04/23 DB Reds (Harang) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 01:20 CDT - CSN

[Vanilla Ice]

After a tough loss, the Cubs throw their intimidating ace out

 

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against the goofy-looking Aaron Harang

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8LIze_WrWng/SdpgVOpdIFI/AAAAAAAAA_w/EpmJGHM6KiY/s400/Aaron+Harang.jpg

 

 

P.S. We might see Samardzija's first appearance of the year.

[anabiono]

harang looks guilty of rippin cheese

[BCVM22]

Need a real good game from Z here. Can't lose 2/3 to the Reds in April.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some worthless stats of the day for Thursday.........

 

CUBS are 0-1 on Thursdays

CUBS are 8-5 in April

CUBS are 1-1 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 7-4 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 2-1 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 3-1 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 3-1 in games that end a series

CUBS are 0-0 in games that close out a home stand

CUBS are 1-0-1 in home series

CUBS have won 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 0-0 in series sweeps

CUBS are 3-3 in day games

CUBS are 4-3 at home

CUBS are 8-4 against right handers

CUBS are 4-3 when they get a quality start.... 4-2 when they don't

CUBS are 2-3 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 6-2 when they don't

CUBS are 5-1 when they score first in the game.... 3-4 when they don't

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

CUBS are 7-3 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.... 0-4 when they don't

CUBS are 3-2 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-3 when they don't

CUBS are 6-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 1-4 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even

CUBS are 1-1 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 7-4 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.... 4-4 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 5-1 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.... 5-5 when they don't

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

CUBS are 0-2 when CSN broadcasts the game

 

CUBS were 2-1 with James Hoye behind the plate last year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.18  Sun 04/20    Pittsburgh       13- 6  Dempster        Duke          
.56  Sat 05/31    Colorado          5- 4  Dempster        Rusch         
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    

 

Composite scoring with James Hoye behind the plate last year....

 

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

CUBS              1   4   4   3   5   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      21
Opponents         1   2   2   2   8   1   0   1   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      22

 

CUBS' offensive production with James Hoye 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/Hoye       108   21   37   11    0    4   60   19   12   21  0.343  0.423  0.556  0.978
CUBS overall     5692  861 1577  336   21  185 2510  818  642 1210  0.277  0.353  0.441  0.794

 

 

CUBS are 3-0 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 2 of 3 (.667) in quality starts

Zambrano has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.54.... to K Hill it's 4.50

CUBS score 5.50 R/G overall.... 6.00 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.33 HR/G overall.... 2.00 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS have scored first in 2 of Zambrano's 3 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Zambrano's 3 starts

Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning in 0 (0 runs total) of his 3 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/06 - 04/22      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   104   18   30    6    0    6   54   18    9   23  0.288  0.339  0.519  0.858
CUBS overall      445   66  113   22    1   16  185   65   63   92  0.254  0.354  0.416  0.770

 

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

 

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

CUBS              3   2   0   2   2   1   2   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
Opponents         0   0   6   1   1   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      14

 

Zambrano's starts this year (3-0)

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/06  vs. Houst       6.0    5    1    1    3    6    0    97  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
04/11  vs. Milw        6.0    7    3    3    3    7    1   118  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.67  4.50
04/17  vs. St. L       7.0    9    7    7    3    7    3   109  3.86  9.00  3.86  1.71  9.00

season totals         19.0   21   11   11    9   20    4   324  4.26  9.47  1.89  1.58  5.21

 

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

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/16  vs. Cincy       7.0    8    2    2    1    5    0   102  1.29  6.43  0.00  1.29  2.57
05/06  vs. Cincy       8.0    3    0    0    3    3    0   113  3.38  3.38  0.00  0.75  0.00
07/09  vs. Cincy       8.0    1    1    1    0    5    1   103  0.00  5.63  1.13  0.13  1.13
08/21  vs. Cincy       7.0    6    1    1    4    4    1   105  5.14  5.14  1.29  1.43  1.29

totals  vs. Cincy     30.0   18    4    4    8   17    2   423  2.40  5.10  0.60  0.87  1.20
season totals        195.0  178   92   85   74  137   19  3127  3.42  6.32  0.88  1.29  3.92

