08/14 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Houston (Oswalt), 7:05 CDT, CSN+ TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg Zambrano (12-5) 3.57

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/400061.jpg Oswalt (9-7) 3.27

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 8-5 on Mondays

CUBS are 4-8 vs. Houston

CUBS are 32-27 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 9-16 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 18-29 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 16-22 in games that start a series

CUBS are 26-31 at night

CUBS are 24-37 on the road

CUBS are 30-46 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 1-3 when CSN+ broadcasts the game

CUBS are 35-22 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 14-46 when they don't

CUBS are 13-35 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 22-13 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 14-20 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 16-17 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 33-51 when they don't

CUBS are 39-24 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-45 when he doesn't

CUBS are 36-47 when Barrett starts.... 13-21 when Blanco starts

CUBS are 31-33 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start

CUBS are on a pace to win 68 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 688 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 158 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 408 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to commit 96 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.25 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 19.5% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.358 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.1% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 14 GIDP's in their last 24 games.... 23 GIDP's in their last 42 games

CUBS have 27 SB in their last 31 games

CUBS have 19 sac bunts in their last 29 games...... 25 sac bunts in their last 51 games

CUBS have 70 home runs in their last 61 games..... 37 home runs in their last 27 games

CUBS have drawn 94 BBs in their last 32 games

CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 52 games

CUBS have 6 errors in their last 20 games

CUBS have allowed 39 HR in their last 35 games

CUBS have hit 25 batters in their last 41 games

CUBS have 4 quality starts in theie last 23 games.... 13 quality starts in their last 35 games

 

CUBS are 15-10 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 16 of 25 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.61 ... pitching to Blanco it's 3.40

CUBS score 4.25 R/G overall.... 5.40 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.97 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/03 - 08/13      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   848  135  223   43    5   31  369  131   71  145  0.263  0.322  0.435  0.757
CUBS overall     3975  497 1067  199   30  114 1668  472  295  627  0.268  0.321  0.420  0.741

 

Zambrano's pitching lines (12-5).....

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Cincy       4.7    7    5    5    5    5    2   105  9.64  9.64  3.86  2.57  9.64
04/08  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    0    4    5    0   111  6.00  7.50  0.00  1.33  0.00
04/13  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    4    3    8    2   103  4.50 12.00  3.00  1.17  6.00
04/18  vs. L.A.        6.0    4    1    1    5    3    0   112  7.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  1.50
04/24  vs. Flor        7.0    6    3    3    3   12    1   114  3.86 15.43  1.29  1.29  3.86
04/30  vs. Milw        4.0    8    7    7    5    5    1   103 11.25 11.25  2.25  3.25 15.75
05/05  vs. S.D.        7.0    4    0    0    3   10    0   107  3.86 12.86  0.00  1.00  0.00
05/10  vs. S.F.        8.0    5    1    1    5    6    0   110  5.63  6.75  0.00  1.25  1.13
05/16  vs. Wash        8.0    4    0    0    2    8    0   122  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
05/21  vs. CWS         7.0    4    4    4    3    9    3   113  3.86 11.57  3.86  1.00  5.14
05/26  vs. Atla        6.7    2    2    2    6    8    0   124  8.10 10.80  0.00  1.20  2.70
05/31  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    2    2    3    6    1   101  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
06/05  vs. Houst       8.0    1    0    0    2    8    0   126  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.38  0.00
06/10  vs. Cincy       7.7    4    1    1    6    4    1   126  7.04  4.70  1.17  1.30  1.17
06/15  vs. Houst       7.0    5    1    1    2    5    0   107  2.57  6.43  0.00  1.00  1.29
06/21  vs. Clev        6.0    6    2    2    3    2    0   101  4.50  3.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
06/27  vs. Milw        8.0    6    4    4    2    8    1   120  2.25  9.00  1.13  1.00  4.50
07/02  vs. CWS         6.0    7    7    7    3    6    2   112  4.50  9.00  3.00  1.67 10.50
07/07  vs. Milw        6.0    5    1    1    3    6    0   112  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
07/15  vs. Mets        6.0    3    2    2    4    7    0   103  6.00 10.50  0.00  1.17  3.00
07/20  vs. Houst       8.0    2    1    1    4   10    0   123  4.50 11.25  0.00  0.75  1.13
07/25  vs. Mets        7.0    8    5    5    1    6    2   101  1.29  7.71  2.57  1.29  6.43
07/30  vs. St. L       6.0    5    2    2    5    5    0   110  7.50  7.50  0.00  1.67  3.00
08/04  vs. Pitts       6.0    9    5    5    3    6    1   117  4.50  9.00  1.50  2.00  7.50
08/09  vs. Milw        4.7    5    6    4    4    4    1   109  7.71  7.71  1.93  1.93  7.71

