9/13 Cubs (Trachsel) @ Astros (Williams) 7:05 CST CSN WGN720

[UMFan83]

Wow, last night when I saw the grounder go off first base and into RF, I thought this is the 2007 Brant Brown or Steve Bartman. We usually don't recover from that. Maybe its just one game, or maybe its the start of something special. Something magical. The moment that everyone will remember as the turning point to a World Seri- oh wait Trachsel is on the mound. Cubs lose 8-3

[anabiono]

trash shell

 

he is trash

 

he will get shelled

 

but my friends...MY FRIENDS...today is the day that old man forest...i.e. Woody...will fall victim to the Cub Bunyans...

 

be prepared for a rollercoaster ride that will leave you breathless

 

cubs astros

 

game 3

 

the battle of evermore

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm not optimistic about this one.

[CUBZ99]

I'm not optimistic about this one.

 

I don't think Trachsel's leash is going to be too long today. Lou barely even gave him another start.

[C.C.]

This game is pivotal. If we can win this one we'll go on a roll.

[TruffleShuffle]

trachsel on the mound = be alert in the crawford boxes

 

cubs lose 15-2

[otis89]

Win, you bums!

[Marco4]

Cubs lose. Astros score more than 100 runs.

[TheDude]

My heart can't take another game like last night. Please score early, and often. Blow out please.

[C.C.]

My heart can't take another game like last night. Please score early, and often. Blow out please.

 

I can't either. I was mentally drained last night. My Wife was laughing at me because I was such an emotional mess. Being a Cubs fan is exhusting. It really is.

[CubmanPi]

Crap. I thought this was going to be a day game. This afternoon just got a whole lot worse.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Thursdsay.........

 

CUBS are 9-8 on Thursdays

CUBS are 7-7 vs. Houston

CUBS are 34-31 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 19-21 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 34-38 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 22-26 in games that end a series

CUBS are 33-35 at night

CUBS are 35-35 on the road

CUBS are 59-49 against right handers

CUBS are 26-31 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 54-20 when they get a quality start.... 20-51 when they don't

CUBS are 28-42 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 46-29 when they don't

CUBS are 56-28 when they score first in the game.... 18-43 when they don't

CUBS are 32-22 when they score in the first inning.... 42-49 when they don't

CUBS are 61-46 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 13-25 when they do

CUBS are 62-28 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-43 when they don't

CUBS are 58-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 16-61 when they don't

CUBS are 62-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-42 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 26-12 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 48-59 when he doesn't

CUBS are 20-21 in one run games.... 12-12 in two run games

CUBS are 52-48 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 22-23 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 47-23 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 27-48 when they don'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 743 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 136 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 504 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1047 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 92 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 125 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 95 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.59 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.74 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 19.0% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.360 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.2% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

CUBS' pitchers have hit safely in 4 of the last 5 games

CUBS have been outscored in the 1st inning by Houston..... 9-1

CUBS have played 5 consecutive errorless games

CUBS have stolen 2 base in their last 7 games

CUBS pitchers have given up 10 or more hits 6 times in their last 10 games

CUBS have scored first in 8 of their last 10 games (4-6)

CUBS have made at least 7 hits in 20 consecutive games (9-11)

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in 12 consecutive games

CUBS have hit at least 1 HR in 5 consecutive games (3-2)

CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs 5 times in their last 24 games

CUBS have been CS 6 times in their last 37 games

CUBS have executed 5 sac bunts in their last 20 games

CUBS have been HBP 9 times in their last 12 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs 3 times their last 8 games

CUBS opponents have stolen 18 bases in their last 16 games

CUBS opponents have committed 14 errors in their last 12 games

 

CUBS are 6-9 with Mike Reilly's umpiring crew on the field, and 2-0 with Jeff Kellogg behind the plate

 

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       
36  Mon 05/14  @ New York      N   4- 5  Marquis         Glavine       
37* Tue 05/15  @ New York      N  10- 1  Zambrano        Maine         
38  Wed 05/16  @ New York      N   1- 8  Hill            Sosa          
39  Thu 05/17  @ New York          5- 6  Guzman          Vargas        
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      
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         
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N   4- 5  Marquis         Backe         
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Hill            Albers        

 

Composite scoring with Mike Reilly's crew on the field.........

