8/17 Cardinals (Looper) @ Cubs (Hill) 1:20 WGN

[Derwood]

Based on a combination of these numbers and yesterday's game, here's for a starting lineup of;

 

Theriot, SS

Jones, CF

Lee, 1B (although, with the slump he's in, he should be lower)

ARam, 3B

Kendall, C

DeRosa, 2B

Murton, LF

Fox, RF

Hill, P

 

knowing Lou's M.O., Fox will sit vs. a righty. I expect Jones in RF and Pie in CF

[E.J.]

I can't believe that these two craptacular teams are playing meaningful games in August. Ridiculous. And seriously, how do the Cardinals win games with the rotation they have?

[CubmanPi]

For the love of Jeebus, it's Braden Freaking Looper. Beat him, Cobs.

[Cynosure]

For the love of Jeebus, it's Braden Freaking Looper. Beat him, Cobs.

 

So we'll look like we're facing Cy Young's ghost?

[B]

So what Rich Hill do we get tonight?

 

Probably won't see him tonight. Hopefully we'll get good Rich tomorrow though.

[Cynosure]

So what Rich Hill do we get tonight?

 

Probably won't see him tonight. Hopefully we'll get good Rich tomorrow though.

 

Ugh time difference, sorry.

[sethuel1]

dammit i hatw th cardinals. Must win or else I kill and in-law and get divorceed or put in jail or both.

[Fred Hornkohl]

dammit i hatw th cardinals. Must win or else I kill and in-law and get divorceed or put in jail or both.

 

Step back off the ledge, Seth !!

[LetsPlayTwo]

dammit i hatw th cardinals. Must win or else I kill and in-law and get divorceed or put in jail or both.

 

Step back off the ledge, Seth !!

 

He's just had one too many...it'll pass soon.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Atlanta, GA !!

 

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

 

CUBS are 11-8 on Fridays

CUBS are 5-3 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 25-25 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 15-15 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 30-30 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 20-19 in games that start a series

CUBS are 36-28 in day games

CUBS are 31-30 at home

CUBS are 50-40 against right handers

CUBS are 30-25 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 44-17 when they get a quality start.... 17-42 when they don't

CUBS are 20-34 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 41-25 when they don't

CUBS are 50-22 when they score first in the game.... 11-37 when they don't

CUBS are 29-19 when they score in the first inning.... 32-40 when they don't

CUBS are 52-38 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 9-21 when they do

CUBS are 51-23 when they score at least 4 runs.... 10-36 when they don't

CUBS are 47-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 14-50 when they don't

CUBS are 54-15 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-32 when they get outhit.... and 4-10 when the hits are even

CUBS are 22-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 39-49 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-19 in one run games.... 9-10 in two run games

CUBS are 44-38 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-21 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 39-19 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 22-40 when they don't

CUBS are 23-17 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 38-50 when they don't

CUBS are 46-33 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 15-26 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-28 when Barrett starts... 3-7 when Blanco starts... 17-8 when K. Hill starts... 6-3 when Bowen starts.... 2-0 when Soto starts.... 9-13 when Kendall starts

CUBS are on a pace to win 82 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 761 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 131 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 505 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1076 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 97 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 113 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 96 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.70 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.76 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 19.5% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.367 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 30 of their last 49 games (29-20)

CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs in 10 of their last 43 games

CUBS have hit 13 doubles in their last 2 games after hitting none in their previous 3 games

CUBS have hit 2 triples in their last 20 games.... both in the same game

CUBS have been CS once in their last 13 games

CUBS have executed 2 sac bunts in their last 15 games

CUBS have 3 consecutive errorless games

CUBS have hit 1 sac fly in their last 17 games

CUBS have been HBP 6 times in their last 48 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 32 of their last 46 games

CUBS have caught 5 base runners stealing in their last 50 games

CUBS pitchers have hit a batter in 5 of their last 6 games

CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in 24 of their last 41 games

CUBS' 20 hits yesterday were their most since they hit 20 on Wed 30 Aug 06 in a 9-10 loss at Pittsburgh

 

CUBS are 9-14 when Hill starts

Hill is 12 of 23 in quality starts

Hill has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.39.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's 1.71.... to Bowen it's 7.36.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 5.24

CUBS score 4.70 R/G overall.... 2.96 R/G when Hill pitches

CUBS hit 0.81 HR/G overall.... 0.48 HR/G when Hill pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Hill.....

