6/17 Cubs(Dempster) @ Rays(Kazmir) 6:10CT CSN

[Roast]

Well, that HOF game was completely worth our time. Anyway, on to real baseball:

 

This dude

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_133225.jpg

(8-2)

 

vs.

 

This fella

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_431148.jpg

(6-2)

 

I don't like our chances against kazmir. Don't lose too bad cubs

[Guest]

Go Cubs!!

[CubbieBum]

This is would look like a pitchers duel which means both teams will score 10+ runs.

 

 

I agree though I don't like our matchup with Kazmir. For one pitchers tend to have the upperhand in first meetings and maybe only a few Cubs have seen him (Reed?). Plus he's just damn good.

[bukie]

Well, Scott Kazmir is certainly no Victor Zambrano.

[UMFan83]

We can win this if Dempster pitches well. The Cubs have defeated a lot of ace quality pitchers this year, theres no reason we can't scratch across a run or two and somehow win. It won't be easy but we can do it.

[CubbieBum]

We can win this if Dempster pitches well. The Cubs have defeated a lot of ace quality pitchers this year, theres no reason we can't scratch across a run or two and somehow win. It won't be easy but we can do it.

 

we just need to put our back into it

[Ski]

Just win, winners.

[Terp]

I want to see a win when I come from the Red Sox - IronPigs game tomorrow, Cubs.

[anabiono]

OH YEAH

 

I AM GOING TO THIS ONE BABY!!!

 

kaz kaz oh kaz...please make the rays fans cry with your craptacular location that gets chewed up and thrown over the wall by the cubs!!!

 

:yahoo:

[C.C.]

Cubs win this game 7-2.

[Omar]

A team named after the sun's rays plays indoors. Makes sense.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Go Cubs!

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 6-3 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Tampa Bay

CUBS are 2-1 vs. the AL

CUBS are 6-1 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 28-15 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 14-9 in games that start a series

CUBS are 3-6-2 in road series

CUBS have won 2 consecutive series

CUBS are 21-14 at night

CUBS are 16-17 on the road

CUBS are 30-18 against right handers

CUBS are 19-9 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 27-8 when they get a quality start.... 18-17 when they don't

CUBS are 13-17 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 32-8 when they don't

CUBS are 29-9 when they score first in the game.... 16-16 when they don't

CUBS are 16-3 when they score in the first inning.... 29-22 when they don't

CUBS are 34-16 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 11-9 when they do

CUBS are 35-4 when they score at least 4 runs.... 9-21 when they don't

CUBS are 26-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-21 when they don't

CUBS are 39-3 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-18 when they get outhit.... and 3-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 18-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 27-20 when he doesn't

CUBS are 11-9 in one run games.... 9-9 in two run games

CUBS are 13-11 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 32-14 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are on a pace to win 104 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 896 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 176 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 657 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1139 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 106 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 118 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 106 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 67 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 30 of their last 34 games

CUBS have 9 sac bunts in their last 24 games

CUBS have only thrown out 1 runner trying to steal in 16 attempts during their last 37 games

CUBS are 22-0 when they get 12 hits or more..... 1-11 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 16 errors in their last 19 games

CUBS have stolen 15 bases in 17 attempts during their last 17 games.

CUBS offense has been held to 2 runs or less 11 times this season..... Ted Lilly started 5 of those 11 games

CUBS offense has scored 8 or more runs 16 times this season..... Ted Lilly has started 6 of those 16 games; Marquis (4), Zambrano (3), Dempster (3)

 

CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league..........

