9/9 Losers (Dempster) at Cardinals (Loshe) 7:15 pm WGNTV

[erik316wttn]

Laura asked me to spot start today. I'm looking to get to double-digit wins in 2008. Looks like I'll have to bail them out of this mess with my sheer game-thread awesomeness.

 

For the Gutless Choking Dogs (aka "The Cubs"), we have Ryan Dempster

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6006.jpg

15-6, 2.99 ERA, 1.21 WHIP

 

For the evil, puppy-kicking Cardinals, former Cubs farmhand Kyle Loshe gets the start

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6751.jpg

13-6, 3.76 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

 

Will the Cubs end their skid? Will the Cardinals realize that they're really not that good? Will I find my pants? We'll find out tomorrow.

 

Win, idiots.

[Little Slide Rooter]

If I dont see Ronny Cedeno in the dugout with a black eye and a broken nose, I will be very dissapointed.

 

Time for The Cobs to take a new approach, like oh, scoring more runs than the opponent.

[David]

Wrong date

[Laura]

changed.

[kjfoster 1553]

I was 5-1 @ Wrigley this year, and needless to say Sunday wasn't fun. Please win Cobs!

[MasterBlaster]

Losers? come on now.

[Sammys Boombox]

Anybody else lucky enough to get to go to the game?

[javy knows my name]

Losers? come on now.

.

MasterBlaster, meet Eriklettersandnumbers

and please don't hold him against us

[Little Slide Rooter]

These jack holes really need to rack up some Ws.

[UMFan83]

If the scores hold, the Cubs will be 3.5 games up in the division and 7.5 up in the Wild Card. That's enough of a slide Cubs, I expect you to have those leads up to 6 and 10 by next Monday.

[haubrich91]

Please win Cubs.

[SABR Gamer]

WIN!!!!!!!

[Handlebar McSkullet]

If I had to choose between winning this game and losing this game, I would pick winning.

[Ski]

If I had to pick between winning this game and winning the lottery...

 

Well...that's tough.

[third eye]

Win 7 in a row, gain two games. Go 1-7 and only lose 2 games. Not a huge difference, but I prefer the former. Lets get back to it, K? thx.

[Ski]

I fully expect the Cubs to take 2/3 against StL.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday...........

 

CUBS are 11-8 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 1-5 in September

CUBS are 5-4 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 38-28 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 18-15 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 33-24 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 28-18 in games that start a series

CUBS are 8-11-3 in road series

CUBS have lost 2 consecutive series

CUBS are 10-3 in series sweeps

CUBS are 41-30 at night

CUBS are 35-33 on the road

CUBS are 60-43 against right handers

CUBS are 30-29 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 54-22 when they get a quality start.... 32-35 when they don't

CUBS are 23-36 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 63-21 when they don't

CUBS are 60-19 when they score first in the game.... 26-38 when they don't

CUBS are 29-9 when they score in the first inning.... 57-48 when they don't

CUBS are 69-38 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 17-19 when they do

CUBS are 71-12 when they score at least 4 runs.... 15-45 when they don't

CUBS are 51-15 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 35-42 when they don't

CUBS are 71-9 when they outhit the opponents.... 8-35 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 37-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 49-44 when he doesn't

CUBS are 19-20 in one run games.... 13-13 in two run games

CUBS are 49-40 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 37-17 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 51-20 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 32-36 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 68-31 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 18-26 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 871 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 188 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 650 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1176 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 95 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 136 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 101 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 56 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have thrown out 23 runners trying to steal in 80 attempts during their last 110 games

CUBS are 40-2 when they get 12 hits or more..... 5-21 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 21 errors in their last 17 games

CUBS have stolen 29 bases in 35 attempts during their last 38 games.

CUBS pitchers have 14 quality starts in their last 21 games

CUBS have scored first in 19 out of their last 30 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 38 times in their last 35 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 16 times

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 1 of their last 15 games

CUBS have been held to 7 hits or less in 5 of their last 9 games

CUBS have stolen a base in 1 of their last 7 games.... opponents have at least 1 SB in 6 of their last 8 games

CUBS have failed to get an XBH in 4 of their last 8 games.... their opponents once

CUBS pitchers have allowed double digit hits in 6 of their last 8 games

CUBS have been held to 3 runs or less in 8 of their last 11 games.