 

04/02 - 08/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Hill       783   68  184   45    3   11  268   63   83  169  0.235  0.308  0.342  0.650
CUBS overall     4215  564 1142  258   23   97 1737  535  374  797  0.271  0.331  0.412  0.744

 

Composite scoring in games started by Hill.........

 

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

CUBS             16   4   8   7   4   4   9   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       68
Opponents        13   5   8  14  15  12  11  13   5   1   1   0   2   0   0   0      100

 

Hill's starts this year (6-7)

 

Hill                    IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/06  vs. Milw        7.0    1    1    1    0    6    1    78  0.00  7.71  1.29  0.14  1.29
04/14  vs. Cincy       7.0    3    0    0    4    5    0    95  5.14  6.43  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/19  vs. Atla        8.0    4    0    0    3    7    0   111  3.38  7.88  0.00  0.88  0.00
04/24  vs. Milw        6.7    6    4    4    3    5    2   108  4.05  6.75  2.70  1.35  5.40
04/30  vs. Pitts       7.0    6    2    2    1    6    0   103  1.29  7.71  0.00  1.00  2.57
05/05  vs. Wash        6.0    6    1    1    1    4    0    94  1.50  6.00  0.00  1.17  1.50
05/11  vs. Phila       5.0    4    5    5    3    7    2    85  5.40 12.60  3.60  1.40  9.00
05/16  vs. Mets        6.0    7    4    4    4    6    1   113  6.00  9.00  1.50  1.83  6.00
05/22  vs. S.D.        6.0    6    5    5    2    8    4    99  3.00 12.00  6.00  1.33  7.50
05/27  vs. L.A.        6.0    3    0    0    2    3    0    66  3.00  4.50  0.00  0.83  0.00
06/02  vs. Atla        7.0    4    3    1    1    6    0    97  1.29  7.71  0.00  0.71  1.29
06/07  vs. Atla        8.0    3    1    1    1   11    1   108  1.13 12.38  1.13  0.50  1.13
06/12  vs. Seatt       6.7    8    3    3    1    4    1    83  1.35  5.40  1.35  1.35  4.05
06/17  vs. S.D.        3.0    5    5    5    1    1    3    52  3.00  3.00  9.00  2.00 15.00
06/23  vs. CWS         5.7    6    1    1    2    6    0   105  3.18  9.53  0.00  1.41  1.59
06/29  vs. Milw        3.0    5    5    5    2    5    1    92  6.00 15.00  3.00  2.33 15.00
07/04  vs. Wash        6.0   10    6    6    1    6    2   104  1.50  9.00  3.00  1.83  9.00
07/16  vs. S.F.        8.0    4    2    2    2    3    1    95  2.25  3.38  1.13  0.75  2.25
07/21  vs. Ariz        6.0    6    2    1    4    6    0   115  6.00  9.00  0.00  1.67  1.50
07/27  vs. Cincy       5.0    6    2    2    3    8    1   104  5.40 14.40  1.80  1.80  3.60
08/01  vs. Phila       4.7    8    4    3    3    5    1    96  5.79  9.64  1.93  2.36  5.79
08/06  vs. Houst       7.0    3    1    1    2    6    1   101  2.57  7.71  1.29  0.71  1.29
08/11  vs. Colo        5.7    9    7    7    2    4    1    89  3.18  6.35  1.59  1.94 11.12


Home                  58.0   55   29   25   22   44    9   927  3.41  6.83  1.40  1.33  3.88
Road                  82.3   68   35   35   26   84   14  1266  2.84  9.18  1.53  1.14  3.83

