5/18 Sox (Buehrle) v Cubs (Lilly) 1:20CT WGN & WGN Radio

[Omar]

yeah, figure me in for a year of premium if we sweep the sox

 

$210.

[Derwood]

I already have Premium, so I promise nothing

[Guest]

I already have Premium, so I promise nothing

 

Same here. I really, really hope we sweep the Sox (if for nothing more than to see who is bluffing here).

[CubinNY]

We are 3 below .500. If Cubs can get back to .500 in this series, I will donate $10 to NSBB for 2 months of Premium. If anyone wants to pitch in, go right ahead.

 

If the Cubs sweep, I'll donate $10 for someone to have premium for two months, but the person then has to pony up the dough for the next 10 months.

[cubs121]

i wont even bather watching.... same as last year.. instead this time its not Greg Maddux vs. Mark Beurhle .... didnt we get clobbered on our way to getting shutout by Buerhle(or however you spell his name). If i can remember correct, the past 3 years in our first game of the season against the Sox weve gotten rocked by them.

[Omar]

We are 3 below .500. If Cubs can get back to .500 in this series, I will donate $10 to NSBB for 2 months of Premium. If anyone wants to pitch in, go right ahead.

 

If the Cubs sweep, I'll donate $10 for someone to have premium for two months, but the person then has to pony up the dough for the next 10 months.

 

Uhh... $270.

[Omar]

I already have Premium, so I promise nothing

 

Same here. I really, really hope we sweep the Sox (if for nothing more than to see who is bluffing here).

 

I think people are up to it. They really want to see this team do well...

[Andy]

Great time to sit Erstad.

You could say this for all 162 White Sox games.

 

If we're going to have a jokingly bad season, let's at least beat these guys please.

[Flames24Rulz]

We lose.

[Guest]

We lose.

 

?ESOL EW

[Keyris]

I will be seeing my first and probably last live game of the season. Please don't suck :evil:

[seanimal]

We lose.

 

Most definitely.

[Brian]

Bulls just killed my interest in sports. I'm beginning to doubt the Cubs will get me excited any time soon, looks like it's up to the Bears.

[Balsa]

Win you bums.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

dear ted lilly,

 

pitch a complete game.

 

 

that is all

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Mount Vernon, MO !!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Friday...........

 

CUBS are 3-3 on Fridays

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Chicago (AL)

CUBS are 0-0 vs. the AL

CUBS are 1-3 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 11-9 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 4-10 in games that start a series

CUBS are 1-2 in games that open a home stand

CUBS are 11-12 in day games

CUBS are 8-11 at home

CUBS are 2-6 against lefties

CUBS are 15-6 when they get a quality start.... 3-15 when they don't

CUBS are 6-11 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 12-10 when they don't

CUBS are 15-10 when they score first in the game.... 3-11 when they don't

CUBS are 8-8 when they score in the first inning.... 10-13 when they don't

CUBS are 8-7 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 16-9 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-12 when they don't

CUBS are 15-3 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 3-18 when they don't

CUBS are 16-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-8 when they get outhit.... and 0-7 when the hits are even

CUBS are 16-15 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-6 when they do

CUBS are 2-9 in one run games.... 4-4 in two run games

CUBS are 7-7 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 14-12 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 4-9 when they don't

CUBS are 3-8 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 8-7 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 7-6 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are on a pace to win 75 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 760 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 145 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 507 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1055 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 83 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 120 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 91 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS have not been hit by a pitch in their last 9 games

CUBS have not caught a baserunner stealing in their last 14 games

CUBS have turned at least 1 DP in 10 of their last 13 games

 

CUBS are 4-4 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 7 of 8 in quality starts

Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.53.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.57

CUBS score 4.69 R/G overall.... 4.00 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 0.90 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

04/02 - 05/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      299   32   82   15    0    4  109   31   23   57  0.274  0.330  0.365  0.695
CUBS overall     1404  183  382   93    4   35  588  175  122  254  0.272  0.333  0.419  0.752

 

Lilly's starts this year (3-2)

 

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
04/25  vs. Milw        7.0    6    2    1    0    3    0   100  0.00  3.86  0.00  0.86  1.29
05/01  vs. Pitts       5.3    9    5    4    1    5    1    86  1.69  8.44  1.69  1.88  6.75
05/08  vs. Pitts       7.0    7    2    2    1    4    0   110  1.29  5.14  0.00  1.14  2.57
05/13  vs. Phila       8.0    3    1    1    1    6    0   108  1.13  6.75  0.00  0.50  1.13

Home                  33.0   25   10    9    5   28    1   501  1.36  7.64  0.27  0.91  2.45
Road                  20.3   15    7    6    3   20    1   295  1.33  8.85  0.44  0.89  2.66

Day                   34.0   21    9    8    5   30    1   499  1.32  7.94  0.26  0.76  2.12
Nite                  19.3   19    8    7    3   18    1   297  1.40  8.38  0.47  1.14  3.26

season totals         53.3   40   17   15    8   48    2   796  1.35  8.10  0.34  0.90  2.53

