8/10 Cardinals (Carpenter) @ Cubs (Dempster) 7:05pm ESPN

[Soul]

Welcome to the all-important rubber game of the series.

 

The almighty Dempster:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/dempster.jpg

 

(2.93 ERA/153 ERA+/1.155 WHIP)

 

vs. Carpenter:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/chris_carpenter_050906_2.jpg

 

(sample size too small to matter, along with some other things...)

 

Our bats will perform thusly:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/cubs-slug-cards.jpg

 

Leaving Cub fans doing this by night's end:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/danceAjig.jpg

[UMFan83]

Cubs offense wakes up, pushes Carp out after 4 innings, Cubs win 9-2

[MPC]

this would be a nice one to win.

[Little Slide Rooter]

All of the sudden, this is a pretty big game. A. we dont want to go into the off day ona 2 game losing streak against the Cards off all teams and B. we dont want to enter Tuesday with the Brewers 2.5 back, and lets face it, I cant see the Brewers losing to that sami-pro team in our nations capital.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

We need to beat these up! Go Cubs! Edited August 10, 2008 by vance_the_cubs_fan

[RedFlash]

I expect the Cubs to win this game comfortably. Someone mentioned 9-2, but I'm thinking something along lines of today's score, will be the final.

[Guest]

I'm hoping the Cubs win a close one. That way, for once, the Cubs will win the series while getting outscored rather than the other way around.

 

Either way, win this one and today gets forgotten.

[shnsajax]

what's the Cubs espn record this season?

[Ski]

Cubs offense wakes up, pushes Carp out after 4 innings, Cubs win 9-2

Weren't we predicting an awesome win today too? Although I'm still cautiously optimistic about this game.

[Little Slide Rooter]

We've failed to bury them, but we can still cripple them.

[Fred Hornkohl]

what's the Cubs espn record this season?

 

9-5

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........

 

CUBS are 13-5 on Sundays

CUBS are 5-3 in August

CUBS are 4-4 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 31-22 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 14-14 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 28-18 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 22-15 in games that end a series

CUBS are 6-3 in games that close out a home stand

CUBS are 15-3-1 in home series

CUBS have won 3 consecutive series

CUBS are 33-25 at night

CUBS are 44-17 at home

CUBS are 47-36 against right handers

CUBS are 9-5 when ESPN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 45-17 when they get a quality start.... 25-30 when they don't

CUBS are 18-30 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 52-17 when they don't

CUBS are 48-15 when they score first in the game.... 22-32 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning.... 44-40 when they don't

CUBS are 56-31 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-16 when they do

CUBS are 57-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-37 when they don't

CUBS are 41-12 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 29-35 when they don't

CUBS are 59-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-28 when they get outhit.... and 6-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 31-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 39-37 when he doesn't

CUBS are 16-17 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games

CUBS are 35-31 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.... 27-29 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.... 15-21 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 860 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 187 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 637 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1181 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 93 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 133 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 58 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have allowed 10 sac bunts in their last 49 games

CUBS have thrown out 18 runners trying to steal in 59 attempts during their last 84 games

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

CUBS have committed 5 errors in their last 6 games

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

CUBS have allowed 8 triples in their last 23 games

CUBS pitchers have 24 quality starts in their last 36 games

CUBS have homered in 24 of their last 31 games

CUBS have homered in 26 of their last 31 home games

CUBS have scored first in 17 out of their last 30 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 13 times in their last 9 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 3 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 29 HR in their last 25 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 7 batters in the last 18 games

 

CUBS are 6-3 with Jerry Crawford's crew on the field this year...

