
58  Wed 06/07  @ Houston           0- 1  Marshall      
63  Tue 06/13    Houston       N   2- 9  Marshall      
64  Wed 06/14    Houston       N   4- 5  Maddux        
65  Thu 06/15    Houston           2- 3  Zambrano      
82  Mon 07/03  @ Houston       N    -    Marmol        
83  Tue 07/04  @ Houston            -    Prior        
84  Wed 07/05  @ Houston       N    -    Marshall      
92  Tue 07/18    Houston       N    -    Marmol        
93  Wed 07/19    Houston       N    -    Prior        
94  Thu 07/20    Houston            -    Marshall      
118  Mon 08/14  @ Houston       N    -             
119  Tue 08/15  @ Houston       N    -             
120  Wed 08/16  @ Houston            -             

 

 

CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year.....

 

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco              2    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  1.000  1.667
Mabry               8    1    4    2    0    0    6    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250
Nevin              14    2    6    2    0    1   11    2    0    2  0.429  0.429  0.786  1.214
Barrett            22    2    8    1    0    1   12    2    1    3  0.364  0.375  0.545  0.920
Bynum               9    1    3    0    1    0    5    0    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.556  0.889
Pierre             22    1    7    0    0    0    7    1    3    0  0.318  0.423  0.318  0.741
Jones              20    2    4    0    0    2   10    4    0   10  0.200  0.190  0.500  0.690
Walker             15    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    2    0  0.267  0.353  0.333  0.686
Cedeno             22    3    4    0    2    0    8    0    0    3  0.182  0.182  0.364  0.545
Ramirez            24    0    6    1    0    0    7    2    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.292  0.542
Perez               9    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.222  0.222  0.222  0.444
Murton             14    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    1  0.143  0.200  0.143  0.343
Womack             13    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.071  0.000  0.071

totals vs. Houst  205   17   53    8    3    5   82   17    9   25  0.259  0.290  0.400  0.690

season totals    2767  331  730  118   22   72 1108  309  191  428  0.264  0.314  0.400  0.714

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year......

 

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Eyre                2.0    3    0    0    1    1    0    40  4.50  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Marmol              2.0    2    0    0    0    3    0    41  0.00 13.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Aardsma             1.7    0    0    0    0    1    0    22  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.00  0.00
Novoa               1.3    1    0    0    0    0    0    16  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Dempster            1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    11  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano           15.0    6    1    1    4   13    0   233  2.40  7.80  0.00  0.67  0.60
Wood                3.7    7    4    1    2    0    1    75  4.91  0.00  2.45  2.45  2.45
Howry               3.0    4    2    1    2    5    0    77  6.00 15.00  0.00  2.00  3.00
Guzman              2.0    1    1    1    1    1    0    31  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  4.50
Marshall           11.0   11    6    6    7    6    2   172  5.73  4.91  1.64  1.64  4.91
Maddux              7.0   11    5    5    0    1    0    90  0.00  1.29  0.00  1.57  6.43
Ohman               2.3    3    3    3    0    0    0    18  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.29 11.57

totals vs. Houst   52.0   49   22   18   17   32    3   826  2.94  5.54  0.52  1.27  3.12

season totals     712.7  692  425  395  330  606  113 12115  4.17  7.65  1.43  1.43  4.99

 

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

 

06/18 - 07/02      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Pagan               6    2    3    0    0    2    9    3    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.500  2.000
Barrett            13    3    5    0    0    1    8    1    0    2  0.385  0.385  0.615  1.000
Bynum               8    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Perez              31    4   12    3    0    1   18    6    1    4  0.387  0.406  0.581  0.987
Jones              52    4   19    6    0    2   31    9    1    7  0.365  0.377  0.596  0.974
Blanco             39    7   12    3    1    2   23    8    1    5  0.308  0.325  0.590  0.915
Pierre             59    6   19    2    2    1   28    5    2    5  0.322  0.365  0.475  0.840
Ramirez            55    6   14    1    1    4   29   12    4    9  0.255  0.295  0.527  0.822
Lee                32    7    9    2    0    1   14    3    4   12  0.281  0.361  0.438  0.799
Walker             36    6   12    2    0    0   14    4    5    2  0.333  0.405  0.389  0.794
Murton             26    7    8    1    0    0    9    2    2    4  0.308  0.357  0.346  0.703
Nevin              49    4   10    0    0    3   19    4    4   13  0.204  0.264  0.388  0.652
Mabry              10    2    2    1    0    0    3    1    2    2  0.200  0.333  0.300  0.633
Cedeno             48    6    9    2    0    0   11    1    1    7  0.188  0.220  0.229  0.449
Womack              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333

14 game totals    488   67  142   23    4   19  230   63   28   85  0.291  0.331  0.471  0.803

season totals    2767  331  730  118   22   72 1108  309  191  428  0.264  0.314  0.400  0.714

 

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

 

