6/15 Padres (Wells) v. CUBS (Lilly) WGN 1:20 CST

[ctcf]

The Padres own us. We lose 2 out of 3.

[ctcf]

i hope Lou sends out Felix today.

 

I think he can light Wells up. He is all kinds of exciting to watch. He reminds me of another Cub OF of the past (whose name we do not mention b/c of the pain involved) with the speed and the lefty swing.

 

Cant wait to see how it all turns out with Felix. Been a long time (probably since BobbyD and Ryno) that its actually fun watching the first 2 guys bat in our lineup.

 

Go Cubbies

 

Me too. The kid really has me sold.

[C.C.]

Just win baby! Keep the ball rolling...

 

We lose 2/3.

[Derwood]

better go up there hacking, as Wells gives up, what, 6 walks a year?

[gflore34]

Wells' has been hit pretty hard away from PETCO Park -

2-3, 7.31 ERA, .367 BAA on the road, along with 1-1, 6.89 ERA, .323 during the day - basically, the Cubs should be able to put up some crooked numbers today.

[Derwood]

Wells' has been hit pretty hard away from PETCO Park -

2-3, 7.31 ERA, .367 BAA on the road, along with 1-1, 6.89 ERA, .323 during the day - basically, the Cubs should be able to put up some crooked numbers today.

 

isn't that what we said about Weaver yesterday?

[Sammy Sofa]

I predict that Lilly will continue his downward slide.

[gflore34]

Wells' has been hit pretty hard away from PETCO Park -

2-3, 7.31 ERA, .367 BAA on the road, along with 1-1, 6.89 ERA, .323 during the day - basically, the Cubs should be able to put up some crooked numbers today.

 

isn't that what we said about Weaver yesterday?

 

3 is a crooked number, of course, they followed with a lot of 0's - too bad each 0 didn't add another decimal place - in that case, it would have been a very large crooked number.

[CubColtPacer]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

[gflore34]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

I guess that's a kinder way of saying he can't hit, run the bases or throw the ball very well.

[C.C.]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

I guess that's a kinder way of saying he can't hit, run the bases or throw the ball very well.

 

Barrett is a mess! He's the one guy that I thought was going to have a big year for us.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Sioux City, IA.... childhood home of Ann Landers & Dear Abby

 

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

 

CUBS are 5-5 on Fridays

CUBS are 2-3 vs. San Diego

CUBS are 3-5 vs. the NLW Division

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

CUBS are 12-17 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 8-15 in games that start a series

CUBS are 17-17 in day games

CUBS are 14-18 at home

CUBS are 5-11 against lefties

CUBS are 13-14 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 24-11 when they get a quality start.... 6-24 when they don't

CUBS are 12-19 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 18-16 when they don't

CUBS are 24-17 when they score first in the game.... 6-18 when they don't

CUBS are 14-13 when they score in the first inning.... 16-22 when they don't

CUBS are 28-22 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-13 when they do

CUBS are 24-16 when they score at least 4 runs.... 6-19 when they don't

CUBS are 25-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-30 when they don't

CUBS are 27-11 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-14 when they get outhit.... and 1-8 when the hits are even

CUBS are 6-13 in one run games.... 6-8 in two run games

CUBS are 16-16 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 14-19 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 23-13 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 7-22 when they don't

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 748 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 152 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 516 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1072 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 95 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 127 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 87 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.62 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.72 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 18.3% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.357 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.5% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

 

CUBS are 5-8 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 8 of 13 in quality starts

Lilly' ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.84.... pitching to Blanco it's 4.50.... pitching to K. Hill it's N/A

CUBS score 4.62 R/G overall.... 4.23 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 1.62 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

04/02 - 06/14      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      476   55  130   24    2    8  182   52   35   95  0.273  0.326  0.382  0.709
CUBS overall     2316  300  621  132   15   61  966  284  207  430  0.268  0.330  0.417  0.747

 

