8/31 Cubs (Marshall) V. Astros (WANDY) 1:20CT WGN

Roast · August 31, 2007

God bless college. It is truely an amazing invention.

Anyway, I just got in so sorry about the late gamethread. Anyway, It's nice to see a perfect night of baseball: cubs win, cards lose, brewers lose. So, tomorrow it's marshall v. Wandy.

Go cubs. Dont lose plz.

Alfonso Soriano · August 31, 2007

Winning is fun even though we have been winning ugly.

Please keep winning.

SouthSideRyan · August 31, 2007

I'll be taking a ~4 hour workday and sitting in the bleachers.

Andy · August 31, 2007

How the hell are we in first?

soccer10k · August 31, 2007

2 out of 3 this weekend is a must.

CubsBears29 · August 31, 2007

2 out of 3 this weekend is a must.

If we lose another series to the HalfAstros this weekend, I'm gonna blow a gasket.

CubmanPi · August 31, 2007

God bless college. It is truely an amazing invention.

Forgive me for enjoying this one, college boy.

Dear Cobs,

Wandy Rodriguez sucks.

Fred Hornkohl · August 31, 2007

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!!

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

CUBS are 13-8 on Fridays

CUBS are 4-5 vs. Houston

CUBS are 29-27 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 17-17 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 33-34 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 24-19 in games that start a series

CUBS are 38-32 in day games

CUBS are 35-32 at home

CUBS are 13-20 against lefties

CUBS are 33-27 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 49-18 when they get a quality start.... 19-46 when they don't

CUBS are 25-37 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 43-27 when they don't

CUBS are 52-24 when they score first in the game.... 16-40 when they don't

CUBS are 30-20 when they score in the first inning.... 38-44 when they don't

CUBS are 57-41 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 11-23 when they do

CUBS are 57-25 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-39 when they don't

CUBS are 53-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 15-54 when they don't

CUBS are 58-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-34 when they get outhit.... and 5-12 when the hits are even

CUBS are 17-20 in one run games.... 12-12 in two run games

CUBS are 26-20 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 42-44 when they don't

CUBS are 51-36 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 17-28 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 83 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 745 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 130 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 493 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1063 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 119 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 97 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.60 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.75 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 19.3% 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 33.0% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

CUBS bullpen has an ERA of 1.25 over the last 13 games (8-5)

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in 14 straight games

CUBS have committed 8 errors in their last 11 games

CUBS have not homered in 7 of their last 9 games

CUBS pitchers have a 3 game hitting streak, after going hitless for the previous 12 games

CUBS pitchers have hit at least 1 batter in each of their last 4 games

CUBS have 5 quality starts in their last 9 games

CUBS have scored first in 34 of their last 61 games (36-25)

CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs in 11 of their last 55 games

CUBS have hit 2 triples in their last 32 games.... both in the same game

CUBS have executed 5 sac bunts in their last 27 games

CUBS have hit 3 sac flies in their last 29 games

CUBS have been HBP 8 times in their last 60 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 38 of their last 58 games

CUBS have caught 6 base runners stealing in their last 62 games

CUBS opponents have stolen 7 bases in their last 4 games

CUBS on 30 August.....

Year      W    L    Pct  Place      GB    Lead
2007     68   64   .515    1st    ----     2.5
2006     54   79   .406    5th    17.0    ----
2005     63   69   .477    4th    21.0    ----
2003     69   65   .515    3rd     1.5    ---- 
2001     74   59   .556    2nd     4.0    ---- 
1998     75   62   .547    2nd    11.0    ----
1989     75   58   .564    1st    ----     2.5
1984     80   53   .602    1st    ----     6.0
1969     82   52   .612    1st    ----     4.0
1945     76   45   .628    1st    ----     3.5
1908     70   47   .598    2nd     0.5    ----
1907     88   32   .733    1st    ----    18.5
1906     91   31   .746    1st    ----    13.0

CUBS are 9-8 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 10 of 17 in quality starts

Marshall has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.47.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's 5.23.... to Bowen it's N/A.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 3.43

CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 4.35 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 0.80 HR/G overall.... 0.82 HR/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

04/02 - 08/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   578   74  158   25    5   14  235   70   52  111  0.273  0.333  0.407  0.739
CUBS overall     4606  607 1240  280   23  106 1884  574  402  866  0.269  0.329  0.409  0.738

