6/30 Cubs (Lilly) @ Giant (Zito) 9:15 CT, CSN+

[Laura]

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicago_benjy/2007_07_sports_ted_lilly.jpg

 

Ted Lilly #30

 

8-5, 4.74 ERA, 98.2 IPs, 95K/36BB, 94H, 18HR

 

vs.

 

http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/barry_zito.jpg

 

Barry Zito #75

 

3-11, 5.91 ERA, 80.2 IPs, 44K/48BB, 99H, 8HR

 

Go Cubs!

[Andy]

The game is tomorrow, 6/30. :D

[Laura]

For some reason I was thinking tomorrow was the 1st! Corrected.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Monday.........

 

CUBS are 6-2 on Mondays

CUBS are 14-12 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 18-5 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 0-0 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 18-14 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 15-12 in games that start a series

CUBS are 3-8-2 in road series

CUBS have lost 2 consecutive series

CUBS are 23-18 at night

CUBS are 16-23 on the road

CUBS are 16-9 against lefties

CUBS are 4-0 when CSN+ broadcasts the game

CUBS are 29-10 when they get a quality start.... 20-23 when they don't

CUBS are 14-20 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 35-13 when they don't

CUBS are 32-10 when they score first in the game.... 17-23 when they don't

CUBS are 20-4 when they score in the first inning.... 29-29 when they don't

CUBS are 37-21 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 12-12 when they do

CUBS are 39-8 when they score at least 4 runs.... 9-25 when they don't

CUBS are 28-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 21-28 when they don't

CUBS are 42-5 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-22 when they get outhit.... and 3-6 when the hits are even

CUBS are 20-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 29-28 when he doesn't

CUBS are 12-12 in one run games.... 9-10 in two run games

CUBS are 16-18 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 33-15 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 42-20 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 7-13 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 97 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 875 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 182 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 654 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 158 times this year..... compared to 054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 97 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

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

CUBS are on a pace to commit 107 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 61 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have won 22 of their last 34 games against left handed starters

CUBS have outscored the opponents 64-34 in the 7th inning

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 41 of their last 46 games

CUBS have 1 sac bunts in their last 16 games

CUBS have allowed 1 sac bunt in their last 14 games

CUBS have only thrown out 4 runners trying to steal in 26 attempts during their last 49 games

CUBS are 24-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 1-12 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 24 errors in their last 31 games

CUBS have stolen 4 bases in 7 attempts during their last 17 games.

CUBS have 1 triple in their last 22 games

CUBS have allowed double digit hits in 6 of their last 8 games

 

CUBS are 11-6 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 8 of 17 in quality starts

Lilly has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.82.... to Blanco it's 4.50

CUBS score 5.40 R/G overall.... 5.53 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 1.12 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Lilly pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

03/31 - 06/29      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      602   94  172   34    0   21  269   92   71  112  0.286  0.360  0.447  0.807
CUBS overall     2869  443  815  167    8   92 1274  420  331  586  0.284  0.361  0.444  0.806

 

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              6   8  16  17   4   6  20  12   3   0   0   2   0   0   0   0      94
Opponents        11   8   6  15  10   9   5   9   5   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      79

 

Lilly's starts this year (8-5)

 

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
05/25  vs. Pitts       6.0   10    4    4    2    2    3   101  3.00  3.00  4.50  2.00  6.00
05/30  vs. Colo        3.0    8    7    4    0    3    2    62  0.00  9.00  6.00  2.67 12.00
06/04  vs. S.D.        7.3    7    2    2    2    8    1   110  2.45  9.82  1.23  1.23  2.45
06/10  vs. Atla        6.7    4    3    3    3    8    1    98  4.05 10.80  1.35  1.05  4.05
06/15  vs. Toro        6.0    1    0    0    5    6    0   110  7.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
06/20  vs. CWS         6.7    7    3    3    3    8    2   106  4.05 10.80  2.70  1.50  4.05
06/25  vs. Balt        7.0    5    4    4    2    4    2   108  2.57  5.14  2.57  1.00  5.14

