04/24 CUBS (Marquis) @ Colorado (Cook) 2:05pm CDT, WGN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !!

 

Well, it's like they say..... the first 10,000 wins are always the toughest !!

 

Thursday the CUBS will be gunning for their 7th straight win, 4th straight series win, and 3rd straight series sweep.

 

The matchups...........

 

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6493.jpg Marquis (1-0) 3.86

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6981.jpg Cook (2-1) 3.12

 

 

 

As our esteemed colleague, bhogg, is fond of saying...."It's on like donkey kong !!"

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[ctcf]

Start Felix

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Damn, this winning is fun. Let's do it again!

[Andy]

For some reason, I have lost the ability to think we will lose. I think we win again tomorrow.

[Butterscup1679666578]

CANT STOP WONT STOP

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Isn't it great when we actually expect to win?

[CubsGM]

Isn't it great when we actually expect to win?

Please don't.

The Cubs will lose tomorrow and Derrek Lee will tear his ACL.

[Omar]

Rockies Vs. Marquis

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Willy Taveras        34    32   9  0  1  0   3   1   4  .281  .324  .344  .668 
Todd Helton          29    24   7  2  0  2   5   5   2  .292  .414  .625 1.039 
Matt Holliday        19    18   4  0  0  2   3   0   4  .222  .263  .556  .819 
Brad Hawpe           18    15   8  1  0  1   6   3   1  .533  .611  .800 1.411 
Garrett Atkins       16    15   3  2  0  0   0   1   1  .200  .250  .333  .583 
Scott Podsednik      14    13   4  1  0  0   1   1   2  .308  .357  .385  .742 
Yorvit Torrealba      9     8   3  0  0  0   0   0   1  .375  .444  .375  .819 
Clint Barmes          7     7   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Troy Tulowitzki       6     6   1  1  0  0   1   0   0  .167  .167  .333  .500 
Jeff Francis          5     4   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  .200 
Ryan Spilborghs       5     5   2  0  0  0   2   0   0  .400  .400  .400  .800 
Aaron Cook            4     4   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jeff Baker            3     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .333  .000  .333 
Kip Wells             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               171   155  41  7  1  5  21  12  20  .265  .333  .419  .752 

 

Cubs Vs. Cook

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Derrek Lee           11     7   3  1  0  0   0   4   0  .429  .636  .571 1.207 
Aramis Ramirez        7     7   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jason Marquis         6     6   2  2  0  0   0   0   2  .333  .333  .667 1.000 
Mark DeRosa           5     4   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .200  .000  .200 
Ryan Theriot          4     4   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Daryle Ward           4     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Ronny Cedeno          3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Mike Fontenot         3     3   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Reed Johnson          3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Matt Murton           3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Felix Pie             3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Rich Hill             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jon Lieber            2     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Henry Blanco          1     1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 
Ryan Dempster         1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                58    52  11  3  0  0   1   5   4  .212  .281  .269  .550 

[Guest]

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !!

 

Nice.

[chuckywang]

Brad Hawpe has some scary numbers there.

[CubbieBum]

For some reason, I have lost the ability to think we will lose. I think we win again tomorrow.

 

Where's your how many games behind first posts? I so looked forward to those.

 

And who would have thunk SS would be our strongest position so far in relation to the rest of the league?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !!

 

Nice.

 

Where, I might point, it was snowing !!! :evil:

 

Fortunately, I've come "back down to Earth", as they say. It's a whole lot warmer here in West Sacramento.

[Guest]

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !!

 

Nice.

 

Where, I might point, it was snowing !!! :evil:

 

Fortunately, I've come "back down to Earth", as they say. It's a whole lot warmer here in West Sacramento.

 

I'll be heading up to Tahoe this weekend for a bachelor party. Well, not a bachelor party but my bachelor party. Good times shall be had by all.

[Bote McBoteface]

For the sake of keeping a tradition alive, how the hell are we in first place?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !!

 

Nice.

 

Where, I might point, it was snowing !!! :evil:

 

Fortunately, I've come "back down to Earth", as they say. It's a whole lot warmer here in West Sacramento.

 

I'll be heading up to Tahoe this weekend for a bachelor party. Well, not a bachelor party but my bachelor party. Good times shall be had by all.

 

Of course, it never would have occurred to you to come over here and buy my coffee ???? :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from the aforementioned West Sacramento, CA.

