08/05 Pitts (Duke) @ CUBS (Prior) 3:05 pm CDT CSN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/435043.jpg Duke (7-9) 5.26

 

vs

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407578.jpg Prior (0-5) 7.20

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings all from historic Allentown, PA.

 

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday......

 

CUBS are 6-11 on Saturdays

CUBS are 3-3 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 29-25 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 16-13 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 28-36 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 20-36 in day games

CUBS are 23-31 at home

CUBS are 26-18 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 26-42 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 0-8 (2 runs scored) in games without an extra base hit

CUBS are 0-1 when Cedeno starts at 2b

CUBS are 39-29 when they get at least 8 hits..... 6-35 when they don't

CUBS are 35-39 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 24-25 when they steal a base.... 21-39 when they don't

CUBS are 25-19 when they execute a sac bunt.... 20-45 when they don't

CUBS are 20-38 when they GIDP.... 25-26 when they don't

CUBS are 12-31 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 33-33 when they don't

CUBS are 43-48 when they hit at least 1 double.... 2-16 when they don't

CUBS are 15-13 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 31-50 when they don't

CUBS are 19-9 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 26-56 when they don't

CUBS are 16-10 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 29-54 when they don't

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

CUBS are on a pace to score 676 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 153 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 409 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.17 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.70 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 0.353 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

 

CUBS are 0-7 when Prior starts

Prior is 1 of 7 in quality starts

Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.85 ... pitching to Blanco it's 9.00

CUBS score 4.17 R/G overall.... 2.71 R/G when Prior pitches

CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 1.14 HR/G when Prior pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Prior.....

 

04/03 - 08/04      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Prior      230   19   52    7    0    8   83   18   20   38  0.226  0.295  0.361  0.656
CUBS overall     3704  455  989  184   29  103 1540  431  275  590  0.267  0.320  0.416  0.736

 

Prior's pitching lines (0-5).....

 

Prior                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/18  vs. Detr        3.7    7    8    7    1    2    4    88  2.45  4.91  9.82  2.18 17.18
06/24  vs. Minn        5.7    8    3    3    1    4    0    91  1.59  6.35  0.00  1.59  4.76
06/29  vs. Milw        5.7    8    5    5    4    9    1   101  6.35 14.29  1.59  2.12  7.94
07/04  vs. Houst       6.0    4    4    3    4    7    0   109  6.00 10.50  0.00  1.33  4.50
07/21  vs. Wash        3.3    4    4    4    3    2    0    76  8.10  5.40  0.00  2.10 10.80
07/26  vs. Mets        5.7    0    0    0    5    3    0   103  7.94  4.76  0.00  0.88  0.00
07/31  vs. Ariz        5.0    6    6    6    3    5    3   106  5.40  9.00  5.40  1.80 10.80

Home                  14.3   21   19   18    8   16    8   295  5.02 10.05  5.02  2.02 11.30
Road                  20.7   16   11   10   13   16    0   379  5.66  6.97  0.00  1.40  4.35

Day                   21.0   19   17   15   14   21    5   401  6.00  9.00  2.14  1.57  6.43
Nite                  14.0   18   13   13    7   11    3   273  4.50  7.07  1.93  1.79  8.36

season totals         35.0   37   30   28   21   32    8   674  5.40  8.23  2.06  1.66  7.20

 

Prior's starts against Pittsburgh last year (1-1)......

 

Prior                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/17  vs. Pitts       7.0    7    3    3    1    6    2   101  1.29  7.71  2.57  1.14  3.86
07/14  vs. Pitts       8.0    2    1    0    3   10    0   115  3.38 11.25  0.00  0.63  0.00
09/28  vs. Pitts       5.0    6    3    1    4    7    1    97  7.20 12.60  1.80  2.00  1.80

totals  vs. Pitts     20.0   15    7    4    8   23    3   313  3.60 10.35  1.35  1.15  1.80

season totals        166.7  143   73   68   59  188   25  2825  3.19 10.15  1.35  1.21  3.67

 

CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek

 

              Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             04 Aug     03 Aug     02 Aug     01 Aug     31 Jul     30 Jul     29 Jul
             vs Pitts   vs Ariz    rainout   vs Ariz    vs Ariz    vs St. L   vs St. L
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  13                          1.0  15    1.0  30    1.0   9       4.0  67
Eyre                     1.3  18                                     1.0  17    0.3   5       2.7  40
Howry                    0.3   4                          1.0  12               1.0  12       2.3  28
Ohman                    2.0  51                          0.3   8                             2.3  59
Novoa         1.0  10                          1.0  17    0.7  13               1.3  27       4.0  67
Rusch                                                                                                
Wuertz                   2.3  34                                     1.0  10                  3.3  44
Aardsma       2.0  46    1.0  13                                                              3.0  59

