4/25 Brewers (Sheets) @ Cubs (Lilly) 1:20 PM WGN/WGN720

[Garwilly]

I prefer winning to losing.

[Garwilly]

By the way...

 

Colorado        8 13
Chicago Cubs    7 13
Kansas City    6 14
Washington     6 14

[C.C.]

By the way...

 

Colorado        8 13
Chicago Cubs    7 13
Kansas City    6 14
Washington     6 14

 

Looks like last year.

[baseball7897]

By the way...

 

Colorado        8 13
Chicago Cubs    7 13
Kansas City    6 14
Washington     6 14

 

That is pretty pathetic.

[moorecg]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

[Chris]

we'll win

 

BOOK IT

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Valdosta, GA !! (see Vance, I'm moving again)

 

Worthless stats for Wednesday.........

 

CUBS are 1-1 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 2-3 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 5-11 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 0-1 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 6-6 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 1-6 in games that end a series

CUBS are 0-1 in games that close out a home stand

CUBS are 3-10 in day games

CUBS are 3-9 at home

CUBS are 6-12 against right handers

CUBS are 3-5 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 7-4 when they get a quality start.... 0-9 when they don't

CUBS are 2-6 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 7-6 when they score first in the game.... 0-7 when they don't

CUBS are 3-6 when they score in the first inning.... 4-7 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 57 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 713 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 130 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 470 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1134 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 89 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 138 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 81 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.40 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.73 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 18.5% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.351 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.3% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

 

 

CUBS are 1-3 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 4 of 4 in quality starts

Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.37.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.57

CUBS score 4.40 R/G overall.... 2.00 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 0.80 HR/G overall.... 0.00 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

04/02 - 04/24      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      128    8   26    3    0    0   29    7   14   30  0.203  0.282  0.227  0.508
CUBS overall      714   88  189   44    3   16  287   83   58  140  0.265  0.321  0.402  0.723

 

Lilly's starts this year (1-2)

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/04  vs. Cincy       7.0    3    1    1    1    9    0   101  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.57  1.29
04/09  vs. Houst       6.0    6    3    3    1    5    0    90  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    2    1    1    1   10    0   101  1.50 15.00  0.00  0.50  1.50
04/20  vs. St. L       7.0    4    2    2    2    6    1   100  2.57  7.71  1.29  0.86  2.57

Home                  19.0   12    6    6    4   21    1   291  1.89  9.95  0.47  0.84  2.84
Road                   7.0    3    1    1    1    9    0   101  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.57  1.29

Day                   19.0   12    6    6    4   21    1   291  1.89  9.95  0.47  0.84  2.84
Nite                   7.0    3    1    1    1    9    0   101  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.57  1.29

season totals         26.0   15    7    7    5   30    1   392  1.73 10.38  0.35  0.77  2.42

 

CUBS bullpen load during the last week.......

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             23 Apr     22 Apr     21 Apr     20 Apr     19 Apr     18 Apr     17 Apr
             vs Milw    vs St. L   vs St. L   vs St. L   @ Atla     @ Atla     vs S.D. 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                               0.7  23               0.3   7               1.3  18       2.3  48
Dempster                 2.0  18    1.0  18                          1.0   9                  4.0  45
Eyre          1.0  23    0.7  19    0.3   8                                     0.7  28       2.7  78
Guzman                                                                                               
Howry                    1.3  13    1.7  40               0.7  13                             3.7  66
Ohman                    0.7  10               2.0  27                                        2.7  37
Wuertz                   1.0  11    1.7  15               1.0  18                             3.7  44
Cherry        1.3  19    1.0  13                                                              2.3  32


Totals        2.3  42    6.7  84    5.3 104    2.0  27    2.0  38    1.0   9    2.0  46      21.3 350

