Re: 7/31 SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! 1:05pm WGNTV

ELCABALLO45 · July 31, 2008

He picked the wrong day to do that. Harden has no platoon split, and he strikes out righties and lefties indiscriminately. He'll be going after Fielder regardless of who's behind him. Also, The Cubs have humiliated The Brewers in this series.

Fixed

CubmanPi · July 31, 2008

I dont know why you drop your best hitter to 5th.

This was my first reaction to that lineup. I really don't understand batting him there.

It's Yost.

Cleared that right up for me, thanks! :good:

Ryne_MacGyver · July 31, 2008

I dont know why you drop your best hitter to 5th.
This was my first reaction to that lineup. I really don't understand batting him there.

It's Yost.
Cleared that right up for me, thanks! :good:

I just pictured Yost sitting at a desk in a small room, a light bulb hanging from the ceiling swinging back and forth slowly, making this line-up. He's penciling in Ryan Braun in the 5 spot, the lead breaks off as he finishes the second 'n'... a wry smile appears on his face. Success.

CubmanPi · July 31, 2008

I just pictured Yost sitting at a desk in a small room, a light bulb hanging from the ceiling swinging back and forth slowly, making this line-up. He's penciling in Ryan Braun in the 5 spot, the lead breaks off as he finishes the second 'n'... a wry smile appears on his face. Success.

I'm pretty sure this is how it went down, just as a thunderstorm rolled in. Also, great sig.

Fred Hornkohl · July 31, 2008

Greetings one and all from beautiful Dixon, CA !!

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday........

CUBS are 7-8 on Thursdays

CUBS are 14-11 in July

CUBS are 5-4 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 26-19 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 3-2 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 37-25 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 5-10-3 in road series

CUBS have won 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 8-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 31-20 in day games

CUBS are 25-30 on the road

CUBS are 43-33 against right handers

CUBS are 21-23 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 42-16 when they get a quality start.... 22-28 when they don't

CUBS are 17-28 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 47-16 when they don't

CUBS are 44-15 when they score first in the game.... 20-29 when they don't

CUBS are 25-7 when they score in the first inning.... 39-37 when they don't

CUBS have outscored their opponents 59-44 in the first inning

CUBS are 51-30 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 13-14 when they do

CUBS are 52-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-34 when they don't

CUBS are 38-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 26-34 when they don't

CUBS are 54-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-26 when they get outhit.... and 6-12 when the hits are even

CUBS are 28-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 36-37 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-17 in one run games.... 11-12 in two run games

CUBS are 29-28 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 37-17 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 24-26 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 51-25 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 13-19 when he doesn't

CUBS have outscored the opponents 78-48 in the 7th inning

CUBS have allowed 5 sac bunts in their last 40 games

CUBS have only thrown out 14 runners trying to steal in 53 attempts during their last 75 games

CUBS are 30-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-15 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 32 errors in their last 57 games

CUBS have stolen 7 bases in 8 attempts during their last 3 games.

CUBS have allowed 7 triples in their last 14 games

CUBS pitchers have 3 consecutive quality starts and 20 quality starts in their last 27 games

CUBS have homered in 18 of their last 22 games

CUBS have scored first in 13 out of their last 21 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 9 times in their last 15 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 3 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 17 HR in their last 16 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 6 batters in the last 9 games

CUBS are 14-1 with Dana DeMuth's crew on the field this year...

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.16  Fri 04/18    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Hill            Snell         
.17  Sat 04/19    Pittsburgh       13- 1  Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh       13- 6  Dempster        Duke          
.35  Fri 05/09    Arizona           3- 1  Lilly           Haren         
.36  Sat 05/10    Arizona           7- 2  Dempster        Scherzer      
.37  Sun 05/11    Arizona           6- 4  Gallagher       Gonzalez      
.65  Tue 06/10    Atlanta       N  10- 5  Lilly           Glavine       
.66  Wed 06/11    Atlanta       N   7- 2  Dempster        Bennett       
.67  Thu 06/12    Atlanta           3- 2  Zambrano        Hudson        
.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    
106  Mon 07/28  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 4  Lilly           Sabathia      
107  Tue 07/29  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 1  Zambrano        Sheets        
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra         
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee          -    Harden          Bush

CUBS are 1-0 with Doug Eddings behind home plate this year.