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             15   6  11   9   8   7   6   3   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      74
Opponents         8  10   8   5   5  10   7   4   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      64

Marshall's starts this year (7-6)

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
07/17  vs. S.F.        6.0    5    2    2    2    2    0    88  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
07/22  vs. Ariz        6.0    5    1    1    2    5    0    98  3.00  7.50  0.00  1.17  1.50
07/28  vs. Cincy       6.0    6    1    1    1    3    0   103  1.50  4.50  0.00  1.17  1.50
08/02  vs. Phila       2.7    9    7    7    1    2    1    66  3.38  6.75  3.38  3.75 23.63
08/12  vs. Colo        5.0    6    3    3    2    1    1    84  3.60  1.80  1.80  1.60  5.40
08/18  vs. St. L       5.0    5    2    2    1    0    2    70  1.80  0.00  3.60  1.20  3.60
08/24  vs. Ariz        6.0    2    1    1    1    5    1    72  1.50  7.50  1.50  0.50  1.50

Home                  42.7   49   25   23   11   26    5   674  2.32  5.48  1.05  1.41  4.85
Road                  51.0   44   19   19   16   32    7   768  2.82  5.65  1.24  1.18  3.35

Day                   40.0   49   24   22   12   27    5   657  2.70  6.08  1.13  1.53  4.95
Nite                  53.7   44   20   20   15   31    7   785  2.52  5.20  1.17  1.10  3.35

Home  Day             28.7   38   21   19    9   23    4   492  2.83  7.22  1.26  1.64  5.97

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                  23.3   21    6    6    9   12    0   374  3.47  4.63  0.00  1.29  2.31
August                24.0   29   18   18    5   10    6   360  1.88  3.75  2.25  1.42  6.75

totals vs. Houst       5.3    7    5    5    0    2    1    68  0.00  3.38  1.69  1.31  8.44
last 5 starts         24.0   29   18   18    5   10    6   360  1.88  3.75  2.25  1.42  6.75
season totals         93.7   93   44   42   27   58   12  1442  2.59  5.57  1.15  1.28  4.04

Marshall's starts vs. Houston last year (1-2).......

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/07  vs. Houst       7.0    4    1    1    3    5    1    84  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  1.29
06/13  vs. Houst       4.0    7    5    5    4    1    1    88  9.00  2.25  2.25  2.75 11.25
07/05  vs. Houst       7.0    6    0    0    3    2    0   102  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  0.00

totals vs. Houst      18.0   17    6    6   10    8    2   274  5.00  4.00  1.00  1.50  3.00
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.....

              Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             30 Aug     29 Aug     28 Aug     27 Aug     26 Aug     25 Aug     24 Aug
             vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   no game    @ Ariz     @ Ariz     @ Ariz  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  21               1.0  12                                     0.3   4       2.3  37
Eyre                     0.7   7                                     0.3   2                  1.0   9
Howry         1.0  10               1.0  22               1.0  26               1.0  23       4.0  81
Wuertz                   1.0  12                                     1.0  21    0.7  19       2.7  52
Marmol        2.0  29                                     1.7  25               1.0  16       4.7  70
Wood                     1.0  21                                     0.7  16                  1.7  37

Totals        4.0  60    2.7  40    2.0  34               2.7  51    2.0  39    3.0  62      16.3 286

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (4-5).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
 7  Mon 04/09    Houston           3- 5  Lilly           Williams      
 8  Tue 04/10    Houston           2- 4  Marquis         Sampson       
62  Mon 06/11    Houston       N   2- 1  Zambrano        Williams      
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     
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        
133  Fri 08/31    Houston            -    Marshall        Patton        
134  Sat 09/01    Houston            -    Marquis         Rodriguez     
135  Sun 09/02    Houston            -    Hill            Williams      
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N    -    Marquis         Albers        
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N    -    Hill            Patton        
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Rodriguez

CUBS' season series vs. Houston last year (7-8) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
56  Mon 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 0  Zambrano      
57  Tue 06/06  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Wood        
58  Wed 06/07  @ Houston           0- 1  Marshall      
63  Tue 06/13    Houston       N   2- 9  Marshall      
64  Wed 06/14    Houston       N   4- 5  Maddux        
65  Thu 06/15    Houston           2- 3  Zambrano      
82  Mon 07/03  @ Houston       N   2- 7  Marmol        
83  Tue 07/04  @ Houston           2- 7  Prior        
84  Wed 07/05  @ Houston       N   1- 0  Marshall      
92  Tue 07/18    Houston       N   4- 2  Marmol        
93  Wed 07/19    Houston       N   2- 4  Maddux        
94  Thu 07/20    Houston           4- 1  Zambrano      
118  Mon 08/14  @ Houston       N   3- 0  Zambrano      
119  Tue 08/15  @ Houston       N   8- 6  Mateo        
120  Wed 08/16  @ Houston           1- 0  O'Malley

CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year.....

