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

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off         6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.167  3.33  0.000  0.000
bases empty        10    1    1    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.100  0.250  0.100  0.350  0.100  3.17  0.150  0.000
5th inning          2    0    1    0    0    0    2    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  3.00  0.167  0.667
0 outs             11    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.182  0.182  0.182  0.364  0.200  3.64  0.000  0.000
last 7 games       20    1    2    0    0    0    2    5    3  0.100  0.280  0.100  0.380  0.118  3.76  0.180  0.125
Home               20    1    2    0    0    0    2    5    3  0.100  0.280  0.100  0.380  0.118  3.76  0.180  0.125
Day                13    1    1    0    0    0    1    4    3  0.077  0.294  0.077  0.371  0.100  4.24  0.217  0.100
vs Right           23    1    2    0    0    0    1    5    4  0.087  0.250  0.087  0.337  0.105  3.79  0.163  0.059
vs. Cincy           7    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.143  2.75  0.107  0.167

season totals      26    1    3    0    0    0    2    5    5  0.115  0.281  0.115  0.397  0.143  3.69  0.166  0.100

[Tryptamine]

Wasting yet another fantastic pitching performance; I feel bad for Lilly and Z.

[cubswin2009]

At least Z is doing his part

Lilly did the same last night.

[apete6]

I'm starting to believe that rather than this being a slow start, maybe the offense just isn't that good.

 

Winner. Just wait until Soriano goes into a slump and Ramirez misses 2 weeks with a hammy tweak. And Theriot and Fuku remember they aren't really good.

Or, maybe Geo and Milton aren't .100 hitters.

 

They better not be. Unfortunately, there's also a good chance that Lee and Fontenot really do suck.

[illiniguy]

Wasting yet another fantastic pitching performance; I feel bad for Lilly and Z.

Lilly killed himself with his own fielding though.

[laurens]

At least Z is doing his part

Lilly did the same last night.

 

Yeah, I feel really good about the rotation. Offense, not so much.

[Guest]

*Leafs through 2009 MLB draft publications to see if there are any worthwhile college 1Bs out there*

 

Rich Poythress.

[Guest]

Good to see Z is solid, though.

[OleMissCub]

Z is averaging about 7K's per start so far this year. That's above his norm over the past few years.

[erik316wttn]

*Leafs through 2009 MLB draft publications to see if there are any worthwhile college 1Bs out there*

 

Rich Poythress.

 

Maybe we could trade for one at the deadline.

 

Or, instead of Peavy, maybe we could trade for Adrian Gonzalez.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Outshined_One]

Catcher's speed!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        21    5    6    2    0    0    0    5    4  0.286  0.423  0.381  0.804  0.353  4.50  0.137  0.000
5th inning          4    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.50  0.333  0.000
1 out              10    2    3    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.300  0.364  0.300  0.664  0.500  4.36  0.064  0.000
last 7 games       19    1    1    0    0    0    0    4    3  0.053  0.250  0.053  0.303  0.063  4.21  0.197  0.000
Home               19    1    1    0    0    0    0    4    3  0.053  0.250  0.053  0.303  0.063  4.21  0.197  0.000
Day                19    1    3    1    0    0    0    3    3  0.158  0.273  0.211  0.483  0.188  4.14  0.115  0.000
vs Right           33    6    9    2    0    1    4    8    5  0.273  0.429  0.424  0.853  0.296  4.24  0.156  0.158
vs. Cincy           4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.00  0.333  0.000

season totals      41    6    9    2    0    1    4    8    7  0.220  0.360  0.341  0.701  0.242  4.22  0.140  0.111

[cubswin2009]

Matt Stairs broke up Bush's no-hitter with a homer

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot flied out to center field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty         4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000
5th inning          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
2 outs              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000
last 7 games        2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.00  0.333  0.000
Home                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.00  0.333  0.000
Day                 2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.00  0.333  0.000
vs Right            7    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125  0.000  3.88  0.125  0.000
vs. Cincy           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

season totals       7    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125  0.000  3.88  0.125  0.000

[CubmanPi]

Wasting yet another fantastic pitching performance; I feel bad for Lilly and Z.

Lilly killed himself with his own fielding though.

His own fielding cost him one run. If that one run is what does the Cubs in, then no part of the defense or pitching did any of the killing.

[cubswin2009]

How many straight innings is that without a run?

[erik316wttn]

Good to see they're at least hustling.

 

We're going to lose 2 of 3 to the Reds at home. Awesome.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Soto grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Fontenot flied out to center field

Zambrano grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Cincinnati: none

CUBS: none

 

Cincinnati     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harang        5.0  3  0  0  1  1  0  63

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      5.0  3  1  1  1  5  0  66

[erik316wttn]

How many straight innings is that without a run?

 

16, I think.

[Fred Hornkohl]

            Cincinnati            CUBS
P/PA              3.67            3.50
RBI%              0.20            0.00
R/BR              0.25            0.00
BA               0.176           0.176
OBP              0.222           0.222
SLG              0.353           0.235
OPS              0.575           0.458
ERA               0.00            1.80
BB/9              1.80            1.80
K/9               1.80            9.00

[Omar]

Whats that? 16 straight innings without a run for the Cubs offense?

[Tryptamine]

I find it really odd that the Cubs have been shut out for so long and have struck out very few times. It's been weak grounder and fly outs; is that something you attribute to bad luck with babip?

[Outshined_One]

*Leafs through 2009 MLB draft publications to see if there are any worthwhile college 1Bs out there*

 

Rich Poythress.

 

He's been hot hot hot with the bat, but he doesn't sound like the kind of guy this team would go for given his limited tools elsewhere.

 

It'd be like the whole Travis Snider thing all over again.