 

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

 

              Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             22 Apr     21 Apr     20 Apr     19 Apr     18 Apr     17 Apr     16 Apr
             vs. Cinc   vs. Cinc   no game    no game    vs. St.L   vs. St.L   vs. St.L
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       0.7  31
Gregg         1.0  24                                     2.0  24                             3.0  48
Guzman        1.0  22                                     1.0  23               1.0  15       3.0  60
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       0.7  22
Vizcaino                 1.0  16                                                1.0  21       2.0  37
Marshall                                                                                             

Totals        2.0  46    3.0  54                          5.0  91    2.0  33    4.0  77      16.0 301

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.12  Tue 04/21    Cincinnati    N   7- 2  Harden          Owings        
.13  Wed 04/22    Cincinnati    N   0- 3  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. Harang last year.....

 

vs Harang          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot            6    2    2    1    0    1    3    1    2  0.333  0.375  1.000  1.375  0.333  3.50  0.042  0.400
Cedeno              4    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.667  2.25  0.000  1.000
DeRosa              6    3    1    0    0    1    2    2    4  0.167  0.444  0.667  1.111  0.000  4.67  0.278  0.250
Theriot            12    3    5    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.417  0.462  0.500  0.962  0.455  3.23  0.045  0.000
Hoffpauir           3    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.333  4.50  0.167  0.000
Ramirez            10    2    3    0    1    0    2    1    4  0.300  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.500  4.58  0.033  0.333
D Lee              11    3    2    0    0    1    3    3    2  0.182  0.357  0.455  0.812  0.125  4.36  0.175  0.182
Soto               10    2    2    0    0    1    3    1    3  0.200  0.308  0.500  0.808  0.167  3.46  0.108  0.250
Fukudome            7    1    2    0    0    0    0    2    2  0.286  0.444  0.286  0.730  0.400  5.40  0.159  0.000
Soriano             7    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.200  4.38  0.107  0.000
Pie                 6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.333  3.17  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.200  0.000  0.200  0.000  4.60  0.200  0.000
Johnson             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

totals vs Harang   97   17   27    3    1    4   16   14   28  0.278  0.371  0.454  0.824  0.354  4.02  0.092  0.214
totalds 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 - 04/22        P   PA  P/PA
Bradley            146   30  4.87
Fontenot           211   50  4.22
Ramirez            204   50  4.08
Miles               84   21  4.00
Fukudome           236   59  4.00
D Lee              243   62  3.92
Soriano            253   65  3.89
K. Hill             93   24  3.88
Theriot            210   55  3.82
Hoffpauir           68   18  3.78
Johnson             78   21  3.71
Soto               118   32  3.69
Gathright           17    5  3.40

CUBS              2073  525  3.95

 

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

 

04/06 - 04/22      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             11   15  0.423
Fukudome             7   12  0.368
Hoffpauir            4    7  0.364
K. Hill              4    8  0.333
D Lee                8   27  0.229
Theriot              4   20  0.167
Miles                2   13  0.133
Soriano              4   27  0.129
Fontenot             3   24  0.111
Soto                 2   18  0.100
Bradley              0   16  0.000
Gathright            0    3  0.000
Johnson              0   11  0.000

CUBS                49  219  0.183

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[erik316wttn]

Win, idiots.

 

Score some runs this time, please.

[Ski]

Score a billion times more runs than you did yesterday.

 

Wait, no.

 

Score 10 more runs than you did yesterday.

[C.C.]

Milton's going yard today...

[apete6]

I assume K. Hill gets the start and this could be the start of a Zambrano-Hill relationship for the rest of the season? When Soto and Z are out there together, the amount of awesomeness seems to overpower the universe and they both become bad.

 

Go Cubs!

[Cubswin11]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Hoff in RF either, Bradley looked liked a 90 year old grandma out there last night and with day game after night game there is probably a decent chance he sits this one out.

