7/19 Cubs (Zambrano) @ Astros (Rodriguez) 6:05 PM CT CSN

MPC · July 19, 2008

we will not lose to a guy named wandy.

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2008

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday..........

CUBS are 9-6 on Saturdays

CUBS are 7-6 in July

CUBS are 3-4 vs. Houston

CUBS are 22-18 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 9-2 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 23-15 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 28-21 at night

CUBS are 20-27 on the road

CUBS are 17-9 against lefties

CUBS are 27-13 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 36-13 when they get a quality start.... 21-26 when they don't

CUBS are 16-25 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 41-14 when they don't

CUBS are 39-14 when they score first in the game.... 18-25 when they don't

CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-33 when they don't

CUBS are 45-26 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.... 11-29 when they don't

CUBS are 34-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 23-32 when they don't

CUBS are 49-5 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-25 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 24-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 33-34 when he doesn't

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

CUBS are 22-23 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 31-13 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.... 10-17 when he doesn't

CUBS have won 23 of their last 35 games against left handed starters

CUBS have allowed no sac bunts in their last 14 games

CUBS have only thrown out 8 runners trying to steal in 42 attempts during their last 63 games

CUBS are 26-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-14 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 28 errors in their last 45 games

CUBS have stolen 1 base in 3 attempts during their last 11 games.

CUBS have 4 triples in their last 13 games

CUBS offense has been held to 2 runs or less 17 times this season..... Ted Lilly started 6 of those 17 games

CUBS pitchers have 11 quality starts in their last 15 games

CUBS have homered in 9 of their last 10 games

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 16 games

CUBS are 12-6 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 13 of 18 in quality starts

Zambrano has 2 consecutive quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 2.74.... to Blanco it's 3.75

CUBS score 5.29 R/G overall.... 5.39 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.13 HR/G overall.... 1.11 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

03/31 - 07/18      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   630   97  180   40    1   20  282   89   60  127  0.286  0.350  0.448  0.798
CUBS overall     3348  508  937  192   12  108 1477  479  385  705  0.280  0.358  0.441  0.799

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

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

CUBS             14   9  10   9  13  13   9  11   7   1   1   0   0   0   0   0      97
Opponents         4   5   6   4   7   6   8   3  11   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      55

Zambrano's starts this year (10-3)

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
03/31  vs. Milw        6.7    3    0    0    1    5    0    89  1.35  6.75  0.00  0.60  0.00
04/06  vs. Houst       7.0    7    2    2    0    7    1   106  0.00  9.00  1.29  1.00  2.57
04/11  vs. Phila       6.0    9    5    5    1    6    1   107  1.50  9.00  1.50  1.67  7.50
04/16  vs. Cincy       7.0    8    2    2    1    5    0   102  1.29  6.43  0.00  1.29  2.57
04/21  vs. Mets        7.0    5    1    1    2    4    0   101  2.57  5.14  0.00  1.00  1.29
04/26  vs. Wash        7.0    5    0    0    4    5    0   114  5.14  6.43  0.00  1.29  0.00
05/01  vs. Milw        6.3    7    1    1    2    3    1   111  2.84  4.26  1.42  1.42  1.42
05/06  vs. Cincy       8.0    3    0    0    3    3    0   113  3.38  3.38  0.00  0.75  0.00
05/12  vs. S.D.        7.0    6    3    3    2    5    1    96  2.57  6.43  1.29  1.14  3.86
05/17  vs. Pitts       4.0    7    5    4    3    3    0    73  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.50  9.00
05/23  vs. Pitts       7.0    6    2    2    1    6    0   109  1.29  7.71  0.00  1.00  2.57
05/28  vs. L.A.        8.0    6    1    1    4    3    0   130  4.50  3.38  0.00  1.25  1.13
06/02  vs. S.D.        5.0    5    3    3    4    2    0    95  7.20  3.60  0.00  1.80  5.40
06/07  vs. L.A.        6.7   13    7    7    1    6    2   107  1.35  8.10  2.70  2.10  9.45
06/12  vs. Atla        7.0    8    2    2    3    3    1   103  3.86  3.86  1.29  1.57  2.57
06/18  vs. Tamp        6.7    7    5    4    4    2    0   100  5.40  2.70  0.00  1.65  5.40
07/04  vs. St. L       6.0    4    0    0    2    5    0    87  3.00  7.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
07/09  vs. Cincy       8.0    1    1    1    0    5    1   103  0.00  5.63  1.13  0.13  1.13

