9/15 Game 1: Cubs (Lilly) @ Cards (Looper) 12:10 CDT WGN/720

[UMFan83]

This is a redo of the game scheduled in April for Josh Hancock's untimely death (RIP). 4 in a row? 9 in a row? Lets do it! Edited September 15, 2007 by UMFan83

[anabiono]

well, at least i can listen to this game before i head off to work

 

i hate fox

 

i hate the redbirds

 

i hate the brewers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i love the cubs

 

come on boys!!!

 

lets keep this train a rollin'

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday...........

 

CUBS are 15-8 on Saturdays

CUBS are 9-4 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 36-31 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 3-5 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 36-38 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 41-36 in day games

CUBS are 37-35 on the road

CUBS are 61-49 against right handers

CUBS are 36-28 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 55-20 when they get a quality start.... 21-51 when they don't

CUBS are 29-42 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 47-29 when they don't

CUBS are 58-28 when they score first in the game.... 18-43 when they don't

CUBS are 33-22 when they score in the first inning.... 43-49 when they don't

CUBS are 63-46 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 13-25 when they do

CUBS are 64-28 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-43 when they don't

CUBS are 60-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 16-61 when they don't

CUBS are 63-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 6-42 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 26-12 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 50-59 when he doesn't

CUBS are 20-21 in one run games.... 13-12 in two run games

CUBS are 53-48 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 23-23 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 49-23 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 27-48 when they don't

CUBS are 30-24 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 46-47 when they don't

CUBS are 55-42 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 21-29 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 84 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 140 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 1041 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 90 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 94 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 3.74 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 0.362 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.4% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

CUBS' pitchers have hit safely in 4 of the last 7 games

CUBS have played 7 consecutive errorless games

CUBS have stolen 2 bases in their last 9 games

CUBS pitchers have given up 10 or more hits 6 times in their last 12 games

CUBS pitchers have allowed 1 first inning run in their last 12 games

CUBS have 13 quality starts in their last 23 games

CUBS have scored first in 7 consecutive games and 10 of their last 12 games (6-6)

CUBS have made at least 7 hits in 22 consecutive games (11-11)

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in 14 consecutive games

CUBS have hit at least 1 HR in 7 consecutive games (5-2)

CUBS have executed 5 sac bunts in their last 22 games

CUBS have been HBP 9 times in their last 14 games

CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs 4 times their last 10 games

CUBS opponents have stolen 18 bases in their last 18 games

CUBS opponents have committed 17 errors in their last 14 games

 

CUBS are 5-3 with Tim McClelland's crew on the field... and 1-0 (game #62) with Fieldin Culbreth behind home plate.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
62  Mon 06/11    Houston       N   2- 1  Zambrano        Williams      
63  Tue 06/12    Seattle       N   3- 5  Hill            Washburn      
64  Wed 06/13    Seattle       N   3- 2  Marshall        Batista       
65  Thu 06/14    Seattle           5- 4  Marquis         Weaver        
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       
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  Zambrano        Wainright     

 

CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to last year........

 

        - - 2006 - -    - - 2007 - -
        CUBS  Oppnt     CUBS  Oppnt

ERA     4.781  3.901    4.057  4.184
IP     1430.7 1446.7   1317.7 1312.0
H        1396   1497     1219   1379
R         834    716      631    676
ER        760    627      594    610
BB        687    395      528    457
K        1250    928     1089    945
HR        210    166      157    127
BB/9     4.32   2.46     3.61   3.13
K/9      7.86   5.77     7.44   6.48
HR/9     1.32   1.03     1.07   0.87
WHIP     1.46   1.31     1.33   1.40
# Pit   24619  22583    21426  21281
#P/IP    17.2   15.6     16.3   16.2

 

CUBS are 17-13 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 18 of 30 in quality starts

Lilly has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.53.... to Blanco it's 4.50.... to K. Hill it's 2.66.... to Bowen it's 2.86.... to Soto it's 2.70.... to Kendall it's 5.13

CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 5.57 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 0.86 HR/G overall.... 0.83 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

04/02 - 09/14      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly     1088  167  328   74    5   25  487  156   92  209  0.301  0.359  0.448  0.807
CUBS overall     5121  676 1379  308   26  127 2120  639  457  945  0.269  0.331  0.414  0.745

 

Composite scoring in games started by Lilly.........

