7/18 Giants (Cain) at CUBS (Big Z), 1:20 PM CT, WGN

[soccer10k]

I'm spot starting for earth2sean today.

 

This guy

 

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7495.jpg

 

3-10, 3.53 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

 

vs.

 

this guy

 

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6559.jpg

 

11-7, 3.83 ERA, 1.28 WHIP

 

Hopefully the Giants continue giving Cain little to no run support and the Cubs can give Z more than enough.

 

Earth2sean, regardless of the outcome today, you're up for the 7/19 game thread.

[Omar]

Carlos Zambrano Vs. San Francisco Giants

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8053/zvsgiantsav8.jpg

 

Matt Cain Vs. Chicago Cubs

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7041/cainvscubsln1.jpg

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Lithia Springs, GA, right outside of Atlanta !!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.........

 

CUBS are 7-6 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 1-1 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 8-8 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 14-10 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 24-19 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 30-23 in day games

CUBS are 24-22 at home

CUBS are 39-29 against right handers

CUBS are 23-18 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 35-14 when they get a quality start.... 13-30 when they don't

CUBS are 17-24 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 31-20 when they don't

CUBS are 38-19 when they score first in the game.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 22-15 when they score in the first inning.... 26-29 when they don't

CUBS are 40-27 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.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 37-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-38 when they don't

CUBS are 43-12 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-21 when they get outhit.... and 3-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 5-3 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 43-41 when he doesn't

CUBS are 14-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 34-37 when he doesn't

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

CUBS are 31-25 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..... 16-28 when they don't

CUBS are 41-27 when they get at least 8 hits..... 7-17 when they don't

CUBS are 42-33 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 6-11 when they don't

CUBS are 19-8 when they execute a sac bunt.... 29-36 when they don't

CUBS are 16-21 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 32-22 when they don't

CUBS are 44-35 when they hit at least 1 double.... 4-9 when they don't

CUBS are 14-8 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 34-36 when they don't

CUBS are 16-7 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 32-37 when they don't

CUBS are 24-11 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 24-33 when they don't

CUBS are 15-21 when the opponent steals a base.... 33-23 when they don't

CUBS are 11-16 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 37-28 when they don't

CUBS are 9-5 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 39-39 when they don't

CUBS are 3-19 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 45-25 when they don't

CUBS are 5-12 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 43-32 when they don't

CUBS are 11-14 when they hit an opposing batter.... 37-30 when they don't

CUBS have scored first in 15 of their last 21 games (16-5)

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 20 games

CUBS have not hit a triple in their last 13 games

CUBS have hit 1 or more HRs in their last 4 games

CUBS have 12 SFs in their last 17 games

CUBS have been HBP once in their last 20 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 12 of their last 18 games

CUBS have caught 2 base runners stealing in their last 22 games

CUBS opponents have GIDP'd at least 1 time in 12 of their last 19 games

CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in 10 of their last 13 games

 

CUBS are 11-9 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 12 of 20 in quality starts

Zambrano has 8 consecutive quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.53.... to Blanco it's 3.27.... to K. Hill it's 1.87.... to Bowen it's 1.13

CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.87 HR/G overall.... 1.05 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/02 - 07/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   682   95  178   43    4   21  292   88   62  119  0.261  0.321  0.428  0.749
CUBS overall     3233  423  871  190   19   80 1339  401  275  604  0.269  0.328  0.414  0.742

 

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

 

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

CUBS             12  13  13  11   8  15   5  13   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      95
Opponents        14   2   7   3  18   6  14   9   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      75

 

Zambrano's starts this year (11-7)