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Ward                3    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333
Murton             11    1    4    0    0    1    7    1    0    2  0.364  0.364  0.636  1.000  0.375
Theriot            28    6   11    1    0    1   15    3    2    4  0.393  0.433  0.536  0.969  0.435
Lee                30    3    9    2    0    1   14    8    8    9  0.300  0.447  0.467  0.914  0.400
Barrett             7    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.333
Pagan              10    1    2    0    0    1    5    2    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.500  0.700  0.143
Floyd              20    1    6    0    0    0    6    1    3    2  0.300  0.391  0.300  0.691  0.333
Patterson           3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000
Ramirez            23    2    6    1    0    0    7    6    2    4  0.261  0.320  0.304  0.624  0.316
DeRosa             34    3    9    1    0    0   10    1    2    8  0.265  0.306  0.294  0.600  0.346
Soriano            25    4    5    1    0    1    9    3    0    8  0.200  0.231  0.360  0.591  0.250
Izturis            10    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    3    0  0.200  0.385  0.200  0.585  0.200
Jones              28    3    7    1    0    0    8    1    1    2  0.250  0.267  0.286  0.552  0.269
Kendall             6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    0  0.167  0.375  0.167  0.542  0.167
K Hill              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452  0.167
Fontenot           20    1    4    1    0    0    5    0    0    7  0.200  0.200  0.250  0.450  0.308
Soto                7    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.250
Pie                 3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000
Cedeno              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Bowen               4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Houst  304   34   77   10    0    6  105   31   27   69  0.253  0.315  0.345  0.661  0.310
season totals    4607  605 1240  275   23  105 1876  573  401  856  0.269  0.329  0.407  0.736  0.311

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year......

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              3.7    1    0    0    1    4    0    55  2.45  9.82  0.00  0.55  0.00
Dempster            3.0    1    0    0    2    3    0    29  6.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Guzman              3.0    3    0    0    1    2    0    40  3.00  6.00  0.00  1.33  0.00
Eyre                1.7    2    0    0    3    1    0    44 16.20  5.40  0.00  3.00  0.00
Wood                1.7    2    0    0    0    1    0    31  0.00  5.40  0.00  1.20  0.00
Gallagher           1.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    23  9.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Ohman               0.7    1    0    0    0    0    0    10  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
R Hill              7.0    3    1    1    2    6    1   101  2.57  7.71  1.29  0.71  1.29
Lilly              14.0   10    4    4    2   12    0   196  1.29  7.71  0.00  0.86  2.57
Zambrano           20.3   14    8    7    7   21    2   356  3.10  9.30  0.89  1.03  3.10
Howry               4.0    5    2    2    0    4    1    66  0.00  9.00  2.25  1.25  4.50
Wuertz              5.3    5    4    4    3    6    1   100  5.06 10.13  1.69  1.50  6.75
Marshall            5.3    7    5    5    0    2    1    68  0.00  3.38  1.69  1.31  8.44
Marquis             9.0   12   10    9    7    5    1   173  7.00  5.00  1.00  2.11  9.00

totals vs. Houst   79.7   67   34   32   29   67    7  1292  3.28  7.57  0.79  1.21  3.62
season totals    1182.3 1087  560  526  475  980  140 19261  3.62  7.46  1.07  1.32  4.00

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
119  Wed 08/15    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Lilly           Dumatrait     
120  Thu 08/16    Cincinnati       12- 4  Marquis         Livingston    
121  Fri 08/17    St. Louis         2- 1  Hill            Looper        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis         5- 3  Marshall        Reyes         
123  Mon 08/20    St. Louis         4- 6  Lilly           Wells         
124  Tue 08/21  @ San Francisco N   5- 1  Marquis         Lincecum      
125  Wed 08/22  @ San Francisco N   4- 2  Hill            Zito          
126  Thu 08/23  @ San Francisco     1- 4  Zambrano        Cain          
127  Fri 08/24  @ Arizona       N   6- 2  Marshall        Owings        
128  Sat 08/25  @ Arizona           1- 3  Lilly           Davis         
129  Sun 08/26  @ Arizona           4- 5  Marquis         Petit         
130  Tue 08/28    Milwaukee     N   5- 3  Hill            Suppan        
131  Wed 08/29    Milwaukee     N   1- 6  Zambrano        Sheets        
132  Thu 08/30    Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Lilly           Parra

