08/20 St. Louis (Carpenter) @ CUBS (Mateo) 1:20 CDT, WGN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/112020.jpg Carpenter (11-6) 3.09

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/462940.jpg Mateo (1-0) 3.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Grants, NM !! (I would have stopped an hour ago, but I can't spell Albikerkee !!)

 

Wortless stats of the day for Sunday..........

 

CUBS are 10-9 on Sundays

CUBS are 11-4 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 36-28 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 10-16 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 21-30 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 16-23 in games that end a series

CUBS are 25-38 in day games

CUBS are 26-32 at home

CUBS are 17-36 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 34-47 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 46-16 when they score at least 4 runs.... 7-53 when they don't

CUBS are 33-11 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-57 when they don't

CUBS are 48-13 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-49 when they get outhit.... and 5-6 when the hits are even

CUBS are 42-34 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 11-35 when they do

CUBS are 40-17 when they score first in the game.... 13-52 when they don't

CUBS are 25-16 when they score in the first inning.... 28-53 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 70 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 687 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 161 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 404 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.24 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.67 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.3% 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 17 GIDP's in their last 29 games.... 26 GIDP's in their last 47 games

CUBS have 30 SB in their last 36 games

CUBS have 23 sac bunts in their last 34 games...... 29 sac bunts in their last 56 games

CUBS have 77 home runs in their last 66 games..... 44 home runs in their last 32 games

CUBS have drawn 103 BBs in their last 37 games..... 12 BBs in their last 7 games

CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 57 games

CUBS have 9 errors in their last 25 games...... 3 errors in their last 8 games

CUBS have allowed 47 HR in their last 40 games

CUBS have hit 29 batters in their last 46 games

CUBS have 7 quality starts in theie last 28 games.... 16 quality starts in their last 40 games

 

CUBS are 2-0 when Mateo starts

Mateo is 0 of 2 in quality starts

Mateo's ERA pitching to Blanco is 3.60 ... Mateo hasn't pitched to Barrett

CUBS score 4.24 R/G overall.... 7.50 R/G when Mateo pitches

CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Mateo pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Mateo.....

 

04/03 - 08/19      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Mateo      100   15   28    5    1    3   44   15    5   16  0.280  0.327  0.440  0.767
CUBS overall     4182  517 1118  205   32  121 1750  491  304  663  0.267  0.319  0.418  0.738

 

Mateo's pitching lines (1-0)).....

 

Mateo                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/03  vs. Ariz        5.0    6    3    2    3    2    0    88  5.40  3.60  0.00  1.80  3.60
08/15  vs. Houst       5.0    4    2    2    1    2    0    78  1.80  3.60  0.00  1.00  3.60

season totals         12.0   12    7    4    6    5    0   196  4.50  3.75  0.00  1.50  3.00

 

CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek

 

              Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun           Totals
             19 Aug     18 Aug     17 Aug     16 Aug     15 Aug     14 Aug     13 Aug
             vs St. L   vs St. L   no game    at Houst   at Houst   at Houst   at Colo 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      0.3  17                                     3.0  53    1.0  11    1.0  21       5.3 102
Eyre                                                      0.7  16                             0.7  16
Howry         1.0  21                          1.0  18    0.7   5               1.0  10       3.7  54
Ohman         0.3   6    1.0  13                          0.7  11                             2.0  30
Novoa                    2.3  32                          2.0  28               2.0  28       6.3  88
Wuertz        1.3  15    1.7  18                          0.3  12                             3.3  45
Aardsma                  1.0  25                          0.7  12                             1.7  37
Mateo                                                                                                
Hill                                                      2.0  28                             2.0  28
Guzman                                                    3.0  54                             3.0  54

Totals        3.0  59    6.0  88               1.0  18   13.0 219    1.0  11    4.0  59      28.0 454

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (11-4) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 3  Fri 04/07    St. Louis         5- 1  Maddux        
 4  Sat 04/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Zambrano      
 5  Sun 04/09    St. Louis     N   8- 4  Marshall      
15  Fri 04/21  @ St. Louis     N   3- 9  Williams      
16  Sat 04/22  @ St. Louis         1- 4  Rusch        
17  Sun 04/23  @ St. Louis         7- 3  Maddux        
53  Fri 06/02  @ St. Louis     N   5- 4  Marshall      
54  Sat 06/03  @ St. Louis     N   8- 5  Rusch        
55  Sun 06/04  @ St. Louis         6- 9  Maddux        
101  Thu 07/27    St. Louis     N   5- 4  Hill        
102  Fri 07/28    St. Louis         6- 5  Marmol        
103  Sat 07/29    St. Louis         4- 2  Maddux        
104  Sun 07/30    St. Louis         6- 3  Zambrano      
121  Fri 08/18    St. Louis         3-11  Marmol        
122  Sat 08/19    St. Louis         5- 4  Zambrano      
123  Sun 08/20    St. Louis          -    Mateo        
128  Fri 08/25  @ St. Louis     N    -             
129  Sat 08/26  @ St. Louis     N    -             
130  Sun 08/27  @ St. Louis     N    -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

