7/1 Brewers (Bush) vs CUBS (Marquis), 1:20pm, WGN-TV, XM 188

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday...............

 

CUBS are 4-7 on Sundays

CUBS are 6-5 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 15-16 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 10-10 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 20-19 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 13-14 in games that end a series

CUBS are 2-4 in games that close out a home stand

CUBS are 23-21 in day games

CUBS are 19-21 at home

CUBS are 31-29 against right handers

CUBS are 19-17 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 28-12 when they get a quality start.... 11-28 when they don't

CUBS are 16-21 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 23-19 when they don't

CUBS are 30-17 when they score first in the game.... 9-23 when they don't

CUBS are 18-14 when they score in the first inning.... 21-26 when they don't

CUBS are 33-24 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 6-16 when they do

CUBS are 31-18 when they score at least 4 runs.... 8-22 when they don't

CUBS are 29-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-34 when they don't

CUBS are 35-12 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-17 when they get outhit.... and 2-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 10-15 in one run games.... 7-8 in two run games

CUBS are 22-21 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-19 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 27-15 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 12-25 when they don't

CUBS are 8-14 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 14-12 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 17-14 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 17-15 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 22-25 when they don't

CUBS are 26-25 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 13-15 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-28 when Barrett starts... 3-7 when Blanco starts... 8-4 when K. Hill starts... 4-1 when Bowen starts

CUBS are on a pace to win 80 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 746 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 496 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1075 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 96 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 121 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 94 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.61 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 18.4% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.360 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.2% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

CUBS hit no home runs yesterday, after hitting at least 1 in each of their last 7 games.

 

CUBS are 10-6 when Marquis starts

Marquis is 7 of 16 in quality starts

Marquis' ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.73.... to Blanco it's 7.20.... to K. Hill it's 6.10.... to Bowen it's 4.77

CUBS score 4.61 R/G overall.... 5.44 R/G when Marquis pitches

CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 1.19 HR/G when Marquis pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marquis.....

 

04/02 - 06/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marquis    561   87  157   40    5   19  264   85   42   97  0.280  0.334  0.471  0.805
CUBS overall     2797  364  754  165   19   74 1179  347  242  524  0.270  0.329  0.422  0.751

 

Composite scoring in games started by Marquis.........

 

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

CUBS             21   7   4   5  13   6  10  10  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      87
Opponents         8   7   2  12   7  11   5   7  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      69

 

Marquis' starts this year (5-4)

 

Marquis                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    1    1    2    1    0    82  3.00  1.50  0.00  1.00  1.50
04/10  vs. Houst       5.0    4    4    3    4    3    0    91  7.20  5.40  0.00  1.60  5.40
04/16  vs. S.D.        6.0    3    1    1    4    5    0    99  6.00  7.50  0.00  1.17  1.50
04/21  vs. St. L       7.0    7    0    0    0    5    0   117  0.00  6.43  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/27  vs. St. L       6.7    5    3    3    3    0    1    98  4.05  0.00  1.35  1.20  4.05
05/02  vs. Pitts       8.0    4    1    1    0    5    1   105  0.00  5.63  1.13  0.50  1.13
05/09  vs. Pitts       9.0    3    0    0    0    5    0   110  0.00  5.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
05/14  vs. Mets        5.0    5    4    4    3    1    1    88  5.40  1.80  1.80  1.60  7.20
05/19  vs. CWS         6.0    7    5    5    1    4    1    85  1.50  6.00  1.50  1.33  7.50
05/24  vs. S.D.        7.0    5    1    1    3    5    0    94  3.86  6.43  0.00  1.14  1.29
05/29  vs. Flor        5.0    8    5    4    3    3    1   101  5.40  5.40  1.80  2.20  7.20
06/04  vs. Milw        5.3    7    2    1    3    3    1   112  5.06  5.06  1.69  1.88  1.69
06/09  vs. Atla        1.7    4    6    2    3    1    1    50 16.20  5.40  5.40  4.20 10.80
06/14  vs. Seatt       5.3    2    4    3    2    5    0    77  3.38  8.44  0.00  0.75  5.06
06/20  vs. Texas       5.0    5    6    4    4    3    2   100  7.20  5.40  3.60  1.80  7.20
06/25  vs. Colo        5.7    7    3    3    2    5    0    97  3.18  7.94  0.00  1.59  4.76