[Keener98]

Id be shocked if Bradley sat. The guy just had like what 7-10 days off, if he cant handle playing today after basically not playing last night, then there is a problem. Bradley will be in the lineup Im about 95% sure on that.

 

Any idea what the weather is supposed to be like today? Wind blowing in or out?

[Guest]

Sunny.

56°F (Feels like: 52°F).

Winds blowing out to left field at 15 mph.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Any idea what the weather is supposed to be like today? Wind blowing in or out?

 

Clear skies and 54 degrees. Winds 10 mph from the SE. (Blowing from RF to LF).

[Banedon]

Id be shocked if Bradley sat. The guy just had like what 7-10 days off, if he cant handle playing today after basically not playing last night, then there is a problem. Bradley will be in the lineup Im about 95% sure on that.

 

Any idea what the weather is supposed to be like today? Wind blowing in or out?

 

Unless Lou thinks he's still not full strength after seeing him play yesterday.

[Keener98]

Id be shocked if Bradley sat. The guy just had like what 7-10 days off, if he cant handle playing today after basically not playing last night, then there is a problem. Bradley will be in the lineup Im about 95% sure on that.

 

Any idea what the weather is supposed to be like today? Wind blowing in or out?

 

Unless Lou thinks he's still not full strength after seeing him play yesterday.

 

I wasnt able to see the game last night as I dont have CSN+, but I keep hearing about how bad he looked out there. I know he looked bad at the plate, but honestly from the sound of it the entired team looked pretty bad. I dont know Id just be surprised if he wasnt in there today.

[ELCABALLO45]

sori, riot, fuku, lee, rami, hoffp, soto, font, zAMBRANO

 

From Twitter, also says Bradley will bat 6th when he comes back. And says Bradley is not 100 percent and wont play him till he is.

 

Edit: Can't belive even if I was only copying and pasting.. I called Zambrano.. Z... Im going to take a shower now.

Edited April 23, 2009 by ELCABALLO45

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bruce Miles mentions it in his blog.....

 

"I had a conversation with Milton; he's not 100 percent," Lou said. "When he's 100 percent, I'll put him out there to play. Until then, I'll use (Reed) Johnson, and I'll use Hoffpauir in the outfield."

 

Link thingy

[ELCABALLO45]

Thanks Fred!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Thanks Fred!

 

No.... thank Bruce !! :wink:

[Flames24Rulz]

Bruce Miles mentions it in his blog.....

 

"I had a conversation with Milton; he's not 100 percent," Lou said. "When he's 100 percent, I'll put him out there to play. Until then, I'll use (Reed) Johnson, and I'll use Hoffpauir in the outfield."

 

Link thingy

 

We might be waiting quite a while then.

[ELCABALLO45]

Thanks Fred!

 

No.... thank Bruce !! :wink:

 

Well ok, Thanks Bruce!! :)

[anabiono]

lol...milton bradley...

 

what a waste

[bcl412]

Well, it looks like Chicago sports teams either all win in the same day or all lose in the same day recently. I really want the Bulls to win so the Cubs need to win today to make this happen.

[CubInOK]

Bruce Miles mentions it in his blog.....

 

"I had a conversation with Milton; he's not 100 percent," Lou said. "When he's 100 percent, I'll put him out there to play. Until then, I'll use (Reed) Johnson, and I'll use Hoffpauir in the outfield."

 

Link thingy

 

We might be waiting quite a while then.

Can he just get his suspension over with now? He's gonna be sitting out, so there's no need to have that hanging over his head.

[Keener98]

Id be shocked if Bradley sat. The guy just had like what 7-10 days off, if he cant handle playing today after basically not playing last night, then there is a problem. Bradley will be in the lineup Im about 95% sure on that.

 

Any idea what the weather is supposed to be like today? Wind blowing in or out?

 

 

Damm your stupid

[cubswin2009]

sori, riot, fuku, lee, rami, hoffp, soto, font, z.