 

6/14           AB   R    H  2B  3B  HR   TB RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS          2380 374  673 145   7  74 1054 355 281  483  46  18  0.283  0.362  0.443  0.805
Philadelphia  2382 373  632 140   9  99 1087 357 262  454  46   7  0.265  0.343  0.456  0.800
Atlanta       2344 312  644 119  16  67  996 299 268  408  25  10  0.275  0.351  0.425  0.776
Florida       2290 327  587 119  14 101 1037 313 206  565  34  12  0.256  0.321  0.453  0.773
St. Louis     2362 324  642 121  10  66  981 309 293  403  30  13  0.272  0.354  0.415  0.769
Arizona       2276 324  567 125  23  77  969 309 264  532  24  10  0.249  0.330  0.426  0.756
Houston       2316 307  612 131   9  71  974 291 185  416  72  23  0.264  0.322  0.421  0.743
Milwaukee     2294 300  576 125  12  80  965 288 214  479  47  17  0.251  0.322  0.421  0.743
Cincinnati    2329 310  581 120  11  78  957 293 267  461  49  22  0.249  0.328  0.411  0.739
Pittsburgh    2371 331  617 133   6  67  963 317 223  438  19   8  0.260  0.328  0.406  0.734
San Francisco 2348 278  616 145  18  48  941 269 207  452  57  22  0.262  0.326  0.401  0.727
Colorado      2321 284  594 135  13  56  923 273 232  475  53  15  0.256  0.327  0.398  0.725
NY Mets       2286 311  581 116  13  56  891 295 256  423  65  17  0.254  0.330  0.390  0.720
LA Dodgers    2251 281  585 102  14  44  847 255 217  401  58  20  0.260  0.327  0.376  0.703
San Diego     2407 258  592 112  12  59  905 247 239  541  21   7  0.246  0.318  0.376  0.694
Washington    2296 255  542 122   6  47  817 242 232  461  27  13  0.236  0.312  0.356  0.668

Average       2328 309  603 126  12  68  957 295 240  462  42  15  0.259  0.331  0.411  0.742
Maximum       2407 374  673 145  23 101 1087 357 293  565  72  23  0.283  0.362  0.456  0.805
Minimum       2251 255  542 102   6  44  817 242 185  401  19   7  0.236  0.312  0.356  0.668

 

 

                                             - current -    - - 2007 - -   - - 2006 - -   - - 2005 - -
06/14     Avg    Max    Min  St Dev   CUBS   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore
AB       2328   2407   2251   43.11   2380      3    1.20      4    0.68      4    0.90      1    1.55
R         309    374    255   33.13    374      1    1.95      8   -0.19     16   -1.43      9   -0.34
H         603    673    542   32.48    673      1    2.17      6    0.65      5    0.79      1    1.53
2B        126    145    102   11.51    145      1    1.68      1    1.53     16   -1.68      3    1.38
3B         12     23      6    4.35      7     15   -1.16     12   -0.51      4    0.63     13   -0.91
HR         68    101     44   16.22     74      6    0.36     11   -0.59     12   -0.64      2    1.17
TB        957   1087    817   68.70   1054      2    1.42      8    0.11     10   -0.35      2    1.64
RBI       295    357    242   32.21    355      2    1.88      8   -0.32     16   -1.46      8   -0.26
BB        240    293    185   29.80    281      2    1.36     15   -0.85     16   -2.39     16   -1.71
SO        462    565    401   48.18    483     12    0.44      6   -0.30      3   -1.36      3   -1.34
SB         42     72     19   16.11     46      7    0.24     10   -0.32      6    0.82     13   -0.74
CS         15     23      7    5.28     18     12    0.64     10    0.18     14    0.96     12    0.63
BA      0.259  0.283  0.236    0.01  0.283      1    2.14      7    0.55      5    0.62      2    1.29
OBP     0.331  0.362  0.312    0.01  0.362      1    2.28      9   -0.08     16   -2.11     11   -0.78
SLG     0.411  0.456  0.356    0.03  0.443      3    1.19      8   -0.02     12   -0.72      2    1.51
OPS     0.742  0.805  0.668    0.04  0.805      1    1.74      8   -0.08     15   -1.32      4    1.85

 

CUBS on 15 June.....

