8/8 Cardinals (Looper) @ Cubs (Lilly) - 1:20 CSN

[SouthSideRyan]

Looper will not last 6 innings.

[Soul]

Looper will not last 6 innings.

 

See now this is the kind of prediction I can hitch my wagon to.

[Mizzou]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

[Ski]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

Zambrano could hit 400 with his limited plate appearances.

[CuseCubFan69]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

Zambrano could hit 400 with his limited plate appearances.

 

What is the record for highest batting average by a pitcher with a least 60 AB's?

[David]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

Zambrano could hit 400 with his limited plate appearances.

 

What is the record for highest batting average by a pitcher with a least 60 AB's?

 

 

Depends how many innings the pitcher had to have pitched. I'm pretty sure Babe Ruth is up there, with his .376BA in his first year with the Yankees... he only pitched 9 innings that year, though.

 

His highest average when he was pitching regularly was .325...

[jersey cubs fan]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

Zambrano could hit 400 with his limited plate appearances.

 

What is the record for highest batting average by a pitcher with a least 60 AB's?

 

walter johnson hit .433 in 1925

[CuseCubFan69]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

Zambrano could hit 400 with his limited plate appearances.

 

What is the record for highest batting average by a pitcher with a least 60 AB's?

 

walter johnson hit .433 in 1925

 

Thanks David and Jersey....433? Wow, Walter might have been able to be Ruth before Ruth....maybe a Cobb perhaps?

[David]

Weren't they (Johnson and Ruth) from the same era, more or less?

[CuseCubFan69]

Weren't they (Johnson and Ruth) from the same era, more or less?

 

I thought Johnson was a little earlier than Ruth? Peakwise that is.

[kujay]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

 

590 or 1380?

 

Aside from their idiotic statements to appease the masses here ("You know they're gonna choke! 1908!") it's pretty hard not to be complimentary to a team that is clearly the class of the National League thus far.

[Mizzou]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

 

590 or 1380?

 

Aside from their idiotic statements to appease the masses here ("You know they're gonna choke! 1908!") it's pretty hard not to be complimentary to a team that is clearly the class of the National League thus far.

590 I think. I was flipping back and forth trying to find baseball talk. It was whichever was wasn't talking about if they'd rather live without TV or the internet.

 

Usually when the Cubs are playing the Cards, the radio people (mind you, this is usually on 105.7) are talking about how Chicago women are whores and how they smell bad. No joke. So I was surprised to hear kind words.

[mjohnson71]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

 

590 or 1380?

 

Aside from their idiotic statements to appease the masses here ("You know they're gonna choke! 1908!") it's pretty hard not to be complimentary to a team that is clearly the class of the National League thus far.

590 I think. I was flipping back and forth trying to find baseball talk. It was whichever was wasn't talking about if they'd rather live without TV or the internet.

 

Usually when the Cubs are playing the Cards, the radio people (mind you, this is usually on 105.7) are talking about how Chicago women are whores and how they smell bad. No joke. So I was surprised to hear kind words.

 

But those are the women that moved from a cruddy city like St. Louis (or Milwaukee) to a real city like Chicago.

 

You can take the whore out of the dump, but you can't wash the smell off. They're usually the ones wearing the pink Cubs hats and jerseys. Real Chicago women wear Cubbie blue (and smell good).

[C.C.]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

 

590 or 1380?

 

Aside from their idiotic statements to appease the masses here ("You know they're gonna choke! 1908!") it's pretty hard not to be complimentary to a team that is clearly the class of the National League thus far.

590 I think. I was flipping back and forth trying to find baseball talk. It was whichever was wasn't talking about if they'd rather live without TV or the internet.

 

Usually when the Cubs are playing the Cards, the radio people (mind you, this is usually on 105.7) are talking about how Chicago women are whores and how they smell bad. No joke. So I was surprised to hear kind words.

 

But those are the women that moved from a cruddy city like St. Louis (or Milwaukee) to a real city like Chicago.