Home                  90.7   69   43   40   49   99    9  1570  4.86  9.83  0.89  1.30  3.97
Road                  72.0   53   26   24   40   63    9  1222  5.00  7.88  1.13  1.29  3.00

Day                   81.3   64   43   40   49   87   11  1453  5.42  9.63  1.22  1.39  4.43
Nite                  81.3   58   26   24   40   75    7  1339  4.43  8.30  0.77  1.20  2.66

totals vs. Houst      23.0    8    2    2    8   23    0   356  3.13  9.00  0.00  0.70  0.78

season totals        162.7  122   69   64   89  162   18  2792  4.92  8.96  1.00  1.30  3.54

 

Zambrano's starts against Houston last year (1-1)......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/17  vs. Houst       8.3    3    2    1    3   10    0   116  3.24 10.80  0.00  0.72  1.08
09/24  vs. Houst       6.3    9    6    6    1    4    2    94  1.42  5.68  2.84  1.58  8.53
09/30  vs. Houst       7.0    4    1    1    3    8    1   116  3.86 10.29  1.29  1.00  1.29

totals  vs. Houst     21.7   16    9    8    7   22    3   326  2.91  9.14  1.25  1.06  3.32

season totals        223.3  170   88   81   86  202   21  3564  3.47  8.14  0.85  1.15  3.26

 

CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             13 Aug     12 Aug     11 Aug     10 Aug     09 Aug     08 Aug     07 Aug
             at Colo    at Colo    at Colo    at Milw    at Milw    at Milw    no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  21                                                1.0  20                  2.0  41
Eyre                                1.0  25               0.7  16          5                  1.7  46
Howry         1.0  10    1.0  25               1.0  13               1.0  10                  4.0  58
Ohman                    0.3   1               1.0  17               1.0   6                  2.3  24
Novoa         2.0  28               2.0  38               1.3   9                             5.3  75
Wuertz                   1.7  22    0.3  12               0.3   5    0.3  12                  2.7  51
Aardsma                  2.3  34               1.0  10    1.0  14    0.3   8                  4.7  66
Mateo                                          2.0  30                                        2.0  30

Totals        4.0  59    5.3  82    3.3  75    5.0  70    3.3  44    3.7  61                 24.7 391

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston (4-8) .......

 

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   2- 7  Marmol        
83  Tue 07/04  @ Houston           2- 7  Prior        
84  Wed 07/05  @ Houston       N   1- 0  Marshall      
92  Tue 07/18    Houston       N   4- 2  Marmol        
93  Wed 07/19    Houston       N   2- 4  Maddux        
94  Thu 07/20    Houston           4- 1  Zambrano      
118  Mon 08/14  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano      
119  Tue 08/15  @ Houston       N    -    Mateo        
120  Wed 08/16  @ Houston            -    Hill        

 

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

 