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.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      
.54  Thu 05/29    Colorado      N   8- 4  Marquis         Francis       
.55  Fri 05/30    Colorado         10- 9  Lilly           Cook          
.56  Sat 05/31    Colorado          5- 4  Dempster        Rusch         
.57  Sun 06/01    Colorado          5- 3  Gallagher       Jimemez       
116  Fri 08/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis          -    Dempster        Carpenter     

 

CUBS are 1-2 with Tom Hallion behind home plate this year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.28  Thu 05/01    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Gallardo      
.39  Tue 05/13    San Diego     N   3- 4  Marquis         Estes         
.59  Tue 06/03  @ San Diego     N   9- 6  Marquis         Ledezma       
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis          -    Dempster        Carpenter     

 

CUBS are 16-8 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 15 of 24 in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.13.... to Blanco it's 2.00

CUBS score 5.31 R/G overall.... 5.71 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.15 HR/G overall.... 1.21 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 14 of Dempster's 24 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of Dempster's 24 starts

Dempster has given up runs in the first inning in 6 (10 runs total) of his 24 starts

Dempster has given up a first inning run in 2 consecutive game(s)

 

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

 

03/31 - 08/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   832  137  249   51    2   29  391  128  105  202  0.299  0.387  0.470  0.857
CUBS overall     4071  621 1140  240   16  135 1817  588  460  853  0.280  0.356  0.446  0.803

 

Composite scoring in games started by Dempster.........

 

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

CUBS             18  14  11  16  26  12  13  13  10   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      137
Opponents        10   5  15   6   9   9  12   5  10   0   0   0   0   2   0   0       83

 

Dempster's starts this year (12-5)

 

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2    5    0    91  3.00  7.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/09  vs. Pitts       7.0    1    0    0    2    5    0    98  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.43  0.00
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    5    4    4    5    3    1   106  7.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  6.00
04/20  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    3    3    2    3    0    95  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  5.40
04/25  vs. Wash        7.0    4    3    2    3    5    1   108  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  2.57
04/30  vs. Milw        6.0    4    3    3    5    1    0   106  7.50  1.50  0.00  1.50  4.50
05/05  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    0    1    7    1    83  1.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  0.00
05/10  vs. Ariz        6.0    3    2    2    3    7    0   118  4.50 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
05/15  vs. S.D.        8.3    6    0    0    1   12    0   116  1.08 12.96  0.00  0.84  0.00
05/20  vs. Houst       6.0    6    4    4    2    5    1   109  3.00  7.50  1.50  1.33  6.00
05/26  vs. L.A.        7.0    7    1    1    3    3    0   117  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.43  1.29
05/31  vs. Colo        5.0    3    3    3    4    7    2    93  7.20 12.60  3.60  1.40  5.40
06/05  vs. L.A.        5.3    5    3    3    2    1    1    82  3.38  1.69  1.69  1.31  5.06
06/11  vs. Atla        9.0    4    2    2    0   11    1   119  0.00 11.00  1.00  0.44  2.00
06/17  vs. Tamp        5.0    6    1    1    2    6    1   107  3.60 10.80  1.80  1.60  1.80
06/22  vs. CWS         8.0   10    1    1    1    4    0   103  1.13  4.50  0.00  1.38  1.13
06/27  vs. CWS         2.3    7    8    8    3    1    1    71 11.57  3.86  3.86  4.29 30.86
07/02  vs. S.F.        6.0    5    2    2    2    7    1    91  3.00 10.50  1.50  1.17  3.00
07/08  vs. Cincy       7.0    2    1    1    4    5    0   103  5.14  6.43  0.00  0.86  1.29
07/13  vs. S.F.        6.7    7    4    4    3    6    0   118  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.50  5.40
07/20  vs. Houst       8.0    6    0    0    1    7    0   104  1.13  7.88  0.00  0.88  0.00
07/25  vs. Flor        6.0    2    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
07/30  vs. Milw        7.0    5    1    1    1    9    0   111  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.86  1.29
08/04  vs. Houst       5.0    5    2    2    1    7    0    75  1.80 12.60  0.00  1.20  3.60

Home                  91.0   66   29   28   40   80    4  1470  3.96  7.91  0.40  1.16  2.77
Road                  59.7   49   27   21   19   53    7   964  2.87  7.99  1.06  1.14  3.17

