09/04 Pittsburgh (Maholm) @ CUBS (Zambrano) 1:20 CDT, WGNTV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/430904.jpg Maholm (6-10) 4.84

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg Zambrano (14-5) 3.33

Edited September 4, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 9-7 on Mondays

CUBS are 5-6 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 36-35 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 3-12 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 33-46 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 18-26 in games that start a series

CUBS are 27-43 in day games

CUBS are 28-38 at home

CUBS are 19-40 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 36-58 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 691 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 160 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 4.26 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 0.359 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.2% compared to 35.8% last year

 

CUBS are 18-11 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 20 of 29 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.35 ... pitching to Blanco it's 3.30

CUBS score 4.26 R/G overall.... 5.52 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/03 - 09/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Guzman     225   24   51   13    0    5   79   22   16   42  0.227  0.285  0.351  0.636
CUBS overall     4635  576 1235  228   35  134 1935  546  335  742  0.266  0.318  0.417  0.736

 

Zambrano's pitching lines (14-5).....

 

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
08/14  vs. Houst       8.0    4    0    0    7    5    0   121  7.88  5.63  0.00  1.38  0.00
08/19  vs. St. L       7.0    6    2    2    2    6    1   108  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.14  2.57
08/24  vs. Phila       7.0    6    2    2    1    7    0   103  1.29  9.00  0.00  1.00  2.57
08/29  vs. Pitts       7.0    7    5    3    1    7    0   111  1.29  9.00  0.00  1.14  3.86

Home                 104.7   81   47   44   52  112   10  1781  4.47  9.63  0.86  1.27  3.78
Road                  87.0   64   31   27   48   75    9  1454  4.97  7.76  0.93  1.29  2.79

Day                   95.3   76   47   44   52  100   12  1664  4.91  9.44  1.13  1.34  4.15
Nite                  96.3   69   31   27   48   87    7  1571  4.48  8.13  0.65  1.21  2.52

totals vs. Pitts      13.0   16   10    8    4   13    1   228  2.77  9.00  0.69  1.54  5.54

season totals        191.7  145   78   71  100  187   19  3235  4.70  8.78  0.89  1.28  3.33

 

Zambrano's starts against Pittsburgh last year (2-0)......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/15  vs. Pitts       6.0    6    5    5    2    5    3   108  3.00  7.50  4.50  1.33  7.50
07/17  vs. Pitts       8.0    5    1    0    4    4    0    95  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.13  0.00
09/03  vs. Pitts       7.7    5    5    5    4    9    0   117  4.70 10.57  0.00  1.17  5.87

totals  vs. Pitts     21.7   16   11   10   10   18    3   320  4.15  7.48  1.25  1.20  4.15

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        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             03 Sep     02 Sep     01 Sep     31 Aug     30 Aug     29 Aug     28 Aug
             vs. S.F.   vs. S.F.   vs. S.F.   no game    at Pitts   at Pitts   at Pitts
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  18                                     1.7  41    0.3  21    1.0  23       4.0 103
Eyre                     0.7   7    1.0  20                                                   1.7  27
Howry         1.0  12                                                1.0  16                  2.0  28
Ohman         0.3   9    0.3   5                          1.3  22               2.0  31       4.0  67
Novoa         1.0  12                                     1.3  21                             2.3  33
Wuertz             10    0.7  20                          1.7  36    1.0  18                  3.3  84
Aardsma                  1.7  18                          1.0  20    1.0  11                  3.7  49
Rusch                                                                           2.0  55       2.0  55
Walrond       1.0  20                                     1.7  40                             2.7  60

Totals        4.3  81    3.3  50    1.0  20               8.7 180    3.3  66    5.0 109      25.7 506

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh (5-6) .......