 

Year      W    L    Pct  Place      GB    Lead
2008     45   25   .643    1st    ----     3.5
2007     31   35   .470    2nd     5.5    ----
2006     26   39   .400    5th    13.0    ----
2005     34   30   .531    2nd     6.5    ----
2004     35   29   .547    2nd     2.0    ----
2003     37   30   .552    1st    ----     1.0 
2001     39   25   .609    1st    ----     6.0
1998     40   28   .588    2nd     2.0    ----
1989     35   29   .547    1st    ----     0.5
1984     34   27   .557    2nd     0.5    ----
1977     38   19   .667    1st    ----     5.0
1969     41   19   .683    1st    ----     9.0
1945     25   22   .532    4th     3.0    ----
1938     31   21   .596    2nd     2.0    ----
1935     25   23   .521    4th     8.5    ----
1932     31   23   .574    1st    ----     1.5
1929     30   18   .625    2nd     1.5    ----
1918     33   14   .702    1st    ----     1.5  
1910     30   16   .652    1st    ----     2.0
1908     30   16   .652    1st    ----     4.0
1907     38   10   .792    1st    ----     6.5
1906     39   17   .696    1st    ----     2.5

 

CUBS are 11-3 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 9 of 14 in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.10.... to Blanco it's 0.00

CUBS score 5.53 R/G overall.... 6.57 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.09 HR/G overall.... 1.21 HR/G when Dempster pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

 

03/31 - 06/15      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   499   92  159   36    0   17  246   88   63  117  0.319  0.407  0.493  0.900
CUBS overall     2459  387  696  148    8   76 1088  367  284  492  0.283  0.361  0.442  0.803

 

Composite scoring in games started by Dempster.........

 

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

CUBS             12  11  10  13  16   6   8  11   1   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      92
Opponents         7   3   5   4   9   5   5   4   6   0   0   0   0   2   0   0      50

 

Dempster's starts this year (8-2)

 

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2    5    0    91  3.00  7.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/09  vs. Pitts       7.0    1    0    0    2    5    0    98  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.43  0.00
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    5    4    4    5    3    1   106  7.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  6.00
04/20  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    3    3    2    3    0    95  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  5.40
04/25  vs. Wash        7.0    4    3    2    3    5    1   108  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  2.57
04/30  vs. Milw        6.0    4    3    3    5    1    0   106  7.50  1.50  0.00  1.50  4.50
05/05  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    0    1    7    1    83  1.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  0.00
05/10  vs. Ariz        6.0    3    2    2    3    7    0   118  4.50 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
05/15  vs. S.D.        8.3    6    0    0    1   12    0   116  1.08 12.96  0.00  0.84  0.00
05/20  vs. Houst       6.0    6    4    4    2    5    1   109  3.00  7.50  1.50  1.33  6.00
05/26  vs. L.A.        7.0    7    1    1    3    3    0   117  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.43  1.29
05/31  vs. Colo        5.0    3    3    3    4    7    2    93  7.20 12.60  3.60  1.40  5.40
06/05  vs. L.A.        5.3    5    3    3    2    1    1    82  3.38  1.69  1.69  1.31  5.06
06/11  vs. Atla        9.0    4    2    2    0   11    1   119  0.00 11.00  1.00  0.44  2.00

Home                  58.3   40   20   19   25   52    4   961  3.86  8.02  0.62  1.11  2.93
Road                  31.3   20   15    9   10   23    4   480  2.87  6.61  1.15  0.96  2.59

Day                   37.3   27   11   10   15   37    2   630  3.62  8.92  0.48  1.13  2.41
Nite                  52.3   33   24   18   20   38    6   811  3.44  6.54  1.03  1.01  3.10

Road  Nite            31.3   20   15    9   10   23    4   480  2.87  6.61  1.15  0.96  2.59

April                 37.0   22   15   13   19   22    2   604  4.62  5.35  0.49  1.11  3.16
May                   38.3   29   15   10   14   41    4   636  3.29  9.63  0.94  1.12  2.35
June                  14.3    9    5    5    2   12    2   201  1.26  7.53  1.26  0.77  3.14

season totals         89.7   60   35   28   35   75    8  1441  3.51  7.53  0.80  1.06  2.81

 

