7/16 Cubs (Marshall) vs Mets (El Duque) 5 pm ESPN

[Andy]

DJaxx is still MIA...

 

A Sunday Night Baseball matinee here. But I don't think the Cubs are capable of winning a non-Z start anymore.

[Drew Doughty]

JOOOOOOE MOOOOOOOORGAAAAANNNNN

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If we win the next 20 games we can be 500 by August 8!

[ChiCubsFan]

If we win the next 20 games we can be 500 by August 8!

 

Hahahaha. Wow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 7-7 on Sundays

CUBS are 1-1 vs. New York

CUBS are 5-9 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 8-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 12-21 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 10-19 in games that end a series

CUBS are 15-32 in day games

CUBS are 15-26 at home

CUBS are 2-2 when ESPN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 16-33 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 27-14 when they score first in the game.... 8-41 when they don't

CUBS are 15-12 when they score in the first inning.... 20-43 when they don't

CUBS are 28-26 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 7-29 when they do

CUBS are 24-12 when they get a quality start.... 11-43 when they don't

CUBS are 25-18 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-38 when he doesn't

CUBS are 30-11 when they score at least 4 runs.... 5-44 when they don't

CUBS are 23-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-45 when they don't

CUBS are 30-11 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-38 when they get outhit.... and 1-5 when the hits are even

CUBS are 26-28 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start

CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 664 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

CUBS are on a pace to hit 139 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 405 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.10 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.68 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 0.348 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 30.2% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 7 GIDP's in their last 15 games

CUBS have 14 SB in their last 25 games

CUBS have 6 sac bunts in their last 24 games.... 8 sac bunts in their last 29 games

CUBS have 33 home runs in their last 34 games

CUBS have drawn 24 BBs in their last 5 games

CUBS have 5 sac flys in their last 25 games

CUBS have allowed 3 HR in their last 8 games

CUBS have hit 10 batters in their last 14 games

 

CUBS are 9-8 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 8 of 17 in quality starts

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.50 ... pitching to Blanco it's 7.49

CUBS score 4.10 R/G overall.... 3.71 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 0.86 HR/G overall.... 0.59 HR/G when Marshall pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/03 - 07/15      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   593   63  167   21    6   10  230   56   41   91  0.282  0.331  0.388  0.719
CUBS overall     3074  369  815  144   25   77 1240  347  225  487  0.265  0.317  0.403  0.721

 

Marshall's pitching lines (8-3).....

 

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
06/30  vs. CWS         6.0    8    4    4    3    6    0   101  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.83  6.00
07/05  vs. Houst       7.0    6    0    0    3    2    0   102  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  0.00

Home                  40.7   33   16   16   17   29    2   633  3.76  6.42  0.44  1.23  3.54
Road                  53.0   57   35   34   28   32    7   876  4.75  5.43  1.19  1.60  5.77

Day                   33.3   35   21   20   20   24    1   560  5.40  6.48  0.27  1.65  5.40
Nite                  60.3   55   30   30   25   37    8   949  3.73  5.52  1.19  1.33  4.48

season totals         93.7   90   51   50   45   61    9  1509  4.32  5.86  0.86  1.44  4.80

 

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

 

              Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun           Totals
             15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul     10 Jul     09 Jul
             vs N.Y.    vs N.Y.    no game    no game    no game    no game    at Milw 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  12                                                           1.0  12       2.0  24
Eyre          1.0  22                                                           0.7  18       1.7  40
Howry         1.0  13                                                           0.3   3       1.3  16
Ohman                    0.7   9                                                0.7  12       1.3  21
Novoa                    1.0  14                                                0.7   8       1.7  22
Williamson               0.3   4                                                0.7  14       1.0  18
Rusch                                                                           5.0  84       5.0  84


Totals        3.0  47    2.0  27                                                9.0 151      14.0 225

 

CUBS' season series vs. New York (1-1) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
89  Fri 07/14    New York          3- 6  Maddux        
90  Sat 07/15    New York          9- 2  Zambrano      
91  Sun 07/16    New York           -    Marshall      
98  Mon 07/24  @ New York      N    -    Zambrano      
99  Tue 07/25  @ New York      N    -    Marshall      
100  Wed 07/26  @ New York           -    Marmol        