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee this year (2-1).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
 4  Fri 04/06  @ Milwaukee     N   9- 3  Hill            Bush          
 5  Sat 04/07  @ Milwaukee         6- 3  Zambrano        Sheets        
 6  Sun 04/08  @ Milwaukee         4- 9  Miller          Capuano       
19  Mon 04/23    Milwaukee     N   4- 5  Zambrano        Vargas        
20  Tue 04/24    Milwaukee     N   1- 4  Hill            Suppan        
21  Wed 04/25    Milwaukee          -    Lilly           Sheets        
56  Mon 06/04  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Lilly           Suppan        
57  Tue 06/05  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Marquis         Bush          
58  Wed 06/06  @ Milwaukee          -    Miller          Vargas        
78  Fri 06/29    Milwaukee          -    Miller          Vargas        
79  Sat 06/30    Milwaukee          -    Zambrano        Sheets        
80  Sun 07/01    Milwaukee          -    Hill            Capuano       
132  Tue 08/28    Milwaukee     N    -    Marquis         Suppan        
133  Wed 08/29    Milwaukee     N    -    Miller          Bush          
134  Thu 08/30    Milwaukee     N    -    Zambrano        Vargas      

 

CUBS hitters vs. Milwaukee this year.....

 

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                23    3   12    5    0    0   17    5    0    3  0.522  0.542  0.739  1.281
Ward                2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.250
Ramirez            19    3    6    0    0    2   12    5    3    5  0.316  0.391  0.632  1.023
Floyd               7    2    2    2    0    0    4    2    2    4  0.286  0.444  0.571  1.016
Pie                 7    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    0  0.429  0.429  0.571  1.000
Cedeno              6    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.667  0.833
Barrett            14    1    5    1    0    0    6    3    1    2  0.357  0.400  0.429  0.829
DeRosa             20    2    4    2    1    1   11    4    2    9  0.200  0.273  0.550  0.823
DeRosa             20    2    4    2    1    1   11    4    2    9  0.200  0.273  0.550  0.823
Soriano            25    4    6    4    0    0   10    0    0    5  0.240  0.240  0.400  0.640
Izturis            14    1    3    2    0    0    5    0    1    1  0.214  0.267  0.357  0.624
Murton              7    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571
Jones              18    3    4    0    0    0    4    0    1    1  0.222  0.300  0.222  0.522
Blanco              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.167  0.143  0.167  0.310
Theriot             6    2    0    0    0    0    0    1    2    0  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250

totals vs. Milw   186   24   51   17    1    4   82   23   14   38  0.274  0.328  0.441  0.769

season totals     715   88  189   44    3   16  287   83   58  140  0.264  0.321  0.401  0.723

 

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

 

vs. Milw             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    21  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Dempster            3.0    0    0    0    1    2    0    30  3.00  6.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
Wuertz              2.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    27  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Ohman               1.7    0    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.00  0.00
Howry               2.3    0    0    0    0    1    0    26  0.00  3.86  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hill               13.7    7    5    5    3   11    3   186  1.98  7.24  1.98  0.73  3.29
Zambrano           12.3   10    5    5    5   13    3   212  3.65  9.49  2.19  1.22  3.65
Cherry              2.3    3    1    1    0    1    1    32  0.00  3.86  3.86  1.29  3.86
Guzman              2.0    4    2    2    0    2    0    33  0.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Miller              4.0    9    6    6    2    0    2    71  4.50  0.00  4.50  2.75 13.50
Eyre                2.7    8    5    5    3    4    1    70 10.13 13.50  3.38  4.13 16.88

totals vs. <ilw    47.0   42   24   24   14   39   10   726  2.68  7.47  1.91  1.19  4.60

season totals     185.0  157   81   79   77  160   22  2957  3.75  7.78  1.07  1.26  3.84

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games......