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

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             16 Jun     15 Jun     14 Jun     13 Jun     12 Jun     11 Jun     10 Jun
             no game    @ Toro     @ Toro     @ Toro     vs Atla    vs Atla    vs Atla 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Eyre                     0.7  27               1.0  14    0.7  15               0.3   6       2.7  62
Howry                               1.0  20                                     0.7  17       1.7  37
Lieber                                                                          1.0  18       1.0  18
Marmol                   1.0  18    1.0  20               0.7  12               0.3   3       3.0  53
Wood                     1.0  20                          2.0  33                             3.0  53
Wuertz                                         1.7  29                                        1.7  29
Cotts                    0.3  13               0.3   1    0.7  16                             1.3  30

Totals                   3.0  78    2.0  40    3.0  44    4.0  76               2.3  44      14.3 282

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. Tampa Bay this year (0-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.71  Tue 06/17  @ Tampa Bay     N    -    Dempster        Kazmir        
.72  Wed 06/18  @ Tampa Bay     N    -    Zambrano        Sonnanstine   
.73  Thu 06/19  @ Tampa Bay     N    -    Gallagher       Shields       

 

CUBS' last 14 games (10-4)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.57  Sun 06/01    Colorado          5- 3  Gallagher       Jimemez       
.58  Mon 06/02  @ San Diego     N   7- 6  Zambrano        Baek          
.59  Tue 06/03  @ San Diego     N   9- 6  Marquis         Ledezma       
.60  Wed 06/04  @ San Diego     N   1- 2  Lilly           Maddux        
.61  Thu 06/05  @ Los Angeles   N   5- 4  Dempster        Billingsley   
.62  Fri 06/06  @ Los Angeles   N   0- 3  Gallagher       Kuroda        
.63  Sat 06/07  @ Los Angeles       3- 7  Zambrano        Lowe          
.64  Sun 06/08  @ Los Angeles       3- 1  Marquis         Penny         
.65  Tue 06/10    Atlanta       N  10- 5  Lilly           Glavine       
.66  Wed 06/11    Atlanta       N   7- 2  Dempster        Bennett       
.67  Thu 06/12    Atlanta           3- 2  Zambrano        Hudson        
.68  Fri 06/13  @ Toronto       N   2- 3  Gallagher       Burnett       
.69  Sat 06/14  @ Toronto           6- 2  Marquis         Halladay      
.70  Sun 06/15  @ Toronto           7- 4  Lilly           Litsch        

 

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

 

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

CUBS              5  10   9  10   8   8   8   7   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      68
Opponents         9   2   5   4   2   5   8  10   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      50

 

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

 

06/01 - 06/15      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Edmonds            40    2   15    5    1    1   11    3    9  0.375  0.409  0.625  1.034  0.467  3.93  0.034  0.500
Soriano            39    9   10    2    0    3    6    3   12  0.256  0.318  0.538  0.857  0.292  3.52  0.062  0.158
DeRosa             46    7   13    0    0    3    7    5    8  0.283  0.353  0.478  0.831  0.286  3.73  0.070  0.160
Ramirez            54   10   16    4    0    1    7    7    8  0.296  0.387  0.426  0.813  0.333  4.18  0.091  0.176
Johnson            24    5    7    2    0    1    7    0    3  0.292  0.308  0.500  0.808  0.300  2.92  0.016  0.545
D Lee              50    5   13    1    1    1    7    7   14  0.260  0.339  0.380  0.719  0.343  4.00  0.079  0.273
Fukudome           45   10   10    0    0    2    8   10    9  0.222  0.357  0.356  0.713  0.235  4.25  0.135  0.194
Hoffpauir          11    1    3    1    0    0    0    0    4  0.273  0.333  0.364  0.697  0.429  3.75  0.061  0.000
Soto               43    4   10    0    0    2    4    4   11  0.233  0.298  0.372  0.670  0.267  4.09  0.065  0.069
Theriot            52    6   15    2    0    0    5    3    3  0.288  0.327  0.327  0.654  0.306  3.29  0.039  0.227
E Patterson         8    0    2    0    0    0    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  3.13  0.000  0.333
Fontenot           17    4    3    1    0    0    0    1    4  0.176  0.263  0.235  0.498  0.231  4.20  0.087  0.000
Cedeno             16    2    3    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.188  0.188  0.188  0.375  0.273  3.56  0.000  0.000
Blanco             12    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250  4.42  0.000  0.000