 

You can take the whore out of the dump, but you can't wash the smell off. They're usually the ones wearing the pink Cubs hats and jerseys. Real Chicago women wear Cubbie blue (and smell good).

 

But the whores are more fun.

[mjohnson71]

The radio guys here in St. Louis had some pretty complimentary things to say about the Cubs this morning. They also couldn't believe the fact that Zambrano has a higher average than Pujols.

 

590 or 1380?

 

Aside from their idiotic statements to appease the masses here ("You know they're gonna choke! 1908!") it's pretty hard not to be complimentary to a team that is clearly the class of the National League thus far.

590 I think. I was flipping back and forth trying to find baseball talk. It was whichever was wasn't talking about if they'd rather live without TV or the internet.

 

Usually when the Cubs are playing the Cards, the radio people (mind you, this is usually on 105.7) are talking about how Chicago women are whores and how they smell bad. No joke. So I was surprised to hear kind words.

 

But those are the women that moved from a cruddy city like St. Louis (or Milwaukee) to a real city like Chicago.

 

You can take the whore out of the dump, but you can't wash the smell off. They're usually the ones wearing the pink Cubs hats and jerseys. Real Chicago women wear Cubbie blue (and smell good).

 

But the whores are more fun.

 

There's good whores and bad whores. I assume they're talking about the bad ones.

[Guest]

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

1B Lee

3B Ramirez

RF Fukudome

C Soto

CF Edmonds

2B Derosa

P Lilly

 

- taken from TCR

[mjohnson71]

Looper will not last 6 innings.

 

I hope so. I'd love for the Cubs to rip apart the Cards bullpen all weekend.

[halplm]

Seeing that lineup still gives me chills...

[Mizzou]

I'm thinking that Edmonds is going to have a big day.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Omaha, NE.

 

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

 

CUBS are 8-9 on Fridays

CUBS are 4-2 in August

CUBS are 3-3 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 30-21 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 9-5 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 40-27 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 22-15 in games that start a series

CUBS are 15-3-1 in home series

CUBS have won 3 consecutive series

CUBS are 8-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 36-21 in day games

CUBS are 43-16 at home

CUBS are 46-35 against right handers

CUBS are 34-16 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 44-17 when they get a quality start.... 25-29 when they don't

CUBS are 17-29 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 52-17 when they don't

CUBS are 47-15 when they score first in the game.... 22-31 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning.... 43-39 when they don't

CUBS are 55-31 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-15 when they do

CUBS are 57-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-36 when they don't

CUBS are 40-12 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 29-34 when they don't

CUBS are 58-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-27 when they get outhit.... and 6-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 31-9 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 38-37 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-17 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games

CUBS are 34-30 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 40-17 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 26-28 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 55-26 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 14-20 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 866 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 185 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 641 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1180 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 94 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 132 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 93 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 59 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have outscored the opponents 83-51 in the 7th inning

CUBS have allowed 8 sac bunts in their last 47 games

CUBS have only thrown out 16 runners trying to steal in 55 attempts during their last 82 games

CUBS are 32-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-17 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 4 errors in their last 11 games

CUBS have stolen 12 bases in 14 attempts during their last 10 games.

CUBS have allowed 8 triples in their last 21 games

CUBS offense has been held to 2 runs or less 24 times this season..... Ted Lilly started 6 of those 24 games

CUBS offense has scored 11 or more runs 23 times this season..... Ted Lilly has started 8 of those 23 games

CUBS 23 quality starts in their last 34 games

CUBS have homered in 22 of their last 29 games

CUBS have homered in 24 of their last 29 home games

CUBS have scored first in 16 out of their last 28 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 11 times in their last 7 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 2 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 24 HR in their last 23 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 7 batters in the last 16 games

 

CUBS are 15-9 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 14 of 24 in quality starts

Lilly has 4 consecutive quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.32.... to Blanco it's 4.50

CUBS score 5.35 R/G overall.... 5.67 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 1.14 HR/G overall.... 1.25 HR/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS have scored first in 15 of Lilly's 24 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 6 of Lilly's 24 starts

