7/18 Cubs (Lilly) at Astros (Moehler) 7:05 WGN

bhogg · July 17, 2008

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"Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about the Cubs choking and fading and curses, not wanting to win, is a crock of bullflop. My Cubs love to win. All real Cub fans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to support your team and its players. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real fans and all real vcub fans like to kick butt. When you, here, everyone of you, were kids, you all admired the champions of our club --- Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg, and Ron Santo. Cub fans love a winner. Cub fans will not tolerate a loser. Cub fans despise cowards. These Cubs play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a ball player who lost and laughed. That's why these Cubs will never lose a baseball war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an these Cubs."

It's time to stick our boots on the throats of the Cardinals and Brewers. It's time to kick butt and take names. Today begins the second half of the season. This is where the rubber meets the road, friends.

It's time to scrap this idea that the cubs aren't good on the road. They need to suck it up and dominate on the road. Lilly is ten times the pitcher that Moehler is. The cubs are ten times the team that the Astros are.

Don't just play like a champion today --- BE ONE.

GO CUBS!!!!

WORLD SERIES OR BUST!!!

Omar · July 17, 2008

It'll be on WGN.

Fred Hornkohl · July 17, 2008

Worthless stats of the day for Friday...........

CUBS are 8-6 on Fridays

CUBS are 7-5 in July

CUBS are 3-3 vs. Houston

CUBS are 22-17 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 12-11 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 23-14 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 19-12 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-3 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 28-20 at night

CUBS are 20-26 on the road

CUBS are 40-29 against right handers

CUBS are 19-19 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 36-12 when they get a quality start.... 21-26 when they don't

CUBS are 16-24 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 41-14 when they don't

CUBS are 39-13 when they score first in the game.... 18-25 when they don't

CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-32 when they don't

CUBS are 45-25 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 12-13 when they do

CUBS are 45-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-28 when they don't

CUBS are 34-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 23-32 when they don't

CUBS are 49-5 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-24 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 24-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 33-33 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-14 in one run games.... 10-11 in two run games

CUBS are 22-22 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 31-12 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 23-25 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 47-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-16 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 865 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 655 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1195 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 90 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 99 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 65 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have outscored the opponents 70-42 in the 7th inning

CUBS have allowed no sac bunts in their last 13 games

CUBS have only thrown out 7 runners trying to steal in 41 attempts during their last 62 games

CUBS are 26-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-13 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 28 errors in their last 44 games

CUBS have stolen 1 base in 3 attempts during their last 10 games.

CUBS have 4 triples in their last 12 games

CUBS offense has been held to 2 runs or less 16 times this season..... Ted Lilly started 5 of those 16 games

CUBS offense has scored 8 or more runs 18 times this season..... Ted Lilly has started 7 of those 18 games; Marquis (4), Zambrano (3), Dempster (3), Harden (1)

CUBS pitchers have 10 quality starts in their last 14 games

CUBS have homered in 8 of their last 9 games

CUBS have homered in 17 of their last 19 home games

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 15 games

CUBS home attendance

                  2008          2007          2006
# Dates             49            49            49
Attendance     1989035       1947818       1955349
% Capacity     0.98502       0.96676       0.97050
Average          40593         39751         39905
High             41730         41909         41698
Low              37812         32126         36608
Std Dev          973.1        2079.4        1152.6
Sellouts            18            11             5

less than 37000      0
37001 - 38000        2
38001 - 39000        0
39001 - 40000       13
40001 - 41000       12
more than 41000     22

CUBS' starting rotation......