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             17 May     16 May     15 May     14 May     13 May     12 May     11 May
             @ NYMets   @ NYMets   @ NYMets   @ NYMets   @ Phila    @ Phila    @ Phila 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                    1.0  25               1.7  18                          2.0  35       4.7  78
Dempster      0.3  26                                     1.0  10                             1.3  36
Eyre          0.0   3               1.0  13                          0.7   3                  1.7  19
Howry                    1.0  22                                     1.3  36                  2.3  58
Ohman         1.7  23                          0.3   5               0.7  15                  2.7  43
Wuertz        1.3  14                          0.7  27                          1.0   6       3.0  47
Cherry                                         1.0  19                                        1.0  19


Totals        3.3  66    2.0  47    1.0  13    3.7  69    1.0  10    2.7  54    3.0  41      16.7 300

 

CUBS' season series vs. white sox this year (0-0).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
40  Fri 05/18    Chicago (AL)       -    Lilly           Beuhrle       
41  Sat 05/19    Chicago (AL)       -    Marquis         Vazquez       
42  Sun 05/20    Chicago (AL)       -    Zambrano        Danks         
71  Fri 06/22  @ Chicago (AL)       -    Marquis         Vazquez       
72  Sat 06/23  @ Chicago (AL)       -    Zambrano        Danks         
73  Sun 06/24  @ Chicago (AL)       -    Hill            Contreras     

 

CUBS' season series vs. white sox last year (2-4) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
41  Fri 05/19  @ Chicago (AL)      1- 6  Maddux        
42  Sat 05/20  @ Chicago (AL)      0- 7  Hill        
43  Sun 05/21  @ Chicago (AL)      7- 4  Zambrano      
79  Fri 06/30    Chicago (AL)      2- 6  Marshall      
80  Sat 07/01    Chicago (AL)      6- 8  Maddux        
81  Sun 07/02    Chicago (AL)     15-11  Zambrano      

 

CUBS hitters vs. white sox last year.....

 

vs. CWS            AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Pagan               6    2    3    0    0    2    9    3    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.500  2.000
Ramirez            23    4    9    1    1    3   21    9    1    2  0.391  0.423  0.913  1.336
Jones              17    2    7    1    0    2   14    5    0    4  0.412  0.412  0.824  1.235
Pierre             26    5   11    1    1    0   14    0    2    2  0.423  0.464  0.538  1.003
Lee                13    4    5    2    0    0    7    1    1    5  0.385  0.429  0.538  0.967
Barrett            22    4    6    0    1    1   11    2    0    2  0.273  0.273  0.500  0.773
Perez              13    2    3    1    0    1    7    4    0    1  0.231  0.231  0.538  0.769
Cedeno             24    1    8    0    0    0    8    1    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Murton             14    4    3    1    0    0    4    1    0    2  0.214  0.214  0.286  0.500
Walker             22    2    5    0    0    0    5    2    1    1  0.227  0.250  0.227  0.477
Nevin               8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Mabry               5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167
Hairston            9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.100  0.000  0.100
Blanco              6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. CWS    216   31   62    7    3   10  105   30    6   33  0.287  0.310  0.486  0.796

season totals    5586  715 1495  266   45  166 2349  667  394  926  0.268  0.319  0.421  0.739

 

CUBS pitchers vs. white sox last year......

 

vs. CWS              IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch               2.3    1    0    0    1    3    0    48  3.86 11.57  0.00  0.86  0.00
Ohman               0.7    0    0    0    1    0    0    11 13.50  0.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Howry               3.0    4    1    1    2    1    0    61  6.00  3.00  0.00  2.00  3.00
Novoa               4.7    4    2    2    1    6    1    77  1.93 11.57  1.93  1.07  3.86
Marshall            6.0    8    4    4    3    6    0   101  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.83  6.00
Eyre                2.7    3    2    2    0    5    2    46  0.00 16.88  6.75  1.13  6.75
Zambrano           13.0   11   11   11    6   15    5   225  4.15 10.38  3.46  1.31  7.62
Maddux             11.7   19   10   10    5    4    3   174  3.86  3.09  2.31  2.06  7.71
Dempster            3.0    3    3    3    1    2    1    46  3.00  6.00  3.00  1.33  9.00
Hill                4.0    5    7    7    5    2    2    87 11.25  4.50  4.50  2.50 15.75
Williamson          1.0    2    2    2    0    1    1    12  0.00  9.00  9.00  2.00 18.00

totals vs. CWS     52.0   60   42   42   25   45   15   888  4.33  7.79  2.60  1.63  7.27

season totals    1439.0 1402  838  766  691 1256  210 24704  4.32  7.86  1.31  1.45  4.79

 

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

 

