NLDS Game 3: Cubs (Harden) @ Dodgers (Kuroda) 9:07 TBS

cbbryan · October 4, 2008

Rich Harden's better than Rich Hill, but these all sound like the things we were saying prior to last year's Game 3. Then Chris Young got a straight fastball as the first pitch of the game and we were all http://www.ufck.org/forums/images/smilies/banana-still.gif

Harden's much better than Rich Hill. Anything can happen, but the Cubs need to come out on fire and Harden needs to shut them down.

David · October 4, 2008

I was thinking about the similarities to last year, but screw that.

Last year has nothing to do with now.

We are still alive and still have a chance to do what we want to do.

It starts with this game.

October 4, 2008

Bold prediction on the final score for today:

Dodgers 19

Cubs 08

It can't be any other way.

Fred Hornkohl · October 4, 2008

Soccer.... what is a young newlywed like yourself doing up at this hour ???? :scratch:

Fred Hornkohl · October 4, 2008

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday............

CUBS are 14-11 on Saturdays

CUBS are 0-2 in October

CUBS are 5-4 vs. Los Angeles

CUBS are 23-12 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 38-27 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 47-37 at night

CUBS are 42-38 on the road

CUBS are 67-50 against right handers

CUBS are 3-2 when TBS broadcasts the game

CUBS are 60-25 when they get a quality start.... 37-41 when they don't

CUBS are 24-40 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 73-26 when they don't

CUBS are 68-25 when they score first in the game.... 29-41 when they don't

CUBS are 33-11 when they score in the first inning.... 64-55 when they don't

CUBS are 77-44 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 20-22 when they do

CUBS are 80-14 when they score at least 4 runs.... 16-52 when they don't

CUBS are 57-16 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 40-50 when they don't

CUBS are 78-13 when they outhit the opponents.... 9-37 when they get outhit.... and 10-16 when the hits are even

CUBS are 42-16 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 55-50 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-22 in one run games.... 13-16 in two run games

CUBS are 55-43 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 42-23 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 44-22 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 54-43 when they don't

CUBS are 57-24 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 36-40 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 4-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 78-39 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 19-27 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace for:           Compared to:										
final                           2007  2006  2005										
97 wins                           85    66    79										
855 runs                         752   716   703										
184 home runs                    151   166   194										
636 walks                        500   395   419										
1186 strikeouts                 1054   928   920										
87 stolen bases                   87   121    64										
134 GIDPs                        128   135   129										
96 errors                         94   104   100										
50 hit batsmen                    37    41    50

CUBS are 81-39 when they get at least 8 hits..... 16-27 when they don't

CUBS are 87-55 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 10-11 when they don't

CUBS are 41-11 when they steal a base.... 56-55 when they don't

CUBS are 41-14 when they execute a sac bunt.... 56-52 when they don't

CUBS are 50-42 when they GIDP.... 47-24 when they don't

CUBS are 40-36 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 57-30 when they don't

CUBS are 86-48 when they hit at least 1 double.... 11-18 when they don't

CUBS are 14-4 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 83-62 when they don't

CUBS are 43-11 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 54-55 when they don't

CUBS are 28-6 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 69-60 when they don't

CUBS are 38-18 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 59-50 when they don't

CUBS are 42-20 when the opponent strikes out at least 9 times.... 55-45 when they don't

CUBS are 25-32 when the opponent steals a base.... 72-34 when they don't

CUBS are 17-26 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 80-40 when they don't

CUBS are 46-31 when the opponent GIDPs.... 51-35 when they don't

CUBS are 46-20 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 51-46 when they don't

CUBS are 22-14 when the opponent triples.... 75-52 when they don't

CUBS are 22-19 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 75-47 when they don't

CUBS are 17-18 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 80-48 when they don't

CUBS are 31-22 when they hit an opposing batter.... 66-44 when they don't

CUBS have thrown out 25 runners trying to steal in 93 attempts during their last 129 games

CUBS are 42-2 when they get 12 hits or more..... 6-23 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 33 errors in their last 37 games

CUBS have stolen 32 bases in 41 attempts during their last 58 games.