Day                   60.3   49   24   23   28   57    3  1033  4.18  8.50  0.45  1.28  3.43
Nite                  90.3   66   32   26   31   76    8  1401  3.09  7.57  0.80  1.07  2.59

Home  Nite            41.0   30   13   13   16   31    2   612  3.51  6.80  0.44  1.12  2.85

April                 37.0   22   15   13   19   22    2   604  4.62  5.35  0.49  1.11  3.16
May                   38.3   29   15   10   14   41    4   636  3.29  9.63  0.94  1.12  2.35
June                  29.7   32   15   15    8   23    4   482  2.43  6.98  1.21  1.35  4.55
July                  40.7   27    9    9   17   40    1   637  3.76  8.85  0.22  1.08  1.99
August                 5.0    5    2    2    1    7    0    75  1.80 12.60  0.00  1.20  3.60

season totals        150.7  115   56   49   59  133   11  2434  3.52  7.94  0.66  1.15  2.93

 

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

 

              Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun           Totals
             09 Aug     08 Aug     07 Aug     06 Aug     05 Aug     04 Aug     03 Aug
             vs St. L   vs St. L   no game    vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Pitts
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                                                                1.0   8    0.3  11       1.3  19
Gaudin        2.0  44                                                2.0  33    0.3  17       4.3  94
Howry                    1.0  14                          1.3  17                             2.3  31
Marmol                   0.7  15                          1.0  15               1.0  15       2.7  45
Marshall      2.7  28                          1.7  18                                        4.3  46
Samardzija               2.0  32               1.0  13                          2.3  40       5.3  85
Wood                                                      1.0   7                             1.0   7

Totals        4.7  72    3.7  61               2.7  31    3.3  39    3.0  41    4.0  83      21.3 327

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis this year (4-4) .......

 

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         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  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   5   4   7   2   0   7   4   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      34
Opponents         2   3   3   5   5   6   1   1   6   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      34

 

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              3    0    2    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.667  0.750  0.667  1.417  0.667  5.00  0.083  0.500
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
Fontenot           14    3    5    1    0    1    4    7    1  0.357  0.571  0.643  1.214  0.333  4.43  0.214  0.273
Soto               28    6   11    3    0    2    4    6    4  0.393  0.500  0.714  1.214  0.409  3.97  0.107  0.167
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
D Lee              35    4   12    3    0    0    1    4    6  0.343  0.410  0.429  0.839  0.414  4.28  0.067  0.071
Ramirez            21    2    5    1    0    1    5    2    1  0.238  0.308  0.429  0.736  0.211  3.81  0.070  0.286
DeRosa             32    4    6    1    1    2    3    2    7  0.188  0.257  0.469  0.726  0.174  3.54  0.070  0.056
Edmonds            15    2    2    0    0    2    2    1    7  0.133  0.188  0.533  0.721  0.000  5.25  0.054  0.000
Soriano            23    2    5    1    0    1    6    1    8  0.217  0.240  0.391  0.631  0.286  3.88  0.023  0.385
Theriot            37    2   11    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.297  0.333  0.297  0.631  0.314  4.05  0.036  0.071
Fukudome           28    3    5    2    0    1    4    3    5  0.179  0.250  0.357  0.607  0.182  3.91  0.071  0.136
Ward                5    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600  0.250  3.40  0.000  0.000
Johnson            20    3    5    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.250  0.286  0.300  0.586  0.294  3.55  0.036  0.083
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        16    3    6    1    0    1    3    5    1  0.375  0.524  0.625  1.149  0.357  4.43  0.149  0.167
vs Springer        19    3    6    2    0    1    4    3    6  0.316  0.409  0.579  0.988  0.417  4.32  0.093  0.231
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 Perez           10    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.300  0.364  0.400  0.764  0.429  4.42  0.064  0.143
vs Wellemeyer      64    8   18    4    0    2    7    5   12  0.281  0.324  0.438  0.761  0.320  3.99  0.043  0.135
vs Looper          52    4   12    1    0    4    4    2    8  0.231  0.259  0.481  0.740  0.200  4.00  0.028  0.000
vs Thompson         8    1    3    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.375  0.333  0.375  0.708  0.429  3.67 -0.042  0.200
vs McClellan       18    1    5    0    0    0    0    3    5  0.278  0.409  0.278  0.687  0.385  3.45  0.131  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    2    2  0.125  0.300  0.125  0.425  0.167  4.00  0.175  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      191   23   49   11    1    8   21   12   31  0.257  0.301  0.450  0.751  0.270  3.87  0.044  0.157
vs. relievers      98   11   28    5    0    3   12   17   23  0.286  0.400  0.429  0.829  0.347  4.02  0.114  0.120

