Re: 04/19 Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny) @ CUBS (Marquis) 12:05, CSN TV

[Schwarber Fan]

Showers in the forecast... hopefully they get the game in.

[gerby23]

Yikes! How about DeRosa at 3rd today, Murt in LF--Aramis has horrible numbers against Gorzelanny.

 

Won't happen:

 

DeRo

Kosuke

Lee

Soto

Murt

Johnson

Cedeno

Theriot

Marquis

[hawkcub]

Score a lot of runs you'll need it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Are there any lefty-heavy rotations likely to make the NL playoffs? Because I was looking at some of our guys' career numbers and thinking about how utterly and completely we can smash lefties with the lineups we can put out there. And how perfectly Cublike it would be to face a lefty-heavy rotation and choke.

[BigbadB]

I really need a reasonable explanation as to why 10am games are blacked out on MLB EI when the Fox game of the week doesn't start until 1pm. Absolute stupidity.

[hawkcub]

I really need a reasonable explanation as to why 10am games are blacked out on MLB EI when the Fox game of the week doesn't start until 1pm. Absolute stupidity.

 

You will not get a reasonable explanation because no logical person can defend any of the the MLB black out rules.

[Outshined_One]

Are there any lefty-heavy rotations likely to make the NL playoffs? Because I was looking at some of our guys' career numbers and thinking about how utterly and completely we can smash lefties with the lineups we can put out there. And how perfectly Cublike it would be to face a lefty-heavy rotation and choke.

 

The Rockies have three lefties in their rotation with Francis, Redman, and Morales. As far as I can tell, no other potential contender in the NL has more than two LHPs in their rotation.

[otis89]

Lineups?

[Outshined_One]

Lineups?

 

You sure you want to see it? The lineup's not pretty.

[E.J.]

R. Johnson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375

R. Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226

K. Fukudome rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317

M. DeRosa lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321

G. Soto c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

R. Cedeno 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

J. Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some worthless stats of the day for Saturday.........

 

CUBS are 1-1 on Saturdays

CUBS are 4-0 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 9-4 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 2-1 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 6-3 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 6-4 in day games

CUBS are 6-4 at home

CUBS are 3-1 against lefties

CUBS are 4-2 when they get a quality start.... 6-4 when they don't

CUBS are 3-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 7-1 when they don't

CUBS are 5-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-4 when they don't

CUBS are 2-1 when they score in the first inning.... 8-5 when they don't

CUBS are 8-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't

CUBS are 5-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-6 when they don't

CUBS are 9-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even

CUBS are 0-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 10-6 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 4-3 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS have not GIDP'd in their last 7 games

CUBS are on a pace to win 101 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 861 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 192 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 648 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1144 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 132 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 91 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 122 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 5.31 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.94 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are driving in 17.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.376 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 36.1% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05

 

CUBS' starting rotation......

 

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano       4     2- 2     3    0.750     26.7      404    15.2    6.7    101.0    3.04    5.25
Lilly          4     1- 3     0    0.000     18.7      337    18.1    4.7     84.3    9.16    3.75
Dempster       3     3- 0     2    0.667     19.0      295    15.5    6.3     98.3    2.37    7.00
Hill           3     2- 1     1    0.333     14.0      242    17.3    4.7     80.7    3.86    4.33
Marquis        2     2- 0     0    0.000     10.3      167    16.2    5.2     83.5    5.23    7.50

CUBS          16    10- 6     6    0.375     88.7     1445    16.3    5.5     90.3    4.57    5.31

 

CUBS are 2-0 when Marquis starts

Marquis is 0 of 2 in quality starts

Marquis has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Marquis' ERA pitching to Soto is 6.75.... to Blanco it's 3.60

CUBS score 5.31 R/G overall.... 7.50 R/G when Marquis pitches

CUBS hit 1.19 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Marquis pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marquis.....

 

03/31 - 04/18      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marquis     76   15   26    5    1    2   39   13    7    8  0.342  0.398  0.513  0.911
CUBS overall      582   85  155   34    3   19  252   79   64  113  0.266  0.344  0.433  0.777

 

CUBS were 1-2 with Tim Barrett behind home plate last year

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.18  Sun 04/22    St. Louis         9-12  Miller          Wainright     
.96  Sat 07/21    Arizona           2- 3  Hill            Owings        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis         5- 3  Marshall        Reyes         

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

 

              Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             18 Apr     17 Apr     16 Apr     15 Apr     14 Apr     13 Apr     12 Apr
             vs. Pitt   vs. Cinc   vs. Cinc   vs. Cinc   no game    @ Phila    @ Phila 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart                                2.0  36                                     2.7  55       4.7  91
Howry                    0.7  14                                     1.0  24    1.0  30       2.7  68
Lieber        0.7   9    1.0  23                                                              1.7  32
Marmol        2.0  43                          2.0  27               1.3  26                  5.3  96
Pignatiello                                                                                          
Wood          1.0   6                          1.0  15               2.0  23                  4.0  44
Wuertz                   1.0  12               0.0   5               0.0  14                  1.0  31
Marshall      0.3   2    0.3   2                                     0.7  11                  1.3  15