Lilly has given up runs in the first inning in 6 (11 runs total) of his 24 starts

Lilly has not given up a first inning run in 10 consecutive games

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

03/31 - 08/07      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      844  136  234   49    1   30  375  130  105  159  0.277  0.357  0.444  0.801
CUBS overall     3998  615 1122  240   16  131 1787  582  455  838  0.281  0.357  0.447  0.804

 

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              9  13  20  21  12   8  22  24   5   0   0   2   0   0   0   0      136
Opponents        11  10   9  21  12  15   8  12  12   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      111

 

Lilly's starts this year (10-6)

 

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
07/18  vs. Houst       7.0    6    1    1    2    6    1   104  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.14  1.29
07/23  vs. Ariz        6.0    6    3    3    3    6    1   115  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.50  4.50
07/28  vs. Milw        6.0    7    3    3    1    4    2    93  1.50  6.00  3.00  1.33  4.50
08/02  vs. Pitts       6.3    6    1    1    3    5    0   111  4.26  7.11  0.00  1.42  1.42

Home                  62.0   60   37   34   23   66   12  1032  3.34  9.58  1.74  1.34  4.94
Road                  79.0   79   34   34   27   63   13  1314  3.08  7.18  1.48  1.34  3.87

Day                   77.0   80   42   39   30   68   15  1325  3.51  7.95  1.75  1.43  4.56
Nite                  64.0   59   29   29   20   61   10  1021  2.81  8.58  1.41  1.23  4.08

Home  Day             42.3   45   26   23   17   43    9   724  3.61  9.14  1.91  1.46  4.89

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                  27.7   32   13   13    9   24    7   465  2.93  7.81  2.28  1.48  4.23
August                 6.3    6    1    1    3    5    0   111  4.26  7.11  0.00  1.42  1.42

totals vs. St. L      13.0   13    5    5    2    9    3   202  1.38  6.23  2.08  1.15  3.46
season totals        141.0  139   71   68   50  129   25  2346  3.19  8.23  1.60  1.34  4.34

 

Lilly's start(s) vs. St. Louis last year (2-2).....

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/20  vs. St. L       7.0    4    2    2    2    6    1   100  2.57  7.71  1.29  0.86  2.57
07/25  vs. St. L       7.0    6    1    1    3    2    0    89  3.86  2.57  0.00  1.29  1.29
08/20  vs. St. L       6.0    7    5    5    3    3    1   112  4.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  7.50
09/10  vs. St. L       7.0    5    3    3    0    7    2    96  0.00  9.00  2.57  0.71  3.86
09/15  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    2    2    4    0   107  3.00  6.00  0.00  1.00  3.00

totals  vs. St. L     33.0   26   13   13   10   22    4   504  2.73  6.00  1.09  1.09  3.55
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.....

 

              Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             06 Aug     05 Aug     04 Aug     03 Aug     02 Aug     01 Aug     31 Jul
             vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Pitts   vs Pitts   vs Pitts   @ Milw  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                               1.0   8    0.3  11               1.0  16                  2.3  35
Eyre                                                                            0.3  25       0.3  25
Gaudin                              2.0  33    0.3  17    0.7   7                             3.0  57
Howry                    1.3  17                          1.0  16               1.0  23       3.3  56
Marmol                   1.0  15               1.0  15    1.0  22    1.0  16                  4.0  68
Marshall      1.7  18                                                           0.7  10       2.3  28
Samardzija    1.0  13                          2.3  40               1.0  24                  4.3  77
Wood                     1.0   7                                                              1.0   7

Totals        2.7  31    3.3  39    3.0  41    4.0  83    2.7  45    3.0  56    2.0  58      20.7 353

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.29  Fri 05/02  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Hill            Wainright     
.30  Sat 05/03  @ St. Louis         9- 3  Lilly           Lohse         
.31  Sun 05/04  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Marquis         Wellemeyer    
.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    
116  Fri 08/08    St. Louis          -    Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Wellemeyer    
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis          -    Dempster        Carpenter     
144  Tue 09/09  @ St. Louis     N    -    Harden          Looper        
145  Wed 09/10  @ St. Louis     N    -    Marquis         Lohse         
146  Thu 09/11  @ St. Louis     N    -    Lilly           Wainright     
153  Fri 09/19    St. Louis          -    Dempster        Thompson      
154  Sat 09/20    St. Louis          -    Harden          Looper        
155  Sun 09/21    St. Louis          -    Marquis         Lohse         

