09/13 Los Angeles (Penny) @ CUBS (Guzman) 7:05 CT, WGNTV

[Schwarber Fan]

All-Star Game starter:

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/2006_1/6276.jpg (15-8, 4.21)

vs.

Guy with 0 MLB wins:

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/2006_1/7280.jpg (0-5, 7.53)

 

Is a 3 game winning streak possible?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

For those of you who don't get WGN in the LA Metro, the game is on local TV: KCAL channel 9.

 

AM 980 throughout Southern California.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooz!

 

Cubs suck.

[soccer10k]

Is a 3 game winning streak possible?

 

No.

[chuckywang]

Time to beat up on a slumping pitcher.

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups

 

Dodgers

Furcal, SS

Lofton, CF

Garciaparra, 1B

Drew, RF

Kent, 2B

Betemit, 3B

Anderson, LF

Martin, C

Penny, P

 

Cubs

Pierre, CF

The Riot, 2B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Murton, LF

Mabry, 1B

Izturis, SS

Blanco, C

Guzman, P

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Heh, even Bruce calls him The Riot now. :)

 

Thanks, Bruce.

[Rob]

Lineups

 

Dodgers

Furcal, SS

Lofton, CF

Garciaparra, 1B

Drew, RF

Kent, 2B

Betemit, 3B

Anderson, LF

Martin, C

Penny, P

 

Cubs

Pierre, CF

The Riot, 2B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Murton, LF

Mabry, 1B

Izturis, SS

Blanco, C

Guzman, P

 

Bruce, is the organization realizing that Izturis isn't a top-of-the-order threat, or are they just giving him a few games to get back from the injury before they move him back up to the two-hole?

[JeffH]

Haven't you heard? Dusty is batting Izturis seventh to keep him from having to run. :roll:

[Butterscup1679666578]

I greatly dislike Guzman. Here comes an 11-2 Dodgers victory.

[JeffH]

I love Guzman. The Cubs should continue running him out there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful, historic Charleston, SC !!

 

This is so cool..... I'm actually posting this from the cab of a moving truck !! (For the record, David is driving !!)

 

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday........

 

CUBS are 9-12 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 3-1 vs. Los Angeles

CUBS are 9-20 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 7-5 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 22-36 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 31-41 at night

CUBS are 30-41 at home

CUBS are 19-43 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 38-63 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 20-18 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 38-69 when they don't

CUBS are 51-26 when they score at least 4 runs.... 7-61 when they don't

CUBS are 37-15 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 20-71 when they don't

CUBS are 45-43 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 13-44 when they do

CUBS are 43-22 when they score first in the game.... 15-65 when they don't

CUBS are 27-20 when they score in the first inning.... 31-67 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 699 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 408 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 908 times this year..... compared to 920 last year

CUBS are on a pace to steal 118 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 139 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year

CUBS are on a pace to commit 107 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.32 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 19.6% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.361 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

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

CUBS have 33 errors in their last 48 games...... 28 errors in their last 31 games

 

CUBS are 0-9 when Guzman starts

Guzman is 1 of 9 in quality starts

Guzman's ERA pitching to Barrett is 9.85 ... pitching to Blanco it's 5.40....pitching to Soto it's 9.00

CUBS score 4.32 R/G overall.... 3.56 R/G when Guzman pitches

CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Guzman pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Guzman.....

 

04/03 - 09/12      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Guzman     290   32   67   16    0    6  101   28   22   54  0.231  0.289  0.348  0.638
CUBS overall     4988  626 1336  245   37  144 2087  592  365  813  0.268  0.320  0.418  0.738

 

Guzman's pitching lines (0-6).....