Totals        4.0  60    3.0  51    2.0  36    3.0  47               5.0  98    3.7  85      20.7 377

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (4-0).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
 7  Mon 04/07  @ Pittsburgh       10- 8  Lilly           Gorzelanny    
 8  Wed 04/09  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 4  Dempster        Duke          
 9  Thu 04/10  @ Pittsburgh    N   7- 3  Hill            Morris        
.16  Fri 04/18    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Hill            Snell         
.17  Sat 04/19    Pittsburgh         -    Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh         -    Dempster        Duke          
.42  Fri 05/16    Pittsburgh         -    Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.43  Sat 05/17    Pittsburgh         -    Dempster        Duke          
.44  Sun 05/18    Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano        Morris        
.48  Fri 05/23  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Dempster        Duke          
.49  Sat 05/24  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Zambrano        Morris        
.50  Sun 05/25  @ Pittsburgh         -    Lilly           Maholm        
110  Fri 08/01    Pittsburgh         -    Lilly           Maholm        
111  Sat 08/02    Pittsburgh         -    Hill            Snell         
112  Sun 08/03    Pittsburgh         -    Marquis         Gorzelanny    
131  Mon 08/25  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Hill            Snell         
132  Tue 08/26  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Marquis         Gorzelanny    
133  Wed 08/27  @ Pittsburgh         -    Dempster        Maholm        

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.24  Mon 04/30  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 3  Hill            Duke          
.25  Tue 05/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   8- 6  Lilly           Armas         
.26  Wed 05/02  @ Pittsburgh        7- 1  Marquis         Snell         
.30  Tue 05/08    Pittsburgh    N   3- 4  Lilly           Snell         
.31  Wed 05/09    Pittsburgh        1- 0  Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.32  Thu 05/10    Pittsburgh        4- 6  Zambrano        Maholm        
.85  Fri 07/06  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 8  Marquis         Maholm        
.86  Sat 07/07  @ Pittsburgh    N   7- 1  Lilly           Van Benschoten
.87  Sun 07/08  @ Pittsburgh        2- 6  Zambrano        Youman        
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        
154  Fri 09/21    Pittsburgh       13- 8  Marquis         Maholm        
155  Sat 09/22    Pittsburgh        9- 5  Hill            Duke          
156  Sun 09/23    Pittsburgh        8- 0  Zambrano        Gorzelanny    

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis     148
Milwaukee     147
Pittsburgh    144
Cincinnati    143
Houston       142

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[SABR Gamer]

Marquis saying Geovany made me laugh

[Fred Hornkohl]

The lineups for both sides........

 

Saturday 19 April 2008

Pittsburgh @ CUBS

12:05

 

 

Pittsburgh

 

McLouth, cf

Sanchez, 2b

Bay, lf

LaRoche, 1b

Nady, rf

Doumit, c

Bautista, 3b

Bixler, ss

Gorzelanny, p

 

 

CUBS

 

Johnson, cf

Theriot, ss

D Lee, 1b

Ramirez, 3b

Fukudome, rf

DeRosa, 2b

Soto, c

Cedeno, 2b

Marquis, p

[Outshined_One]

It wouldn't have been too much to ask to have Murton in LF, DeRosa at 2B, and Cedeno at SS, would it?

[SABR Gamer]

I want Nate McLouth, let's trade for him.

[Andy]

That has to be the worst of all the Soto-populated lineups this year.

 

Here's to Reed's hot streak continuing, I suppose.

[anabiono]

It wouldn't have been too much to ask to have Murton in LF, DeRosa at 2B, and Cedeno at SS, would it?

 

maybe cedeno at shortstop...but jeez...

 

gorzo is a bloody lefty...what the crap???

 

sometimes lou baffles me

[radarluv1]

i dont get theriot or cedeno over murton

[E.J.]

i dont get theriot or cedeno over murton

 

Murton can't play 2b

[Jon]

Wow, that was the "amazing" catch by Reed yesterday? He nearly came to a complete stop before making an unnecessary over the shoulder basket catch. He easily could have just turned around and caught it normally.

[Schwarber Fan]

CUBS

 

Johnson, cf

Theriot, ss

D Lee, 1b

Ramirez, 3b

Fukudome, rf

DeRosa, 2b

Soto, c

Cedeno, 2b

Marquis, p

 

2 second basemen and no LFer? That should be interesting! ;)

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS

 

Johnson, cf

Theriot, ss

D Lee, 1b

Ramirez, 3b

Fukudome, rf

DeRosa, 2b

Soto, c

Cedeno, 2b

Marquis, p

 

2 second basemen and no LFer? That should be interesting! ;)

 

Serious force of habit putting DeRosa at 2b, eh?

[Outshined_One]

I mean, you can't even really make a defensive argument of DeRosa over Murton in LF. Seriously, FTH Lou?

[Fred Hornkohl]

McLouth flied out to center field

[BigSlick]

With an outfield of Reed Johnson, Mark Derosa and Fukudome I feel like this lineup has absolutely no power