9/10 CUBS (Mateo) @ Atlanta (Cormier) 12:05 CT, WGNTV, XM184

[Schwarber Fan]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_462940.jpg (1-2, 5.10)

vs.

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_433578.jpg (2-4, 5.26)

 

Mateo's last start (ND): 4 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 7 SO

 

Cormier's last start (ND): 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 SO

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Elkton, MD (where the Bears-Packers game will not be televised)

 

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday..........

 

CUBS are 10-13 on Sundays

CUBS are 0-5 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 8-19 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 4-9 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 34-50 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 27-45 in day games

CUBS are 27-45 on the road

CUBS are 19-42 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 37-62 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 49-26 when they score at least 4 runs.... 7-60 when they don't

CUBS are 36-14 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-71 when they don't

CUBS are 44-42 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 12-44 when they do

CUBS are 42-22 when they score first in the game.... 14-64 when they don't

CUBS are 26-20 when they score in the first inning.... 30-66 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 64 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 694 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 403 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.28 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 19.5% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.360 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS extra base hit ratio is 31.9% compared to 35.8% last year

 

CUBS are 2-4 when Mateo starts

Mateo is 0 of 6 in quality starts

Mateo's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.14 ... pitching to Blanco it's 5.57

CUBS score 4.28 R/G overall.... 5.33 R/G when Mateo pitches

CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 0.66 HR/G when Mateo pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Mateo.....

 

04/03 - 09/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Mateo      252   32   76   15    3    4  109   31   16   43  0.302  0.347  0.433  0.779
CUBS overall     4873  608 1302  239   36  140 2033  574  353  786  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

Mateo's pitching lines (1-2).....

 

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
08/20  vs. St. L       7.0    7    4    4    3    5    2   101  3.86  6.43  2.57  1.43  5.14
08/25  vs. St. L       5.0   10    2    1    1    2    0    96  1.80  3.60  0.00  2.20  1.80
08/30  vs. Pitts       2.0    4    3    3    1    2    0    53  4.50  9.00  0.00  2.50 13.50
09/05  vs. Pitts       4.0    6    5    5    0    7    2    68  0.00 15.75  4.50  1.50 11.25

Home                  16.0   19   12   11    6   14    4   257  3.38  7.88  2.25  1.56  6.19
Road                  14.0   20    9    6    5    7    0   257  3.21  4.50  0.00  1.79  3.86

Day                   16.0   19   12    9    9   10    2   272  5.06  5.63  1.13  1.75  5.06
Nite                  14.0   20    9    8    2   11    2   242  1.29  7.07  1.29  1.57  5.14

season totals         30.0   39   21   17   11   21    4   514  3.30  6.30  1.20  1.67  5.10

 

CUBS bullpen usage during the last week

 

              Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun           Totals
             09 Sep     08 Sep     07 Sep     06 Sep     05 Sep     04 Sep     03 Sep
             at Atla    at Atla    vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. S.F.
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  14               1.0  21               1.0  25               1.0  18       4.0  78
Eyre                8               0.3   7               1.0  15                             1.3  30
Howry                                          1.0  14               1.0  13    1.0  12       3.0  39
Ohman                    1.7  25                                                0.3   9       2.0  34
Novoa                    1.0  18    0.7   9               1.0  15    0.7   2    1.0  12       4.3  56
Wuertz        1.0   6    1.0  28               0.7   9               1.0  12         10       3.7  65
Aardsma                             1.0  27                          3.0  49                  4.0  76
Rusch                                                                2.0  34                  2.0  34
Walrond       0.3   3                     4                                     1.0  20       1.3  27
Marmol                              2.0  32               2.0  32                             4.0  64
Ryu           2.7  38                                                                         2.7  38

Totals        5.0  69    3.7  71    5.0 100    1.7  23    5.0  87    7.7 110    4.3  81      32.3 541

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta (0-3) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
47  Fri 05/26    Atlanta           5- 6  Zambrano      
48  Sat 05/27    Atlanta           1- 2  Marshall      
49  Sun 05/28    Atlanta          12-13  Ryu        
141  Fri 09/08  @ Atlanta       N   4- 8  Guzman        
142  Sat 09/09  @ Atlanta       N   3- 7  Miller     
143  Sun 09/10  @ Atlanta            -    Mateo        
144  Mon 09/11  @ Atlanta       N    -    Hill        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Atlanta this year.....

