8/17 Cubs (Gemster) @ Florida (Volstad) 12:10p CDT, WGN TV

Little Slide Rooter · August 17, 2008

Going for the Cubs, it will be Mr. Ryan Dempster

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2492430513_018738ba84.jpg

Opposing him, will be the god forsaken Florida Marlins and Chris Volstad.

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/hofautographmaster/Volstad.jpg

Volstad is best known for never giving up home runs to guys not named Aramis.

However, being in a pitcher friendly park, were going to have to do what we havnt done moch of in this series, and score runs without knocking it out of the park.

RedFlash · August 17, 2008

As I said in the tonight's game thread, I except the Cubs to whoop the Marlins on Sunday. And with Fred's help, he showed that the Cubs are 14-5 on Sunday's.........so I like the chances.

CubsBears29 · August 17, 2008

Going for the Cubs, it will be Mr. Ryan Dempster

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2492430513_018738ba84.jpg

What is the deal with Demp's eyes in that pic, the flash of the camera shining off the irises?

Cool effect.

August 17, 2008

Going for the Cubs, it will be Mr. Ryan Dempster

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2492430513_018738ba84.jpg

What is the deal with Demp's eyes in that pic, the flash of the camera shining off the irises?

Cool effect.

It looks like it's an up-close photo that's focused on his hand, making the rest of him slightly out of focus.

August 17, 2008

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_tropprjpath06_ltst_5nhato_enus_600x405.jpg

Miami sucks. Win and get out of Florida right away.

RedFlash · August 17, 2008

I channeling my inner Fred (no jokes, pervs) and I hope these are corrects:

The Cubs have been held to 0 or 1 runs 13 times this yr. That's frustrating, but what counters that is this.......the following game the Cubs outscore their opponents 67-55, or an average margin of victory......6-5. And the games following the 0 or 1 run scored loss, the Cubs are 9-4 (with 5 of those victories coming on the road) in those games.

Which means, I expect the Cubs to win tomorrow.

Ski · August 17, 2008

You had better dominate while I'm at work, Cobs.

August 17, 2008

Win today and all is well.

17 Seconds · August 17, 2008

Just got back from the game. Pretty lame..my losing streak for attending Cubs games is now at 7. That's what I get for living in Florida. Anyways, I stayed at the same hotel as the team and hung around the bar for awhile and ended up seeing a lot of them. Some notes

- Aramis was wearing some hilarious attire....old jeans and a tucked in button down shirt. He also had a huge bag of McDonalds.

- Soto's wife is ridiculously hot (of course)

- Derrek Lee was the only player I saw that rejected this little kid that was hunting autographs. He was with his family so I guess I understand, but still kind of questionable

- Cedeno is hilarious. He had some brown shirt with gold ish all over it and a monstrous gold chain around his neck

- Marmol is pretty cut

- Fontenot in person is still very short

- Jason Marquis was the coolest one and hung out at the bar for awhile. Now I don't know how to react to my previously most hated Cub

-Zambrano is an awesome dresser

The funniest part of the night was when I was heaqding up to my room to get my stuff. I was in an elevator with some dudes in Cubs gear, and the elevator stops to let someone on..... the door opens and Jim Edmonds is standing there in all his glory, with Reed Johnson by his side. They both kind of just looked around the elevator (probably saw all the Cubs stuff on those 2 d-bags) and said "uhh, we'll catch the next one". Seeing an elevator door open and Jim Edmonds standing on the other side was extremely bizarre.

RedFlash · August 17, 2008

FYI: Geovany Soto is the COUSIN of former Cub MI Ramon Martinez.............

wvcbxl · August 17, 2008

..my losing streak for attending Cubs games is now at 7...

I think you should stick to watching them on TV.

Schwarber Fan · August 17, 2008

Methinks today will be our offday

chuckywang · August 17, 2008

Have to say it'll get to be a hassle to deal with the same thing every road trip.