06/18 - 07/02        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Aardsma             4.0    1    0    0    2    4    0    66  4.50  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Ohman               4.7    3    1    1    3    6    1    77  5.79 11.57  1.93  1.29  1.93
Eyre                5.7    5    2    2    0    7    2    91  0.00 11.12  3.18  0.88  3.18
Howry               7.0    7    4    4    4    8    2   131  5.14 10.29  2.57  1.57  5.14
Maddux             20.3   24   13   13    1   14    6   274  0.44  6.20  2.66  1.23  5.75
Zambrano           20.0   19   13   13    8   16    3   333  3.60  7.20  1.35  1.35  5.85
Marmol             12.0    9    8    8    6   11    1   203  4.50  8.25  0.75  1.25  6.00
Novoa               8.0   10    7    6    1    8    5   128  1.13  9.00  5.63  1.38  6.75
Marshall           15.7   21   13   12    8   11    3   286  4.60  6.32  1.72  1.85  6.89
Williamson          2.3    3    2    2    0    2    1    32  0.00  7.71  3.86  1.29  7.71
Prior              15.0   23   16   15    6   15    5   280  3.60  9.00  3.00  1.93  9.00
Dempster            5.3   10   12    8    5    6    2   128  8.44 10.13  3.38  2.81 13.50

14 game totals    120.0  135   91   84   44  108   31  2029  3.30  8.10  2.33  1.49  6.30

season totals     712.7  692  425  395  330  606  113 12115  4.17  7.65  1.43  1.43  4.99

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 07/02      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              30   76  0.283
Perez               18   54  0.250
Ramirez             34  113  0.231
Jones               29   98  0.228
Barrett             22   76  0.224
Blanco              13   45  0.224
Lee                  9   36  0.200
Pagan                2   10  0.167
Murton              18   94  0.161
Cedeno              19  108  0.150
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Pierre              11   88  0.111
Nevin                5   43  0.104
Mabry                4   35  0.103
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000

CUBS               237 1010  0.190

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

I was just thinking, "why does it seem like the Cubs win on Mondays?"

 

Lo and behold, Fred swoops in and shows that they are actually 7-3. Weird. Since they always win on Mondays when I'm at work for a night game, I'll give it to this bunch of mugs. Cubs, 6-3.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Somehow I don't think we're making it to 500 by August 2.

[Tim Burr]

The Good News is that the Astros never score any runs for Clemens. The Bad News is that the Cubs don't score much for Marmol. After the run explosion Sunday, it will be Final Score 1-0!

[Andy]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

[Drew Doughty]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

 

Wood v Clemens on Fox 2003. Choi's downfall (or perhaps fall down) :(

 

I remember roughing him up a couple times last year if I'm not mistaken. Meh, roughing up is certainly not the right word. I believe he was 1-1 against us last year and we were 2-1 in his starts against us after doing a bit of research (ESPN is rly rly slow).

[Outshined_One]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

 

The Jeff Gordon game was a Clemens start. Lidge blew it in the 8th inning.

 

Good times, good times...

[soccer10k]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

 

IIRC, we gave Clemens his first loss in 2004 after he started the year 8ish-0 and delayed his 300th victory as well.

[Jazz]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

 

IIRC, we gave Clemens his first loss in 2004 after he started the year 8ish-0 and delayed his 300th victory as well.

 

this has been the cubs as of the last 5 years

 

we get owned routinely by guys like wes obermueller, but when living legends roll into town, we become all worldly.

[texascub]

The Cubs have some kind of strange ability to beat Clemens (I can remember specific instances in each of the last two seasons where we surprisingly beat him) so I will play that card again. Cubs win.

 

IIRC, we gave Clemens his first loss in 2004 after he started the year 8ish-0 and delayed his 300th victory as well.

 

this has been the cubs as of the last 5 years

 

we get owned routinely by guys like wes obermueller, but when living legends roll into town, we become all worldly.

 

It's been a general rule of the Cubs in the past to play to the level of your competition. I remember just a few years ago when we were actually contenders, our toughest games were always againstly the horrible Brewers. We also have and always will lose against soft-tossing lefties.

[Sammy Sofa]

I remember the "good" Cubs routinely getting rocked by the Rockies, too. Especially at Wrigley.

[Soul]

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

 

I love being a fan of a team heading in the right direction.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!

[beersoakedivy]

Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!

 

 

You may be able to say that thirty more times this year... possibly thirty-five if the CUBS catch some breaks dude.

[NorthsideAvenger]

I remember the "good" Cubs routinely getting rocked by the Rockies, too. Especially at Wrigley.

 

 

Awww...I remember the series in which the Rockies scored in I believe 10 straight innings against the Cubs. Good times....

[Derwood]

Astros always score no runs for Clemens, thus:

 

Final Score: Astros 0 - Cubs -2

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups

 

Cubs:

Pierre, CF

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Barrett, C

Pagan, LF

Cedeno, SS

Marmol, P

 

Astros

Biggio, 2B

Taveras, CF

Lamb, 1B

Berkman, RF

Wilson, LF

Ensberg, 3B

Ausmus, C

Everett, SS

Clemens, P

[UMFan83]

Way to go Beltran, 2 starts in a row

[Buford T Justice]

hopefully we'll get some more Beltran production tonight then.

[Bull]

Go Curbs