04/22 DB Reds (Cueto) @ CUBS (Lilly) 7:05pm CDT, CSN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!

 

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/28955.jpg Johnny Cueto (0-1) 4.22 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, $418,000

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/4062.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Lilly (2-0) 3.86 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, $13 million[/b]

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Roast]

The cubs shall be victorious. Hopefully.

[chuckywang]

First game of the year! I'll be in the bleachers for this one!

[Friendly Confines]

Keep up the streak Fred!

[Butterscup1679666578]

In all honesty, this should be a sweep. Get this done Lilly.

[Guest]

Weather report for tonight?

[TruffleShuffle]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

[Derwood]

enough with the night games already

[Guest]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

Which way is the wind blowing tonight?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

Which way is the wind blowing tonight?

 

ESE @ 5-10

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
.108 wins                            97    85    66    79
.891 runs                           857   752   716   703
.216 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.851 walks                          638   500   395   419
1175 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..95 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.122 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..54 errors                          97    94   104   100
.108 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50

[Guest]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

Which way is the wind blowing tonight?

 

ESE @ 5-10

 

Does that mean it's blowing in or out or neither?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

Which way is the wind blowing tonight?

 

ESE @ 5-10

 

Does that mean it's blowing in or out or neither?

 

In from RF.

[Guest]

Gracias.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

How do you ever answer that question with anything but "It's gon rain"?

[Old Style]

Weather report for tonight?

 

dry

 

How do you ever answer that question with anything but "It's gon rain"?

:lol:

[weis21]

enough with the night games already

This.

 

Looks like I'll be bored out of my mind at work again today. And I've got class tonight so I'll miss the first few innings.

[Guest]

53°F (Feels like: 50°F

Mostly sunny

I have winds blowing in from the north at 10 mph (in from LF).

[Fred Hornkohl]

53°F (Feels like: 50°F

Mostly sunny

I have winds blowing in from the north at 10 mph (in from LF).

 

Those are current conditions. Winds are supposed to change this evening.

[Guest]

53°F (Feels like: 50°F

Mostly sunny

I have winds blowing in from the north at 10 mph (in from LF).

 

Those are current conditions. Winds are supposed to change this evening.

 

I got mine off weather.com for game time. :shrug:

[Guest]

53°F (Feels like: 50°F

Mostly sunny

I have winds blowing in from the north at 10 mph (in from LF).

 

Those are current conditions. Winds are supposed to change this evening.

 

I got mine off weather.com for game time. :shrug:

 

That's still good for Lilly keeping the ball in the yard.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS were 4-0 with Lance Barksdale behind the plate last year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.16  Fri 04/18    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Hill            Snell         
.37  Sun 05/11    Arizona           6- 4  Gallagher       Gonzalez      
.89  Sun 07/06  @ St. Louis         7- 1  Marshall        Wellemeyer    
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra         

 

Composite scoring with Lance Barksdale behind the plate last year....

 

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

CUBS              2   2   2   3   1   3   3   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23
Opponents         2   1   0   0   3   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       9

 

 

CUBS' offensive production with Lance Barksdale behind the plate last year....

 

03/31 - 10/04      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Barksdale  141   23   48    7    3    3   70   20   16   26  0.340  0.406  0.496  0.903
CUBS overall     5692  861 1577  336   21  185 2510  818  642 1210  0.277  0.353  0.441  0.794

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some worthless stats of the day for a Wednesday...........

 

CUBS are 1-1 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 8-4 in April

CUBS are 1-0 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 7-3 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 0-1 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 4-3 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 5-1 at night

CUBS are 4-2 at home

CUBS are 8-3 against right handers

CUBS are 4-2 when they get a quality start.... 4-2 when they don't

CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 6-2 when they don't

CUBS are 5-1 when they score first in the game.... 3-3 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 4-3 when they don't

CUBS have outscored their opponents 9-3 in the first inning

CUBS are 7-2 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 1-2 when they do

CUBS are 8-1 when they score at least 4 runs.... 0-3 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-3 when they don't

CUBS are 6-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 1-3 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even

CUBS are 1-1 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 7-3 when he doesn't

CUBS are 2-2 in one run games.... 2-0 in two run games

CUBS are 4-1 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 4-3 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 5-0 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 3-4 when they don't

CUBS are 3-0 when they average 3.7 P/PA or fewer.... 5-4 when they don't

CUBS are 6-3 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 1-2 when he doesn't

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
.108 wins                            97    85    66    79
.891 runs                           857   752   716   703
.216 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.851 walks                          638   500   395   419
1175 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..95 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.122 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..54 errors                          97    94   104   100
.108 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
5.50 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.95 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
19.3 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.371 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
36.4 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 0-2 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 7-1 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-3 when they don't

CUBS are 8-4 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-0 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when they steal a base.... 5-3 when they don't

CUBS are 1-0 when they execute a sac bunt.... 7-3 when they don't

CUBS are 4-3 when they GIDP.... 4-1 when they don't

CUBS are 0-4 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 8-0 when they don't