 

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

 

CUBS are 2-1 on Thursdays

CUBS are 1-0 vs. Colorado

CUBS are 1-0 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 0-0 when they've won their last 6 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 11-3 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 6-1 in games that end a series

CUBS are 1-0 in games that end a road trip

CUBS are 9-4 in day games

CUBS are 5-2 on the road

CUBS are 9-5 against right handers

CUBS are 7-2 when they get a quality start.... 8-4 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-1 when they don't

CUBS are 10-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 11-5 when they don't

CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-1 when they do

CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't

CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-6 when they don't

CUBS are 14-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even

CUBS are 6-3 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 5-0 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-6 when he doesn't

CUBS are 4-2 in one run games.... 3-1 in two run games

CUBS are 2-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-6 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are on a pace to win 116 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 1026 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 208 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 725 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1057 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 139 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 85 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

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

CUBS are scoring 6.33 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.93 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are driving in 19.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.405 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 35.1% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05

CUBS have 2 GIDP in their last 12 games

CUBS have Homered in each of their last 5 games

CUBS have been HBP 5 times in their last 4 games

CUBS have 10 or more hits in 4 of their last 5 games..... 7 of their last 10..... 10 of their last 15

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 11 straight games

 

CUBS were 2-1 with Ed Hickox behind home plate last year....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.40  Fri 05/18    Chicago (AL)      6- 3  Lilly           Beuhrle       
.73  Sat 06/23  @ Chicago (AL)      2- 1  Hill            Vazquez       
136  Mon 09/03    Los Angeles       3-11  Zambrano        Loaiza        

 

CUBS' offensive production with Ed Hickox behind the plate last year....

 

04/02 - 09/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Hickox     105   11   29    5    1    3   45   10    5   23  0.276  0.309  0.429  0.738
CUBS overall     5643  752 1530  342   28  151 2381  711  500 1054  0.271  0.332  0.422  0.754

 

CUBS are 3-0 when Marquis starts

Marquis is 1 of 3 in quality starts

Marquis has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Marquis' ERA pitching to Soto is 3.97.... to Blanco it's 3.60

CUBS score 6.33 R/G overall.... 9.33 R/G when Marquis pitches

CUBS hit 1.29 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Marquis pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marquis.....

 

03/31 - 04/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marquis    110   28   38    8    1    4   60   24   17   12  0.345  0.430  0.545  0.975
CUBS overall      767  133  222   46    5   27  359  123   94  137  0.289  0.373  0.468  0.841

 

Composite scoring in games started by Marquis.........

 

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

CUBS              2   2   8   0   0   6   7   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      28
Opponents         2   1   0   1   2   5   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      13

 

Marquis' starts this year (1-0)

 

Marquis                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Houst       5.3    8    5    4    1    2    1    81  1.69  3.38  1.69  1.69  6.75
04/13  vs. Phila       5.0    4    2    2    5    2    1    86  9.00  3.60  1.80  1.80  3.60
04/19  vs. Pitts       6.0    6    1    1    1    7    0   102  1.50 10.50  0.00  1.17  1.50

season totals         16.3   18    8    7    7   11    2   269  3.86  6.06  1.10  1.53  3.86

 

 

Marquis' starts vs. Colorado last year (1-0).....

 

Marquis                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/25  vs. Colo        5.7    7    3    3    2    5    0    97  3.18  7.94  0.00  1.59  4.76
08/10  vs. Colo        6.7    5    1    0    0    5    0    89  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00

totals  vs. Colo      12.3   12    4    3    2   10    0   186  1.46  7.30  0.00  1.14  2.19
season totals        191.7  190  111   98   76  109   22  3029  3.57  5.12  1.03  1.39  4.60

 

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

 

              Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             23 Apr     22 Apr     21 Apr     20 Apr     19 Apr     18 Apr     17 Apr
             @ Colo     vs. Mets   vs. Mets   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Pitt   vs. Cinc
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart                     1.0  22                          1.7  33                             2.7  55
Howry         1.0  10    1.0  10               2.0  36                          0.7  14       4.7  70
Lieber        1.7  21                                                0.7   9    1.0  23       3.3  53
Marmol        1.0  21    1.0  18    1.0   9                          2.0  43                  5.0  91
Pignatiello                                                                                          
Wood          1.0  17               1.0   6                          1.0   6                  3.0  29
Wuertz        0.0   7                          1.0  27    1.3  16               1.0  12       3.3  62
Marshall      0.3   5                          1.0  18               0.3   2    0.3   2       2.0  27

Totals        5.0  81    3.0  50    2.0  15    4.0  81    3.0  49    4.0  60    3.0  51      24.0 387

 

CUBS' season series vs. Colorado this year (1-0).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.21  Wed 04/23  @ Colorado      N   7- 6  Hill            Morales       
.22  Thu 04/24  @ Colorado           -    Marquis         Cook          
.54  Thu 05/29    Colorado      N    -    Zambrano        Redman        
.55  Fri 05/30    Colorado           -    Lilly           Towers        
.56  Sat 05/31    Colorado           -    Hill            Francis       
.57  Sun 06/01    Colorado           -    Marquis         Cook          

