7/17 CUBS (Marshall) vs. Giants (Zito), 7:05 PM CT, CSN

[B]

Zito must really like to know what time it is. He's always wearing a freaking watch.

 

 

 

 

Rod Beck.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Fort Wayne, IN !!!

 

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

 

CUBS are 5-8 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 1-0 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 8-7 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 2-0 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 24-23 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 18-20 at night

CUBS are 24-21 at home

CUBS are 9-14 against lefties

CUBS are 16-16 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 35-13 when they get a quality start.... 13-30 when they don't

CUBS are 17-23 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 31-20 when they don't

CUBS are 38-18 when they score first in the game.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 22-14 when they score in the first inning.... 26-29 when they don't

CUBS are 40-26 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 8-17 when they do

CUBS are 38-19 when they score at least 4 runs.... 10-24 when they don't

CUBS are 37-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-37 when they don't

CUBS are 43-12 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-20 when they get outhit.... and 3-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 14-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 34-36 when he doesn't

CUBS are 12-15 in one run games.... 9-8 in two run games

CUBS are 31-24 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-19 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 32-16 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 16-27 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 85 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 749 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 141 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 490 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1059 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 93 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 93 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.63 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 18.9% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.364 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.1% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

CUBS have scored first in 14 of their last 20 games (16-4)

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 19 games

CUBS have not hit a triple in their last 12 games

CUBS have 12 SFs in their last 16 games

CUBS have been HBP once in their last 19 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 11 of their last 17 games

CUBS have caught 2 base runners stealing in their last 21 games

CUBS opponents have GIDP'd at least 1 time in 12 of their last 18 games

CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in 9 of their last 12 games

 

CUBS are 6-3 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 6 of 9 in quality starts

Marshall has 2 consecutive non-quality starts

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.47.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's 3.49.... to Bowen it's N/A

CUBS score 4.63 R/G overall.... 4.67 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 0.87 HR/G overall.... 0.89 HR/G when Marshall pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/02 - 07/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   315   42   93   10    5    8  137   40   29   56  0.295  0.350  0.435  0.785
CUBS overall     3200  421  865  188   19   79 1328  400  275  595  0.270  0.329  0.415  0.744

 

Composite scoring in games started by Marshall.........

 

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

CUBS              8   3   4   5   6   5   5   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      42
Opponents         6   4   4   1   3   3   5   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30

 

Marshall's starts this year (4-3)

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/23  vs. S.D.        7.0    4    2    2    2    8    1   105  2.57 10.29  1.29  0.86  2.57
05/28  vs. Flor        6.3    6    3    2    2    6    1   111  2.84  8.53  1.42  1.26  2.84
06/03  vs. Atla        6.7    6    1    1    1    8    0    99  1.35 10.80  0.00  1.05  1.35
06/08  vs. Atla        6.0    4    1    1    2    4    0    94  3.00  6.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
06/13  vs. Seatt       8.0    6    2    2    0    1    1    94  0.00  1.13  1.13  0.75  2.25
06/19  vs. Texas       4.0    5    4    4    3    4    3    76  6.75  9.00  6.75  2.00  9.00
06/24  vs. CWS         6.3    5    0    0    1    3    0    81  1.42  4.26  0.00  0.95  0.00
06/30  vs. Milw        2.0    7    7    6    2    2    0    48  9.00  9.00  0.00  4.50 27.00
07/05  vs. Wash        5.3    5    2    2    4    2    0    85  6.75  3.38  0.00  1.69  3.38

Home                  23.0   25   13   11    5   17    2   352  1.96  6.65  0.78  1.30  4.30
Road                  28.7   23    9    9   12   21    4   441  3.77  6.59  1.26  1.22  2.83

Day                   21.3   24   11    9    6   19    1   339  2.53  8.02  0.42  1.41  3.80
Nite                  30.3   24   11   11   11   19    5   454  3.26  5.64  1.48  1.15  3.26

May                   13.3   10    5    4    4   14    2   216  2.70  9.45  1.35  1.05  2.70
June                  33.0   33   15   14    9   22    4   492  2.45  6.00  1.09  1.27  3.82
July                   5.3    5    2    2    4    2    0    85  6.75  3.38  0.00  1.69  3.38

last 5 starts         25.7   28   15   14   10   12    4   384  3.51  4.21  1.40  1.48  4.91
season totals         51.7   48   22   20   17   38    6   793  2.96  6.62  1.05  1.26  3.48

 

Marshall's starts vs. San Francisco last year (0-2).......