Totals        3.0  56    8.0 133               1.0  17    3.0  48    3.0  57    3.7  53      21.7 364

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh (3-3) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 9  Fri 04/14  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Marshall      
10  Sat 04/15  @ Pittsburgh    N   1- 2  Williams      
11  Sun 04/16  @ Pittsburgh        7- 3  Rusch        
24  Mon 05/01    Pittsburgh    N   2- 1  Marshall      
25  Tue 05/02    Pittsburgh        0- 8  Guzman        
109  Fri 08/04    Pittsburgh        0- 6  Zambrano      
110  Sat 08/05    Pittsburgh         -    Prior        
111  Sun 08/06    Pittsburgh         -    Hill        
131  Mon 08/28  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
132  Tue 08/29  @ Pittsburgh    N    -             
133  Wed 08/30  @ Pittsburgh         -             
137  Mon 09/04    Pittsburgh         -             
138  Tue 09/05    Pittsburgh    N    -             
139  Wed 09/06    Pittsburgh    N    -             
140  Thu 09/07    Pittsburgh         -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year.....

 

vs. Pitts          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker             17    4    8    1    1    1   14    3    1    1  0.471  0.500  0.824  1.324
Murton             20    2    6    2    1    0   10    5    3    5  0.300  0.391  0.500  0.891
Ramirez            22    3    6    2    0    1   11    3    2    3  0.273  0.360  0.500  0.860
Lee                11    2    4    1    0    0    5    3    1    0  0.364  0.385  0.455  0.839
Hairston            7    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.286  0.661
Jones              10    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    1  0.200  0.273  0.300  0.573
Mabry               7    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    3  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571
Cedeno             23    0    6    1    0    0    7    2    0    2  0.261  0.261  0.304  0.565
Pagan               4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Pierre             23    4    5    0    0    0    5    0    1    1  0.217  0.280  0.217  0.497
Barrett            15    2    2    0    0    0    2    1    2    2  0.133  0.316  0.133  0.449
Bynum               6    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333
Nevin               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250
Theriot             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Blanco              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  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
Perez               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Izturis             4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Pitts  193   21   46    8    2    2   64   18   13   32  0.238  0.299  0.332  0.630


season totals    3704  455  988  179   29  103 1534  421  274  588  0.267  0.320  0.414  0.734

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Pittsburgh this year......

 

vs. Pitts            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Novoa               4.0    3    2    0    1    3    0    57  2.25  6.75  0.00  1.00  0.00
Dempster            3.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    42  0.00  6.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
Eyre                3.0    0    0    0    3    2    0    49  9.00  6.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Williamson          2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    19  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Howry               1.7    0    0    0    0    0    0    20  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman               1.3    0    0    0    0    2    0    16  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Willliams           6.0    4    2    1    4    3    0    94  6.00  4.50  0.00  1.33  1.50
Marshall           12.3    9    5    5    2    7    1   169  1.46  5.11  0.73  0.89  3.65
Rusch               6.0    5    3    3    1    5    1    88  1.50  7.50  1.50  1.00  4.50
Aardsma             2.0    2    1    1    1    2    1    46  4.50  9.00  4.50  1.50  4.50
Guzman              5.7    6    6    4    3    7    1   104  4.76 11.12  1.59  1.59  6.35
Zambrano            6.0    9    5    5    3    6    1   117  4.50  9.00  1.50  2.00  7.50
Wuertz              0.0    3    2    2    0    0    2    15  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00   inf

totals vs. Pitts   53.0   43   26   21   18   42    7   836  3.06  7.13  1.19  1.15  3.57

season totals     959.3  939  566  522  457  813  144 16384  4.29  7.63  1.35  1.46  4.90

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games......