 

vs. Atla           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Womack              7    1    5    0    0    0    5    1    0    0  0.714  0.714  0.714  1.429
Murton             14    1    6    1    0    1   10    1    1    1  0.429  0.467  0.714  1.181
Jones              20    4    7    2    0    1   12    4    2    2  0.350  0.409  0.600  1.009
Cedeno             14    2    5    2    0    0    7    1    2    0  0.357  0.438  0.500  0.938
Bynum               8    2    2    0    0    1    5    3    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875
Walker             13    3    5    0    0    0    5    1    2    0  0.385  0.467  0.385  0.851
Perez              11    3    3    0    1    0    5    4    0    1  0.273  0.273  0.455  0.727
Barrett            13    2    4    1    0    0    5    3    0    0  0.308  0.333  0.385  0.718
Pierre             22    5    7    1    0    0    8    2    0    0  0.318  0.318  0.364  0.682
Ramirez            21    1    6    1    0    0    7    2    0    2  0.286  0.273  0.333  0.606
Theriot             8    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    3  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Lee                 7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125
Coats               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  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
Pagan               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Mabry               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Hairston            3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Soto                4    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Atla   184   25   52    8    1    3   71   24    8   23  0.283  0.313  0.386  0.699

season totals    4872  608 1300  234   35  140 2024  564  352  784  0.267  0.319  0.415  0.734

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Atlanta this year......

 

vs. Atla             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Walrond             0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     3  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman               3.7    1    0    0    3    5    0    53  7.36 12.27  0.00  1.09  0.00
Howry               3.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    60  2.70  2.70  0.00  0.90  2.70
Zambrano            6.7    2    2    2    6    8    0   124  8.10 10.80  0.00  1.20  2.70
Marshall            6.0    7    2    2    2    2    0    93  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
Eyre                3.0    2    2    1    1    3    0    50  3.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  3.00
Wuertz              2.0    3    1    1    1    4    0    34  4.50 18.00  0.00  2.00  4.50
Rusch               4.0    6    4    3    1    9    2    83  2.25 20.25  4.50  1.75  6.75
Novoa               2.7    3    3    3    2    5    2    60  6.75 16.88  6.75  1.88 10.13
Miller              3.0    5    4    4    5    3    2    74 15.00  9.00  6.00  3.33 12.00
Guzman              4.3    7    6    6    0    7    3    80  0.00 14.54  6.23  1.62 12.46
Dempster            2.0    4    4    3    2    1    0    46  9.00  4.50  0.00  3.00 13.50
Ryu                 4.0   10    7    7    0    2    5    66  0.00  4.50 11.25  2.50 15.75

totals vs. Atla    45.0   52   36   33   24   50   14   826  4.80 10.00  2.80  1.69  6.60

season totals    1260.7 1257  746  685  597 1064  187 21556  4.26  7.60  1.34  1.47  4.89

 

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

 

09/03 - 09/09      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Moore               5    2    2    1    0    1    6    2    1    1  0.400  0.571  1.200  1.771
Pierre             31    6   14    2    0    0   16    4    2    1  0.452  0.485  0.516  1.001
Murton             24    3    9    1    0    1   13    1    2    4  0.375  0.423  0.542  0.965
Jones              23    5    7    1    0    1   11    2    3    5  0.304  0.385  0.478  0.863
Cedeno             23    4    7    3    0    0   10    1    2    5  0.304  0.385  0.435  0.819
Bynum               5    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    2  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733
Lee                21    1    6    0    0    1    9    6    1    5  0.286  0.304  0.429  0.733
Blanco             25    2    8    1    0    0    9    0    0    1  0.320  0.320  0.360  0.680
Theriot            23    2    5    1    1    0    8    4    3    4  0.217  0.308  0.348  0.656
Pagan              10    3    2    0    0    0    2    1    2    2  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533
Ramirez            25    1    3    0    0    1    6    4    1    4  0.120  0.148  0.240  0.388
Soto                8    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    4  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Mabry               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Coats               4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