vs Left             9    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.111  0.250  0.111  0.361  0.143  3.58  0.139  0.125
vs Right          280   34   76   16    1   11   32   27   52  0.271  0.341  0.454  0.794  0.300  3.94  0.069  0.140

Home               73    6   18    0    0    4    6    5   15  0.247  0.295  0.411  0.706  0.259  4.09  0.048  0.087
Road              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

Day               183   26   55   10    1    8   25   17   31  0.301  0.360  0.497  0.857  0.326  3.86  0.059  0.179
Nite              106    8   22    6    0    3    8   12   23  0.208  0.301  0.349  0.650  0.238  4.04  0.093  0.079

Leading off        70   14   23    8    0    3    3    3   11  0.329  0.382  0.571  0.953  0.357  3.55  0.053  0.000
Pinch hitting      12    2    5    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.417  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.455  3.57  0.083  0.000
bases empty       155   23   48   10    1    8    8   12   26  0.310  0.374  0.542  0.916  0.331  3.98  0.065  0.000
runners on        134   11   29    6    0    3   25   17   28  0.216  0.297  0.328  0.625  0.252  3.87  0.080  0.139
scoring pos        77   10   18    6    0    3   25   13   17  0.234  0.330  0.429  0.758  0.263  3.81  0.096  0.195

totals vs. St. L  289   34   77   16    1   11   33   29   54  0.266  0.337  0.443  0.780  0.295  3.93  0.071  0.139
season totals    4069  621 1140  240   16  135  586  460  853  0.280  0.357  0.447  0.803  0.326  3.88  0.076  0.195

 

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
Marmol              4.7    0    0    0    1    3    0    62  1.93  5.79  0.00  0.21  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
Samardzija          2.0    1    0    0    1    1    0    32  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Gallagher           2.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Marshall            9.7    8    1    1    2    7    1   129  1.86  6.52  0.93  1.03  0.93
Howry               5.7    3    2    1    0    4    1    72  0.00  6.35  1.59  0.53  1.59
Lilly              20.3   20    7    7    4   13    4   285  1.77  5.75  1.77  1.18  3.10
Wuertz              1.3    2    1    1    1    1    0    19  6.75  6.75  0.00  2.25  6.75
Zambrano           10.3   14    9    9    3    8    4   175  2.61  6.97  3.48  1.65  7.84
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
Gaudin              2.0    5    3    3    1    1    0    44  4.50  4.50  0.00  3.00 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   74.0   72   34   33   25   50   11  1113  3.04  6.08  1.34  1.31  4.01
season totals    1057.0  975  486  451  386  904  128 17376  3.29  7.70  1.09  1.29  3.84

 

CUBS' last 21 games (13-8)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.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         
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         
116  Fri 08/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    

 

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              9  12  15  15  11   9  15  14  12   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      113
Opponents         5  10  15   6   8   8   8  13   9   0   0   1   0   0   0   0       83

 

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

 