Home                  49.0   41   22   19   16   35    2   777  2.94  6.43  0.37  1.16  3.49
Road                  44.7   39   24   17   21   19    7   729  4.23  3.83  1.41  1.34  3.43

Day                   46.3   31   15   13    9   28    2   667  1.75  5.44  0.39  0.86  2.53
Nite                  47.3   49   31   23   28   26    7   839  5.32  4.94  1.33  1.63  4.37

totals vs. Milw        5.3    7    2    1    3    3    1   112  5.06  5.06  1.69  1.88  1.69

last 5 starts         23.0   25   21   13   14   17    4   436  5.48  6.65  1.57  1.70  5.09

season totals         93.7   80   46   36   37   54    9  1506  3.56  5.19  0.86  1.25  3.46

 

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

 

              Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun           Totals
             29 Jun     28 Jun     27 Jun     26 Jun     26 Jun     25 Jun     24 Jun
             vs Milw    vs Milw    no game    vs Colo    vs Colo    vs Colo    @ sox   
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                                                             
Eyre          2.0  52                                                1.3  36                  3.3  88
Howry                    1.0  22                                     1.0  20    1.0  20       3.0  62
Ohman         2.0  32                          0.3   2    0.3   2               1.0  17       3.7  53
Wuertz        1.0  21    2.0  22                          2.0  26    1.0  23                  6.0  92
Marmol                   1.0  10               1.0  13    0.7  23               0.7  19       3.3  65
Petrick                  2.0  28               1.7  29                                        3.7  57
Cherry        2.0  33                                                                         2.0  33

Totals        7.0 138    6.0  82               3.0  44    3.0  51    3.3  79    2.7  56      25.0 450

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee this year (6-5).....

 

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         9- 3  Lilly           Sheets        
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        
78  Fri 06/29    Milwaukee         6- 5  Hill            Gallardo      
79  Sat 06/30    Milwaukee         4-13  Marshall        Sheets        
80  Sun 07/01    Milwaukee          -    Marquis         Bush        
132  Tue 08/28    Milwaukee     N    -    Zambrano        Suppan        
133  Wed 08/29    Milwaukee     N    -    Hill            Bush          
134  Thu 08/30    Milwaukee     N    -    Marshall        Vargas        

 

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

 

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Floyd              26    5   10    3    0    1   16    8    2    7  0.385  0.429  0.615  1.044  0.500
Pagan               2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500
Lee                46    6   17    7    0    1   27    9    3   10  0.370  0.412  0.587  0.999  0.457
Pie                30    6   11    4    0    1   18    3    1    4  0.367  0.387  0.600  0.987  0.400
Ramirez            40    7   12    2    1    3   25    9    5    6  0.300  0.362  0.625  0.987  0.290
Ward                5    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    2  0.400  0.571  0.400  0.971  0.667
Fontenot            9    2    3    0    1    0    5    2    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.556  0.889  0.375
Soriano            47    8   16    6    0    1   25    3    1   12  0.340  0.354  0.532  0.886  0.441
DeRosa             38    4   11    3    1    1   19    9    4   11  0.289  0.372  0.500  0.872  0.385
Barrett            25    4    9    1    0    0   10    5    3    5  0.360  0.429  0.400  0.829  0.450
Theriot            21    6    6    2    0    0    8    4    3    2  0.286  0.375  0.381  0.756  0.316
Cedeno              7    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    1  0.143  0.143  0.571  0.714  0.000
Murton              9    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    2  0.222  0.300  0.222  0.522  0.286
Izturis            26    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    1    4  0.154  0.185  0.231  0.416  0.182
Blanco              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.167  0.143  0.167  0.310  0.200
Jones              35    4    4    0    0    0    4    0    2    3  0.114  0.184  0.114  0.298  0.125
K Hill              7    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125  0.000
Bowen               4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Milw   406   61  114   30    3    9  177   57   29   85  0.281  0.330  0.436  0.766  0.337

season totals    2797  362  754  163   19   74 1177  347  241  523  0.270  0.329  0.421  0.750  0.309

 