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              9   8  11   4   3   7  12   0   8   2   0   0   0   0   0   0      64
Opponents         7  10  10   6   5   6   6   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      55

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

08/15 - 08/30      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Ward               19    2    7    3    0    1   13    5    1    4  0.368  0.400  0.684  1.084  0.429
Blanco              3    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333
Kendall            44    6   15    3    0    1   21    6    4    5  0.341  0.408  0.477  0.885  0.368
Ramirez            47    6   14    4    0    1   21   10    9    5  0.298  0.397  0.447  0.843  0.317
Jones              57    8   19    5    0    1   27   10    2   11  0.333  0.356  0.474  0.830  0.400
DeRosa             45    8   15    3    0    1   21    8    2    7  0.333  0.362  0.467  0.828  0.378
Murton             27    4    8    1    0    1   12    2    3    1  0.296  0.367  0.444  0.811  0.280
Theriot            58   10   16    8    0    0   24    5    5    6  0.276  0.333  0.414  0.747  0.308
Monroe             12    1    3    2    0    0    5    0    1    2  0.250  0.308  0.417  0.724  0.300
Floyd              24    2    6    1    0    1   10    3    0    0  0.250  0.280  0.417  0.697  0.217
Lee                55    6   14    0    0    2   20    6    4   12  0.255  0.305  0.364  0.669  0.293
Soriano            13    1    2    0    0    1    5    1    1    4  0.154  0.214  0.385  0.599  0.125
Fox                12    3    2    2    0    0    4    1    1    2  0.167  0.231  0.333  0.564  0.200
Fontenot           18    1    3    1    0    0    4    1    3    6  0.167  0.286  0.222  0.508  0.250
Pie                 2    4    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000
K Hill              5    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.333
Cedeno              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     472   64  129   34    0   10  193   60   38   82  0.273  0.329  0.409  0.738  0.313
season totals    4607  605 1240  275   23  105 1876  573  401  856  0.269  0.329  0.407  0.736  0.311

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

08/15 - 08/30        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              9.7    4    0    0    5   14    0   160  4.66 13.03  0.00  0.93  0.00
Eyre                4.3    4    0    0    0    1    0    39  0.00  2.08  0.00  0.92  0.00
Dempster            7.3    2    1    1    4    3    0    82  4.91  3.68  0.00  0.82  1.23
Wood                4.7    3    1    1    1    2    0    67  1.93  3.86  0.00  0.86  1.93
Marshall           11.0    7    3    3    2    5    3   142  1.64  4.09  2.45  0.82  2.45
R Hill             21.0   16    6    6    3   26    1   335  1.29 11.14  0.43  0.90  2.57
Howry               7.7    7    3    3    4   10    2   145  4.70 11.74  2.35  1.43  3.52
Marquis            18.3   16   10   10   12   10    3   304  5.89  4.91  1.47  1.53  4.91
Wuertz              5.0    5    4    3    6    8    1   107 10.80 14.40  1.80  2.20  5.40
Lilly              22.0   22   16   16    9   22    5   389  3.68  9.00  2.05  1.41  6.55
Pignatiello         1.3    2    1    1    0    2    1    20  0.00 13.50  6.75  1.50  6.75
Zambrano           11.7   15   10    9    5   10    1   217  3.86  7.71  0.77  1.71  6.94

last 14 games     124.0  103   55   53   51  113   17  2007  3.70  8.20  1.23  1.24  3.85
season totals    1182.3 1087  560  526  475  980  140 19261  3.62  7.46  1.07  1.32  4.00

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

04/02 - 08/30      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Kendall             14   39  0.264
Ramirez             62  174  0.263
DeRosa              55  162  0.253
Floyd               34  114  0.230
Lee                 52  178  0.226
Jones               45  166  0.213
Blanco               4   15  0.211
Fontenot            25   99  0.202
Pagan               16   66  0.195
Theriot             35  147  0.192
Pie                 17   77  0.181
Soto                 1    5  0.167
Fox                  1    5  0.167
Soriano             26  141  0.156
K Hill              10   58  0.147
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Murton              11   81  0.120
Cedeno               4   31  0.114
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
Monroe               0    7  0.000