Home                  53.0   48   32   29   18   58   10   858  3.06  9.85  1.70  1.25  4.92
Road                  46.0   46   23   23   18   37    8   802  3.52  7.24  1.57  1.39  4.50

Day                   62.0   61   35   32   24   55   12  1061  3.48  7.98  1.74  1.37  4.65
Nite                  37.0   33   20   20   12   40    6   599  2.92  9.73  1.46  1.22  4.86

Road  Nite            17.3   18    9    9    6   17    3   291  3.12  8.83  1.56  1.38  4.67

April                 30.7   33   22   22   13   25    4   552  3.82  7.34  1.17  1.50  6.46
May                   34.7   37   21   18    8   36    8   576  2.08  9.35  2.08  1.30  4.67
June                  33.7   24   12   12   15   34    6   532  4.01  9.09  1.60  1.16  3.21

season totals         99.0   94   55   52   36   95   18  1660  3.27  8.64  1.64  1.31  4.73

 

Lilly's start(s) vs. San Francisco last year (1-0).....

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/19  vs. S.F.        5.0    6    3    3    1    1    1   102  1.80  1.80  1.80  1.40  5.40

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.....

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             29 Jun     28 Jun     27 Jun     26 Jun     25 Jun     24 Jun     23 Jun
             @ sox      @ sox      @ sox      vs Balt    vs Balt    vs Balt    no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Eyre                                           0.3  13                                        0.3  13
Howry                    0.3   4               1.0  12                                        1.3  16
Lieber                              3.3  53    1.0  20               2.0  25                  6.3  98
Marmol                   1.0  19                          1.0  21    1.0  11                  3.0  51
Wood                                                      1.0  13                             1.0  13
Wuertz        0.3   7               1.0  17    1.7  30               1.0  21                  4.0  75
Cotts                    0.7   8    1.1  24    1.0  18               0.3   8                  3.1  58
Ascanio       0.7  30                                                                         0.7  30
Totals        1.0  37    2.0  31    5.4  94    5.0  93    2.0  34    4.3  65                 19.8 354

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco this year (0-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.83  Mon 06/30  @ San Francisco N    -    Lilly           Zito          
.84  Tue 07/01  @ San Francisco N    -    Marquis         Cain          
.85  Wed 07/02  @ San Francisco N    -    Dempster        Correia       
.86  Thu 07/03  @ San Francisco N    -    Gallagher       Lincecum      
.93  Fri 07/11    San Francisco      -    Lilly           Zito          
.94  Sat 07/12    San Francisco      -    Marquis         Cain          
.95  Sun 07/13    San Francisco      -    Dempster        Correia       

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco in 2007 (5-2).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.91  Mon 07/16    San Francisco N   3- 2  Hill            Lincecum      
.92  Tue 07/17    San Francisco N   2- 4  Marshall        Zito          
.93  Wed 07/18    San Francisco    12- 1  Zambrano        Cain          
.94  Thu 07/19    San Francisco     9- 8  Lilly           Morris        
124  Tue 08/21  @ San Francisco N   5- 1  Marquis         Lincecum      
125  Wed 08/22  @ San Francisco N   4- 2  Hill            Zito          
126  Thu 08/23  @ San Francisco     1- 4  Zambrano        Cain          

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.76  Sun 06/22    Chicago (AL)  N   7- 1  Dempster        Vazquez       
.77  Tue 06/24    Baltimore     N   5- 7  Marshall        Guthrie       
.78  Wed 06/25    Baltimore     N   7- 4  Lilly           Albers        
.79  Thu 06/26    Baltimore         4-11  Marquis         Liz          
.80  Fri 06/27  @ Chicago (AL)      3-10  Dempster        Contreras     
.81  Sat 06/28  @ Chicago (AL)      5- 6  Gallagher       Vazquez       
.82  Sun 06/29  @ Chicago (AL)      1- 5  Marshall        Beuhrle       

 

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              8   2   0   5   5   3   6   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      32
Opponents         4   3  12   8   5   7   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      44