 

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        7- 5  Prior        
111  Sun 08/06    Pittsburgh        6- 1  Hill        
131  Mon 08/28  @ Pittsburgh    N   6-11  Guzman        
132  Tue 08/29  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 7  Zambrano      
133  Wed 08/30  @ Pittsburgh        9-10  Mateo        
137  Mon 09/04    Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano      
138  Tue 09/05    Pittsburgh    N    -    Mateo        
139  Wed 09/06    Pittsburgh    N    -    Hill        
140  Thu 09/07    Pittsburgh         -    Marshall      

 

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
Ramirez            40   11   17    7    0    1   27    3    8    3  0.425  0.531  0.675  1.206
Pagan              18    4    7    1    0    1   11    3    3    4  0.389  0.455  0.611  1.066
Lee                23    4   10    1    0    0   11    6    2    0  0.435  0.462  0.478  0.940
Theriot            13    3    5    1    0    0    6    1    2    0  0.385  0.467  0.462  0.928
Murton             36    4   11    2    1    1   18   10    5    7  0.306  0.390  0.500  0.890
Cedeno             35    3   11    2    0    1   16    8    0    5  0.314  0.306  0.457  0.763
Hairston            7    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.286  0.661
Jones              23    3    6    1    0    0    7    2    3    5  0.261  0.346  0.304  0.651
Pierre             44    8   10    0    0    1   13    3    3    1  0.227  0.292  0.295  0.587
Izturis            11    1    3    0    0    0    3    2    0    2  0.273  0.273  0.273  0.545
Mabry              13    2    3    0    0    0    3    1    1    6  0.231  0.286  0.231  0.516
Barrett            38    2    7    2    0    0    9    6    2    4  0.184  0.262  0.237  0.499
Bynum              15    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    4  0.133  0.188  0.200  0.388
Nevin              10    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    2    6  0.100  0.250  0.100  0.350
Perez               3    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
Blanco              5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Pitts  376   55  105   19    2    6  146   50   35   64  0.279  0.344  0.388  0.733

season totals    4667  580 1242  226   34  134 1938  539  338  745  0.266  0.318  0.415  0.733

 

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

 

vs. Pitts            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Williamson          2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    19  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Novoa               5.3    3    2    0    1    7    0    78  1.69 11.81  0.00  0.75  0.00
Ohman               5.0    2    0    0    1    7    0    74  1.80 12.60  0.00  0.60  0.00
Hill                7.0    5    1    1    2    9    1   103  2.57 11.57  1.29  1.00  1.29
Willliams           6.0    4    2    1    4    3    0    94  6.00  4.50  0.00  1.33  1.50
Howry               4.7    3    1    1    1    2    0    72  1.93  3.86  0.00  0.86  1.93
Eyre                3.3    1    1    1    3    2    1    53  8.10  5.40  2.70  1.20  2.70
Prior               5.7    5    3    2    3    5    1   103  4.76  7.94  1.59  1.41  3.18
Marshall           12.3    9    5    5    2    7    1   169  1.46  5.11  0.73  0.89  3.65
Rusch               8.0   10    4    4    3    7    1   143  3.38  7.88  1.13  1.63  4.50
Aardsma             4.0    4    2    2    2    3    1    78  4.50  6.75  2.25  1.50  4.50
Wuertz              3.3    6    2    2    0    2    2    76  0.00  5.40  5.40  1.80  5.40
Zambrano           13.0   16   10    8    4   13    1   228  2.77  9.00  0.69  1.54  5.54
Dempster            8.0   14    7    6    3    6    0   159  3.38  6.75  0.00  2.13  6.75
Guzman              8.7   16   14   12    5   12    2   197  5.19 12.46  2.08  2.42 12.46
Mateo               2.0    4    3    3    1    2    0    53  4.50  9.00  0.00  2.50 13.50
Walrond             1.7    4    3    3    2    1    0    40 10.80  5.40  0.00  3.60 16.20

totals vs. Pitts  100.0  107   60   51   37   91   11  1739  3.33  8.19  0.99  1.44  4.59

season totals    1208.7 1203  711  652  570 1003  176 20651  4.24  7.47  1.31  1.47  4.85