CUBS pitchers have 23 quality starts in their last 41 games

CUBS have scored first in 33 out of their last 50 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 55 times in their last 55 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 31 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 25 HR in their last 32 games

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of their last 35 games

CUBS have been held to 7 hits or less in 11 of their last 29 games

CUBS have stolen a base in 4 of their last 27 games.... opponents have at least 1 SB in 11 of their last 28 games

CUBS have failed to get an XBH in 6 of their last 28 games.... their opponents have three times

CUBS pitchers have allowed double digit hits in 13 of their last 28 games

CUBS have been held to 3 runs or less in 16 of their last 31 games.

CUBS have given up 16 ninth inning runs in their last 24 games

Last time the CUBS committed 4 errors in a game.... Tue 12 Sep 06 (6 err) in a 9-8 win over Los Angeles at Wrigley

CUBS are 9-3 when Harden starts

Harden is 6 of 12 (.500) in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 1.28.... to Blanco it's 2.87.... to K Hill it's 3.00

CUBS score 5.28 R/G overall.... 5.83 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.14 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 9 of Harden's 12 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 4 of Harden's 12 starts

Harden has given up run(s) in the first inning in 3 (3 runs total) of his 12 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

03/31 - 10/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     418   70  104   26    2   16  182   70   57   88  0.249  0.345  0.435  0.780
CUBS overall     5657  860 1569  333   21  185 2499  817  640 1202  0.277  0.353  0.442  0.795

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

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

CUBS              9   9   5  10   4   2  12   8   9   0   1   1   0   0   0   0      70
Opponents         3   1   2   2   3   9   4   6  10   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      41

Harden's starts this year (5-1)

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/12  vs. S.F.        5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
07/21  vs. Ariz        7.0    1    1    1    2   10    1   112  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.43  1.29
07/26  vs. Flor        5.0    2    1    1    3   10    1    87  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.00  1.80
07/31  vs. Milw        7.0    6    1    1    0    9    1   105  0.00 11.57  1.29  0.86  1.29
08/05  vs. Houst       5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35
08/13  vs. Atla        5.0    2    0    0    5    2    0    92  9.00  3.60  0.00  1.40  0.00
08/19  vs. Cincy       7.0    2    0    0    0   10    0    94  0.00 12.86  0.00  0.29  0.00
08/24  vs. Wash        7.0    2    1    1    0   11    1   109  0.00 14.14  1.29  0.29  1.29
08/29  vs. Phila       5.0    3    2    1    4    5    0   100  7.20  9.00  0.00  1.40  1.80
09/11  vs. St. L       6.0    5    2    2    1    3    0    86  1.50  4.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
09/18  vs. Milw        5.0    1    1    1    6    7    0   115 10.80 12.60  0.00  1.40  1.80
09/25  vs. Mets        6.0    2    3    2    5    4    0    98  7.50  6.00  0.00  1.17  3.00

Home                  40.0   23   10    8   17   61    4   694  3.83 13.73  0.90  1.00  1.80
Road                  31.0   16    7    6   13   28    2   493  3.77  8.13  0.58  0.94  1.74

Day                   33.0   21   10    8   17   51    4   600  4.64 13.91  1.09  1.15  2.18
Nite                  38.0   18    7    6   13   38    2   587  3.08  9.00  0.47  0.82  1.42

Road  Nite            31.0   16    7    6   13   28    2   493  3.77  8.13  0.58  0.94  1.74

July                  24.3   14    3    3    8   39    3   400  2.96 14.42  1.11  0.90  1.11
August                29.7   17    8    6   10   36    3   488  3.03 10.92  0.91  0.91  1.82
September             17.0    8    6    5   12   14    0   299  6.35  7.41  0.00  1.18  2.65

season totals         71.0   39   17   14   30   89    6  1187  3.80 11.28  0.76  0.97  1.77