 

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

CUBS             15  15  25  27  25  20  20  17   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      167
Opponents        13  15  21  10  12  11  13  16   8   0   0   0   0   0   1   0      120

 

Lilly's starts this year (15-7)

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/04  vs. Cincy       7.0    3    1    1    1    9    0   101  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.57  1.29
04/09  vs. Houst       6.0    6    3    3    1    5    0    90  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    2    1    1    1   10    0   101  1.50 15.00  0.00  0.50  1.50
04/20  vs. St. L       7.0    4    2    2    2    6    1   100  2.57  7.71  1.29  0.86  2.57
04/25  vs. Milw        7.0    6    2    1    0    3    0   100  0.00  3.86  0.00  0.86  1.29
05/01  vs. Pitts       5.3    9    5    4    1    5    1    86  1.69  8.44  1.69  1.88  6.75
05/08  vs. Pitts       7.0    7    2    2    1    4    0   110  1.29  5.14  0.00  1.14  2.57
05/13  vs. Phila       8.0    3    1    1    1    6    0   108  1.13  6.75  0.00  0.50  1.13
05/18  vs. CWS         7.0    6    3    3    2    6    1   106  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.14  3.86
05/25  vs. L.A.        4.3    6    5    5    4    2    1    75  8.31  4.15  2.08  2.31 10.38
05/30  vs. Flor        7.0    7    6    5    1    9    3   109  1.29 11.57  3.86  1.14  6.43
06/05  vs. Milw        5.0    8    6    6    1    2    3    89  1.80  3.60  5.40  1.80 10.80
06/10  vs. Atla        0.7    0    0    0    0    2    0    10  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
06/15  vs. S.D.        8.0    6    1    1    1    3    0    92  1.13  3.38  0.00  0.88  1.13
06/21  vs. Texas       7.0    6    5    5    1   10    2   104  1.29 12.86  2.57  1.00  6.43
06/26  vs. Colo        6.0    6    4    4    5    5    1   113  7.50  7.50  1.50  1.83  6.00
07/02  vs. Wash        7.0    3    1    1    3    5    0   115  3.86  6.43  0.00  0.86  1.29
07/07  vs. Pitts       7.3    8    1    1    1    6    0   106  1.23  7.36  0.00  1.23  1.23
07/14  vs. Houst       8.0    4    1    1    1    7    0   106  1.13  7.88  0.00  0.63  1.13
07/19  vs. S.F.        5.0    6    3    3    1    1    1   102  1.80  1.80  1.80  1.40  5.40
07/25  vs. St. L       7.0    6    1    1    3    2    0    89  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  1.29
07/30  vs. Phila       5.0    7    4    4    3    3    2    97  5.40  5.40  3.60  2.00  7.20
08/04  vs. Mets        7.7    7    2    2    1    8    2   113  1.17  9.39  2.35  1.04  2.35
08/09  vs. Colo        6.0    5    2    2    5    5    1   127  7.50  7.50  1.50  1.67  3.00
08/15  vs. Cincy       5.0    6    6    6    2    5    2    85  3.60  9.00  3.60  1.60 10.80
08/20  vs. St. L       6.0    7    5    5    3    3    1   112  4.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  7.50
08/25  vs. Ariz        6.0    4    2    2    0    8    1    85  0.00 12.00  1.50  0.67  3.00
08/30  vs. Milw        5.0    5    3    3    4    6    1   107  7.20 10.80  1.80  1.80  5.40
09/10  vs. St. L       7.0    5    3    3    0    7    2    96  0.00  9.00  2.57  0.71  3.86

Home                 116.3  103   53   51   30   94   17  1833  2.32  7.27  1.32  1.14  3.95
Road                  70.7   61   30   29   21   62    9  1095  2.67  7.90  1.15  1.16  3.69

Day                   89.7   68   32   31   15   75   10  1330  1.51  7.53  1.00  0.93  3.11
Nite                  97.3   96   51   49   36   81   16  1598  3.33  7.49  1.48  1.36  4.53