Home                  68.0   58   18   17   18   43    5  1014  2.38  5.69  0.66  1.12  2.25
Road                  52.3   52   22   21   20   35    3   832  3.44  6.02  0.52  1.38  3.61

Day                   37.7   45   17   16   10   27    5   589  2.39  6.45  1.19  1.46  3.82
Nite                  82.7   65   23   22   28   51    3  1257  3.05  5.55  0.33  1.13  2.40

Road  Nite            45.7   39   15   14   19   29    1   725  3.74  5.72  0.20  1.27  2.76

March                  6.7    3    0    0    1    5    0    89  1.35  6.75  0.00  0.60  0.00
April                 34.0   34   10   10    8   27    2   530  2.12  7.15  0.53  1.24  2.65
May                   40.3   35   12   11   15   23    2   632  3.35  5.13  0.45  1.24  2.45
June                  25.3   33   17   16   12   13    3   405  4.26  4.62  1.07  1.78  5.68
July                  14.0    5    1    1    2   10    1   190  1.29  6.43  0.64  0.50  0.64

season totals        120.3  110   40   38   38   78    8  1846  2.84  5.83  0.60  1.23  2.84

Zambrano's start(s) vs. Houston last year (2-1).....

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/11  vs. Houst       8.0    3    1    0    1    8    0   128  1.13  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
07/13  vs. Houst       6.7    3    0    0    3    7    0   115  4.05  9.45  0.00  0.90  0.00
08/08  vs. Houst       5.7    8    7    7    3    6    2   113  4.76  9.53  3.18  1.94 11.12

totals  vs. Houst     20.3   14    8    7    7   21    2   356  3.10  9.30  0.89  1.03  3.10
season totals        216.3  187  100   95  101  177   23  3691  4.20  7.36  0.96  1.33  3.95

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

              Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             18 Jul     17 Jul     16 Jul     15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul
             @ Houst    no game    no game    no game    no game    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    
Howry         0.3  10                                                           0.7           1.0  10
Lieber                                                                                               
Marmol                                                                          1.0           1.0    
Wood                                                                                                 
Wuertz                                                                                               
Cotts         0.7   8                                                0.3   2    0.3   2       1.3  12
Gaudin                                                               2.0  23    0.7  23       2.7  46
Marshall                                                                        2.0           2.0    

Totals        1.0  18                                                2.3  25    5.7  25       9.0  68

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (3-4) .......

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   1- 2  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   2   1   9   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      28
Opponents         1   1   5   8   2   2   2   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26

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
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
D Lee              28    7   13    4    0    3    6    1    3  0.464  0.483  0.929  1.411  0.455  2.79  0.018  1.000
Ramirez            26    5    8    0    0    2    4    3    3  0.308  0.379  0.538  0.918  0.286  4.03  0.072  0.222
DeRosa             26    3    9    1    0    1    2    0    4  0.346  0.346  0.500  0.846  0.381  3.73  0.000  0.091
Fontenot            6    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.400  3.67  0.000  0.000
Soto               25    2    6    1    1    1    6    0    5  0.240  0.240  0.480  0.720  0.263  3.08  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           26    4    6    1    0    0    2    3    1  0.231  0.310  0.269  0.580  0.240  3.72  0.080  0.154
Theriot            27    2    6    2    0    0    1    2    2  0.222  0.276  0.296  0.572  0.240  3.86  0.054  0.077
Edmonds            14    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.143  0.200  0.357  0.557  0.083  3.40  0.057  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
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
Ward                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.50  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 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 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 Moehler         46    4   11    2    0    2    4    3    4  0.239  0.286  0.413  0.699  0.225  3.64  0.047  0.125
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 Geary            8    0    1    1    0    0    1    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.375  0.167  4.00  0.000  0.500
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      175   19   45   10    1    6   16    9   21  0.257  0.293  0.429  0.722  0.264  3.36  0.036  0.145
vs. relievers      62    9   17    4    0    3   10    4   13  0.274  0.318  0.484  0.802  0.304  3.71  0.044  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          230   26   60   13    1    9   24   12   33  0.261  0.298  0.443  0.741  0.271  3.40  0.037  0.163