 

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

 

06/22 - 06/29      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Edmonds            22    5    6    0    0    3    6    7    4  0.273  0.448  0.682  1.130  0.200  4.03  0.176  0.176
Ward               13    0    6    0    0    0    2    1    3  0.462  0.500  0.462  0.962  0.600  4.64  0.038  0.222
Soto               22    1    7    1    0    1    4    5    5  0.318  0.444  0.500  0.944  0.375  4.44  0.126  0.214
Fontenot           16    3    5    2    0    1    1    0    5  0.313  0.313  0.625  0.938  0.400  3.81  0.000  0.000
Theriot            20    2    8    1    0    0    0    2    1  0.400  0.455  0.450  0.905  0.421  4.00  0.055  0.000
Blanco              5    0    2    0    0    0    1    1    1  0.400  0.500  0.400  0.900  0.500  3.33  0.100  0.143
Fukudome           19    6    5    0    0    1    1    4    6  0.263  0.417  0.421  0.838  0.333  5.08  0.154  0.000
E Patterson        17    3    4    0    0    1    4    5    6  0.235  0.391  0.412  0.803  0.300  3.96  0.156  0.250
D Lee              28    4    9    2    0    0    5    3    5  0.321  0.387  0.393  0.780  0.391  3.94  0.066  0.250
DeRosa             22    4    6    1    0    0    2    3    3  0.273  0.385  0.318  0.703  0.316  3.73  0.112  0.222
Cedeno             14    1    4    1    0    0    1    1    3  0.286  0.333  0.357  0.690  0.364  3.53  0.048  0.091
Ramirez            27    3    6    1    0    1    4    2    5  0.222  0.276  0.370  0.646  0.238  3.79  0.054  0.158
Murton              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.75  0.000  0.000

last 7 games      240   32   70    9    0    8   31   34   52  0.292  0.383  0.429  0.812  0.344  4.02  0.091  0.139
season totals    2867  443  815  166    8   92  418  331  586  0.284  0.362  0.444  0.806  0.330  3.88  0.078  0.194

 

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

 

06/22 - 06/29        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               3.3    3    0    0    0    5    0    58  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.90  0.00
Howry               2.3    0    0    0    0    1    0    26  0.00  3.86  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wood                1.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    13  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lieber              6.3    7    2    2    1    5    0    98  1.42  7.11  0.00  1.26  2.84
Marmol              3.0    2    1    1    1    2    1    51  3.00  6.00  3.00  1.00  3.00
Wuertz              4.0    7    5    2    0    5    0    74  0.00 11.25  0.00  1.75  4.50
Lilly               7.0    5    4    4    2    4    2   108  2.57  5.14  2.57  1.00  5.14
Marshall           11.7   12    7    7    2   12    2   181  1.54  9.26  1.54  1.20  5.40
Gallagher           6.0    8    5    5    3    8    2   121  4.50 12.00  3.00  1.83  7.50
Dempster           10.3   17    9    9    4    5    1   174  3.48  4.35  0.87  2.03  7.84
Marquis             4.0    7    7    7    3    3    0    86  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.50 15.75
Ascanio             0.7    2    2    2    1    0    1    29 13.50  0.00 13.50  4.50 27.00
Eyre                0.3    1    2    2    1    0    0    13 27.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 54.00

last 7 games       60.0   71   44   41   18   53    9  1032  2.70  7.95  1.35  1.48  6.15
season totals     741.3  697  349  321  281  610   84 12275  3.41  7.41  1.02  1.32  3.90

 

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

 

03/31 - 06/29        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               225   48  4.69
Fukudome          1457  334  4.36
Ramirez           1394  339  4.11
Fontenot           534  131  4.08
Soto              1218  308  3.95
D Lee             1443  367  3.93
Edmonds            432  110  3.93
Cedeno             537  137  3.92
DeRosa            1192  307  3.88
Johnson            808  209  3.87
Murton             100   27  3.70
Theriot           1226  332  3.69
E Patterson        155   42  3.69
Pie                253   70  3.61
Blanco             227   64  3.55
Soriano            816  232  3.52
Hoffpauir          128   37  3.46