 

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

 

07/05 - 07/15      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Theriot             4    2    2    1    1    0    5    0    1    0  0.500  0.600  1.250  1.850
Barrett            19    6   10    3    0    0   13    1    4    1  0.526  0.609  0.684  1.293
Ramirez            24    5    9    2    0    1   14    3    6    5  0.375  0.516  0.583  1.099
Murton             17    5    8    0    1    0   10    5    1    1  0.471  0.474  0.588  1.062
Walker             21    1    7    3    0    1   13    2    2    3  0.333  0.391  0.619  1.010
Perez              16    2    6    1    0    0    7    2    0    3  0.375  0.375  0.438  0.813
Blanco              5    0    1    1    0    0    2    2    1    2  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733
Pierre             32    3    9    2    0    0   11    1    1    1  0.281  0.303  0.344  0.647
Jones              25    5    6    3    0    0    9    3    0    6  0.240  0.240  0.360  0.600
Lee                23    3    4    2    0    0    6    0    5    7  0.174  0.321  0.261  0.582
Mabry               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    1    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Pagan              16    2    2    0    0    1    5    0    1    2  0.125  0.176  0.313  0.489
Nevin               7    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    2    2  0.143  0.333  0.143  0.476
Cedeno             16    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    4  0.063  0.059  0.063  0.121

7 game totals     240   34   68   18    2    3   99   23   25   43  0.283  0.353  0.413  0.766

season totals    3074  369  814  139   25   77 1234  336  224  485  0.265  0.317  0.401  0.719

 

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

 

07/05 - 07/15        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marshall            7.0    6    0    0    3    2    0   102  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  0.00
Howry               4.0    2    0    0    1    4    0    64  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Eyre                3.3    4    0    0    1    5    0    79  2.70 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Williamson          2.0    3    0    0    0    2    0    26  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Ohman               1.3    0    0    0    0    3    0    21  0.00 20.25  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marmol              6.0    3    1    1    5    4    0   103  7.50  6.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
Dempster            5.0    3    1    1    1    7    1    76  1.80 12.60  1.80  0.80  1.80
Zambrano           12.0    8    3    3    7   13    0   215  5.25  9.75  0.00  1.25  2.25
Rusch               5.0    4    2    2    2    5    1    84  3.60  9.00  1.80  1.20  3.60
Maddux             13.0   14    8    7    3    9    0   176  2.08  6.23  0.00  1.31  4.85
Novoa               3.3    5    2    2    1    0    1    45  2.70  0.00  2.70  1.80  5.40

7 game totals      62.0   52   17   16   24   54    3   991  3.48  7.84  0.44  1.23  2.32

season totals     790.7  759  456  424  369  672  119 13415  4.20  7.65  1.35  1.43  4.83

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 07/15      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              31   90  0.256
Perez               20   59  0.253
Blanco              15   45  0.250
Jones               32  110  0.225
Ramirez             36  133  0.213
Barrett             23   87  0.209
Murton              23  100  0.187
Lee                 10   53  0.159
Mabry                6   35  0.146
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              20  127  0.136
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Pagan                2   16  0.111
Pierre              12   98  0.109
Nevin                6   51  0.105
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    3  0.000

CUBS               259 1146  0.184

 

Go CUBS !!

[Texasflood]

Can someone enlighten me why the game starts at 5 central instead of the usual 7 starting time for Sunday Night Baseball?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The ESPY's are tonight.

[Fred Hornkohl]

The ESPY's are tonight.

 

Ya mean there's something more important that CUBS baseball ???

[sweetpeteman]

The ESPY's are tonight.

 

Ya mean there's something more important that CUBS baseball ???

 

The funny thing is that the actual awards show was a week ago, its not broadcasted live.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The ESPY's are tonight.

 

Ya mean there's something more important that CUBS baseball ???

 

This year, most definitely. Fortunately, the ESPY's don't make that list.

[A New Era]

JOOOOOOE MOOOOOOOORGAAAAANNNNN

 

SWING and a MISS strike three!