 

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

 

08/03 - 09/03      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                20    5    9    1    0    1   13    5    1    0  0.450  0.455  0.650  1.105
Theriot            46   10   17    5    0    1   25    6    4    4  0.370  0.431  0.543  0.975
Ramirez           118   25   39   11    0    6   68   18   12   15  0.331  0.398  0.576  0.975
Murton             84   12   26    6    0    5   47   22    8    9  0.310  0.370  0.560  0.929
Jones              95   15   27    3    0    5   45   16   11   22  0.284  0.364  0.474  0.838
Nevin              52   10   16    0    0    3   25    9    4   19  0.308  0.357  0.481  0.838
Pierre            134   16   42    6    3    1   57    6    6    4  0.313  0.348  0.425  0.773
Pagan              61   12   16    3    1    2   27    7    5    9  0.262  0.313  0.443  0.756
Barrett            89    8   20    6    0    3   35   12    6    8  0.225  0.289  0.393  0.682
Soto                3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Blanco             31    2    7    2    0    1   12    4    1    7  0.226  0.250  0.387  0.637
Bynum              31    4    7    3    0    0   10    1    3    9  0.226  0.294  0.323  0.617
Perez              29    2    7    1    0    0    8    0    1    1  0.241  0.267  0.276  0.543
Mabry              58    2   11    2    1    1   18    5    3   15  0.190  0.230  0.310  0.540
Izturis            56    3   12    1    0    0   13    5    5    6  0.214  0.279  0.232  0.511
Cedeno             89    7   17    2    0    2   25   10    3   17  0.191  0.223  0.281  0.504
Coats               4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

30 game totals   1059  134  279   53    5   31  435  127   74  176  0.263  0.315  0.411  0.726

season totals    4667  580 1242  226   34  134 1938  539  338  745  0.266  0.318  0.415  0.733

 

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

 

08/03 - 09/03        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ryu                 2.0    2    0    0    0    1    0    28  0.00  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
O'Malley           12.7   10    3    3    7    4    0   185  4.97  2.84  0.00  1.34  2.13
Novoa              16.3   12    5    5    6   10    2   228  3.31  5.51  1.10  1.10  2.76
Ohman              13.0    9    4    4    6   16    0   223  4.15 11.08  0.00  1.15  2.77
Hill               34.7   26   14   11   11   28    5   538  2.86  7.27  1.30  1.07  2.86
Wuertz             17.3   20    6    6    5   16    2   291  2.60  8.31  1.04  1.44  3.12
Zambrano           39.7   37   20   16   18   35    3   669  4.08  7.94  0.68  1.39  3.63
Howry              15.7   13    7    7    5   16    2   258  2.87  9.19  1.15  1.15  4.02
Mateo              26.0   33   16   12   11   14    2   446  3.81  4.85  0.69  1.69  4.15
Aardsma            19.0   17    9    9    4   15    4   292  1.89  7.11  1.89  1.11  4.26
Dempster           14.3   19    9    8   10   10    0   284  6.28  6.28  0.00  2.02  5.02
Marshall            5.7    5    4    4    2    1    3    90  3.18  1.59  4.76  1.24  6.35
Prior               8.7    9    9    7    7    6    1   161  7.27  6.23  1.04  1.85  7.27
Eyre                5.7   10    5    5    2    6    3   111  3.18  9.53  4.76  2.12  7.94
Guzman             19.3   28   19   19   10   21    3   389  4.66  9.78  1.40  1.97  8.84
Marmol             18.3   22   20   19   15    6    5   361  7.36  2.95  2.45  2.02  9.33
Rusch               2.7    8    4    4    2    2    0    76  6.75  6.75  0.00  3.75 13.50
Walrond             5.3   13   10    9    5    4    1   128  8.44  6.75  1.69  3.38 15.19

30 game totals    276.3  293  164  148  126  211   36  4758  4.10  6.87  1.17  1.52  4.82

season totals    1208.7 1203  711  652  570 1003  176 20651  4.24  7.47  1.31  1.47  4.85