Composite scoring in games started by Lilly.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              2   2   1  10   4   6  19   8   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      55
Opponents         8   6   7   4   7   1   6  14   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0      56

 

Lilly' starts this year (4-4)

 

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
05/18  vs. CWS         7.0    6    3    3    2    6    1   106  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.14  3.86
05/25  vs. L.A.        4.3    6    5    5    4    2    1    75  8.31  4.15  2.08  2.31 10.38
05/30  vs. Flor        7.0    7    6    5    1    9    3   109  1.29 11.57  3.86  1.14  6.43
06/05  vs. Milw        5.0    8    6    6    1    2    3    89  1.80  3.60  5.40  1.80 10.80
06/10  vs. Atla        0.7    0    0    0    0    2    0    10  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

Home                  47.0   38   19   17    8   43    5   716  1.53  8.23  0.96  0.98  3.26
Road                  30.3   29   18   17    8   26    5   469  2.37  7.71  1.48  1.22  5.04

Day                   41.0   27   12   11    7   36    2   605  1.54  7.90  0.44  0.83  2.41
Nite                  36.3   40   25   23    9   33    8   580  2.23  8.17  1.98  1.35  5.70

last 5 starts         24.0   27   20   19    8   21    8   389  3.00  7.88  3.00  1.46  7.13

season totals         77.3   67   37   34   16   69   10  1185  1.86  8.03  1.16  1.07  3.96

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             14 Jun     13J un     12 Jun     11 Jun     10 Jun     09 Jun     08 Jun
             v. Seatt   v. Seatt   v. Seatt   v. Houst   @ Atlant   @ Atlant   @ Atlant
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  11    1.0  16    1.0   9    1.0  29                             4.0  65
Eyre                                                                 2.0  35                  2.0  35
Howry         1.3  14               2.0  17               2.0  35                             5.3  66
Ohman                               1.7  40               1.0   5               1.0  15       3.7  60
Wuertz        0.7   4                                     1.0  11    1.0  12    1.0  12       3.7  39
Marmol        1.3  20               1.3  29               2.3  43               1.0  13       6.0 105
Gallagher                           0.3   4                          3.3  54                  3.7  58
Rapada        0.3   7                                                                         0.3   7

Totals        3.7  45    1.0  11    6.3 106    1.0   9    7.3 123    6.3 101    3.0  40      28.7 435

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Diego this year (2-3).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
12  Mon 04/16    San Diego     N  12- 4  Marquis         Hensley       
13  Tue 04/17    San Diego         3- 4  Miller          Maddux        
43  Tue 05/22  @ San Diego     N   1- 5  Hill            Peavy         
44  Wed 05/23  @ San Diego     N   1- 2  Marshall        Wells         
45  Thu 05/24  @ San Diego     N   3- 1  Marquis         Young         
66  Fri 06/15    San Diego          -    Lilly           Wells         
67  Sat 06/16    San Diego          -    Zambrano        Young         
68  Sun 06/17    San Diego          -    Hill            Maddux        

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Diego last year (0-7) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
28  Fri 05/05  @ San Diego     N   0- 1  Zambrano      
29  Sat 05/06  @ San Diego     N   1- 2  Marshall      
30  Sun 05/07  @ San Diego         3- 6  Guzman        
31  Mon 05/08  @ San Diego     N   3- 8  Maddux        
35  Fri 05/12    San Diego         5-10  Guzman        
36  Sat 05/13    San Diego         3- 4  Maddux        
37  Sun 05/14    San Diego         0- 9  Hill        

CUBS hitters vs. San Diego this year.....