vs. Colo           33    5    9    2    1    1    4    3    9  0.273  0.333  0.485  0.818  0.348  3.65  0.061  0.136
vs. S.D.          102   17   29    6    1    3   16    8   19  0.284  0.327  0.451  0.778  0.325  3.66  0.043  0.241
vs. L.A.          131   11   29    5    0    4   11   11   38  0.221  0.287  0.351  0.638  0.281  4.00  0.065  0.117
vs. Atla          102   20   32    2    0    4   20   14   20  0.314  0.397  0.451  0.848  0.359  3.82  0.083  0.291
vs. Toro          113   15   31    4    1    2   14    8   22  0.274  0.333  0.381  0.714  0.326  3.80  0.059  0.194

last 14 games     481   68  130   19    3   14   65   44  108  0.270  0.334  0.410  0.744  0.323  3.82  0.064  0.202
season totals    2457  387  696  148    8   76  365  284  492  0.283  0.361  0.443  0.804  0.328  3.86  0.078  0.201

 

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

 

06/01 - 06/15        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              2.7    5    0    0    3    0    0    60 10.13  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Lieber              3.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    41  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Wood                7.7    5    1    1    2   12    0   128  2.35 14.09  0.00  0.91  1.17
Eyre                5.3    4    1    1    2    8    0    99  3.38 13.50  0.00  1.13  1.69
Marquis            18.0   11    5    4    8    5    0   272  4.00  2.50  0.00  1.06  2.00
Lilly              20.0   12    5    5   10   22    2   318  4.50  9.90  0.90  1.10  2.25
Dempster           14.3    9    5    5    2   12    2   201  1.26  7.53  1.26  0.77  3.14
Marmol              7.0    3    3    3    3    9    1   129  3.86 11.57  1.29  0.86  3.86
Cotts               4.7    4    2    2    3    6    1    76  5.79 11.57  1.93  1.50  3.86
Gallagher          15.7   16    8    8    5   19    2   301  2.87 10.91  1.15  1.34  4.60
Zambrano           18.7   26   12   12    8   11    3   305  3.86  5.30  1.45  1.82  5.79
Howry               5.0    7    4    4    0    5    1    82  0.00  9.00  1.80  1.40  7.20
Hart                1.7    6    4    4    3    1    0    60 16.20  5.40  0.00  5.40 21.60

vs. Colo            9.0    8    3    3    1   12    0   173  1.00 12.00  0.00  1.00  3.00
vs. S.D.           25.7   25   14   14   17   22    2   452  5.96  7.71  0.70  1.64  4.91
vs. L.A.           34.0   32   15   14   10   28    4   557  2.65  7.41  1.06  1.24  3.71
vs. Atla           29.0   24    9    9   10   32    3   440  3.10  9.93  0.93  1.17  2.79
vs. Toro           26.0   21    9    9   12   17    3   450  4.15  5.88  1.04  1.27  3.12

last 14 games     123.7  110   50   49   50  111   12  2072  3.64  8.08  0.87  1.29  3.57
season totals     639.3  579  279  256  241  527   68 10483  3.39  7.42  0.96  1.28  3.60

 

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

 

03/31 - 06/15        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               160   34  4.71
Fukudome          1238  290  4.27
Fontenot           450  108  4.17
Ramirez           1197  289  4.14
Soto              1035  262  3.95
Cedeno             445  113  3.94
D Lee             1233  315  3.91
Johnson            793  204  3.89
DeRosa            1015  264  3.84
Edmonds            276   73  3.78
Theriot           1054  290  3.63
Pie                253   70  3.61
Murton              54   15  3.60
Blanco             180   50  3.60
Soriano            816  232  3.52
E Patterson         47   14  3.36
Hoffpauir           92   28  3.29

CUBS             10903 2826  3.86

 