CUBS             12764 3287  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 06/29      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             28   73  0.277
Edmonds             15   43  0.259
Soriano             25   75  0.250
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Ramirez             40  131  0.234
Ward                 7   24  0.226
Cedeno              19   71  0.211
D Lee               36  141  0.203
Fukudome            27  116  0.189
Soto                34  147  0.188
DeRosa              31  138  0.183
Theriot             20  102  0.164
Murton               4   23  0.148
Fontenot            11   69  0.138
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               4   39  0.093

CUBS               326 1354  0.194

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis      78
Milwaukee      77
Pittsburgh     71
Houston        71
Cincinnati     69

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Omar]

Cubs Vs. Zito

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Mark DeRosa          33    26   6  0  0  2   6   6   6  .231  .364  .462  .826 
Derrek Lee            9     8   5  1  0  1   1   1   1  .625  .667 1.125 1.792 
Aramis Ramirez        9     8   3  1  0  0   3   0   1  .375  .333  .500  .833 
Ryan Theriot          7     7   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .286  .429 
Henry Blanco          3     1   0  0  0  0   1   1   0  .000  .500  .000  .500 
Jim Edmonds           3     1   1  0  0  0   1   2   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 
Mike Fontenot         3     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jon Lieber            2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Sean Marshall         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Carlos Marmol         1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Matt Murton           1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                73    59  16  3  0  3  12  10  13  .271  .366  .475  .841 

 

Giants Vs. Lilly

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Randy Winn           33    30   9  2  0  1   1   3   4  .300  .364  .467  .831 
Omar Vizquel         19    18   2  1  0  0   0   1   2  .111  .158  .167  .325 
Aaron Rowand         18    16   6  0  0  1   3   2   5  .375  .444  .563 1.007 
Ray Durham           16    12   3  0  1  0   1   3   1  .250  .438  .417  .855 
Bengie Molina        14    14   4  1  0  0   0   0   1  .286  .286  .357  .643 
Rich Aurilia         13    12   4  1  0  1   1   1   1  .333  .385  .667 1.052 
Jose Castillo         1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               114   103  28  5  1  3   6  10  14  .272  .342  .427  .769 

[Guest]

The Cubs were 1-1 against the Giants when I was in attendance last year.

 

The first game was when the Cubs won in 10 innings with a pair of unearned runs, one of which came on a suicide squeeze.

 

The second was when Matt Cain singlehandedly beat the Cubs, allowing only one run and hitting a 2-run shot off Z. One positive about this game was CubmanPi and myself got to see Woody pitch, which was amazing.

 

Hopefully this game against the Giants is like the former, not the latter.

[Fred Hornkohl]

The Cubs were 1-1 against the Giants when I was in attendance last year.

 

The first game was when the Cubs won in 10 innings with a pair of unearned runs, one of which came on a suicide squeeze.

 

The second was when Matt Cain singlehandedly beat the Cubs, allowing only one run and hitting a 2-run shot off Z. One positive about this game was CubmanPi and myself got to see Woody pitch, which was amazing.

 

Hopefully this game against the Giants is like the former, not the latter.

 

How many of these games are you going to ?

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Randy Winn has the most at bats and hits off Lilly.

 

Isn't Winn injured?

[17 Seconds]

With Aramis now out for this series, things could get pretty ugly.

[haubrich91]

Hopefully Zito doesn't dominate us and make us look like we did in the south side.

 

Go Cubs!

[islandcub]

Zito holding up a finger for each win he'll get during this huge $100 million+ contract.

[chuckywang]

I, for one, miss Len and Bob.

[RedFlash]

With Aramis now out for this series, things could get pretty ugly.

 

Tell me about. We are looking at the brilliant "4 second basemen" lineup.

[Guest]

The Cubs were 1-1 against the Giants when I was in attendance last year.

 

The first game was when the Cubs won in 10 innings with a pair of unearned runs, one of which came on a suicide squeeze.