7 game totals     237   32   67   11    1    6   98   28   18   44  0.283  0.336  0.414  0.749

season totals    4872  608 1300  234   35  140 2024  564  352  784  0.267  0.319  0.415  0.734

 

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

 

09/03 - 09/09        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman               2.0    0    0    0    3    1    0    34 13.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Rusch               2.0    2    0    0    2    1    0    34  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Marmol              4.0    2    0    0    1    6    0    64  2.25 13.50  0.00  0.75  0.00
Aardsma             4.0    2    0    0    3    6    0    76  6.75 13.50  0.00  1.25  0.00
Howry               3.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    39  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
Hill                7.3    4    2    1    2   11    0   111  2.45 13.50  0.00  0.82  1.23
Novoa               4.3    2    1    1    0    5    0    56  0.00 10.38  0.00  0.46  2.08
Ryu                 2.7    3    1    1    0    2    1    38  0.00  6.75  3.38  1.13  3.38
Walrond             1.3    2    1    1    1    2    1    27  6.75 13.50  6.75  2.25  6.75
Wuertz              3.7    5    3    3    1    5    1    65  2.45 12.27  2.45  1.64  7.36
Dempster            4.0    5    4    4    3    4    1    78  6.75  9.00  2.25  2.00  9.00
Guzman              9.0   10    9    9    2   11    3   159  2.00 11.00  3.00  1.33  9.00
Mateo               4.0    6    5    5    0    7    2    68  0.00 15.75  4.50  1.50 11.25
Marshall            4.0    7    5    5    2    1    1    69  4.50  2.25  2.25  2.25 11.25
Miller              3.0    5    4    4    5    3    2    74 15.00  9.00  6.00  3.33 12.00
Eyre                1.3    2    2    2    2    3    1    30 13.50 20.25  6.75  3.00 13.50
Zambrano            1.3    4    5    4    4    1    0    43 27.00  6.75  0.00  6.00 27.00

7 day totals       61.0   62   42   40   31   72   13  1065  4.57 10.62  1.92  1.52  5.90

season totals    1260.7 1257  746  685  597 1064  187 21556  4.26  7.60  1.34  1.47  4.89

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 09/09      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Moore                1    1  0.500
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Theriot              9   21  0.300
Walker              34  105  0.245
Blanco              21   69  0.233
Murton              42  141  0.230
Ramirez             59  206  0.223
Perez               22   83  0.210
Jones               47  179  0.208
Barrett             38  145  0.208
Lee                 18   70  0.205
Izturis              5   20  0.200
Nevin               18   79  0.186
Pierre              30  150  0.167
Mabry               14   70  0.167
Pagan                9   53  0.145
Soto                 1    6  0.143
Cedeno              31  197  0.136
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Bynum                5   36  0.122
Womack               1   14  0.067
Coats                0    2  0.000

CUBS               424 1788  0.192

 

Go CUBS !!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Greetings from beautiful Elkton, MD (where the Bears-Packers game will not be televised)

 

 

Find a Hooters. Most of those have the Sunday ticket and you should be able to watch the Bears.

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups

 

Cubs

Pierre, CF

Bynum, 2B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Murton, LF

Mabry, 1B

Blanco, C

Cedeno, SS

Mateo, P

 

Braves

Aybar, 3B

Giles, 2B

Renteria, SS

LaRoche, 1B

McCann, C

Francoeur, RF

Diaz, LF

Langerhans, CF

Cormier, P

[LuckyPup]

Bruce, i trust your opinion maybe you can answer something for me-

 

 

 

 

WHY THE HELL IS BYNUM PLAYING AND BATTING SECOND!?!??!?!?

 

 

thanks and hope all is well with you and yours-

[Mark Priors Calves]

Bruce-

 

Thanks for the lineups. Do you find your job to be harder this time of the year when its obvious the team is playing out the string? Is it not as enjoyable as it usual is earlier in the year?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Greetings from beautiful Elkton, MD (where the Bears-Packers game will not be televised)

 

It's the same for the LA area and I don't know that I want to go to a bar to catch the game. :|

[Fro]

Bruce, i trust your opinion maybe you can answer something for me-

 

 

 

 

WHY THE HELL IS BYNUM PLAYING AND BATTING SECOND!?!??!?!?