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco              3    1    2    1    0    1    6    1    1    0  0.667  0.750  2.000  2.750
Mabry               8    1    4    2    0    0    6    1    1    1  0.500  0.556  0.750  1.306
Nevin              23    4    8    2    0    2   16    5    3    8  0.348  0.423  0.696  1.119
Barrett            41    5   15    3    0    2   24    5    6    5  0.366  0.438  0.585  1.023
Bynum               9    1    3    0    1    0    5    0    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.556  0.889
Pierre             46    3   15    2    1    0   19    1    3    0  0.326  0.380  0.413  0.793
Perez              23    1    8    2    0    0   10    0    0    2  0.348  0.348  0.435  0.783
Walker             27    3    6    2    0    1   11    3    2    0  0.222  0.276  0.407  0.683
Jones              39    5    8    1    0    3   18    5    1   17  0.205  0.220  0.462  0.681
Lee                18    0    5    0    0    0    5    1    3    6  0.278  0.381  0.278  0.659
Murton             20    1    4    0    0    0    4    1    3    2  0.200  0.304  0.200  0.504
Pagan              12    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    5  0.167  0.231  0.250  0.481
Cedeno             36    4    6    0    2    0   10    0    0    9  0.167  0.167  0.278  0.444
Ramirez            47    1    8    1    0    1   12    3    0    5  0.170  0.170  0.255  0.426
Womack             13    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.071  0.000  0.071
Theriot             5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Houst  393   32   97   17    4   11  155   32   25   68  0.247  0.292  0.394  0.687

season totals    3975  497 1067  194   30  114 1663  462  294  625  0.268  0.321  0.418  0.740

 

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

 

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            4.0    2    0    0    2    3    0    63  4.50  6.75  0.00  1.00  0.00
Eyre                3.7    3    0    0    2    2    0    77  4.91  4.91  0.00  1.36  0.00
Aardsma             1.7    0    0    0    0    1    0    22  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano           23.0    8    2    2    8   23    0   356  3.13  9.00  0.00  0.70  0.78
Wood                3.7    7    4    1    2    0    1    75  4.91  0.00  2.45  2.45  2.45
Howry               6.0    5    3    2    2    8    0   117  3.00 12.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
Marshall           18.0   17    6    6   10    8    2   274  5.00  4.00  1.00  1.50  3.00
Guzman              2.0    1    1    1    1    1    0    31  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  4.50
Prior               6.0    4    4    3    4    7    0   109  6.00 10.50  0.00  1.33  4.50
Marmol             12.3   11    5    5   13   10    2   241  9.49  7.30  1.46  1.95  3.65
Maddux             14.0   18    8    8    0    4    1   192  0.00  2.57  0.64  1.29  5.14
Williamson          1.7    1    1    1    0    1    1    22  0.00  5.40  5.40  0.60  5.40
Novoa               2.7    3    2    2    0    1    0    40  0.00  3.38  0.00  1.13  6.75
Ohman               4.3    4    4    4    1    1    1    51  2.08  2.08  2.08  1.15  8.31
Rusch               1.0    3    3    3    3    2    0    37 27.00 18.00  0.00  6.00 27.00

totals vs. Houst  104.0   87   43   38   48   72    8  1707  4.15  6.23  0.69  1.30  3.29

season totals    1027.3 1009  614  564  503  865  155 17600  4.41  7.58  1.36  1.47  4.94

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games......

 

08/03 - 08/13      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Murton             23    3   10    4    0    2   20    9    3    1  0.435  0.500  0.870  1.370
Theriot            11    3    6    1    0    0    7    3    0    1  0.545  0.545  0.636  1.182
Pagan              22    8    9    2    1    1   16    4    1    2  0.409  0.417  0.727  1.144
Ramirez            38   11   13    3    0    3   25    9    3    4  0.342  0.395  0.658  1.053
Blanco              6    1    1    0    0    1    4    3    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.667  0.833
Pierre             42    6   13    2    0    0   15    1    2    0  0.310  0.356  0.357  0.713
Mabry              21    2    5    1    0    1    9    4    1    5  0.238  0.273  0.429  0.701
Barrett            31    3    8    3    0    0   11    2    1    1  0.258  0.324  0.355  0.678
Jones              30    3    5    0    0    2   11    4    3    8  0.167  0.242  0.367  0.609
Cedeno             28    2    7    0    0    1   10    4    0    5  0.250  0.250  0.357  0.607
Nevin              18    4    4    0    0    0    4    1    4   10  0.222  0.364  0.222  0.586
Izturis            34    2    8    1    0    0    9    4    4    4  0.235  0.316  0.265  0.580
Perez              10    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    1  0.200  0.273  0.300  0.573

10 game totals    332   49   94   19    1   11  148   48   24   49  0.283  0.337  0.446  0.783

season totals    3975  497 1067  194   30  114 1663  462  294  625  0.268  0.321  0.418  0.740

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games......