 

Guzman                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/26  vs. Flor        5.0    6    3    3    4    5    1    87  7.20  9.00  1.80  2.00  5.40
05/02  vs. Pitts       5.7    6    6    4    3    7    1   104  4.76 11.12  1.59  1.59  6.35
05/07  vs. S.D.        4.3    5    5    5    4    4    0   100  8.31  8.31  0.00  2.08 10.38
05/12  vs. S.D.        3.0    3    2    2    5    4    0    87 15.00 12.00  0.00  2.67  6.00
08/12  vs. Colo        2.7    9    7    7    2    1    1    68  6.75  3.38  3.38  4.13 23.63
08/23  vs. Phila       6.0    4    1    1    3    8    1    95  4.50 12.00  1.50  1.17  1.50
08/28  vs. Pitts       3.0   10    8    8    2    5    1    93  6.00 15.00  3.00  4.00 24.00
09/03  vs. S.F.        4.7    3    3    3    2    4    0    79  3.86  7.71  0.00  1.07  5.79
09/08  vs. Atla        4.3    7    6    6    0    7    3    80  0.00 14.54  6.23  1.62 12.46

Home                  31.7   26   17   15   21   37    3   579  5.97 10.52  0.85  1.48  4.26
Road                  17.3   33   26   26    9   20    5   395  4.67 10.38  2.60  2.42 13.50

Day                   28.0   26   20   18   21   32    2   553  6.75 10.29  0.64  1.68  5.79
Nite                  21.0   33   23   23    9   25    6   421  3.86 10.71  2.57  2.00  9.86

season totals         49.0   59   43   41   30   57    8   974  5.51 10.47  1.47  1.82  7.53

 

CUBS bullpen usage during the last week

 

              Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             12 Sep     11 Sep     10 Sep     09 Sep     08 Sep     07 Sep     06 Sep
             vs L.A.    at Atla    at Atla    at Atla    at Atla    vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  27    1.0   8               1.0  14               1.0  21                  4.0  70
Eyre          0.3   5    1.0  18                     8               0.3   7                  1.7  38
Howry         0.7  14    1.0  13                                                1.0  14       2.7  41
Ohman         1.0  16                                     1.7  25                             2.7  41
Novoa                    0.3   1                          1.0  18    0.7   9                  2.0  28
Wuertz        1.0  11                          1.0   6    1.0  28               0.7   9       3.7  54
Aardsma       2.0  34               2.0  24                          1.0  27                  5.0  85
Rusch                                                                                                
Walrond                                        0.3   3                     4                  0.3   7
Marmol                                                               2.0  32                  2.0  32
Ryu           1.3  24                          2.7  38                                        4.0  62

Totals        7.3 131    3.3  40    2.0  24    5.0  69    3.7  71    5.0 100    1.7  23      28.0 458

 

CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles (3-1) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
12  Mon 04/17  @ Los Angeles   N   4- 1  Maddux        
13  Tue 04/18  @ Los Angeles   N   1- 2  Zambrano      
14  Wed 04/19  @ Los Angeles   N   5- 4  Marshall      
145  Tue 09/12    Los Angeles   N   9- 8  Marshall      
146  Wed 09/13    Los Angeles   N    -    Guzman        
147  Thu 09/14    Los Angeles        -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. Los Angeles this year.....

 

vs. L.A.           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Coats               1    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Pagan               1    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Cedeno              8    2    4    0    0    0    4    2    2    0  0.500  0.600  0.500  1.100
Bynum               5    2    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    1  0.400  0.400  0.600  1.000
Walker             12    1    4    0    0    1    7    3    0    3  0.333  0.308  0.583  0.891
Walker             12    1    4    0    0    1    7    3    0    3  0.333  0.308  0.583  0.891
Walker             12    1    4    0    0    1    7    3    0    3  0.333  0.308  0.583  0.891
Murton             12    2    4    1    0    0    5    2    3    2  0.333  0.467  0.417  0.883
Blanco              5    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733
Jones              16    2    5    1    0    0    6    0    1    5  0.313  0.353  0.375  0.728
Theriot             1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.667  0.000  0.667
Izturis             3    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Moore               3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Pierre             19    2    5    1    0    0    6    1    0    3  0.263  0.263  0.316  0.579
Perez               4    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Ramirez            15    0    3    0    0    0    3    2    1    1  0.200  0.250  0.200  0.450
Lee                15    2    3    0    0    0    3    2    1    3  0.200  0.235  0.200  0.435
Mabry               5    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    4  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Barrett            12    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333
Hairston            1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Soto                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. L.A.   147   19   40    5    0    1   48   18   10   29  0.272  0.319  0.327  0.645

season totals    4987  626 1334  240   36  144 2078  582  364  811  0.267  0.320  0.417  0.737

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Los Angeles this year......

