Re: 5/25 Cubs (Lilly) @ Pirates (Maholm) 12:35 PM WGN

[otis89]

After a tough 14-inning loss to the Pirates, the Cubs look to rebound and take the series.

 

On the hill for the Cubs:

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_150404.jpg

Theodore Roosevelt Lilly

5-4, 5.14 ERA, 1.27 WHIP

 

Opposing him will be the only one of the Pirates' 4 lefty starters the Cubs have yet to face this season:

 

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430904.jpg

Paul Gurner Maholm

2-5, 5.03 ERA, 1.57 WHIP

 

Go Cubs!

[BCVM22]

Here's hoping both Maholm and Aramis remember that home run the latter hit off of the former at Wrigley last September. Ball ain't landed yet.

[RedFlash]

We'll win this game.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I dont know if I could handle a series loss to the Pirates. That could signify the beginning of the end, or at least a really bad streak.

[BigSlick]

I dont know if I could handle a series loss to the Pirates. That could signify the beginning of the end, or at least a really bad streak.

Or nothing at all?

[Little Slide Rooter]

I dont know if I could handle a series loss to the Pirates. That could signify the beginning of the end, or at least a really bad streak.

Or nothing at all?

 

I dont see it happening, so we'll never know. The Pirates will most likely be without their closer, as will we, but Marmol will be very much available. Im expecting a big game from Ted Lilly.

[UMFan83]

So ummm the Cardinals are still planning on coming back down to Earth and playing like they are supposed to right?

[JimSorgi]

So ummm the Cardinals are still planning on coming back down to Earth and playing like they are supposed to right?

I'm sure they aren't planning to, but it will happen.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday.............

 

CUBS are 5-2 on Sundays

CUBS are 9-2 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 18-14 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 5-7 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 12-7 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 9-7 in games that end a series

CUBS are 1-2 in games that end a road trip

CUBS are 1-5-1 in road series

CUBS have lost 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 16-9 in day games

CUBS are 10-12 on the road

CUBS are 11-6 against lefties

CUBS are 11-9 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 18-7 when they get a quality start.... 11-13 when they don't

CUBS are 8-14 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 21-6 when they don't

CUBS are 21-8 when they score first in the game.... 8-12 when they don't

CUBS are 11-3 when they score in the first inning.... 18-17 when they don't

CUBS are 22-14 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 7-6 when they do

CUBS are 25-3 when they score at least 4 runs.... 4-17 when they don't

CUBS are 18-1 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-19 when they don't

CUBS are 27-3 when they outhit the opponents.... 1-13 when they get outhit.... and 1-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 13-3 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 16-17 when he doesn't

CUBS are 5-6 in one run games.... 5-9 in two run games

CUBS are 5-7 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 24-13 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are on a pace to win 96 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 936 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 175 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 724 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 094 times this year..... compared to 054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 99 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 112 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 96 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 69 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS are scoring 5.78 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.88 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are driving in 20.2% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.385 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 34.3% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05

CUBS are 26-11 when they get at least 8 hits..... 3-9 when they don't

CUBS are 28-18 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-2 when they don't

CUBS are 16-4 when they steal a base.... 13-16 when they don't

CUBS are 15-4 when they execute a sac bunt.... 14-16 when they don't

CUBS are 13-12 when they GIDP.... 16-8 when they don't

CUBS are 8-12 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 21-8 when they don't

CUBS are 11-3 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 18-17 when they don't

CUBS are 8-9 when the opponent steals a base.... 21-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 24-10 when they don't

CUBS are 6-5 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 23-15 when they don't

CUBS have won 17 of their last 26 games against left handed starters

CUBS have not tripled in their last 28 games

CUBS have not allowed a sac fly in 32 of their last 37 games

CUBS have outscored the opponents 35-14 in the 3rd inning

CUBS have committed 4 errors in their last 16 games

CUBS have been caught stealing twice in their last 18 games

 

CUBS are 6-4 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 4 of 10 in quality starts