 

08/03 - 08/13        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            5.0    4    0    0    1    4    0    86  1.80  7.20  0.00  1.00  0.00
Novoa               6.3    2    1    1    4    4    0    85  5.68  5.68  0.00  0.95  1.42
Howry               6.3    5    1    1    2    8    0    98  2.84 11.37  0.00  1.11  1.42
Aardsma             7.7    7    2    2    2    8    1   125  2.35  9.39  1.17  1.17  2.35
Mateo               7.0    8    5    2    5    3    0   118  6.43  3.86  0.00  1.86  2.57
Wuertz              5.7    5    2    2    2    4    1    92  3.18  6.35  1.59  1.24  3.18
Ohman               4.7    3    2    2    3    5    0    80  5.79  9.64  0.00  1.29  3.86
Hill               11.7   11    7    7    7   11    2   199  5.40  8.49  1.54  1.54  5.40
Prior               8.7    9    9    7    7    6    1   161  7.27  6.23  1.04  1.85  7.27
Zambrano           10.7   14   11    9    7   10    2   226  5.91  8.44  1.69  1.97  7.59
Marmol             15.3   16   16   16   15    6    4   301  8.80  3.52  2.35  2.02  9.39
Eyre                3.3    6    4    4    2    3    3    68  5.40  8.10  8.10  2.40 10.80
Guzman              2.7    9    7    7    2    1    1    68  6.75  3.38  3.38  4.13 23.63

10 game totals     95.0   99   67   60   59   73   15  1707  5.59  6.92  1.42  1.66  5.68

season totals    1027.3 1009  614  564  503  865  155 17600  4.41  7.58  1.36  1.47  4.94

 

04/03 - 08/13      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Theriot              4    4  0.500
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Blanco              20   51  0.282
Walker              34  105  0.245
Izturis              4   13  0.235
Ramirez             50  170  0.227
Murton              32  114  0.219
Perez               22   80  0.216
Barrett             32  118  0.213
Jones               38  149  0.203
Mabry               13   58  0.183
Nevin               13   68  0.160
Pagan                6   34  0.150
Lee                 10   58  0.147
Pierre              22  128  0.147
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              25  163  0.133
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Womack               1   14  0.067

CUBS               348 1476  0.191

 

Go CUBS !!

[otis89]

Go Cobs? :?

[Drew Doughty]

Zambrano always homers in houston.

[Outshined_One]

I predict Barrett punches Oswalt out during Roy's first AB.

[Sammy Sofa]

Zambrano back on the Cy Young track, please.

[Andy]

I want Cy Z back please.

[Jazz]

i predict 7 innings of pure Z magic, and then Dusty finds a way to screw it up. Cubs lose in the 12th.

[soccer10k]

8 IP, 5 H, 1 R for Z tonight and he goes 2-3 with a HR at the plate.

[mul21]

8 IP, 5 H, 1 R for Z tonight and he goes 2-3 with a HR at the plate.

 

And throws 452 pitches in doing so, thereby rendering him armless for the rest of his natural life.

[NorthsideAvenger]

8 IP, 5 H, 1 R for Z tonight and he goes 2-3 with a HR at the plate.

 

And throws 452 pitches in doing so, thereby rendering him armless for the rest of his natural life.

 

But dude, the dude ain't tired, dude. He's strong, dude.

[Sammy Sofa]

8 IP, 5 H, 1 R for Z tonight and he goes 2-3 with a HR at the plate.

 

And throws 452 pitches in doing so, thereby rendering him armless for the rest of his natural life.

 

In Zambrano years, that would be the age of 86.

 

In human years, that would be 752.

[CubColtPacer]

CUBS are on a pace to score 688 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

CUBS have 70 home runs in their last 61 games..... 37 home runs in their last 27 games

 

CUBS have drawn 94 BBs in their last 32 games

 

CUBS have 4 quality starts in theie last 23 games.... 13 quality starts in their last 35 games

 

Hmm..are we going to end up scoring more runs this year than last? I didn't think that was possible a month and a half ago.