Day                   49.7   48   23   20   18   42    6   820  3.26  7.61  1.09  1.33  3.62
Nite                  90.7   75   41   40   30   86   17  1373  2.98  8.54  1.69  1.16  3.97

Home  Day             32.0   29   16   13   13   27    4   545  3.66  7.59  1.13  1.31  3.66

April                 35.7   20    7    7   11   29    3   495  2.78  7.32  0.76  0.87  1.77
May                   29.0   26   15   15   12   28    7   457  3.72  8.69  2.17  1.31  4.66
June                  33.3   31   18   16    8   33    6   537  2.16  8.91  1.62  1.17  4.32
July                  25.0   26   12   11   10   23    4   418  3.60  8.28  1.44  1.44  3.96
August                17.3   20   12   11    7   15    3   286  3.63  7.79  1.56  1.56  5.71

last 5 starts         28.3   32   16   14   14   29    4   505  4.45  9.21  1.27  1.62  4.45
season totals        140.3  123   64   60   48  128   23  2193  3.08  8.21  1.48  1.22  3.85

 

Hill's starts vs. St. Louis last year (ND).......

 

Hill                    IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/27  vs. St. L       3.3    6    4    4    3    1    1    83  8.10  2.70  2.70  2.70 10.80
08/26  vs. St. L       7.0    4    1    1    0    2    1    93  0.00  2.57  1.29  0.57  1.29

totals vs. St. L      10.3   10    5    5    3    3    2   176  2.61  2.61  1.74  1.26  4.35
season totals         99.3   83   51   46   39   90   16  1637  3.53  8.15  1.45  1.23  4.17

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             16 Aug     15 Aug     14 Aug     13 Aug     12 Aug     11 Aug     10 Aug
             vs Cincy   vs Cincy   vs Cincy   no game    @ Colo     @ Colo     @ Colo  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                  1.0  17               1.0  15       2.0  32
Eyre          1.0   9                                                1.3  27                  2.3  36
Howry                    1.0  22    1.0  14                                     1.0  12       3.0  48
Wuertz                   0.3  14                          1.0  17    0.3   5                  1.7  36
Marmol                   1.7  29    1.0  21                                     0.3  23       3.0  73
Gallagher                                                            0.7  38                  0.7  38
Pignatiello   1.0  18                                                                         1.0  18
Wood          1.0  14    1.0  12                          1.0  22                             3.0  48

Totals        3.0  41    4.0  77    2.0  35               3.0  56    2.3  70    2.3  50      16.7 329

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis this year (5-3).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
16  Fri 04/20    St. Louis         1- 2  Lilly           Looper        
17  Sat 04/21    St. Louis         6- 0  Marquis         Reyes         
18  Sun 04/22    St. Louis         9-12  Miller          Wainright     
22  Fri 04/27  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  Marquis         Reyes         
23  Sat 04/28  @ St. Louis         8- 1  Zambrano        Wainright     
98  Tue 07/24  @ St. Louis     N   4- 3  Zambrano        Wells         
99  Wed 07/25  @ St. Louis     N   7- 1  Lilly           Wainright     
100  Thu 07/26  @ St. Louis     N   1-11  Marquis         Looper        
121  Fri 08/17    St. Louis          -    Hill            Looper        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis          -    Marshall        Reyes         
123  Sun 08/19    St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Wells         
124  Mon 08/20    St. Louis          -    Lilly           Pineiro       
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N    -    Marshall        Wainright     
148  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Reyes         
149  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis     N    -    Lilly           Carpenter     
150  Sun 09/16  @ St. Louis          -    Marquis         Wells         