Lilly has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.68.... to Blanco it's 4.00

CUBS score 5.78 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 1.08 HR/G overall.... 0.90 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

03/31 - 05/24      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      356   50   98   24    0    9  149   49   50   63  0.275  0.365  0.419  0.784
CUBS overall     1737  283  495  112    5   53  776  267  219  331  0.285  0.369  0.447  0.816

 

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              1   4   7  13   4   3   7   7   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0      50
Opponents         2   4   0  12   9   8   4   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      46

 

Lilly's starts this year (4-4)

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/02  vs. Milw        4.7    5    4    4    0    4    1    77  0.00  7.71  1.93  1.07  7.71
04/07  vs. Pitts       3.7    7    5    5    2    1    0    80  4.91  2.45  0.00  2.45 12.27
04/12  vs. Phila       4.3    7    5    5    2    3    2    86  4.15  6.23  4.15  2.08 10.38
04/17  vs. Cincy       6.0    6    5    5    3    6    1    94  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.50  7.50
04/22  vs. Mets        6.0    4    1    1    4    4    0   107  6.00  6.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
04/27  vs. Wash        6.0    4    2    2    2    7    0   108  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
05/03  vs. St. L       7.0    6    3    3    1    4    2   112  1.29  5.14  2.57  1.00  3.86
05/09  vs. Ariz        7.0    3    1    1    2   10    1   104  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.71  1.29
05/14  vs. S.D.        6.0    6    4    4    1   11    0   102  1.50 16.50  0.00  1.17  6.00
05/19  vs. Houst       5.7    4    2    2    2    6    0    95  3.18  9.53  0.00  1.06  3.18

Home                  29.7   24   15   15   10   35    3   484  3.03 10.62  0.91  1.15  4.55
Road                  26.7   28   17   17    9   21    4   481  3.04  7.09  1.35  1.39  5.74

Day                   40.3   35   21   21   14   36    5   682  3.12  8.03  1.12  1.21  4.69
Nite                  16.0   17   11   11    5   20    2   283  2.81 11.25  1.13  1.38  6.19

Road  Day             16.7   17   10   10    5   12    2   300  2.70  6.48  1.08  1.32  5.40

April                 30.7   33   22   22   13   25    4   552  3.82  7.34  1.17  1.50  6.46
May                   25.7   19   10   10    6   31    3   413  2.10 10.87  1.05  0.97  3.51

season totals         56.3   52   32   32   19   56    7   965  3.04  8.95  1.12  1.26  5.11

 

 

Lilly's starts vs. Pittsburgh last year (1-0).....

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
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
07/07  vs. Pitts       7.3    8    1    1    1    6    0   106  1.23  7.36  0.00  1.23  1.23

totals  vs. Pitts     19.7   24    8    7    3   15    1   302  1.37  6.86  0.46  1.37  3.20
season totals        207.0  181   91   88   55  174   28  3240  2.39  7.57  1.22  1.14  3.83

 

 

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

 

              Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun           Totals
             24 May     23 May     22 May     21 May     20 May     19 May     18 May
             @ Pitts   @ Pitts   no game   @ Houst    @ Houst    @ Houst    vs. Pitt
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Eyre          0.3   6                          1.0  21                                        1.3  27
Ascanio                  1.0  11                          2.0  41                             3.0  52
Howry         1.7  14                          1.0  13    1.0  13    1.0  13    1.0  17       5.7  70
Lieber        1.3  27                          1.0   7    1.7  15    1.7  15                  5.7  64
Marmol        1.0  17                                     1.0  13    1.0  13    1.0  20       4.0  63
Wood          2.0  34    1.0  10                                                1.0  13       4.0  57
Wuertz        1.7  33                          0.3  15    0.0   8    0.0   8                  2.0  64

Totals        8.0 131    2.0  21               3.3  56    5.7  90    3.7  49    3.0  50      25.7 397

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (9-2) .......