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano      18    12- 6    13    0.722    120.3     1846    15.3    6.7    102.6    2.84    5.39
Lilly         20    12- 8    10    0.500    115.3     1924    16.7    5.8     96.2    4.68    5.70
Dempster      20    14- 6    12    0.600    124.7     2033    16.3    6.2    101.7    3.25    5.95
Hill           5     3- 2     1    0.200     19.7      353    17.9    3.9     70.6    4.12    4.60
Marquis       17    10- 7     7    0.412     99.3     1535    15.5    5.8     90.3    4.53    5.65
Lieber         1     0- 1     0    0.000      2.0       49    24.5    2.0     49.0   22.50    0.00
Gallagher     10     4- 6     3    0.300     54.7      989    18.1    5.5     98.9    4.61    3.70
Marshall       3     1- 2     2    0.667     17.7      269    15.2    5.9     89.7    4.08    4.33
Harden         1     1- 0     0    0.000      5.3       96    18.0    5.3     96.0    0.00    8.00

CUBS          95    57-38    48    0.505    559.0     9094    16.3    5.9     95.7    3.91    5.34

CUBS are 12-8 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 10 of 20 in quality starts

Lilly has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.73.... to Blanco it's 4.50

CUBS score 5.34 R/G overall.... 5.70 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 1.13 HR/G overall.... 1.30 HR/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

03/31 - 07/13      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      711  114  200   41    1   26  321  110   90  138  0.281  0.362  0.451  0.814
CUBS overall     3317  507  933  191   12  107 1469  478  384  701  0.281  0.360  0.443  0.802

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              7  11  19  19   7   8  20  18   3   0   0   2   0   0   0   0      114
Opponents        11   9   9  19  11  12   6   9  11   0   1   0   0   0   0   0       98

Lilly's starts this year (9-6)

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
06/30  vs. S.F.        8.0    7    2    2    2    5    0   110  2.25  5.63  0.00  1.13  2.25
07/05  vs. St. L       6.0    7    2    2    1    5    1    90  1.50  7.50  1.50  1.33  3.00
07/10  vs. Cincy       2.7    6    4    4    2    3    2    63  6.75 10.13  6.75  3.00 13.50

Home                  55.7   54   36   33   20   61   12   921  3.23  9.86  1.94  1.33  5.34
Road                  60.0   60   27   27   21   47    9  1002  3.15  7.05  1.35  1.35  4.05

Day                   70.7   74   41   38   27   63   15  1214  3.44  8.02  1.91  1.43  4.84
Nite                  45.0   40   22   22   14   45    6   709  2.80  9.00  1.20  1.20  4.40

Road  Nite            25.3   25   11   11    8   22    3   401  2.84  7.82  1.07  1.30  3.91

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                  41.7   31   14   14   17   39    6   642  3.67  8.42  1.30  1.15  3.02
July                   8.7   13    6    6    3    8    3   153  3.12  8.31  3.12  1.85  6.23

season totals        115.7  114   63   60   41  108   21  1923  3.19  8.40  1.63  1.34  4.67

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

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/09  vs. Houst       6.0    6    3    3    1    5    0    90  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
07/14  vs. Houst       8.0    4    1    1    1    7    0   106  1.13  7.88  0.00  0.63  1.13

totals  vs. Houst     14.0   10    4    4    2   12    0   196  1.29  7.71  0.00  0.86  2.57
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.....

              Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             17 Jul     16 Jul     15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul
             no game    no game    no game    no game    vs S.F.    vs S.F.    vs S.F. 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart                                                                 1.0        1.0  12       2.0  12
Howry                                                                0.7                      0.7    
Lieber                                                                                               
Marmol                                                               1.0                      1.0    
Wood                                                                            1.0  22       1.0  22
Wuertz                                                                                               
Cotts                                                     0.3   2    0.3   2                  0.7   4
Gaudin                                                    2.0  23    0.7  23                  2.7  46
Marshall                                                             2.0                      2.0    

Totals                                                    2.3  25    5.7  25    2.0  34      10.0  84