 

vs. L.A.             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            3.0    1    1    0    0    3    0    52  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
Eyre                1.7    2    0    0    0    0    0    28  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.20  0.00
Wuertz              1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    11  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Williamson          1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    13  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Howry               2.7    2    0    0    1    1    0    49  3.38  3.38  0.00  1.13  0.00
Ryu                 1.3    1    0    0    1    2    0    24  6.75 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Maddux              8.0    3    1    1    0    6    0    87  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.38  1.13
Zambrano            6.0    4    1    1    5    3    0   112  7.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  1.50
Marshall            8.7    8    9    5    7    6    2   165  7.27  6.23  2.08  1.73  5.19
Ohman               1.7    1    1    1    1    2    0    36  5.40 10.80  0.00  1.20  5.40
Aardsma             2.7    1    2    2    5    1    0    68 16.88  3.38  0.00  2.25  6.75

totals vs. L.A.    37.7   24   15   10   20   26    2   645  4.78  6.21  0.48  1.17  2.39

season totals    1288.7 1280  759  692  608 1090  188 22047  4.25  7.61  1.31  1.47  4.83

 

 

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

 

09/06 - 09/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Bynum              12    5    5    2    0    1   10    2    4    3  0.417  0.563  0.833  1.396
Moore               8    1    3    1    0    1    7    2    0    0  0.375  0.375  0.875  1.250
Murton             21    3    9    2    0    1   14    3    2    3  0.429  0.478  0.667  1.145
Lee                22    4    6    0    0    3   15   10    1    6  0.273  0.292  0.682  0.973
Blanco             24    1    8    3    1    0   13    0    2    1  0.333  0.385  0.542  0.926
Jones              27    5    6    1    0    2   13    4    4   11  0.222  0.323  0.481  0.804
Cedeno             19    3    6    2    0    0    8    1    1    4  0.316  0.381  0.421  0.802
Ramirez            25    2    7    0    0    1   10    6    2    3  0.280  0.321  0.400  0.721
Coats               3    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Izturis             7    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571
Pagan              12    2    3    0    0    0    3    1    1    3  0.250  0.308  0.250  0.558
Pierre             33    5    9    0    0    0    9    2    0    3  0.273  0.273  0.273  0.545
Theriot            14    2    3    0    0    0    3    1    1    4  0.214  0.313  0.214  0.527
Mabry               5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Soto                5    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

7 game totals     248   37   71   11    1   10  114   35   18   52  0.286  0.337  0.460  0.797

season totals    4987  626 1334  240   36  144 2078  582  364  811  0.267  0.320  0.417  0.737

 

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

 

09/06 - 09/12        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Aardsma             5.0    0    0    0    4    6    0    85  7.20 10.80  0.00  0.80  0.00
Howry               2.7    2    0    0    0    0    0    41  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Walrond             0.3    0    0    0    1    0    0     7 27.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Ohman               2.7    0    0    0    2    2    0    41  6.75  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00
Marmol              2.0    0    0    0    1    4    0    32  4.50 18.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Hill               13.0   10    4    2    4   17    0   231  2.77 11.77  0.00  1.08  1.38
Ryu                 4.0    4    1    1    1    4    1    62  2.25  9.00  2.25  1.25  2.25
Wuertz              3.7    3    1    1    1    5    0    54  2.45 12.27  0.00  1.09  2.45
Mateo               6.0    5    2    2    2    6    0    97  3.00  9.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
Dempster            4.0    4    3    2    0    3    1    70  0.00  6.75  2.25  1.00  4.50
Novoa               2.0    1    1    1    0    3    0    28  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  4.50
Marshall            7.7   13   12    8    6    3    2   148  7.04  3.52  2.35  2.48  9.39
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
Eyre                1.7    4    3    3    1    3    1    38  5.40 16.20  5.40  3.00 16.20

7 game totals      62.0   58   37   30   28   66   10  1088  4.06  9.58  1.45  1.39  4.35

season totals    1288.7 1280  759  692  608 1090  188 22047  4.25  7.61  1.31  1.47  4.83