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 09/03      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Theriot              5   13  0.278
Blanco              21   60  0.259
Walker              34  105  0.245
Murton              42  137  0.235
Ramirez             56  194  0.224
Jones               47  173  0.214
Perez               22   83  0.210
Barrett             38  145  0.208
Izturis              5   20  0.200
Nevin               18   79  0.186
Lee                 14   65  0.177
Mabry               14   69  0.169
Pierre              26  145  0.152
Pagan                8   49  0.140
Cedeno              30  185  0.140
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Bynum                5   34  0.128
Womack               1   14  0.067
Coats                0    0  0.000
Soto                 0    1  0.000

CUBS               405 1710  0.191

 

Go CUBS !!

[Drew Doughty]

title should say Pittsburgh.

 

This is a key game in the Cubs race to win the fecal division.

[Fred Hornkohl]

title should say Pittsburgh.

 

Thanx. I was having a senior moment !! :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Monday 04 September 2006

Pittsburgh @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

Pittsburgh

 

Duffy, cf

Randa, 3b

Sanchez, ss

Bay, lf

Nady, rf

Doumit, 1b

Paulino, c

Castillo, 2b

Mahlom, p

 

 

CUBS

 

Pierre, cf

Theriot, 2b

Ramirez, 3b

Lee, 1b

Murton, lf

Pagan, rf

Blanco, c

Cedeno, ss

Zambrano, p

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Grr, no Scott Moore starting. :(

[Outshined_One]

Grr, no Scott Moore starting. :(

 

Gotta make him want it, dude.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Grr, no Scott Moore starting. :(

 

Count your blessings. No Bynum or Jones. Geo Soto is the only thing keeping this from being ideal.

[radarluv1]

xm channel??

[Fred Hornkohl]

xm channel??

 

9/4/2006    Pirates @ Cubs    2:20PM ET    XM 189
9/5/2006    Pirates @ Cubs    8:05PM ET    XM 189
9/6/2006    Pirates @ Cubs    8:05PM ET    XM 189
9/7/2006    Pirates @ Cubs    2:20PM ET    XM 188
9/8/2006    Cubs @ Braves     7:05PM ET    XM 184
9/9/2006    Cubs @ Braves     7:05PM ET    XM 185
9/10/2006   Cubs @ Braves     1:05PM ET    XM 184

Edited September 4, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[radarluv1]

xm channel??

 

9/4/2006 Pirates @ Cubs 2:20PM ET XM 189

9/5/2006 Pirates @ Cubs 8:05PM ET XM 189

9/6/2006 Pirates @ Cubs 8:05PM ET XM 189

9/7/2006 Pirates @ Cubs 2:20PM ET XM 188

9/8/2006 Cubs @ Braves 7:05PM ET XM 184

9/9/2006 Cubs @ Braves 7:05PM ET XM 185

9/10/2006 Cubs @ Braves 1:05PM ET XM 184

 

gracias

[Fred Hornkohl]

gracias

 

de nada ! :wink:

[da bears]

And with Z pitching, this gives me a reason to watch the Cubs. Don't let me down, Carlos!

[bhogg]

good to see a small crowd :)

 

I'm amazed that Steve Trachsel is 2nd in the NL in wins. . . . . amazing what an offense will do for ya.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Duffy walked

[illiniguy]

Wow, where is the zone at today?

[da bears]

Terrible start. What a surprise.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Randa walked , Duffy to second

[Brian]

yikes

[illiniguy]

jesus, nice play carlos. this is gonna get ugly.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sanchez bunted for an IF single , Duffy to third, Randa to second

[bhogg]

hahahahahahaha.

 

here comes teh dinker

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bay blooped a single to center field , Duffy scored, Randa to third, Sanchez to second

[illiniguy]

i wish they would just contract our team.

[bhogg]

raise your hand if you think nady goes yard.

 

 

i do!!!!