vs. St. L          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                10    4    4    0    0    2   10    2    2    2  0.400  0.500  1.000  1.500
Barrett            46   11   22    5    0    5   42   13    5    4  0.478  0.538  0.913  1.452
Womack              6    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    2    1  0.500  0.625  0.500  1.125
Cedeno             54    5   22    4    2    1   33    7    2    5  0.407  0.429  0.611  1.040
Jones              58    7   18    3    0    3   30    7    5   14  0.310  0.365  0.517  0.882
Ramirez            56   10   15    1    1    3   27   13    9    4  0.268  0.379  0.482  0.861
Pagan              16    3    6    0    0    0    6    0    1    1  0.375  0.412  0.375  0.787
Walker             37    4   10    1    0    1   14    7    8    2  0.270  0.400  0.378  0.778
Pierre             65    8   19    3    3    0   28    6    4    2  0.292  0.343  0.431  0.774
Mabry              23    2    6    1    0    1   10    5    3    5  0.261  0.333  0.435  0.768
Bynum               6    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Murton             47    3   10    2    0    0   12    1    4    9  0.213  0.275  0.255  0.530
Perez              29    5    7    1    0    0    8    1    0    0  0.241  0.241  0.276  0.517
Blanco              9    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    3    2  0.111  0.333  0.111  0.444
Hairston            5    2    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Nevin              17    3    1    0    0    1    4    5    1    4  0.059  0.105  0.235  0.341
Restovich           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Theriot             1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Izturis             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. St. L  524   75  153   23    6   17  239   68   49   72  0.292  0.355  0.456  0.811

season totals    4182  517 1116  200   32  121 1743  481  303  661  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year......

 

vs. St. L            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              6.3    4    0    0    1    8    0    89  1.42 11.37  0.00  0.79  0.00
Ohman               5.7    3    0    0    2    6    0    92  3.18  9.53  0.00  0.88  0.00
Eyre                5.0    4    0    0    2    7    0    84  3.60 12.60  0.00  1.20  0.00
Zambrano           19.0   15    6    4   11   16    1   329  5.21  7.58  0.47  1.37  1.89
Howry               8.0    5    2    2    1    8    1   140  1.13  9.00  1.13  0.75  2.25
Maddux             24.3   23    8    8    5   11    1   340  1.85  4.07  0.37  1.15  2.96
Novoa              11.7   11    5    5    2    6    2   159  1.54  4.63  1.54  1.11  3.86
Dempster           10.7   12    5    5    6    5    0   171  5.06  4.22  0.00  1.69  4.22
Marmol             10.3   10    7    5    7    8    1   199  6.10  6.97  0.87  1.65  4.35
Marshall           10.7   12    6    6    2    6    1   160  1.69  5.06  0.84  1.31  5.06
Rusch              10.3    8    6    6    6    8    0   192  5.23  6.97  0.00  1.35  5.23
Williamson          4.0    7    4    4    2    7    0    75  4.50 15.75  0.00  2.25  9.00
Hill                3.3    6    4    4    3    1    1    83  8.10  2.70  2.70  2.70 10.80
Aardsma             5.3   12   10    9    2    2    4   113  3.38  3.38  6.75  2.63 15.19
Willliams           3.3    8    7    7    3    1    1    76  8.10  2.70  2.70  3.30 18.90

totals vs. St. L  138.0  140   70   65   55  100   13  2302  3.59  6.52  0.85  1.41  4.24

season totals    1082.3 1058  635  584  528  897  163 18471  4.39  7.46  1.36  1.47  4.86

 

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

 

