09/26 Milwaukee (Villanueva) @ CUBS (Marshall) 7:05 , WCIUTV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/453646.jpg Villanueva (1-1) 3.35

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/445156.jpg Marshall (5-9) 5.64

Edited September 26, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

I've been fighting L.A. traffic all day today !! Right now, I've got L.A. in my rear view mirror, and that works for me !! Time to leave Barstow, and head out across the dessert for points east.

 

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday.....

 

CUBS are 9-14 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 6-8 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 40-42 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 3-15 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 38-54 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 20-30 in games that start a series

CUBS are 5-6 in games that open a home stand

CUBS are 32-45 at night

CUBS are 33-43 at home

CUBS are 2-5 when WCIU broadcasts the game

CUBS are 41-65 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

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

CUBS are on a pace to score 702 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 167 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 396 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 925 times this year..... compared to 920 last year

CUBS are on a pace to steal 120 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 137 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year

CUBS are on a pace to commit 102 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.33 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 19.4% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.365 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 14-26 in one run games.... 8-14 in two run games

CUBS have scored first in 8 of their last 9 games

 

CUBS are 11-12 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 8 of 23 in quality starts

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.83 ... pitching to Blanco it's 8.76

CUBS score 4.33 R/G overall.... 4.35 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 1.03 HR/G overall.... 0.96 HR/G when Marshall pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/03 - 09/25      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   826  100  239   37    7   22  356   93   61  131  0.289  0.340  0.431  0.771
CUBS overall     5393  680 1442  261   42  162 2273  642  384  896  0.267  0.319  0.421  0.740

 

Marshall's pitching lines (5-9).....

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/09  vs. St. L       4.3    4    4    4    1    2    1    65  2.08  4.15  2.08  1.15  8.31
04/14  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    4    4    1    2    1    79  1.80  3.60  1.80  1.20  7.20
04/19  vs. L.A.        5.0    2    2    2    3    4    1    86  5.40  7.20  1.80  1.00  3.60
04/25  vs. Flor        7.0    2    0    0    2    7    0    96  2.57  9.00  0.00  0.57  0.00
05/01  vs. Pitts       7.3    4    1    1    1    5    0    90  1.23  6.14  0.00  0.68  1.23
05/06  vs. S.D.        6.0    3    1    1    3    6    0    90  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
05/11  vs. S.F.        3.7    9    9    9    5    2    0    88 12.27  4.91  0.00  3.82 22.09
05/17  vs. Wash        6.0    1    0    0    4    6    0   100  6.00  9.00  0.00  0.83  0.00
05/22  vs. Flor        3.3    7    7    7    4    2    1    67 10.80  5.40  2.70  3.30 18.90
05/27  vs. Atla        6.0    7    2    2    2    2    0    93  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
06/02  vs. St. L       6.3    8    2    2    1    4    0    95  1.42  5.68  0.00  1.42  2.84
06/07  vs. Houst       7.0    4    1    1    3    5    1    84  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  1.29
06/13  vs. Houst       4.0    7    5    5    4    1    1    88  9.00  2.25  2.25  2.75 11.25
06/19  vs. Clev        5.0    7    4    4    2    2    3    91  3.60  3.60  5.40  1.80  7.20
06/25  vs. Minn        4.7    6    5    4    3    3    0    94  5.79  5.79  0.00  1.93  7.71
06/30  vs. CWS         6.0    8    4    4    3    6    0   101  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.83  6.00
07/05  vs. Houst       7.0    6    0    0    3    2    0   102  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  0.00
07/16  vs. Mets        5.3    7    7    5    1    4    3    88  1.69  6.75  5.06  1.50  8.44
07/22  vs. Wash        4.0    6    2    2    0    2    1    65  0.00  4.50  2.25  1.50  4.50
09/02  vs. S.F.        5.7    5    4    4    2    1    3    90  3.18  1.59  4.76  1.24  6.35
09/07  vs. Pitts       4.0    7    5    5    2    1    1    69  4.50  2.25  2.25  2.25 11.25
09/12  vs. L.A.        3.7    6    7    3    4    2    1    79  9.82  4.91  2.45  2.73  7.36
09/18  vs. Phila       3.3    5    6    6    2    3    1    60  5.40  8.10  2.70  2.10 16.20