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

              Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             03 Oct     02 Oct     01 Oct     30 Sep     29 Sep     28 Sep     27 Sep
             no game    vs. L.A.   vs. L.A.   no game    no game    @ Milw     @ Milw  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                    0.7  16                                     1.0  12    0.0   1       1.7  29
Gaudin                                                               1.0   9                  1.0   9
Guzman                                                                                               
Hart                                                                 2.0  23                  2.0  23
Howry                                                                1.0  15                  1.0  15
Marmol                   1.0  17                                                1.0  12       2.0  29
Marquis                             1.0  18                                     0.3  21       1.3  39
Marshall                            2.3  38                          0.3  15                  2.7  53
Samardzija                          1.0  19                                                   1.0  19
Wood                     1.0  20                                                1.0  12       2.0  32
Wuertz                                                               0.7  15    0.7   5       1.3  20

Totals                   2.7  53    4.3  75                          6.0  89    3.0  51      16.0 268

CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles this year (5-4) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.51  Mon 05/26    Los Angeles       3- 1  Dempster        Billingsley   
.52  Tue 05/27    Los Angeles   N   3- 1  Gallagher       Kuroda        
.53  Wed 05/28    Los Angeles   N   2- 1  Zambrano        Lowe          
.61  Thu 06/05  @ Los Angeles   N   5- 4  Dempster        Billingsley   
.62  Fri 06/06  @ Los Angeles   N   0- 3  Gallagher       Kuroda        
.63  Sat 06/07  @ Los Angeles       3- 7  Zambrano        Lowe          
.64  Sun 06/08  @ Los Angeles       3- 1  Marquis         Penny         
162  Wed 10/01    Los Angeles   N   2- 7  Dempster        Lowe          
163  Thu 10/02    Los Angeles   N   3-10  Zambrano        Billingsley   
164  Sat 10/04  @ Los Angeles   N    -    Harden          Kuroda        
165  Sun 10/05  @ Los Angeles        -    Lilly                      
166  Tue 10/07    Los Angeles        -

CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles in 2007 (2-5).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.46  Fri 05/25  @ Los Angeles   N   8- 9  Lilly           Lowe          
.47  Sat 05/26  @ Los Angeles       4- 2  Zambrano        Hendrickson   
.48  Sun 05/27  @ Los Angeles       1- 2  Hill            Wolf          
136  Mon 09/03    Los Angeles       3-11  Zambrano        Loaiza        
137  Tue 09/04    Los Angeles   N   2- 6  Trachsel        Penny         
138  Wed 09/05    Los Angeles   N   8- 2  Lilly           Stults        
139  Thu 09/06    Los Angeles       4- 7  Marquis         Lowe

Composite scoring vs. Los Angeles this year.....

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

CUBS              3   3   1   2   3   1   5   1   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      24
Opponents         2   5   0   3   8   4   7   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      35

CUBS hitters vs. Kuroda this year.....

vs Kuroda          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto                3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.500  3.33  0.000  0.000
Soriano             7    1    3    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.429  0.500  0.429  0.929  0.600  4.25  0.071  0.000
Cedeno              3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  3.50  0.167  0.000
D Lee               6    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  4.17  0.000  0.000
Fukudome            5    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.200  3.83  0.133  0.000
Theriot             5    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.250  2.80  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.200  4.17  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250  3.67  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
DeRosa              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

totals vs, Kuro    54    2   11    1    0    0    0    3   14  0.204  0.246  0.222  0.468  0.275  3.61  0.042  0.000
totals vs. L.A.   296   24   71   13    0    7   24   25   76  0.240  0.300  0.355  0.655  0.300  3.95  0.060  0.120
season totals    5655  860 1569  333   21  185  814  640 1202  0.277  0.354  0.442  0.795  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.196