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis in 2007 (11-5).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.16  Fri 04/20    St. Louis         1- 2  Lilly           Looper        
.17  Sat 04/21    St. Louis         6- 0  Marquis         Reyes         
.18  Sun 04/22    St. Louis         9-12  Miller          Wainright     
.22  Fri 04/27  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  Marquis         Reyes         
.23  Sat 04/28  @ St. Louis         8- 1  Zambrano        Wainright     
.98  Tue 07/24  @ St. Louis     N   4- 3  Zambrano        Wells         
.99  Wed 07/25  @ St. Louis     N   7- 1  Lilly           Wainright     
100  Thu 07/26  @ St. Louis     N   1-11  Marquis         Looper        
121  Fri 08/17    St. Louis         2- 1  Hill            Looper        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis         5- 3  Marshall        Reyes         
123  Mon 08/20    St. Louis         4- 6  Lilly           Wells         
143  Mon 09/10    St. Louis        12- 3  Lilly           Pineiro       
147  Fri 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   5- 3  Zambrano        Wainright     
148  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
149  Sat 09/15  @ St. Louis     N   3- 4  Marshall        Pineiro       
150  Sun 09/16  @ St. Louis         4- 2  Marquis         Mulder        

 

Composite scoring vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

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

CUBS              1   3   3   7   2   0   5   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      28
Opponents         1   3   0   3   1   5   1   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      20

 

CUBS hitters vs. Looper this year.....

 

vs Looper          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto                2    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    0  1.000  1.000  2.500  3.500  1.000  5.33  0.000  0.000
Fukudome            3    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000  5.67  0.000  0.000
D Lee               3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333  4.67  0.000  0.000
Theriot             3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  6.00  0.000  0.000
DeRosa              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
Ramirez             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.33  0.000  0.000
Johnson             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  6.67  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Looper  26    2    6    1    0    2    2    1    5  0.231  0.259  0.500  0.759  0.211  4.44  0.028  0.000
totals vs. St. L  216   28   59   16    1    7   27   24   39  0.273  0.351  0.454  0.805  0.306  3.88  0.078  0.148
season totals    3996  615 1122  240   16  131  580  455  838  0.281  0.358  0.447  0.805  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.196

 

CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

vs. St. L          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Blanco              1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  5.00  0.000  0.000
Soto               22    5    9    3    0    2    4    5    3  0.409  0.519  0.818  1.337  0.412  3.93  0.109  0.167
Pie                 4    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.667  1.75  0.000  0.000
Cedeno              2    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  1.000  4.33  0.167  0.000
Fontenot           13    3    4    1    0    1    4    7    1  0.308  0.550  0.615  1.165  0.273  4.50  0.242  0.273
Ward                3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.500  4.00  0.000  0.000
D Lee              27    3   10    3    0    0    1    3    4  0.370  0.433  0.481  0.915  0.435  4.30  0.063  0.091
Ramirez            13    2    3    1    0    1    5    1    0  0.231  0.294  0.538  0.833  0.167  3.18  0.063  0.400
DeRosa             24    3    5    1    1    1    2    2    5  0.208  0.296  0.458  0.755  0.222  3.48  0.088  0.059
Soriano            14    2    3    1    0    1    5    1    5  0.214  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.250  3.56  0.036  0.364
Fukudome           22    3    5    2    0    1    4    2    4  0.227  0.280  0.455  0.735  0.235  4.16  0.053  0.167
Theriot            28    2    8    0    0    0    1    2    1  0.286  0.333  0.286  0.619  0.296  4.17  0.048  0.100
Johnson            18    3    4    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.222  0.263  0.278  0.541  0.267  3.55  0.041  0.083
Edmonds             7    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125  0.000  5.63  0.125  0.000
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