 

07/01 - 08/04      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco             17    2    6    3    0    1   12    7    2    3  0.353  0.421  0.706  1.127
Barrett            94   20   37   10    0    5   62   13    9   12  0.394  0.457  0.660  1.117
Ramirez           111   20   36    5    2   11   78   26   12   15  0.324  0.394  0.703  1.096
Murton             60   11   24    6    1    1   35   14    7    4  0.400  0.456  0.583  1.039
Theriot            15    3    5    2    1    0    9    1    2    2  0.333  0.412  0.600  1.012
Mabry              34    5    8    2    0    2   16    8   10    9  0.235  0.413  0.471  0.884
Pierre            130   16   44   11    4    0   63   10    8    3  0.338  0.379  0.485  0.863
Nevin              51    9   13    2    0    3   24   10    8   17  0.255  0.350  0.471  0.821
Pagan              59   11   16    2    0    3   27    6    5    9  0.271  0.328  0.458  0.786
Jones             103   14   26    8    0    4   46   12    5   21  0.252  0.287  0.447  0.734
Walker             65    6   14    4    0    3   27    7    7    5  0.215  0.292  0.415  0.707
Perez              65    9   19    5    0    1   27    8    0    6  0.292  0.288  0.415  0.703
Lee                53    6   12    4    0    0   16    2    7   19  0.226  0.317  0.302  0.619
Cedeno             87    6   17    1    0    1   21    4    2   27  0.195  0.220  0.241  0.461
Izturis            14    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    1  0.143  0.200  0.214  0.414

30 game totals   1018  145  290   67    8   38  487  132   85  176  0.285  0.342  0.478  0.820

season totals    3704  455  988  179   29  103 1534  421  274  588  0.267  0.320  0.414  0.734

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games......

 

07/01 - 08/04        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              9.0    3    3    1    3   12    1   132  3.00 12.00  1.00  0.67  1.00
Eyre               11.0   11    2    2    3   15    2   215  2.45 12.27  1.64  1.27  1.64
Aardsma             4.0    2    1    1    2    4    1    75  4.50  9.00  2.25  1.00  2.25
Mateo               5.0    6    3    2    3    2    0    88  5.40  3.60  0.00  1.80  3.60
Marshall           16.3   19    9    7    4    8    4   255  2.20  4.41  2.20  1.41  3.86
Dempster           15.7   15    7    7    7   12    2   254  4.02  6.89  1.15  1.40  4.02
Zambrano           45.0   39   23   23   23   46    5   778  4.60  9.20  1.00  1.38  4.60
Novoa              13.3   23   13    7    5    6    3   252  3.38  4.05  2.03  2.10  4.73
Maddux             38.0   46   23   22    4   25    3   528  0.95  5.92  0.71  1.32  5.21
Hill               11.3   12    7    7    4    7    2   192  3.18  5.56  1.59  1.41  5.56
Howry              14.0   20    9    9    7   14    0   228  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.93  5.79
Prior              20.0   14   14   13   15   17    3   394  6.75  7.65  1.35  1.45  5.85
Marmol             30.3   28   21   20   32   20    5   581  9.49  5.93  1.48  1.98  5.93
Rusch              14.3   19   10   10    9   13    4   276  5.65  8.16  2.51  1.95  6.28
Ohman              12.3   10    9    9    9   15    2   240  6.57 10.95  1.46  1.54  6.57
Williamson          5.0    9    6    6    2    4    2    87  3.60  7.20  3.60  2.20 10.80

30 game totals    264.7  276  160  146  132  220   39  4575  4.49  7.48  1.33  1.54  4.96

season totals     959.3  939  566  522  457  813  144 16384  4.29  7.63  1.35  1.46  4.90

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 08/04      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Blanco              19   49  0.279
Walker              34  105  0.245
Perez               22   76  0.224
Barrett             30  106  0.221
Ramirez             44  160  0.216
Murton              30  111  0.213
Jones               36  135  0.211
Theriot              1    4  0.200
Mabry               10   48  0.172
Nevin               12   64  0.158
Pierre              21  120  0.149
Lee                 10   58  0.147
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Cedeno              22  154  0.125
Pagan                4   30  0.118
Womack               1   14  0.067
Izturis              0    9  0.000

CUBS               318 1384  0.187

 

Go CUBS !!

[soccer10k]

I'm probably going to watch this game even though I know I'm going to be let down and disappointed by Prior's performance.

[soccer10k]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

[David]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

 

Shouldn't those be in reverse?

 

Man, the Cubs even suck at futility.

[macuser2]

Shouldn't those be in reverse?

 

Man, the Cubs even suck at futility.

 

Don't worry, after this series the Cubs may have swapped position with Pittsburgh.

[Mark_R]

Duke owns the Cubs. He sucks against the rest of the league but kills us.

 

I bet we get shutout again today.

[Southpaw191679666239]

Duke owns the Cubs. He sucks against the rest of the league but kills us.

 

I bet we get shutout again today.

 

Stats help that argument.... last 4 Duke starts vs Cubs: 4-0, 0.5x ERA.