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/11  vs. S.F.        3.7    9    9    9    5    2    0    88 12.27  4.91  0.00  3.82 22.09
09/02  vs. S.F.        5.7    5    4    4    2    1    3    90  3.18  1.59  4.76  1.24  6.35

totals  vs. S.F.       9.3   14   13   13    7    3    3   178  6.75  2.89  2.89  2.25 12.54

season totals        125.7  132   85   78   59   77   20  2054  4.23  5.51  1.43  1.52  5.59

 

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

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues          Totals
             16 Jul     15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul     10 Jul
             vs. S.F.   vs. Hous   vs. Hous   vs. Hous   no game    no game    no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                                                             
Eyre                     0.7  19                                                              0.7  19
Howry         1.0   8    1.0  11               1.0  18                                        3.0  37
Ohman                    0.7  10                                                              0.7  10
Wuertz                   1.3  27    1.0  20                                                   2.3  47
Marmol                   1.3  26               1.3  14                                        2.7  40

Totals        1.0   8    5.0  93    1.0  20    2.3  32                                        9.3 153

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco this year (1-0).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
91  Mon 07/16    San Francisco N   3- 2  Hill            Lincecum      
92  Tue 07/17    San Francisco N    -    Marshall        Zito          
93  Wed 07/18    San Francisco      -    Zambrano        Cain          
94  Thu 07/19    San Francisco      -    Lilly           Morris        
125  Tue 08/21  @ San Francisco N    -    Marquis         Lowry         
126  Wed 08/22  @ San Francisco N    -    Hill            Lincecum      
127  Thu 08/23  @ San Francisco      -    Marshall        Zito          

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco last year (2-4) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
32  Tue 05/09  @ San Francisco N   1- 6  Hill        
33  Wed 05/10  @ San Francisco N   8- 1  Zambrano      
34  Thu 05/11  @ San Francisco     3- 9  Marshall      
134  Fri 09/01    San Francisco     6- 2  Hill        
135  Sat 09/02    San Francisco     2- 4  Marshall      
136  Sun 09/03    San Francisco     4- 7  Guzman        

 

CUBS' last 21 games (16-5)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
71  Thu 06/21  @ Texas             5- 6  Lilly           Padilla       
72  Fri 06/22  @ Chicago (AL)      5- 1  Zambrano        Beuhrle       
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        
80  Sun 07/01    Milwaukee         5- 1  Marquis         Bush          
81  Mon 07/02  @ Washington        7- 2  Lilly           Simontacchi   
82  Tue 07/03  @ Washington        3- 1  Zambrano        Redding       
83  Wed 07/04  @ Washington        0- 6  Hill            Chico         
84  Thu 07/05  @ Washington        4- 2  Marshall        Bergmann      
85  Fri 07/06  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 8  Marquis         Maholm        
86  Sat 07/07  @ Pittsburgh    N   7- 1  Lilly           Van Benschoten
87  Sun 07/08  @ Pittsburgh        2- 6  Zambrano        Youman        
88  Fri 07/13    Houston           6- 0  Zambrano        Jennings      
89  Sat 07/14    Houston           9- 3  Lilly           Oswalt        
90  Sun 07/15    Houston           7- 6  Marquis         Rodriguez     
91  Mon 07/16    San Francisco N   3- 2  Hill            Lincecum      

 

Composite scoring during the last 21 games.........

 

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

CUBS             19   9  17  13  13  12   6   8   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      106
Opponents        14  13  10   2  11   9   3   7  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       82

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games......