Home                  59.3   58   39   33   26   37   10   959  3.94  5.61  1.52  1.42  5.01
Road                  60.3   68   43   42   30   37    9  1001  4.48  5.52  1.34  1.62  6.27

Day                   52.3   60   39   36   25   32    9   872  4.30  5.50  1.55  1.62  6.19
Nite                  67.3   66   43   39   31   42   10  1088  4.14  5.61  1.34  1.44  5.21

season totals        119.7  126   82   75   56   74   19  1960  4.21  5.57  1.43  1.52  5.64

 

CUBS bullpen usage during the last week

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues          Totals
             25 Sep     24 Sep     23 Sep     22 Sep     21 Sep     20 Sep     19 Sep
             at Cinci   at Cinci   at Cinci   at Cinci   no game   at Phila   at Phila
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 0.3  24    1.0  26                                                   1.3  50
Eyre          1.3  24    0.0  11    0.7  11                                     0.3  11       2.3  57
Howry                    1.0  16    0.3   1                                                   1.3  17
Ohman         0.0   5    0.3   5                                     0.3  11    1.0  14       1.7  35
Novoa         1.0  10                                                1.0  19    0.3  12       2.3  41
Wuertz        0.0   5    1.7  22                                     1.0   7                  2.7  34
Aardsma       0.7  21                                                           1.7  30       2.3  51
Guzman                                                               1.0  20                  1.0  20
Walrond                                                                                              
Marmol                                                                                               
Ryu                                                                  1.7  41                  1.7  41

Totals        3.0  65    3.3  78    2.0  38                          5.0  98    3.3  67      16.7 346

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee (6-8) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
21  Fri 04/28    Milwaukee         6- 2  Maddux        
22  Sat 04/29    Milwaukee         2-16  Rusch        
23  Sun 04/30    Milwaukee         0- 9  Zambrano      
75  Mon 06/26    Milwaukee     N   0- 6  Maddux        
76  Tue 06/27    Milwaukee     N   5- 8  Zambrano      
77  Wed 06/28    Milwaukee         6- 3  Marmol        
78  Thu 06/29    Milwaukee         4- 5  Prior        
85  Thu 07/06  @ Milwaukee     N   0- 2  Maddux        
86  Fri 07/07  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Zambrano      
87  Sat 07/08  @ Milwaukee     N   3- 1  Marmol        
88  Sun 07/09  @ Milwaukee        11- 4  Rusch        
112  Tue 08/08  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 3  Marmol        
113  Wed 08/09  @ Milwaukee     N   3- 6  Zambrano      
114  Thu 08/10  @ Milwaukee         6- 8  Prior        
158  Tue 09/26    Milwaukee     N    -    Walrond       
159  Wed 09/27    Milwaukee     N    -    Hill        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year.....

 

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Bynum               3    0    2    0    1    0    4    1    0    1  0.667  0.667  1.333  2.000
Theriot             4    2    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    1  0.750  0.750  0.750  1.500
Walker             30    3   13    3    0    1   19    3    5    5  0.433  0.514  0.633  1.148
Restovich           5    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    0  0.400  0.500  0.600  1.100
Ramirez            49    8   15    3    0    4   30    9    7    9  0.306  0.407  0.612  1.019
Barrett            24    6    9    3    0    0   12    2    4    0  0.375  0.483  0.500  0.983
Jones              50    7   16    6    0    2   28    9    3   11  0.320  0.358  0.560  0.918
Pierre             59    9   20    4    0    1   27    2    1    4  0.339  0.361  0.458  0.818
Murton             31    7   10    1    1    0   13    4    4    3  0.323  0.389  0.419  0.808
Mabry              13    1    2    1    0    1    6    4    1    2  0.154  0.214  0.462  0.676
Izturis             8    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650
Blanco             27    3    5    1    1    1   11    3    2    5  0.185  0.241  0.407  0.649
Pagan              12    3    2    0    0    1    5    0    1    1  0.167  0.231  0.417  0.647
Perez              23    1    5    1    0    0    6    0    3    4  0.217  0.308  0.261  0.569
Lee                30    3    4    1    0    1    8    2    3   11  0.133  0.212  0.267  0.479
Cedeno             48    4    7    1    0    1   11    4    1    8  0.146  0.176  0.229  0.406
Nevin              26    0    3    0    0    0    3    1    5   11  0.115  0.258  0.115  0.373
Hairston            7    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286

