5/6 Cobs (Big Z) @ Dusty Baker's Reds (Harang) 6:10 CSN

JimSorgi · May 6, 2008

Well, they officially went back to being the Cobs after tonight's loss. I am also no longer a game thread virgin. Hopefully my first time is better than rawaction's. We have a great pitching matchup.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAGI197~Carlos-Zambrano-2004-Studio-Plus-Photofile-Posters.jpg

Big Z: 4-1, 2.11 ERA

Please don't go crazy, Carlos.

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/316sports/aaron%20harang-medium.jpg

Aaron Harang: 1-4, 2.98 ERA

Quit looking so creepy, Aaron.

Please Cobs, have a game like this. Don't let it be like this.

Hey Lou, please start Felix Pie and Ronny Cedeno.

otis89 · May 6, 2008

Cobs lose 0 to -1.

Omar · May 6, 2008

Cubs Vs. Harang

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Derrek Lee           41    38  13  2  0  5  11   3   4  .342  .390  .789 1.179 
Aramis Ramirez       34    33   8  0  0  3   4   1   3  .242  .265  .515  .780 
Ryan Theriot         20    18   5  1  0  0   2   2   5  .278  .350  .333  .683 
Mark DeRosa          16    12   4  0  0  1   3   3   3  .333  .500  .583 1.083 
Henry Blanco         15    15   2  0  0  0   0   0   7  .133  .133  .133  .266 
Alfonso Soriano      15    15   3  1  0  0   0   0   3  .200  .200  .267  .467 
Ronny Cedeno         13    13   2  0  0  1   1   0   6  .154  .154  .385  .539 
Carlos Zambrano      10    10   2  1  0  1   1   0   5  .200  .200  .600  .800 
Mike Fontenot         9     8   2  1  0  0   0   1   1  .250  .333  .375  .708 
Felix Pie             7     7   2  0  0  0   1   0   4  .286  .286  .286  .572 
Geovany Soto          7     6   4  2  0  0   1   1   1  .667  .714 1.000 1.714 
Daryle Ward           6     6   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ryan Dempster         5     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Jason Marquis         5     5   2  0  1  0   3   0   0  .400  .400  .800 1.200 
Kosuke Fukudome       3     3   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667 1.334 
Kerry Wood            1     0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                         
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               207   193  52  8  1 11  27  11  44  .269  .312  .492  .804

Reds Vs. Zambrano

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Adam Dunn            66    51  12  1  0  6  10  14  12  .235  .394  .608 1.002 
Ken Griffey          38    33  12  5  0  2   8   5   4  .364  .447  .697 1.144 
Edwin Encarnacion    36    31  10  0  0  2   4   3   8  .323  .417  .516  .933 
Scott Hatteberg      36    25   5  1  0  1   6  11   3  .200  .444  .360  .804 
Brandon Phillips     32    27   8  3  0  1   4   3   6  .296  .406  .519  .925 
Javier Valentin      27    26   7  2  0  0   1   1   2  .269  .296  .346  .642 
Ryan Freel           23    19   3  0  0  0   0   3   4  .158  .304  .158  .462 
Jeff Keppinger       17    15   5  1  0  0   2   1   1  .333  .412  .400  .812 
Dave Ross            14    12   2  0  0  2   3   1   5  .167  .286  .667  .953 
Aaron Harang         10     7   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Joey Votto            9     9   4  2  0  0   1   0   0  .444  .444  .667 1.111 
Josh Fogg             7     6   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .167  .334 
Corey Patterson       4     4   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Bronson Arroyo        2     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
Matt Belisle          2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jeremy Affeldt        1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Paul Bako             1     0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000             
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               325   270  70 15  0 14  39  43  51  .259  .374  .470  .844

Little Slide Rooter · May 6, 2008

These 2 look like theyd be just as comfortable settling thins in a steel cage than on a baseball diamond.

The fact is, Carlos Zambrano IS a better picher than Aaron Harang. No doubt about it. Lets just hope the offense can pick up the pace tommorow night.

killthegoat06 · May 6, 2008

Give dero a night off.