05/02 - 05/17      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Pagan              17    6    7    1    0    2   14    3    0    4  0.412  0.412  0.824  1.235  0.455
Ward               17    2    6    2    0    0    8    3    3    2  0.353  0.450  0.471  0.921  0.400
Izturis            37    5   14    3    0    0   17    2    4    1  0.378  0.452  0.459  0.912  0.389
Lee                39    4   13    1    0    1   17    4    5    6  0.333  0.422  0.436  0.858  0.375
Floyd              20    1    7    0    0    0    7    4    3    5  0.350  0.458  0.350  0.808  0.467
Soriano            62   11   18    4    0    2   28    5    5   15  0.290  0.353  0.452  0.805  0.356
Ramirez            59    8   13    2    0    5   30   14    5   11  0.220  0.281  0.508  0.790  0.186
Theriot            52    7   15    4    0    0   19    6    8    8  0.288  0.383  0.365  0.749  0.341
Murton             34    3    9    2    0    1   14    4    3    3  0.265  0.324  0.412  0.736  0.267
Barrett            47    3   12    4    0    1   19    4    3    7  0.255  0.294  0.404  0.698  0.282
Jones              43    4    9    4    0    0   13    5    1    9  0.209  0.227  0.302  0.530  0.265
DeRosa             24    2    3    1    0    0    4    3    8    6  0.125  0.344  0.167  0.510  0.167
Pie                 6    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250
Blanco             13    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.154  0.154  0.154  0.308  0.167

last 14 games     502   63  135   29    0   12  200   61   50   89  0.269  0.339  0.398  0.738  0.307

season totals    1402  183  382   89    3   34  579  175  122  255  0.272  0.334  0.413  0.747  0.313

 

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

 

05/02 - 05/17        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Lilly              15.0   10    3    3    2   10    0   218  1.20  6.00  0.00  0.80  1.80
Marquis            22.0   12    5    5    3   11    2   303  1.23  4.50  0.82  0.68  2.05
Eyre                6.3    6    2    2    4    3    0    95  5.68  4.26  0.00  1.58  2.84
Cherry              5.3    5    2    2    3    6    0    89  5.06 10.13  0.00  1.50  3.38
Guzman             15.3   17    6    6    5   13    1   231  2.93  7.63  0.59  1.43  3.52
Wuertz              5.0    4    2    2    6    2    0    90 10.80  3.60  0.00  2.00  3.60
Zambrano           20.0   19   11    9    8   13    3   337  3.60  5.85  1.35  1.35  4.05
Ohman               4.0    3    2    2    1    8    0    74  2.25 18.00  0.00  1.00  4.50
Hill               17.0   17   10   10    8   17    3   292  4.24  9.00  1.59  1.47  5.29
Cotts               7.7    8    6    6    4    7    0   148  4.70  8.22  0.00  1.57  7.04
Howry               6.0    9    5    5    3    3    1   108  4.50  4.50  1.50  2.00  7.50
Dempster            5.3    7    6    6    4    4    0   105  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.06 10.13

last 14 games     129.0  117   60   58   51   97   10  2090  3.56  6.77  0.70  1.30  4.05

season totals     358.0  318  157  151  135  282   37  5724  3.39  7.09  0.93  1.27  3.80

 

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

 

04/02 - 05/17      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 3    8  0.273
Lee                 19   54  0.260
Theriot             13   37  0.260
Floyd               13   38  0.255
Ramirez             21   67  0.239
DeRosa              14   47  0.230
Barrett             16   60  0.211
Pagan                1    4  0.200
Murton               7   29  0.194
Blanco               2    9  0.182
Jones               12   59  0.169
Izturis              5   33  0.132
Pie                  3   21  0.125
Soriano              5   44  0.102
Cedeno               2   21  0.087
Fontenot             0    0  0.000

CUBS               141  581  0.195

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[C.C.]

We are 3 below .500. If Cubs can get back to .500 in this series, I will donate $10 to NSBB for 2 months of Premium. If anyone wants to pitch in, go right ahead.

 

If the Cubs sweep, I'll donate $10 for someone to have premium for two months, but the person then has to pony up the dough for the next 10 months.

 

10 bucks! Wow.

[C.C.]

The worst of it is my Father-in-law and my Wife's Step Dad are both die-hard Sox fans. Arhhh! It's going to be another long summer...

 

I'm skipping these games (or least try to) unless they win the first game...

[moorecg]

we lose 2 outta 3.

 

You actually think we'll win one?

[moorecg]

We are 3 below .500. If Cubs can get back to .500 in this series, I will donate $10 to NSBB for 2 months of Premium. If anyone wants to pitch in, go right ahead.

 

If the Cubs sweep, I'll donate $10 for someone to have premium for two months, but the person then has to pony up the dough for the next 10 months.

 

10 bucks! Wow.

 

I've got Premium, but if we sweep I'll pay for 6 months of Premium for someone else, if they agree to buy the rest of the year...

[C.C.]

we lose 2 outta 3.

 

You actually think we'll win one?

 

We'll win one. The Sunday game they got a Rook going.

[C.C.]

Hopefully Bruce will let us know if Dlee is going to play today or this series. We need him back in a big way...

[moorecg]

we lose 2 outta 3.

 

You actually think we'll win one?

 

We'll win one. The Sunday game they got a Rook going.

 

Yeah...that worked out well for us yesterday huh?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

don't suck [again]

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Mount Vernon, MO !!

 

!

 

On your way back north I hope. Don't you have tickets for the other games of the series?