totals vs. Milw   476   59  125   27    3   14  200   47   44   88  0.263  0.330  0.420  0.750

season totals    5358  675 1435  254   40  162 2255  629  380  885  0.268  0.319  0.421  0.740

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Milwaukee this year......

 

vs. Milw             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Williamson          6.7    6    0    0    0    8    0    89  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.90  0.00
Wuertz              0.7    1    0    0    1    1    0    17 13.50 13.50  0.00  3.00  0.00
Mateo               2.0    2    2    0    2    1    0    30  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Dempster            6.3    4    5    1    3   11    1   117  4.26 15.63  1.42  1.11  1.42
Howry               7.3    2    2    2    4   11    1   121  4.91 13.50  1.23  0.82  2.45
Marmol             17.7   10    5    5   11   15    2   298  5.60  7.64  1.02  1.19  2.55
Eyre                6.0    6    2    2    5   11    1   135  7.50 16.50  1.50  1.83  3.00
Maddux             19.0   21    9    9    2   16    3   256  0.95  7.58  1.42  1.21  4.26
Aardsma             5.7    6    3    3    3    6    2   110  4.76  9.53  3.18  1.59  4.76
Ohman               6.7    6    4    4    3    6    1   102  4.05  8.10  1.35  1.35  5.40
Ohman               6.7    6    4    4    3    6    1   102  4.05  8.10  1.35  1.35  5.40
Zambrano           22.7   24   18   16   14   23    3   444  5.56  9.13  1.19  1.68  6.35
Novoa               6.0    5    5    5    3    4    1    98  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.33  7.50
Prior               8.7   12   11   10    8   10    1   159  8.31 10.38  1.04  2.31 10.38
Rusch               7.7   10    9    9    5    5    5   165  5.87  5.87  5.87  1.96 10.57

totals vs. Milw   123.0  115   75   66   64  128   21  2141  4.68  9.37  1.54  1.46  4.83


season totals    1389.0 1360  809  740  664 1201  201 23772  4.30  7.78  1.30  1.46  4.79

 

 

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

 

09/11 - 09/25      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Ramirez            53   11   20    4    0    5   39   20    4    3  0.377  0.421  0.736  1.157
Theriot            36   11   13    1    0    2   20    3    5    4  0.361  0.452  0.556  1.008
Coats              10    2    3    1    0    1    7    1    0    2  0.300  0.300  0.700  1.000
Lee                14    3    4    0    0    2   10    6    0    3  0.286  0.267  0.714  0.981
Jones              35    6    9    0    1    3   20    7    5   12  0.257  0.381  0.571  0.952
Murton             46    7   13    3    0    2   22    5    5    8  0.283  0.365  0.478  0.844
Bynum              18    4    5    1    1    0    8    1    3    6  0.278  0.381  0.444  0.825
Moore              20    2    5    1    0    1    9    2    1    5  0.250  0.286  0.450  0.736
Blanco             53    3   14    4    0    1   21    5    3   11  0.264  0.304  0.396  0.700
Soto               14    0    4    1    0    0    5    1    0    1  0.286  0.333  0.357  0.690
Pierre             63   10   18    2    1    1   25    3    0    3  0.286  0.286  0.397  0.683
Cedeno             42    5   10    2    1    1   17    3    1   13  0.238  0.256  0.405  0.661
Pagan              25    2    4    0    1    0    6    3    3    4  0.160  0.250  0.240  0.490
Izturis            13    0    3    0    0    0    3    1    0    2  0.231  0.231  0.231  0.462
Mabry              14    0    2    0    0    0    2    4    1    5  0.143  0.188  0.143  0.330
Reyes               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