TruffleShuffle · May 6, 2008

unless harang decides to start throwing with his left hand, pie had better be in the starting lineup.

gerby23 · May 6, 2008

Give dero a night off.

With a 1.000+ OPS against Harang? Doubt it. Maybe he gets back on track.

Vanilla Ice · May 6, 2008

In 7 PA's against Harang, Geovany Soto has a 1.714 OPS.

Geovany Soto

killthegoat06 · May 6, 2008

Give dero a night off.

With a 1.000+ OPS against Harang? Doubt it. Maybe he gets back on track.

Didn't see that. Good point. Give fontenot the night off.(If Aram's still injured)

SABR Gamer · May 6, 2008

Serious question. Is Geovany Soto the best catcher in baseball?

Fred Hornkohl · May 6, 2008

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday..........

CUBS are 2-1 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 2-2 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 13-9 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 5-0 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 7-6 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 8-7 at night

CUBS are 7-8 on the road

CUBS are 11-11 against right handers

CUBS are 7-5 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 10-7 when they get a quality start.... 8-7 when they don't

CUBS are 5-11 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 13-3 when they don't

CUBS are 13-4 when they score first in the game.... 5-10 when they don't

CUBS are 6-1 when they score in the first inning.... 12-13 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 91 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 972 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 172 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 780 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1119 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 122 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 116 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 91 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS are scoring 6.00 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 20.1% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.386 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 35.4% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05

CUBS have been HBP 11 times in their last 15 games

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 22 straight games

CUBS have 1 sac bunt in their last 9 games

CUBS have not tripled in their last 11 games

CUBS have allowed 1 stolen base in their last 10 games

CUBS opponents have GIDP'd at least once in 11 of their last 15 games

CUBS have not allowed a sac fly in 19 of their last 20 games

CUBS have outscored the opponents 29-9 in the 3rd inning

CUBS were 0-1 with Chuck Meriwether behind the plate last year......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
113  Wed 08/08  @ Houston       N   2- 8  Zambrano        Oswalt

CUBS are 4-3 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 6 of 7 in quality starts

Zambrano has 4 consecutive quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 2.03.... to Blanco it's 2.57

CUBS score 6.00 R/G overall.... 5.43 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.06 HR/G overall.... 1.43 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

03/31 - 05/05      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   239   38   64   14    0   10  108   36   23   61  0.268  0.342  0.452  0.794
CUBS overall     1150  192  325   76    5   34  513  182  154  221  0.283  0.373  0.446  0.819

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

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

CUBS              9   3   7   2   1   3   2   8   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      38
Opponents         0   1   1   2   1   4   2   1   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      19

Zambrano's starts this year (4-1)

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
03/31  vs. Milw        6.7    3    0    0    1    5    0    89  1.35  6.75  0.00  0.60  0.00
04/06  vs. Houst       7.0    7    2    2    0    7    1   106  0.00  9.00  1.29  1.00  2.57
04/11  vs. Phila       6.0    9    5    5    1    6    1   107  1.50  9.00  1.50  1.67  7.50
04/16  vs. Cincy       7.0    8    2    2    1    5    0   102  1.29  6.43  0.00  1.29  2.57
04/21  vs. Mets        7.0    5    1    1    2    4    0   101  2.57  5.14  0.00  1.00  1.29
04/26  vs. Wash        7.0    5    0    0    4    5    0   114  5.14  6.43  0.00  1.29  0.00
05/01  vs. Milw        6.3    7    1    1    2    3    1   111  2.84  4.26  1.42  1.42  1.42

Home                  34.0   30    6    6    6   24    2   509  1.59  6.35  0.53  1.06  1.59
Road                  13.0   14    5    5    5   11    1   221  3.46  7.62  0.69  1.46  3.46

Day                   20.0   17    3    3    3   15    2   306  1.35  6.75  0.90  1.00  1.35
Nite                  27.0   27    8    8    8   20    1   424  2.67  6.67  0.33  1.30  2.67

Road  Nite            13.0   14    5    5    5   11    1   221  3.46  7.62  0.69  1.46  3.46

season totals         47.0   44   11   11   11   35    3   730  2.11  6.70  0.57  1.17  2.11

Zambrano's starts vs. Cincinnati last year (2-4).....