CUBS hitters vs. Los Angeles this year.....

vs. L.A.           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
DeRosa             22    4    8    0    0    3    5    1    6  0.364  0.391  0.773  1.164  0.385  3.83  0.028  0.167
Hoffpauir           2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.000  3.50  0.000  0.000
Fontenot           12    3    4    2    0    0    1    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.364  3.69  0.000  0.125
Theriot            25    3    9    1    0    0    1    2    4  0.360  0.407  0.400  0.807  0.429  3.41  0.047  0.111
Ramirez            27    1    6    2    0    1    4    4    4  0.222  0.344  0.407  0.751  0.227  4.28  0.122  0.231
Fukudome           28    2    6    1    0    1    3    4    4  0.214  0.313  0.357  0.670  0.217  4.31  0.098  0.133
Soriano            34    5    8    1    0    1    2    3   12  0.235  0.297  0.353  0.650  0.333  3.92  0.062  0.067
D Lee              29    1    6    0    0    1    2    3    7  0.207  0.281  0.310  0.592  0.238  4.03  0.074  0.077
Cedeno              8    0    2    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583  0.500  3.78  0.083  0.000
Edmonds            22    1    5    0    0    0    0    2    5  0.227  0.292  0.227  0.519  0.294  4.29  0.064  0.000
Soto               25    0    4    1    0    0    1    3    7  0.160  0.241  0.200  0.441  0.222  4.21  0.081  0.071
Johnson             8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.167  3.88  0.000  0.500
Ward                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
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67  0.000  0.000

vs Saito           18    4    7    3    0    0    4    2    8  0.389  0.455  0.556  1.010  0.700  5.36  0.066  0.286
vs Proctor          8    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    4  0.250  0.333  0.625  0.958  0.333  4.67  0.083  0.000
vs Park            14    1    5    1    0    0    1    2    1  0.357  0.438  0.429  0.866  0.385  4.63  0.080  0.125
vs Penny           23    3    6    2    0    1    3    3    5  0.261  0.346  0.478  0.824  0.294  4.07  0.085  0.154
vs Billingsley     67    7   16    3    0    3    7    6   22  0.239  0.301  0.418  0.719  0.310  3.79  0.063  0.148
vs Lowe            73    5   17    2    0    2    5    5   15  0.233  0.282  0.342  0.625  0.268  3.54  0.049  0.100
vs Maddux           4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  3.25  0.000  0.000
vs Kuroda          54    2   11    1    0    0    0    3   14  0.204  0.246  0.222  0.468  0.275  3.61  0.042  0.000
vs Wade            18    0    4    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.222  0.222  0.222  0.444  0.250  3.63  0.000  0.000
vs Broxton         17    1    2    1    0    0    3    3    5  0.118  0.250  0.176  0.426  0.167  4.90  0.132  0.188

vs. starters      217   17   50    8    0    6   15   17   56  0.230  0.286  0.350  0.637  0.284  3.70  0.056  0.100
vs. relievers      79    7   21    5    0    1    9    8   20  0.266  0.337  0.367  0.704  0.345  4.60  0.071  0.154

vs Left             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 Right          296   24   71   13    0    7   24   25   76  0.240  0.300  0.355  0.655  0.300  3.95  0.060  0.120

Home              165   13   42    8    0    3   13   14   38  0.255  0.311  0.358  0.669  0.315  3.91  0.057  0.122
Road              131   11   29    5    0    4   11   11   38  0.221  0.287  0.351  0.638  0.281  4.00  0.065  0.117

Day                62    6   13    1    0    3    6    6   18  0.210  0.279  0.371  0.650  0.244  3.88  0.070  0.125
Nite              234   18   58   12    0    4   18   19   58  0.248  0.306  0.350  0.656  0.314  3.96  0.058  0.119