 

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

CUBS             11   8   8   5   0  15   3   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      57
Opponents         6   6   2   7  13   5   5   3   9   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      57

 

CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league..........

 

09/12           AB   R    H  2B  3B  HR   TB RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Philadelphia  5092 790 1412 301  34 187 2342 756 559 1058 121  18  0.277  0.355  0.460  0.815
Milwaukee     4980 707 1323 281  32 204 2280 684 440  978  80  30  0.266  0.331  0.458  0.789
Florida       5070 709 1355 295  33 190 2286 671 472 1180  94  30  0.267  0.336  0.451  0.787
Colorado      5033 746 1390 270  31 145 2157 715 549 1017  97  28  0.276  0.351  0.429  0.779
Atlanta       5130 735 1410 298  27 159 2239 707 481 1037  59  27  0.275  0.340  0.436  0.776
Cincinnati    5029 715 1341 256  22 192 2217 680 484  996  88  31  0.267  0.336  0.441  0.776
NY Mets       4990 706 1366 265  25 158 2155 669 489  890 184  39  0.274  0.341  0.432  0.772
St. Louis     4855 643 1321 245  11 132 1984 610 447  809  46  26  0.272  0.337  0.409  0.746
CUBS          5043 665 1361 302  26 122 2081 628 450  936  80  31  0.270  0.332  0.413  0.745
Pittsburgh    5034 668 1328 296  24 135 2077 640 423 1014  54  27  0.264  0.326  0.413  0.739
LA Dodgers    4988 652 1361 250  29 109 1996 626 463  760 118  45  0.273  0.336  0.400  0.736
Houston       4995 629 1272 258  28 146 2024 609 493  946  59  29  0.255  0.325  0.405  0.731
Arizona       4862 634 1205 258  36 156 2003 609 461  990  96  21  0.248  0.316  0.412  0.728
San Diego     4903 643 1223 277  28 146 1994 610 490 1088  54  22  0.249  0.321  0.407  0.727
San Francisco 4951 610 1247 244  32 121 1918 573 488  812  98  29  0.252  0.322  0.387  0.709
Washington    4949 584 1258 275  28 109 1916 563 461 1008  61  22  0.254  0.321  0.387  0.709

Average       4994 677 1323 273  28 151 2104 647 478  970  87  28  0.265  0.333  0.421  0.754
Maximum       5130 790 1412 302  36 204 2342 756 559 1180 184  45  0.277  0.355  0.460  0.815
Minimum       4855 584 1205 244  11 109 1916 563 423  760  46  18  0.248  0.316  0.387  0.709

 

                                             - current -    - - 2006 - -   - - 2005 - -
09/12     Avg    Max    Min  St Dev   CUBS   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore
AB       4994   5130   4855   74.90   5043      4    0.65      4    0.90      1    1.55
R         677    790    584   53.36    665      9   -0.23     16   -1.43      9   -0.34
H        1323   1412   1205   62.56   1361      5    0.60      5    0.79      1    1.53
2B        273    302    244   19.86    302      1    1.45     16   -1.68      3    1.38
3B         28     36     11    5.71     26     12   -0.33      4    0.63     13   -0.91
HR        151    204    109   28.96    122     13   -0.99     12   -0.64      2    1.17
TB       2104   2342   1916  133.02   2081      8   -0.18     10   -0.35      2    1.64
RBI       647    756    563   51.62    628      9   -0.37     16   -1.46      8   -0.26
BB        478    559    423   34.72    450     13   -0.81     16   -2.39     16   -1.71
SO        970   1180    760  106.10    936      6   -0.32      3   -1.36      3   -1.34
SB         87    184     46   33.61     80      9   -0.20      6    0.82     13   -0.74
CS         28     45     18    6.43     31     15    0.40     14    0.96     12    0.63
BA      0.265  0.277  0.248    0.01  0.270      7    0.52      5    0.62      2    1.29
OBP     0.333  0.355  0.316    0.01  0.332      9   -0.08     16   -2.11     11   -0.78
SLG     0.421  0.460  0.387    0.02  0.413      9   -0.37     12   -0.72      2    1.51
OPS     0.754  0.815  0.709    0.03  0.745      7   -0.30     15   -1.32      4    1.85

 

CUBS are 0-2 when Trachsel starts

Trachsel is 1 of 2 in quality starts

Trachsel has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Trachsel's ERA pitching to Barrett is N/A.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's N/A.... to Bowen it's N/A.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 10.13

CUBS score 4.59 R/G overall.... 3.50 R/G when Trachsel pitches

CUBS hit 0.84 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Trachsel pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Trachsel.....