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (3-3) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/04    Houston           3- 4  Hill            Sampson       
..5  Sat 04/05    Houston           9- 7  Marquis         Oswalt        
..6  Sun 04/06    Houston           3- 2  Zambrano        Backe         
.45  Mon 05/19  @ Houston       N   7- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.46  Tue 05/20  @ Houston       N   2- 4  Dempster        Sampson       
.47  Wed 05/21  @ Houston       N   3- 5  Gallagher       Chacon        
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N    -    Lilly           Moehler       
.97  Sat 07/19  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Sun 07/20  @ Houston            -    Dempster        Backe         
113  Mon 08/04    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Moehler       
114  Tue 08/05    Houston            -    Harden          Rodriguez     
115  Wed 08/06    Houston            -    Marquis         Backe         
138  Mon 09/01    Houston            -    Dempster        Rodriguez     
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N    -    Harden          Chacon        
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N    -    Marquis         Sampson       
147  Fri 09/12  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Backe         
148  Sat 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Dempster        Rodriguez     
149  Sun 09/14  @ Houston            -    Harden          Chacon

CUBS' season series vs. Houston in 2007 (8-7).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..7  Mon 04/09    Houston           3- 5  Lilly           Williams      
..8  Tue 04/10    Houston           2- 4  Marquis         Sampson       
.62  Mon 06/11    Houston       N   2- 1  Zambrano        Williams      
.88  Fri 07/13    Houston           6- 0  Zambrano        Jennings      
.89  Sat 07/14    Houston           9- 3  Lilly           Oswalt        
.90  Sun 07/15    Houston           7- 6  Marquis         Rodriguez     
111  Mon 08/06  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Hill            Rodriguez     
112  Tue 08/07  @ Houston       N   2- 5  Marshall        Williams      
113  Wed 08/08  @ Houston       N   2- 8  Zambrano        Oswalt        
133  Fri 08/31    Houston           1- 6  Marshall        Rodriguez     
134  Sat 09/01    Houston           4- 3  Marquis         Patton        
135  Sun 09/02    Houston           6- 5  Hill            Williams      
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N   4- 5  Marquis         Backe         
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Hill            Albers        
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N   6- 2  Trachsel        Williams

Composite scoring vs. Houston this year.....

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

CUBS              3   2   1   5   1   1   9   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      27
Opponents         1   1   5   8   2   2   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      24

CUBS hitters vs. Moehler this year.....

vs Moehler         AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto                3    1    1    0    0    1    3    0    0  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.500
Ramirez             3    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  0.667  6.00  0.000  0.000
Fukudome            2    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  6.67  0.167  0.000
DeRosa              2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  4.50  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  5.50  0.000  0.000
Soriano             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.67  0.333  0.000
D Lee               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.67  0.000  0.000
Theriot             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Moehler 21    3    7    0    0    1    3    2    1  0.333  0.391  0.476  0.867  0.316  3.96  0.058  0.200
totals vs. S.F.   244   32   59   12    2    6   31   31   73  0.242  0.342  0.381  0.723  0.321  4.05  0.100  0.172
season totals    3315  507  933  190   12  107  476  384  701  0.281  0.360  0.443  0.803  0.329  3.91  0.078  0.190

CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year.....

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Cedeno              1    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  4.50  0.000  0.000
D Lee              24    7   13    4    0    3    6    1    2  0.542  0.560  1.083  1.643  0.526  2.88  0.018  1.000
Hoffpauir           4    1    2    2    0    0    0    1    1  0.500  0.600  1.000  1.600  0.667  4.00  0.100  0.000
Ramirez            22    5    8    0    0    2    4    3    3  0.364  0.440  0.636  1.076  0.353  4.20  0.076  0.222
DeRosa             23    3    9    1    0    1    2    0    3  0.391  0.391  0.565  0.957  0.421  3.70  0.000  0.100
Soto               21    2    5    1    1    1    6    0    5  0.238  0.238  0.524  0.762  0.267  3.00  0.000  0.333
Johnson            10    0    3    1    0    0    2    0    1  0.300  0.300  0.400  0.700  0.333  4.00  0.000  0.667
Fukudome           22    4    6    1    0    0    2    3    1  0.273  0.360  0.318  0.678  0.286  3.80  0.087  0.200
Fontenot            3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  3.67  0.000  0.000
Blanco              4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  2.00  0.000  0.000
Theriot            24    2    5    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.208  0.240  0.250  0.490  0.227  3.64  0.032  0.077
Soriano            21    1    1    0    0    1    1    1    6  0.048  0.091  0.190  0.281  0.000  3.09  0.043  0.000
Edmonds            11    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.091  0.167  0.091  0.258  0.100  3.50  0.076  0.000
Ward                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Pie                 4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000