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 09/12      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Theriot              9   21  0.300
Walker              34  105  0.245
Murton              44  145  0.233
Ramirez             62  210  0.228
Lee                 22   77  0.222
Blanco              21   75  0.219
Jones               49  184  0.210
Perez               22   83  0.210
Barrett             38  145  0.208
Izturis              6   23  0.207
Moore                1    4  0.200
Nevin               18   79  0.186
Pierre              31  157  0.165
Mabry               14   74  0.159
Pagan                9   53  0.145
Bynum                6   38  0.136
Cedeno              31  198  0.135
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Soto                 1    7  0.125
Womack               1   14  0.067
Coats                0    2  0.000

CUBS               438 1838  0.192

 

Go CUBS !!

[Rob]

Haven't you heard? Dusty is batting Izturis seventh to keep him from having to run. :roll:

 

I pray you aren't being serious... but somehow, I know you are... :evil:

[SouthSideRyan]

I improved my game record to 2-0 last night and had probably the most fun I've had at a Cubs game in a long time. (Every game I've gone to during pennant races they've lost) Last night's experience is why I scoff at people for complaining about peopel going to the games. Baseball games are fun. They're entertainment, and I'm not going to deprive myself of entertainment just because the team is horrible. It was little battles like getting to watch Scott Moore start at third, wearing a bag on my head as the Cubs sunk to a 7-0 hole, harassing J.D. Drew from the 4th inning on, (Stephen woulda caught that one JD!!)endless Les Walrond jokes, and yeah actually getting emotionally invested in an improbable 7 run comeback from a horrible team.

 

I like baseball.

 

EDIT: Oh and by rough estimate about 15,000 no shows last night. And by time the 10th rolled around, there were maybe about 12,000 left in the stands.

[JeffH]

Rob, check this out (copied from another thread):

 

Izturis, who batted second in the Cubs’ lineup earlier, hit seventh Monday. Baker, however, sees him as a No. 2 hitter long term.

 

“I’m not batting him second today because I want to guard against him doing a bunch of running,” Baker said.

 

in case anyone didn't hear about this, they added a new rule stating that the guy who bats 7th gets to ride around the bases on either a skateboard or a golf cart.

[Bruce Miles]

Haven't you heard? Dusty is batting Izturis seventh to keep him from having to run. :roll:

 

There you go.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Haven't you heard? Dusty is batting Izturis seventh to keep him from having to run. :roll:

 

There you go.

 

If it is all the same, I simulated a Dodgers/Cubs game for tonight using the current rosters (on MVP 05), and Cesar Izturis went 3-4 with 2 homeruns and 5 rbis, and the Cubs won, 14-2.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Haven't you heard? Dusty is batting Izturis seventh to keep him from having to run. :roll:

 

There you go.

 

If it is all the same, I simulated a Dodgers/Cubs game for tonight using the current rosters (on MVP 05), and Cesar Izturis went 3-4 with 2 homeruns and 5 rbis, and the Cubs won, 14-2.

 

are you sure you werent playing w/Dusty Dice?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Gooz is getting groundballs, that's good.

[CubColtPacer]

Yuck..one of my pet peeves recently has people spelling the word lose as loose. You see it all the time on message boards, but it was just on the WGN graphic. It said "The Dodgers have blown four 5 plus run leads to loose." It is just absolutely rampant recently.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ugh. Good pitch, but Kent makes it 1-0 Dodgers.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Gooz: 1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 K, 22 pitches.

[CubColtPacer]

Well, a couple of decently hard hit fly balls that inning, but the Cubs go down 1-2-3. It's 1-0 Dodgers after 1-it really looked like Guz settled down in the last part of the 1st, so hoepfully he can continue that.

 

BTW Raisin, just for your pitching line, Guz had 2 BB's and 1 H given up in the first-you have it the other way around.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What the heck was Anderson doing there?

 

BTW Raisin, just for your pitching line, Guz had 2 BB's and 1 H given up in the first-you have it the other way around.

 

Actually, we're both wrong. He had 2 hits (Furcal, Kent) and 2 BBs.

 

Gooz: 2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 K, 36 pitches.

Edited September 14, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[Butterscup1679666578]

Awww, Eyre held a sign up to the camera:

 

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we miss you

"the pen"