 

04/02 - 09/12      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Trachsel    66    7   17    3    0    2   26    7    6    6  0.258  0.319  0.394  0.713
CUBS overall     5050  665 1361  304   26  122 2083  628  451  937  0.270  0.331  0.412  0.744

 

Composite scoring in games started by Trachsel.........

 

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

CUBS              0   2   0   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       7
Opponents         0   6   0   2   2   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      16

 

Trachsel's starts this year (0-1)

 

Trachsel                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/04  vs. L.A.        6.0    7    3    3    1    3    0    82  1.50  4.50  0.00  1.33  4.50
09/09  vs. Pitts       2.0    6    6    6    1    0    0    47  4.50  0.00  0.00  3.50 27.00

season totals          8.0   13    9    9    2    3    0   129  2.25  3.38  0.00  1.88 10.13

 

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

 

              Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs         Totals
             12 Sep     11 Sep     10 Sep     09 Sep     08 Sep     07 Sep     06 Sep
             @ Houst    @ Houst    vs. St.L   @ Pitts    @ Pitts    @ Pitts    vs. L.A.
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  18    1.3  17                          1.0  13               0.7  28       4.0  76
Eyre                                           1.7  24               0.7   7                  2.3  31
Howry         1.0  13    2.0  23    1.0   6               0.3   3               1.0  10       5.3  55
Wuertz                              1.0  24    0.0   7                          0.3   4       1.3  35
Marmol                   2.0  34                          1.7  29                             3.7  63
Wood                                           0.0  21               1.0   8                  1.0  29
Ohman                                          1.0  14                                        1.0  14
Gallagher                                                                                            
Hart                                           1.3  19               0.3   7                  1.7  26
Pignatiello                                    0.7  11                                        0.7  11
Marshall                                       1.3  22                                        1.3  22

Totals        2.0  31    5.3  74    2.0  30    6.0 118    3.0  45    2.0  22    2.0  42      22.3 362

 

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

 

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           1- 6  Marshall        Rodriguez     
134  Sat 09/01    Houston           4- 3  Marquis         Patton        
135  Sun 09/02    Houston           6- 5  Hill            Williams      
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N   4- 5  Marquis         Backe         
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Hill            Albers     
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Trachsel        Williams     

 

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
Murton             14    2    6    0    0    2   12    2    2    3  0.429  0.500  0.857  1.357  0.444
Ward                6    0    3    1    0    0    4    1    1    0  0.500  0.571  0.667  1.238  0.500
Lee                49    6   15    2    0    3   26   12   11   14  0.306  0.443  0.531  0.973  0.375
Floyd              30    4   10    0    1    1   15    2    5    4  0.333  0.429  0.500  0.929  0.360
Theriot            47    7   15    2    0    1   20    6    6    6  0.319  0.389  0.426  0.814  0.350
Barrett             7    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.333
Ramirez            43    5   13    1    0    1   17    8    4    7  0.302  0.362  0.395  0.757  0.343
Pagan              10    1    2    0    0    1    5    2    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.500  0.700  0.143
DeRosa             53    5   12    2    0    1   17    4    4   11  0.226  0.293  0.321  0.614  0.268
Soriano            42    6    9    2    0    1   14    4    1   12  0.214  0.261  0.333  0.594  0.276
Izturis            10    2    2    0    0    0    2    0    3    0  0.200  0.385  0.200  0.585  0.200
Kendall            18    1    3    1    0    0    4    1    3    0  0.167  0.348  0.222  0.570  0.167
Monroe              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    1  0.167  0.375  0.167  0.542  0.200
Jones              48    5   11    1    0    0   12    1    2    6  0.229  0.255  0.250  0.505  0.262
Patterson           4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  1.000
K Hill              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452  0.167
Soto                7    2    1    0    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.250
Fontenot           23    1    4    1    0    0    5    0    0    8  0.174  0.174  0.217  0.391  0.267
Pie                 5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167  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
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Houst  472   52  117   14    1   12  169   48   48  103  0.248  0.323  0.358  0.681  0.294
season totals    5051  664 1361  300   26  121 2076  627  449  927  0.269  0.331  0.411  0.742  0.310

