09/11 CUBS (Hill) @ Atlanta (Smoltz) 6:05 CT, WGN TV, XM184

[Schwarber Fan]

But before we begin....

 

We remember one of the most tragic events in US History on this day in 2001...

 

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/09/10/sept11pentagon-0.jpg

 

Now Baseball...

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_448179.jpg (4-6, 4.83)

vs.

http://mlb.mlb.com/atl/photo/ph_play_mugshot_122477.jpg (12-8, 3.63)

[sandberg23]

I'll actually get to watch this game. I've been out of town and haven't seen a game in a long time...even when they suck, I still miss watching them.

 

On a side note, I was in Florida on job interviews last week and I interviewed with Kyle Farnsworth's girlfriend's mother. I saw a picture of them together. She told me that Kyle and his girlfriend loved Chicago, the team and the fans and they miss it a lot.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Carney's Point, NJ !!

 

Worhtless stats of the day for Monday.........

 

CUBS are 9-7 on Mondays

CUBS are 0-6 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 8-20 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 4-5 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 34-51 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 17-28 in games that end a series

CUBS are 4-6 in games that end a road trip

CUBS are 29-41 at night

CUBS are 27-46 on the road

CUBS are 19-43 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 37-63 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 0-11 when Bynum starts at 2b

CUBS are 20-18 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 36-69 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 690 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 400 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 3.69 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.4% 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 32.0% compared to 35.8% last year

 

CUBS are 5-7 when Hill starts

Hill is 6 of 12 in quality starts

Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.23 ... pitching to Blanco it's 4.15

CUBS score 4.26 R/G overall.... 3.50 R/G when Hill pitches

CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 1.17 HR/G when Hill pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Hill.....

 

04/03 - 09/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Hill       398   42  107   20    2   14  173   39   15   57  0.269  0.298  0.435  0.733
CUBS overall     4908  609 1311  241   37  141 2049  575  353  801  0.267  0.319  0.417  0.736

 

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

 

Hill                    IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/04  vs. Ariz        4.0    6    5    5    2    1    2    67  4.50  2.25  4.50  2.00 11.25
05/09  vs. S.F.        6.0    8    5    5    3    4    1   100  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.83  7.50
05/14  vs. S.D.        5.3    4    3    3    5    4    0    90  8.44  6.75  0.00  1.69  5.06
05/20  vs. CWS         4.0    5    7    7    5    2    2    87 11.25  4.50  4.50  2.50 15.75
07/27  vs. St. L       3.3    6    4    4    3    1    1    83  8.10  2.70  2.70  2.70 10.80
08/01  vs. Ariz        8.0    6    3    3    1    6    1   109  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.88  3.38
08/06  vs. Pitts       7.0    5    1    1    2    9    1   103  2.57 11.57  1.29  1.00  1.29
08/11  vs. Colo        4.7    6    6    6    5    2    1    96  9.64  3.86  1.93  2.36 11.57
08/21  vs. Phila       6.0    5    5    2    3    6    2   112  4.50  9.00  3.00  1.33  3.00
08/26  vs. St. L       7.0    4    1    1    0    2    1    93  0.00  2.57  1.29  0.57  1.29
09/01  vs. S.F.        8.0    5    1    1    1    6    0   106  1.13  6.75  0.00  0.75  1.13
09/06  vs. Pitts       7.3    4    2    1    2   11    0   111  2.45 13.50  0.00  0.82  1.23

Home                  45.0   35   19   15   17   43    5   714  3.40  8.60  1.00  1.16  3.00
Road                  27.7   30   24   24   15   14    7   471  4.88  4.55  2.28  1.63  7.81

Day                   31.3   23   13   13   13   23    4   479  3.73  6.61  1.15  1.15  3.73
Nite                  41.3   42   30   26   19   34    8   706  4.14  7.40  1.74  1.48  5.66

season totals         72.7   65   43   39   32   57   12  1185  3.96  7.06  1.49  1.33  4.83

 

