09/04 L.A. (Penny) @ CUBS (Trachsel) 7:05pm, CSN-TV

[BigSlick]

If the Dodgers are gonna score anytime soon, this seems like as good of an inning as any to do it. 2-3-4 hitters up. Granted, the first one is Pierre, but the other two are scaryish.

 

Don't give them more credit than they deserve. Their offense is even more pathetic than ours.

[Keener98]

Oh God Len and Bob are about to make me turn this game on mute. The "intangibles" line is in full effect tonight. Seriously get off Pierre he sucks ass.

[CubFanPhilly]

Cards empty the bases. 5-2

[TruffleShuffle]

oh good juan pierre has good intangibles... now we know why the dodgers gave him $45M

[SouthSideRyan]

Imagine how bad Pierre would be if he wasn't a great student of the game who worked tirelessly at his craft.

[squally1313]

5-2 Cardinals after a bases clearing double by Duncan.

[Omar]

This is exactly why I hate anyone by the name of Kent.

[BigSlick]

Ooooooh

 

That was close, i think Derosa actually had him.

[Schwarber Fan]

Chris Duncan 3 run double, 5-2 Dirtbirds

 

So of course Encarnacion's career ending injury manages to hurt the Cubs. :roll:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Why do we always wait until the 7th inning to score?

 

We've score more runs in the first inning than any other inning.... and more first inning runs than any other team.

 

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

CUBS             95  51  73  68  65  82  79  57  48   3   0   0   0   0   0   0      621
Opponents        65  66  56  60  87  72  65  57  46   4   1   1   2   1   1   0      584

[inari]

Fred, I mentioned a while ago that it seems Aramis seems to be drawing a lot more walks lately... any stats to back that up?

 

Yeah.... it's a reasonable assertion.........

 

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
04/02 - 04/24      66   10   22    2    1    4   38   14    5   12  0.333  0.375  0.576  0.951  0.360
04/25 - 05/18      82   10   19    4    0    6   41   17    9   11  0.232  0.308  0.500  0.808  0.200
05/19 - 06/09      63    8   22    2    1    3   35    8    4   10  0.349  0.388  0.556  0.944  0.380
06/10 - 07/01      32    6   11    4    1    2   23    8    0    2  0.344  0.333  0.719  1.052  0.321
07/02 - 07/26      74    8   27    8    0    1   38   18    3    8  0.365  0.385  0.514  0.898  0.400
07/27 - 08/16      46    7   16    8    0    2   30    8    5    6  0.348  0.423  0.652  1.075  0.368
08/17 - 09/03      52    5   14    2    0    1   19    9    9    7  0.269  0.365  0.365  0.730  0.295

04/02 - 09/03     415   54  131   30    3   19  224   82   35   56  0.316  0.366  0.540  0.906  0.329

 

(the first 6 increments are 20 games each.... the last is 16 games)

 

He's drawn four more walks in the last 16 games than he did in any other 20 game stretch. Glad to see I wasn't imagining things!

[SouthSideRyan]

Chris Duncan 3 run double, 5-2 Dirtbirds

 

So of course Encarnacion's career ending injury manages to hurt the Cubs. :roll:

Duncan was playing against righties anyways.

[treebird]

i think brenly is making stuff up again

[Omar]

Imagine how bad Pierre would be if he wasn't a great student of the game who worked tirelessly at his craft.

 

Looks like he had a Senior Slump when the subject was "Hitting the ball as hard as you can" and "The Strike Zone".

[Alfonso Soriano]

When will Kendall throw out a baserunner?

[Schwarber Fan]

Chris Duncan 3 run double, 5-2 Dirtbirds

 

So of course Encarnacion's career ending injury manages to hurt the Cubs. :roll:

Duncan was playing against righties anyways.

 

Either way, you know more playing time for Ankiel/Donutman will hurt us.

[inari]

I'm firmly on the Kendall bandwagon, but man does he stink at throwing out base runners.

 

I know, this is a revelation.

[Schwarber Fan]

When will Kendall throw out a baserunner?

 

I guarantee he won't

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, I mentioned a while ago that it seems Aramis seems to be drawing a lot more walks lately... any stats to back that up?

 

Yeah.... it's a reasonable assertion.........

 

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
04/02 - 04/24      66   10   22    2    1    4   38   14    5   12  0.333  0.375  0.576  0.951  0.360
04/25 - 05/18      82   10   19    4    0    6   41   17    9   11  0.232  0.308  0.500  0.808  0.200
05/19 - 06/09      63    8   22    2    1    3   35    8    4   10  0.349  0.388  0.556  0.944  0.380
06/10 - 07/01      32    6   11    4    1    2   23    8    0    2  0.344  0.333  0.719  1.052  0.321
07/02 - 07/26      74    8   27    8    0    1   38   18    3    8  0.365  0.385  0.514  0.898  0.400
07/27 - 08/16      46    7   16    8    0    2   30    8    5    6  0.348  0.423  0.652  1.075  0.368
08/17 - 09/03      52    5   14    2    0    1   19    9    9    7  0.269  0.365  0.365  0.730  0.295

04/02 - 09/03     415   54  131   30    3   19  224   82   35   56  0.316  0.366  0.540  0.906  0.329

 

(the first 6 increments are 20 games each.... the last is 16 games)

 

He's drawn four more walks in the last 16 games than he did in any other 20 game stretch. Glad to see I wasn't imagining things!

 

Check the second increment.

[inari]

Chris Duncan 3 run double, 5-2 Dirtbirds

 

So of course Encarnacion's career ending injury manages to hurt the Cubs. :roll:

Duncan was playing against righties anyways.

 

Either way, you know more playing time for Ankiel/Donutman will hurt us.

 

More playing time for Ankiel definitely won't hurt us.

 

1-0 Dodgers. :(

[TruffleShuffle]

Chris Duncan 3 run double, 5-2 Dirtbirds

 

So of course Encarnacion's career ending injury manages to hurt the Cubs. :roll:

Duncan was playing against righties anyways.

 

hopefully the pirates will mail it in on friday night too, i'll be at that game

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Ugh...Gonzalez always kills us.

[Alfonso Soriano]

Hello, .5 game lead

[Flames24Rulz]

Well that blows.

[Schwarber Fan]

thanks Kendall