Leading off        76    7   13    5    0    1    1    4   21  0.171  0.213  0.276  0.489  0.222  4.05  0.041  0.000
Pinch hitting      12    2    4    1    0    0    0    1    4  0.333  0.385  0.417  0.801  0.500  3.77  0.051  0.000
bases empty       175   17   42    9    0    5    5   16   50  0.240  0.304  0.377  0.681  0.308  4.00  0.064  0.000
runners on        121    7   29    4    0    2   19    9   26  0.240  0.295  0.322  0.618  0.290  3.87  0.056  0.120
RISP               67    3   15    4    0    0   15    6   17  0.224  0.293  0.284  0.577  0.300  3.78  0.069  0.150

totals vs. L.A.   296   24   71   13    0    7   24   25   76  0.240  0.300  0.355  0.655  0.300  3.95  0.060  0.120
season totals    5655  860 1569  333   21  185  814  640 1202  0.277  0.354  0.442  0.795  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.196

CUBS pitchers vs. Los Angeles this year......

vs. L.A.             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wood                5.0    5    1    0    1    8    0    89  1.80 14.40  0.00  1.20  0.00
Cotts               3.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    47  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Ascanio             1.0    0    0    0    1    1    0    19  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Lieber              1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    11  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                0.7    0    0    0    0    2    0    11  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marquis             7.3    4    2    1    1    3    1   107  1.23  3.68  1.23  0.68  1.23
Gallagher          12.0    7    3    3    5    9    0   200  3.75  6.75  0.00  1.00  2.25
Howry               3.0    4    1    1    1    4    1    57  3.00 12.00  3.00  1.67  3.00
Marshall            2.3    1    1    1    1    4    1    38  3.86 15.43  3.86  0.86  3.86
Marmol              4.3    5    2    2    3    7    0    89  6.23 14.54  0.00  1.85  4.15
Dempster           17.0   16    8    8   12    6    2   308  6.35  3.18  1.06  1.65  4.24
Zambrano           21.0   25   15   11    7   16    3   345  3.00  6.86  1.29  1.52  4.71
Hart                1.3    4    1    1    1    1    0    40  6.75  6.75  0.00  3.75  6.75
Samardzija          1.0    2    1    1    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  9.00

totals vs. L.A.    80.0   75   35   29   34   62    8  1380  3.83  6.98  0.90  1.36  3.26
season totals    1479.3 1347  688  639  559 1280  164 24264  3.40  7.79  1.00  1.29  3.89

CUBS' last 30 games (14-16)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
134  Thu 08/28    Philadelphia  N   6- 4  Dempster        Hamels        
135  Fri 08/29    Philadelphia      3- 2  Harden          Blanton       
136  Sat 08/30    Philadelphia      2- 5  Lilly           Myers         
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        
144  Tue 09/09  @ St. Louis     N   3- 4  Dempster        Lohse         
145  Wed 09/10  @ St. Louis     N   4- 3  Lilly           Looper        
146  Thu 09/11  @ St. Louis     N   3- 2  Harden          Wellemeyer    
147  Sun 09/14  @ Houston       N   5- 0  Zambrano        Wolf          
148  Mon 09/15  @ Houston           6- 1  Lilly           Moehler       
149  Tue 09/16    Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Dempster        Sabathia      
150  Wed 09/17    Milwaukee     N   2- 6  Marquis         Sheets        
151  Thu 09/18    Milwaukee         7- 6  Harden          Bush          
152  Fri 09/19    St. Louis         6-12  Zambrano        Wainright     
153  Sat 09/20    St. Louis         5- 4  Lilly           Pineiro       
154  Sun 09/21    St. Louis         5- 1  Dempster        Looper        
155  Mon 09/22  @ New York      N   9- 5  Marquis         Niese         
156  Tue 09/23  @ New York      N   2- 6  Marshall        Santana       
157  Wed 09/24  @ New York      N   9- 6  Zambrano        Perez         
158  Thu 09/25  @ New York      N   6- 7  Harden          Martinez      
159  Fri 09/26  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
160  Sat 09/27  @ Milwaukee         7- 3  Lilly           Sheets        
161  Sun 09/28  @ Milwaukee         1- 3  Guzman          Sabathia      
162  Wed 10/01    Los Angeles   N   2- 7  Dempster        Lowe          
163  Thu 10/02    Los Angeles   N   3-10  Zambrano        Billingsley

Composite scoring during the last 30 games.........

