9/14 Cubs: ZAMBRANO THROWS A FREAKING NO-HITTER

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       257   42   66   18    1    9    9   35   49  0.257  0.353  0.440  0.792  0.286  4.04  0.096  0.000
last 10 games      42    2   10    3    0    0    3    1    9  0.238  0.256  0.310  0.565  0.303  4.37  0.018  0.143
Road              256   34   63   19    0    9   47   21   42  0.246  0.306  0.426  0.732  0.263  3.93  0.060  0.217
Nite              265   52   79   25    1   11   57   33   47  0.298  0.388  0.525  0.912  0.329  4.07  0.090  0.264
vs Right          390   73  116   29    1   21   78   53   68  0.297  0.391  0.538  0.929  0.316  4.08  0.093  0.256
vs Cassel           0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00  0.000  0.000
vs. Houst          56    7   11    1    0    2    5    7    8  0.196  0.286  0.321  0.607  0.196  4.05  0.089  0.111
Tim Tschida         8    1    4    1    0    1    2    1    1  0.500  0.556  1.000  1.556  0.500  4.56  0.056  0.167
8th inning         60   16   23    5    0    5   23   11   10  0.383  0.486  0.717  1.203  0.400  4.14  0.103  0.462
1 out             174   26   47   14    0    8   39   18   26  0.270  0.350  0.489  0.839  0.279  3.91  0.080  0.250

[Soul]

If Z goes over a 100, just give him extra rest, over 100 or not no reason for him to pitch in 5 days.

 

Exactly.

Alright I can live with that then.

 

I'm just worried about the guy. I want to see this in the playoffs, as much as I'm loving it now.

[Cynosure]

Brewers' WC lead = Gone.

 

And it's oh so sweet.

[Fred Hornkohl]

A Ramirez grounded out to second, 4-3

[Little Slide Rooter]

Brewers have officially been swept. Complete game 2 hit 1 run game for the wife beater.

[Mizzou]

I'm upstairs and have the football game on downstairs in the background... someone PLEASE post if/when ESPN switches over to this game.

 

Magic number is officially at 8 now. Brewers lost.

[kujay]

Holy Howry!!!

 

Anyone remember [expletive] green shirt White Sox fan from the crosstown series? He's sitting to the right of home plate. Check out ESPN.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       234   33   73   17    2   12   12   26   62  0.312  0.385  0.556  0.941  0.381  3.95  0.074  0.000
last 10 games      36    5   11    2    0    1    1    2    7  0.306  0.359  0.444  0.803  0.357  4.03  0.053  0.000
Road              239   30   66   20    0   11   36   27   60  0.276  0.354  0.498  0.852  0.327  4.00  0.078  0.170
Nite              270   36   80   22    1   14   51   29   63  0.296  0.363  0.541  0.904  0.342  3.88  0.067  0.203
vs Right          351   46   98   24    2   16   58   43   85  0.279  0.358  0.496  0.853  0.328  3.96  0.078  0.182
vs Cassel           0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00  0.000  0.000
vs. Houst          51    6   12    2    1    2    8    2   11  0.235  0.259  0.431  0.691  0.263  3.41  0.024  0.240
Tim Tschida         7    1    2    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.333  3.50  0.089  0.000
8th inning         51    7   15    2    0    2   10    9    9  0.294  0.400  0.451  0.851  0.325  4.02  0.106  0.235
2 outs            146   14   28    8    0    6   20   25   36  0.192  0.314  0.370  0.684  0.212  3.97  0.122  0.112

[C.C.]

He'll likely need to go well over 100 pitches to get the no-no.

 

I'm torn. What if it kills Z's shoulder? Obviously I want to see the first no-no since forever.

 

 

Would you want to be the one to take Z out because of a pitch count on his way of a no-hitter? I didn't think so...

[CubInOK]

Holy Howry!!!

 

Anyone remember [expletive] green shirt White Sox fan from the crosstown series? He's sitting to the right of home plate. Check out ESPN.

Can't flip channel...

[Cynosure]

OK.... HERE WE GO!!!!

[Mizzou]

Damnit, Entourage is on.

[erik316wttn]

Brewers' WC lead = Gone.

 

And it's oh so sweet.

 

Not if it means we face Philly in the first round instead of LA it's not.

 

Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

D Lee flied out to right field

A Ramirez grounded out to second, 4-3

Soto flied out to left field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0                5  7  0
Houston         0 0 0 0 0 0 0                  0  0  1

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soriano (28)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      7.0  0  0  0  1  8  0  85

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wolf          2.7  6  5  5  1  2  1  60
Nieve         2.3  0  0  0  0  3  0  36
Borkowski     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12
Cassel        2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  25

[Hall7810]

Damnit, Entourage is on.

 

It'll be on 90x's this week!

[Soul]

He'll likely need to go well over 100 pitches to get the no-no.

 

I'm torn. What if it kills Z's shoulder? Obviously I want to see the first no-no since forever.

 

 

Would you want to be the one to take Z out because of a pitch count on his way of a no-hitter? I didn't think so...

Depends how much I'd get paid to do it :P

[Little Slide Rooter]

There have been a lot of those loud outs the last 3 innings or so for the Cubs.

[Schwarber Fan]

Time for the heart to pound again

[Cynosure]

Brewers' WC lead = Gone.

 

And it's oh so sweet.

 

Not if it means we face Philly in the first round instead of LA it's not.

 

Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

 

Rather face Hamels and that offense vs Sabathia/Sheets/Gallardo (maybe)/Parra

 

Plus I can't wait to be nasty to all the Brewers fans who have been to us the last year and a half.

[Mizzou]

Damnit, Entourage is on.

 

It'll be on 90x's this week!

True, and I'll just watch it on On Demand later... I was just looking forward to watching it now! Clearly it can wait though.

[OleMissCub]

Time for the heart to pound again

 

Not kidding. I'm like biting skin cuz my nails are bit down to the nub.

[CubmanPi]

Quick outs please, Z. Out of the inning in 5 or 6 pitches would be nice.

[kujay]

I'm not getting into worrying about who we might face. I just want them to clinch at home this week.

 

And now I want Z to get this done on about 10 more pitches.

[kujay]

Heart stopped there. Wow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Blum flied out to right field