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

 

vs. Milw             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Howry               6.3    4    0    0    1    6    0    90  1.42  8.53  0.00  0.79  0.00
Dempster            5.0    0    0    0    2    2    0    55  3.60  3.60  0.00  0.40  0.00
Marmol              2.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    25  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Petrick             2.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    28  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Cotts               1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    21  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marquis             5.3    7    2    1    3    3    1   112  5.06  5.06  1.69  1.88  1.69
Ohman               4.7    3    1    1    0    4    1    65  0.00  7.71  1.93  0.64  1.93
Cherry              4.3    4    2    1    1    3    1    65  2.08  6.23  2.08  1.15  2.08
Zambrano           19.0   15    7    7    8   22    4   329  3.79 10.42  1.89  1.21  3.32
Wuertz              8.0    8    4    4    2    8    2   125  2.25  9.00  2.25  1.25  4.50
Lilly              12.0   14    8    7    1    5    3   189  0.75  3.75  2.25  1.25  5.25
R Hill             16.7   12   10   10    5   16    4   278  2.70  8.64  2.16  1.02  5.40
Guzman              2.0    4    2    2    0    2    0    33  0.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Eyre                5.7   11    7    7    5    7    1   135  7.94 11.12  1.59  2.82 11.12
Miller              4.0    9    6    6    2    0    2    71  4.50  0.00  4.50  2.75 13.50
Marshall            2.0    7    7    6    2    2    0    48  9.00  9.00  0.00  4.50 27.00

totals vs. Milw   100.0   99   56   52   32   86   19  1669  2.88  7.74  1.71  1.31  4.68

season totals     715.3  648  341  318  264  604   88 11469  3.32  7.60  1.11  1.27  4.00

 

CUBS' last 7 games (6-1)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
73  Sat 06/23  @ Chicago (AL)      2- 1  Hill            Vazquez       
74  Sun 06/24  @ Chicago (AL)      3- 0  Marshall        Contreras     
75  Mon 06/25    Colorado      N  10- 9  Marquis         Francis       
76  Tue 06/26    Colorado      N   8- 5  Lilly           Lopez         
77  Wed 06/27    Colorado          6- 4  Zambrano        Hirsch        
78  Fri 06/29    Milwaukee         6- 5  Hill            Gallardo      
79  Sat 06/30    Milwaukee         4-13  Marshall        Sheets        

 

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

 

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

CUBS             10   1   5   3   5   4   3   2   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      39
Opponents        11   4   2   2   1   5   1   2   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      37

 

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

 

06/23 - 06/30      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Fontenot           30    7   15    4    1    1   24    6    2    2  0.500  0.531  0.800  1.331  0.519
DeRosa             22    4   10    2    0    1   15    9    3    3  0.455  0.520  0.682  1.202  0.500
Ward                6    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    2  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.750
Ramirez            24    5    8    3    1    1   16    4    0    2  0.333  0.320  0.667  0.987  0.333
Soriano            31    6   10    2    0    2   18    4    1    8  0.323  0.344  0.581  0.924  0.381
Floyd              18    3    5    0    0    1    8    3    4    3  0.278  0.409  0.444  0.854  0.286
Izturis            12    0    4    1    0    0    5    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.417  0.750  0.400
Theriot            13    3    4    1    0    0    5    2    0    1  0.308  0.308  0.385  0.692  0.333
Pagan              14    2    3    0    0    1    6    5    1    4  0.214  0.250  0.429  0.679  0.222
Lee                25    3    5    1    0    0    6    1    3    6  0.200  0.276  0.240  0.516  0.263
K Hill             15    2    3    1    0    0    4    3    1    4  0.200  0.235  0.267  0.502  0.273
Pie                12    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    2    5  0.083  0.214  0.083  0.298  0.143
Bowen              11    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    7  0.000  0.083  0.000  0.083  0.000
Jones               5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 7 games      247   39   72   15    2    7  112   38   18   53  0.291  0.335  0.453  0.788  0.348

season totals    2797  362  754  163   19   74 1177  347  241  523  0.270  0.329  0.421  0.750  0.309

 

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

 