 

vs. S.D.           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
DeRosa             12    1    5    1    1    1   11    2    1    3  0.417  0.462  0.917  1.378  0.500
Ward                3    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333
Blanco              3    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333
Soriano            12    2    4    0    1    0    6    0    3    3  0.333  0.467  0.500  0.967  0.444
Floyd              13    2    4    1    0    1    8    6    0    2  0.308  0.308  0.615  0.923  0.300
Ramirez            17    1    5    1    1    0    8    1    1    4  0.294  0.333  0.471  0.804  0.385
Murton             14    2    5    0    0    0    5    2    2    4  0.357  0.438  0.357  0.795  0.500
Barrett            16    1    3    1    0    1    7    4    2    3  0.188  0.263  0.438  0.701  0.167
Izturis            12    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333
Lee                19    3    4    0    0    0    4    2    3    3  0.211  0.348  0.211  0.558  0.250
Pie                 6    1    1    1    0    0    2    1    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.200
Theriot            19    2    3    0    0    0    3    1    0    2  0.158  0.158  0.158  0.316  0.176
Jones              19    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    3  0.105  0.105  0.105  0.211  0.125
Cedeno              5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167  0.000
Pagan               5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. S.D.   186   20   44    8    3    3   67   20   13   39  0.237  0.289  0.360  0.649  0.285

season totals    2315  298  621  130   15   61  964  284  206  430  0.268  0.330  0.416  0.747  0.307

 

CUBS pitchers vs. San Diego this year......

 

vs. S.D.             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Guzman              3.7    1    0    0    0    6    0    45  0.00 14.73  0.00  0.27  0.00
Dempster            3.3    0    0    0    1    0    0    37  2.70  0.00  0.00  0.30  0.00
Howry               3.0    2    0    0    1    0    0    33  3.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Wuertz              2.7    2    0    0    2    4    0    48  6.75 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Cotts               1.7    2    0    0    1    1    0    26  5.40  5.40  0.00  1.80  0.00
Eyre                0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     2  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lilly               0.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marquis            13.0    8    2    2    7   10    0   193  4.85  6.92  0.00  1.15  1.38
Marshall            7.0    4    2    2    2    8    1   105  2.57 10.29  1.29  0.86  2.57
Miller              5.0    6    3    3    4    3    0    98  7.20  5.40  0.00  2.00  5.40
R Hill              6.0    6    5    5    2    8    4    99  3.00 12.00  6.00  1.33  7.50
Ohman               2.3    5    4    4    0    1    1    38  0.00  3.86  3.86  2.14 15.43

totals vs. S.D.    48.0   36   16   16   20   41    6   724  3.75  7.69  1.13  1.17  3.00

season totals     591.0  535  273  254  214  479   68  9399  3.26  7.29  1.04  1.27  3.87

 

CUBS' last 14 games (8-6)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
52  Fri 06/01    Atlanta           5- 8  Zambrano        Davies        
53  Sat 06/02    Atlanta           3- 5  Hill            James         
54  Sun 06/03    Atlanta          10- 1  Marshall        Cormier       
55  Mon 06/04  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Marquis         Bush          
56  Tue 06/05  @ Milwaukee     N   5- 7  Lilly           Vargas        
57  Wed 06/06  @ Milwaukee         6- 2  Zambrano        Suppan        
58  Thu 06/07  @ Atlanta       N   2- 1  Hill            James         
59  Fri 06/08  @ Atlanta       N   9- 1  Marshall        Cormier       
60  Sat 06/09  @ Atlanta       N   5- 9  Marquis         Hudson        
61  Sun 06/10  @ Atlanta       N   4- 5  Lilly           Carlyle       
62  Mon 06/11    Houston       N   2- 1  Zambrano        Williams      
63  Tue 06/12    Seattle       N   3- 5  Hill            Washburn      
64  Wed 06/13    Seattle       N   3- 2  Marshall        Batista       
65  Thu 06/14    Seattle           5- 4  Marquis         Weaver        

 

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS             18   7   5   4   9   4   9   9   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      69
Opponents         4   9   7   8   6   9   2   5   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   0      53

 

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

 