CUBS are 8-4 when they hit at least 1 double.... 0-0 when they don't

CUBS are 1-0 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 7-3 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 5-3 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 4-3 when they don't

CUBS are 1-0 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 7-3 when they don't

CUBS are 5-2 when the opponent strikes out at least 9 times.... 3-2 when they don't

CUBS are 1-2 when the opponent steals a base.... 7-2 when they don't

CUBS are 3-2 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 5-2 when they don't

CUBS are 3-2 when the opponent GIDPs.... 5-2 when they don't

CUBS are 8-2 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 1-2 when they don't

CUBS are 0-1 when the opponent triples.... 8-3 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 5-3 when they don't

CUBS are 3-0 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 5-4 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when they hit an opposing batter.... 5-3 when they don't

 

CUBS' starting rotation......

 

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano       3     3- 0     2    0.667     19.0      324    17.1    6.3    108.0    5.21    6.00
Dempster       3     2- 1     1    0.333     18.0      308    17.1    6.0    102.7    5.00    5.67
Lilly          2     2- 0     1    0.500     11.7      177    15.2    5.8     88.5    4.63    7.50
Harden         3     1- 2     2    0.667     15.0      280    18.7    5.0     93.3    4.20    4.00
Marshall       1     0- 1     0    0.000      5.0       93    18.6    5.0     93.0    5.40    4.00

CUBS          12     8- 4     6    0.500     68.7     1182    17.2    5.7     98.5    4.85    5.50

 

 

 

CUBS are 2-0 when Lilly starts

Lilly is 1 of 2 (.500) in quality starts

Lilly has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is N/A.... to K Hill it's 3.86

CUBS score 5.50 R/G overall.... 7.50 R/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS hit 1.33 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Lilly pitches

CUBS have scored first in 2 of Lilly's 2 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 1 of Lilly's 2 starts

Lilly has given up run(s) in the first inning in 0 (0 runs total) of his 2 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Lilly.....

 

04/06 - 04/21      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly       72   15   25    5    0    2   36   14   15   15  0.347  0.472  0.500  0.972
CUBS overall      412   66  107   22    1   16  179   65   63   87  0.260  0.365  0.434  0.799

 

Composite scoring in games started by Lilly.........

 

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

CUBS              4   5   0   2   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      15
Opponents         0   0   2   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       6

 

Lilly's starts this year (2-0)

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/08  vs. Houst       5.0    8    5    5    0    3    4    73  0.00  5.40  7.20  1.60  9.00
04/13  vs. Colo        6.7    1    0    0    2    8    0   104  2.70 10.80  0.00  0.45  0.00

overall               11.7    9    5    5    2   11    4   177  1.54  8.49  3.09  0.94  3.86

 

Lilly's start(s) vs. Cincinnati last year (0-4).....

 

Lilly                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/17  vs. Cincy       6.0    6    5    5    3    6    1    94  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.50  7.50
07/10  vs. Cincy       2.7    6    4    4    2    3    2    63  6.75 10.13  6.75  3.00 13.50
08/20  vs. Cincy       7.0    2    2    2    2    7    0   100  2.57  9.00  0.00  0.57  2.57
09/05  vs. Cincy       2.0    4    5    5    3    1    1    42 13.50  4.50  4.50  3.50 22.50

totals vs. Cincy      17.7   18   16   16   10   17    4   299  5.09  8.66  2.04  1.58  8.15
season totals        205.0  187   96   93   64  184   32  3239  2.81  8.08  1.40  1.22  4.08

 

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

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             21 Apr     20 Apr     19 Apr     18 Apr     17 Apr     16 Apr     15 Apr
             vs. Cinc   no game    no game    vs. St.L   vs. St.L   vs. St.L   vs. Colo
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts         0.3  13                          0.0   8               0.3  10    1.0  14       1.7  45
Gregg                                          2.0  24                                        2.0  24
Guzman                                         1.0  23               1.0  15    2.0  36       4.0  74
Heilman       1.0  18                          1.0  11    1.0  19    1.0   9                  4.0  57
Marmol        0.7   7                          1.0  25    1.0  14                             2.7  46
Patton                                                               0.7  22    2.0  30       2.7  52
Vizcaino      1.0  16                                                1.0  21    1.0  10       3.0  47
Marshall                                                                                             

Totals        3.0  54                          5.0  91    2.0  33    4.0  77    6.0  90      20.0 345

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year (1-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.12  Tue 04/21    Cincinnati    N   7- 2  Harden          Owings        
.13  Wed 04/22    Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly           Cueto         
.14  Thu 04/23    Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Harang        
.54  Fri 06/05  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano        Owings        
.55  Sat 06/06  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Dempster        Harang        
.56  Sun 06/07  @ Cincinnati         -    Marshall        Volquez       
.96  Fri 07/24    Cincinnati         -    Marshall        Harang        
.97  Sat 07/25    Cincinnati         -    Harden          Volquez       
.98  Sun 07/26    Cincinnati         -    Lilly           Arroyo        
105  Mon 08/03  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Dempster        Owings        
106  Tue 08/04  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Marshall        Harang        
107  Wed 08/05  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Harden          Volquez       
140  Fri 09/11    Cincinnati         -    Dempster        Owings        
141  Sat 09/12    Cincinnati         -    Marshall        Harang        
142  Sun 09/13    Cincinnati         -    Harden          Volquez       