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              134   13   31    8    0    5   13    8   22  0.231  0.275  0.403  0.678  0.243  3.53  0.043  0.182

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              134   13   31    8    0    5   13    8   22  0.231  0.275  0.403  0.678  0.243  3.53  0.043  0.182

Leading off        60    7   11    4    0    2    2    1    8  0.183  0.197  0.350  0.547  0.180  3.38  0.013  0.000
Pinch hitting       6    1    2    1    0    0    0    2    0  0.333  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.333  3.75  0.167  0.000
bases empty       153   18   39   10    1    5    5    5   21  0.255  0.278  0.431  0.710  0.268  3.46  0.024  0.000
runners on         84   10   23    4    0    4   21    8   13  0.274  0.337  0.464  0.801  0.284  3.45  0.063  0.179
scoring pos        51    5   14    4    0    3   19    4   10  0.275  0.327  0.529  0.857  0.289  3.29  0.053  0.225

totals vs. Houst  237   28   62   14    1    9   26   13   34  0.262  0.300  0.443  0.743  0.273  3.45  0.038  0.179
season totals    3346  508  937  192   12  108  477  385  705  0.280  0.358  0.441  0.800  0.327  3.90  0.078  0.189

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
Hart                1.7    1    0    0    0    2    0    25  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.60  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
Cotts               0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     8  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lilly              12.7   10    3    3    4   12    1   199  2.84  8.53  0.71  1.11  2.13
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
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               3.7    5    3    3    0    5    0    52  0.00 12.27  0.00  1.36  7.36
Gallagher           4.7    8    5    5    1    4    1    96  1.93  7.71  1.93  1.93  9.64

totals vs. Houst   61.0   55   26   23   16   50    6   972  2.36  7.38  0.89  1.16  3.39
season totals     867.0  809  403  373  322  713   99 14207  3.34  7.40  1.03  1.30  3.87

CUBS' last 14 games (8-6)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.83  Mon 06/30  @ San Francisco N   9- 2  Lilly           Zito          
.84  Tue 07/01  @ San Francisco N   1- 2  Marquis         Cain          
.85  Wed 07/02  @ San Francisco N   6- 5  Dempster        Correia       
.86  Thu 07/03  @ San Francisco N   3- 8  Gallagher       Lincecum      
.87  Fri 07/04  @ St. Louis     N   2- 1  Zambrano        Looper        
.88  Sat 07/05  @ St. Louis         4- 5  Lilly           Lohse         
.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      
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Lilly           Moehler

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              3   8   7  10   7   8   6  12   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      65
Opponents         1   6   6   5   1   7   9   4  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      54

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

06/30 - 07/18      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot           31    7   10    3    0    3    6    9    7  0.323  0.475  0.710  1.185  0.333  4.05  0.152  0.231
D Lee              57    8   20    6    1    0    5    8   10  0.351  0.431  0.491  0.922  0.426  4.22  0.080  0.192
Soto               53   10   17    3    0    3    9    4   14  0.321  0.373  0.547  0.920  0.389  3.85  0.052  0.158
Ramirez            39    5    9    2    1    3   11    5    5  0.231  0.327  0.564  0.891  0.194  3.84  0.096  0.308
DeRosa             50   11   12    1    2    3   11    7   15  0.240  0.345  0.520  0.865  0.281  4.10  0.105  0.229
Edmonds            41    9    8    3    0    3    8    9   11  0.195  0.340  0.488  0.828  0.185  4.74  0.145  0.192
Murton             13    0    4    2    0    0    2    0    1  0.308  0.357  0.462  0.819  0.333  3.14  0.049  0.250
Theriot            57    7   20    1    0    0    3    6    7  0.351  0.422  0.368  0.790  0.400  4.08  0.071  0.143
Ward               15    0    3    3    0    0    0    0    3  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600  0.250  3.67  0.000  0.000
Johnson            24    4    6    1    0    0    1    0    8  0.250  0.280  0.292  0.572  0.375  3.63  0.030  0.100
Fukudome           51    4    8    1    0    1    3    4   17  0.157  0.218  0.235  0.453  0.212  4.45  0.061  0.074
Cedeno              7    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.250  4.00  0.107  0.000
E Patterson         2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  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