Road  Day             15.0    9    6    6    2   16    2   212  1.20  9.60  1.20  0.73  3.60

April                 33.0   21    9    8    5   33    1   492  1.36  9.00  0.27  0.79  2.18
May                   38.7   38   22   20   10   32    6   594  2.33  7.45  1.40  1.24  4.66
June                  26.7   26   16   16    8   22    6   408  2.70  7.43  2.03  1.28  5.40
July                  39.3   34   11   11   12   24    3   615  2.75  5.49  0.69  1.17  2.52
August                35.7   34   20   20   15   35    8   629  3.79  8.83  2.02  1.37  5.05
September             13.7   11    5    5    1   10    2   190  0.66  6.59  1.32  0.88  3.29

totals vs. St. L.     27.0   22   11   11    8   18    4   397  2.67  6.00  1.33  1.11  3.67
last 5 starts         24.7   20   10   10    5   24    4   382  1.82  8.76  1.46  1.01  3.65
season totals        187.0  164   83   80   51  156   26  2928  2.45  7.51  1.25  1.15  3.85

 

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

 

              Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             14 Sep     13 Sep     12 Sep     11 Sep     10 Sep     09 Sep     08 Sep
             @ St. L.   @ Houst    @ Houst    @ Houst    vs. St.L   @ Pitts    @ Pitts 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      0.7  22               1.0  18    1.3  17                          1.0  13       4.0  70
Eyre                     1.0   9                                     1.7  24                  2.7  33
Howry         0.3   6               1.0  13    2.0  23    1.0   6               0.3   3       4.7  51
Wuertz                                                    1.0  24    0.0   7                  1.0  31
Marmol                   2.0  25               2.0  34                          1.7  29       5.7  88
Wood                     1.0  15                                     0.0  21                  1.0  36
Ohman                                                                1.0  14                  1.0  14
Gallagher                                                                                            
Hart                                                                 1.3  19                  1.3  19
Pignatiello                                                          0.7  11                  0.7  11
Marshall                                                             1.3  22                  1.3  22

Totals        1.0  28    4.0  49    2.0  31    5.3  74    2.0  30    6.0 118    3.0  45      23.3 375

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis this year (9-4).....

 

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         2- 1  Hill            Looper        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis         5- 3  Marshall        Reyes         
123  Mon 08/20    St. Louis         4- 6  Lilly           Wells         
143  Mon 09/10    St. Louis        12- 3  Lilly           Pineiro       
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  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        

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston 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
Monroe              1    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000
Ward               14    2    6    3    0    2   15    8    1    1  0.429  0.467  1.071  1.538  0.364
Barrett            12    3    4    0    0    2   10    5    1    1  0.333  0.385  0.833  1.218  0.222
Ramirez            51    9   18    5    0    4   35   10    6    3  0.353  0.421  0.686  1.107  0.318
Lee                50   15   17    4    0    3   30    5    6   13  0.340  0.411  0.600  1.011  0.412
Jones              42    7   15    3    1    1   23   12    7    7  0.357  0.449  0.548  0.997  0.412
Blanco              6    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    1  0.333  0.429  0.500  0.929  0.400
DeRosa             30    5    9    2    0    1   14    4    3    5  0.300  0.364  0.467  0.830  0.333
Cedeno             15    1    4    1    0    1    8    3    0    4  0.267  0.267  0.533  0.800  0.300
Soriano            32    2    7    3    1    0   12    0    3    7  0.219  0.286  0.375  0.661  0.280
Pie                16    2    3    1    0    1    7    2    0    3  0.188  0.188  0.438  0.625  0.167
Floyd              31    6    7    1    0    1   11    5    1    3  0.226  0.250  0.355  0.605  0.222
Kendall            24    4    5    2    0    0    7    1    1    3  0.208  0.296  0.292  0.588  0.238
Theriot            51    7   12    3    0    0   15    2    3    8  0.235  0.278  0.294  0.572  0.279
Murton             18    3    3    2    0    0    5    0    2    0  0.167  0.250  0.278  0.528  0.167
Izturis             4    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333
Fontenot           15    1    3    0    0    0    3    2    1    2  0.200  0.250  0.200  0.450  0.231
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
Fox                 2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. St. L. 454   69  123   33    2   16  208   65   36   77  0.271  0.327  0.458  0.785  0.296
season totals    5122  675 1379  304   26  126 2113  638  455  935  0.269  0.331  0.413  0.743  0.309