Fred Hornkohl · August 17, 2008

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

CUBS are 14-5 on Sundays

CUBS are 10-4 in August

CUBS are 3-3 vs. Florida

CUBS are 13-7 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 15-14 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 29-18 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 24-15 in games that end a series

CUBS are 5-4 in games that end a road trip

CUBS are 6-10-3 in road series

CUBS have won 5 consecutive series

CUBS are 39-22 in day games

CUBS are 30-31 on the road

CUBS are 51-37 against right handers

CUBS are 25-24 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 46-17 when they get a quality start.... 29-31 when they don't

CUBS are 19-30 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 56-18 when they don't

CUBS are 53-15 when they score first in the game.... 22-33 when they don't

CUBS are 28-7 when they score in the first inning.... 47-41 when they don't

CUBS are 61-31 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-17 when they do

CUBS are 63-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-38 when they don't

CUBS are 44-13 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 31-35 when they don't

CUBS are 63-7 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-28 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 32-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 43-38 when he doesn't

CUBS are 17-18 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games

CUBS are 39-32 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 36-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 45-17 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 27-30 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 60-27 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 99 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 873 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 649 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 90 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 55 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have thrown out 19 runners trying to steal in 62 attempts during their last 90 games

CUBS are 34-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-17 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 1 error in their last 7 games

CUBS have stolen 16 bases in 19 attempts during their last 18 games.

CUBS pitchers have 5 consecutive non-quality starts.... 25 quality starts in their last 42 games

CUBS have homered in 28 of their last 37 games

CUBS have scored first in 22 out of their last 36 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 17 times in their last 15 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 4 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 33 HR in their last 31 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 12 batters in the last 26 games

CUBS are 4-5 with Gary Darling's crew on the field this year...

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.83  Mon 06/30  @ San Francisco N   9- 2  Lilly           Zito          
.84  Tue 07/01  @ San Francisco N   1- 2  Marquis         Cain          
.85  Wed 07/02  @ San Francisco N   6- 5  Dempster        Correia       
.86  Thu 07/03  @ San Francisco N   3- 8  Gallagher       Lincecum      
.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         
122  Fri 08/15  @ Florida       N   6- 5  Zambrano        Johnson       
123  Sat 08/16  @ Florida       N   1- 2  Marshall        Sanchez       
124  Sun 08/17  @ Florida            -    Dempster        Volstad

CUBS are 1-1 with Gary Darling behind home plate this year.

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.83  Mon 06/30  @ San Francisco N   9- 2  Lilly           Zito          
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
124  Sun 08/17  @ Florida            -    Dempster        Volstad

CUBS are 17-8 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 16 of 25 in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.11.... to Blanco it's 2.00

CUBS score 5.39 R/G overall.... 5.72 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.15 HR/G overall.... 1.16 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 15 of Dempster's 25 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of Dempster's 25 starts

Dempster has given up a run(s) in the first inning runs in 6 (10 runs totals) of his 25 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

03/31 - 08/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   861  143  258   54    2   29  403  133  107  206  0.300  0.386  0.468  0.854
CUBS overall     4279  663 1202  254   16  142 1914  629  493  896  0.281  0.358  0.447  0.805

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  15  11  16  26  17  13  13  10   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      143
Opponents        10   5  15   6   9   9  14   5  10   0   0   0   0   2   0   0       85

Dempster's starts this year (1-2)

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
08/10  vs. St. L       6.7    6    2    2    3    6    0   113  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.35  2.70

Home                  97.7   72   31   30   43   86    4  1583  3.96  7.92  0.37  1.18  2.76
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                  97.0   72   34   28   34   82    8  1514  3.15  7.61  0.74  1.09  2.60

Road  Day             10.3   13    8    8    4    8    1   175  3.48  6.97  0.87  1.65  6.97

totals vs. Flor        6.0    2    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
season totals        157.3  121   58   51   62  139   11  2547  3.55  7.95  0.63  1.16  2.92

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

              Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun           Totals
             16 Aug     15 Aug     14 Aug     13 Aug     12 Aug     11 Aug     10 Aug
             @ Flor     @ Flor     @ Atla     @ Atla     no game    no game    vs St. L
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                                          1.7  29                                        1.7  29
Gaudin                   2.0  20               1.0  21                                        3.0  41
Howry         1.0  23               0.7  21    1.0  20                                        2.7  64
Marmol        1.0  12               1.3  11                                     1.0  16       3.3  39
Marshall                                       1.0  10                                        1.0  10
Samardzija    1.0  16                          2.0  29                          0.3   8       3.3  53
Wood                     1.0  30    1.0  25    1.0  10                          1.0  11       4.0  76