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis last year (11-8) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 3  Fri 04/07    St. Louis         5- 1  Maddux        
 4  Sat 04/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Zambrano      
 5  Sun 04/09    St. Louis     N   8- 4  Marshall      
15  Fri 04/21  @ St. Louis     N   3- 9  Williams      
16  Sat 04/22  @ St. Louis         1- 4  Rusch        
17  Sun 04/23  @ St. Louis         7- 3  Maddux        
53  Fri 06/02  @ St. Louis     N   5- 4  Marshall      
54  Sat 06/03  @ St. Louis     N   8- 5  Rusch        
55  Sun 06/04  @ St. Louis         6- 9  Maddux        
101  Thu 07/27    St. Louis     N   5- 4  Hill        
102  Fri 07/28    St. Louis         6- 5  Marmol        
103  Sat 07/29    St. Louis         4- 2  Maddux        
104  Sun 07/30    St. Louis         6- 3  Zambrano      
121  Fri 08/18    St. Louis         3-11  Marmol        
122  Sat 08/19    St. Louis         5- 4  Zambrano      
123  Sun 08/20    St. Louis         3- 5  Mateo        
128  Fri 08/25  @ St. Louis     N   0- 2  Mateo        
129  Sat 08/26  @ St. Louis         1- 2  Hill        
130  Sun 08/27  @ St. Louis     N   6-10  Walrond       

 

CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

vs. St. L          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Jones              23    2   11    2    1    0   15    8    5    3  0.478  0.571  0.652  1.224  0.550
Barrett            12    3    4    0    0    2   10    5    1    1  0.333  0.385  0.833  1.218  0.222
DeRosa             16    3    6    2    0    0    8    2    3    3  0.375  0.474  0.500  0.974  0.462
Murton              9    3    3    2    0    0    5    0    1    0  0.333  0.400  0.556  0.956  0.333
Ramirez            34    4   11    2    0    2   19    7    3    2  0.324  0.378  0.559  0.937  0.300
Blanco              6    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    1  0.333  0.429  0.500  0.929  0.400
Cedeno             14    1    4    1    0    1    8    3    0    4  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.857  0.333
Lee                32   11    9    2    0    1   14    2    3   10  0.281  0.343  0.438  0.780  0.381
Soriano            23    2    6    3    1    0   11    0    1    6  0.261  0.292  0.478  0.770  0.353
Theriot            31    5    8    2    0    0   10    2    2    3  0.258  0.303  0.323  0.626  0.286
Kendall             8    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.286
Pie                14    1    2    0    0    1    5    2    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.357  0.500  0.100
Izturis             4    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333
Floyd              25    4    5    1    0    0    6    3    0    3  0.200  0.200  0.240  0.440  0.227
Fontenot           10    0    2    0    0    0    2    2    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.222
K Hill              5    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.250
Pagan               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Ward                3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Fox                 1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. St. L  293   41   81   20    2    7  126   39   20   52  0.276  0.323  0.430  0.753  0.316
season totals    4215  562 1142  254   23   97 1733  534  373  788  0.271  0.331  0.411  0.742  0.314

 

CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year......

 

vs. St. L            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              5.3    7    1    0    1    2    0    64  1.69  3.38  0.00  1.50  0.00
Ohman               4.3    1    0    0    1    2    0    50  2.08  4.15  0.00  0.46  0.00
Eyre                1.3    1    0    0    1    1    0    16  6.75  6.75  0.00  1.50  0.00
Cotts               1.0    0    0    0    3    0    0    33 27.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Cherry              1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marmol              0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lilly              14.0   10    3    3    5    8    1   189  3.21  5.14  0.64  1.07  1.93
Zambrano           13.3   12    3    3    3    7    1   230  2.03  4.73  0.68  1.13  2.03
Marquis            18.7   17    9    9    7    6    3   301  3.38  2.89  1.45  1.29  4.34
Howry               3.3    5    2    2    2    1    0    70  5.40  2.70  0.00  2.10  5.40
Dempster            3.7    6    4    3    0    5    1    63  0.00 12.27  2.45  1.64  7.36
Miller              4.7    9    7    7    0    3    3    97  0.00  5.79  5.79  1.93 13.50
Petrick             1.0    4    4    4    3    0    1    35 27.00  0.00  9.00  7.00 36.00

totals vs. St. L   72.0   72   33   31   26   35   10  1167  3.25  4.38  1.25  1.36  3.88
season totals    1076.3 1005  520  487  433  878  128 17554  3.62  7.34  1.07  1.34  4.07

 