last 14 games     479   65  122   26    4   16   59   54  119  0.255  0.336  0.426  0.762  0.308  4.02  0.082  0.160
season totals    3346  508  937  192   12  108  477  385  705  0.280  0.358  0.441  0.800  0.327  3.90  0.078  0.189

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

06/30 - 07/18        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Harden              5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
Zambrano           14.0    5    1    1    2   10    1   190  1.29  6.43  0.64  0.50  0.64
Marshall            8.0    6    1    1    1    6    1   108  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.88  1.13
Marquis            14.0    7    2    2    5    9    0   179  3.21  5.79  0.00  0.86  1.29
Cotts               6.0    5    1    1    2    9    1   103  3.00 13.50  1.50  1.17  1.50
Gaudin              4.7    3    1    1    0    2    1    54  0.00  3.86  1.93  0.64  1.93
Dempster           19.7   14    7    7    9   18    1   312  4.12  8.24  0.46  1.17  3.20
Lilly              23.7   26    9    9    7   19    4   367  2.66  7.23  1.52  1.39  3.42
Howry               8.7    7    4    4    0    3    1   100  0.00  3.12  1.04  0.81  4.15
Gallagher           5.0    4    4    3    2    2    0    74  3.60  3.60  0.00  1.20  5.40
Wood                5.0    7    4    4    5    6    0   116  9.00 10.80  0.00  2.40  7.20
Lieber              3.0    5    3    3    0    3    2    48  0.00  9.00  6.00  1.67  9.00
Marmol              5.3    9    9    8    4    4    2   112  6.75  6.75  3.38  2.44 13.50
Wuertz              2.3    4    4    4    1    2    1    49  3.86  7.71  3.86  2.14 15.43
Hart                1.0    3    2    2    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Ascanio             0.0    2    2    2    0    0    0     5  0.00  0.00  0.00   inf   inf

last 14 games     125.7  112   54   52   41  103   15  1932  2.94  7.38  1.07  1.22  3.72
season totals     867.0  809  403  373  322  713   99 14207  3.34  7.40  1.03  1.30  3.87

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

03/31 - 07/18        P   PA  P/PA
Hoffpauir          128   37  3.46
Edmonds            669  160  4.18
Ramirez           1582  388  4.08
Soto              1445  367  3.94
Soriano            816  232  3.52
Fontenot           700  172  4.07
D Lee             1717  432  3.97
DeRosa            1430  365  3.92
Ward               280   63  4.44
Fukudome          1706  390  4.37
Theriot           1487  396  3.76
Johnson            906  236  3.84
Cedeno             569  145  3.92
Blanco             234   67  3.49
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Murton             144   41  3.51
Pie                253   70  3.61

CUBS             14971 3836  3.90

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

03/31 - 07/18      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             29   82  0.261
Soriano             25   75  0.250
Ramirez             48  149  0.244
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Edmonds             20   64  0.238
Cedeno              19   75  0.202
D Lee               41  162  0.202
DeRosa              39  165  0.191
Soto                40  179  0.183
Ward                 7   33  0.175
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            29  141  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 1579  0.189

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis      63
Milwaukee      63
Cincinnati     55
Houston        55
Pittsburgh     54

Go CUBS !!!

BCVM22 · July 19, 2008

6:05 PM needs to be Zambrano o'clock tonight.