 

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       13- 1  Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh       13- 6  Dempster        Duke          
.42  Fri 05/16    Pittsburgh        7- 4  Gallagher       Gorzelanny    
.43  Sat 05/17    Pittsburgh        6- 7  Zambrano        Duke          
.44  Sun 05/18    Pittsburgh        4- 3  Marquis         Dumatrait     
.48  Fri 05/23  @ Pittsburgh    N  12- 3  Zambrano        Duke          
.49  Sat 05/24  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 5  Marquis         Dumatrait     
.50  Sun 05/25  @ Pittsburgh         -    Lilly           Maholm        
110  Fri 08/01    Pittsburgh         -    Lilly           Maholm        
111  Sat 08/02    Pittsburgh         -    Dempster        Snell         
112  Sun 08/03    Pittsburgh         -    Gallagher       Gorzelanny    
131  Mon 08/25  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Dempster        Snell         
132  Tue 08/26  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Gallagher       Gorzelanny    
133  Wed 08/27  @ Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano        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    

 

Composite scoring vs. Pittsburgh this year.....

 

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

CUBS              9   9  16   9  10  15   3   7   1   0   0   2   0   2   2   0      85
Opponents         5   2   0   8   9   6   1   7   5   0   0   0   0   3   0   0      46

 

CUBS hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year.....

 

vs. Pitts          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   RBI%
Ward                4    2    1    0    0    1    2    2    0  0.250  0.500  1.000  1.500  0.000  4.50  0.250
Soto               43    7   18    7    0    2    7   12    8  0.419  0.545  0.721  1.266  0.485  4.40  0.179
Soriano            40    9   16    4    0    4    8    3    8  0.400  0.432  0.800  1.232  0.429  3.61  0.308
Theriot            39   11   16    3    1    0    3    8    2  0.410  0.511  0.538  1.049  0.432  3.55  0.200
DeRosa             39   11   14    6    0    1    8    7    6  0.359  0.438  0.590  1.027  0.406  3.56  0.206
Johnson            38   11   13    3    0    1    9    6    4  0.342  0.447  0.500  0.947  0.364  4.00  0.320
Ramirez            48   10   14    4    0    2   11    5    6  0.292  0.375  0.500  0.875  0.300  3.93  0.300
Fontenot            8    1    2    0    0    1    2    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875  0.143  4.00  0.250
Fukudome           35    6   10    0    1    0    4    8    5  0.286  0.419  0.343  0.761  0.333  4.44  0.308
Cedeno             33    6   10    3    0    0    7    2    3  0.303  0.343  0.394  0.737  0.333  4.11  0.259
D Lee              49    9    8    2    0    1    8    7    4  0.163  0.263  0.265  0.528  0.159  3.72  0.200
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000  3.75  0.000
Murton              8    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    0  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.125  2.50  0.154
Pie                 9    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    4  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222  0.200  3.67  0.182
E Patterson         4    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.250
Edmonds             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.00  0.000

vs Burnett          8    4    4    2    0    1    4    4    1  0.500  0.615  1.125  1.740  0.500  4.15  0.333
vs Gorzelanny      50   21   19    5    0    5   15   10    8  0.380  0.483  0.780  1.263  0.378  4.05  0.400
vs Morris          31    7   11    3    0    2    7    2    3  0.355  0.382  0.645  1.028  0.346  3.23  0.278
vs Snell           27    3    9    2    2    0    3    1    5  0.333  0.357  0.556  0.913  0.409  3.32  0.158
vs Duke            94   15   34   10    0    1   13    4   11  0.362  0.406  0.500  0.906  0.402  3.40  0.185
vs Osoria          34    7   11    3    0    1    4    2    3  0.324  0.361  0.500  0.861  0.333  3.89  0.188
vs Meek            11    4    1    0    0    1    4    7    2  0.091  0.450  0.364  0.814  0.000  4.10  0.250
vs Yates           28    8    6    1    0    1    6    9    4  0.214  0.395  0.357  0.752  0.217  3.87  0.385
vs Dumatrait       69    9   17    4    0    1   12   19   10  0.246  0.400  0.348  0.748  0.276  4.10  0.229
vs Salas           15    3    5    1    0    0    3    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.400  0.733  0.357  4.20  0.300
vs Capps           30    1    7    2    0    0    1    0    8  0.233  0.233  0.300  0.533  0.318  3.93  0.071
vs Marte           16    3    3    0    0    0    3    2    2  0.188  0.278  0.188  0.465  0.214  4.33  0.150
vs Grabow          20    0    3    0    0    0    2    3    7  0.150  0.261  0.150  0.411  0.231  4.43  0.133