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

CUBS             10  19  13  14  13  14  15  13  16   3   0   1   0   0   0   0      131
Opponents        19  16   6  10  16  31  14  19  17   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      150

CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games......

08/28 - 10/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot           46    5   17    3    0    1    8    9   10  0.370  0.464  0.500  0.964  0.457  3.73  0.095  0.438
Hoffpauir          36    6   11    2    0    2    7    5   10  0.306  0.390  0.528  0.918  0.375  4.02  0.085  0.278
Ramirez           100   14   31    9    0    4   16    7   17  0.310  0.352  0.520  0.872  0.342  4.01  0.042  0.214
Pie                20    5    6    1    1    0    3    4    6  0.300  0.417  0.450  0.867  0.429  4.00  0.117  0.375
DeRosa             84   18   23    6    1    4   13    7   11  0.274  0.344  0.512  0.856  0.275  3.66  0.070  0.237
Edmonds            54   10   13    2    0    4    7    7   12  0.241  0.323  0.500  0.823  0.237  4.31  0.082  0.111
D Lee             105    9   31    9    0    2   13   13   28  0.295  0.373  0.438  0.811  0.387  3.88  0.078  0.229
Soto               77    9   21    4    0    3    8    6   17  0.273  0.333  0.442  0.775  0.316  4.10  0.061  0.135
Soriano           108   12   24    4    0    7   13   14   30  0.222  0.311  0.454  0.765  0.239  4.06  0.089  0.115
Blanco             23    0    8    0    0    0    2    0    3  0.348  0.348  0.348  0.696  0.400  3.17  0.000  0.133
Ward               25    2    5    2    0    1    4    2    6  0.200  0.259  0.400  0.659  0.222  3.89  0.059  0.094
Theriot           100   14   27    1    1    0    4   11   13  0.270  0.342  0.300  0.642  0.310  3.77  0.072  0.100
Cedeno             47   10   12    3    0    0    3    4    8  0.255  0.314  0.319  0.633  0.308  3.63  0.058  0.188
Johnson            55    5   14    0    0    0    4    2   18  0.255  0.293  0.255  0.548  0.378  3.81  0.039  0.148
Fukudome           65    7   11    2    0    1    5   10   14  0.169  0.280  0.246  0.526  0.200  4.28  0.111  0.093
McGehee            24    1    4    1    0    0    5    0    8  0.167  0.160  0.208  0.368  0.250  3.68 -0.007  0.227
K Hill             21    0    2    1    0    0    1    0   12  0.095  0.095  0.143  0.238  0.222  3.91  0.000  0.083

last 30 games    1046  131  271   51    3   31  124  102  240  0.259  0.326  0.402  0.729  0.310  3.88  0.067  0.169
season totals    5655  860 1569  333   21  185  814  640 1202  0.277  0.354  0.442  0.795  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.196

CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games......

