8/2 Ariz @ Cubs 7:05pm CT WGN/XM 186 **Rain Out***

[mhuber92211]

Well Hill had the breakout start that I predicted so lets go back out on another limb and predict Marmol will have his 1st career double didgit strikeout game.

 

Hopefully we will see another good offensive game and the Cubs can continue the tear they are on right now.

Edited August 3, 2006 by mhuber92211

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ.

 

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday........

 

CUBS are 7-9 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 1-3 vs. Arizona

CUBS are 5-15 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 9-14 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 16-26 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 25-27 at night

CUBS are 22-29 at home

CUBS are 12-32 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 25-40 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are on a pace to win 67 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 682 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 157 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 4.21 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.69 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.2% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.356 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS have 5 GIDP's in their last 13 games.... 14 GIDP's in their last 31 games

CUBS have 18 SB in their last 20 games

CUBS have 13 sac bunts in their last 18 games...... 19 sac bunts in their last 40 games

CUBS have 59 home runs in their last 50 games..... 26 home runs in their last 16 games

CUBS have drawn 64 BBs in their last 21 games

CUBS have 10 sac flies in their last 41 games

CUBS have 1 error in their last 9 games

CUBS have allowed 24 HR in their last 24 games

CUBS have hit 17 batters in their last 30 games

CUBS have 3 quality starts in theie last 12 games.... 12 quality starts in their last 24 games

 

CUBS are 5-4 when Marmol starts

Marmol is 4 of 9 in quality starts

Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.02 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00

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

CUBS hit 0.97 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Marmol pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marmol.....

 

04/03 - 08/01      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marmol     308   36   85   15    6    9  139   35   14   61  0.276  0.309  0.451  0.760
CUBS overall     3608  446  964  178   29  103 1509  422  265  571  0.267  0.319  0.418  0.737

 

Marmol's pitching lines (3-4).....

 

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
07/03  vs. Houst       4.3    5    4    4    7    1    2    90 14.54  2.08  4.15  2.77  8.31
07/08  vs. Milw        6.0    3    1    1    5    4    0   103  7.50  6.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
07/18  vs. Houst       6.0    4    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.67  1.50
07/23  vs. Wash        3.7    6    5    5    4    2    2    70  9.82  4.91  4.91  2.73 12.27
07/28  vs. St. L       5.3    3    3    2    7    5    0   111 11.81  8.44  0.00  1.88  3.38

Home                  23.7   17    9    8   17   23    1   404  6.46  8.75  0.38  1.44  3.04
Road                  29.7   25   18   18   23   23    6   537  6.98  6.98  1.82  1.62  5.46

Day                   29.3   22   14   13   18   29    4   491  5.52  8.90  1.23  1.36  3.99
Nite                  24.0   20   13   13   22   17    3   450  8.25  6.38  1.13  1.75  4.88

season totals         53.3   42   27   26   40   46    7   941  6.75  7.76  1.18  1.54  4.39

 

CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed           Totals
             01 Aug     31 Jul     30 Jul     29 Jul     28 Jul     27 Jul     26 Jul
             vs Ariz    vs Ariz    vs St. L   vs St. L   vs St. L   vs St. L   at N.Y. 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  15    1.0  30    1.0   9               0.7  29    1.0   9       4.7  92
Eyre                                1.0  17    0.3   5    1.0  16    0.7   5    0.3   8       3.3  51
Howry                    1.0  12               1.0  12               0.3   7    1.3  21       3.7  52
Ohman                    0.3   8                          0.3   3                             0.7  11
Novoa         1.0  17    0.7  13               1.3  27    1.0  21                             4.0  78
Rusch                                                     1.0  33                             1.0  33
Wuertz                              1.0  10               0.7  15               0.3   2       2.0  27
Aardsma                                                              0.3   2                  0.3   2

Totals        1.0  17    3.0  48    3.0  57    3.7  53    4.0  88    2.0  43    3.0  40      19.7 346

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. Arizona (1-3) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
26  Wed 05/03  @ Arizona       N   1- 5  Maddux        
27  Thu 05/04  @ Arizona       N   0- 6  Hill        
105  Mon 07/31    Arizona       N   4-15  Prior        
106  Tue 08/01    Arizona       N   9- 3  Hill        
107  Wed 08/02    Arizona       N    -    Marmol        
108  Thu 08/03    Arizona            -    ??        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Arizona this year.....