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.65  Tue 06/10    Atlanta       N  10- 5  Lilly           Glavine       
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee          -    Harden          Bush

CUBS are 1-2 when Harden starts

Harden is 1 of 3 in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 1.04.... to Blanco it's N/A

CUBS score 5.27 R/G overall.... 3.33 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.12 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 2 of Harden's 3 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 1 of Harden's 3 starts

Harden has given up no runs in the first inning in his 3 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

03/31 - 07/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     112   10   24    3    1    2   35   10   13   24  0.214  0.302  0.313  0.614
CUBS overall     3777  569 1056  219   16  121 1670  538  428  801  0.280  0.356  0.442  0.798

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

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

CUBS              1   1   3   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      10
Opponents         0   0   1   0   0   1   0   4   5   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      12

Harden's starts this year (0-1)

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/12  vs. S.F.        5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
07/21  vs. Ariz        7.0    1    1    1    2   10    1   112  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.43  1.29
07/26  vs. Flor        5.0    2    1    1    3   10    1    87  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.00  1.80

season totals         17.3    8    2    2    8   30    2   295  4.15 15.58  1.04  0.92  1.04

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

              Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             30 Jul     29 Jul     28 Jul     27 Jul     26 Jul     25 Jul     24 Jul
             @ Milw     @ Milw     @ Milw     vs Flor    vs Flor    vs Flor    vs Flor 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts         1.0  19                                     0.3   9               0.0   4       1.3  32
Gaudin        1.0  11               1.0  16    1.0  17    2.0  28               0.0   6       5.0  78
Hart                                                                                                 
Howry                               1.0  19                          1.0  26    0.7   9       2.7  54
Marmol                              1.0  21               1.7  35               1.3  38       4.0  94
Marshall                                                  3.0  49                             3.0  49
Samardzija               1.0  17               2.0  25               2.0  31                  5.0  73
Wood                                                                                                 

Totals        2.0  30    1.0  17    3.0  56    3.0  42    7.0 121    3.0  57    2.0  57      21.0 380

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee this year (5-4) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 03/31    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Sheets        
..2  Wed 04/02    Milwaukee         2- 8  Lilly           Suppan        
..3  Thu 04/03    Milwaukee         6- 3  Dempster        Bush          
.26  Tue 04/29    Milwaukee     N   7-10  Marquis         Sheets        
.27  Wed 04/30    Milwaukee     N  19- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
.28  Thu 05/01    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Gallardo      
106  Mon 07/28  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 4  Lilly           Sabathia      
107  Tue 07/29  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 1  Zambrano        Sheets        
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra         
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee          -    Harden          Bush          
150  Tue 09/16    Milwaukee     N    -    Marquis         Parra         
151  Wed 09/17    Milwaukee     N    -    Lilly           Sheets        
152  Thu 09/18    Milwaukee          -    Zambrano        Suppan        
160  Fri 09/26  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Marquis         Parra         
161  Sat 09/27  @ Milwaukee          -    Lilly           Sheets        
162  Sun 09/28  @ Milwaukee          -    Zambrano        Suppan