06/01 - 06/14      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Fontenot           22    2    9    1    2    1   17    6    1    4  0.409  0.435  0.773  1.208  0.471
Floyd              15    3    7    0    0    1   10    5    1    2  0.467  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.500
Soriano            63   13   21    2    2    6   45   10    5    8  0.333  0.386  0.714  1.100  0.306
Ramirez            21    2    8    1    0    1   12    3    3    1  0.381  0.458  0.571  1.030  0.368
Pagan              14    2    5    2    0    0    7    1    2    0  0.357  0.438  0.500  0.938  0.357
Pie                48   11   15    3    1    1   23    9    6    7  0.313  0.382  0.479  0.861  0.350
Barrett            30    5    8    0    0    2   14    3    4    6  0.267  0.353  0.467  0.820  0.273
DeRosa             50    5   17    1    0    1   21   10    3    6  0.340  0.370  0.420  0.790  0.372
Lee                54    8   14    1    0    2   21    6   10   15  0.259  0.369  0.389  0.758  0.324
Theriot            41    5   10    2    0    0   12    2    4    3  0.244  0.311  0.293  0.604  0.263
Izturis            34    3    8    3    0    0   11    3    2    4  0.235  0.278  0.324  0.601  0.267
Jones              35    3    6    0    0    1    9    3    4    8  0.171  0.256  0.257  0.514  0.192
K Hill             22    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    2    2  0.182  0.280  0.227  0.507  0.200
Murton             14    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    3  0.071  0.188  0.071  0.259  0.091
Ward                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     492   67  137   18    5   17  216   64   50   79  0.278  0.346  0.439  0.785  0.303

season totals    2315  298  621  130   15   61  964  284  206  430  0.268  0.330  0.416  0.747  0.307

 

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

 

06/01 - 06/14        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Howry               7.7    3    0    0    1    7    0   101  1.17  8.22  0.00  0.52  0.00
Guzman              2.0    2    0    0    0    1    0    26  0.00  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Rapada              0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marshall           20.7   16    4    4    3   13    1   287  1.31  5.66  0.44  0.92  1.74
R Hill             21.7   15    7    5    3   21    2   288  1.25  8.72  0.83  0.83  2.08
Marmol              8.3    8    2    2    2   10    1   131  2.16 10.80  1.08  1.20  2.16
Wuertz              6.7    5    2    2    1    5    1    89  1.35  6.75  1.35  0.90  2.70
Dempster            8.0    5    3    3    5    3    0   107  5.63  3.38  0.00  1.25  3.38
Eyre                5.0    7    2    2    2    2    0    83  3.60  3.60  0.00  1.80  3.60
Zambrano           19.7   21   10    8    6   17    1   342  2.75  7.78  0.46  1.37  3.66
Marquis            12.3   13   12    6    8    9    2   239  5.84  6.57  1.46  1.70  4.38
Gallagher           3.7    3    2    2    1    1    1    58  2.45  2.45  2.45  1.09  4.91
Ohman               5.3    8    3    3    3    7    0   105  5.06 11.81  0.00  2.06  5.06
Lilly               5.7    8    6    6    1    4    3    99  1.59  6.35  4.76  1.59  9.53

last 14 games     127.0  114   53   43   36  100   12  1962  2.55  7.09  0.85  1.18  3.05

season totals     591.0  535  273  254  214  479   68  9399  3.26  7.29  1.04  1.27  3.87

 

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

 

04/02 - 06/14      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 5   11  0.313
Floyd               22   54  0.289
Lee                 30   86  0.259
DeRosa              26   82  0.241
Fontenot             5   16  0.238
Ramirez             26   94  0.217
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Theriot             18   72  0.200
Pie                 11   47  0.190
Jones               17   93  0.155
Soriano             14   77  0.154
Barrett             18  105  0.146
Pagan                3   19  0.136
Murton               7   48  0.127
Izturis              8   68  0.105
Cedeno               2   21  0.087
K Hill               0   14  0.000

CUBS               223  990  0.184

 

CUBS are dropping like a rock in the standings..........