CUBS bullpen usage during the last week

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             10 Sep     09 Sep     08 Sep     07 Sep     06 Sep     05 Sep     04 Sep
             at Atla    at Atla    at Atla    vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt
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                  3.0  60
Eyre                           8               0.3   7               1.0  15                  1.3  30
Howry                                                     1.0  14               1.0  13       2.0  27
Ohman                               1.7  25                                                   1.7  25
Novoa                               1.0  18    0.7   9               1.0  15    0.7   2       3.3  44
Wuertz                   1.0   6    1.0  28               0.7   9               1.0  12       3.7  55
Aardsma       2.0  24                          1.0  27                          3.0  49       6.0 100
Rusch                                                                           2.0  34       2.0  34
Walrond                  0.3   3                     4                                        0.3   7
Marmol                                         2.0  32               2.0  32                  4.0  64
Ryu                      2.7  38                                                              2.7  38

Totals        2.0  24    5.0  69    3.7  71    5.0 100    1.7  23    5.0  87    7.7 110      30.0 484

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta (0-6) .......

 

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           1- 2  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             18    1    8    2    0    1   13    1    1    2  0.444  0.474  0.722  1.196
Bynum              12    3    3    0    0    2    9    4    0    4  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.000
Cedeno             17    2    6    3    0    0    9    1    2    2  0.353  0.421  0.529  0.950
Walker             13    3    5    0    0    0    5    1    2    0  0.385  0.467  0.385  0.851
Jones              24    4    7    2    0    1   12    4    2    5  0.292  0.346  0.500  0.846
Pierre             26    5    9    1    0    0   10    2    0    1  0.346  0.346  0.385  0.731
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
Ramirez            25    1    8    1    0    0    9    2    0    2  0.320  0.308  0.360  0.668
Blanco              8    0    1    0    1    0    3    0    0    1  0.125  0.125  0.375  0.500
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
Pagan               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  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
Coats               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Mabry               7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Moore               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Atla   219   26   61   10    2    4   87   25    8   38  0.279  0.304  0.397  0.702

season totals    4907  609 1309  236   36  141 2040  565  352  799  0.267  0.318  0.416  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
Aardsma             2.0    0    0    0    0    4    0    24  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano            6.7    2    2    2    6    8    0   124  8.10 10.80  0.00  1.20  2.70
Howry               3.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    60  2.70  2.70  0.00  0.90  2.70
Marshall            6.0    7    2    2    2    2    0    93  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
Mateo               6.0    5    2    2    2    6    0    97  3.00  9.00  0.00  1.17  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    53.0   57   38   35   26   60   14   947  4.42 10.19  2.38  1.57  5.94

season totals    1268.7 1262  748  687  599 1074  187 21677  4.25  7.62  1.33  1.47  4.87

 

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

 

08/10 - 09/10      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Moore               6    2    2    1    0    1    6    2    1    1  0.333  0.500  1.000  1.500
Nevin              39    7   14    0    0    3   23    9    0   11  0.359  0.359  0.590  0.949
Lee                41    6   15    1    0    2   22   10    2    5  0.366  0.386  0.537  0.923
Theriot            57   11   19    5    1    1   29    9    6    7  0.333  0.406  0.509  0.915
Murton             93   12   29    3    0    5   47   16    6   13  0.312  0.354  0.505  0.859
Ramirez           119   20   35    8    0    6   61   18    9   15  0.294  0.344  0.513  0.856
Jones             101   18   29    4    0    5   48   14   11   26  0.287  0.363  0.475  0.838
Pierre            136   16   47    6    3    1   62   10    7    5  0.346  0.378  0.456  0.834
Blanco             54    4   15    3    1    1   23    3    1    8  0.278  0.291  0.426  0.717
Bynum              40    6    9    4    0    1   16    2    4   13  0.225  0.295  0.400  0.695
Barrett            66    6   14    4    0    3   27    9    5    7  0.212  0.268  0.409  0.677
Pagan              56   10   12    2    1    1   19    4    6   10  0.214  0.290  0.339  0.630
Perez              24    2    6    1    0    0    7    0    1    1  0.250  0.280  0.292  0.572
Izturis            31    1    7    1    0    0    8    3    3    3  0.226  0.294  0.258  0.552
Cedeno             93    8   19    5    0    1   27    7    4   19  0.204  0.242  0.290  0.533
Mabry              50    0   10    2    1    0   14    3    1   14  0.200  0.216  0.280  0.496
Soto                8    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    4  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Coats               7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