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee in 2007 (9-6).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/06  @ Milwaukee     N   9- 3  Hill            Bush          
..5  Sat 04/07  @ Milwaukee         6- 3  Zambrano        Sheets        
..6  Sun 04/08  @ Milwaukee         4- 9  Miller          Capuano       
.19  Mon 04/23    Milwaukee     N   4- 5  Zambrano        Vargas        
.20  Tue 04/24    Milwaukee     N   1- 4  Hill            Suppan        
.21  Wed 04/25    Milwaukee         9- 3  Lilly           Sheets        
.55  Mon 06/04  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Marquis         Bush          
.56  Tue 06/05  @ Milwaukee     N   5- 7  Lilly           Vargas        
.57  Wed 06/06  @ Milwaukee         6- 2  Zambrano        Suppan        
.78  Fri 06/29    Milwaukee         6- 5  Hill            Gallardo      
.79  Sat 06/30    Milwaukee         4-13  Marshall        Sheets        
.80  Sun 07/01    Milwaukee         5- 1  Marquis         Bush          
130  Tue 08/28    Milwaukee     N   5- 3  Hill            Suppan        
131  Wed 08/29    Milwaukee     N   1- 6  Zambrano        Sheets        
132  Thu 08/30    Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Lilly           Parra

Composite scoring vs. Milwaukee this year.....

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

CUBS              9   4   5   8   1  13   6   6   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      60
Opponents         5   0   4   2   4   6   6   3  10   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      41

CUBS hitters vs. Bush this year.....

vs Bush            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fukudome            1    2    1    1    0    0    0    2    0  1.000  1.000  2.000  3.000  1.000  4.67  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            1    1    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  2.000  3.000  1.000  2.00  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             2    2    1    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.500  0.667  2.000  2.667  0.000  4.33  0.167  0.000
DeRosa              2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  2.33  0.167  0.500
Soriano             3    1    1    0    0    0    2    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  4.00  0.167  0.500
Pie                 3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  4.67  0.000  0.000
Soto                1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.33  0.333  0.500
D Lee               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.33  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. Bush    21    6    6    2    0    1    5    5    4  0.286  0.429  0.524  0.952  0.313  3.71  0.143  0.211
totals vs. Milw   324   60   99   21    3    9   56   47   66  0.306  0.392  0.472  0.864  0.361  4.07  0.087  0.227
season totals    3775  569 1056  219   16  121  536  428  801  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.799  0.328  3.89  0.077  0.191

CUBS hitters vs. Milwaukee this year.....

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Murton              3    2    2    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  1.000  4.33  0.000  0.250
Cedeno              6    4    3    1    0    0    3    3    0  0.500  0.667  0.667  1.333  0.500  4.44  0.167  0.750
Fontenot           13    4    7    2    0    0    3    3    1  0.538  0.625  0.692  1.317  0.583  4.25  0.087  0.375
Fukudome           33    8   15    4    1    1    6    4    5  0.455  0.514  0.727  1.241  0.519  4.38  0.059  0.250
Soto               28    4    9    2    0    3    9    5   10  0.321  0.412  0.714  1.126  0.400  3.79  0.090  0.261
Theriot            41    5   15    1    2    0    4    3    3  0.366  0.409  0.488  0.897  0.395  3.56  0.043  0.174
Ramirez            30    8    7    4    0    1    4   10    6  0.233  0.425  0.467  0.892  0.261  4.55  0.192  0.214
DeRosa             29    6   10    1    0    0    8    6    4  0.345  0.462  0.379  0.841  0.400  4.23  0.117  0.308
D Lee              40    8   11    3    0    2    7    2    6  0.275  0.310  0.500  0.810  0.281  4.05  0.035  0.200
Ward                6    0    1    1    0    0    1    2    2  0.167  0.375  0.333  0.708  0.250  5.25  0.208  0.200
Soriano            29    6    7    1    0    1    4    4    7  0.241  0.324  0.379  0.703  0.286  4.03  0.082  0.188
Blanco              6    1    1    1    0    0    0    1    3  0.167  0.286  0.333  0.619  0.333  3.71  0.119  0.000
Pie                17    0    3    0    0    0    1    2    7  0.176  0.286  0.176  0.462  0.300  4.19  0.109  0.067
Johnson            21    2    4    0    0    0    2    2    2  0.190  0.250  0.190  0.440  0.211  3.92  0.060  0.222