 

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

 

03/31 - 06/15      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Edmonds             12   26  0.316
Johnson             28   71  0.283
Ramirez             34  101  0.252
Soriano             25   75  0.250
Cedeno              18   57  0.240
Ward                 5   17  0.227
D Lee               30  117  0.204
Soto                31  130  0.193
Fukudome            24  104  0.188
Murton               4   18  0.182
E Patterson          2    9  0.182
DeRosa              28  127  0.181
Fontenot            10   50  0.167
Theriot             16   88  0.154
Hoffpauir            1    7  0.125
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Blanco               3   30  0.091

CUBS               289 1151  0.201

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis      89
Milwaukee      85
Pittsburgh     82
Houston        81
Cincinnati     80

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Edited June 16, 2008 by Fred Hornkohl

[PrimeTime]

I thought no way we would beat Halladay..So that win raises the confidence going against stud pitchers

[Ski]

I thought no way we would beat Halladay..So that win raises the confidence going against stud pitchers

Yes, but 4 of 6 of Halladay's runs were unearned.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Hopefully we can take 2 from these guys while the Cards feast on the Royals, and then we can jump all over the White Sox and Orioles while they have to deal with The Red Sox and Tigers.

[PrimeTime]

I thought no way we would beat Halladay..So that win raises the confidence going against stud pitchers

Yes, but 4 of 6 of Halladay's runs were unearned.

 

Wasn't that because of the scorers fault giving eckstein the error making all those runs unearned?

[Roast]

I thought no way we would beat Halladay..So that win raises the confidence going against stud pitchers

Yes, but 4 of 6 of Halladay's runs were unearned.

 

Wasn't that because of the scorers fault giving eckstein the error making all those runs unearned?

Well yeah...but it was an error.

[anabiono]

I thought no way we would beat Halladay..So that win raises the confidence going against stud pitchers

Yes, but 4 of 6 of Halladay's runs were unearned.

 

Wasn't that because of the scorers fault giving eckstein the error making all those runs unearned?

Well yeah...but it was an error.

 

yep an error, and one of the funniest things i have ever seen on a baseball field (being eckstein helps) but seriously...seeing him scoot across the field...

 

Classic

[anabiono]

oh man...i have 10 dollars riding on this series with my GM...

 

we have

 

Dempster/Kazmir

 

Z/Sonnanstine

 

Gallagher/Shields

 

if we win this series I will be pretty pumped to say the least

[otis89]

Kazmir is 4-0 with an 0.35 ERA at Tropicana Field this year. :shock:

[CubmanPi]

Kazmir is 4-0 with an 0.35 ERA at Tropicana Field this year. :shock:

He has given up more runs in Tampa in this one season than Dempster has in the last three seasons combined. Advantage Cubs. 14-1.

[E.J.]

So have we figured out if Rob is still alive or not?

[tfarks]

So have we figured out if Rob is still alive or not?

 

He's playing MGS 4

[rawaction]

World Series Preview? This is going to be a tough series. Kazmir has been nearly unhittable this year, and isn't walking anyone either. Rays are a middle of the road offensive team. The Cubs may be getting a break too, as their main source of power, Carlos Pena, is on the DL. The Rays are also a team that likes to run, and a lot of that will be limited due to Crawford serving the last game of his suspension tomorrow. Not to mention, the Cubs go with Dempster and Zambrano who are great at limiting the running game. Crawford is also having leg issues. The Rays will throw anywhere from 6 to 7 LH batters in a lineup on any given night, but Dempster and Zambrano haven't really had much of a split vs. LH hitters.

 

Could see a sweep in this series, or being swept. The Rays are 5-7 in their last 12. They have scored 4 or fewer runs 12 times in their last 16 games. Runs will be hard to come by with Kazmir/Dempster. I like the Cubs chances in the Zambrano/Sonnastine game, but anything can happen. I think the Cubs can do damage against Shields, but I think Gallagher matches up horribly vs. the Rays. Taking 2 of 3 and having a streak of 4-straight non-losing road series would be excellent.