 

CUBS are 20-9 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 19 of 29 (.655) in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.16.... to Blanco it's 2.00

CUBS score 5.38 R/G overall.... 5.76 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.16 HR/G overall.... 1.17 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 16 of Dempster' 29 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of Dempster' 29 starts

Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning in 7 (11 runs total) of his 29 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

 

03/31 - 09/07      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   993  167  299   62    3   34  469  157  124  235  0.301  0.386  0.472  0.858
CUBS overall     4957  769 1390  292   19  166 2218  731  574 1038  0.280  0.358  0.447  0.806

 

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  20  28  18  21  21  11   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      167
Opponents        11   6  16   6  11  13  15   5  12   0   0   0   0   2   0   0       97

 

Dempster's starts this year (15-6)

 

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
08/17  vs. Flor        6.0    5    2    2    2   10    0    96  3.00 15.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
08/23  vs. Wash        7.3    8    1    1    1    4    0   111  1.23  4.91  0.00  1.23  1.23
08/28  vs. Phila       6.0    8    4    4    4    7    0   114  6.00 10.50  0.00  2.00  6.00
09/03  vs. Houst       7.0    8    3    3    3    7    1   110  3.86  9.00  1.29  1.57  3.86

Home                 118.0   96   39   38   51  104    5  1918  3.89  7.93  0.38  1.25  2.90
Road                  65.7   54   29   23   21   63    7  1060  2.88  8.63  0.96  1.14  3.15

Day                   73.7   62   27   26   31   71    3  1240  3.79  8.67  0.37  1.26  3.18
Nite                 110.0   88   41   35   41   96    9  1738  3.35  7.85  0.74  1.17  2.86

Road  Nite            49.3   36   19   13   15   45    6   789  2.74  8.21  1.09  1.03  2.37

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                31.0   32   11   11   11   34    0   509  3.19  9.87  0.00  1.39  3.19
September              7.0    8    3    3    3    7    1   110  3.86  9.00  1.29  1.57  3.86

vs. St. L              6.7    6    2    2    3    6    0   113  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.35  2.70
season totals        183.7  150   68   61   72  167   12  2978  3.53  8.18  0.59  1.21  2.99

 

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

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tue           Totals
             08 Sep     07 Sep     06 Sep     05 Sep     04 Sep     03 Sep     02 Sep
             no game    @ Cincy    @ Cincy    @ Cincy    no game    vs Houst   vs Houst
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                    0.7  11    0.7  12                          1.0  19                  2.3  42
Gaudin                                                                                               
Guzman                                         2.0  23                          1.0  15       3.0  38
Hart                                           1.0  26                                        1.0  26
Howry                                          1.0   9                          0.0  20       1.0  29
Lieber                                         2.0  32                                        2.0  32
Marmol                   1.3  22    1.0  12                                     2.0  35       4.3  69
Marshall                                                                                             
Samardzija                          0.0  17                          1.0  12                  1.0  29
Wood                     0.3  28                                                2.0  40       2.3  68
Wuertz                              0.0  14                                     1.0  10       1.0  24

Totals                   2.3  61    1.7  55    6.0  90               2.0  31    6.0 120      18.0 357

 

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

 

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         6- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     
144  Tue 09/09  @ St. Louis     N    -    Dempster        Lohse         
145  Wed 09/10  @ St. Louis     N    -    Harden          Looper        
146  Thu 09/11  @ St. Louis     N    -    Lilly           Wellemeyer    
153  Fri 09/19    St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Wainright     
154  Sat 09/20    St. Louis          -    Dempster        Lohse         
155  Sun 09/21    St. Louis          -    Harden          Looper        

 

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   6   4   7   2   5   7   4   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      40
Opponents         2   3   3   5   5   6   3   1   6   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      36

 

CUBS hitters vs. Lohse this year.....