Totals        3.0  51    3.0  50    3.0  57    7.7 119                          2.3  35      19.0 312

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
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    
122  Fri 08/15  @ Florida       N   6- 5  Zambrano        Johnson       
123  Sat 08/16  @ Florida       N   1- 2  Marshall        Sanchez       
124  Sun 08/17  @ Florida            -    Dempster        Volstad

CUBS' season series vs. Florida in 2007 (0-6).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.49  Mon 05/28    Florida           3- 5  Marshall        Kim          
.50  Tue 05/29    Florida       N   4- 9  Marquis         Willis        
.51  Wed 05/30    Florida       N   0- 9  Lilly           Mitre         
157  Tue 09/25  @ Florida       N   2- 4  Lilly           Willis        
158  Wed 09/26  @ Florida       N   4- 7  Marquis         Mitre         
159  Thu 09/27  @ Florida           4- 6  Trachsel        Olsen

Composite scoring vs. Florida this year.....

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

CUBS              1   2   4   6   5   1   4   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26
Opponents         1   5   9   0   2   0   1   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      22

CUBS hitters vs. Volstad this year.....

vs Volstad         AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez             3    1    2    0    0    1    2    0    0  0.667  0.667  1.667  2.333  0.500  4.33  0.000  1.000
Fukudome            1    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  5.50  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            2    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  4.33  0.167  0.000
D Lee               3    1    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.500  3.00  0.000  0.000
Soto                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
DeRosa              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.33  0.000  0.000
Soriano             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.67  0.000  0.000
Theriot             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000

tot vs. Volstad    23    2    6    2    0    1    2    2    6  0.261  0.320  0.478  0.798  0.313  3.96  0.059  0.091
totals vs. Flor   209   26   53   11    0   10   26   26   55  0.254  0.339  0.450  0.789  0.299  3.92  0.085  0.157
season totals    4277  663 1202  254   16  142  627  493  896  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.199

CUBS hitters vs. Florida this year.....

vs. Flor           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Cedeno              5    1    3    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.600  0.600  1.200  1.800  0.667  2.80  0.000  0.000
Blanco             10    3    4    0    0    2    2    0    2  0.400  0.400  1.000  1.400  0.333  3.82  0.000  0.000
Ward                5    2    1    0    0    1    3    2    2  0.200  0.429  0.800  1.229  0.000  4.29  0.229  0.400
Ramirez            17    1    6    2    0    1    5    2    2  0.353  0.450  0.647  1.097  0.357  3.40  0.097  0.667
Johnson            15    2    5    1    0    1    1    1    6  0.333  0.375  0.600  0.975  0.500  3.94  0.042  0.000
Soto               13    2    4    1    0    1    1    1    3  0.308  0.357  0.615  0.973  0.333  4.43  0.049  0.000
Fontenot           14    0    5    1    0    0    3    2    3  0.357  0.438  0.429  0.866  0.455  3.63  0.080  0.214
Soriano            27    3    7    2    0    1    3    2    6  0.259  0.310  0.444  0.755  0.300  3.59  0.051  0.154
Fukudome           14    0    4    0    0    0    0    3    6  0.286  0.412  0.286  0.697  0.500  4.53  0.126  0.000
D Lee              24    2    5    1    0    1    3    1    6  0.208  0.240  0.375  0.615  0.235  3.76  0.032  0.222
DeRosa             15    5    1    0    0    1    2    6    3  0.067  0.333  0.267  0.600  0.000  3.90  0.267  0.111
Theriot            25    2    4    1    0    0    0    3    5  0.160  0.250  0.200  0.450  0.200  4.10  0.090  0.000
Edmonds            11    1    1    1    0    0    0    2    3  0.091  0.231  0.182  0.413  0.125  4.38  0.140  0.000