 

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              6.3    2    0    0    1    8    0    95  1.42 11.37  0.00  0.47  0.00
Wood                5.0    2    0    0    2    3    0    87  3.60  5.40  0.00  0.80  0.00
Eyre                3.0    2    0    0    3    3    0    65  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.67  0.00
Guzman              3.0    3    0    0    1    2    0    40  3.00  6.00  0.00  1.33  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
Howry               8.0    8    2    2    0    8    1   112  0.00  9.00  1.13  1.00  2.25
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
R Hill             19.0   12    7    7    9   18    3   325  4.26  8.53  1.42  1.11  3.32
Dempster            7.3    5    3    3    4    4    1    93  4.91  4.91  1.23  1.23  3.68
Marshall            9.0   12    9    6    4    5    2   152  4.00  5.00  2.00  1.78  6.00
Marquis            20.7   25   16   14    8   11    2   316  3.48  4.79  0.87  1.60  6.10
Wuertz              8.7    8    6    6    5   10    2   161  5.19 10.38  2.08  1.50  6.23

totals vs. Houst  126.0  105   55   49   47  105   13  2031  3.36  7.50  0.93  1.21  3.50
season totals    1298.7 1201  627  589  520 1076  152 21144  3.60  7.46  1.05  1.33  4.08

 

CUBS' last 21 games (10-11)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
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         
133  Fri 08/31    Houston           1- 6  Marshall        Rodriguez     
134  Sat 09/01    Houston           4- 3  Marquis         Patton        
135  Sun 09/02    Houston           6- 5  Hill            Williams      
136  Mon 09/03    Los Angeles       3-11  Zambrano        Loaiza        
137  Tue 09/04    Los Angeles   N   2- 6  Trachsel        Penny         
138  Wed 09/05    Los Angeles   N   8- 2  Lilly           Stults        
139  Thu 09/06    Los Angeles       4- 7  Marquis         Lowe          
140  Fri 09/07  @ Pittsburgh    N   1- 6  Hill            Gorzelanny    
141  Sat 09/08  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 1  Zambrano        Snell         
142  Sun 09/09  @ Pittsburgh        5-10  Trachsel        Morris        
143  Mon 09/10    St. Louis        12- 3  Lilly           Pineiro       
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N   4- 5  Marquis         Backe         
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Hill            Albers        

 

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              9   9  10   9   7  10  13  12   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0      85
Opponents         8  17   5  13  15  12  12   5   8   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      96

 

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

 

08/22 - 09/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Patterson           2    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.500  1.000
Soto               10    3    5    1    0    1    9    2    2    3  0.500  0.583  0.900  1.483  0.667
Murton             26    4   10    0    0    2   16    2    3    3  0.385  0.448  0.615  1.064  0.381
Ward               16    1    6    2    0    0    8    2    5    4  0.375  0.524  0.500  1.024  0.500
Ramirez            72    9   23    5    0    4   40   12    9    8  0.319  0.400  0.556  0.956  0.317
Cedeno              4    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.250
Floyd              39    6   11    1    1    2   20    3    4    2  0.282  0.364  0.513  0.876  0.257
Fontenot           19    4    7    1    0    0    8    1    3    4  0.368  0.455  0.421  0.876  0.467
Lee                82    8   24    3    0    4   39    9    6   13  0.293  0.348  0.476  0.824  0.308
Soriano            66   10   16    3    0    5   34   11    3   17  0.242  0.282  0.515  0.797  0.250
DeRosa             72   11   20    4    0    1   27    9    8   10  0.278  0.366  0.375  0.741  0.311
Jones              74   10   22    3    1    0   27   10    4   15  0.297  0.333  0.365  0.698  0.373
Kendall            60    7   16    5    0    0   21    4    3    3  0.267  0.333  0.350  0.683  0.281
Monroe             28    2    6    3    0    0    9    2    4    5  0.214  0.313  0.321  0.634  0.261
Theriot            82    6   16    6    1    0   24    6    8    6  0.195  0.264  0.293  0.556  0.211
Pie                 8    3    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    2  0.125  0.300  0.125  0.425  0.167
Blanco             10    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    0    2  0.100  0.100  0.200  0.300  0.125
Fox                 3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Fuld                0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 21 games     715   86  194   41    3   19  298   77   66  115  0.271  0.340  0.417  0.756  0.301
season totals    5051  664 1361  300   26  121 2076  627  449  927  0.269  0.331  0.411  0.742  0.310