 

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              8.3    7    1    0    5    8    0   120  5.40  8.64  0.00  1.44  0.00
Ohman               4.3    1    0    0    1    2    0    50  2.08  4.15  0.00  0.46  0.00
Eyre                2.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    27  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Marmol              1.7    0    0    0    1    1    0    27  5.40  5.40  0.00  0.60  0.00
Cotts               1.0    0    0    0    3    0    0    33 27.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Wood                1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     8  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Cherry              1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
R Hill              7.0    3    1    1    2    7    1   115  2.57  9.00  1.29  0.71  1.29
Zambrano           21.3   16    4    4    5   10    2   331  2.11  4.22  0.84  0.98  1.69
Marshall            5.0    5    2    2    1    0    2    70  1.80  0.00  3.60  1.20  3.60
Lilly              27.0   22   11   11    8   18    4   397  2.67  6.00  1.33  1.11  3.67
Howry               6.3   10    3    3    3    3    1   112  4.26  4.26  1.42  2.05  4.26
Marquis            18.7   17    9    9    7    6    3   301  3.38  2.89  1.45  1.29  4.34
Dempster            6.3    9    6    5    0    5    3    94  0.00  7.11  4.26  1.42  7.11
Miller              4.7    9    7    7    0    3    3    97  0.00  5.79  5.79  1.93 13.50
Pignatiello         0.3    1    1    1    0    1    1     2  0.00 27.00 27.00  3.00 27.00
Petrick             1.0    4    4    4    3    0    1    35 27.00  0.00  9.00  7.00 36.00

totals vs. St. L. 117.0  106   49   47   40   65   21  1831  3.08  5.00  1.62  1.25  3.62
season totals    1316.7 1218  632  594  526 1088  157 21410  3.60  7.44  1.07  1.32  4.06

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
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        
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N   6- 2  Trachsel        Williams      
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  Zambrano        Wainright     

 

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   8   8   7   6  10  11   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      68
Opponents         3  13   1   7  12   9   7   5   8   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      66

 

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

 

09/01 - 09/14      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
Ward               13    2    6    2    0    1   11    5    4    1  0.462  0.588  0.846  1.434  0.455
Floyd              24    7    8    0    1    3   19    4    5    2  0.333  0.448  0.792  1.240  0.263
Ramirez            50    9   16    4    0    5   35    9    5    5  0.320  0.404  0.700  1.104  0.275
Lee                49    5   17    3    0    3   29    6    6    6  0.347  0.429  0.592  1.020  0.350
Cedeno              4    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    1    0  0.250  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.250
Fontenot           16    4    6    1    0    0    7    0    1    3  0.375  0.412  0.438  0.849  0.462
Pie                 6    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.400
Soriano            62   10   15    3    0    5   33   11    3   15  0.242  0.284  0.532  0.816  0.238
DeRosa             46    7   13    2    0    1   18    7    6    4  0.283  0.389  0.391  0.780  0.293
Murton             16    3    4    0    0    1    7    1    2    2  0.250  0.333  0.438  0.771  0.231
Jones              45    8   13    1    1    0   16    6    4    8  0.289  0.347  0.356  0.702  0.351
Monroe             14    1    3    1    0    0    4    2    2    3  0.214  0.313  0.286  0.598  0.273
Kendall            39    5    8    3    0    0   11    4    3    1  0.205  0.311  0.282  0.593  0.211
Theriot            51    3    9    3    1    0   14    5    6    5  0.176  0.259  0.275  0.533  0.196
Blanco              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     481   69  132   28    3   20  226   64   51   70  0.274  0.354  0.470  0.823  0.286
season totals    5122  675 1379  304   26  126 2113  638  455  935  0.269  0.331  0.413  0.743  0.309

 

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

 