vs Franklin        11    2    4    1    0    1    2    3    1  0.364  0.500  0.727  1.227  0.333  4.64  0.136  0.091
vs Springer        14    3    5    2    0    1    3    3    2  0.357  0.471  0.714  1.185  0.364  4.12  0.113  0.200
vs Perez            6    1    2    1    0    0    1    0    2  0.333  0.429  0.500  0.929  0.500  4.13  0.095  0.200
vs Thompson         4    1    2    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.500  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.667  3.80 -0.100  0.333
vs Isringhausen    10    2    2    0    0    1    2    2    3  0.200  0.385  0.500  0.885  0.167  4.54  0.185  0.250
vs Lohse           52   10   15    4    1    2    9    4    6  0.288  0.339  0.519  0.859  0.295  3.81  0.051  0.333
vs Reyes            8    0    2    1    0    0    0    2    2  0.250  0.400  0.375  0.775  0.333  3.50  0.150  0.000
vs Wellemeyer      39    5   12    4    0    0    5    4    7  0.308  0.356  0.410  0.766  0.375  3.80  0.048  0.167
vs Looper          26    2    6    1    0    2    2    1    5  0.231  0.259  0.500  0.759  0.211  4.44  0.028  0.000
vs McClellan       14    1    4    0    0    0    0    3    3  0.286  0.444  0.286  0.730  0.364  3.39  0.159  0.000
vs Wainright       23    1    4    2    0    0    1    1    5  0.174  0.240  0.261  0.501  0.222  3.40  0.066  0.111
vs Villone          8    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.125  0.222  0.125  0.347  0.167  3.44  0.097  0.000
vs Flores           1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.50  0.000  0.500

vs. starters      140   18   37   11    1    4   17   10   23  0.264  0.314  0.443  0.757  0.292  3.85  0.049  0.186
vs. relievers      76   10   22    5    0    3   10   14   16  0.289  0.411  0.474  0.884  0.333  3.92  0.121  0.108

vs Left             9    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    2  0.111  0.182  0.111  0.293  0.143  3.09  0.071  0.125
vs Right          207   28   58   16    1    7   26   23   37  0.280  0.359  0.469  0.827  0.313  3.91  0.078  0.150

Leading off        51   12   20    8    0    2    2    2    6  0.392  0.446  0.667  1.113  0.419  3.43  0.054  0.000
Pinch hitting       9    2    5    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.556  0.600  0.667  1.267  0.625  3.20  0.044  0.000
bases empty       104   17   35   10    1    4    4   10   14  0.337  0.415  0.567  0.983  0.360  4.00  0.079  0.000
runners on        112   11   24    6    0    3   23   14   25  0.214  0.292  0.348  0.641  0.250  3.77  0.078  0.148
scoring pos        66   10   16    6    0    3   23   11   16  0.242  0.333  0.470  0.803  0.277  3.83  0.091  0.204

totals vs. St. L  216   28   59   16    1    7   27   24   39  0.273  0.351  0.454  0.805  0.306  3.88  0.078  0.148
season totals    3996  615 1122  240   16  131  580  455  838  0.281  0.358  0.447  0.805  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.196

 

CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year......

 

vs. St. L            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano            6.0    4    0    0    2    5    0    87  3.00  7.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              4.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    47  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lieber              3.7    5    0    0    0    1    0    51  0.00  2.45  0.00  1.36  0.00
Cotts               2.3    1    0    0    0    5    0    31  0.00 19.29  0.00  0.43  0.00
Gallagher           2.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Marshall            7.0    7    1    1    2    5    1   101  2.57  6.43  1.29  1.29  1.29
Howry               4.7    3    2    1    0    2    1    58  0.00  3.86  1.93  0.64  1.93
Lilly              13.0   13    5    5    2    9    3   202  1.38  6.23  2.08  1.15  3.46
Wuertz              1.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    19  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.25  6.75
Marquis             5.3    7    5    5    5    4    0    89  8.44  6.75  0.00  2.25  8.44
Wood                2.7    3    3    3    3    1    0    55 10.13  3.38  0.00  2.25 10.13
Fox                 1.3    2    2    2    0    0    1    23  0.00  0.00  6.75  1.50 13.50
Hill                0.7    0    1    1    4    1    0    27 54.00 13.50  0.00  6.00 13.50

totals vs. St. L   54.0   48   20   19   19   36    6   809  3.17  6.00  1.00  1.24  3.17
season totals    1037.0  951  472  437  380  890  123 17072  3.30  7.72  1.07  1.28  3.79