vs Shouse           8    3    4    2    0    1    4    2    3  0.500  0.600  1.125  1.725  0.750  4.40  0.100  0.429
vs Turnbow          9    6    4    2    0    0    5    4    1  0.444  0.643  0.667  1.310  0.500  4.29  0.198  0.385
vs Torres          17    5    8    2    0    0    5    4    5  0.471  0.591  0.588  1.179  0.667  4.18  0.120  0.250
vs Suppan          46   13   17    5    0    3   10    3    3  0.370  0.408  0.674  1.082  0.350  4.08  0.039  0.350
vs Gallardo        23    3    9    1    0    1    3    1    4  0.391  0.400  0.565  0.965  0.444  3.56  0.009  0.200
vs Gagne           15    3    4    1    0    1    3    4    3  0.267  0.421  0.533  0.954  0.273  4.26  0.154  0.200
vs Bush            21    6    6    2    0    1    5    5    4  0.286  0.429  0.524  0.952  0.313  3.71  0.143  0.211
vs Parra           24    5    8    0    1    0    3    4    5  0.333  0.429  0.417  0.845  0.421  3.31  0.095  0.214
vs Sabathia        28    4    9    1    0    1    3    2    3  0.321  0.367  0.464  0.831  0.333  4.13  0.045  0.154
vs Sheets          63   10   16    3    1    1   10   10   13  0.254  0.338  0.381  0.719  0.306  4.00  0.084  0.257
vs Villanueva      13    0    3    1    0    0    1    1    3  0.231  0.286  0.308  0.593  0.300  3.93  0.055  0.071
vs Riske           25    0    6    0    0    0    0    2    4  0.240  0.296  0.240  0.536  0.286  3.96  0.056  0.000
vs Mota            15    1    3    0    1    0    2    0    7  0.200  0.200  0.333  0.533  0.375  5.33  0.000  0.250
vs Stetter          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  5.50  0.500  0.000
vs McClung         16    1    2    1    0    0    2    4    7  0.125  0.300  0.188  0.488  0.222  4.95  0.175  0.182

vs. starters      205   41   65   12    2    7   34   25   32  0.317  0.384  0.498  0.882  0.349  3.87  0.067  0.243
vs. relievers     119   19   34    9    1    2   22   22   34  0.286  0.406  0.429  0.834  0.386  4.40  0.120  0.208

Home              207   40   59   14    0    8   38   32   44  0.285  0.382  0.469  0.851  0.329  4.15  0.097  0.238
Road              117   20   40    7    3    1   18   15   22  0.342  0.410  0.479  0.889  0.415  3.93  0.069  0.210

Day               129   14   31    7    0    5   14   15   28  0.240  0.329  0.411  0.740  0.271  4.13  0.089  0.141
Nite              195   46   68   14    3    4   42   32   38  0.349  0.433  0.513  0.946  0.418  4.03  0.084  0.266

vs Left            61   12   21    3    1    2   10    9   12  0.344  0.429  0.525  0.953  0.404  3.87  0.084  0.222
vs Right          263   48   78   18    2    7   46   38   54  0.297  0.384  0.460  0.844  0.351  4.11  0.087  0.228

Leading off        72   17   22    4    1    4    4    7   15  0.306  0.375  0.556  0.931  0.340  4.18  0.069  0.000
Pinch hitting      12    7    5    1    0    0    0    5    3  0.417  0.588  0.500  1.088  0.556  5.29  0.172  0.000
bases empty       164   26   50   10    1    6    6   20   31  0.305  0.384  0.488  0.872  0.346  4.08  0.079  0.000
runners on        160   34   49   11    2    3   50   27   35  0.306  0.400  0.456  0.856  0.377  4.06  0.094  0.233
scoring pos        97   20   31    8    2    3   50   20   25  0.320  0.415  0.536  0.951  0.406  4.27  0.095  0.297

totals vs. Milw   324   60   99   21    3    9   56   47   66  0.306  0.392  0.472  0.864  0.361  4.07  0.087  0.227
season totals    3775  569 1056  219   16  121  536  428  801  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.799  0.328  3.89  0.077  0.191