 

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

 

08/22 - 09/12        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol             11.3    5    0    0    5   18    0   188  3.97 14.29  0.00  0.88  0.00
Eyre                6.3    3    0    0    1    7    0    82  1.42  9.95  0.00  0.63  0.00
Pignatiello         0.7    1    0    0    0    1    0    11  0.00 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Howry              12.3    6    1    1    2   14    1   178  1.46 10.22  0.73  0.65  0.73
Marshall           11.0    9    5    2    6    8    2   178  4.91  6.55  1.64  1.36  1.64
Hart                3.7    4    1    1    1    5    0    56  2.45 12.27  0.00  1.36  2.45
Wuertz              8.3    5    3    3    9   16    1   169  9.72 17.28  1.08  1.68  3.24
Lilly              24.7   20   10   10    5   24    4   382  1.82  8.76  1.46  1.01  3.65
Marquis            24.0   23   13   12    5   13    4   329  1.88  4.88  1.50  1.17  4.50
R Hill             32.0   31   17   17    9   33    3   529  2.53  9.28  0.84  1.25  4.78
Ohman               1.7    3    1    1    2    0    0    50 10.80  0.00  0.00  3.00  5.40
Wood                8.0   10    6    6    5    4    0   155  5.63  4.50  0.00  1.88  6.75
Dempster           10.3   11    8    8    4    7    2   160  3.48  6.10  1.74  1.45  6.97
Zambrano           22.0   24   19   18   15   24    1   425  6.14  9.82  0.41  1.77  7.36
Trachsel            8.0   13    9    9    2    3    0   129  2.25  3.38  0.00  1.88 10.13
Gallagher           2.0    5    3    3    0    0    0    30  0.00  0.00  0.00  2.50 13.50

last 21 games     186.3  173   96   91   71  177   18  3051  3.43  8.55  0.87  1.31  4.40
season totals    1298.7 1201  627  589  520 1076  152 21144  3.60  7.46  1.05  1.33  4.08

 

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

 

04/02 - 09/12      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                13   37  0.260
Kendall             18   53  0.254
Ramirez             64  191  0.251
DeRosa              60  189  0.241
Jones               51  179  0.222
Floyd               35  125  0.219
Lee                 55  198  0.217
Theriot             40  162  0.198
Fontenot            25  102  0.197
Pagan               16   66  0.195
Soto                 2    9  0.182
Pie                 17   77  0.181
Soriano             32  160  0.167
Fox                  1    5  0.167
Blanco               4   22  0.154
K Hill              10   58  0.147
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Cedeno               5   33  0.132
Murton              11   89  0.110
Bowen                2   19  0.095
Monroe               2   19  0.095
Izturis              8   79  0.092
Moore                0    3  0.000
Patterson            0    4  0.000
Fuld                 0    0  0.000

CUBS               506 2153  0.190

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       78      66     0.542     ---
Los Angeles     76      69     0.524     2.5
Colorado        76      69     0.524     2.5
Philadelphia    76      69     0.524     2.5
CUBS            74      71     0.510     4.5
Milwaukee       74      71     0.510     4.5
Atlanta         74      72     0.507     5.0
St. Louis       69      74     0.483     8.5

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      18
St. Louis      15
Cincinnati     10
Pittsburgh      8
Houston         7

 