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee        11- 4  Harden          Bush          
110  Fri 08/01    Pittsburgh        0- 3  Marquis         Karstens      
111  Sat 08/02    Pittsburgh        5- 1  Lilly           Maholm        
112  Sun 08/03    Pittsburgh        8- 5  Zambrano        Snell         
113  Mon 08/04    Houston       N   0- 2  Dempster        Moehler       
114  Tue 08/05    Houston          11- 7  Harden          Rodriguez     
115  Wed 08/06    Houston          11- 4  Marquis         Backe         

 

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              2   9   9  10   2   0   5   7   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      46
Opponents         2   5   4   1   2   3   3   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26

 

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

 

07/31 - 08/06      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Johnson            10    4    6    2    0    1    3    0    2  0.600  0.583  1.100  1.683  0.714  3.25 -0.017  0.286
Edmonds            13    7    5    3    0    2    5    5    3  0.385  0.556  1.077  1.632  0.375  3.94  0.171  0.500
Soriano            31    7   11    2    0    4    9    0    5  0.355  0.375  0.806  1.181  0.318  3.44  0.020  0.455
DeRosa             19    5    7    3    0    1    8    2    3  0.368  0.455  0.684  1.139  0.400  3.64  0.086  0.583
Ramirez            23    6    7    2    0    1    3    5    2  0.304  0.429  0.522  0.950  0.300  4.07  0.124  0.143
Fontenot            8    0    3    1    0    0    2    0    2  0.375  0.375  0.500  0.875  0.500  4.50  0.000  0.400
Soto               19    4    6    2    0    0    5    3    3  0.316  0.391  0.421  0.812  0.375  3.70  0.076  0.357
Blanco              4    1    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.250  3.75  0.000  0.000
Fukudome           22    3    5    2    0    1    4    2    5  0.227  0.280  0.455  0.735  0.250  3.76  0.053  0.214
D Lee              21    2    5    1    0    0    2    5    3  0.238  0.370  0.286  0.656  0.278  4.37  0.132  0.154
Cedeno              9    0    2    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.222  0.222  0.222  0.444  0.250  4.67  0.000  0.167
Theriot            20    4    3    0    0    0    0    4    2  0.150  0.292  0.150  0.442  0.167  3.38  0.142  0.000
Ward                6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.143  0.000  0.143  0.000  4.43  0.143  0.000

last 7 games      221   46   66   21    0   10   44   27   37  0.299  0.376  0.529  0.906  0.322  3.75  0.078  0.279
season totals    3996  615 1122  240   16  131  580  455  838  0.281  0.358  0.447  0.805  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.196

 

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

 

07/31 - 08/06        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Samardzija          4.3    1    0    0    2    4    0    77  4.15  8.31  0.00  0.69  0.00
Marmol              4.0    0    0    0    1    7    0    68  2.25 15.75  0.00  0.25  0.00
Marshall            2.3    2    0    0    0    2    0    28  0.00  7.71  0.00  0.86  0.00
Wood                1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Lilly               6.3    6    1    1    3    5    0   111  4.26  7.11  0.00  1.42  1.42
Zambrano            5.0    3    2    1    1    2    1    82  1.80  3.60  1.80  0.80  1.80
Gaudin              3.0    1    1    1    2    5    1    57  6.00 15.00  3.00  1.00  3.00
Harden             12.7   14    6    5    1   17    3   198  0.71 12.08  2.13  1.18  3.55
Dempster            5.0    5    2    2    1    7    0    75  1.80 12.60  0.00  1.20  3.60
Marquis            12.3   14    7    7    3    5    2   209  2.19  3.65  1.46  1.38  5.11
Howry               3.3    4    2    2    1    4    1    56  2.70 10.80  2.70  1.50  5.40
Cotts               2.3    3    2    2    0    2    0    35  0.00  7.71  0.00  1.29  7.71
Eyre                0.3    3    3    3    0    0    0    25  0.00  0.00  0.00  9.00 81.00