 

If we can keep up those home run and walk stats, that would really help the ballclub. I know why they are hitting more home runs-a large part of that goes to Ramirez. What has happened to make them walk a great deal more though?

 

The quality start stat-ouch. That's the growing pains-it's worth it to get all these young pitchers experience, but it still hurts.

[E.J.]

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Pierre cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

J. Jones rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279

P. Nevin 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240

M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295

R. Cedeno 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254

C. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

Houston

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

W. Taveras cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275

C. Biggio 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

L. Berkman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327

A. Huff rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245

M. Ensberg 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242

L. Scott lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .415

A. Everett ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243

B. Ausmus c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229

R. Oswalt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180

 

 

Yay Neifi!!!

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Great! Neifi starting at ss and batting second.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace to score 688 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

CUBS have 70 home runs in their last 61 games..... 37 home runs in their last 27 games

 

CUBS have drawn 94 BBs in their last 32 games

 

CUBS have 4 quality starts in theie last 23 games.... 13 quality starts in their last 35 games

 

Hmm..are we going to end up scoring more runs this year than last? I didn't think that was possible a month and a half ago.

 

If we can keep up those home run and walk stats, that would really help the ballclub. I know why they are hitting more home runs-a large part of that goes to Ramirez. What has happened to make them walk a great deal more though?

 

The quality start stat-ouch. That's the growing pains-it's worth it to get all these young pitchers experience, but it still hurts.

 

Take a look at how good this offense has been over the last 6 weeks......

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
04/03 - 05/18    1320  151  326   56   10   27  483  138  108  212  0.247  0.305  0.366  0.671
05/19 - 07/01    1404  165  384   58   12   40  586  157   83  209  0.274  0.318  0.417  0.736
07/02 - 08/13    1251  181  357   80    8   47  594  167  103  204  0.285  0.342  0.475  0.816

04/03 - 08/13    3975  497 1067  194   30  114 1663  462  294  625  0.268  0.321  0.418  0.740

 

..... and then compare that with where our pitching is headed........

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03 - 05/18     351.0  313  193  179  173  305   48  5923  4.44  7.82  1.23  1.38  4.59
05/19 - 07/01     352.7  365  221  205  154  292   61  6028  3.93  7.45  1.56  1.47  5.23
07/02 - 08/13     323.7  331  200  180  176  268   46  5649  4.89  7.45  1.28  1.57  5.01

04/03 - 08/13    1027.3 1009  614  564  503  865  155 17600  4.41  7.58  1.36  1.47  4.94

 

Now, I'm not saying they're gonna win or lose...... but stick around, it will be different !!

[Stomper90]

Is there any chance you can ask Dusty or someone on the staff why he continually has low OBP players like Nefi Perez in the #2 hole? Why not put someone in there like Murton who has a high OBP? Let's get some guys on base for Barrett and A-Ram.

[illiniguy]

Is there any chance you can ask Dusty or someone on the staff why he continually has low OBP players like Nefi Perez in the #2 hole? Why not put someone in there like Murton who has a high OBP? Let's get some guys on base for Barrett and A-Ram.

Why, so we can get some answer about fishing or in Dusty's day? Face it when we win it is a miracle because our manager feels the need to handicap us every game. It just so happened in '03 Wood and Prior, along with Sosa, good enough to overcome it most of the time.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Zambrano goes 9 no-hit innings but Cubs lose 1-0 in 10.

[CubColtPacer]

The interesting question in this game is-whose lineup tonight is actually better? It's actually a pretty tough call with these two lineups.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Perez lined out to shortstop

[Butterscup1679666578]

8 pitches, wow!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Pierre struck out swinging

Perez lined out to shortstop

Barrett grounded out to short, 6-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0                              0  0  0
Houston                                        0  0  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Oswalt        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   8

[illiniguy]

8 pitches, wow!

65 pitch cg coming on. Z will pry throw 8 pitches to taveras