07/19 - 08/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Johnson            38    7   18    4    0    3    9    3    6  0.474  0.512  0.816  1.327  0.517  3.37  0.038  0.375
Fontenot           29    5   12    3    1    1    9    3    6  0.414  0.469  0.690  1.158  0.500  4.13  0.055  0.400
Edmonds            36   10   11    4    0    4    8    6   11  0.306  0.405  0.750  1.155  0.333  4.17  0.099  0.250
Soriano            75   15   25    5    0    6   16    4   15  0.333  0.370  0.640  1.010  0.352  3.67  0.037  0.323
Blanco             18    4    6    2    0    1    2    1    4  0.333  0.368  0.611  0.980  0.385  3.85  0.035  0.125
Cedeno             24    3    8    0    0    1    2    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.458  0.792  0.350  3.58  0.000  0.091
DeRosa             65   13   16    5    0    2   14   10   12  0.246  0.351  0.415  0.766  0.275  3.90  0.104  0.333
Ramirez            81   10   20    7    0    2    9   12   14  0.247  0.351  0.407  0.758  0.277  3.89  0.104  0.171
Theriot            79   10   23    3    2    0    6   10    7  0.291  0.371  0.380  0.751  0.319  3.56  0.080  0.158
Fukudome           67    8   17    5    1    1    6    9   15  0.254  0.338  0.403  0.741  0.314  3.88  0.084  0.143
D Lee              84    9   20    4    0    2   13    8   15  0.238  0.301  0.357  0.658  0.269  3.97  0.063  0.208
Soto               61    8   14    3    0    1    7    6   14  0.230  0.294  0.328  0.622  0.283  4.00  0.065  0.207
Ward               15    2    1    0    0    1    1    2    6  0.067  0.176  0.267  0.443  0.000  4.24  0.110  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     723  113  203   48    4   27  109   75  148  0.281  0.349  0.470  0.819  0.321  3.79  0.068  0.222
season totals    4069  621 1140  240   16  135  586  460  853  0.280  0.357  0.447  0.803  0.326  3.88  0.076  0.195

 

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

 

07/19 - 08/09        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol             10.7    2    0    0    8   17    0   206  6.75 14.34  0.00  0.94  0.00
Wood                1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Dempster           26.0   18    4    4    9   29    0   400  3.12 10.04  0.00  1.04  1.38
Samardzija         11.3    5    2    2    4   11    0   182  3.18  8.74  0.00  0.79  1.59
Harden             24.7   17    8    7    6   37    5   397  2.19 13.50  1.82  0.93  2.55
Marshall            8.7    7    3    3    0    9    2   129  0.00  9.35  2.08  0.81  3.12
Lilly              25.7   26    9    9    9   19    4   402  3.16  6.66  1.40  1.36  3.16
Gaudin             12.0   11    6    5    4   17    1   210  3.00 12.75  0.75  1.25  3.75
Zambrano           30.7   30   17   16   10   23    6   521  2.93  6.75  1.76  1.30  4.70
Cotts               5.0    5    3    3    1    5    1    86  1.80  9.00  1.80  1.20  5.40
Marquis            24.3   28   16   16    8   14    6   401  2.96  5.18  2.22  1.48  5.92
Howry               9.0   11    8    8    2   10    4   170  2.00 10.00  4.00  1.44  8.00
Hart                0.7    2    4    2    3    0    0    33 40.50  0.00  0.00  7.50 27.00
Eyre                0.3    3    3    3    0    0    0    25  0.00  0.00  0.00  9.00 81.00

last 21 games     190.0  166   83   78   64  191   29  3169  3.03  9.05  1.37  1.21  3.69
season totals    1057.0  975  486  451  386  904  128 17376  3.29  7.70  1.09  1.29  3.84

 

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

 

03/31 - 08/09        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               352   80  4.40
Fukudome          2005  467  4.29
Edmonds            844  202  4.18
Fontenot           832  204  4.08
Ramirez           1948  482  4.04
D Lee             2086  525  3.97
Soto              1717  435  3.95
DeRosa            1730  442  3.91
Cedeno             655  169  3.88
Johnson           1051  279  3.77
Theriot           1811  487  3.72
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Blanco             311   87  3.57
Soriano           1113  313  3.56
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             18055 4650  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 08/09      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             35   92  0.276
Soriano             35   96  0.267
Edmonds             24   76  0.240
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Ramirez             55  183  0.231
DeRosa              51  189  0.213
D Lee               52  204  0.203
Fontenot            22   91  0.195
Cedeno              20   85  0.190
Soto                46  202  0.185
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            34  171  0.166
Theriot             29  152  0.160
Ward                 7   42  0.143
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               5   48  0.094