30 game totals   1078  132  287   50    7   32  447  122   67  193  0.266  0.311  0.415  0.726

season totals    4907  609 1309  236   36  141 2040  565  352  799  0.267  0.318  0.416  0.734

 

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

 

08/10 - 09/10        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman              11.3    6    2    2    5   14    0   186  3.97 11.12  0.00  0.97  1.59
Ryu                 4.7    5    1    1    0    3    1    66  0.00  5.79  1.93  1.07  1.93
O'Malley           12.7   10    3    3    7    4    0   185  4.97  2.84  0.00  1.34  2.13
Hill               35.0   25   15   11   11   30    4   546  2.83  7.71  1.03  1.03  2.83
Novoa              17.3   14    6    6    6   12    2   253  3.12  6.23  1.04  1.15  3.12
Wuertz             17.3   21    6    6    5   18    1   288  2.60  9.35  0.52  1.50  3.12
Zambrano           30.3   27   14   11   15   26    1   486  4.45  7.71  0.30  1.38  3.26
Aardsma            20.7   15    8    8    6   19    3   311  2.61  8.27  1.31  1.02  3.48
Howry              14.3   11    6    6    4   13    2   235  2.51  8.16  1.26  1.05  3.77
Mateo              31.0   38   20   17   10   25    4   523  2.90  7.26  1.16  1.55  4.94
Marmol             12.0   13   10    9    9    7    2   230  6.75  5.25  1.50  1.83  6.75
Dempster           13.3   20   12   11   11   10    1   279  7.43  6.75  0.68  2.33  7.43
Rusch               4.7   10    4    4    4    3    0   110  7.71  5.79  0.00  3.00  7.71
Marshall            9.7   12    9    9    4    2    4   159  3.72  1.86  3.72  1.66  8.38
Guzman             23.7   35   25   25   10   28    6   469  3.80 10.65  2.28  1.90  9.51
Eyre                4.7    9    6    6    2    6    3    98  3.86 11.57  5.79  2.36 11.57
Miller              3.0    5    4    4    5    3    2    74 15.00  9.00  6.00  3.33 12.00
Walrond             5.7   13   10    9    6    4    1   135  9.53  6.35  1.59  3.35 14.29
Prior               3.0    4    6    5    4    1    0    58 12.00  3.00  0.00  2.67 15.00

30 game totals    274.3  293  167  153  124  228   37  4691  4.07  7.48  1.21  1.52  5.02

season totals    1268.7 1262  748  687  599 1074  187 21677  4.25  7.62  1.33  1.47  4.87

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 09/10      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Moore                1    2  0.333
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Theriot              9   21  0.300
Walker              34  105  0.245
Blanco              21   70  0.231
Murton              42  143  0.227
Ramirez             59  207  0.222
Perez               22   83  0.210
Barrett             38  145  0.208
Jones               47  181  0.206
Lee                 18   70  0.205
Izturis              5   20  0.200
Nevin               18   79  0.186
Pierre              30  152  0.165
Mabry               14   73  0.161
Pagan                9   53  0.145
Soto                 1    6  0.143
Cedeno              31  198  0.135
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Bynum                5   38  0.116
Womack               1   14  0.067
Coats                0    2  0.000

CUBS               424 1804  0.190

 

Avoid the http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

 

Go CUBS !!

[C.C.]

Hill is the only reason I'll be watching this game. C'mon Hill!

[soccer10k]

I'll be flipping back between this game and MNF.

[RichHillIsABeast]

If Z was healthy, he'd snap that broom over his knee after hitting the game winning HR.

[soccer10k]

If Z was healthy, he'd snap that broom over his knee after hitting the game winning HR.

 

http://crawlyscubs.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/zambrano_bat.jpg

[Scott G. F.]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

[C.C.]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

 

And somehow the Cubs still lose!

[beersoakedivy]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

 

And somehow the Cubs still lose!

 

1-0 ...an error 3 BB's in the 9th thats how it would go down.