 

CUBS' season series vs. Colorado last year (5-2) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.75  Mon 06/25    Colorado      N  10- 9  Marquis         Francis       
.76  Tue 06/26    Colorado      N   8- 5  Lilly           Lopez         
.77  Wed 06/27    Colorado          6- 4  Zambrano        Hirsch        
114  Thu 08/09  @ Colorado      N  10- 2  Lilly           Jimemez       
115  Fri 08/10  @ Colorado      N   6- 2  Marquis         Cook          
116  Sat 08/11  @ Colorado      N   2-15  Hill            Fogg          
117  Sun 08/12  @ Colorado          3- 6  Marshall        Harikkala     

 

CUBS' last 10 games (9-1)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.12  Sun 04/13  @ Philadelphia      6- 5  Marquis         Moyer         
.13  Tue 04/15    Cincinnati    N   9- 5  Dempster        Volquez       
.14  Wed 04/16    Cincinnati    N  12- 3  Zambrano        Fogg          
.15  Thu 04/17    Cincinnati        2- 9  Lilly           Harang        
.16  Fri 04/18    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Hill            Snell         
.17  Sat 04/19    Pittsburgh       13- 1  Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh       13- 6  Dempster        Duke          
.19  Mon 04/21    New York      N   7- 1  Zambrano        Maine         
.20  Tue 04/22    New York          8- 1  Lilly           Figueroa      
.21  Wed 04/23  @ Colorado      N   7- 6  Hill            Morales       

 

Composite scoring during the last 10 games.........

 

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

CUBS              7   6  15  10   9   9   7  13   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0      80
Opponents         1   3   2   3   5  13   5   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      39

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games......

 

04/13 - 04/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   RBI%
Ward                5    2    1    0    0    1    2    4    1  0.200  0.556  0.800  1.356  0.000  5.22    2.2  0.125
Soto               27    5   13    4    0    1    6    8    6  0.481  0.600  0.741  1.341  0.600  4.29   12.0  0.250
Theriot            37    9   17    4    1    1    5    3    4  0.459  0.500  0.703  1.203  0.500  3.24   13.0  0.400
D Lee              43   11   19    1    1    3   11    3    6  0.442  0.478  0.721  1.199  0.471  4.41   14.8  0.444
Ramirez            36   11   12    4    0    3   10    8    8  0.333  0.489  0.694  1.184  0.360  3.83   12.2  0.318
Cedeno             21    8    9    2    0    1   10    3    5  0.429  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.533  4.36    7.0  0.360
Fukudome           35   10   13    2    2    0    3    8    7  0.371  0.488  0.543  1.031  0.464  4.98    9.3  0.188
DeRosa             34    8   11    2    0    2   11    7    8  0.324  0.432  0.559  0.991  0.375  3.91    8.2  0.273
Blanco              9    2    4    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.444  0.545  0.444  0.990  0.571  3.55    2.2  0.091
Johnson            38    6   12    2    0    0    5    2    1  0.316  0.386  0.368  0.755  0.324  4.00    5.4  0.227
Pie                13    3    3    0    0    1    3    1    5  0.231  0.286  0.462  0.747  0.286  3.36    1.7  0.143
Soriano             6    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.167  3.67    0.2  0.000
Fontenot           20    3    2    1    0    0    1    1    5  0.100  0.143  0.150  0.293  0.133  4.05    0.4  0.063
Murton             10    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    1  0.100  0.100  0.100  0.200  0.111  3.40    0.1  0.118
E Patterson         6    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67    0.0  0.125

last 10 games     366   80  124   24    4   13   74   51   67  0.339  0.426  0.533  0.959  0.388  3.98   83.1  0.233
season totals     767  133  222   46    5   27  123   94  137  0.289  0.373  0.468  0.841  0.323  3.93  134.0  0.200

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games......

 

04/13 - 04/23        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              8.3    2    1    1    2   13    1   145  2.16 14.04  1.08  0.48  1.08
Wood                6.0    3    1    1    1    6    0    67  1.50  9.00  0.00  0.67  1.50
Howry               5.7    5    2    1    1    5    1    84  1.59  7.94  1.59  1.06  1.59
Zambrano           14.0   13    3    3    3    9    0   203  1.93  5.79  0.00  1.14  1.93
Hart                4.7    3    1    1    3    3    1    91  5.79  5.79  1.93  1.29  1.93
Marquis            11.0   10    3    3    6    9    1   188  4.91  7.36  0.82  1.45  2.45
Hill               10.0    6    3    3    7    7    1   166  6.30  6.30  0.90  1.30  2.70
Marshall            3.3    1    1    1    1    2    0    38  2.70  5.40  0.00  0.60  2.70
Lilly              12.0   10    6    6    7   10    1   201  5.25  7.50  0.75  1.42  4.50
Dempster           11.0   10    7    7    7    6    1   201  5.73  4.91  0.82  1.55  5.73
Lieber              3.3    5    4    3    0    2    2    53  0.00  5.40  5.40  1.50  8.10
Wuertz              3.3    8    7    7    2    1    3    81  5.40  2.70  8.10  3.00 18.90