vs Geary            2    0    1    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.500  1.000  5.00  0.000  0.500
vs Villareal        4    2    1    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.250  0.400  1.000  1.400  0.000  4.00  0.150  0.000
vs Wright           4    2    2    1    0    0    2    1    0  0.500  0.600  0.750  1.350  0.500  6.20  0.100  0.667
vs Borkowski       10    2    4    1    0    1    3    0    2  0.400  0.400  0.800  1.200  0.429  3.80  0.000  0.400
vs Nieve            6    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.600  4.50  0.000  0.250
vs Oswalt          29    6   10    2    1    1    4    1    0  0.345  0.367  0.586  0.953  0.321  3.07  0.022  0.176
vs Moehler         21    3    7    0    0    1    3    2    1  0.333  0.391  0.476  0.867  0.316  3.96  0.058  0.200
vs Backe           25    2    6    1    0    1    1    3    7  0.240  0.321  0.400  0.721  0.294  3.57  0.081  0.000
vs Chacon          25    3    5    3    0    1    3    1    5  0.200  0.231  0.440  0.671  0.211  3.73  0.031  0.333
vs Valverde        10    1    1    0    0    1    1    2    3  0.100  0.250  0.400  0.650  0.000  3.25  0.150  0.000
vs Sampson         50    4   13    2    0    1    4    1    5  0.260  0.275  0.360  0.635  0.273  2.96  0.015  0.214
vs Brocail         17    1    5    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.294  0.294  0.294  0.588  0.357  2.88  0.000  0.125
vs Byrdak           3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

vs. starters      150   18   41    8    1    5   15    8   18  0.273  0.310  0.440  0.750  0.283  3.36  0.037  0.159
vs. relievers      56    9   17    4    0    3   10    4   12  0.304  0.350  0.536  0.886  0.341  3.72  0.046  0.269

vs Left             7    2    2    1    0    0    2    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.333  5.00  0.089  0.667
vs Right          199   25   56   11    1    8   23   11   29  0.281  0.319  0.467  0.786  0.296  3.40  0.038  0.174

Day               103   15   31    6    1    4   13    5   12  0.301  0.333  0.495  0.828  0.310  3.34  0.032  0.176
Nite              103   12   27    6    0    4   12    7   18  0.262  0.309  0.437  0.746  0.284  3.57  0.047  0.211

Home              103   15   31    6    1    4   13    5   12  0.301  0.333  0.495  0.828  0.310  3.34  0.032  0.176
Road              103   12   27    6    0    4   12    7   18  0.262  0.309  0.437  0.746  0.284  3.57  0.047  0.211

Leading off        51    6   10    4    0    1    1    1    6  0.196  0.212  0.333  0.545  0.205  3.48  0.015  0.000
Pinch hitting       5    1    2    1    0    0    0    2    0  0.400  0.571  0.600  1.171  0.400  4.00  0.171  0.000
bases empty       127   17   35    8    1    4    4    5   18  0.276  0.303  0.449  0.752  0.295  3.50  0.027  0.000
runners on         79   10   23    4    0    4   21    7   12  0.291  0.349  0.494  0.843  0.302  3.40  0.058  0.191
scoring pos        48    5   14    4    0    3   19    3    9  0.292  0.333  0.563  0.896  0.306  3.23  0.042  0.239

totals vs. Houst  206   27   58   12    1    8   25   12   30  0.282  0.321  0.466  0.787  0.298  3.46  0.040  0.191
season totals    3315  507  933  190   12  107  476  384  701  0.281  0.360  0.443  0.803  0.329  3.91  0.078  0.190

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year......