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Texas           24      42     0.364     ---
Kansas City     26      41     0.388     1.5
Cincinnati      26      41     0.388     1.5
Houston         27      39     0.409     3.0
Pittsburgh      28      38     0.424     4.0
white sox       27      35     0.435     5.0
Washington      29      37     0.439     5.0
Baltimore       29      37     0.439     5.0
St. Louis       28      35     0.444     5.5
Tampa Bay       29      35     0.453     6.0
San Francisco   30      35     0.462     6.5
CUBS            30      35     0.462     6.5

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Do it jerks.

[ctcf]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

Why wouldn't Fontenot be starting?

[Derwood]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

Why wouldn't Fontenot be starting?

 

he's a lefty?

[CubColtPacer]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

Why wouldn't Fontenot be starting?

 

He didn't start against the left-hander on Tuesday-my guess from that is that he won't start today, although he certainly could.

[98navigator]

Wells' has been hit pretty hard away from PETCO Park -

2-3, 7.31 ERA, .367 BAA on the road, along with 1-1, 6.89 ERA, .323 during the day - basically, the Cubs should be able to put up some crooked numbers today.

 

I think he benefits from having a spacious home ballpark.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Wells' has been hit pretty hard away from PETCO Park -

2-3, 7.31 ERA, .367 BAA on the road, along with 1-1, 6.89 ERA, .323 during the day - basically, the Cubs should be able to put up some crooked numbers today.

 

I think he benefits from having a spacious home ballpark.

 

it certainly helps when you're too old to throw baseballs really good

[98navigator]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

I heard the lineup earlier on the radio while jogging. I think it's:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Floyd

DeRosa

Barrett

Fontenot

Theriot

Lilly

 

I know Barrett is 6th and Fontenot and Theriot follow him... Floyd hits pretty well off of LHP in his career (.273). The article said that Pagan would start against some lefties (implying that Floyd would get the majority of the time) but I think Lou feels Cliff can handle Wells. This year Cliff is hitting .375 against lefties in 8 ABs.

[CubColtPacer]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

I heard the lineup earlier on the radio while jogging. I think it's:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Floyd

DeRosa

Barrett

Fontenot

Theriot

Lilly

 

I know Barrett is 6th and Fontenot and Theriot follow him... Floyd hits pretty well off of LHP in his career. The article said that Pagan would start against some lefties (implying that Floyd would get the majority of the time) but I think Lou feels Cliff can handle Wells. This year Cliff is hitting .375 against lefties in 8 ABs.

 

I really like that lineup. As someone said a few days ago, Fontenot is actually the only left-hander on the team who hits left-handers at least decently. Floyd is 2-6 with a HR against Wells in his career, so he's been pretty good against him. Izturis is only 2-11 against Wells in his career and has been absolutely awful against LHP this year (.485 OPS against LHP), so it's good to see him out of the lineup today.

Edited June 15, 2007 by CubColtPacer

[C.C.]

From the Cubs.com article...

 

Barrett is playing today and Sunday

 

Jones is getting time off to clear his head-no word on how long. Floyd will start against right-handers and Pagan against left-handers for now in right field.

 

With that said, the lineup will most likely be:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Barrett

DeRosa

Theriot

Pagan

Izturis

Lilly

 

Here's the link on that info-has some good quotes on Barrett that I provided in another thread.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070614&content_id=2026053&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

I heard the lineup earlier on the radio while jogging. I think it's:

 

Soriano

Pie

Lee

Floyd

DeRosa

Barrett

Fontenot

Theriot

Lilly

 

I know Barrett is 6th and Fontenot and Theriot follow him... Floyd hits pretty well off of LHP in his career (.273). The article said that Pagan would start against some lefties (implying that Floyd would get the majority of the time) but I think Lou feels Cliff can handle Wells. This year Cliff is hitting .375 against lefties in 8 ABs.

 

I can live with this...

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Game Notes.