CUBS pitchers vs. Milwaukee this year......

vs. Milw             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              2.7    4    0    0    1    2    0    46  3.38  6.75  0.00  1.88  0.00
Gaudin              2.0    0    0    0    1    4    0    27  4.50 18.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Zambrano           21.0   15    1    1    5   17    1   318  2.14  7.29  0.43  0.95  0.43
Marmol              7.0    3    1    1    2   12    0   120  2.57 15.43  0.00  0.71  1.29
Dempster           19.0   12    6    5    8   15    0   308  3.79  7.11  0.00  1.05  2.37
Lieber              2.0    2    1    1    0    0    0    34  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  4.50
Lilly              10.7   12    7    7    1    8    3   170  0.84  6.75  2.53  1.22  5.91
Cotts               1.0    1    1    1    0    1    1    19  0.00  9.00  9.00  1.00  9.00
Samardzija          1.0    1    1    1    1    1    0    17  9.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Marquis             5.0   10    5    5    1    2    0    98  1.80  3.60  0.00  2.20  9.00
Hart                2.7    5    4    3    3    3    0    54 10.13 10.13  0.00  3.00 10.13
Howry               4.3    8    6    6    0    5    2    85  0.00 10.38  4.15  1.85 12.46
Pignatiello         0.7    2    1    1    0    0    0    20  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00 13.50
Wood                3.0    6    6    6    2    4    0    58  6.00 12.00  0.00  2.67 18.00
Marshall            0.0    0    1    1    1    0    0     7   inf  0.00  0.00   inf   inf

totals vs. Milw    82.0   81   41   39   26   74    7  1381  2.85  8.12  0.77  1.30  4.28
season totals     975.0  894  446  413  365  830  115 16044  3.37  7.66  1.06  1.29  3.81

CUBS' last 21 games (12-9)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.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       
.97  Sat 07/19  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Sun 07/20  @ Houston           9- 0  Dempster        Backe         
.99  Mon 07/21  @ Arizona       N   0- 2  Harden          Johnson       
100  Tue 07/22  @ Arizona       N   2- 9  Marquis         Owings        
101  Wed 07/23  @ Arizona       N  10- 6  Lilly           Davis         
102  Thu 07/24    Florida       N   6- 3  Zambrano        Olsen         
103  Fri 07/25    Florida           2- 3  Dempster        Johnson       
104  Sat 07/26    Florida           2- 3  Harden          Volstad       
105  Sun 07/27    Florida           9- 6  Marquis         VandenHurk    
106  Mon 07/28  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 4  Lilly           Sabathia      
107  Tue 07/29  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 1  Zambrano        Sheets        
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra

Composite scoring during the last 21 games.........

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

CUBS              8   7  10  14  14  13  12  14  12   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      105
Opponents         2   7  14   8   3   8   8  12  16   0   0   1   0   0   0   0       79

CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games......