CUBS' last 14 games (4-10)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
107  Thu 08/02    Philadelphia      6-10  Marshall        Lohse         
108  Fri 08/03    New York          2- 6  Zambrano        Hernandez     
109  Sat 08/04    New York          6- 2  Lilly           Maine         
110  Sun 08/05    New York      N   3- 8  Marquis         Glavine       
111  Mon 08/06  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Hill            Rodriguez     
112  Tue 08/07  @ Houston       N   2- 5  Marshall        Williams      
113  Wed 08/08  @ Houston       N   2- 8  Zambrano        Oswalt        
114  Thu 08/09  @ Colorado      N  10- 2  Lilly           Jimemez       
115  Fri 08/10  @ Colorado      N   6- 2  Marquis         Cook          
116  Sat 08/11  @ Colorado      N   2-15  Hill            Fogg          
117  Sun 08/12  @ Colorado          3- 6  Marshall        Harikkala     
118  Tue 08/14    Cincinnati    N   5- 6  Zambrano        Harang        
119  Wed 08/15    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Lilly           Dumatrait     
120  Thu 08/16    Cincinnati       12- 4  Marquis         Livingston    

 

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              8   6  19  11   4   4  13   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      69
Opponents         2  15  12   5   6  22   7   9   8   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      87

 

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

 

08/02 - 08/16      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Ramirez            30    5   11    6    0    2   23    6    4    6  0.367  0.457  0.767  1.224  0.409
Jones              53    4   24    7    0    2   37   14    3    6  0.453  0.482  0.698  1.180  0.489
Kendall            39    8   15    3    1    1   23   10    9    1  0.385  0.500  0.590  1.090  0.378
Fox                 7    3    2    2    0    0    4    1    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.571  0.946  0.333
Murton             41    7   13    1    0    3   23    6    3    5  0.317  0.364  0.561  0.925  0.303
Lee                54    8   12    3    0    2   21    6    9   12  0.222  0.333  0.389  0.722  0.250
Theriot            63   11   20    4    0    0   24    9    2    5  0.317  0.333  0.381  0.714  0.345
DeRosa             53    9   17    1    0    0   18    6    3   10  0.321  0.368  0.340  0.708  0.395
Fontenot           35    3    8    2    1    0   12    6    5    7  0.229  0.325  0.343  0.668  0.286
Floyd              20    2    5    0    0    0    5    2    4    7  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.385
Soriano            15    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    0    1  0.267  0.267  0.333  0.600  0.286
Pie                18    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    0    6  0.222  0.222  0.333  0.556  0.333
K Hill             13    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    2  0.154  0.214  0.154  0.368  0.182
Patterson           6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250
Pagan              10    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    3  0.100  0.100  0.200  0.300  0.143
Ward                6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Cedeno              8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     504   69  142   34    2   10  210   68   45   89  0.282  0.344  0.417  0.760  0.326
season totals    4215  562 1142  254   23   97 1733  534  373  788  0.271  0.331  0.411  0.742  0.314

 

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

 

08/02 - 08/16        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cherry              2.3    2    0    0    1    2    0    43  3.86  7.71  0.00  1.29  0.00
Pignatiello         1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              7.3    7    2    2    6   11    0   142  7.36 13.50  0.00  1.77  2.45
Howry               7.0    3    2    2    2    5    1   110  2.57  6.43  1.29  0.71  2.57
Marquis            18.0   21   10    9    7    8    1   284  3.50  4.00  0.50  1.56  4.50
Eyre                4.0    5    4    2    5    4    0    95 11.25  9.00  0.00  2.50  4.50
Wood                5.7    5    3    3    4    5    0    96  6.35  7.94  0.00  1.59  4.76
Lilly              18.7   18   10   10    8   18    5   325  3.86  8.68  2.41  1.39  4.82
Wuertz              6.3    9    5    4    3    3    2   114  4.26  4.26  2.84  1.89  5.68
R Hill             12.7   12    8    8    4   10    2   190  2.84  7.11  1.42  1.26  5.68
Zambrano           17.7   23   14   14   12   11    3   313  6.11  5.60  1.53  1.98  7.13
Dempster            6.0    8    5    5    5    5    0    98  7.50  7.50  0.00  2.17  7.50
Marshall           13.0   22   15   15    3    5    3   218  2.08  3.46  2.08  1.92 10.38
Gallagher           1.7    4    4    4    4    0    1    61 21.60  0.00  5.40  4.80 21.60
Ohman               1.3    7    5    5    1    2    0    42  6.75 13.50  0.00  6.00 33.75