 

06/21 - 07/16      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Ward               20    4    9    2    0    0   11    3    4    5  0.450  0.520  0.550  1.070  0.600
Theriot            54   12   20    5    0    1   28    5    5    3  0.370  0.424  0.519  0.942  0.380
Ramirez            72    9   25    8    1    2   41   19    2    4  0.347  0.355  0.569  0.925  0.348
DeRosa             72    9   26    5    0    1   34   17    7   13  0.361  0.413  0.472  0.885  0.431
Soriano            91   18   30    5    0    4   47   11    2   21  0.330  0.340  0.516  0.857  0.394
Lee                69   13   20    3    0    1   26   10   14   11  0.290  0.419  0.377  0.795  0.333
Fontenot           71   11   22    5    1    1   32    7    2   12  0.310  0.329  0.451  0.779  0.362
Floyd              32    5    9    0    0    1   12    5    6    5  0.281  0.395  0.375  0.770  0.308
Pagan              51    4   13    2    0    2   21    9    2   10  0.255  0.273  0.412  0.684  0.282
Jones              25    4    5    3    0    0    8    1    2    4  0.200  0.250  0.320  0.570  0.238
Izturis            27    2    6    1    0    0    7    0    1    3  0.222  0.250  0.259  0.509  0.250
K Hill             36    3    5    1    0    1    9    5    3    5  0.139  0.195  0.250  0.445  0.133
Soto                7    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.250
Pie                21    2    2    0    0    0    2    3    4    7  0.095  0.240  0.095  0.335  0.143
Bowen              31    3    2    1    0    0    3    2    4   13  0.065  0.167  0.097  0.263  0.111

last 21 games     720  106  203   41    2   14  290  101   59  136  0.282  0.333  0.403  0.736  0.332

season totals    3200  419  865  186   19   79 1326  400  274  594  0.270  0.329  0.414  0.743  0.311

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games......

 

06/21 - 07/16        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
Gallagher           1.3    1    2    0    1    1    0    30  6.75  6.75  0.00  1.50  0.00
Dempster            1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    21  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marmol             13.0    9    1    1    5   20    0   212  3.46 13.85  0.00  1.08  0.69
Ohman               6.3    4    1    1    0    3    1    87  0.00  4.26  1.42  0.63  1.42
Zambrano           34.3   18    7    7   14   40    2   578  3.67 10.49  0.52  0.93  1.83
Lilly              35.3   27   12   12   11   33    3   544  2.80  8.41  0.76  1.08  3.06
Petrick             5.7    3    2    2    1    5    1    86  1.59  7.94  1.59  0.71  3.18
Wuertz             10.7    9    5    5    5   12    1   168  4.22 10.13  0.84  1.31  4.22
Marshall           13.7   17    9    8    7    7    0   214  4.61  4.61  0.00  1.76  5.27
R Hill             22.7   25   14   14    7   20    4   396  2.78  7.94  1.59  1.41  5.56
Howry              12.0   16    8    8    3   13    1   197  2.25  9.75  0.75  1.58  6.00
Marquis            21.3   27   16   16    9   15    4   345  3.80  6.33  1.69  1.69  6.75
Eyre                6.0    8    5    5    6    4    0   135  9.00  6.00  0.00  2.33  7.50

last 21 games     185.3  165   83   79   70  176   17  3046  3.40  8.55  0.83  1.27  3.84

season totals     820.3  736  380  355  301  691   96 13113  3.30  7.58  1.05  1.26  3.89

 

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

 

04/02 - 07/16      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 8   18  0.308
DeRosa              43  117  0.269
Ramirez             43  128  0.251
Lee                 40  121  0.248
Floyd               26   83  0.239
Pie                 16   62  0.205
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Theriot             23   97  0.192
Fontenot            13   56  0.188
Soriano             22  105  0.173
Soto                 1    5  0.167
Jones               19  108  0.150
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Murton               7   48  0.127
K Hill               5   39  0.114
Bowen                2   19  0.095
Izturis              8   79  0.092
Cedeno               2   21  0.087

CUBS               321 1372  0.190

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       51      40     0.560     ---
Atlanta         50      43     0.538     2.0
CUBS            48      43     0.527     3.0
Arizona         49      45     0.521     3.5
Philadelphia    46      46     0.500     5.5
Colorado        46      46     0.500     5.5
Florida         44      49     0.473     8.0
St. Louis       42      47     0.472     8.0

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      75
St. Louis      68
Pittsburgh     63
Houston        61
Cincinnati     60

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Omar]

San Francisco Giants Vs. Sean Marshall

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1764/marshallvsgiantswd3.jpg

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Barry Zito

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2088/cubsvszitoam4.jpg

Jason Kendall is also 1/4 with a single and a strikeout.