06/23 - 06/30        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cherry              2.0    1    1    0    1    2    0    33  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Ohman               4.7    2    1    1    0    3    1    63  0.00  5.79  1.93  0.43  1.93
Marmol              4.3    4    1    1    2    7    0    82  4.15 14.54  0.00  1.38  2.08
Wuertz              6.3    4    2    2    4    6    1    99  5.68  8.53  1.42  1.26  2.84
Zambrano            6.0    5    2    2    3    8    0   107  4.50 12.00  0.00  1.33  3.00
Marquis             5.7    7    3    3    2    5    0    97  3.18  7.94  0.00  1.59  4.76
Petrick             3.7    2    2    2    1    4    1    57  2.45  9.82  2.45  0.82  4.91
Lilly               6.0    6    4    4    5    5    1   113  7.50  7.50  1.50  1.83  6.00
R Hill              8.7   11    6    6    4   11    1   197  4.15 11.42  1.04  1.73  6.23
Marshall            8.3   12    7    6    3    5    0   129  3.24  5.40  0.00  1.80  6.48
Howry               4.0    5    3    3    2    6    1    76  4.50 13.50  2.25  1.75  6.75
Eyre                3.3    6    5    5    4    3    0    88 10.80  8.10  0.00  3.00 13.50

last 7 games       63.0   65   37   35   31   65    6  1141  4.43  9.29  0.86  1.52  5.00

season totals     715.3  648  341  318  264  604   88 11469  3.32  7.60  1.11  1.27  4.00

 

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

 

04/02 - 06/30      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 5   14  0.263
DeRosa              36  104  0.257
Floyd               24   74  0.245
Fontenot            12   37  0.245
Lee                 34  110  0.236
Ramirez             30  110  0.214
Pie                 16   62  0.205
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Theriot             21   88  0.193
Pagan                8   35  0.186
Jones               18   96  0.158
Soriano             17   95  0.152
K Hill               4   23  0.148
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Murton               7   48  0.127
Izturis              8   77  0.094
Cedeno               2   21  0.087
Bowen                1   11  0.083

CUBS               273 1209  0.184

 

Still treading watrer............

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Cincinnati      31      50     0.383     ---
Washington      32      48     0.400     1.5
Texas           33      47     0.413     2.5
Tampa Bay       33      46     0.418     3.0
Kansas City     34      47     0.420     3.0
Houston         34      47     0.420     3.0
San Francisco   34      45     0.430     4.0
Pittsburgh      35      45     0.438     4.5
white sox       34      43     0.442     5.0
Baltimore       35      44     0.443     5.0
Florida         37      44     0.457     6.0
St. Louis       35      41     0.461     6.5
NY Yankees      37      40     0.481     8.0
Colorado        39      42     0.481     8.0
Toronto         39      41     0.488     8.5
CUBS            39      40     0.494     9.0

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[bbum]

I will be at the game

GOOO CUBBIES

Marquis please please please don't be your inconsistent self.

[otis89]

All you guys thinking we'll do good against Bush, doesn't he usually own the Cubs?

[otis89]

I stand corrected.

 

The Brewers will turn to Dave Bush (6-6), who is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA in two starts against the Cubs this season. The right-hander is 1-4 with a 4.15 ERA in seven career starts against Chicago.

[Sarcastic]

All you guys thinking we'll do good against Bush, doesn't he usually own the Cubs?

 

Looking at the pitcher vs batter matchups, Bush does own the Cubs, but it is telling that the batter with the most ABs against him is Jones (who will not be playing today, Lou willing). Izturis is one of the top few in ABs against Bush, and is awful. Not surprisingly, they have struggled.

 

Most of the Cubs everyday players either crushed Bush (ARam, Soriano, DeRosa, Floyd) or had so few ABs against him that the sample size is tiny (5 or so ABs). The only exception is Lee, who has struggled to hit Bush in 13 ABs.

Edited July 1, 2007 by Sarcastic

[Radar3454]

I think we win this one as well. Bush is there to be had. Not that Marquis isn't.

 

But I just have this feeling that no matter what happens today, yesterday killed any momentum the Cubs might have gotten from this series. Friday was crushing for the Brewers, but they responded like a division-winning club should. By kicking our teeth in.

 

So no matter what happens today, I think the Brewers have shown more than the Cubs.

 

I disagree - if we finish with a win and take 2 of 3 we will still have momentum heading into our next series.

[Sarcastic]

A series win is a series win, whether you get crushed in one game out of three or crush your opponent twice. If we win to of three, I'll be satisfied with the series. i don't think winning two of three against the division leader will have any detrimental effect on the team.

[Warren Brusstar]

So no matter what happens today, I think the Brewers have shown more than the Cubs.

 

I think that's ridiculous. If we take two of three, we win the series. They don't give style point.

[98navigator]

I think we win this one as well. Bush is there to be had. Not that Marquis isn't.