last 10 games      92.7   76   39   37   40   73   12  1518  3.88  7.09  1.17  1.25  3.59
season totals     199.7  177   94   86   71  149   21  3246  3.20  6.72  0.95  1.24  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 04/23      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Cedeno              12   20  0.375
D Lee               11   25  0.306
Johnson              9   21  0.300
Fukudome             8   23  0.258
Soto                11   37  0.229
Ramirez             10   35  0.222
DeRosa              12   46  0.207
Theriot              5   27  0.156
Pie                  4   28  0.125
E Patterson          1    7  0.125
Murton               2   15  0.118
Soriano              3   24  0.111
Ward                 1   10  0.091
Fontenot             2   20  0.091
Blanco               1   13  0.071

CUBS                96  385  0.200

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee     140
St. Louis     139
Houston       136
Pittsburgh    136
Cincinnati    135

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[haubrich91]

Let's bring out the brooms again!

[C.C.]

What's with the whimpy 2-game sets?

[otis89]

Just win, losers.

[UMFan83]

Can our starters please start going more than 5-6 innings? That is my only gripe for this team right now...

[C.C.]

Can our starters please start going more than 5-6 innings? That is my only gripe for this team right now...

[bukie]

This is the last game in Coors for the Cubs this season. Let's make it a good one.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Greetings one and all from the aforementioned West Sacramento, CA.

 

 

 

 

CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't

CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-6 when they don't.

 

 

 

Looks like the four-run barrier is the key on both hitting and pitching.

[CubmanPi]

CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games......

 

04/13 - 04/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   RBI%
Ward                5    2    1    0    0    1    2    4    1  0.200  0.556  0.800  1.356  0.000  5.22    2.2  0.125
Soto               27    5   13    4    0    1    6    8    6  0.481  0.600  0.741  1.341  0.600  4.29   12.0  0.250
Theriot            37    9   17    4    1    1    5    3    4  0.459  0.500  0.703  1.203  0.500  3.24   13.0  0.400
D Lee              43   11   19    1    1    3   11    3    6  0.442  0.478  0.721  1.199  0.471  4.41   14.8  0.444
Ramirez            36   11   12    4    0    3   10    8    8  0.333  0.489  0.694  1.184  0.360  3.83   12.2  0.318
Cedeno             21    8    9    2    0    1   10    3    5  0.429  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.533  4.36    7.0  0.360
Fukudome           35   10   13    2    2    0    3    8    7  0.371  0.488  0.543  1.031  0.464  4.98    9.3  0.188
DeRosa             34    8   11    2    0    2   11    7    8  0.324  0.432  0.559  0.991  0.375  3.91    8.2  0.273
Blanco              9    2    4    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.444  0.545  0.444  0.990  0.571  3.55    2.2  0.091
Johnson            38    6   12    2    0    0    5    2    1  0.316  0.386  0.368  0.755  0.324  4.00    5.4  0.227
Pie                13    3    3    0    0    1    3    1    5  0.231  0.286  0.462  0.747  0.286  3.36    1.7  0.143
Soriano             6    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.167  3.67    0.2  0.000
Fontenot           20    3    2    1    0    0    1    1    5  0.100  0.143  0.150  0.293  0.133  4.05    0.4  0.063
Murton             10    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    1  0.100  0.100  0.100  0.200  0.111  3.40    0.1  0.118
E Patterson         6    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67    0.0  0.125

last 10 games     366   80  124   24    4   13   74   51   67  0.339  0.426  0.533  0.959  0.388  3.98   83.1  0.233
season totals     767  133  222   46    5   27  123   94  137  0.289  0.373  0.468  0.841  0.323  3.93  134.0  0.200

 

I just want to quote and highlight this part to make sure everyone craps their pants like I did just now at the sight of these numbers. Sweet Jeebus.

[bukie]

Greetings one and all from the aforementioned West Sacramento, CA.

 

 

 

 

CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't

CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-6 when they don't.

 

 

 

Looks like the four-run barrier is the key on both hitting and pitching.

 

Yes, I do believe the Cubs are undefeated in games where they score at least 4 runs and allow fewer than 4 runs... :)