vs Left           257   52   80   21    0    8   49   42   39  0.311  0.410  0.486  0.896  0.343  3.90  0.225
vs Right          176   33   50   12    2    5   28   21   26  0.284  0.358  0.460  0.818  0.310  3.74  0.225

Leading off        90   25   31   11    1    1    1   17   14  0.344  0.454  0.522  0.976  0.400  3.97  0.000
Pinch hitting      16    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.53  0.000

bases empty       195   44   57   19    2    5    5   34   37  0.292  0.403  0.487  0.890  0.340  3.97  0.000
runners on        238   41   73   14    0    8   72   29   28  0.307  0.378  0.466  0.845  0.322  3.73  0.226
scoring pos       153   23   42    6    0    3   58   20   20  0.275  0.354  0.373  0.726  0.300  3.76  0.250

vs. starters      238   51   82   22    2    8   43   27   31  0.345  0.413  0.555  0.968  0.372  3.68  0.236
vs. relievers     195   34   48   11    0    5   34   36   34  0.246  0.362  0.379  0.741  0.276  4.02  0.213

Home              200   46   62   15    2    9   41   30   29  0.310  0.400  0.540  0.940  0.327  3.84  0.267
Road              233   39   68   18    0    4   36   33   36  0.292  0.380  0.421  0.801  0.332  3.83  0.195

Day               249   56   75   19    2    9   50   41   37  0.301  0.399  0.502  0.901  0.325  3.95  0.252
Nite              184   29   55   14    0    4   27   22   28  0.299  0.376  0.440  0.816  0.336  3.68  0.190

Road  Day          49   10   13    4    0    0    9   11    8  0.265  0.393  0.347  0.740  0.317  4.36  0.209

1st inning         48    9   17    2    0    3    8    2    3  0.354  0.380  0.583  0.963  0.333  3.90  0.192
2nd inning         51    9   20    6    0    1    8    2    8  0.392  0.415  0.569  0.984  0.452  3.24  0.212
3rd inning         49   16   19    6    1    0   13   12    2  0.388  0.500  0.551  1.051  0.404  3.90  0.317
4th inning         47    9   15    6    1    1    9    4   10  0.319  0.389  0.553  0.942  0.389  3.44  0.235
5th inning         45   10   15    5    0    2    8    5    6  0.333  0.392  0.578  0.970  0.351  3.82  0.300
6th inning         48   15   17    3    0    3   15   12    7  0.354  0.468  0.604  1.072  0.368  3.95  0.279
7th inning         35    3    4    1    0    2    3    5    7  0.114  0.244  0.314  0.558  0.077  3.93  0.077
8th inning         44    7   11    2    0    0    6    7    7  0.250  0.353  0.295  0.648  0.297  4.06  0.207
9th inning         20    1    4    2    0    0    1    0    5  0.200  0.238  0.300  0.538  0.267  4.05  0.167
10th inning        10    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    5  0.100  0.182  0.100  0.282  0.200  4.27  0.000
11th inning        11    0    3    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.273  0.333  0.273  0.606  0.300  3.77  0.000
12th inning         7    2    1    0    0    0    2    6    1  0.143  0.500  0.143  0.643  0.167  5.14  0.200
13th inning         6    0    0    0    0    0    0    3    2  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  4.44  0.000
14th inning         7    2    1    0    0    1    2    1    1  0.143  0.250  0.571  0.821  0.000  3.75  1.000
15th inning         5    2    2    0    0    0    2    2    0  0.400  0.571  0.400  0.971  0.400  2.86  0.400

totals vs. Pitts  433   85  130   33    2   13   77   63   65  0.300  0.389  0.476  0.865  0.330  3.84  0.225
season totals    1736  283  495  112    5   53  265  219  331  0.285  0.369  0.447  0.816  0.327  3.88  0.201

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Pittsburgh this year......