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/02  vs. Cincy       5.0    6    5    5    5    2    2    92  9.00  3.60  3.60  2.20  9.00
04/13  vs. Cincy       4.0    6    6    6    4    2    0    87  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.50 13.50
07/29  vs. Cincy       7.3    2    0    0    3    6    0   113  3.68  7.36  0.00  0.68  0.00
08/14  vs. Cincy       7.0   13    6    6    2    0    0   107  2.57  0.00  0.00  2.14  7.71
09/18  vs. Cincy       5.3    7    4    4    3    1    1   100  5.06  1.69  1.69  1.88  6.75
09/28  vs. Cincy       7.0    6    0    0    1    4    0   110  1.29  5.14  0.00  1.00  0.00

totals  vs. Cincy     35.7   40   21   21   18   15    3   609  4.54  3.79  0.76  1.63  5.30
season totals        216.3  187  100   95  101  177   23  3691  4.20  7.36  0.96  1.33  3.95

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

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             05 May     04 May     03 May     02 May     01 May     30 Apr     29 Apr
             @ Cincy    @ St. L.   @ St. L.   @ St. L.   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart                                                                            1.3  22       1.3  22
Howry                                          2.0  29               1.0  23                  3.0  52
Lieber                                         3.7  51                          2.0  34       5.7  85
Marmol                              2.0  24               1.7  28    1.0  20                  4.7  72
Pignatiello                                                                                          
Wood          1.0  13                          1.0   9    1.0  20                             3.0  42
Wuertz                                         1.3  19               1.0  12    0.7  13       3.0  44
Marshall      0.7  10    0.7   9               0.3   4                          0.0   7       1.7  30
Fox           0.3   8                          1.3  23                                        1.7  31
Gallagher                2.0  19                                                              2.0  19

Totals        2.0  31    2.7  28    2.0  24    9.7 135    2.7  48    3.0  55    4.0  76      26.0 397

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year (2-2) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.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        
.32  Mon 05/05  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 5  Dempster        Cueto         
.33  Tue 05/06  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano        Harang        
.34  Wed 05/07  @ Cincinnati         -    Lieber          Volquez       
.90  Tue 07/08    Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly           Volquez       
.91  Wed 07/09    Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis         Harang        
.92  Thu 07/10    Cincinnati         -    Dempster        Arroyo        
125  Tue 08/19    Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly           Volquez       
126  Wed 08/20    Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis         Harang        
127  Thu 08/21    Cincinnati         -    Dempster        Arroyo        
141  Fri 09/05  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis         Harang        
142  Sat 09/06  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Dempster        Arroyo        
143  Sun 09/07  @ Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Cueto

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati last year (9-9).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 04/02  @ Cincinnati        1- 5  Zambrano        Harang        
..2  Wed 04/04  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 1  Lilly           Arroyo        
..3  Thu 04/05  @ Cincinnati        2- 5  Marquis         Lohse         
..9  Fri 04/13    Cincinnati        5- 6  Zambrano        Harang        
.10  Sat 04/14    Cincinnati        7- 0  Hill            Arroyo        
.11  Sun 04/15    Cincinnati        0- 1  Lilly           Lohse         
101  Fri 07/27  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 5  Hill            Arroyo        
102  Sat 07/28  @ Cincinnati    N   8- 1  Marshall        Harang        
103  Sun 07/29  @ Cincinnati        6- 0  Zambrano        Belisle       
118  Tue 08/14    Cincinnati    N   5- 6  Zambrano        Harang        
119  Wed 08/15    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Lilly           Dumatrait     
120  Thu 08/16    Cincinnati       12- 4  Marquis         Livingston    
151  Mon 09/17    Cincinnati    N   7- 6  Hill            Arroyo        
152  Tue 09/18    Cincinnati    N   2- 5  Zambrano        Harang        
153  Wed 09/19    Cincinnati    N   3- 2  Lilly           Shearn        
160  Fri 09/28  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 0  Zambrano        Arroyo        
161  Sat 09/29  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 0  Hill            Harang        
162  Sun 09/30  @ Cincinnati        4- 8  Lilly           Bailey

Composite scoring vs. Cincinnati.....