 

But I just have this feeling that no matter what happens today, yesterday killed any momentum the Cubs might have gotten from this series. Friday was crushing for the Brewers, but they responded like a division-winning club should. By kicking our teeth in.

 

So no matter what happens today, I think the Brewers have shown more than the Cubs.

 

Today is a big game for the Cubs but I dont think it's make or break either way (the goal all along was to win the series and they still have the opportunity to do so). "Momentum" is only as good as the next day's pitchers. If the Cubs win today they would have gone 5-1 on the homestand and won 8 of 9 games overall. I can't see how that's a bad thing... The Cubs will be playing the Nationals and Pirates next (as will the Brewers) there's really no reason to believe that yesterday's loss will dictate how they play the remainder of the games before the All Star Break.

[98navigator]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

[otis89]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Truth or just wishful thinking?

[killthegoat06]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Derosa must be in RF

[98navigator]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Truth or just wishful thinking?

 

No, that's today's alignment.

[Schwarber Fan]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Truth or just wishful thinking?

 

No, that's today's alignment.

 

Have the rest of the lineup?

 

Good to see lack of Izturis either way...

[Brian]

I stand corrected.

 

The Brewers will turn to Dave Bush (6-6), who is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA in two starts against the Cubs this season. The right-hander is 1-4 with a 4.15 ERA in seven career starts against Chicago.

 

It think this years stats is a little slanted by one game where in the first 2 innings I think we tagged him for like 6 or 7 and then he pitched a couple of shutout innings, and in the second one I seem to remember him looking real good for most of the game and then had one bad inning (which seems to be his big problem this year/his career)

[98navigator]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Derosa must be in RF

 

I don't know, they didn't mention DeRo but it's hard not to put Floyd in RF too.

[killthegoat06]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Derosa must be in RF

 

I don't know, they didn't mention DeRo but it's hard not to put Floyd in RF too.

 

I sure hope Aram doesn't get a day off today.

[98navigator]

I stand corrected.

 

The Brewers will turn to Dave Bush (6-6), who is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA in two starts against the Cubs this season. The right-hander is 1-4 with a 4.15 ERA in seven career starts against Chicago.

 

It think this years stats is a little slanted by one game where in the first 2 innings I think we tagged him for like 6 or 7 and then he pitched a couple of shutout innings, and in the second one I seem to remember him looking real good for most of the game and then had one bad inning (which seems to be his big problem this year/his career)

 

That's true but those innings count. The "one bad inning" plagues a lot of mediocre pitchers (defines them actually). Bush is normally the type of pitcher that teams can eventually get to...

[Schwarber Fan]

Fontenot 2B

Theriot SS

 

Derosa must be in RF

 

I don't know, they didn't mention DeRo but it's hard not to put Floyd in RF too.

 

I sure hope Aram doesn't get a day off today.

 

No way Lou does that in such an important game.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

yea all that talk about momentum gone if we win this series is ridiculous....i mean they weren't gonna sweep this seris, imo...they needed to just win the series and win the other series because then they can just worry about pickin up 5.5 games somewhere else the rest of the way. so dammit cubs....WIN THE SERIES

 

 

 

Please be in April form Marquis.....PLEASE

[killthegoat06]

Derosa can't play CF can he?

 

Derosa, Floyd, Soriano would be our best offensive outfield.

[killthegoat06]

I'm so bored. Why can't the cubs play two games a day?

[otis89]

yea all that talk about momentum gone if we win this series is ridiculous....i mean they weren't gonna sweep this seris, imo...they needed to just win the series and win the other series because then they can just worry about pickin up 5.5 games somewhere else the rest of the way. so dammit cubs....WIN THE SERIES

 

 

 

Please be in April form Marquis.....PLEASE

 

If the Cubs win today, they'll be 6.5 back, not 5.5.

[cubfan1955]

I'm so bored. Why can't the cubs play two games a day?

Losing one game a day is enough. :D

[killthegoat06]

yea all that talk about momentum gone if we win this series is ridiculous....i mean they weren't gonna sweep this seris, imo...they needed to just win the series and win the other series because then they can just worry about pickin up 5.5 games somewhere else the rest of the way. so dammit cubs....WIN THE SERIES

 

 

 

Please be in April form Marquis.....PLEASE

 

If the Cubs win today, they'll be 6.5 back, not 5.5.

 

Better than 8.5 back.