vs Rhodes           1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
vs VandenHurk      18    5    8    2    0    1    5    2    6  0.444  0.524  0.722  1.246  0.636  3.91  0.079  0.333
vs Olsen           23    6    7    4    0    2    6    3    3  0.304  0.385  0.739  1.124  0.278  3.27  0.080  0.333
vs Johnson         44    5   12    0    0    3    5    6   16  0.273  0.360  0.477  0.837  0.360  4.04  0.087  0.133
vs Kensing          3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  3.25  0.167  0.000
vs Volstad         23    2    6    2    0    1    2    2    6  0.261  0.320  0.478  0.798  0.313  3.96  0.059  0.091
vs Hendrickson     13    3    3    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.231  0.286  0.462  0.747  0.182  4.00  0.055  0.000
vs Sanchez         18    1    3    1    0    1    1    5    6  0.167  0.348  0.389  0.737  0.182  4.17  0.181  0.000
vs Gregg           15    3    3    0    0    1    3    2    4  0.200  0.294  0.400  0.694  0.200  4.29  0.094  0.333
vs Nelson          12    1    2    1    0    0    3    3    6  0.167  0.333  0.250  0.583  0.333  4.60  0.167  0.214
vs Pinto            7    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.500  4.63  0.000  0.000
vs Waechter         6    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452  0.167  3.57  0.119  0.000
vs Miller           8    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.375  0.143  2.88  0.000  0.000
vs Lindstrom       18    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.188  3.56  0.000  0.000

vs. starters      126   19   36    9    0    8   19   18   37  0.286  0.379  0.548  0.927  0.346  3.89  0.094  0.190
vs. relievers      83    7   17    2    0    2    7    8   18  0.205  0.275  0.301  0.576  0.238  3.96  0.070  0.114

vs Left            44    9   13    4    0    3    7    4    7  0.295  0.354  0.591  0.945  0.294  3.71  0.059  0.174
vs Right          165   17   40    7    0    7   19   22   48  0.242  0.335  0.412  0.747  0.300  3.97  0.093  0.152

Home              141   19   38   10    0    7   19   15   35  0.270  0.344  0.489  0.833  0.313  3.75  0.074  0.179
Road               68    7   15    1    0    3    7   11   20  0.221  0.329  0.368  0.697  0.267  4.25  0.109  0.114

Day               111   13   30    6    0    5   13   11   29  0.270  0.341  0.459  0.801  0.325  3.85  0.071  0.154
Nite               98   13   23    5    0    5   13   15   26  0.235  0.336  0.439  0.775  0.269  3.99  0.102  0.160

Leading off        51    6    8    0    0    2    2    4   14  0.157  0.218  0.275  0.493  0.171  3.47  0.061  0.000
Pinch hitting      13    2    7    2    0    1    6    1    3  0.538  0.571  0.923  1.495  0.667  3.80  0.033  0.385
bases empty       131   14   33    5    0    7    7   10   30  0.252  0.305  0.450  0.755  0.277  3.82  0.053  0.000
runners on         78   12   20    6    0    3   19   16   25  0.256  0.389  0.449  0.838  0.340  4.06  0.133  0.157
scoring pos        46    6   11    4    0    2   17    9   14  0.239  0.364  0.457  0.820  0.300  3.85  0.125  0.192

totals vs. Flor   209   26   53   11    0   10   26   26   55  0.254  0.339  0.450  0.789  0.299  3.92  0.085  0.157
season totals    4277  663 1202  254   16  142  627  493  896  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.199

CUBS pitchers vs. Florida this year......