14 game totals    485   70  131   20    5   21  224   67   31   95  0.270  0.319  0.462  0.781

season totals    5392  679 1440  256   41  162 2264  632  383  894  0.267  0.318  0.420  0.738

 

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

 

09/11 - 09/25        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              6.3    1    0    0    2    4    0    77  2.84  5.68  0.00  0.47  0.00
Howry               5.0    5    0    0    0    5    0    77  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Mateo               8.0    3    1    1    6    7    0   130  6.75  7.88  0.00  1.13  1.13
Miller             14.7    8    4    3   10   13    1   259  6.14  7.98  0.61  1.23  1.84
Novoa               4.7    2    2    1    1    4    1    57  1.93  7.71  1.93  0.64  1.93
Walrond             8.0    5    2    2    5   12    0   136  5.63 13.50  0.00  1.25  2.25
Hill               19.7   12    6    5    5   26    3   337  2.29 11.90  1.37  0.86  2.29
Zambrano           14.0   10    4    4    7   13    1   218  4.50  8.36  0.64  1.21  2.57
Ryu                 5.0    4    2    2    2    7    1    93  3.60 12.60  1.80  1.20  3.60
Ohman               4.7    4    2    2    4    8    0    90  7.71 15.43  0.00  1.71  3.86
Aardsma             5.3    2    3    3    5    5    1   101  8.44  8.44  1.69  1.31  5.06
Eyre                6.3    8    4    4    3   10    1   125  4.26 14.21  1.42  1.74  5.68
Dempster            5.3    9    6    5    1    6    0   119  1.69 10.13  0.00  1.88  8.44
Guzman              5.0    9    5    5    5    1    1   101  9.00  1.80  1.80  2.80  9.00
Marshall            7.0   11   13    9    6    5    2   139  7.71  6.43  2.57  2.43 11.57
Marmol              1.3    5    7    7    3    1    2    36 20.25  6.75 13.50  6.00 47.25

14 game totals    120.3   98   61   53   65  127   14  2095  4.86  9.50  1.05  1.35  3.96

season totals    1389.0 1360  809  740  664 1201  201 23772  4.30  7.78  1.30  1.46  4.79

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 09/25      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Theriot             10   28  0.263
Ramirez             74  221  0.251
Walker              34  105  0.245
Walker              34  105  0.245
Lee                 22   78  0.220
Murton              45  163  0.216
Perez               22   83  0.210
Barrett             38  145  0.208
Jones               51  195  0.207
Blanco              25   97  0.205
Izturis              6   26  0.188
Nevin               18   79  0.186
Moore                2    9  0.182
Mabry               18   82  0.180
Pagan               12   61  0.164
Pierre              32  169  0.159
Soto                 2   12  0.143
Cedeno              33  214  0.134
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Bynum                6   41  0.128
Womack               1   14  0.067
Coats                0    6  0.000
Reyes                0    0  0.000

CUBS               470 1988  0.191

 

Go CUBS !!

Edited September 26, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[soccer10k]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/453646.jpg Villanueva (1-1) 3.35

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/445156.jpg Hill (5-9) 5.64

 

Marshall is starting this game.

[Fred Hornkohl]

[

 

Marshall is starting this game.

 

yeah, yeah... I fixed it.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Over/Under 23,000 in attendance tonight?

[macuser2]

I'll take the under. :D

[soccer10k]

Over/Under 23,000 in attendance tonight?