08/28 - 10/02        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wells               4.3    0    0    0    2    1    0    42  4.15  2.08  0.00  0.46  0.00
Harden             22.0   11    8    6   16   19    0   399  6.55  7.77  0.00  1.23  2.45
Hart                8.3   11    3    3    2    9    0   152  2.16  9.72  0.00  1.56  3.24
Wood               21.7   17    9    8    4   16    2   244  1.66  6.65  0.83  0.97  3.32
Lilly              36.7   24   14   14    7   29    3   509  1.72  7.12  0.74  0.85  3.44
Marmol             15.3   11    6    6    5   19    2   261  2.93 11.15  1.17  1.04  3.52
Dempster           40.7   44   18   18   18   36    4   697  3.98  7.97  0.89  1.52  3.98
Wuertz              6.7    5    3    3    5    5    0    97  6.75  6.75  0.00  1.50  4.05
Marshall           22.7   21   11   11   11   20    2   392  4.37  7.94  0.79  1.41  4.37
Marquis            26.7   27   14   14   18   18    2   465  6.08  6.08  0.68  1.69  4.73
Samardzija         11.3   15   11    6   10    7    0   233  7.94  5.56  0.00  2.21  4.76
Howry              10.7   15    6    6    4   12    1   191  3.38 10.13  0.84  1.78  5.06
Guzman              9.7   10    6    6    4   10    1   160  3.72  9.31  0.93  1.45  5.59
Cotts               9.0   13    6    6    2   10    2   183  2.00 10.00  2.00  1.67  6.00
Zambrano           26.7   20   23   19   13   23    3   436  4.39  7.76  1.01  1.24  6.41
Gaudin              5.0    9    8    7    3    2    1    95  5.40  3.60  1.80  2.40 12.60
Lieber              2.0    3    4    4    1    1    1    32  4.50  4.50  4.50  2.00 18.00

last 30 games     279.3  256  150  137  125  237   24  4588  4.03  7.64  0.77  1.36  4.41
season totals    1479.3 1347  688  639  559 1280  164 24264  3.40  7.79  1.00  1.29  3.89

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

03/31 - 10/02        P   PA  P/PA
Fukudome          2568  598  4.29
Ward               509  121  4.21
Edmonds           1273  305  4.17
Ramirez           2626  651  4.03
Soto              2270  571  3.98
D Lee             2799  707  3.96
Fontenot          1132  286  3.96
K Hill              86   22  3.91
DeRosa            2343  601  3.90
Theriot           2518  669  3.76
Cedeno             886  236  3.75
Hoffpauir          300   80  3.75
Johnson           1401  374  3.75
Soriano           1905  512  3.72
Pie                349   94  3.71
McGehee             92   25  3.68
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Murton             144   41  3.51
Blanco             447  128  3.49

CUBS             25053 6455  3.88

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

03/31 - 10/02      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             83  249  0.250
Johnson             44  134  0.247
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
McGehee              5   17  0.227
DeRosa              69  242  0.222
Soriano             46  166  0.217
Fontenot            31  112  0.217
Hoffpauir            6   22  0.214
Edmonds             31  116  0.211
D Lee               70  264  0.210
Soto                63  255  0.198
Cedeno              26  107  0.195
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            48  243  0.165
Pie                  9   49  0.155
Theriot             36  210  0.146
Ward                13   78  0.143
Blanco               9   74  0.108
K Hill               1   11  0.083

CUBS               629 2579  0.196

Go CUBS !!!

C.C. · October 4, 2008

Every series is now 2-0. Which team has the best chance of pulling of a miracle? Has to be us considering all the match-ups. No?

Dammit! I'm getting sucked back in. If we can just win tonight....

Schwarber Fan · October 4, 2008

THE GAME IS AT 9:07

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp

Schwarber Fan · October 4, 2008

Looks like Fontenot is in, DeRosa to RF

Expect a different look for the Cubs. Mark DeRosa will start in right field and Mike Fontenot at second base when the best-of-five series against Los Angeles shifts to Dodger Stadium. That means Kosuke Fukudome, who has batted .217 since the All-Star break, is the odd man out.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081003&content_id=3588112&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

"We're fully expecting to win two games out here and bring it back to Chicago. That's the mind-set we have and that's the mind-set we'll continue to have until proven otherwise. We've put ourselves at a huge disadvantage, but I like our pitching staff."