 

vs. Ariz           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Nevin               1    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Barrett            10    2    4    1    0    1    8    1    2    1  0.400  0.500  0.800  1.300
Pagan               4    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250
Izturis             4    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250
Murton             11    2    4    0    0    1    7    2    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.636  1.053
Jones              14    2    5    0    0    1    8    2    2    0  0.357  0.438  0.571  1.009
Theriot             0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Pierre             16    0    5    1    1    0    8    2    4    1  0.313  0.450  0.500  0.950
Ramirez            16    3    4    1    0    2   11    4    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.688  0.938
Mabry              10    1    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    2  0.300  0.300  0.400  0.700
Cedeno             15    0    5    0    0    0    5    0    0    5  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Bynum               4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Perez              13    2    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    0  0.308  0.308  0.308  0.615
Blanco              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
Hairston            1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Restovich           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Walker              9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Ariz   137   14   40    6    1    5   63   14   13   23  0.292  0.353  0.460  0.813

season totals    3608  446  963  173   29  103 1503  412  264  569  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Arizona this year......

 

vs. Ariz             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Eyre                1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    11  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wuertz              1.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    16  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Novoa               1.0    0    0    0    1    1    0    17  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Howry               1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    20  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Williamson          1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    16  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Hill               12.0   12    8    8    3    7    3   176  2.25  5.25  2.25  1.25  6.00
Rusch               4.0    4    4    4    1    3    3    70  2.25  6.75  6.75  1.25  9.00
Maddux              5.0   10    5    5    0    5    1    85  0.00  9.00  1.80  2.00  9.00
Prior               5.0    6    6    6    3    5    3   106  5.40  9.00  5.40  1.80 10.80
Ohman               3.0    6    6    6    3    4    0    65  9.00 12.00  0.00  3.00 18.00

totals vs. Ariz    34.0   39   29   29   11   29   10   582  2.91  7.68  2.65  1.47  7.68

season totals     932.3  910  547  504  444  792  140 15893  4.29  7.65  1.35  1.45  4.87

 

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

 

07/26 - 08/01      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Izturis             4    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250
Ramirez            24    4    9    1    1    2   18    6    3    3  0.375  0.464  0.750  1.214
Blanco              2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167
Murton             11    2    4    1    0    1    8    2    1    0  0.364  0.417  0.727  1.144
Barrett            23    4    7    3    0    2   16    3    0    4  0.304  0.333  0.696  1.029
Pagan              16    4    7    1    0    0    8    1    2    1  0.438  0.500  0.500  1.000
Theriot             0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Cedeno             20    2    8    0    0    1   11    2    0    4  0.400  0.400  0.550  0.950
Mabry              17    3    5    1    0    1    9    5    3    5  0.294  0.381  0.529  0.910
Pierre             30    2    8    2    2    0   14    6    4    0  0.267  0.353  0.467  0.820
Walker             16    3    3    1    0    1    7    2    3    1  0.188  0.316  0.438  0.753
Jones              26    2    7    1    0    1   11    3    2    3  0.269  0.321  0.423  0.745
Perez              17    3    4    0    0    0    4    1    0    0  0.235  0.235  0.235  0.471
Nevin              11    1    1    0    0    0    1    2    0    4  0.091  0.083  0.091  0.174

7 game totals     229   34   68   13    3    9  114   33   20   29  0.297  0.356  0.498  0.854

season totals    3608  446  963  173   29  103 1503  412  264  569  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

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

 

07/26 - 08/01        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              4.3    1    0    0    2    7    0    65  4.15 14.54  0.00  0.69  0.00
Howry               2.7    1    0    0    0    2    0    37  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.38  0.00
Eyre                2.3    3    0    0    0    4    0    38  0.00 15.43  0.00  1.29  0.00
Maddux              6.0    5    1    1    0    6    0    84  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.83  1.50
Zambrano            6.0    5    2    2    5    5    0   110  7.50  7.50  0.00  1.67  3.00
Marmol              5.3    3    3    2    7    5    0   111 11.81  8.44  0.00  1.88  3.38
Novoa               4.3    5    2    2    2    3    0    83  4.15  6.23  0.00  1.62  4.15
Dempster            4.0    6    2    2    2    1    0    67  4.50  2.25  0.00  2.00  4.50
Prior              10.7    6    6    6    8    8    3   209  6.75  6.75  2.53  1.31  5.06
Hill               11.3   12    7    7    4    7    2   192  3.18  5.56  1.59  1.41  5.56
Rusch               3.7    9    5    5    2    2    3    84  4.91  4.91  7.36  3.00 12.27
Ohman               3.0    5    5    5    3    5    0    66  9.00 15.00  0.00  2.67 15.00