09/01 - 09/14        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              6.7    2    0    0    3    9    0   102  4.05 12.15  0.00  0.75  0.00
Eyre                4.7    1    0    0    1    6    0    64  1.93 11.57  0.00  0.43  0.00
Wuertz              3.3    0    0    0    3    9    0    61  8.10 24.30  0.00  0.90  0.00
Marshall            1.3    2    0    0    1    0    0    22  6.75  0.00  0.00  2.25  0.00
Pignatiello         0.7    1    0    0    0    1    0    11  0.00 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Howry               7.7    6    1    1    0    5    1    91  0.00  5.87  1.17  0.78  1.17
Hart                3.7    4    1    1    1    5    0    56  2.45 12.27  0.00  1.36  2.45
Lilly              13.7   11    5    5    1   10    2   190  0.66  6.59  1.32  0.88  3.29
Marquis            18.7   17    8    7    2   10    2   234  0.96  4.82  0.96  1.02  3.38
Zambrano           18.3   13   10   10   12   17    1   309  5.89  8.35  0.49  1.36  4.91
Ohman               1.7    3    1    1    2    0    0    50 10.80  0.00  0.00  3.00  5.40
R Hill             18.0   18   12   12    8   14    3   309  4.00  7.00  1.50  1.44  6.00
Trachsel           13.0   20   11   11    5    7    2   217  3.46  4.85  1.38  1.92  7.62
Wood                4.3    7    5    5    3    2    0    89  6.23  4.15  0.00  2.31 10.38
Dempster            7.7   13    9    9    2    4    4   136  2.35  4.70  4.70  1.96 10.57
Gallagher           2.0    5    3    3    0    0    0    30  0.00  0.00  0.00  2.50 13.50

last 14 games     125.3  123   66   65   44   99   15  1971  3.16  7.11  1.08  1.33  4.67
season totals    1316.7 1218  632  594  526 1088  157 21410  3.60  7.44  1.07  1.32  4.06

 

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

 

04/02 - 09/14      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                16   38  0.296
Ramirez             66  192  0.256
Kendall             18   54  0.250
DeRosa              61  190  0.243
Jones               51  181  0.220
Lee                 55  198  0.217
Floyd               35  129  0.213
Theriot             40  164  0.196
Pagan               16   66  0.195
Fontenot            25  104  0.194
Soto                 2    9  0.182
Pie                 17   77  0.181
Fox                  1    5  0.167
Soriano             32  167  0.161
Blanco               4   22  0.154
K Hill              10   58  0.147
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Cedeno               5   33  0.132
Murton              11   90  0.109
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               512 2179  0.190

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       78      67     0.538     ---
Philadelphia    78      69     0.531     1.0
Los Angeles     77      69     0.527     1.5
Colorado        76      70     0.521     2.5
CUBS            76      71     0.517     3.0
Milwaukee       74      72     0.507     4.5
Atlanta         74      72     0.507     4.5
St. Louis       69      76     0.476     9.0
Cincinnati      68      79     0.463    11.0
San Francisco   66      80     0.452    12.5

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      15
St. Louis      11
Cincinnati      8
Pittsburgh      6
Houston         3

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2007, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Omar]

Chicago Cubs Vs. Braden Looper

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Aramis Ramirez       20    17   4  0  0  0   1   2   0  .235  .350  .235  .585 
Jason Kendall        16    15   7  2  0  0   3   1   0  .467  .500  .600 1.100 
Jacque Jones         13    12   5  0  0  1   2   1   2  .417  .462  .667 1.129 
Derrek Lee           13    12   3  0  0  1   2   1   6  .250  .308  .500  .808 
Henry Blanco         11     8   2  0  0  0   0   3   0  .250  .455  .250  .705 
Mark DeRosa          11     9   1  0  0  0   1   2   2  .111  .273  .111  .384 
Cliff Floyd           9     8   1  0  0  0   0   1   0  .125  .222  .125  .347 
Ryan Theriot          9     8   3  0  0  0   0   1   0  .375  .444  .375  .819 
Matt Murton           7     7   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .143  .286 
Ronny Cedeno          6     5   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200  .400 
Daryle Ward           6     5   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .200  .333  .400  .733 
Mike Fontenot         5     5   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Alfonso Soriano       5     5   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Craig Monroe          4     1   0  0  0  0   1   2   0  .000  .500  .000  .500 
Rich Hill             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ted Lilly             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jason Marquis         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 