 

vs. Pitts            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Lieber             10.3   11    0    0    2    8    0   149  1.74  6.97  0.00  1.26  0.00
Eyre                0.7    0    0    0    0    2    0    10  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wuertz             10.7    4    3    1    3    6    1   152  2.53  5.06  0.84  0.66  0.84
Gallagher           6.0    4    1    1    3    3    0    91  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.17  1.50
Dempster           12.0    6    3    3    4    8    0   193  3.00  6.00  0.00  0.83  2.25
Wood                8.0    3    2    2    1    8    1   106  1.13  9.00  1.13  0.50  2.25
Marquis            17.3   17    7    6    5   12    2   281  2.60  6.23  1.04  1.27  3.12
Marshall            2.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    36  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.29  3.86
Howry               9.3    9    4    4    3    5    3   129  2.89  4.82  2.89  1.29  3.86
Hill                8.0    6    4    4    7    7    0   154  7.88  7.88  0.00  1.63  4.50
Marmol              7.0    7    4    4    3   14    2   118  3.86 18.00  2.57  1.43  5.14
Hart                5.0    5    4    4    2    4    1    92  3.60  7.20  1.80  1.40  7.20
Hart                5.0    5    4    4    2    4    1    92  3.60  7.20  1.80  1.40  7.20
Ascanio             1.0    1    1    1    0    0    0    11  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  9.00
Lilly               3.7    7    5    5    2    1    0    80  4.91  2.45  0.00  2.45 12.27

totals vs. Pitts  112.3   95   46   42   42   88   10  1792  3.36  7.05  0.80  1.22  3.36
season totals     449.7  404  203  184  164  361   47  7291  3.28  7.23  0.94  1.26  3.68

 

CUBS' last 10 games (6-4)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.40  Wed 05/14    San Diego     N   8- 5  Lilly           Peavy         
.41  Thu 05/15    San Diego         4- 0  Dempster        Maddux        
.42  Fri 05/16    Pittsburgh        7- 4  Gallagher       Gorzelanny    
.43  Sat 05/17    Pittsburgh        6- 7  Zambrano        Duke          
.44  Sun 05/18    Pittsburgh        4- 3  Marquis         Dumatrait     
.45  Mon 05/19  @ Houston       N   7- 2  Lilly           Moeller       
.46  Tue 05/20  @ Houston       N   2- 4  Dempster        Sampson       
.47  Wed 05/21  @ Houston       N   3- 5  Gallagher       Chacon        
.48  Fri 05/23  @ Pittsburgh    N  12- 3  Zambrano        Duke          
.49  Sat 05/24  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 5  Marquis         Dumatrait     

 

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              9   9   4   9  10   3   3   7   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      57
Opponents         2   1   4   8  10   4   0   4   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0      38

 

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

 