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Lieber              4.3    3    2    0    0    1    0    45  0.00  2.08  0.00  0.69  0.00
Marmol              2.7    0    0    0    0    3    0    39  0.00 10.13  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wood                2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    25  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ascanio             2.0    2    0    0    2    1    0    41  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Wuertz              1.3    1    0    0    2    1    0    37 13.50  6.75  0.00  2.25  0.00
Eyre                1.0    0    0    0    1    2    0    21  9.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Zambrano            7.0    7    2    2    0    7    1   106  0.00  9.00  1.29  1.00  2.57
Hill                6.0    4    2    2    3    4    1    88  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
Lilly               5.7    4    2    2    2    6    0    95  3.18  9.53  0.00  1.06  3.18
Dempster            6.0    6    4    4    2    5    1   109  3.00  7.50  1.50  1.33  6.00
Marquis             5.3    8    5    4    1    2    1    81  1.69  3.38  1.69  1.69  6.75
Howry               2.3    3    2    2    0    5    0    42  0.00 19.29  0.00  1.29  7.71
Gallagher           4.7    8    5    5    1    4    1    96  1.93  7.71  1.93  1.93  9.64

totals vs. Houst   52.0   47   24   21   14   44    5   850  2.42  7.62  0.87  1.17  3.63
season totals     858.0  801  401  371  320  707   98 14085  3.36  7.42  1.03  1.31  3.89

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.89  Sun 07/06  @ St. Louis         7- 1  Marshall        Wellemeyer    
.90  Tue 07/08    Cincinnati    N   7- 3  Dempster        Harang        
.91  Wed 07/09    Cincinnati    N   5- 1  Zambrano        Cueto         
.92  Thu 07/10    Cincinnati        7-12  Lilly           Arroyo        
.93  Fri 07/11    San Francisco     3- 1  Marquis         Cain          
.94  Sat 07/12    San Francisco     8- 7  Harden          Correia       
.95  Sun 07/13    San Francisco     2- 4  Dempster        Lincecum

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              1   6   4   9   3   4   4   5   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      39
Opponents         0   2   6   5   1   2   2   2   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      29

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

07/06 - 07/13      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez            22    4    8    2    1    2    9    5    4  0.364  0.469  0.818  1.287  0.375  4.16  0.105  0.389
Fontenot           20    6    7    2    0    2    5    5    5  0.350  0.480  0.750  1.230  0.385  4.00  0.130  0.300
D Lee              28    4   10    3    0    0    4    5    3  0.357  0.455  0.464  0.919  0.400  4.55  0.097  0.250
Theriot            32    5   14    0    0    0    2    2    3  0.438  0.471  0.438  0.908  0.483  3.50  0.033  0.200
Edmonds            18    4    4    3    0    1    5    3    5  0.222  0.333  0.556  0.889  0.250  4.10  0.111  0.308
Soto               27    5    7    1    0    2    5    1    9  0.259  0.276  0.519  0.794  0.313  3.62  0.017  0.120
Ward                8    0    2    2    0    0    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.333  3.88  0.000  0.000
DeRosa             23    6    5    0    1    0    2    6    5  0.217  0.400  0.304  0.704  0.278  4.40  0.183  0.133
Johnson            17    3    5    0    0    0    1    0    7  0.294  0.333  0.294  0.627  0.500  4.05  0.039  0.143
Fukudome           21    2    4    1    0    0    1    2    8  0.190  0.261  0.238  0.499  0.308  4.04  0.070  0.067
Cedeno              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
Murton              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.33  0.000  0.000

vs. St. L          38    7   16    3    0    1    6    0    7  0.421  0.415  0.579  0.994  0.500  3.67 -0.006  0.208
vs. Cincy          97   19   26    7    1    4   15   16   21  0.268  0.365  0.485  0.850  0.306  4.27  0.097  0.180
vs. S.F.          105   13   27    4    1    2   13   14   31  0.257  0.361  0.371  0.732  0.347  3.79  0.104  0.177

last 7 games      240   39   69   14    2    7   34   30   59  0.288  0.371  0.450  0.821  0.356  3.97  0.083  0.184
season totals    3315  507  933  190   12  107  476  384  701  0.281  0.360  0.443  0.803  0.329  3.91  0.078  0.190