07/05 - 07/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot           45   11   16    5    1    3   12   10   10  0.356  0.473  0.711  1.184  0.406  4.02  0.117  0.360
Soriano            35    8   12    3    0    2    6    4    7  0.343  0.400  0.600  1.000  0.385  3.68  0.057  0.222
Johnson            43    6   16    2    0    2    7    3   11  0.372  0.426  0.558  0.984  0.467  3.67  0.053  0.313
Cedeno             16    3    6    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.375  0.375  0.563  0.938  0.385  3.00  0.000  0.000
Theriot            90   11   34    4    2    0    9    9    7  0.378  0.434  0.467  0.901  0.410  3.64  0.057  0.243
Ramirez            81    9   20    7    1    4   17   11   15  0.247  0.347  0.506  0.853  0.258  3.70  0.100  0.289
Edmonds            39    6    9    4    0    2    7    5   11  0.231  0.318  0.487  0.805  0.269  4.09  0.087  0.208
Blanco             15    3    4    1    0    1    1    0    5  0.267  0.267  0.533  0.800  0.333  3.38  0.000  0.000
D Lee              92   11   26    7    0    2   15    7   16  0.283  0.333  0.424  0.757  0.324  3.95  0.051  0.241
DeRosa             68   15   15    2    2    1    8   14   14  0.221  0.357  0.353  0.710  0.264  4.14  0.137  0.163
Ward               17    2    3    2    0    1    1    1    5  0.176  0.222  0.471  0.693  0.182  3.89  0.046  0.000
Fukudome           68    7   16    4    1    0    3    9   18  0.235  0.325  0.324  0.648  0.320  4.08  0.089  0.079
Soto               70    8   15    2    0    3    7    4   19  0.214  0.253  0.371  0.625  0.250  3.88  0.039  0.100
Murton              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.75  0.000  0.000
Hoffpauir           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000

last 21 games     735  105  201   44    7   23   98   79  166  0.273  0.345  0.446  0.792  0.326  3.81  0.072  0.189
season totals    3775  569 1056  219   16  121  536  428  801  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.799  0.328  3.89  0.077  0.191

CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games......

07/05 - 07/30        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Harden             17.3    8    2    2    8   30    2   295  4.15 15.58  1.04  0.92  1.04
Gaudin             11.7    8    3    2    1   13    1   163  0.77 10.03  0.77  0.77  1.54
Dempster           34.7   22    7    7   15   33    0   546  3.89  8.57  0.00  1.07  1.82
Zambrano           29.3   18    7    7    8   23    2   454  2.45  7.06  0.61  0.89  2.15
Cotts               7.3    6    2    2    3    8    2   127  3.68  9.82  2.45  1.23  2.45
Marshall           11.7   10    4    4    1   11    3   181  0.77  8.49  2.31  0.94  3.09
Marmol             10.3    8    5    4    9   11    0   213  7.84  9.58  0.00  1.65  3.48
Samardzija          5.0    3    2    2    1    6    0    73  1.80 10.80  0.00  0.80  3.60
Lilly              27.7   32   13   13    9   24    7   465  2.93  7.81  2.28  1.48  4.23
Marquis            19.0   17    9    9    7   13    4   273  3.32  6.16  1.89  1.26  4.26
Howry               9.7   12    9    9    1    6    3   164  0.93  5.59  2.79  1.34  8.38
Lieber              2.0    3    2    2    0    2    2    30  0.00  9.00  9.00  1.50  9.00
Wood                2.0    4    4    4    4    1    0    57 18.00  4.50  0.00  4.00 18.00
Hart                1.7    5    6    4    3    0    0    52 16.20  0.00  0.00  4.80 21.60
Wuertz              1.3    4    4    4    1    1    1    39  6.75  6.75  6.75  3.75 27.00

last 21 games     190.7  160   79   75   71  182   27  3132  3.35  8.59  1.27  1.21  3.54
season totals     975.0  894  446  413  365  830  115 16044  3.37  7.66  1.06  1.29  3.81

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

03/31 - 07/30        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               316   71  4.45
Fukudome          1890  435  4.34
Edmonds            734  176  4.17
Fontenot           793  195  4.07
Ramirez           1789  445  4.02
Soto              1603  405  3.96
D Lee             1930  489  3.95
DeRosa            1620  412  3.93
Cedeno             613  160  3.83
Johnson           1005  265  3.79
Theriot           1697  454  3.74
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Soriano            963  272  3.54
Blanco             281   80  3.51
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             16776 4316  3.89

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

03/31 - 07/30      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             33   87  0.275
Soriano             29   89  0.246
Ramirez             53  167  0.241
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Edmonds             21   71  0.228
D Lee               50  190  0.208
DeRosa              44  183  0.194
Cedeno              19   80  0.192
Fontenot            20   88  0.185
Soto                41  193  0.175
Theriot             29  140  0.172
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            31  156  0.166
Ward                 7   39  0.152
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               4   46  0.080

CUBS               415 1757  0.191

CUBS' magic numbers:

Milwaukee      51
St. Louis      50
Houston        42
Cincinnati     41
Pittsburgh     41

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Go CUBS !!!

bukie · July 31, 2008

CUBS are 14-1 with Dana DeMuth's crew on the field this year...