Omar · July 19, 2008

Cubs Vs. Rodriguez

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Derrek Lee           22    16   7  2  0  2   7   5   2  .438  .545  .938 1.483 
Aramis Ramirez       18    18   4  0  0  0   0   0   3  .222  .222  .222  .444 
Mark DeRosa          11     8   1  1  0  0   0   3   2  .125  .364  .250  .614 
Ryan Theriot         10    10   5  2  0  1   1   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1.500 
Jim Edmonds           8     7   1  0  0  0   2   1   1  .143  .250  .143  .393 
Jason Marquis         8     6   4  0  0  1   3   0   0  .667  .714 1.167 1.881 
Ronny Cedeno          7     7   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Henry Blanco          6     5   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .200  .333  .400  .733 
Mike Fontenot         3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Reed Johnson          3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Daryle Ward           3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ted Lilly             2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Geovany Soto          2     2   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
Sean Marshall         1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Kerry Wood            1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               105    92  24  6  0  4  14  10  17  .261  .337  .457  .794

Astros Vs. Zambrano

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Lance Berkman        67    54   8  0  0  4   6  13  16  .148  .313  .370  .683 
Carlos Lee           48    44  16  5  0  4  12   4   7  .364  .417  .750 1.167 
Brad Ausmus          47    41   9  1  0  0   3   5  10  .220  .304  .244  .548 
Geoff Blum           23    22   5  1  0  0   4   1   8  .227  .261  .273  .534 
Mark Loretta         15    12   3  1  0  0   0   2   1  .250  .400  .333  .733 
Roy Oswalt           11     9   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .111  .111  .111  .222 
Hunter Pence          9     9   2  1  0  0   0   0   3  .222  .222  .333  .555 
Darin Erstad          7     6   2  0  0  0   2   1   3  .333  .429  .333  .762 
Kazuo Matsui          7     7   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .143  .143  .143  .286 
David Newhan          4     2   0  0  0  0   0   2   1  .000  .500  .000  .500 
Michael Bourn         3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Miguel Tejada         3     3   1  0  0  1   1   0   0  .333  .333 1.333 1.666 
J.R. Towles           3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ty Wigginton          3     1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .667  .000  .667 
Brandon Backe         2     2   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1.500 
Dave Borkowski        1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               253   219  50 10  0  9  28  29  55  .228  .324  .397  .721

UMFan83 · July 19, 2008

Wandy is extremely hard to beat at home

This year:

7 starts

2.72 ERA

1.07 WHIP

Last year:

15 starts

2.94 ERA

1.11 WHIP

His only start in Houston against the Cubs last year:

8 IP 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 9 K

Based on that, we better hope Zambrano is sharp and can go deep today because this pitching matchup will be even harder than last nights

Old Style · July 19, 2008

Please beat these stupid Astros tonight and tomorrow. I hate living in Texas when these morons beat us. The p***s envy is strong towards the Cubs from Houston fans.

Soul · July 19, 2008

Lose today and some of the creatures of the Earth will have to die. Their lives are in your hands, Cubs.

MasterBlaster · July 19, 2008

Jason Marquis in RF for Kosuke tonight plz. I'd also love to see Derrek Lee bust out of his power slump, he hasn't homered since June 20!

Joe_Cub · July 19, 2008

we will not lose to a guy named wandy.

well said

Billy_Buck · July 19, 2008

Win, please.

Little Slide Rooter · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Mizzou · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

UMFan83 · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Wow that's quite amazing that we get a 3 gamer vs. AZ and not face Haren or Webb. I bet Brewers/Cardinals fans are bitching that we play Arizona 6 times this year and faced Haren once and Webb 0 times.

CubColtPacer · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

No way you release him. The Cubs have a decent shot at getting a compensation pick at the end of the year for Howry, and that's lost if they release him.

CuseCubFan69 · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

No way you release him. The Cubs have a decent shot at getting a compensation pick at the end of the year for Howry, and that's lost if they release him.

A or B?

Transmogrified Tiger · July 19, 2008

Howry has been fine this year. His walks and strikeouts are down a little bit, and with more batted balls some bad luck has hurt him more than it might've in the past. I mean, he's got a 35/6 K/BB, he's far, far, far from deserving to be DFA'd.

CubColtPacer · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

No way you release him. The Cubs have a decent shot at getting a compensation pick at the end of the year for Howry, and that's lost if they release him.