05/14 - 05/24      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   RBI%
Soriano            41    8   15    3    0    5   11    1   11  0.366  0.372  0.805  1.177  0.400  3.77  0.316
DeRosa             32    8   14    4    0    1    4    2    6  0.438  0.457  0.656  1.113  0.520  3.46  0.150
Hoffpauir           8    1    3    2    0    0    0    1    3  0.375  0.444  0.625  1.069  0.600  3.33  0.000
Soto               35    4   10    3    0    3    9    5   11  0.286  0.375  0.629  1.004  0.333  4.08  0.250
Ramirez            40    8   14    3    0    2    8    4    6  0.350  0.409  0.575  0.984  0.375  4.50  0.316
Johnson            21    6    6    3    0    1    7    3    5  0.286  0.360  0.571  0.931  0.333  4.20  0.400
Fukudome           30    5    9    1    0    0    2    7    1  0.300  0.432  0.333  0.766  0.310  4.49  0.200
Cedeno             20    3    6    1    0    0    1    2    1  0.300  0.364  0.350  0.714  0.316  3.91  0.077
D Lee              45    7   11    4    0    1    7    2    3  0.244  0.277  0.400  0.677  0.244  3.04  0.250
Theriot            39    4   10    2    0    0    3    4    3  0.256  0.318  0.308  0.626  0.278  3.43  0.214
Blanco              6    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.167  2.33  0.000
Edmonds            16    0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.125  0.176  0.125  0.301  0.143  3.18  0.000
Fontenot            3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000

totals vs. Houst  103   12   27    6    0    4   12    7   18  0.262  0.309  0.437  0.746  0.284  3.57  0.211
totals vs. Pitts  187   33   53   15    0    7   31   22   28  0.283  0.354  0.476  0.830  0.303  3.83  0.233
totals vs. S.D.    68   12   27    5    0    2   12    5   14  0.397  0.432  0.559  0.991  0.481  3.77  0.213

last 10 games     358   57  107   26    0   13   55   34   60  0.299  0.356  0.480  0.837  0.330  3.74  0.223
season totals    1736  283  495  112    5   53  265  219  331  0.285  0.369  0.447  0.816  0.327  3.88  0.201

 

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

 

05/14 - 05/24        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Lieber              4.7    5    0    0    0    4    0    68  0.00  7.71  0.00  1.07  0.00
Wuertz              4.7    3    1    0    3    3    0    79  5.79  5.79  0.00  1.29  0.00
Eyre                1.7    0    0    0    1    4    0    31  5.40 21.60  0.00  0.60  0.00
Dempster           14.3   12    4    4    3   17    1   225  1.88 10.67  0.63  1.05  2.51
Wood                6.7    5    2    2    2    8    0   105  2.70 10.80  0.00  1.05  2.70
Marmol              6.0    2    2    2    2   12    1    85  3.00 18.00  1.50  0.67  3.00
Ascanio             3.0    3    1    1    2    1    0    52  6.00  3.00  0.00  1.67  3.00
Marquis            11.3   11    6    5    4    5    2   179  3.18  3.97  1.59  1.32  3.97
Howry               6.7    6    3    3    2    6    2    96  2.70  8.10  2.70  1.20  4.05
Lilly              11.7   10    6    6    3   17    0   197  2.31 13.11  0.00  1.11  4.63
Zambrano           11.0   13    7    6    4    9    0   182  3.27  7.36  0.00  1.55  4.91
Gallagher          10.7   12    6    6    4    7    1   187  3.38  5.91  0.84  1.50  5.06

last 10 games      92.3   82   38   35   30   93    7  1486  2.92  9.06  0.68  1.21  3.41
season totals     449.7  404  203  184  164  361   47  7291  3.28  7.23  0.94  1.26  3.68

 

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

 

03/31 - 05/24         BA    OBP    SLG    OPS    P   PA  P/PA
Ward               0.200  0.412  0.400  0.812  160   34  4.71
Fukudome           0.310  0.417  0.433  0.849  887  205  4.33
Fontenot           0.254  0.365  0.413  0.778  314   75  4.19
Ramirez            0.293  0.411  0.515  0.926  838  202  4.15
Cedeno             0.325  0.402  0.455  0.857  359   88  4.08
Johnson            0.259  0.342  0.360  0.701  659  162  4.07
Soto               0.309  0.411  0.586  0.998  761  192  3.96
D Lee              0.299  0.363  0.539  0.902  874  226  3.87
DeRosa             0.312  0.407  0.459  0.866  728  190  3.83
E Patterson        0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000   22    6  3.67
Theriot            0.315  0.392  0.391  0.784  769  210  3.66
Pie                0.222  0.286  0.286  0.571  253   70  3.61
Murton             0.214  0.267  0.214  0.481   54   15  3.60
Soriano            0.278  0.312  0.549  0.860  547  154  3.55
Blanco             0.296  0.367  0.296  0.663  104   30  3.47
Edmonds            0.125  0.176  0.125  0.301   54   17  3.18