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.16  Fri 04/18    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Hill            Snell         
.17  Sat 04/19    Pittsburgh       13- 1  Marquis         Gorzelanny    
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh       13- 6  Dempster        Duke          
.35  Fri 05/09    Arizona           3- 1  Lilly           Haren         
.36  Sat 05/10    Arizona           7- 2  Dempster        Scherzer      
.37  Sun 05/11    Arizona           6- 4  Gallagher       Gonzalez      
.65  Tue 06/10    Atlanta       N  10- 5  Lilly           Glavine       
.66  Wed 06/11    Atlanta       N   7- 2  Dempster        Bennett       
.67  Thu 06/12    Atlanta           3- 2  Zambrano        Hudson        
.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    
106  Mon 07/28  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 4  Lilly           Sabathia      
107  Tue 07/29  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 1  Zambrano        Sheets        
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra         
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee          -    Harden          Bush

This is amazing to me. And the only loss by all rights shouldn't have been one.

ELCABALLO45 · July 31, 2008

I dont know why you drop your best hitter to 5th.
This was my first reaction to that lineup. I really don't understand batting him there.

It's Yost.
Cleared that right up for me, thanks! :good:
I just pictured Yost sitting at a desk in a small room, a light bulb hanging from the ceiling swinging back and forth slowly, making this line-up. He's penciling in Ryan Braun in the 5 spot, the lead breaks off as he finishes the second 'n'... a wry smile appears on his face. Success.

:rotfl:

tfarks · July 31, 2008

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/Kahntun/bernie-brewer-cubs-win.jpg

badger1679666666 · July 31, 2008

Is it wrong that I enjoy calling him Dick Harden all the time?

:oops:

CubmanPi · July 31, 2008

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/Kahntun/bernie-brewer-cubs-win.jpg

Excellent.

NeifiIsMyHomeBoy · July 31, 2008

Hitting Braun fifth seems to rank up there with platooning starting pitchers. Just because he hasn't looked great in the series is no reason to drop him to fifth IMO. I know he started the year batting cleanup but has he ever hit fifth this year?

I'm so glad Yost isn't managing the Cubs.

ELCABALLO45 · July 31, 2008

CUBS are 7-8 on Thursdays

Well, Geez.. I saw the Harden vs. Bush matchup but then I saw that... I feel so much better already 8-)

ELCABALLO45 · July 31, 2008

Hitting Braun fifth seems to rank up there with platooning starting pitchers. Just because he hasn't looked great in the series is no reason to drop him to fifth IMO. I know he started the year batting cleanup but has he ever hit fifth this year?

I'm so glad Yost isn't managing the Cubs.

not this year no, And I dont think so ever in his career.

NeifiIsMyHomeBoy · July 31, 2008

Bruan only has one career at bat in the fifth spot with a strike out. I don't understand this move at all.

Ryne_MacGyver · July 31, 2008

Bruan only has one career at bat in the fifth spot with a strike out. I don't understand this move at all.

Well that cinches it...Braun cannot even hit a ball batting 5th. This should increase our chances of winning.

UMFan83 · July 31, 2008

As you can see from the calendar, the game is coming up this afternoon. I'm sure you are as excited for it as I am, as our cities are rivals and have been for quite some time. Your confidence in your team is high, but rest assured, you will suffer humiliation when the sports team from my area defeats the sports team from your area.