[Jim Ignatowski]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Fixed

 

Fecal League Standings
----------------------------------
Team             L    W   PCT  GB
Kansas City     71   38  .651   -
Pittsburgh      68   42  .618  3.5
Tampa Bay       65   45  .591  6.5
Chicago         64   45  .587  7.0

Edited August 5, 2006 by Jim Ignatowski

[A New Era]

Anyone else NOT interested, with Prior pitching today?

[Sarcastic]

Anyone else NOT interested, with Prior pitching today?

 

I'll still watch until he melts down. Shouldn't take long.

[AR-Baseball-Fan]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Tampa Bay with as many wins as the Cubs?!?

Fire Hendry!

Fire Baker!

[soccer10k]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Fixed

 

Fecal League Standings
----------------------------------
Team             L    W   PCT  GB
Kansas City     71   38  .651   -
Pittsburgh      68   42  .618  3.5
Tampa Bay       65   45  .591  6.5
Chicago         64   45  .587  7.0

 

Mine was correct because when the teams get a better record than the Cubs (i.e. if TB wins and the Cubs lose today) they move up and get contracted.

[UMFan83]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Tampa Bay with as many wins as the Cubs?!?

Fire Hendry!

Fire Baker!

 

Hey our payroll is only $40 million more then them!

[NorthsideAvenger]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Tampa Bay with as many wins as the Cubs?!?

Fire Hendry!

Fire Baker!

 

Hey our payroll is only $40 million more then them!

 

Somebody really needs to send the "Fecal League Standings" to both Baker and Hendry with a note saying, "Thanks, you morons." Cause both Hendry and Baker needs to forced feed how bad of management they TRULY are.

[badger1679666666]

Pirates

 

C. Duffy cf

N. McLouth rf

F. Sanchez ss

J. Bay lf

X. Nady 1b

J. Castillo 2b

J. Bautista 3b

R. Paulino c

Z. Duke p

 

 

Cobs

 

J. Pierre cf

C. Izturis ss

M. Barrett c

A. Ramirez 3b

P. Nevin 1b

A. Pagan rf

M. Murton lf

R. Cedeno 2b

M. Prior p

[Jim Ignatowski]

Seeing we are playing Pittsburgh I figure I'll post the updated Fecal League Standings.

 

Fecal League Standings
--------------------------------
Team           W   L   PCT   GB
Chicago       45  64  .413   -
Tampa Bay     45  65  .409  0.5
Pittsburgh    42  68  .382  3.5
Kansas City   38  71  .349  7.0

 

Fixed

 

Fecal League Standings
----------------------------------
Team             L    W   PCT  GB
Kansas City     71   38  .651   -
Pittsburgh      68   42  .618  3.5
Tampa Bay       65   45  .591  6.5
Chicago         64   45  .587  7.0

 

Mine was correct because when the teams get a better record than the Cubs (i.e. if TB wins and the Cubs lose today) they move up and get contracted.

 

 

Fixed now?

 

Fecal League Standings
----------------------------------
Team             L    W   PCT  GB
Chicago         64   45  .587  7.0
Tampa Bay       65   45  .591  6.5
Pittsburgh      68   42  .618  3.5
Kansas City     71   38  .651   -

[cheapseats]

Pirates

 

C. Duffy cf

N. McLouth rf

F. Sanchez ss

J. Bay lf

X. Nady 1b

J. Castillo 2b

J. Bautista 3b

R. Paulino c

Z. Duke p

 

Nice to see another team put their two worst hitters at the top of the order.

[A New Era]

What just happened? 1-2-3 inning for prior? I was just listening in the background, but I thought I heard len calling the game, and it's on commercial already. .

[Tim Burr]

Prior with a good 1-2-3 first inning. It looks like he is on his game so far.

[A New Era]

Prior with a good 1-2-3 first inning. It looks like he is on his game so far.

 

Even Rusch can have 1-2-3 innings. . :wink:

[CubColtPacer]

What just happened? 1-2-3 inning for prior? I was just listening in the background, but I thought I heard len calling the game, and it's on commercial already. .

 

Yup..2 K's for Prior and than a 1 pitch out..nice start for him.

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What just happened? 1-2-3 inning for prior? I was just listening in the background, but I thought I heard len calling the game, and it's on commercial already. .

 

Fox is showing Inspector Gadget 2 here instead of carrying the baseball game.

 

Thanks, MLB blackout restrictions!

 

Anyway, I'm listening to Pat and Ron. It could be worse.

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Pierre single. That's a good way to start the game.

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Pierre steals 2nd and takes 3rd on a throwing error by Paulino.