 

Joe Moran: "What happened there, he just MISSED that ball"

[Drew Doughty]

JOOOOOOE MOOOOOOOORGAAAAANNNNN

 

SWING and a MISS strike three!

 

Joe Moran: "What happened there, he just MISSED that ball"

 

Joe Moran: "What he has to do is make contact. My former teammate with the big red machine--did you know I played there, Jon--Tony Perez would have hit that one pitch three times. That's the problem with today's game. Everyone has flaws. I was the greatest 2B ever. Have I ever mentioned the time that I played baseball once? I was the greatest ever. Jon? Jon?"

[NorthsideAvenger]

JOOOOOOE MOOOOOOOORGAAAAANNNNN

 

SWING and a MISS strike three!

 

Joe Moran: "What happened there, he just MISSED that ball"

 

Joe Moran: "What he has to do is make contact. My former teammate with the big red machine--did you know I played there, Jon--Tony Perez would have hit that one pitch three times. That's the problem with today's game. Everyone has flaws. I was the greatest 2B ever. Have I ever mentioned the time that I played baseball once? I was the greatest ever. Jon? Jon?"

 

Jon Miller: Somebody, just shoot me...I can't take this price anymore. And it is not PERez, Joe, it's PAY raise, get it stragiht, moron.

[Drew Doughty]

Moran: Well Jon I find that vurry offensive. You know, if you were announcing in the 70's and said that Pete Rose--who also played with the Big Red Machine--would have probably killed you for that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Starting lineups........

 

New York

 

Valentin, 2b

Woodward, ss

Beltran, cf

Delgado, 1b

Reyes, 3b

Floyd, lf

Nady, rf

Castro, c

Hernandez, p

 

 

CUBS

 

Pierre, cf

Walker, 2b

Barrett, c

Ramirez, 3b

Jones, rf

Mabry, 1b

Murton, lf

Cedeno, ss

Marshall, c

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Dag nab it...........I wanted Theriot to start again.

[cubs121]

you heard it here first cubs lose again today!!!... may i please no why Mabry is in the lineup? well.... who really cares? :?

[Fred Hornkohl]

you heard it here first cubs lose again today!!!... may i please no why Mabry is in the lineup? well.... who really cares? :?

 

I can't imangine.

 

07/05 - 07/15      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                23    3    4    2    0    0    6    0    5    7  0.174  0.321  0.261  0.582

[InconspicuousZ28]

you heard it here first cubs lose again today!!!... may i please no why Mabry is in the lineup? well.... who really cares? :?

 

Great job giving D-Lee a day off for a nationally televised game. Doesn't matter to me what the past few games have been like for him, he's still the marquee player on this team....

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

you heard it here first cubs lose again today!!!... may i please no why Mabry is in the lineup? well.... who really cares? :?

 

Great job giving D-Lee a day off for a nationally televised game. Great managing from the top on down the line...

 

Doesn't want to put the national television pressure on DLee. He is young you know? Mabry the crafty veteran will be able to handle that kind of pressure better.

[cubs121]

but then again... why keep running strike out king/rally stopper Mabry out there?? why not move walker to first and theriot to second if thats the case? ohh yeah! they need more lefty's in the lineup... pfft im tired of this already (like i already wasnt)! :shock: :evil:

[Drew Doughty]

don't you remember the second game of the seasons dudes? mabry hit a homer on ESPN that day.

 

he's gotta start.

[cubs121]

don't you remember the second game of the seasons dudes? mabry hit a homer on ESPN that day.

 

he's gotta start.

ohh yeah i dont think he has one since... Busty, well... he hasnt gotten much playing time since. :shock:

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

you heard it here first cubs lose again today!!!... may i please no why Mabry is in the lineup? well.... who really cares? :?

 

I can't imangine.

 

07/05 - 07/15      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                23    3    4    2    0    0    6    0    5    7  0.174  0.321  0.261  0.582

 

I think those 5 walks are the argument to play him unless Lee himself really feels he should be sitting out tonight.

[sweetpeteman]

Hey, less then a minute after the broadcast starts, there's Bartman! GO ESPN, don't let anyone forget how much you like to poke fun at Cubs fans!