vs. Flor             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              4.0    1    0    0    4    6    0    85  9.00 13.50  0.00  1.25  0.00
Wood                1.0    0    0    0    1    2    0    30  9.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Cotts               0.3    1    0    0    1    0    0    13 27.00  0.00  0.00  6.00  0.00
Dempster            6.0    2    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
Gaudin              5.0    5    2    1    0    6    0    74  0.00 10.80  0.00  1.00  1.80
Harden              5.0    2    1    1    3   10    1    87  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.00  1.80
Samardzija          5.0    2    1    1    1    6    0    72  1.80 10.80  0.00  0.60  1.80
Marshall            8.0    5    3    3    3   13    2   126  3.38 14.63  2.25  1.00  3.38
Howry               2.7    2    1    1    1    0    1    58  3.38  0.00  3.38  1.13  3.38
Zambrano           13.0   10    7    7    5   12    2   245  3.46  8.31  1.38  1.15  4.85
Marquis             6.0    9    6    6    3    6    3   103  4.50  9.00  4.50  2.00  9.00

totals vs. Flor    56.0   39   22   21   28   67    9  1003  4.50 10.77  1.45  1.20  3.38
season totals    1110.0 1016  504  469  410  952  132 18274  3.32  7.72  1.07  1.28  3.80

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis         6- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     
119  Wed 08/13  @ Atlanta          10- 2  Marquis         Morton        
120  Wed 08/13  @ Atlanta       N   8- 0  Harden          Campillo      
121  Thu 08/14  @ Atlanta       N  11- 7  Lilly           Glavine       
122  Fri 08/15  @ Florida       N   6- 5  Zambrano        Johnson       
123  Sat 08/16  @ Florida       N   1- 2  Marshall        Sanchez

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              6   5   6   6   5   6   3   0   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      45
Opponents         2   2   7   5   5   1   5   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30

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

08/09 - 08/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto               17    6    8    2    0    1    6    4    1  0.471  0.571  0.765  1.336  0.467  4.14  0.101  0.714
Ramirez            18    7    8    3    0    1    6    3    3  0.444  0.500  0.778  1.278  0.500  3.64  0.056  0.385
DeRosa             23    9    8    2    0    2    7    6    4  0.348  0.467  0.696  1.162  0.353  4.23  0.119  0.278
Ward                5    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    1  0.200  0.286  0.800  1.086  0.000  3.43  0.086  0.600
Soriano            32    4   10    3    0    1    4    3   10  0.313  0.371  0.500  0.871  0.429  3.83  0.059  0.250
Johnson            15    2    6    1    0    0    1    0    4  0.400  0.400  0.467  0.867  0.545  3.87  0.000  0.111
Theriot            24    3    8    0    0    0    2    6    4  0.333  0.467  0.333  0.800  0.400  4.40  0.133  0.167
Blanco              8    2    1    0    0    1    1    2    0  0.125  0.300  0.500  0.800  0.000  4.60  0.175  0.000
Edmonds            18    4    2    1    0    1    4    5    5  0.111  0.304  0.333  0.638  0.083  4.39  0.193  0.375
Cedeno              5    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600  0.250  2.80  0.000  0.500
D Lee              28    4    7    1    0    0    2    1    6  0.250  0.276  0.286  0.562  0.318  4.14  0.026  0.154
Fontenot           12    0    3    0    0    0    1    1    2  0.250  0.308  0.250  0.558  0.300  3.46  0.058  0.100
Fukudome           23    2    5    0    0    0    2    3    2  0.217  0.308  0.217  0.525  0.238  3.85  0.090  0.143

last 7 games      242   45   70   14    0    9   44   35   52  0.289  0.375  0.459  0.834  0.337  3.99  0.086  0.254
season totals    4277  663 1202  254   16  142  627  493  896  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.199

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

08/09 - 08/16        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Harden              5.0    2    0    0    5    2    0    92  9.00  3.60  0.00  1.40  0.00
Wood                4.0    2    0    0    1    4    0    76  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Samardzija          3.3    3    0    0    1    4    0    53  2.70 10.80  0.00  1.20  0.00
Marmol              3.3    0    0    0    0    3    0    39  0.00  8.10  0.00  0.00  0.00
Cotts               1.7    1    0    0    0    2    0    29  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.60  0.00
Marshall            8.7    5    2    2    3   11    1   115  3.12 11.42  1.04  0.92  2.08
Dempster            6.7    6    2    2    3    6    0   113  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.35  2.70
Marquis             5.3    6    2    2    2    1    0    93  3.38  1.69  0.00  1.50  3.38
Gaudin              5.0    5    3    3    2    3    0    85  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  5.40
Lilly               6.0    8    4    4    2    8    1    91  3.00 12.00  1.50  1.67  6.00
Howry               2.7    5    3    3    1    1    1    64  3.38  3.38  3.38  2.25 10.13
Zambrano           10.3   14   14   14    6    9    5   208  5.23  7.84  4.35  1.94 12.19

last 7 games       62.0   57   30   30   26   54    8  1058  3.77  7.84  1.16  1.34  4.35
season totals    1110.0 1016  504  469  410  952  132 18274  3.32  7.72  1.07  1.28  3.80