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/02  vs. Cincy       5.0    6    5    5    5    2    2    92  9.00  3.60  3.60  2.20  9.00
04/07  vs. Milw        7.0    5    3    3    2    6    2   109  2.57  7.71  2.57  1.00  3.86
04/13  vs. Cincy       4.0    6    6    6    4    2    0    87  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.50 13.50
04/18  vs. Atla        6.0    8    5    5    5    6    2   113  7.50  9.00  3.00  2.17  7.50
04/23  vs. Milw        5.3    5    2    2    3    7    1   103  5.06 11.81  1.69  1.50  3.38
04/28  vs. St. L       7.0    7    1    1    0    2    1   113  0.00  2.57  1.29  1.00  1.29
05/04  vs. Wash        6.0    6    4    4    3    4    1   104  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
05/10  vs. Pitts       6.0    7    6    4    2    6    1   117  3.00  9.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
05/15  vs. Mets        8.0    6    1    1    3    3    1   116  3.38  3.38  1.13  1.13  1.13
05/20  vs. CWS         6.7    6    7    7    4    5    1   117  5.40  6.75  1.35  1.50  9.45
05/26  vs. L.A.        7.7    8    2    2    1    8    1   125  1.17  9.39  1.17  1.17  2.35
06/01  vs. Atla        5.0   13    7    6    2    0    0    97  3.60  0.00  0.00  3.00 10.80
06/06  vs. Milw        6.7    5    2    2    3    9    1   117  4.05 12.15  1.35  1.20  2.70
06/11  vs. Houst       8.0    3    1    0    1    8    0   128  1.13  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
06/16  vs. S.D.        9.0    2    1    1    5    6    1   123  5.00  6.00  1.00  0.78  1.00
06/22  vs. CWS         8.0    3    1    1    1   12    1   113  1.13 13.50  1.13  0.50  1.13
06/27  vs. Colo        6.0    5    2    2    3    8    0   107  4.50 12.00  0.00  1.33  3.00
07/03  vs. Wash        6.7    3    1    1    4    8    0   121  5.40 10.80  0.00  1.05  1.35
07/08  vs. Pitts       7.0    4    3    3    3    5    1   122  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  3.86
07/13  vs. Houst       6.7    3    0    0    3    7    0   115  4.05  9.45  0.00  0.90  0.00

Home                  62.7   56   36   32   30   53    5  1098  4.31  7.61  0.72  1.37  4.60
Road                  69.0   55   24   24   27   61   12  1141  3.52  7.96  1.57  1.19  3.13

Day                   97.7   86   50   47   41   82   13  1658  3.78  7.56  1.20  1.30  4.33
Nite                  34.0   25   10    9   16   32    4   581  4.24  8.47  1.06  1.21  2.38

April                 34.3   37   22   22   19   25    8   617  4.98  6.55  2.10  1.63  5.77
May                   34.3   33   20   18   13   26    5   579  3.41  6.82  1.31  1.34  4.72
June                  42.7   31   14   12   15   43    3   685  3.16  9.07  0.63  1.08  2.53
July                  20.3   10    4    4   10   20    1   358  4.43  8.85  0.44  0.98  1.77

last 5 starts         34.3   18    7    7   14   40    2   578  3.67 10.49  0.52  0.93  1.83
season totals        131.7  111   60   56   57  114   17  2239  3.90  7.79  1.16  1.28  3.83

 

Zambrano's starts vs. San Francisco last year (1-0).......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/10  vs. S.F.        8.0    5    1    1    5    6    0   110  5.63  6.75  0.00  1.25  1.13

season totals        214.0  162   91   81  115  210   20  3624  4.84  8.83  0.84  1.29  3.41

 

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

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             17 Jul     16 Jul     15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul
             vs. S.F.   vs. S.F.   vs. Hous   vs. Hous   vs. Hous   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         0.3  16               0.7  10                                                   1.0  26
Wuertz        0.3   7               1.3  27    1.0  20                                        2.7  54
Marmol        1.3  38               1.3  26               1.3  14                             4.0  78
Petrick       1.0  10                                                                         1.0  10

Totals        3.0  71    1.0   8    5.0  93    1.0  20    2.3  32                            12.3 224

 

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

 

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   2- 4  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 hitters vs. San Francisco this year.....

 

vs. S.F.           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
K Hill              3    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000
Lee                 7    2    3    0    0    1    6    1    1    2  0.429  0.500  0.857  1.357  0.500
Ramirez             8    0    3    2    0    0    5    2    0    3  0.375  0.375  0.625  1.000  0.600
Theriot             8    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.250
Ward                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000
Pagan               4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250
Jones               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000
Soriano             8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    3  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.200
DeRosa              5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167  0.000
Fontenot            4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Kendall             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. S.F.    59    5   11    3    0    2   20    4    5   17  0.186  0.250  0.339  0.589  0.225

season totals    3233  421  871  188   19   80 1337  401  274  603  0.269  0.327  0.414  0.741  0.310

 

CUBS pitchers vs. San Francisco this year......