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

CUBS              4   4   6   0   5   1   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26
Opponents         3   2   4   3   0   2   5   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      22

CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year.....

vs. Cincy          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   RBI%
Soto               11    2    5    2    0    1    4    2    3  0.455  0.538  0.909  1.448  0.571  4.15    5.4  0.300
DeRosa             11    3    4    1    0    1    5    3    7  0.364  0.563  0.727  1.290  1.000  4.44    4.5  0.400
D Lee              19    4    8    0    0    2    5    1    4  0.421  0.450  0.737  1.187  0.462  4.95    6.3  0.300
Theriot            18    4    7    3    0    1    3    2    4  0.389  0.450  0.722  1.172  0.462  4.00    5.9  0.500
Johnson             9    1    5    1    0    0    1    0    0  0.556  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.556  4.10    3.0  0.500
Fukudome           16    3    4    1    0    0    2    3    5  0.250  0.368  0.313  0.681  0.364  4.95    1.8  0.222
Soriano             4    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.333  4.80    0.4  0.000
Ramirez            11    4    2    1    0    0    1    2    4  0.182  0.357  0.273  0.630  0.286  4.43    1.1  0.167
Blanco              4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.500  4.25    0.3  0.125
Pie                 7    1    1    0    0    0    0    2    4  0.143  0.333  0.143  0.476  0.333  4.00    0.3  0.000
Fontenot           19    2    3    1    0    0    1    0    6  0.158  0.158  0.211  0.368  0.231  4.37    0.6  0.067
Ward                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.67    0.0  0.000
E Patterson         2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00    0.0  0.000

totals vs. Cincy  142   26   45   11    0    5   25   18   42  0.317  0.402  0.500  0.902  0.421  4.31   28.6  0.215
seson totals     1150  192  325   76    5   34  180  154  221  0.283  0.373  0.446  0.819  0.325  3.93  191.3  0.199

CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year......

vs. Cincy            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wood                2.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    28  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marmol              2.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    27  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marshall            1.0    2    0    0    0    0    0    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Howry               0.7    2    1    0    0    0    0    14  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Fox                 0.3    0    0    0    0    1    0     8  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano            7.0    8    2    2    1    5    0   102  1.29  6.43  0.00  1.29  2.57
Dempster           12.0    9    9    4    6   10    2   189  4.50  7.50  1.50  1.25  3.00
Hart                2.0    2    1    1    1    1    1    36  4.50  4.50  4.50  1.50  4.50
Lilly               6.0    6    5    5    3    6    1    94  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.50  7.50
Wuertz              1.0    1    1    1    1    0    1    17  9.00  0.00  9.00  2.00  9.00
Lieber              1.0    3    3    2    0    0    1    23  0.00  0.00  9.00  3.00 18.00

totals vs. Cincy   35.0   33   22   15   12   28    6   550  3.09  7.20  1.54  1.29  3.86
season totals     295.3  270  142  126  112  217   30  4816  3.41  6.61  0.91  1.29  3.84

CUBS' last 7 games (2-5)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.26  Tue 04/29    Milwaukee     N   7-10  Marquis         Sheets        
.27  Wed 04/30    Milwaukee     N  19- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
.28  Thu 05/01    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Gallardo      
.29  Fri 05/02  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Hill            Wainright     
.30  Sat 05/03  @ St. Louis         9- 3  Lilly           Lohse         
.31  Sun 05/04  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Marquis         Wellemeyer    
.32  Mon 05/05  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 5  Dempster        Cueto

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

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

CUBS              6   5   5  11   2   3   7   6   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      47
Opponents         5   3   6   3   4   4   6   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      37

