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

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ausmus walked

[UMFan83]

Am I the only one concerned about the offense down the stretch? It's looking like we've actually downgraded our offense in RF, I don't expect Edmonds to keep up that hot pace, Theriot could come crashing to earth at any time, and you've gotta be worried about Soto tiring since Lou rarely gives him days off.

 

Nah, thats just biased thinking because everything is going wrong.

 

Not really, I've been concerned for a couple of weeks now. Our offense is better than last season, but it really significantly better?

 

.839 OPS in April (.380 OBP)

.808 OPS in May (.359 OBP)

.784 OPS in June (.352 OBP)

.748 OPS in July (.329 OBP)

 

Maybe you are on to something. Obviously the April and May numbers are completely unsustainable, but it is disheartening to see both numbers drop every month this year.

[Schwarber Fan]

Lets all walk Brad Ausmus

[Fred Hornkohl]

Rodriguez sacrificed, to the pitcher , 1-4, Ausmus to second

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS had allowed no sac bunts in their last 14 games

CUBS are 7-14 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 50-24 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Matsui walked

[BCVM22]

Lord, he's probably hurt again.

[UMFan83]

Two terrible pitchers making the Cubs look bad the last 2 nights. This is the part of the season where if ti can go wrong, it will.

 

Houston getting a bunch of bloop hits that plate runs, while the Cubs hit balls right at them.

 

How is a pither with a sub-3.00 ERA at home the last 2 seasons a terrible pitcher? Even Moehler has a 3.38 ERA at home this year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

5 BBs is a season high for Zambrano.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Schwarber Fan]

Man, this is really frustrating

[Schwarber Fan]

Damn, Aram is good a defense

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Wigginton grounded out to third, 5-3

Ausmus walked

Rodriguez sacrificed, to the pitcher , 1-4, Ausmus to second

Matsui walked

Erstad grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 0                        0  6  0
Houston         0 1 2 0                        3  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.0  4  3  3  5  3  0  80

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Rodriguez     4.0  6  0  0  0  4  0  57

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              3.35            4.00
RBI%              0.00            0.21
R/BR              0.00            0.33
BA               0.353           0.286
OBP              0.353           0.474
SLG              0.353           0.286
OPS              0.706           0.759
ERA               6.75            0.00
BB/9             11.25            0.00
K/9               6.75            9.00

[Schwarber Fan]

                  CUBS         Houston
P/PA              3.35            4.00

 

This is bad, seeing how Houston is last in the league in BBs

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        15    3    6    1    0    1    1    0    6  0.400  0.400  0.667  1.067  0.625  3.73  0.000  0.000

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       218   35   67    8    1    0    1   27   25  0.307  0.384  0.353  0.737  0.347  3.83  0.076  0.500

[UMFan83]

So if we go like 29-3 in the rest of our home games, and 3-30 in the rest of our road games, will we still make the playoffs?

[illiniguy]

We suck.

[BCVM22]

And because we're all in such great moods...

 

Blister could send Wood to DL

 

"With Woody, the news wasn't good," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "He threw today, and he's still not ready, so we're going to ride this thing out as long as we can and hope that we'll get some good results from it a few days from now. We'll close with either [Carlos] Marmol or [bob] Howry."

Edited July 20, 2008 by BCVM22

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot doubled to right center field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
runners on         96   15   34    6    0    3   32    7   14  0.354  0.394  0.510  0.905  0.392  3.75  0.040  0.261

[UMFan83]

Not very gritty you moron

[Outshined_One]

That was unbelievably dumb.

[BCVM22]

What the hell, Theriot? What. The. Hell?