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati in 2008 (8-7).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.13  Tue 04/15    Cincinnati    N   9- 5  Dempster        Volquez       
.14  Wed 04/16    Cincinnati    N  12- 3  Zambrano        Fogg          
.15  Thu 04/17    Cincinnati        2- 9  Lilly           Harang        
.32  Mon 05/05  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 5  Dempster        Cueto         
.33  Tue 05/06  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 0  Zambrano        Harang        
.34  Wed 05/07  @ Cincinnati        0- 9  Lieber          Volquez       
.90  Tue 07/08    Cincinnati    N   7- 3  Dempster        Harang        
.91  Wed 07/09    Cincinnati    N   5- 1  Zambrano        Cueto         
.92  Thu 07/10    Cincinnati        7-12  Lilly           Arroyo        
125  Tue 08/19    Cincinnati    N   5- 0  Harden          Cueto         
126  Wed 08/20    Cincinnati    N   1- 2  Lilly           Arroyo        
127  Thu 08/21    Cincinnati        3- 2  Zambrano        Fogg          
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        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Cueto last year.....

 

vs Cueto           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto               11    3    5    2    1    1    1    1    1  0.455  0.500  1.091  1.591  0.444  3.83  0.045  0.000
Soriano             9    3    3    0    0    2    2    0    2  0.333  0.333  1.000  1.333  0.200  3.56  0.000  0.000
Theriot            13    1    7    2    0    0    1    0    2  0.538  0.538  0.692  1.231  0.636  3.85  0.000  0.500
Ramirez             7    2    2    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.286  0.444  0.714  1.159  0.333  3.89  0.159  0.000
Johnson             5    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.400  0.500  0.400  0.900  0.500  3.50  0.100  0.000
D Lee              12    1    4    2    0    0    2    1    0  0.333  0.385  0.500  0.885  0.333  4.00  0.051  0.250
Fukudome            9    1    2    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.222  0.300  0.333  0.633  0.286  3.60  0.078  0.167
DeRosa             10    1    1    1    0    0    0    1    3  0.100  0.250  0.200  0.450  0.143  4.58  0.150  0.000
Pie                 2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  4.00  0.333  0.000
Edmonds             4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  4.17  0.333  0.000
Fontenot            4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.50  0.000  0.000
Hoffpauir           3    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.500

totals vs. Cueto   96   14   26    8    1    4   10    7   23  0.271  0.346  0.500  0.846  0.319  3.80  0.075  0.118
totals vs. Cincy  500   76  134   30    2   16   68   67  124  0.268  0.361  0.432  0.793  0.328  4.08  0.093  0.169
season totals    5690  861 1577  336   21  185  815  642 1210  0.277  0.353  0.441  0.794  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.195

 

CUBS pitch counts at the plate.........

 

04/06 - 04/21        P   PA  P/PA
Bradley            125   26  4.81
Fontenot           208   49  4.24
Ramirez            187   46  4.07
Miles               73   18  4.06
Soriano            241   61  3.95
D Lee              228   58  3.93
Fukudome           215   55  3.91
K. Hill             93   24  3.88
Soto               106   28  3.79
Theriot            193   51  3.78
Hoffpauir           68   18  3.78
Johnson             78   21  3.71
Gathright           17    5  3.40

CUBS              1938  491  3.95

 

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

 

04/06 - 04/21      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             11   13  0.458
Fukudome             7   10  0.412
Hoffpauir            4    7  0.364
K. Hill              4    8  0.333
D Lee                8   26  0.235
Theriot              4   17  0.190
Miles                2   13  0.133
Soriano              4   27  0.129
Soto                 2   15  0.118
Fontenot             3   24  0.111
Bradley              0   13  0.000
Gathright            0    3  0.000
Johnson              0   11  0.000

CUBS                49  205  0.193

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[erik316wttn]

enough with the night games already

This.

 

Looks like I'll be bored out of my mind at work again today. And I've got class tonight so I'll miss the first few innings.

 

If baseball was meant to be played at night, there would be enough light in which to do so.

 

1:20 games at Wrigley are how it's supposed to be.

 

It's kind of weird. I'm an ultra-purist on some things, but yet I'm in favor of things like interleague play.

[Fred Hornkohl]

enough with the night games already

This.

 

Looks like I'll be bored out of my mind at work again today. And I've got class tonight so I'll miss the first few innings.

 

If baseball was meant to be played at night, there would be enough light in which to do so.

 

1:20 games at Wrigley are how it's supposed to be.

 

It's kind of weird. I'm an ultra-purist on some things, but yet I'm in favor of things like interleague play.

 

CUBS are 5-1 at night and 3-3 during the day, and you want to stand on tradition ???