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

04/29 - 05/05      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   RBI%
Cedeno              3    3    2    1    0    0    3    3    1  0.667  0.857  1.000  1.857  1.000  4.57    2.6  0.750
Soto               26    7   12    6    0    3   10    5    4  0.462  0.548  1.038  1.587  0.474  3.45   14.8  0.333
Fontenot           15    3    8    2    0    1    7    6    3  0.533  0.667  0.867  1.533  0.636  4.57    8.7  0.462
Murton              3    2    2    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  1.000  4.33    1.3  0.250
Blanco              2    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  1.000  5.67    0.7  0.000
Ramirez             9    3    2    1    0    0    2    5    4  0.222  0.533  0.333  0.867  0.400  4.33    1.6  0.667
Fukudome           29    4   10    3    0    0    4    1    4  0.345  0.355  0.448  0.803  0.400  3.81    4.6  0.167
Theriot            32    5   10    1    0    0    1    4    1  0.313  0.389  0.344  0.733  0.323  4.31    4.3  0.111
D Lee              29    6    7    1    0    1    3    4    3  0.241  0.333  0.379  0.713  0.240  4.12    3.7  0.125
Pie                13    0    3    1    0    0    1    3    5  0.231  0.353  0.308  0.661  0.375  3.82    1.4  0.083
DeRosa             24    6    5    1    0    0    3    6    8  0.208  0.375  0.250  0.625  0.313  4.31    2.3  0.158
Soriano            22    3    4    1    0    1    5    2    6  0.182  0.240  0.364  0.604  0.200  3.68    1.9  0.333
Ward                6    0    1    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.333  4.33    0.3  0.143
Johnson            24    3    3    1    0    0    2    1    2  0.125  0.185  0.167  0.352  0.136  4.11    0.7  0.125

last 7 games      253   47   74   21    0    7   45   41   50  0.292  0.393  0.458  0.851  0.342  4.02   45.6  0.220
season totals    1150  192  325   76    5   34  180  154  221  0.283  0.373  0.446  0.819  0.325  3.93  191.3  0.199

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

04/29 - 05/05        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Gallagher           2.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Marmol              4.7    1    0    0    0    7    0    72  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.21  0.00
Zambrano            6.3    7    1    1    2    3    1   111  2.84  4.26  1.42  1.42  1.42
Lieber              5.7    7    1    1    0    1    0    85  0.00  1.59  0.00  1.24  1.59
Dempster           12.0    8    8    3    6    8    1   189  4.50  6.00  0.75  1.17  2.25
Wuertz              3.0    3    1    1    2    1    0    44  6.00  3.00  0.00  1.67  3.00
Lilly               7.0    6    3    3    1    4    2   112  1.29  5.14  2.57  1.00  3.86
Marshall            1.7    3    1    1    2    1    0    30 10.80  5.40  0.00  3.00  5.40
Howry               3.0    4    3    2    0    4    1    52  0.00 12.00  3.00  1.33  6.00
Marquis            10.3   17   10   10    6    6    0   187  5.23  5.23  0.00  2.23  8.71
Wood                3.0    3    3    3    1    2    0    42  3.00  6.00  0.00  1.33  9.00
Fox                 1.7    2    2    2    0    1    1    31  0.00  5.40  5.40  1.20 10.80
Hill                0.7    0    1    1    4    1    0    27 54.00 13.50  0.00  6.00 13.50
Hart                1.3    4    3    3    1    1    0    22  6.75  6.75  0.00  3.75 20.25

last 7 games       62.3   66   37   31   25   40    6  1023  3.61  5.78  0.87  1.46  4.48
seson totals      295.3  270  142  126  112  217   30  4816  3.41  6.61  0.91  1.29  3.84

Patience is a virtue.........