 

04/15 - 04/24      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Barrett            31    5   10    1    0    4   23   10    1    6  0.323  0.324  0.742  1.065
Ward                5    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    4    1  0.200  0.556  0.400  0.956
Ramirez            34    5    9    1    1    3   21    9    3    6  0.265  0.316  0.618  0.933
Lee                38    8   13    4    0    0   17    5    8    8  0.342  0.468  0.447  0.915
DeRosa             32    3    8    4    0    2   18    7    4    8  0.250  0.333  0.563  0.896
Soriano            17    3    6    3    0    0    9    0    0    4  0.353  0.353  0.529  0.882
Theriot            34    5   12    2    0    0   14    0    0    3  0.353  0.353  0.412  0.765
Murton             21    3    6    1    0    0    7    2    2    2  0.286  0.348  0.333  0.681
Blanco              9    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    1  0.222  0.300  0.333  0.633
Jones              36    0   10    1    0    0   11    3    2    6  0.278  0.316  0.306  0.621
Pie                29    3    6    2    1    0   10    1    1    6  0.207  0.233  0.345  0.578
Cedeno             17    1    2    1    0    1    6    2    1    6  0.118  0.167  0.353  0.520
Floyd              24    3    4    0    0    1    7    4    1    6  0.167  0.200  0.292  0.492
Floyd              24    3    4    0    0    1    7    4    1    6  0.167  0.200  0.292  0.492
Floyd              24    3    4    0    0    1    7    4    1    6  0.167  0.200  0.292  0.492
Izturis            18    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.111  0.200  0.111  0.311

Last 10 games     369   45   95   24    2   11  156   43   30   74  0.257  0.313  0.423  0.735

season totals     715   88  189   44    3   16  287   83   58  140  0.264  0.321  0.401  0.723

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games......

 

04/15 - 04/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               4.0    2    0    0    4    2    0    74  9.00  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Wuertz              7.7    4    0    0    2    7    0   101  2.35  8.22  0.00  0.78  0.00
Guzman              2.0    1    0    0    0    4    0    24  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Marquis            13.0   10    1    1    4   10    0   216  2.77  6.92  0.00  1.08  0.69
Lilly              13.0    6    3    3    3   16    1   201  2.08 11.08  0.69  0.69  2.08
Hill               14.7   10    4    4    6   12    2   219  3.68  7.36  1.23  1.09  2.45
Howry               5.7    6    2    2    3    1    0    87  4.76  1.59  0.00  1.59  3.18
Dempster            7.0    3    3    3    2    5    1    86  2.57  6.43  1.29  0.71  3.86
Cherry              2.3    3    1    1    0    1    1    32  0.00  3.86  3.86  1.29  3.86
Zambrano           11.3   13    7    7    8   13    3   216  6.35 10.32  2.38  1.85  5.56
Ohman               4.7    5    4    4    1    3    1    73  1.93  5.79  1.93  1.29  7.71
Miller              9.7   15   10   10    4    6    3   195  3.72  5.59  2.79  1.97  9.31
Eyre                3.0    9    5    5    4    5    1    80 12.00 15.00  3.00  4.33 15.00

Last 10 games      98.0   87   40   40   41   85   13  1604  3.77  7.81  1.19  1.31  3.67

season totals     185.0  157   81   79   77  160   22  2957  3.75  7.78  1.07  1.26  3.84

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

 

04/02 - 04/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Lee                 13   27  0.325
Barrett             11   28  0.282
DeRosa              10   28  0.263
Ramirez             10   30  0.250
Theriot              4   14  0.222
Floyd                5   24  0.172
Blanco               1    5  0.167
Murton               2   15  0.118
Pie                  1    8  0.111
Jones                3   28  0.097
Cedeno               2   21  0.087
Izturis              2   26  0.071
Soriano              1   14  0.067
Ward                 0    7  0.000

CUBS                67  295  0.185

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[moorecg]

CUBS are 7-6 when they score first in the game.... 0-7 when they don't

 

 

Wow. I guess that makes watching the games much easier...Brewers score first, turn the game off...its over.

[Chocolate Milk]

Cubs 9 Brewers 2

[C.C.]

I predict! We lose the game on someone slipping and falling in a crucial play.