last 14 games     122.7  147   87   83   65   90   18  2149  4.77  6.60  1.32  1.73  6.09
season totals    1076.3 1005  520  487  433  878  128 17554  3.62  7.34  1.07  1.34  4.07

 

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

 

04/02 - 08/16      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fox                  1    2  0.333
Kendall             12   28  0.300
Ramirez             55  158  0.258
Ward                 8   23  0.258
DeRosa              52  154  0.252
Floyd               32  107  0.230
Lee                 48  163  0.227
Jones               40  147  0.214
Theriot             34  126  0.213
Fontenot            24   96  0.200
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Pagan               16   66  0.195
Pie                 17   74  0.187
Soto                 1    5  0.167
Soriano             26  130  0.167
K Hill              10   58  0.147
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Murton              11   72  0.133
Cedeno               4   31  0.114
Bowen                2   19  0.095
Izturis              8   79  0.092
Moore                0    3  0.000
Patterson            0    4  0.000

CUBS               437 1805  0.195

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       65      55     0.542     ---
Philadelphia    64      56     0.533     1.0
Atlanta         64      57     0.529     1.5
Colorado        62      58     0.517     3.0
Los Angeles     62      59     0.512     3.5
CUBS            61      59     0.508     4.0
St. Louis       58      60     0.492     6.0
Florida         56      65     0.463     9.5

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      43
St. Louis      42
Houston        35
Cincinnati     34
Pittsburgh     33

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

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[Bote McBoteface]

God I hope we get shelled in this game and expose that this team is a terrible team that got hot for 2 months.

 

 

 

 

Reverse psychology

[kujay]

For the love of God, guys, please. I'm begging you not to lose this series.

 

I may have to pack up and move. Not that I don't want to...

[C.C.]

I have no idea what to expect. No comment.

[Cynosure]

I expect the offense to carry over from last night!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Atlanta, GA !!

 

.

 

If you've found anything beautiful about Atlanta, please let me know.

[jyoung55]

Let's make this late season 4 game series against the Cards as memorable as the one in 2003.

 

Or even moreso if the Umps don't pull a "let's screw Moises Alou again."

[C.C.]

I expect the offense to carry over from last night!

 

 

You expect quite a bit.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Not only do the Cubs have Rich Hill and his incredibly small run support going but they scored 12 runs on 20 hits today. They'll be lucky to get 2 runs on Friday.

 

I'm guessing you're overstating it by 2 runs....

[Cynosure]

Well DeRosa said he loved hitting in front of Derrek Lee because he was seeing more fastballs. It worked yesterday, do it again Lou!

[C.C.]

Friday: Looper

Saturday: Reyes

Sunday: Wells

Monday: Piniero

 

 

If we can't beat these starters, we don't deserve squat.

[kujay]

Friday: Looper

Saturday: Reyes

Sunday: Wells

Monday: Piniero

 

 

If we can't beat these starters, we don't deserve squat.

 

Post of the day.

 

Gotta win three of four.

[illiniguy]

Lets take care of buisness this weekend and end this division race.

[bc2k]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Atlanta, GA !!

 

.

 

If you've found anything beautiful about Atlanta, please let me know.

 

Richard Jewel?

[Omar]

What I want to see today:

 

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/Cubs4life421/CubsCardinals.jpg

 

and

 

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/Cubs4life421/beareatbird.jpg

 

That is all.

[cubweiser03]

One of these days hill is going to get HUGE run support. Ok, ive been saying that for while now. Today is as good as day as any.