03/31 - 05/05         BA    OBP    SLG    OPS    P   PA  P/PA
Ward               0.095  0.321  0.286  0.607  135   28  4.82
Fukudome           0.331  0.424  0.475  0.899  606  139  4.36
Cedeno             0.383  0.473  0.574  1.047  238   56  4.25
D Lee              0.333  0.411  0.598  1.009  624  151  4.13
Fontenot           0.291  0.371  0.473  0.844  257   63  4.08
Johnson            0.274  0.355  0.316  0.670  448  110  4.07
Ramirez            0.276  0.412  0.533  0.946  527  131  4.02
Soto               0.352  0.448  0.667  1.115  488  125  3.90
DeRosa             0.259  0.381  0.398  0.779  527  135  3.90
Blanco             0.368  0.455  0.368  0.823   83   22  3.77
Theriot            0.322  0.397  0.421  0.819  515  137  3.76
E Patterson        0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000   22    6  3.67
Murton             0.214  0.267  0.214  0.481   54   15  3.60
Pie                0.231  0.305  0.308  0.613  210   59  3.56
Soriano            0.177  0.233  0.316  0.549  305   86  3.55

CUBS               0.283  0.373  0.446  0.819 5290 1346  3.93

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

03/31 - 05/05      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Cedeno              15   28  0.349
D Lee               16   44  0.267
Ramirez             15   45  0.250
Soto                18   58  0.237
Johnson             11   38  0.224
Fontenot             9   32  0.220
DeRosa              17   67  0.202
Fukudome            12   51  0.190
Murton               4   18  0.182
Soriano              7   32  0.179
Theriot              7   43  0.140
Pie                  6   40  0.130
E Patterson          1    7  0.125
Ward                 2   17  0.105
Blanco               1   14  0.067

CUBS               146  587  0.199

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis     133
Milwaukee     130
Houston       129
Pittsburgh    126
Cincinnati    125

Go CUBS !!!

Andy · May 6, 2008

Serious question. Is Geovany Soto the best catcher in baseball?

Hard to argue it at least in 2008. Too bad Aramis is hurt, Lee's slumping, and everyone else that Lou will allow to start is either sucking at the plate or in the field.

May 6, 2008

CUBS are 13-3 when people who stayed at Fred Hornkohl's house during the playoffs last year (Fred, CT, myself) start game threads.... 5-11 when those three don't.

reds44 · May 6, 2008

I wonder how many times Harang and Z have matched up against each other. Harang is 1-4 with an ERA under 3, so he has some W's coming to him.

Paul freaking Bako has a .920 OPS.

UMFan83 · May 6, 2008

Cubs are 6-0 vs. the Pirates and 12-14 against everyone else.

inari · May 6, 2008

Serious question. Is Geovany Soto the best catcher in baseball?

He has been so far. But I can't imagine he'll end up being better than the Russel Martins and Joe Mauers of the world.

RedFlash · May 6, 2008

Serious question. Is Geovany Soto the best catcher in baseball?

He has been so far. But I can't imagine he'll end up being better than the Russel Martins and Joe Mauers of the world.

Mauer is prolly a little better pure hitter then Soto, and Martin is a better athlete then Soto, and Geo is definately in the same class of "game callers" as both, regardless of talent. And Soto has more power then both, so yeah, I could him being better then both catchers, at the very worse, definately in their class.

Schwarber Fan · May 6, 2008

Soto is awesome

it sucks he probably won't start tomorrow afternoon

C.C. · May 6, 2008

I'm starting to believe we'll never win another series. Or at least until we play Pit again.

Schwarber Fan · May 6, 2008

Aramis needs to suck it up and just play.

TruffleShuffle · May 6, 2008

Aramis needs to suck it up and just play.

yes if there's anything the cubs need, it's to rush injured players back into the starting lineup in early may.

aerosmith21 · May 6, 2008

Aramis needs to suck it up and just play.

yes if there's anything the cubs need, it's to rush injured players back into the starting lineup in early may.

I agree we dont need Lou starting to take after Yost! :shock:

C.C. · May 6, 2008

Lou's check list for today:

Play Cedeno

Play Pie

Give DeRosa a day off

soapy · May 6, 2008

i look forward to Lou using today as justification for sending down/benching permanetely Pie after he looks "overmatched" against one of the best pitchers in the NL in his first two at-bats (he'll be pulled after that for THE REED).

javy knows my name · May 6, 2008

*cries softly in corner*

5/6 Cobs (Big Z) @ Dusty Baker's Reds (Harang) 6:10 CSN

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