last 7 games       62.0   57   26   24   15   60    8  1028  2.18  8.71  1.16  1.16  3.48
season totals    1037.0  951  472  437  380  890  123 17072  3.30  7.72  1.07  1.28  3.79

 

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

 

03/31 - 08/06        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               347   78  4.45
Fukudome          1984  460  4.31
Edmonds            805  194  4.15
Fontenot           829  203  4.08
Ramirez           1903  473  4.02
D Lee             2048  516  3.97
Soto              1688  428  3.94
DeRosa            1700  434  3.92
Cedeno             655  169  3.88
Johnson           1044  277  3.77
Theriot           1778  478  3.72
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Soriano           1073  304  3.53
Blanco             296   84  3.52
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             17736 4572  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 08/06      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             35   92  0.276
Soriano             34   95  0.264
Edmonds             24   74  0.245
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Ramirez             55  179  0.235
DeRosa              51  188  0.213
D Lee               52  201  0.206
Fontenot            22   91  0.195
Cedeno              20   85  0.190
Soto                46  202  0.185
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            34  167  0.169
Theriot             29  148  0.164
Ward                 7   41  0.146
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               4   47  0.078

CUBS               449 1845  0.196

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      43
St. Louis      41
Houston        35
Pittsburgh     32
Cincinnati     31

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[rawaction]

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

1B Lee

3B Ramirez

RF Fukudome

C Soto

CF Edmonds

2B Derosa

P Lilly

 

- taken from TCR

 

The interchanging of Fukudome and Edmonds and Derosa and Soto is baffling. Maybe Lou just feels the need to tinker, but you'd think Derosa would stay hitting 6th with the way he's been hitting the ball lately and driving in the middle of the order.

[apete6]

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

1B Lee

3B Ramirez

RF Fukudome

C Soto

CF Edmonds

2B Derosa

P Lilly

 

- taken from TCR

 

The interchanging of Fukudome and Edmonds and Derosa and Soto is baffling. Maybe Lou just feels the need to tinker, but you'd think Derosa would stay hitting 6th with the way he's been hitting the ball lately and driving in the middle of the order.

 

Maybe Lou is thinking DeRosa is "in the zone" right now and might be able to better distinguish the strikezone right now than Soto and might take some walks in front of Lilly (for sac bunts) and Soriano (for 800 foot homers) and figures Soto might see some better pitches with Edmonds and DeRosa behind him. Could be a stretch, but in some ways it makes sense.

[rawaction]

Looper will not last 6 innings.

 

Looper's last 2 starts: both 7 IP, 2 ERs. His only start vs. the Cubs this season 7 IP, 2 ERs.

 

He started 4 times against the Cubs last year.

 

7 IP, 1 ER

6 IP, 2 ER

7 IP, 1 ER

7 IP, 1 ER

[cheapseats]

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

1B Lee

3B Ramirez

RF Fukudome

C Soto

CF Edmonds

2B Derosa

P Lilly

 

- taken from TCR

 

The interchanging of Fukudome and Edmonds and Derosa and Soto is baffling. Maybe Lou just feels the need to tinker, but you'd think Derosa would stay hitting 6th with the way he's been hitting the ball lately and driving in the middle of the order.

 

I'm pretty confident Lou made his decision based on Derosa's 14 at-bats and Edmonds 4 at-bats against Looper.

[kujay]

Just realized mlb.tv has a blackout rule. Hacked off.

 

Guess I'll spend a few hours with Pat and Ron before heading to bar to watch FSNM feed.