 

 

thanks and hope all is well with you and yours-

 

Cuz we're going for the #1 Draft pick, dudes

[Master Shake]

Prediction... Cubs lose 6-2

 

You can put it on the boards... YESS!

 

 

(I can't believe I just typed that...)

[Andy]

Well, at least Mabry is batting where he belongs for once.

[mg420]

Well, at least Mabry is batting where he belongs for once.

 

actually he belongs on the bench. moore, soto & theriot should be starting instead of bynum, blanco & maybry.

[E.J.]

Well, at least Mabry is batting where he belongs for once.

 

actually he belongs on the bench. moore, soto & theriot should be starting instead of bynum, blanco & maybry.

 

Gotta get those veterans some playing time. Otherwise they'll get rusty.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Here it is.... the good, the bad, & the ugly.

 

04/03 - 09/09      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Pierre            607   75  176   30   12    2  236   32   32   34  0.290  0.332  0.389  0.721
Bynum             109   14   27    4    3    2   43    7    6   35  0.248  0.293  0.394  0.688
Ramirez           529   80  149   32    3   32  283   91   45   59  0.282  0.344  0.535  0.879
Jones             472   62  134   26    0   23  229   70   28   98  0.284  0.327  0.485  0.812
Murton            385   58  116   15    2   11  168   53   37   52  0.301  0.364  0.436  0.800
Mabry             175   13   38    8    1    4   60   18   21   42  0.217  0.307  0.343  0.649
Blanco            162   16   42   11    1    5   70   26   10   23  0.259  0.301  0.432  0.733
Cedeno            467   43  112   14    5    5  151   36   16   92  0.240  0.268  0.323  0.591
Mateo               8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    6  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

Lineup totals    2914  361  794  140   27   84 1240  333  195  441  0.272  0.322  0.426  0.748

team totals      4872  608 1300  234   35  140 2024  564  352  784  0.267  0.319  0.415  0.734

[Bruce Miles]

(Attempted) answers to questions:

 

I have no idea why Bynum ever starts, plays second base or bats second. And this is one day after Dusty talked up Theriot.

 

Yes, the job is harder in these situations. A lot of people think media members love negative stories, but I can tell you that a winning team is much more fun to cover. These games have been absolutely meaningless, and all the attention is on football and the White Sox. I was just telling people in the press room that I've traveled with the Cubs for nine years now, and I've covered four really putrid teams: 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006.

 

But overall, I still enjoy the job and love baseball, so it isn't all that bad. I've got no complaints.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre grounded an IF single to second base

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bynum struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Pierre grounded an IF single to second base

Bynum struck out swinging

Ramirez lined into a DP, 3 unassisted, Pierre doubled off first

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Atlanta: none

 

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

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cormier       1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  13

[Fred Hornkohl]

Aybar flied out to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Giles grounded out to short, 6-3

[abuck1220]

(Attempted) answers to questions:

 

I have no idea why Bynum ever starts, plays second base or bats second. And this is one day after Dusty talked up Theriot.

 

 

...and said this...

 

When shortstop Cesar Izturis returns Monday from his hamstring injury, Baker will have another dilemma. Does he stick with the original game plan and move Ronny Cedeno back to second, or give the job to Ryan Theriot? "We'll see," Baker said. "Theriot has done pretty good. We're in the producing business."

 

bynum hasn't outproduced theriot (or anybody, for that matter) in any way.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Aybar flied out to left field

Giles grounded out to short, 6-3

Renteria struck out swinging

 

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  1  0
Atlanta         0                              0  0  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Atlanta: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  16

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cormier       1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  13

[Jim Ignatowski]

Fred, these Braves jerseys have caused me to flashback to when the Orioles broke out their oriole colored jerseys. Do you remember the way Boog "the Booger" Powell looked wearing that?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, these Braves jerseys have caused me to flashback to when the Orioles broke out their oriole colored jerseys. Do you remember the way Boog "the Booger" Powell looked wearing that?

 

yeah.... he was quite a site !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Murton doubled to left field