 

Definitely under.

[UMFan83]

Look on Craigslist, you can get good tickets for this last homestand for as low as $5

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Look on Craigslist, you can get good tickets for this last homestand for as low as $5

 

Holy Crap!

 

AS bad as this team has been, if I were in the local area, I'd have to take someone up on those.

[A New Era]

Marshall's exit. 3 full innings/ over under?

 

I take under. .

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Seriously, when the hell is the season over?

[C.C.]

Look on Craigslist, you can get good tickets for this last homestand for as low as $5

 

And that is still $5 too much!

[A New Era]

Look on Craigslist, you can get good tickets for this last homestand for as low as $5

 

And that is still $5 too much!

 

If I bought it. I'd ask the gas station for a refund on my gas, a refund for parking, and I'd sue the Cubs $1,000,000 for wasting a day of my life and giving me serious trauma.

[E.J.]

Milwaukee

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

B. Clark cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

T. Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295

P. Fielder 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

B. Hall ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264

C. Hart rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282

K. Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

D. Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

M. Rivera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

C. Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Pierre cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291

R. Theriot 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325

J. Jones rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284

M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294

J. Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206

H. Blanco c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

S. Moore 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

R. Cedeno ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244

S. Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[Sammy Sofa]

They should be starting Ryu over Marshall at this point. Marshall's reached his breaking point in terms of IP.

[Drew Doughty]

Worst lineup of the year?

[Sammy Sofa]

Worst lineup of the year?

 

No Bynum or Neifi, so not quite. But pretty damn close.

[Drew Doughty]

Worst lineup of the year?

 

No Bynum or Neifi, so not quite. But pretty damn close.

 

No A-Ram, Lee, or Barrett either. And since Zambrano isn't pitching or hitting, this has to contend.

[CubColtPacer]

Worst lineup of the year?

 

No Bynum or Neifi, so not quite. But pretty damn close.

 

No A-Ram, Lee, or Barrett either. And since Zambrano isn't pitching or hitting, this has to contend.

 

I would agree that this is definitely the worst lineup of the year. Moore, Cedeno, Theriot, and Mabry is our worst infield combination of the year (Theriot is the best of the bunch by far, especially right now, but if Ramirez or Lee were in there with Neifi instead of Theriot the infield would still be better), and when you add Blanco at C instead of Barrett, it makes it the worst lineup. Of course you know that means we'll probably score a few runs.

[VanceJergins]

Does HBP count towards OBP?

[VanceJergins]

Worst lineup of the year?

 

No Bynum or Neifi, so not quite. But pretty damn close.

 

No A-Ram, Lee, or Barrett either. And since Zambrano isn't pitching or hitting, this has to contend.

 

I would agree that this is definitely the worst lineup of the year. Moore, Cedeno, Theriot, and Mabry is our worst infield combination of the year (Theriot is the best of the bunch by far, especially right now, but if Ramirez or Lee were in there with Neifi instead of Theriot the infield would still be better), and when you add Blanco at C instead of Barrett, it makes it the worst lineup. Of course you know that means we'll probably score a few runs.

 

Its pretty bad, but take comfort in the fact that it could be worse. He could have gone all out and started Bynum over Theriot and Pagan over Murton.

[CubColtPacer]

Does HBP count towards OBP?

 

Yes, it does.

[VanceJergins]

Does HBP count towards OBP?

 

Yes, it does.

 

Thanks. This year has boiled down to me watching Murton's stats, hoping they end up being too good to let him go. I'd be extremely disappointed if he was traded.

[Laura]

Very nice play by Scott Moore at 3B.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Padres just took the lead 6-5 in the bottom of the 7th against the Cardinals. Apparently, LaRussa is going to let Chris Carpenter die on the vine.

 

Houston already won, so if this holds up, the Cardinal lead will fall to 1½ games. Phillies also lost. Dodgers are winning 6-1 in the top of the6th against Colorado.

Edited September 27, 2006 by ToupeeOnFire