CUBS               0.285  0.369  0.447  0.816 7822 2014  3.88

 

 

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

 

03/31 - 05/24      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Cedeno              18   47  0.277
Ramirez             24   67  0.264
Johnson             21   62  0.253
Soriano             16   53  0.232
Ward                 5   17  0.227
Soto                26   91  0.222
D Lee               23   84  0.215
Fontenot             9   36  0.200
Fukudome            16   65  0.198
DeRosa              22   93  0.191
Murton               4   18  0.182
Theriot             11   63  0.149
E Patterson          1    7  0.125
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Blanco               1   20  0.048
Edmonds              0   11  0.000

CUBS               212  845  0.201

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis     113
Houston       112
Pittsburgh    108
Milwaukee     108
Cincinnati    107

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Edited May 25, 2008 by Fred Hornkohl

[Andy]

So ummm the Cardinals are still planning on coming back down to Earth and playing like they are supposed to right?

I'm not holding out any belief in that anymore. The Cubs will have to win 95 games for me to feel secure.

[Schwarber Fan]

I'll be at the game but I'll probably miss Soto due to the 14 inning fiasco last night :(

[C.C.]

Just win to erase away the bitterness I have for last nights game.

[CubColtPacer]

The Pirates could struggle with bullpen pitchers today. They had 2 pitchers go 50+ pitches Friday night (I guess technically they could bring them back, but it would be awfully fast for that many pitches). Grabow threw 46 pitches last night, so he's out, and Capps threw 32, so he can throw 1 inning max.

 

So we'll likely see a lot of Osoria and Marte today out of the bullpen.

 

For the Cubs, Wood's the only guy who is probably completely out, and Wuertz and maybe Lieber are questionable. The others will be ready to go.

[wvcbxl]

The others will be ready to go.

 

Isn't Marmol always ready to go (according to Lou)? :mrgreen:

[Old Style]

The others will be ready to go.

 

Isn't Marmol always ready to go (according to Lou)? :mrgreen:

Marmol is always ready to go (according to Marmol).

[killthegoat06]

Get sole possession of first back,losers.

[hawkcub]

So ummm the Cardinals are still planning on coming back down to Earth and playing like they are supposed to right?

I'm not holding out any belief in that anymore. The Cubs will have to win 95 games for me to feel secure.

 

I'm holding onto this belief until the end of June. Card fans love to make fun of Cub fans with the stupid June Swoon comment. Well the Cards will be having there own June swoon this year.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Eduardo Perez on BBTN said the Cards are for real and will be there in the end.

[Soul]

Win today, or I shall become irate.

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Johnson, CF

Fukudome, RF

DeRosa, 2B

Blanco, C

Lilly, P

 

Bucs (anagram of Cubs)

Sanchez, 2B

Rivas, SS

McLouth, CF

Bay, LF

Nady, RF

LaRoche, 1B

Bautista, 3B

Paulino, C

Maholm, P

[Sammy Sofa]

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Johnson, CF

Fukudome, RF

 

Wait...what?

 

Why is Johnson batting 5th?

[anabiono]

johnson is batting fifth

 

how unawesome is that?

[Laura]

So Fukudome can adjust to his new batting order slot?

[cubs121]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Johnson, CF

Fukudome, RF

DeRosa, 2B

Blanco, C

Lilly, P

 

Bucs (anagram of Cubs)

Sanchez, 2B

Rivas, SS

McLouth, CF

Bay, LF

Nady, RF

LaRoche, 1B

Bautista, 3B

Paulino, C

Maholm, P

I dont understand why Johnson is batting fifth? I get that its a Lefty starter there facing but still? Why?

[anabiono]

at least i am not alone in my confusion