 

CLOSE CALLS ABOUND: The Cubs won their second-consecutive 1-run game yesterday vs. Seattle, 5-4, as the team posted a 3-run first inning only to watch the Mariners score 4 in the fifth before coming back on a a game-winning, 2-run Cesar Izturis double in the eighth … the club has won consecutive 1-run games for the first time since July 27-28, 2006 vs. St. Louis (5-4 and 6-5) … the Cubs had beaten the Mariners, 3-2, on Wednesday night.

 

Chicago is 6-13 in 1-run decisions this season, as each of their last 3 victories have been by a single run … in fact, the Cubs have gone 4-1 in 1-run contests since June 7, a span of 8 games.

 

 

Yesterday’s victory was the team’s 10th come-from-behind win of the season and its second in as many days.

 

MAKING AN IMPRESSION: Of the 25 players on the Cubs’ active roster, 8 began the season in the minor leagues … that includes 4 pitchers (Gallagher, Marmol, Marshall and Rapada) and 4 position players (K. Hill, Fontenot, Pagan and Pie) … as a group, the pitchers have produced a 2.05 ERA (12 ER/52.2 IP) in 21 appearances (5 starts) while the hitters have posted a .286 batting average (57-for-199) in 74 combined games.

Starter Sean Marshall, who was recalled from Triple-A Iowa May 22, has produced quality starts in all 5 of his outings, going 3-2 with a 2.12 ERA (8 ER/34.0 IP).

 

Mike Fontenot, in his second stint with the team this season, is riding a 6-game hitting streak into today’s contest … he’s hitting .409 (9-for-22) during the streak.

 

ROOKIE REVIEW: Lefty reliever Clay Rapada made his major league debut yesterday vs. Seattle, stranding 2 runners and retiring Raul Ibanez in the sixth inning, the only batter he faced … Rapada is the fifth rookie to appear in a game for Chicago this season, joining pitchers Rocky Cherry and Sean Gallagher, infielder Mike Fontenot and outfielder Felix Pie.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

More from the game notes....

 

TAKING THE WALKS: Chicago has drawn 50 walks in June, tied for second-most in the N.L. and tied for third in the majors … the team has 16 walks over their last 3 games, including a season-high-tying 8 free passes Tuesday vs. Seattle (also done May 5 vs. Washington).

 

The Cubs are sporting a .346 on-base percentage this month, 21-points higher than their .325 May OBP … Chicago recorded a .326 OBP in April.

 

AS OF LATE…: The Cubs are 8-4 in their last 12 games since June 3 … in that stretch, the Cubs have allowed 3 or fewer earned runs in all 8 victories while surrendering at least 5 earned runs in each of the 4 defeats.

Chicago is 2-0-1 in its last 3 series, going 2-1 in Milwaukee, 2-2 in Atlanta and 2-1 vs. Seattle … that follows a stretch in which Chicago went 3-7-0 in their previous 10 series dating to May 1.

 

The Cubs are looking to win consecutive home series for the first time since taking 3- straight last season, September 12-27, vs. Los Angeles (2-1), Cincinnati (2-1) and Milwaukee (2-0).

 

DAY BASEBALL: After going 4-3 in 7 straight night games from June 7-13, the Cubs are now in the second game of a 4-game stretch of day contests, including all 3 games of this San Diego series … Chicago has won its last 3 day games dating to June 3 vs. Atlanta.

 

On the season, Chicago is 16-18 in day games and 14-17 in night games.

[anabiono]

bring on the drunken chunk!!!

 

time to devastate

[Friendly Confines]

Lineup per yahoo sports

 

Padres

H. Bocachica rf

J. Cruz Jr. lf

A. Gonzalez 1b

M. Cameron cf

J. Bard c

K. Greene ss

C. Headley 3b

G. Blum 2b

D. Wells p

 

Cubs

A. Soriano lf

F. Pie cf

D. Lee 1b

C. Floyd rf

M. DeRosa 3b

M. Barrett c

M. Fontenot 2b

R. Theriot ss

T. Lilly p