 

St. Louis Cardinals Vs. Ted Lilly

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
David Eckstein       36    34   5  1  0  0   1   2   4  .147  .194  .176  .370 
Miguel Cairo         19    17   4  1  1  0   1   1   2  .235  .278  .412  .690 
Albert Pujols        15    14   4  1  0  1   1   1   2  .286  .333  .571  .904 
Yadier Molina        12    10   0  0  0  0   0   2   3  .000  .167  .000  .167 
Brendan Ryan         10     9   3  0  0  0   0   1   2  .333  .400  .333  .733 
Jim Edmonds           9     8   1  0  0  1   2   1   3  .125  .222  .500  .722 
So Taguchi            9     8   1  0  0  1   2   1   2  .125  .222  .500  .722 
Rick Ankiel           6     6   1  1  0  0   0   0   3  .167  .167  .333  .500 
Chris Duncan          6     6   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Ryan Ludwick          6     4   0  0  0  0   0   2   3  .000  .333  .000  .333 
Russell Branyan       3     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .667  .500 1.167 
Aaron Miles           3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Joel Pineiro          3     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Braden Looper         2     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
Brian Barden          1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Skip Schumaker        1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Adam Wainwright       1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 

[TruffleShuffle]

Beat BLooper!

[Andy]

How the hell are we in first?

[Outshined_One]

How the hell are we in first?

 

Magic.

[CubmanPi]

Ridiculously big day coming up. If Cubs enter Sunday with a chance at a sweep, my optimism is officially restored, and that scares the crap out of me.

 

Just win, morans!

[Omar]

A DH sweep would be great... But I have a gut feeling (dude) that game 1 will be a win and game 2 will be a loss. Even though Cubs owned Piniero last time out, you should never use logic and reason with this team.

[soccer10k]

Just out of curiosity, what's the deal with the game threads? Are there two separate threads for the games or are both games discussed here?

[CubmanPi]

Just out of curiosity, what's the deal with the game threads? Are there two separate threads for the games or are both games discussed here?

It's a double-header, I think it needs to be a DH here too, and the starter on deck should be ready, just in case. Though I'm happy with UMF starting the rest of the month.

[Guest]

Yeah, two game threads. If the Cubs win game one, it's UMF's chance again and if he isn't around, a spot starter can go. If the Cubs lose game one and davhern isn't around, we'll need a spot starter for game two.

[C.C.]

I'm just giddy this morning. I'd love a sweep of the DH today. Please?!?!

[bbum]

I woke up at 7:30 I was so excited about this game.

GO CUBS WIN

[E.J.]

I'd love a sweep, but am expecting a split.

 

What a glorious Saturday. The Cubs and College Football. I'm looking forward to some good couch time today.

[bbum]

What a great weekend! I don't care so much for college ball

gimme dem bears.

[RammyFanny]

So best case scenario up 3 games, worst case scenario is tied for first, correct?

 

BIG day. Let's go CUBS!

[CubColtPacer]

What starters do you think Lou will rest? I know Floyd and Jones will play in game 1, and Murton and Monroe in game 2. Kendall will start 1 of the games (likely game 1) and Soto will likely start game 2.

 

If you are going to rest Lee or Ramirez, game 1 is the time to do it, considering that if you rest one of them a left-hander comes in the lineup.

I expect Soriano will want to play both games.

 

Theriot will probably start 1 game, and Cedeno will probably have the other one.

 

If both Lee and Ramirez need to only play 1 game, I throw what some would call a forfeit lineup out there in game 1 loaded with left-handers (who Looper has struggled slightly with). Floyd, Jones, Ward, Fontenot would all be in the lineup with Soriano, Theriot, DeRosa and Kendall. I hope to scratch across a few and hope that Lilly does well. I think that lineup could do enough damage, and when they bring in their left-handed specialists in later in the game you have plenty of right-handed pinch hitters that can break the game open.

 

Then the second game, I have the power ready against the left-hander. Soriano, DeRosa, Lee, Ramirez, Monroe, Murton, Soto, Cedeno.