CUBS' remaining schedule (17)....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Trachsel        Williams      
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N    -    Zambrano        Wainright     
148  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis          -    Lilly           Looper        
149  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis     N    -    Marshall        Pineiro       
150  Sun 09/16  @ St. Louis          -    Marquis         Mulder        
151  Mon 09/17    Cincinnati    N    -    Hill            Arroyo        
152  Tue 09/18    Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano        Harang        
153  Wed 09/19    Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly           Dumatrait     
154  Fri 09/21    Pittsburgh         -    Marshall        Armas         
155  Sat 09/22    Pittsburgh         -    Marquis         Bullington    
156  Sun 09/23    Pittsburgh         -    Hill            Gorzelanny    
157  Tue 09/25  @ Florida       N    -    Zambrano        Willis        
158  Wed 09/26  @ Florida       N    -    Lilly           Mitre         
159  Thu 09/27  @ Florida            -    Marshall        Olsen         
160  Fri 09/28  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis         Arroyo        
161  Sat 09/29  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Hill            Harang        
162  Sun 09/30  @ Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Dumatrait   

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2007, Fred W. Hornkohl

[chuckywang]

Wow, last night when I saw the grounder go off first base and into RF, I thought this is the 2007 Brant Brown or Steve Bartman. We usually don't recover from that.

 

Weird that you mentioned we don't usually recover from those types of things, but you also mentioned Brant Brown, which we did recover from.

[pitchcs]

Those opposing pitchers that Fred posted do not sound like people we can beat.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Those opposing pitchers that Fred posted do not sound like people we can beat.

 

Yeah.... and 6 of the 17 are lefties !!!

[DSMCubsFan]

Lets Win this series!!!! Go Cubs!!!

[TheDude]

Those opposing pitchers that Fred posted do not sound like people we can beat.

You're kidding right? There are no elite names in that list. Harang and Willis are maybe the toughest match-ups.

 

Besides, you should see the Brewers projected opposing pitcher schedule. It's brutal, containing several elite pitchers (Oswalt, Young, Smoltz, possibly Peavy) and several solid guys (Maddux, Hudson).

[inari]

I've got an odd feeling we're going to blow Houston out of the water. Like seriously murder them. I'm calling a 12-5 final.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Those opposing pitchers that Fred posted do not sound like people we can beat.

You're kidding right? There are no elite names in that list. Harang and Willis are maybe the toughest match-ups.

 

Besides, you should see the Brewers projected opposing pitcher schedule. It's brutal, containing several elite pitchers (Oswalt, Young, Smoltz, possibly Peavy) and several solid guys (Maddux, Hudson).

 

Yes, but you forget, we are the CUBS !!! We eat good pitchers for breakfast.... it's the mediocre ones that look like Cy Young against us !! :wink:

[CubmanPi]

Those opposing pitchers that Fred posted do not sound like people we can beat.

You're kidding right? There are no elite names in that list.

Are YOU kidding? The fact that there are no elite teams on that list are exactly why they don't sound like people the Cubs can beat.

[SouthSideRyan]

Kevin Hart's gonna be on high alert.

[anabiono]

you guys realize that will have to face Mr. Muppet as well as Harang right?

 

i am referring to Arroyo

 

he eats us for breakfast and then smiles in his patented Jim Henson way

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS record vs. opposing pitchers.....

 

Pitcher     Team        Record
Harang      Cincinnati    1-3
Arroyo      Cincinnati    2-1
Dumatrait   Cincinnati    0-1
Williams    Houston       2-2
Gorzelany   Pittsburgh    1-1
Armas       Pittsburgh    1-0
Bullington  Pittsburgh    0-0
Looper      St. Louis     1-2
Wainright   St. Louis     2-1
Piniero     St. Louis     1-0
Mulder      St. Louis     0-0
Willis      Florida       0-1
Mitre       Florida       0-1
Olson       Florida       0-0

              totals    11-13

 

These last 17 games will be uphill all the way !!!

[Guest]

You'd think Soto would get a chance to start one game this series, no? He'd be ideal with those Crawford boxes.

[CubColtPacer]

You'd think Soto would get a chance to start one game this series, no? He'd be ideal with those Crawford boxes.

 

I'd be surprised if Soto starts tonight with Kendall being 18 for 38 against Woody Williams in his career with a couple of doubles and a home run.