 

vs Lohse           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
DeRosa              5    3    2    0    1    1    1    1    1  0.400  0.500  1.400  1.900  0.333  4.50  0.100  0.000
Fontenot            4    1    1    0    0    1    3    2    0  0.250  0.500  1.000  1.500  0.000  4.17  0.250  1.000
D Lee               6    1    3    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.600  4.33  0.000  0.000
Theriot             7    1    3    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.429  0.429  0.429  0.857  0.429  3.86  0.000  1.000
Soriano             4    1    1    1    0    0    1    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.250  3.50  0.000  0.500
Soto                5    1    1    1    0    0    2    1    0  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733  0.200  3.83  0.133  1.000
Fukudome            7    1    2    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.286  0.286  0.429  0.714  0.333  3.86  0.000  0.250
Johnson             3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  3.33  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.33  0.000  0.000
Murton              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  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    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

totals 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
totals vs St. L   318   40   86   19    1   11   38   31   58  0.270  0.338  0.440  0.778  0.301  3.84  0.068  0.160
season totals    4955  769 1390  292   19  166  728  574 1038  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.326  3.88  0.078  0.197

 

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
Soto               31    7   13    3    0    2    4    6    4  0.419  0.514  0.710  1.223  0.440  3.95  0.094  0.167
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
Cedeno              5    1    2    1    0    0    2    0    1  0.400  0.500  0.600  1.100  0.500  3.50  0.100  0.500
Ramirez            24    4    7    2    0    1    5    3    2  0.292  0.367  0.500  0.867  0.286  3.67  0.075  0.286
D Lee              39    5   13    3    0    0    2    4    6  0.333  0.395  0.410  0.806  0.394  4.12  0.062  0.133
DeRosa             34    5    7    1    1    2    5    2    7  0.206  0.263  0.471  0.734  0.200  3.45  0.057  0.136
Soriano            27    3    7    2    0    1    6    1    9  0.259  0.276  0.444  0.720  0.353  3.62  0.017  0.385
Edmonds            18    2    2    0    0    2    2    2    7  0.111  0.200  0.444  0.644  0.000  5.00  0.089  0.000
Theriot            38    2   11    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.289  0.325  0.289  0.614  0.306  4.05  0.036  0.071
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
Fukudome           32    3    5    2    0    1    4    3    5  0.156  0.222  0.313  0.535  0.154  3.78  0.066  0.125
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 Thompson        14    3    6    1    0    0    4    0    2  0.429  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.500  3.33 -0.029  0.500
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 Carpenter       19    4    6    2    0    0    2    2    2  0.316  0.364  0.421  0.785  0.353  2.91  0.048  0.250
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 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          9    0    1    0    0    0    0    2    2  0.111  0.273  0.111  0.384  0.143  4.00  0.162  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 Garcia           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

vs. starters      210   27   55   13    1    8   23   14   33  0.262  0.307  0.448  0.755  0.278  3.78  0.045  0.165
vs. relievers     108   13   31    6    0    3   15   17   25  0.287  0.392  0.426  0.818  0.350  3.94  0.105  0.154

vs Left            13    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    3  0.077  0.188  0.077  0.264  0.100  3.44  0.111  0.125
vs Right          305   40   85   19    1   11   37   29   55  0.279  0.345  0.456  0.801  0.310  3.85  0.066  0.161

Home              102   12   27    3    0    4   11    7   19  0.265  0.309  0.412  0.721  0.291  3.75  0.044  0.206
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              135   14   31    9    0    3   13   14   27  0.230  0.310  0.363  0.673  0.267  3.81  0.080  0.135

Leading off        78   16   27    9    0    3    3    3   11  0.346  0.393  0.577  0.970  0.375  3.49  0.047  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       174   25   53   12    1    8    8   12   30  0.305  0.363  0.523  0.886  0.331  3.86  0.059  0.000
runners on        144   15   33    7    0    3   30   19   28  0.229  0.310  0.340  0.650  0.265  3.81  0.080  0.160
RISP               84   12   21    7    0    3   30   14   17  0.250  0.340  0.440  0.780  0.281  3.79  0.090  0.221

totals vs. St.L   318   40   86   19    1   11   38   31   58  0.270  0.338  0.440  0.778  0.301  3.84  0.068  0.160
season totals    4955  769 1390  292   19  166  728  574 1038  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.326  3.88  0.078  0.197