08/04 - 08/19      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Ramirez            57   15   19    4    0    4   35   11    4    9  0.333  0.391  0.614  1.005
Theriot            10    3    4    1    0    0    5    3    0    1  0.400  0.455  0.500  0.955
Murton             38    4   11    1    0    3   21    8    3    3  0.289  0.341  0.553  0.894
Pagan              28    6    8    2    1    1   15    3    2    4  0.286  0.323  0.536  0.858
Barrett            45    6   12    4    0    2   22    4    4    3  0.267  0.353  0.489  0.842
Pierre             63    7   20    3    2    0   27    1    3    3  0.317  0.358  0.429  0.787
Blanco             10    1    2    0    0    1    5    2    1    2  0.200  0.273  0.500  0.773
Jones              49    7   10    1    0    3   20    7    4   12  0.204  0.278  0.408  0.686
Cedeno             44    3   11    0    0    2   17    6    1    6  0.250  0.267  0.386  0.653
Izturis            44    2   12    1    0    0   13    5    4    4  0.273  0.333  0.295  0.629
Mabry              36    2    8    2    0    1   13    4    1   10  0.222  0.243  0.361  0.604
Perez              24    2    6    1    0    0    7    0    1    1  0.250  0.280  0.292  0.572
Nevin              27    3    5    0    0    1    8    6    2   12  0.185  0.241  0.296  0.538

14 game totals    505   62  131   21    3   18  212   60   31   81  0.259  0.310  0.420  0.730

season totals    4182  517 1116  200   32  121 1743  481  303  661  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

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

 

08/04 - 08/19        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
O'Malley            8.0    5    0    0    6    2    0   109  6.75  2.25  0.00  1.38  0.00
Dempster            8.3    6    1    1    6    6    0   154  6.48  6.48  0.00  1.44  1.08
Howry               8.7    6    2    2    2   10    1   138  2.08 10.38  1.04  0.92  2.08
Novoa              10.7    6    3    3    6    5    2   145  5.06  4.22  1.69  1.13  2.53
Mateo               7.0    6    4    2    3    3    0   108  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.29  2.57
Ohman               4.7    3    2    2    0    4    0    59  0.00  7.71  0.00  0.64  3.86
Zambrano           25.7   24   13   11   16   21    3   455  5.61  7.36  1.05  1.56  3.86
Wuertz              6.7    8    3    3    3    5    0   103  4.05  6.75  0.00  1.65  4.05
Hill               13.7   12    7    7    7   14    2   227  4.61  9.22  1.32  1.39  4.61
Prior               8.7    9    9    7    7    6    1   161  7.27  6.23  1.04  1.85  7.27
Aardsma             8.3   12    7    7    2    7    4   149  2.16  7.56  4.32  1.68  7.56
Marmol             13.3   15   13   12   12    4    4   264  8.10  2.70  2.70  2.03  8.10
Guzman              5.7   11    7    7    3    4    1   122  4.76  6.35  1.59  2.47 11.12
Eyre                2.7    7    4    4    2    2    3    66  6.75  6.75 10.13  3.38 13.50

14 game totals    132.0  130   75   68   75   93   21  2260  5.11  6.34  1.43  1.55  4.64

season totals    1082.3 1058  635  584  528  897  163 18471  4.39  7.46  1.36  1.47  4.86

 

04/03 - 08/19      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Theriot              4    5  0.444
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Blanco              20   54  0.270
Walker              34  105  0.245
Izturis              5   17  0.227
Ramirez             51  176  0.225
Murton              35  123  0.222
Perez               22   83  0.210
Barrett             32  123  0.206
Jones               40  160  0.200
Nevin               17   73  0.189
Mabry               13   68  0.160
Lee                 10   58  0.147
Pierre              22  137  0.138
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              26  167  0.135
Pagan                6   40  0.130
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Womack               1   14  0.067

CUBS               360 1557  0.188

 

Go CUBS !!

[chuckywang]

First Clemens, now Carpenter. Mateo just can't catch a break, can he?

[macuser2]

First Clemens, now Carpenter. Mateo just can't catch a break, can he?

 

Well at least he outweighs Carpenter. :D

[Soriano12]

Wouldn't that be a kick in the groin to the Cards today if Mateo throws

a gem!

[otis89]

Wouldn't that be a kick in the groin to the Cards today if Mateo throws

a gem!

 

I would find it absolutely hilarious if the Cardinals lost! 1 win in Chicago all year? That's pathetic!

[C.C.]

Oh what the hell...Cubs win today 4-2. Mateo goes 6 innings...

[FergieJ31]

First Clemens, now Carpenter. Mateo just can't catch a break, can he?

 

After being on the opposing team's scrap heap at the beginning of the season, there's only upside in this match-up:

 

The Cards' other late arriving pitcher, Rule 5 draftee Juan Mateo, will throw for the first time on Sunday. Mateo has not impressed Cardinals brass thus far with the condition in which he arrived at camp.

 

"I can't say this for sure," said Duncan, "but it appears to me that the only one who might have come in here without really doing a lot of work before he got down here is Mateo."

[FergieJ31]

Greetings from beautiful Grants, NM !! (I would have stopped an hour ago, but I can't spell Albikerkee !!)

 

I always spell it Albu-quirky :)

 

Thanks for posting all the great stats Fred -- much appreciated!