 

If either Lee or Ramirez can play both, then I stick them in the lineup for game 1 as well and don't change anything else.

[otis89]

Win, you bums!

[Mizzou]

We could be three games up at the end of the day. :shock:

 

Lilly is pretty awesome during day games, but so is Looper. The Cards are 6 back and have to know that their season is over. The Cubs are hot and are coming off a big win, I expect them to carry the momentum over into today's game. I'll be 15 rows behind the Cubs dugout, hopefully cheering them on to victory!

[UMFan83]

Some numbers to look at. The Cubs have 15 games left, the Brewers 16.

 

If the Cubs go 6-9, the Brewers have to go 8-8 to tie us. (82-80)

If the Cubs go 7-8, the Brewers have to go 9-7 to tie us. (83-79)

If the Cubs go 8-7, the Brewers have to go 10-6 to tie us. (84-78)

If the Cubs go 9-6, the Brewers have to go 11-5 to tie us. (85-77)

If the Cubs go 10-5, the Brewers have to go 12-4 to tie us. (86-76)

If the Cubs go 11-4, the Brewers have to go 13-3 to tie us. (87-75)

[Keener98]

What starters do you think Lou will rest? I know Floyd and Jones will play in game 1, and Murton and Monroe in game 2. Kendall will start 1 of the games (likely game 1) and Soto will likely start game 2.

 

If you are going to rest Lee or Ramirez, game 1 is the time to do it, considering that if you rest one of them a left-hander comes in the lineup.

I expect Soriano will want to play both games.

 

Theriot will probably start 1 game, and Cedeno will probably have the other one.

 

If both Lee and Ramirez need to only play 1 game, I throw what some would call a forfeit lineup out there in game 1 loaded with left-handers (who Looper has struggled slightly with). Floyd, Jones, Ward, Fontenot would all be in the lineup with Soriano, Theriot, DeRosa and Kendall. I hope to scratch across a few and hope that Lilly does well. I think that lineup could do enough damage, and when they bring in their left-handed specialists in later in the game you have plenty of right-handed pinch hitters that can break the game open.

 

Then the second game, I have the power ready against the left-hander. Soriano, DeRosa, Lee, Ramirez, Monroe, Murton, Soto, Cedeno.

 

If either Lee or Ramirez can play both, then I stick them in the lineup for game 1 as well and don't change anything else.

 

While that is a real good thought out post CCP, Looper and Pinerio are both right handers, we face Mulder tomorrow.

[CubColtPacer]

What starters do you think Lou will rest? I know Floyd and Jones will play in game 1, and Murton and Monroe in game 2. Kendall will start 1 of the games (likely game 1) and Soto will likely start game 2.

 

If you are going to rest Lee or Ramirez, game 1 is the time to do it, considering that if you rest one of them a left-hander comes in the lineup.

I expect Soriano will want to play both games.

 

Theriot will probably start 1 game, and Cedeno will probably have the other one.

 

If both Lee and Ramirez need to only play 1 game, I throw what some would call a forfeit lineup out there in game 1 loaded with left-handers (who Looper has struggled slightly with). Floyd, Jones, Ward, Fontenot would all be in the lineup with Soriano, Theriot, DeRosa and Kendall. I hope to scratch across a few and hope that Lilly does well. I think that lineup could do enough damage, and when they bring in their left-handed specialists in later in the game you have plenty of right-handed pinch hitters that can break the game open.

 

Then the second game, I have the power ready against the left-hander. Soriano, DeRosa, Lee, Ramirez, Monroe, Murton, Soto, Cedeno.

 

If either Lee or Ramirez can play both, then I stick them in the lineup for game 1 as well and don't change anything else.

 

While that is a real good thought out post CCP, Looper and Pinerio are both right handers, we face Mulder tomorrow.

 

Well, that was a lot of work for nothing :D

 

That's good though. Not having a left-hander start at all today gives the Cubs a lot more options to mix and match during the doubleheader without having to start a bad lineup in one of the two games.

[A New Era]

I hope the Cubs pound the snot out of looper. I really hate that smirky smile on his ugly face!!

[otis89]

Lineups?