CUBS               468 1961  0.193

Wild Card Race

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Arizona         74      60     0.552     ---
Philadelphia    71      62     0.534     2.5
Los Angeles     70      63     0.526     3.5
CUBS            68      64     0.515     5.0
Atlanta         69      65     0.515     5.0
Colorado        68      65     0.511     5.5
Milwaukee       66      67     0.496     7.5
St. Louis       64      66     0.492     8.0
Cincinnati      62      72     0.463    12.0
San Francisco   61      73     0.455    13.0

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis      29
Milwaukee      28
Cincinnati     23
Pittsburgh     21
Houston        21

Go CUBS !!

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C.C. · August 31, 2007

I'm hung over and feel like I've been kicked in the head by Chuck Norris. Go Cubs...Yay!

gerby23 · August 31, 2007

Win please, I have too many Astros friends who would love to talk to me if we lose. I'd rather not talk to them.

Schwarber Fan · August 31, 2007

I hope Lou is smart enough to start Murton for 2 solid reasons alone:

1. His first career HR was off Wandy

2. Last night

GO CUBS

Sammy Sofa · August 31, 2007

I hope Lou is smart enough to start Murton for 2 solid reasons alone:

1. His first career HR was off Wandy
2. Last night

GO CUBS

I thought I heard Len & Bob say it was already planned for Murton to start tomorrow so Soriano could sit.

Sammy Sofa · August 31, 2007

God bless college. It is truely an amazing invention.

Anyway, I just got in so sorry about the late gamethread.

Late?!? It was only midnight! Get back out there!

otis89 · August 31, 2007

Win, you bums.

C.C. · August 31, 2007

I hope Lou is smart enough to start Murton for 2 solid reasons alone:

1. His first career HR was off Wandy
2. Last night

GO CUBS

He is starting today.

Soul · August 31, 2007

Well, we found out yesterday if you're Capuano-bad, then the Cubs will finally hit you even though you're a lefty.

So here's the question: is Wandy just bad? Or is he Capuano-bad?

vance_the_cubs_fan · August 31, 2007

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!!

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Staying home for the penant race? :)

C.C. · August 31, 2007

Cubs still stink and will fail.

Cubs lose this game 16-2. Wandy's going yard twice.

Fred Hornkohl · August 31, 2007

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!!

.

Staying home for the penant race? :)

Haven't made up my mind yet. Got tickets for Sun, Mon & Wed..... but if they come up with a good enough load(s), I might just hit the road. After all......

CUBS are 45-33 when Hornkohl is on the road.... 23-31 when he's at home

Go CUBS !!

CubmanPi · August 31, 2007

I hope Lou is smart enough to start Murton for 2 solid reasons alone:

1. His first career HR was off Wandy
2. Last night

GO CUBS

I thought I heard Len & Bob say it was already planned for Murton to start tomorrow so Soriano could sit.

I can't verify whether or not Len and Bob said it, but

cubs.com[/url]"]The Cubs will be without Alfonso Soriano and Jason Kendall on Friday, as manager Lou Piniella gives both a day off.

Dr. Cub · August 31, 2007

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!!

.

Staying home for the penant race? :)

Haven't made up my mind yet. Got tickets for Sun, Mon & Wed..... but if they come up with a good enough load(s), I might just hit the road. After all......

CUBS are 45-33 when Hornkohl is on the road.... 23-31 when he's at home

Go CUBS !!

No offense, but LEAVE NOW!!

Fred Hornkohl · August 31, 2007

No offense, but LEAVE NOW!!

Geez !! Tough crowd !!! :wink:

CubColtPacer · August 31, 2007

Wandy

Home: 2.54 ERA

Road: 7.80 ERA

Cubs against him this year

In Chicago: 3.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 HR, 2 K/2 BB

In Houston: 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 9 K/2 BB

Boy, am I glad this game is in Chicago today. Hopefully the Cubs can get to him like they did last time in Chicago.

vance_the_cubs_fan · August 31, 2007

The last time I watched Wandy face off against the Cubs, I used profanity profusely.

Mizzou · August 31, 2007

I took a vacation day today specifically to watch this game. These bastards better not let me down!

8/31 Cubs (Marshall) V. Astros (WANDY) 1:20CT WGN

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