 

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              5.7    0    0    0    1    3    0    78  1.59  4.76  0.00  0.18  0.00
Lieber              3.7    5    0    0    0    1    0    51  0.00  2.45  0.00  1.36  0.00
Samardzija          2.3    2    0    0    1    2    0    40  3.86  7.71  0.00  1.29  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            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
Dempster            6.7    6    2    2    3    6    0   113  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.35  2.70
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
Wood                3.7    3    3    3    3    1    0    66  7.36  2.45  0.00  1.64  7.36
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
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
Gaudin              2.0    5    3    3    1    1    0    44  4.50  4.50  0.00  3.00 13.50

totals vs. St. L.  83.0   79   36   35   28   57   11  1261  3.04  6.18  1.19  1.29  3.80
season totals    1290.3 1183  593  555  476 1119  149 21261  3.32  7.80  1.04  1.29  3.87

 

CUBS' last 7 games (1-6)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
137  Sun 08/31    Philadelphia      3- 5  Marshall        Moyer         
138  Mon 09/01    Houston           0- 3  Marquis         Oswalt        
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N   7- 9  Zambrano        Backe         
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N   0- 4  Dempster        Wolf          
141  Fri 09/05  @ Cincinnati    N   2-10  Lilly           Arroyo        
142  Sat 09/06  @ Cincinnati    N  14- 9  Marquis         Cueto         
143  Sun 09/07  @ Cincinnati        3- 4  Marshall        Harang        

 

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              1   2   1   4   1   6   7   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      29
Opponents         5   6   0   7   5   5   1   5   8   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      44

 

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

 

08/31 - 09/07      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Cedeno              8    1    5    1    0    0    2    2    0  0.625  0.700  0.750  1.450  0.625  4.30  0.075  0.500
K Hill              4    0    2    1    0    0    1    0    2  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  1.000  4.75  0.000  0.200
Fontenot            7    1    4    0    0    0    3    2    2  0.571  0.600  0.571  1.171  0.800  3.90  0.029  0.750
Soriano            29    5    8    0    0    4    6    5    6  0.276  0.382  0.690  1.072  0.211  3.94  0.106  0.111
Soto               26    4    9    2    0    1    1    0    4  0.346  0.370  0.538  0.909  0.381  3.70  0.024  0.000
Edmonds            12    3    3    0    0    1    1    3    2  0.250  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.222  4.87  0.150  0.000
D Lee              29    0    9    2    0    0    3    4    6  0.310  0.394  0.379  0.773  0.391  3.12  0.084  0.176
DeRosa             25    5    5    0    0    2    4    3    2  0.200  0.310  0.440  0.750  0.143  3.34  0.110  0.167
Ward                6    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.400  3.00  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  4.33  0.000  0.250
Theriot            23    2    6    1    0    0    2    3    4  0.261  0.346  0.304  0.651  0.316  3.85  0.085  0.182
Johnson            14    2    3    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.214  0.267  0.214  0.481  0.300  3.33  0.052  0.000
Hoffpauir           8    2    1    0    0    0    1    2    1  0.125  0.300  0.125  0.425  0.143  4.40  0.175  0.250
Ramirez            29    2    4    2    0    0    0    1    9  0.138  0.167  0.207  0.374  0.200  4.53  0.029  0.000
Fukudome           14    1    2    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.143  0.200  0.143  0.343  0.182  5.00  0.057  0.000
McGehee             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.33  0.000  0.000

last 7 games      250   29   67    9    0    9   27   26   50  0.268  0.343  0.412  0.755  0.304  3.88  0.075  0.127
season totals    4955  769 1390  292   19  166  728  574 1038  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.806  0.326  3.88  0.078  0.197

 

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

 