On numerous occasions, you have expressed the conviction that your area's sports team will be victorious. I must admit that every time I hear you make this proclamation, I react with both laughter and disbelief. "Ha!" I say to myself with laughter. "What?!" I say to myself in disbelief. How could you believe that your sports team could beat my sports team? It is clear that yours is inferior in every way.

When the sporting contest begins, the players on your team will be treated as though they are inconsequential. It will be remarkably easy for my team to accumulate more points than yours. There are many reasons for this, starting with the inferior physical attributes of the players representing your area. Strength, speed, and agility are just three of the qualities that the players on the team from your area lack. The players representing my area, on the other hand, have these traits in abundance.

NeifiIsMyHomeBoy · July 31, 2008

Bruan only has one career at bat in the fifth spot with a strike out. I don't understand this move at all.
Well that cinches it...Braun cannot even hit a ball batting 5th. This should increase our chances of winning.

Lol, I'm just saying this seems like a funny time for Yost to pull a move like this. Braun was moved to the three hole earlier this year because he felt more comfortable there and he has been mashing the ball ever since. Now after losing the first three against the team they are chasing they dropped him down to fifth. Just seems like a desperate move to try to get him going against Cubs pitching somehow.

Bruce Miles · July 31, 2008

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

DeRosa, 2B

Edmonds, CF

Soto, C

Harden, P

Brewers

Weeks, 2B

Counsell, 3B

Hardy, SS

Fielder, 1B

Braun, LF

Kapler, RF

Cameron, CF

Kendall, C

Bush, P

Ryne_MacGyver · July 31, 2008

Bruan only has one career at bat in the fifth spot with a strike out. I don't understand this move at all.
Well that cinches it...Braun cannot even hit a ball batting 5th. This should increase our chances of winning.

Lol, I'm just saying this seems like a funny time for Yost to pull a move like this. Braun was moved to the three hole earlier this year because he felt more comfortable there and he has been mashing the ball ever since. Now after losing the first three against the team they are chasing they dropped him down to fifth. Just seems like a desperate move to try to get him going against Cubs pitching somehow.

I agree it's dumb...but is it worse than hitting Soto 8th?

July 31, 2008

Thanks, Bruce. Surprised to see Edmonds back in the lineup on get away day. I don't like Soto batting 8th.

woodchip2153 · July 31, 2008

I was hoping to see Theriot and/or Derosa get a day off. It seems like they are in the lineup everyday.

PrimeTime · July 31, 2008

Milwaukee will fear the wrath of Jimmy Ballgame

BigbadB · July 31, 2008

Counsel batting second is classic. Why not just give Fielder and Braun a day off today rather than moving them down in the order.

Roast · July 31, 2008

As you can see from the calendar, the game is coming up this afternoon. I'm sure you are as excited for it as I am, as our cities are rivals and have been for quite some time. Your confidence in your team is high, but rest assured, you will suffer humiliation when the sports team from my area defeats the sports team from your area.

On numerous occasions, you have expressed the conviction that your area's sports team will be victorious. I must admit that every time I hear you make this proclamation, I react with both laughter and disbelief. "Ha!" I say to myself with laughter. "What?!" I say to myself in disbelief. How could you believe that your sports team could beat my sports team? It is clear that yours is inferior in every way.

When the sporting contest begins, the players on your team will be treated as though they are inconsequential. It will be remarkably easy for my team to accumulate more points than yours. There are many reasons for this, starting with the inferior physical attributes of the players representing your area. Strength, speed, and agility are just three of the qualities that the players on the team from your area lack. The players representing my area, on the other hand, have these traits in abundance.

I would not be a bit surprised if the individuals on the team from your area were sexually attracted to members of their own gender. That is how ineffective they are on the field of battle.

chuckywang · July 31, 2008

whatever happened to the "Kendall batting 9th" lineups?

After we got sweept in Boston, Yost changed it up and we started winning.

We started winning because our pitching came around not because our pitcher was batting 8th, It was actually working.

So a series with a DH made Yost change his mind about batting the pitcher 8th?

Edited July 31, 2008 by chuckywang

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