Re: 4/26 Cobs (Harden) @ St. Louis (Wellemeyer) 1:15 CDT, WGN

[Mephistopheles]

Nice to see Fukudome hitting again.

 

When did he stop hitting? He's reached base every single game that he's started except for opening day. Hes reached twice in all but three of the games he's started this season.

[Sammys Boombox]

I think Fukubombs may be my favorite kind of bombs. Although Aramabombs have a special place in my heart as well.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Molina grounded an IF single to the pitcher

[Fred Hornkohl]

Getting lonely in here, Fred?

 

No, I've got erik to keep me company with his expert baseball anaysis !!

[Tryptamine]

Seven run lead, please throw strikes.

[erik316wttn]

Nice to see Fukudome hitting again.

 

He hit last April, too. I just hope he keeps it up all year.

[Andy]

I think Fukubombs may be my favorite kind of bombs. Although Aramabombs have a special place in my heart as well.

Nothing tops Aramabombs for me. I think at some point I may have liked sneaky power bombs, but I'm having a hard time placing any of those in my memory.

[erik316wttn]

Getting lonely in here, Fred?

 

No, I've got erik to keep me company with his expert baseball anaysis !!

 

Um....thanks?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greene lined out to right field

[erik316wttn]

Damn, Fuku is a BEAST!!

[Hall7810]

Wow, nice grab

[Outshined_One]

Check the runner, you idiot.

[Sosa21MVP]

BEAST MODE!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Molina took second base on defensive indifference

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Ankiel lined out to right field

Molina grounded an IF single to the pitcher

Greene lined out to right field

Molina took second base on defensive indifference

Thurston grounded out to short, 6-3

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            3 1 0 2 0 0 1 3               10 13  0
St. Louis       0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0                3  6  1

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Hoffpauir (2), Fukudome (4)

St. Louis: Molina (2), Ankiel (2)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harden        6.0  4  2  2  2  9  2 107
Cotts         0.7  1  1  1  1  0  0  20
Heilman       1.3  1  0  0  1  0  0  19

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wellemeyer    5.0  8  6  4  2  5  0 103
Walters       2.0  2  1  1  0  2  1  22
Boyer         1.7  2  2  2  0  0  0  15
Miller        0.3  1  1  1  0  0  1   8

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS       St. Louis
P/PA              3.70            4.17
RBI%              0.25            0.07
R/BR              0.63            0.27
BA               0.361           0.200
OBP              0.410           0.314
SLG              0.583           0.433
OPS              0.994           0.748
ERA               3.38            8.00
BB/9              4.50            2.00
K/9              10.13            7.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-1 when they lead at the end of 8 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammys Boombox]

I think Fukubombs may be my favorite kind of bombs. Although Aramabombs have a special place in my heart as well.

Nothing tops Aramabombs for me. I think at some point I may have liked sneaky power bombs, but I'm having a hard time placing any of those in my memory.

 

I remember a specific one landing on Sheffield that was awesome, but I don't remember any details other than that.

[witty alias]

Len just said Bradley is "Nowhere near 100%". Didn't they say two weeks ago it would be 3-5 days? I'm guessing it will end being about a month. And why wasn't he DLd?

[Sammys Boombox]

CUBS are 6-1 when they lead at the end of 8 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

What about when they lead by 7 after 8 innings?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off         5    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.200  4.00  0.000  0.000
bases empty        15    2    4    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.267  0.313  0.267  0.579  0.286  3.25  0.046  0.000
9th inning          4    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.667  3.25  0.000  0.000
0 outs              9    2    4    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.444  0.444  0.444  0.889  0.444  3.22  0.000  0.000
This series         8    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.375  0.375  0.375  0.750  0.500  3.00  0.000  0.000
last 7 games       12    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  3.42  0.000  0.000
Road               15    1    5    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.333  0.412  0.333  0.745  0.385  2.88  0.078  0.000
Day                13    1    4    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.308  0.357  0.308  0.665  0.333  3.79  0.049  0.000
vs Left             3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  3.75  0.167  0.000
vs Miller           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. St. L          10    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.300  0.300  0.300  0.600  0.375  2.80  0.000  0.000

season totals      26    2    8    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.308  0.379  0.308  0.687  0.348  3.52  0.072  0.000

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson grounded out to second, 4-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        27    5    8    2    0    0    0    5    5  0.296  0.406  0.370  0.777  0.364  4.56  0.110  0.000
9th inning          2    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  1.000  5.00  0.167  0.000
1 out              13    2    2    0    0    0    0    2    5  0.154  0.267  0.154  0.421  0.250  4.20  0.113  0.000
This series         8    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.375  0.375  0.500  0.875  0.600  3.88  0.000  0.333
last 7 games       20    2    5    1    0    0    1    1    5  0.250  0.318  0.300  0.618  0.333  3.95  0.068  0.077
Road               29    6   10    3    0    1    5    5    7  0.345  0.441  0.552  0.993  0.429  4.15  0.096  0.333
Day                26    1    6    1    0    0    0    3    3  0.231  0.310  0.269  0.580  0.261  4.21  0.080  0.000
vs Left             8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.13  0.000  0.000
vs Miller           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
vs. St. L          17    2    4    1    0    0    1    0    5  0.235  0.235  0.294  0.529  0.333  4.18  0.000  0.083

season totals      51    7   12    3    0    1    5    9   10  0.235  0.361  0.353  0.714  0.275  4.21  0.125  0.125

[Mephistopheles]

Nice to see Fukudome hitting again.

 

He hit last April, too. I just hope he keeps it up all year.

 

Not like this.

 

KF has seem to adjusted to the style of pitching here. He's learning how to hit pitchers who predominately try to get hitters to hit the ball on the ground.

 

Last year he hit the ball on ground 50.6% of the time. That's what you expect from guys who beat the ball onto the ground and trying to run fast, like Fred Lewis, Michael Bourn and Willy Taveras, not someone who is expected to hit for league average or better power. The same thing happened to Hideki Matsui his first season here. His GB rate in 2003 was 54.7%. I believe he led the league in groundballs. Unsurprisingly, after the transition season Matsui became more of a nuetral GB/FB hitter like you would expect someone who has a power slanted game. Matsui's GB% dropped to 40.9% the next year, a HUGE HUGE drop. As a result he double his power output. Similarily, so far this year KF's GB% has dropped to 34.1%, which is around where Alfonso Soriano usually is. Unsurprisingly, he's been a hell of a lot more productive.

[Tryptamine]

Really good at bat against a tough lefty for Fontenot.