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

07/06 - 07/13        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marquis             7.0    3    0    0    2    4    0    81  2.57  5.14  0.00  0.71  0.00
Harden              5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
Zambrano            8.0    1    1    1    0    5    1   103  0.00  5.63  1.13  0.13  1.13
Marshall            8.0    6    1    1    1    6    1   108  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.88  1.13
Gaudin              4.7    3    1    1    0    2    1    54  0.00  3.86  1.93  0.64  1.93
Cotts               3.0    4    1    1    2    3    1    55  6.00  9.00  3.00  2.00  3.00
Dempster           13.7    9    5    5    7   11    0   221  4.61  7.24  0.00  1.17  3.29
Howry               3.7    3    2    2    0    2    0    54  0.00  4.91  0.00  0.82  4.91
Wood                1.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    27  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.25  6.75
Lieber              2.0    3    2    2    0    2    2    30  0.00  9.00  9.00  1.50  9.00
Marmol              3.3    6    5    4    3    1    0    77  8.10  2.70  0.00  2.70 10.80
Lilly               2.7    6    4    4    2    3    2    63  6.75 10.13  6.75  3.00 13.50
Hart                1.0    3    2    2    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Wuertz              1.3    4    4    4    1    1    1    39  6.75  6.75  6.75  3.75 27.00

last 7 games       65.0   58   29   28   22   51    9  1027  3.05  7.06  1.25  1.23  3.88
season totals     858.0  801  401  371  320  707   98 14085  3.36  7.42  1.03  1.31  3.89

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

03/31 - 07/13        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               278   62  4.48
Fukudome          1693  386  4.39
Edmonds            660  157  4.20
Ramirez           1570  384  4.09
Fontenot           689  169  4.08
D Lee             1708  428  3.99
Soto              1431  363  3.94
Cedeno             569  145  3.92
DeRosa            1418  362  3.92
Johnson            906  236  3.84
Theriot           1466  392  3.74
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Soriano            816  232  3.52
Murton             144   41  3.51
Blanco             234   67  3.49
Hoffpauir          128   37  3.46

CUBS             14862 3804  3.91

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

03/31 - 07/13      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             29   82  0.261
Soriano             25   75  0.250
Ramirez             48  149  0.244
Edmonds             20   63  0.241
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Cedeno              19   75  0.202
D Lee               41  162  0.202
DeRosa              39  164  0.192
Soto                40  179  0.183
Ward                 7   33  0.175
Fukudome            29  138  0.174
Murton               6   29  0.171
Theriot             23  120  0.161
Fontenot            14   79  0.151
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               4   41  0.089

CUBS               369 1573  0.190

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis      63
Milwaukee      63
Cincinnati     57
Pittsburgh     57
Houston        55

Go CUBS !!!

vance_the_cubs_fan · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

RedFlash · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I have been to a game at Enron/Minute Maid, and I will say, it's one of my favorite new stadiums in the game today.

vance_the_cubs_fan · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I have been to a game at Enron/Minute Maid, and I will say, it's one of my favorite new stadiums in the game today.

I actually hate the stadium, but it's the closest NL park to me, so I see the Cubs there every year.

BCVM22 · July 17, 2008

It's time to stick our boots on the throats of the Cardinals and Brewers. It's time to kick butt and take names. Today begins the second half of the season. This is where the rubber meets the road, friends.

It's time to scrap this idea that the cubs aren't good on the road. They need to suck it up and dominate on the road. Lilly is ten times the pitcher that Moehler is. The cubs are ten times the team that the Astros are.

Don't just play like a champion today --- BE ONE.

GO CUBS!!!!

WORLD SERIES OR BUST!!!