[Tracer Bullet]

Is Barrett hurt? Why is Blanco starting for the 2nd day in a row?

[beersoakedivy]

Is Barrett hurt? Why is Blanco starting for the 2nd day in a row?

 

He knocked over my box of toothpicks the other day dude...I have to set an example.

[otis89]

Is Barrett hurt? Why is Blanco starting for the 2nd day in a row?

 

Dusty's allergic to putting the best offensive team on the field.

[beersoakedivy]

Greetings from beautiful Grants, NM !! (I would have stopped an hour ago, but I can't spell Albikerkee !!)

 

I always spell it Albu-quirky :)

 

Thanks for posting all the great stats Fred -- much appreciated!

 

Albuquerque...I believe thats how you spell it

[CubinNY]

Is Barrett hurt? Why is Blanco starting for the 2nd day in a row?

 

Dusty's allergic to putting the best offensive team on the field.

 

It's Sunday dude. Blanco catches on Sundays. Plus he's 2-4 lifetime off of Carp. That's a .700 BA from where I come from. I got to put the best lineup on the field to protect the integrity of the game.

:jocolor: Edited August 20, 2006 by CubinNY

[CubColtPacer]

If Blanco is starting, that's why I didn't understand Barrett's off day yesterday-he kills Suppan, and Blanco didn't. Today, Barrett has hit 2 HR's off of Carpenter, but is overall 6 for 29. Blanco is 3 for 8, so I guess that is why Dusty is starting him today-but if he was going to start Blanco today, he should have started Barrett yesterday.

 

Hopefully the batter-pitcher matchups don't hold true. Usually there is 3-4 people who have hit the pitcher hard-today, Blanco is the only one who is even decent against Carpenter.

[Tracer Bullet]

If Blanco is starting, that's why I didn't understand Barrett's off day yesterday-he kills Suppan, and Blanco didn't. Today, Barrett has hit 2 HR's off of Carpenter, but is overall 6 for 29. Blanco is 3 for 8, so I guess that is why Dusty is starting him today-but if he was going to start Blanco today, he should have started Barrett yesterday.

 

Hopefully the batter-pitcher matchups don't hold true. Usually there is 3-4 people who have hit the pitcher hard-today, Blanco is the only one who is even decent against Carpenter.

 

I realize Dusty is probably making decisions based on batter/pitcher matchups. But to make a decision based on 8 ABs is completely friggin stupid.

[CubColtPacer]

If Blanco is starting, that's why I didn't understand Barrett's off day yesterday-he kills Suppan, and Blanco didn't. Today, Barrett has hit 2 HR's off of Carpenter, but is overall 6 for 29. Blanco is 3 for 8, so I guess that is why Dusty is starting him today-but if he was going to start Blanco today, he should have started Barrett yesterday.

 

Hopefully the batter-pitcher matchups don't hold true. Usually there is 3-4 people who have hit the pitcher hard-today, Blanco is the only one who is even decent against Carpenter.

 

I realize Dusty is probably making decisions based on batter/pitcher matchups. But to make a decision based on 8 ABs is completely friggin stupid.

 

I agree-and I'm not sure I would advocate making decisions off of Blanco's numbers-Barrett's numbers are a much better sample size, and might be enough to give him the day off-if you hadn't given him the day off yesterday against a pitcher who he has consistently hit hard.

[Wes Mantooth]

According to Hit and Run on the Score this am Barrett is out with a contusion on his bicep, caused by the collision with Eckstein the other day. Same reason Eckstein is not playing.

[Andy]

The complete lineups:

 

Pierre CF

Izturis SS

Murton LF (again!)

Ramirez 3B

Jones RF

Nevin 1B

Blanco C

Cedeno 2B

Mateo P

 

Miles SS

Duncan LF

Pujols 1B

Rolen 3B

Encarnacion CF

Wilson RF

Belliard 2B

Molina C

Carpenter P

[OleMissCub]

Beautiful song. Too bad it'll be outlawed one day.

[Andy]

Beautiful song. Too bad it'll be outlawed one day.

God Bless America is quite possibly the dumbest pseudo-patriotic song ever.

[UMFan83]

I missed it, why is Barrett out again?

[OleMissCub]

Beautiful song. Too bad it'll be outlawed one day.

God Bless America is quite possibly the dumbest pseudo-patriotic song ever.

 

Why? My vote would go for "America, we stand as one"

[Andy]

Why? My vote would go for "America, we stand as one"

Well, it's a terrible song with no rhythm for one thing, and then you add in the obvious problems with "well does God bless other countries too or just us?" It's just not a song I like hearing.

 

Miles strikes out looking

[Andy]

Duncan homers to right field