 

vs. S.F.             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Howry               1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0     8  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Petrick             1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    10  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman               0.3    0    0    0    2    0    0    16 54.00  0.00  0.00  6.00  0.00
Wuertz              0.3    1    0    0    0    1    0     7  0.00 27.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
R Hill              8.0    4    2    2    2    3    1    95  2.25  3.38  1.13  0.75  2.25
Marshall            6.0    5    2    2    2    2    0    88  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
Marmol              1.3    1    2    2    3    2    0    38 20.25 13.50  0.00  3.00 13.50

totals vs. S.F.    18.0   11    6    6    9   10    1   262  4.50  5.00  0.50  1.11  3.00

season totals     829.3  743  384  359  308  697   96 13272  3.34  7.56  1.04  1.27  3.90

 

CUBS' last 7 games (5-2)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
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      
92  Tue 07/17    San Francisco N   2- 4  Marshall        Zito          

 

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              3   7   4   7   4   7   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      36
Opponents         2   4   4   2   1   0   1   6   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      22

 

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

 

07/07 - 07/17      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Lee                25    6   10    2    0    2   18    7    6    5  0.400  0.516  0.720  1.236  0.444
Floyd               4    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.500  0.600  0.500  1.100  0.500
Ward                6    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    3    2  0.333  0.556  0.500  1.056  0.500
Theriot            23    6    9    1    0    1   13    2    3    1  0.391  0.462  0.565  1.027  0.381
Ramirez            29    2   11    4    0    0   15    7    1    3  0.379  0.400  0.517  0.917  0.423
Izturis             5    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.400  0.500  0.400  0.900  0.400
DeRosa             26    4    9    2    0    0   11    2    2    7  0.346  0.393  0.423  0.816  0.474
Pagan              11    1    3    0    0    1    6    3    0    0  0.273  0.250  0.545  0.795  0.200
Soriano            31    5    9    1    0    1   13    4    0   10  0.290  0.290  0.419  0.710  0.400
Jones              15    2    3    1    0    0    4    1    2    2  0.200  0.278  0.267  0.544  0.231
K Hill              9    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    1  0.111  0.100  0.444  0.544  0.000
Soto                7    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.250
Fontenot           15    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    5  0.067  0.067  0.067  0.133  0.100
Bowen               4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Kendall             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 7 games      236   36   68   12    0    6   98   33   20   53  0.288  0.340  0.415  0.755  0.350

season totals    3233  421  871  188   19   80 1337  401  274  603  0.269  0.327  0.414  0.741  0.310

 

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

 

07/07 - 07/17        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman               1.0    1    0    0    2    0    0    26 18.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Petrick             1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    10  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                0.7    1    0    0    1    0    0    19 13.50  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Lilly              15.3   12    2    2    2   13    0   212  1.17  7.63  0.00  0.91  1.17
Zambrano           13.7    7    3    3    6   12    1   237  3.95  7.90  0.66  0.95  1.98
R Hill              8.0    4    2    2    2    3    1    95  2.25  3.38  1.13  0.75  2.25
Marshall            6.0    5    2    2    2    2    0    88  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
Marmol              5.7    2    2    2    5    7    0   106  7.94 11.12  0.00  1.24  3.18
Howry               4.0    6    3    3    0    3    0    57  0.00  6.75  0.00  1.50  6.75
Wuertz              2.7    4    2    2    1    5    0    54  3.38 16.88  0.00  1.88  6.75
Marquis             4.0    8    6    6    3    2    1    82  6.75  4.50  2.25  2.75 13.50

last 7 games       62.0   50   22   22   24   48    3   986  3.48  6.97  0.44  1.19  3.19

season totals     829.3  743  384  359  308  697   96 13272  3.34  7.56  1.04  1.27  3.90

 

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

 

04/02 - 07/17      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 8   19  0.296
DeRosa              43  119  0.265
Ramirez             43  130  0.249
Lee                 40  122  0.247
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  108  0.169
Soto                 1    5  0.167
Pagan               10   53  0.159
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
Kendall              0    0  0.000

CUBS               321 1382  0.188

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       51      41     0.554     ---
Atlanta         50      44     0.532     2.0
CUBS            48      44     0.522     3.0
Arizona         49      46     0.516     3.5
Philadelphia    47      46     0.505     4.5
Colorado        47      46     0.505     4.5
Florida         45      49     0.479     7.0
St. Louis       42      48     0.467     8.0

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      75
St. Louis      67
Pittsburgh     62
Houston        61
Cincinnati     60

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Omar]

No more Fecal League standings... Awesome.