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PrimeTime · July 17, 2008

I hate Marquis more than anyone, but Lilly is crap this year and I have no confidence in him either ( I know he's had good starts with a 3 sumthin ERA in 6 starts)..He's a junk balling left who can't get away with throwing anything in the zone..I miss the Lilly from last year where it was 90-93 MPH consistenly with off-speed stuff and threw hitters off..I have no good feeling about this one especially against Lee,Berkman,and Tejada in the Juicebox...Lets get to 21 over after this one PLEASE

rawaction · July 17, 2008

Wow, Lilly has owned the Astros. Tejada, Lee, Pence, and Berkman are a combined 9 for 65 against TRL. Berkman 1-11 w/ 5 Ks, Pence 0-6, 3 Ks. Those are the Astros likely 3-6 hitters tonight.

The Cubs likely 3-6 hitters are 19 for 56 vs. Moehler, with 7 HRs. Edmonds is 12-34 with 5 HRs against Moehler.

UMFan83 · July 17, 2008

Our worst statistical starter vs. their second best. Advantage us

JLN · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I'm actually making my first trip to Houston for Friday and Saturday's games. Do you have any suggestions?

Edit: I realized maybe this shouldn't be in a game thread. Sorry if it was inappropriate.

Old Style · July 17, 2008

The city of Houston sucks.

As a Cub fan living in Texas, I urge the team to win this series and preferably sweep. I have a healthy hatred for Astros fans now.

Derwood · July 17, 2008

I haven't seen a Cubs game since last Tuesday. I'm JONESING

Have a seat, Neifi · July 17, 2008

O/U on homeruns surrendered by Lilly tomorrow- 2.5

vance_the_cubs_fan · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I'm actually making my first trip to Houston for Friday and Saturday's games. Do you have any suggestions?

Edit: I realized maybe this shouldn't be in a game thread. Sorry if it was inappropriate.

Where are your seats? Who are you going with? What kind of suggestions do you need?

vance_the_cubs_fan · July 17, 2008

The city of Houston sucks.

As a Cub fan living in Texas, I urge the team to win this series and preferably sweep. I have a healthy hatred for Astros fans now.

I've always disliked them, but when my local paper continued to name them the "Home Team", I discovered all kinds of hatred for the team and their fans.

RonnieWooWooSanto · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I have been to a game at Enron/Minute Maid, and I will say, it's one of my favorite new stadiums in the game today.

I actually hate the stadium, but it's the closest NL park to me, so I see the Cubs there every year.

Every fly ball that Astros hit to left field/left center scares me. Not even just the idea of the fly balls being home runs, but also the ones that go bounding off the cement facade.

kjfoster 1553 · July 17, 2008

O/U on homeruns surrendered by Lilly tomorrow- 2.5

Under. 2, Tejada & Berkman

UMFan83 · July 17, 2008

I hate Marquis more than anyone, but Lilly is crap this year and I have no confidence in him either ( I know he's had good starts with a 3 sumthin ERA in 6 starts)..He's a junk balling left who can't get away with throwing anything in the zone..I miss the Lilly from last year where it was 90-93 MPH consistenly with off-speed stuff and threw hitters off..I have no good feeling about this one especially against Lee,Berkman,and Tejada in the Juicebox...Lets get to 21 over after this one PLEASE

I don't think you are giving him enough credit. He's not the Ted Lilly of last year (and to be honest, people that thought he would be are pretty naive ) but after his first 4 awful starts, his ERA is 3.82 with a 1.28 ERA. His career numbers are 4.48 and 1.34, so for the season, including his bad starts he's pretty much at his career numbers. Again, Ted Lilly is not a number 2 starter, but now that we have Harden in the mix, he makes a decent number 3-4 starter. You can bet that he will be our 3 starter in the playoffs if everyone is healthy because Lou will want a lefty.

Roast · July 17, 2008

Good to have Bhogg back pimping the game threads.

GO CUBS

Ski · July 17, 2008

The city of Houston sucks.