A or B?

My guess is a B. Which is a good thing. Nobody would sign him and give up their first rounder. But if he's a B, teams will feel free to sign him before the deadline because it's not their pick that's going to the other team.

CuseCubFan69 · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

No way you release him. The Cubs have a decent shot at getting a compensation pick at the end of the year for Howry, and that's lost if they release him.

A or B?

My guess is a B. Which is a good thing. Nobody would sign him and give up their first rounder. But if he's a B, teams will feel free to sign him before the deadline because it's not their pick that's going to the other team.

Good point. I wonder if a desperate team with little or no pen would make a gamble on Howry bouncing back? Again as you said, the player would have to be better than a B pick. The only kink is if the Cubs have to offer arb and no one signs him and he accepts the arb.

CubColtPacer · July 19, 2008

I don't want to start a new thread, but...

how seriously do you consider DFAing Bob Howry pretty soon? His contract is up at the end of the year, and let's face it, he's been pretty bad this year. If there's a market for him, obviously you look to trade him first, but if there's not any interest you almost have to look at releasing him.

No way you release him. The Cubs have a decent shot at getting a compensation pick at the end of the year for Howry, and that's lost if they release him.

A or B?

My guess is a B. Which is a good thing. Nobody would sign him and give up their first rounder. But if he's a B, teams will feel free to sign him before the deadline because it's not their pick that's going to the other team.

Good point. I wonder if a desperate team with little or no pen would make a gamble on Howry bouncing back? Again as you said, the player would have to be better than a B pick. The only kink is if the Cubs have to offer arb and no one signs him and he accepts the arb.

Well, my hope is that the trend continues from the last couple years and somebody signs him early in free agency before the arbitration deadline. The Cubs have absolutely no risk if he's under contract with another team already to offer him arbitration.

If he's not, the Cubs will have to gauge the interest of other teams carefully at that deadline, but the worst case scenario (him accepting arbitration) really isn't that horrible.

Little Slide Rooter · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Wow that's quite amazing that we get a 3 gamer vs. AZ and not face Haren or Webb. I bet Brewers/Cardinals fans are bitching that we play Arizona 6 times this year and faced Haren once and Webb 0 times.

We had Haren and we beat him. It was at the beginnig of Sorianos hot streak,

Ding Dong Johnson · July 19, 2008

they should stop giving up runs in the 9th

otis89 · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Wow that's quite amazing that we get a 3 gamer vs. AZ and not face Haren or Webb. I bet Brewers/Cardinals fans are bitching that we play Arizona 6 times this year and faced Haren once and Webb 0 times.

We had Haren and we beat him. It was at the beginnig of Sorianos hot streak,

Read the bolded part again. :wink:

Andy · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Wow that's quite amazing that we get a 3 gamer vs. AZ and not face Haren or Webb. I bet Brewers/Cardinals fans are bitching that we play Arizona 6 times this year and faced Haren once and Webb 0 times.

Things will more than even out if we draw Arizona in a playoff series and have to face them possibly 4 times.

CubsNSkers07 · July 19, 2008

Win one today please Cubs.

rawaction · July 19, 2008

We need to win these next 2, especialy with the fact that neither the Brewers or Cards are going to lose again until they play eachother. Also, it would be a nice way to start a little streak, as we will be entering a 3 game set against a majorly de-fanged D-Backs team, and will be missing Haren and Webb. Sure, we'll be facing Randy Johnson, but it's not the same guy who bent over The Cubs and made them dress like Little Bo Peep for the better part of 2 decades.

Wow that's quite amazing that we get a 3 gamer vs. AZ and not face Haren or Webb. I bet Brewers/Cardinals fans are bitching that we play Arizona 6 times this year and faced Haren once and Webb 0 times.
Things will more than even out if we draw Arizona in a playoff series and have to face them possibly 4 times.

If both teams make the playoffs, it's very likely they would play each other. Looks like best record and wildcard will come out of the Central. Winner of the NLC would play the division winner w/ the worst record, that's most likely going to be the team that comes out of the West.

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