:beg:

Exile on Waveland · October 4, 2008

Looks like Fontenot is in, DeRosa to RF

Expect a different look for the Cubs. Mark DeRosa will start in right field and Mike Fontenot at second base when the best-of-five series against Los Angeles shifts to Dodger Stadium. That means Kosuke Fukudome, who has batted .217 since the All-Star break, is the odd man out.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081003&content_id=3588112&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

"We're fully expecting to win two games out here and bring it back to Chicago. That's the mind-set we have and that's the mind-set we'll continue to have until proven otherwise. We've put ourselves at a huge disadvantage, but I like our pitching staff."

:beg:

Good. Fontenot should be in the lineup.

UK1679666180 · October 4, 2008

Kuroda is going to be a bitch for the Cubs, he does everything well that shuts down this Cubs offense as far as throwing strikes to stay ahead not getting into hitter's counts, good command of his FB. He uses his 4 seamer to get ahead in the count and then the sinker with two strikes to get the LH'ed hitter to swing weakly at a pitch falling out of the zone to ground out weakly and use the slider against RH'ers. His slider is good enough to get Soriano to chase on any count as well the other Cubs hitters occasionally on two strikes, espec. when they're pressing like they have. Against the lefties, he'll use his splitter and FB mainly, his splitter isn't an outpitch like Samardzija's when its on, it's more like a change-up as he throws for it for stikes on the lower 3rd of the plate.

Cubs are going to need to be aggressive early in the count and the opposite field (broken record), they can't high pitch count him out of the game, he'll throw strikes and hopefully his FB command is off to where his FB tails out over the plate and that he'll hang some splitters ala Dempster to Loney.

Wolfgangbucks · October 4, 2008

Today is the day - yesterday I picked my "Believe" bracelet up from the place I left it in 2004 and put it back on my wrist. The gods are now on our side.................

C.C. · October 4, 2008

We gotta win a playoff game some time. might as well be tonight.

erik316wttn · October 4, 2008

Every series is now 2-0. Which team has the best chance of pulling of a miracle? Has to be us considering all the match-ups. No?

Dammit! I'm getting sucked back in. If we can just win tonight....

...it would be delaying the inevitable.

KPet · October 4, 2008

Cubs 9

Dodgers 2

tfarks · October 4, 2008

abolish the 5 game series

Vanilla Ice · October 4, 2008

i want the cubs to win the next two for no other reason so that the clubhouse attendant can be a prick right back to Kemp.

No doubt.

what did i miss?

erik316wttn · October 4, 2008

abolish the 5 game series

The Cubs did it to themselves. It would be one thing if the games were low-scoring and close, but they played their worst two games of the season in games 1 and 2. If it was 5 or 7 games, the Cubs would still be in big trouble right now.

This isn't the fault of the 5-game series. It's the fault of the supposed "best team" in the National League.

cbbryan · October 4, 2008

I wish this was an earlier game.

C.C. · October 4, 2008

I wish this was an earlier game.

More time to get tanked to kill the pain.

Thurman Merman · October 4, 2008

Alright, I set up my Jobu shrine to help win this game:

Framed picture of Kerry Wood (1998), surrounded by a can of Old Style, a shot of vodka in a Cubs shot glass, and a five dollar bill.

Hopefully this will appease the Gods....

gflore34 · October 4, 2008

Win one tonight and the dam of tightness, etc. and all that other garbage will burst.

cbbryan · October 4, 2008

I wish this was an earlier game.

More time to get tanked to kill the pain.

You'll be too drunk to watch Harden shut them down.

C.C. · October 4, 2008

I wish this was an earlier game.

More time to get tanked to kill the pain.

You'll be too drunk to watch Harden shut them down.

Hopefully!

anabiono · October 4, 2008

um...say we are to win tonight...do we play tomorrow or monday, and if monday WHY?

C.C. · October 4, 2008

um...say we are to win tonight...do we play tomorrow or monday, and if monday WHY?

We play tomorrow.

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