 

The second was when Matt Cain singlehandedly beat the Cubs, allowing only one run and hitting a 2-run shot off Z. One positive about this game was CubmanPi and myself got to see Woody pitch, which was amazing.

 

Hopefully this game against the Giants is like the former, not the latter.

 

How many of these games are you going to ?

 

Just this one with the wife. stitchface asked me if I could go to another one but this was a bad week. We've/I've got little league baseball to cover (yes, you read that correctly) and I'm probably going to be training the guy who will be taking my position when I get moved up. I always have Monday's off so this was the only day that worked out. At least I get to go to one though.

 

I'd petition the league to change the series to a later date but somehow I think that request would fall on deaf ears. :D

[BigSlick]

With Aramis now out for this series, things could get pretty ugly.

 

Tell me about. We are looking at the brilliant "4 second basemen" lineup.

We could push maximum density with 5

 

DeRosa-RF

Patterson-LF

Cedeno-2b

Theriot-SS

Fontenot? -3b

[Schwarber Fan]

Even this forfeit lineup should be able to beat Zito:

 

RF Fukudome

SS Theriot

1B Lee

CF Edmonds

C Soto

3B DeRosa

RF Murton

2B Cedeno

P Lilly

 

Zito's a lefty so I don't know if Edmonds will play, but we need some power in the lineup.

[Derwood]

oh, right, more 10:15 EDT starts. Guess I'm not watching much of this one

[weis21]

Even this forfeit lineup should be able to beat Zito:

 

RF Fukudome

SS Theriot

1B Lee

CF Edmonds

C Soto

3B DeRosa

RF Murton

2B Cedeno

P Lilly

 

Zito's a lefty so I don't know if Edmonds will play, but we need some power in the lineup.

I'm actually pretty confident that lineup can put up some runs on Zito.

 

Oh yeah, I miss Len and Bob too.

[Roast]

Hey, do you guys remember when the cubs used to win games and stuff? Yeah, that was pretty cool. Let's try that again.

[Andy]

With Aramis now out for this series, things could get pretty ugly.

 

Tell me about. We are looking at the brilliant "4 second basemen" lineup.

We could push maximum density with 5

 

DeRosa-RF

Patterson-LF

Cedeno-2b

Theriot-SS

Fontenot? -3b

Cedeno would be the guy at 3rd, Fontenot at 2nd. Ronny played some 3rd when Lou forfeited Thursday's blowout loss halfway through, so that lineup can be done.

[UMFan83]

Good news... Soto is starting to come out of hibernation.

 

.368/.478/.579/1.057 over the last 6 games

 

23 PA, 19 AB, 7 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 5 K

[UMFan83]

Even this forfeit lineup should be able to beat Zito:

 

RF Fukudome

SS Theriot

1B Lee

CF Edmonds

C Soto

3B DeRosa

RF Murton

2B Cedeno

P Lilly

 

Zito's a lefty so I don't know if Edmonds will play, but we need some power in the lineup.

 

I'll be pretty upset if Edmonds hit 4th against a lefty. We obviously need him in the lineup at this point, but 6th or 7th would be better.

[otis89]

The Cubs OWN the West. Please beat the snot out of the Giants. Thank you.

[Bruno7481]

Even this forfeit lineup should be able to beat Zito:

 

RF Fukudome

SS Theriot

1B Lee

CF Edmonds

C Soto

3B DeRosa

RF Murton

2B Cedeno

P Lilly

 

Zito's a lefty so I don't know if Edmonds will play, but we need some power in the lineup.

I'm actually pretty confident that lineup can put up some runs on Zito.

 

 

We'll see, Zito shut the Cubs down twice last seaon.

 

7/17:

 

7IP

5 H

0 BB

8 K

1 ER

 

8/22

 

8 IP

5 H

0 BB

4 K

2 ER

 

Its amazing he didn't walk a single batter in those two outings last year. It is not a given that the Cubs drill him tonight.

[C.C.]

This series is gonna be ugly. I'll be shocked if we win 1 game.