As a Cub fan living in Texas, I urge the team to win this series and preferably sweep. I have a healthy hatred for Astros fans now.

Remember that week when the Astros were in striking distance of the division lead? Thank God that's over.

weis21 · July 17, 2008

Cubs withdrawal sucks

JLN · July 17, 2008

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston. I'll be at this game.

I'm actually making my first trip to Houston for Friday and Saturday's games. Do you have any suggestions?

Edit: I realized maybe this shouldn't be in a game thread. Sorry if it was inappropriate.

Where are your seats? Who are you going with? What kind of suggestions do you need?

My wife and I will be leaving Hattiesburg tomorrow and we'll be in section 410 tomorrow and 319 Saturday.

I don't know for sure what suggestions I have in mind. What's it like getting to Minute Maid? What's parking like? What is the area around Minute Maid like? Are there any things we must do in Houston during the day Saturday? Are there any great restaurants for a graduate student's budget? I guess that's the kind of stuff I was thinking of.

David · July 17, 2008

I hate Marquis more than anyone, but Lilly is crap this year and I have no confidence in him either ( I know he's had good starts with a 3 sumthin ERA in 6 starts)..He's a junk balling left who can't get away with throwing anything in the zone..I miss the Lilly from last year where it was 90-93 MPH consistenly with off-speed stuff and threw hitters off..I have no good feeling about this one especially against Lee,Berkman,and Tejada in the Juicebox...Lets get to 21 over after this one PLEASE

I don't think you are giving him enough credit. He's not the Ted Lilly of last year (and to be honest, people that thought he would be are pretty naive ) but after his first 4 awful starts, his ERA is 3.82 with a 1.28 ERA. His career numbers are 4.48 and 1.34, so for the season, including his bad starts he's pretty much at his career numbers. Again, Ted Lilly is not a number 2 starter, but now that we have Harden in the mix, he makes a decent number 3-4 starter. You can bet that he will be our 3 starter in the playoffs if everyone is healthy because Lou will want a lefty.

I have a hard time seeing Lou slotting Dempster 4th in a playoff rotation with the season he's having, even if he does want a lefty. I also think there's no way Z and Harden aren't starting 1,2 to make sure they get the most starts...

I guess we'll see, though.

UMFan83 · July 17, 2008

I hate Marquis more than anyone, but Lilly is crap this year and I have no confidence in him either ( I know he's had good starts with a 3 sumthin ERA in 6 starts)..He's a junk balling left who can't get away with throwing anything in the zone..I miss the Lilly from last year where it was 90-93 MPH consistenly with off-speed stuff and threw hitters off..I have no good feeling about this one especially against Lee,Berkman,and Tejada in the Juicebox...Lets get to 21 over after this one PLEASE

I don't think you are giving him enough credit. He's not the Ted Lilly of last year (and to be honest, people that thought he would be are pretty naive ) but after his first 4 awful starts, his ERA is 3.82 with a 1.28 ERA. His career numbers are 4.48 and 1.34, so for the season, including his bad starts he's pretty much at his career numbers. Again, Ted Lilly is not a number 2 starter, but now that we have Harden in the mix, he makes a decent number 3-4 starter. You can bet that he will be our 3 starter in the playoffs if everyone is healthy because Lou will want a lefty.

I have a hard time seeing Lou slotting Dempster 4th in a playoff rotation with the season he's having, even if he does want a lefty. I also think there's no way Z and Harden aren't starting 1,2 to make sure they get the most starts...

I guess we'll see, though.

Yeah, maybe I wrote my post wrong. I think by default Lou's rotation will be Z, Harden, Lilly, Dempster. But I guess it all depends on how things are in late September. Harden could be hurt, Hill could come back and dominate, Dempster could wear down with the high number of innings he's thrown. It also depends on the matchups of course. If we face a lineup with a lot of lefties, Lou will probably want Lilly in there. A lot of righties, and maybe Lilly gets bumped for Dempster.

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