08/31 - 09/07        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Guzman              3.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    38  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              4.3    2    1    1    1    6    1    69  2.08 12.46  2.08  0.69  2.08
Cotts               3.3    3    1    1    0    4    0    59  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.90  2.70
Marquis            13.3   10    4    4    8   10    0   218  5.40  6.75  0.00  1.35  2.70
Dempster            7.0    8    3    3    3    7    1   110  3.86  9.00  1.29  1.57  3.86
Marshall           11.3   12    6    6    4    5    1   193  3.18  3.97  0.79  1.41  4.76
Zambrano            5.0    5    3    3    3    3    0    86  5.40  5.40  0.00  1.60  5.40
Samardzija          3.3    4    4    3    2    3    0    69  5.40  8.10  0.00  1.80  8.10
Hart                1.0    2    1    1    0    2    0    26  0.00 18.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Wuertz              2.3    2    3    3    2    1    0    36  7.71  3.86  0.00  1.71 11.57
Howry               3.0    5    4    4    1    3    0    55  3.00  9.00  0.00  2.00 12.00
Lieber              2.0    3    4    4    1    1    1    32  4.50  4.50  4.50  2.00 18.00
Wood                2.3    5    5    5    3    4    1    68 11.57 15.43  3.86  3.43 19.29
Lilly               2.0    4    5    5    3    1    1    42 13.50  4.50  4.50  3.50 22.50

last 7 games       63.3   67   44   43   32   51    6  1101  4.55  7.25  0.85  1.56  6.11
season totals    1290.3 1183  593  555  476 1119  149 21261  3.32  7.80  1.04  1.29  3.87

 

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

 

03/31 - 09/07        P   PA  P/PA
K Hill              19    4  4.75
McGehee             13    3  4.33
Fukudome          2373  549  4.32
Ward               425  101  4.21
Edmonds           1111  265  4.19
Ramirez           2371  585  4.05
Fontenot           973  243  4.00
Soto              2056  522  3.94
DeRosa            2148  547  3.93
D Lee             2487  634  3.92
Cedeno             757  197  3.84
Theriot           2244  597  3.76
Johnson           1250  336  3.72
Soriano           1600  437  3.66
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Hoffpauir          179   49  3.65
Pie                253   70  3.61
Blanco             397  112  3.54
Murton             144   41  3.51

CUBS             22046 5678  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 09/07      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             75  226  0.249
Johnson             40  121  0.248
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Soriano             42  142  0.228
DeRosa              63  225  0.219
Edmonds             28  104  0.212
Fontenot            27  104  0.206
D Lee               62  242  0.204
Cedeno              25  100  0.200
K Hill               1    4  0.200
Soto                59  239  0.198
Fukudome            45  216  0.172
Murton               6   29  0.171
Ward                11   56  0.164
Theriot             34  184  0.156
Hoffpauir            2   12  0.143
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Blanco               8   69  0.104
McGehee              0    2  0.000

CUBS               562 2293  0.197

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      15
St. Louis      11
Houston        10
Cincinnati     **
Pittsburgh     **

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[shnsajax]

hopefully Alex Gonzales won't be starting tomorrow.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think the Cubs take at least 2 of 3 and likely sweep. They seem to step it up whenever they play the Cardinals, and I think the added pressure of the final stretch will see the Cubs busting out of their slump.

 

Cubs win the first game 6-2.

[Ski]

Besides the Angels, Cubs have the lowest division MN.

[erik316wttn]

Losers? come on now.

.

MasterBlaster, meet Eriklettersandnumbers

and please don't hold him against us

 

I stand by my thread title. If they play like winners, I'll call them as such. However, if they're terrible for a significant amount of time, they'll be called what they are, until they start winning again.

 

They SHOULD win. They're the much more talented team. They just have to play like it.

[Sammy Sofa]

Makes me miss bhogg.

[erik316wttn]

Makes me miss bhogg.

 

Thanks.

 

You guys are all welcome for the 9-game winning streak in May, btw.

[Guest]

I was hoping to get to watch at least one Cubs team play on Tuesday since I have to work. Unfortunately, the Iowa Cubs had to go and get eliminated from the PCL playoffs so I'm stuck watching the Oklahoma RedHawks tomorrow in Sacramento.

[Cynosure]

If the Cubs lose this I'm officially in panic mode... oh wait, no I'm not because no matter what happens... the Cubs are going to be in the playoffs and are the best team in the NL!