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

03/31 - 08/16        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               372   86  4.33
Fukudome          2100  491  4.28
Edmonds            924  221  4.18
Fontenot           874  216  4.05
Ramirez           2008  500  4.02
D Lee             2188  550  3.98
Soto              1790  453  3.95
DeRosa            1845  468  3.94
Cedeno             669  174  3.84
Johnson           1102  292  3.77
Theriot           1924  513  3.75
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Blanco             344   95  3.62
Pie                253   70  3.61
Soriano           1228  344  3.57
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             19023 4897  3.88

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

03/31 - 08/16      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             36  100  0.265
Soriano             37  104  0.262
Edmonds             27   81  0.250
Ramirez             60  188  0.242
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
DeRosa              56  202  0.217
Cedeno              22   87  0.202
D Lee               54  214  0.201
Soto                51  204  0.200
Ward                10   43  0.189
Fontenot            23  100  0.187
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            36  183  0.164
Theriot             31  158  0.164
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               5   55  0.083

CUBS               485 1958  0.199

CUBS' magic numbers:

Milwaukee      35
St. Louis      32
Houston        27
Pittsburgh     20
Cincinnati     18

Go CUBS !!!

C.C. · August 17, 2008

DLEE is hitting a grand slam today...

Guancous · August 17, 2008

The loss yesterday knocked our Baseball Prospectus odds of making the playoffs down to 98.4%. I'm really heartened by Sean Marshall's start yesterday, even in the loss. I love this Cubs team because their worst is league average.

UMFan83 · August 17, 2008

DLEE is hitting a grand slam today...

More like a groundball turned into a 4 base error because he ain't hitting one over the fence.

OleMissCub · August 17, 2008

DLEE is hitting a grand slam today...

and Aramis will be taking one if he ate that big bag of McDonalds like Dexter said.

Ski · August 17, 2008

DLEE is hitting a grand slam today...

Kinda like yesterday.

Little Slide Rooter · August 17, 2008

You had better dominate while I'm at work, Cobs.

Come on now, it takes more than 1 loss vs. a team thats owned us the past few years to be Cobbed.

Soul · August 17, 2008

Yesterday was lameness defined. We should have put up at least 4 or 5 runs.

Please plate the runners today Cubs.

Fred Hornkohl · August 17, 2008

Sunday 17 August 2008

CUBS @ Florida

12:10

CUBS

Soriano, lf

Theriot, ss

D Lee, 1b

A Ramirez, 3b

Fukudome, rf

Soto, c

Fontenot, 2b

Johnson, cf

Dempster, p

Florida

Ramirez, ss

Gonzalez, lf

Cantu, 3b

Jacobs, 1b

Uggla, 2b

Hermida, rf

Ross, cf

Baker, c

Volstad, p

Derwood · August 17, 2008

booo! give me Edmonds!

killthegoat06 · August 17, 2008

Sunday 17 August 2008
CUBS @ Florida
12:10

CUBS

Soriano, lf
Theriot, ss
D Lee, 1b
A Ramirez, 3b
Fukudome, rf
Soto, c
DeRosa, 2b
Johnson, cf
Dempster, p

Florida

Ramirez, ss
Gonzalez, lf
Cantu, 3b
Jacobs, 1b
Uggla, 2b
Hermida, rf
Ross, cf
Baker, c
Volstad, p

ESPN and MLB gameday say fontenot at 2nd...?

Fred Hornkohl · August 17, 2008

ESPN says fontenot at 2nd...?

By golly, now mlb.com has Fontenot, too !!

8/17 Cubs (Gemster) @ Florida (Volstad) 12:10p CDT, WGN TV

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