[C.C.]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

 

And somehow the Cubs still lose!

 

1-0 ...an error 3 BB's in the 9th thats how it would go down.

 

And the funny thing about it is nobody would even be shocked. It would be just another loss this year.

[beersoakedivy]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

 

And somehow the Cubs still lose!

 

1-0 ...an error 3 BB's in the 9th thats how it would go down.

 

And the funny thing about it is nobody would even be shocked. It would be just another loss this year.

 

You're right about that. It would be just another way the CUBS blew a game. I honestly have never seen a team find so many different ways to lose. The CUBS are special indeed...

[A New Era]

Looking foward to KKKKKKKHill, yet again. .

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups

 

Cubs

Pierre, CF

Bynum 2B

Ramirez, 3B

Lee, 1B

Jones, RF

Pagan, LF

Izturis, SS

Blanco, C

Hill, P

 

Braves

Aybar, 3B

Giles, 2B

Renteria, SS

A. Jones, CF

Fancoeur, RF

McCann, C

Diaz, LF

LaRoche, 1B

Smoltz, P

[J.R.]

What a scheduling quirk this clash is.

[CuseCubFan69]

I think Hill is going to have a tough time today. I'd like to see the offense step up for him today though and win a come from behinder.

[AllStarMe]

Well I'll be at this game, as my g'friend's parents are in town and are huge Braves fans. I was at Friday's game and it was pretty pathetic. Lots of Cubs fans, but nowhere near the amount that were there for the 2003 NLDS. Kerry Wood's game 1 at Turner Field is I believe my best baseball memory.

 

I wish Murton was starting every game in his hometown. The former Ga Tech student got a very warm reception Friday, but instead we get Pagan tonight... yuck.

 

Well go get 'em Hill, here's to avoiding the sweep.

[beersoakedivy]

Lineups

 

Cubs

Pierre, CF

Bynum 2B

Ramirez, 3B

Lee, 1B

Jones, RF

Pagan, LF

Izturis, SS

Blanco, C

Hill, P

 

Braves

Aybar, 3B

Giles, 2B

Renteria, SS

A. Jones, CF

Fancoeur, RF

McCann, C

Diaz, LF

LaRoche, 1B

Smoltz, P

 

Izturis not in the 2 hole??? Dusty has found his new Neifi in Bynum...

[CubColtPacer]

Wow, I didn't realize that Smolt'z splits were that extreme this year.

Left Handers: .277/.347/.446

Right Handers: .217/.236/.343

 

That's the only thing I'm worried about Murton. I wish Dusty would play him against some of these guys who are extremely effective against right handers to see if he can hit them or not. Instead, we will go into next season not knowing if Murton's numbers have been artificially inflated by not playing against the toughest pitchers, or if he can come close to his season production against these pitchers.

[sweetpeteman]

What a scheduling quirk this clash is.

 

huh?

[UMFan83]

Hill pitches perfect game. You heard it here first.

 

And somehow the Cubs still lose!

 

1-0 ...an error 3 BB's in the 9th thats how it would go down.

 

I'm sure its obvious but it wouldn't exactly be a perfect game if that were the case.

[RichHillIsABeast]

I'm glad Izturis is back at SS. Cedeno has been brutal one moment and stellar the next.

[baseball7897]

I'm glad Izturis is back at SS. Cedeno has been brutal one moment and stellar the next.

 

Cedeno is very inconsistent.

[CubColtPacer]

I'm glad Izturis is back at SS. Cedeno has been brutal one moment and stellar the next.

 

I agree with that. I wish Izturis had a little more than a couple weeks left in the season, as he is just likely to be getting back into the flow of the game when the season ends. I would have liked to see more of an indication of what he is going to do in 2007 (which could have been partially done if he had played everyday in August and September), but the injury has really made him a question mark for how he really is after his surgery last year. The one thing I personally do not question is his defense-after the first couple of games with the Cubs where he was shaky (although not as shaky as Cedeno has been many times this season), he was great defensively the next 15 games before he went down with the injury.

[J.R.]

What a scheduling quirk this clash is.

 

huh?

 

Never mind.