[gflore34]

After last night its pretty apparent that if the Cubs don't beat themselves (7 BB's, misplays by Kendall) they'll win today and tomorrow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

No more Fecal League standings... Awesome.

 

Be careful..... they're just one fast copy/paste away !! :wink:

[Laura]

Bruce Miles / The Daily Herald[/url]"]

“Kendall’s fine,” manager Lou Piniella said. “He’s got to learn our pitching staff a little bit. Long trip in from California. We’ll give him the day off (today) and get him back in there Thursday.”

[C.C.]

Last nights win was on me guys! I wore my bad luck Cub shirt. Everytime I've worn this shirt they've lost. I was trying to prove I wan't supersuperstitious...Did't work! I tore it up and threw it in the trash...Let the gods show the shirt is no more, and bless the Cubs

[UMFan83]

Yay no Kendall = we win!

 

Apparently Z really likes pitching to Koyie Hill

[C.C.]

Yay no Kendall = we win!

 

Apparently Z really likes pitching to Koyie Hill

 

Or day after night game...

[bc2k]

I'm guessing Bonds will be starting for the rest of the series since both games are day games. Bonds probably sat the past two games because he didn't want to hear the taunts from the liquor-fueled night crowd.

[UMFan83]

Yay no Kendall = we win!

 

Apparently Z really likes pitching to Koyie Hill

 

Or day after night game...

 

Kendall ususally plays 145-150 games per year. The most Barrett has played is 134. He doesn't sit many games, even day after nights.

[Omar]

Yay no Kendall = we win!

 

Apparently Z really likes pitching to Koyie Hill

 

Or day after night game...

 

Kendall ususally plays 145-150 games per year. The most Barrett has played is 134. He doesn't sit many games, even day after nights.

 

Yeah but after last night, it really seemed necessary.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Kendall sits = Cubs win 3-1

[Keener98]

Bonds is not starting in this game either. What a pansy ass

 

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, kept out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive day Tuesday, was told he'll be rested more frequently, including Wednesday's afternoon game against the Chicago Cubs, slowing his chase

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/giants/2007-07-17-bonds-rest_N.htm

[Lockes Eye Scar]

Zambrano shouldn't break a sweat against the Giants lineup... which probably means he'll give up 5 in 3

[otis89]

Win, por favor.

[gerby23]

We sure could use another win--and a Brewers loss would be great as well.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Just win, bitches.

[Marco4]

Cubs for the win, thanks.

 

Cheers.

[98navigator]

Yay no Kendall = we win!

 

Apparently Z really likes pitching to Koyie Hill

 

Or day after night game...

 

Kendall usually plays 145-150 games per year. The most Barrett has played is 134. He doesn't sit many games, even day after nights.

 

True, but it could be a coincidence that Z is pitching today; Lou may have just wanted to give him a day off because yesterday was a really busy day for him... I'm willing to bet that Kendall will catch Z at some point. However, Lou isn't going to play him all the time.

 

Suntimes.com

Piniella said he plans to catch Kendall four or five times a week, and Kendall said he didn't anticipate a lengthy learning curve for him and his new pitching staff.

 

Depending on the week, Koyie will probably catch 1 or 2 times.

[98navigator]

Suntimes

Bonds is expected to be held out of the starting lineup for a third straight game today because of a sore, well, everything. Asked what was keeping Bonds out, manager Bruce Bochy said, ''He had ice all over the place -- on his ankles, his lower legs.''

[C.C.]

These next two games are must wins. We have to take 3/4 from the Giants. Anything less is embarrassing! Espically without Bonds playing.

[BleacherBadger]

Just a question: A writer on Foxsports.com said he predicts the Cubs won't win the division, but the wild card instead.

 

What are peoples takes? Brewers and Cubs both keep it up, and the Cubs overtake the west in the WC? San Diego seems weak without hitting, and Arizona doesn't have that much to keep up.

[ctcf]

So Bonds reason for being out is that he's old?