CUBS               451 1866  0.195

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      42
St. Louis      39
Houston        34
Pittsburgh     30
Cincinnati     27

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[haubrich91]

Win plz.

[Soul]

This does set up pretty bad for us if we lose this one. There's zero chance the Crew loses to the Nats.

[RedFlash]

Cubs offense wakes up, pushes Carp out after 4 innings, Cubs win 9-2

Weren't we predicting an awesome win today too? Although I'm still cautiously optimistic about this game.

 

FYI: The Cubs rarely loses more then once at home, as evident as the only two times this season the Cubs have lost back to back games at home are: March 31st and April 2nd against the Brewers, and July 25-26 against the Marlins.

 

Plus throw in the fact that Carpenter has thrown a total of 118 pitches since coming off the DL AND 5IPs is the longest game he's started---I know it's been two games---the Cubs should win this game easily, considering he has faced the offensively challenged Dodgers---with Ramirez---and the Braves and now has to face the NL's best offensve.

 

If the Cubs take a patient approach to Carpenter on Sunday, they should get him out of the game by no later then 4th, seeing as I doubt Duncan is going to push the envelop with Carpenter.

 

Here's to the patience Cubs.

[BigSlick]

I'm not freaking out if we lose this one, you guys are making it bigger than it is. I was O.K. with us taking one in the series as long as we didn't get swept.

 

We'll win of course, but again its not one of those do or die things.

[CubsNSkers07]

I'm not freaking out if we lose this one, you guys are making it bigger than it is. I was O.K. with us taking one in the series as long as we didn't get swept.

 

We'll win of course, but again its not one of those do or die things.

 

It wouldn't be the end of the world bigslick but it IS the cardinals. so Cubs just do me a favor and beat them

[TruffleShuffle]

CUBS are on a pace to draw 637 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

 

what a great stat... this pretty much sums up the dusty baker era; the cubs took a pathetic 2.44 walks per game in 2006 are now on pace to increase that by more than 50%. and it's not like it took long to fix either; just get rid of the moron who says "it's called hitting not walking" and bring in a manager who actually understands the value of getting on base.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm not freaking out if we lose this one, you guys are making it bigger than it is. I was O.K. with us taking one in the series as long as we didn't get swept.

 

We'll win of course, but again its not one of those do or die things.

 

It wouldn't be the end of the world bigslick but it IS the cardinals. so Cubs just do me a favor and beat them

 

It not the end of the Wold, but it does suck to go into an off day riding a 2 game losing streak, meanwhile, your top competetion is playing agaisnt 2 of the worst teams in the history of the game,

[C.C.]

We'll win this game. I'm not even worried about it.

[erik316wttn]

CUBS are on a pace to draw 637 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

 

what a great stat... this pretty much sums up the dusty baker era; the cubs took a pathetic 2.44 walks per game in 2006 are now on pace to increase that by more than 50%. and it's not like it took long to fix either; just get rid of the moron who says "it's called hitting not walking" and bring in a manager who actually understands the value of getting on base.

 

Lou has his flaws, but he's probably the best manager we've had since Durocher.

[Rob]

My dad bought six front row tickets to today's game... My whole family and I will be watching the game from behind the netting just to the 3rd base side of home plate. Gotta love it.

[Little Slide Rooter]

We need to beat these up! Go Cubs!

 

Win you

[Keener98]

I want to beat Chris Carpenter into submission today. Im sick of hearing about him coming back and being a force. I want an offensive explosion

[JimSorgi]

Dempster's going to dominate tonight.