[Guest]

I'll probably see this game on a TV in O'Hare. :)

[98navigator]

SF: LHP Barry Zito (6-9, 4.90 ERA)

Zito took another loss in his final start before the break, yielding six runs (five earned) over four-plus innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. Zito hasn't pitched like a frontline ace this season and completed the worst first half of his strong career. After a few days off at home, Zito will hope to regain the form that yielded the seven-year, $126 million contract he signed last offseason, the highest contract given to a pitcher. The Giants have lost Zito's past six starts and only one of those outings has been a quality performance.

 

Probables

 

Zito is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in one career start against the Cubs and has been far better at home (3.75) than on the road (5.54).

[Omar]

Zito is getting paid $18 million (?) to put up an 88 ERA+.

 

I love baseball.

[Alfonso Soriano]

Weather:

Tuesday: Rain and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 81. South southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

 

Tuesday Night: Rain and thunderstorms likely, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

[Omar]

Eh. Maybe we could see a DH Wednesday.

[CubmanPi]

Eh. Maybe we could see a DH Wednesday.

Just because it rains on Tuesday doesn't mean they would suddenly switch to AL rules for the day :roll:

[seanimal]

My boy's got this.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Eh. Maybe we could see a DH Wednesday.

Just because it rains on Tuesday doesn't mean they would suddenly switch to AL rules for the day :roll:

 

Hey.... don't quit yer day job, eh? :wink:

[Jazz]

we got this. excited to see if kendall is worth a damn.

[Derwood]

did soto get sent down?

[ctcf]

did soto get sent down?

 

:?:

[bukie]

I just hope the Cubs are patient today, as Zito is likely going to throw a lot of pitches out of the strike zone.

[bukie]

did soto get sent down?

 

:?:

 

To make room for Kendall on the 25-man roster, someone needs to be sent down/DFA'd/traded/released. Likely candidate would be one of the two other catchers on the roster. If Soto is sent down, there's no chance of the Cubs losing a player.

[Omar]

did soto get sent down?

 

:?:

 

To make room for Kendall on the 25-man roster, someone needs to be sent down/DFA'd/traded/released. Likely candidate would be one of the two other catchers on the roster. If Soto is sent down, there's no chance of the Cubs losing a player.

 

Uhm. There's room for Kendall. You do remember Cubs traded Bowen?

[otis89]

Win again, por favor.

[bukie]

did soto get sent down?

 

:?:

 

To make room for Kendall on the 25-man roster, someone needs to be sent down/DFA'd/traded/released. Likely candidate would be one of the two other catchers on the roster. If Soto is sent down, there's no chance of the Cubs losing a player.

 

Uhm. There's room for Kendall. You do remember Cubs traded Bowen?

 

They DFA'd Bowen before the game and brought up Petrick. So trading Bowen doesn't affect the 25-man roster. Someone still needs to be dealt with.

[A New Era]

we got this. excited to see if kendall is worth a damn.

 

Ofcourse he will be. And all of the people moaning and complaining and over reacting in the trade thread will be verbalizing his name soon.

[Iceblink]

Zito is getting paid $18 million (?) to put up an 88 ERA+.

 

I love baseball.

 

His last 6 starts (all losses by the Gints):

4 IP, 9H, 4 R

5.1 IP, 5H, 7R

4 IP, 5H, 6R

8 IP, 6H, 2R

5 IP, 2H (6BB), 3R

4 IP, 8H, 6R

 

Let's hope he keeps on keeping on.

[BleacherBadger]

Perfect time and perfect starter to start turning around our results vs. lefty pitchers.

[erik316wttn]

I'm not going to change my sig for the rest of the year. I put it in there right before Lou had his meltdown, and look at the results!

[A New Era]

Batting 7th. Cubs Catcher. Jason Kendall. (smattering of applause).

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'd make Hill spin curveballs up there for BP today.