 

On the Postive side...The game could be rained out.

[windycityfan]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

 

I'm starting to lose my patience on Lou. It's unforgivable the fact that Theriot has sat two games while he keeps troting out Izturis and Jones consistently.

 

We need a spark and Riot is the man for that. If it can come in the form of replacing Izturis, I'd hang on to the littlest hope I have left in me.

 

And for the love of Jesus Christ, Murton better be in today in place of anyone else he's been 'stuck' behind.

[C.C.]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

 

I'm starting to lose my patience on Lou. It's unforgivable the fact that Theriot has sat two games while he keeps troting out Izturis and Jones consistently.

 

We need a spark and Riot is the man for that. If it can come in the form of replacing Izturis, I'd hang on to the littlest hope I have left in me.

 

And for the love of Jesus Christ, Murton better be in today in place of anyone else he's been 'stuck' behind.

 

Theriot should be playing everyday until he proves otherwise.

[CubColtPacer]

Lou said that yesterday's lineup would be the one he would stick with for a few days-I think you'll be disappointed.

[moorecg]

Lou said that yesterday's lineup would be the one he would stick with for a few days-I think you'll be disappointed.

 

I'll give them credit...yesterday they did get an awful lot of hits...its hard to get that many hits and have so little to show for it.

[CubinNY]

Lou said that yesterday's lineup would be the one he would stick with for a few days-I think you'll be disappointed.

 

I'll give them credit...yesterday they did get an awful lot of hits...its hard to get that many hits and have so little to show for it.

Not really. They only had two walks.

 

This team's problem is walks, they walk too many and don't walk enough.

[Chocolate Milk]

Soriano hits a tater today.

[98navigator]

Theriot SS and leadoff. Soriano is off today probably because of the slippery OF.

[98navigator]

Soriano hits a tater today.

 

Maybe as a PH. ;)

[Andy]

By the way...

 

Colorado        8 13
Chicago Cubs    7 13
Kansas City    6 14
Washington     6 14

What was the name of the standings we posted last year in the race for the #1 pick?

[CubColtPacer]

Theriot SS and leadoff. Soriano is off today probably because of the slippery OF.

 

There you go everybody. Even if Lou does not plan this as a regular move, this was a great day to try it. Day game after a night game, and one pitcher that is one of the worst in the league for Izturis to hit. So you sit him and try Theriot and see how he does there. Before last night's lineups were announced when everyone was clamoring for Theriot I was already thinking that with Izturis's numbers against Sheets that this would be the day to do it.

[neely crenshaw]

Lou said that yesterday's lineup would be the one he would stick with for a few days-I think you'll be disappointed.

 

I'll give them credit...yesterday they did get an awful lot of hits...its hard to get that many hits and have so little to show for it.

Not really. They only had two walks.

 

This team's problem is walks, they walk too many and don't walk enough.

 

walks clog the bases....

[Flames24Rulz]

By the way...

 

Colorado        8 13
Chicago Cubs    7 13
Kansas City    6 14
Washington     6 14

What was the name of the standings we posted last year in the race for the #1 pick?

 

Fecal League Standings.

[VanceJergins]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

 

Dang you....I saw this and thought it was the actual line-up. For about 3 seconds I thought Lou finally did something good.

[moorecg]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

 

Dang you....I saw this and thought it was the actual line-up. For about 3 seconds I thought Lou finally did something good.

 

hey....if the post above is true and Theriot is playing at SS I think we're moving in the right direction...

[windycityfan]

Any word on today's pathetic excuse for a line up?

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Barrett C

Murton RF

Pie CF

DeRosa 2B

Lilly

 

(odds of this happening...100-1)

 

Dang you....I saw this and thought it was the actual line-up. For about 3 seconds I thought Lou finally did something good.

 

hey....if the post above is true and Theriot is playing at SS I think we're moving in the right direction...

 

How did this take a life of its own? The above lineup is NOT the official lineup. Is it?