7 game totals      63.7   61   33   32   35   55    8  1146  4.95  7.77  1.13  1.51  4.52

season totals     932.3  910  547  504  444  792  140 15893  4.29  7.65  1.35  1.45  4.87

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 08/01      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Blanco              18   47  0.277
Walker              34  105  0.245
Perez               22   73  0.232
Ramirez             44  156  0.220
Barrett             29  104  0.218
Jones               36  134  0.212
Mabry               10   41  0.196
Murton              25  109  0.187
Nevin               12   62  0.162
Pierre              21  120  0.149
Lee                 10   58  0.147
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Cedeno              22  150  0.128
Pagan                3   25  0.107
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    3  0.000
Izturis              0    1  0.000

CUBS               309 1342  0.187

 

Go CUBS !!

[A New Era]

Marmol my man, let's go buddy!

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

CUBS are 5-15 vs. the NLW Division

 

If the Cubs could have won those 15 games they would be in first place in the NL central. :lol:

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 5-15 vs. the NLW Division

 

If the Cubs could have won those 15 games they would be in first place in the NL central. :lol:

 

And if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their little butts on the ground. :wink:

[Flames24Rulz]

Less walks plz, Marmol. Let's gurantee we won't lose another series with a win tomorrow.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ

 

Trying to get away from me?

[Derwood]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ

 

Trying to get away from me?

 

3 night games in a row? :shock:

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Murton for certain!

 

Cubs lose.

[C.C.]

The Over\Under is 4 walks by Marmol tonight.

 

 

I'll take the over...

[macuser2]

Murton for certain!

 

 

No doubt about it. 8)

[A New Era]

The Over\Under is 4 walks by Marmol tonight.

 

 

I'll take the over...

 

I think 5 walks is a more realistic point. Anyway I take under. I really think he might walk, 4. . .

[CaliforniaRaisin]

GO MARMOL!

[RyCubsFan]

Wuertz is pitching very well lately!

[Laura]

Mmmmmarmol!!!

[C.C.]

Wuertz is pitching very well lately!

 

I hope he keeps it up. Having him with Howry and Eyre and the bullpen will be even better next year.

[RyCubsFan]

Wuertz is pitching very well lately!

 

I hope he keeps it up. Having him with Howry and Eyre and the bullpen will be even better next year.

 

He was lights out all year at Iowa as well. It was quite ridiculous that Wuertz was in the minors, while Novoa and Aardsma were getting spots in Chicago, not to mention Rusch.

[A New Era]

Wuertz is pitching very well lately!

 

I hope he keeps it up. Having him with Howry and Eyre and the bullpen will be even better next year.

 

He was lights out all year at Iowa as well. It was quite ridiculous that Wuertz was in the minors, while Novoa and Aardsma were getting spots in Chicago, not to mention Rusch.

 

Aardsma not so much. But I can agree with Novoa, and certainly rusch.

[macuser2]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ

 

Trying to get away from me?

 

GAAAH! I had to look that one up in the good old Rand MacNally. :x

 

He's headed your way Raisin. :D

[otis89]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ

 

Trying to get away from me?

 

GAAAH! I had to look that one up in the good old Rand MacNally. :x

 

He's headed your way Raisin. :D

 

Fred's headed Raisin's way? He's farther away from Raisin than he was yesterday. Yesterday, he was in Needles, CA.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Greetings one and all from scenic Ehrenberg, AZ

 

Trying to get away from me?

 

GAAAH! I had to look that one up in the good old Rand MacNally. :x

 

He's headed your way Raisin. :D

 

Fred's headed Raisin's way? He's farther away from Raisin than he was yesterday. Yesterday, he was in Needles, CA.

 

But he's going to end up 20 or so miles from me in Ontario. :willynilly:

 

Also, now that I look it up, Ehrenberg is closer to me than Needles.

[otis89]

Did Nevin die? Mabry's starting at 1st again.

[CubColtPacer]

Did Nevin die? Mabry's starting at 1st again.

 

They are two veterans anyway..don't you want to play the hot hand?

 

July

Nevin (45 ABs): .244/.327/.489

Mabry (29 ABs): .280/.440/.560

 

Now-I realize that's limited at-bats, but many of those for Mabry were I think at the end of the month. We might as well play Mabry a little longer until he cools down.

[Mark_R]

To the shock of no one, Neifi is at second again. How the hell is Cedeno gonna get better over there if he's never playing!?

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

To the shock of no one, Neifi is at second again. How the hell is Cedeno gonna get better over there if he's never playing!?

 

Dusty said it would be a few games until they put Cedeno out there. They want him to work on foot work with Chris Speier.