4/28 Cobs (Zambrano) @ Diamondbacks (Petit) 8:40 CT, WGNTV

[Schwarber Fan]

Well, it can't get much worse, right? Please stop giving up HRs to guys trying to re-name the Mendoza line though.

 

Hopefully the bench is a little more flexible tonight, and if Z is on, we are guaranteed to at least be in it for a few more innings.

 

According to the suntimes twitter - Bradley, Ramirez, and Marmol could all play tonight.

 

Go Cobs

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg

 

1-1, 4.85

 

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0-1, 6.00

Edited April 28, 2009 by Rondon Fan

[gflore34]

Why must the Cubs be the tonic for every struggling team' and player' ills?

 

Team A not scoring runs - check

Team A playing the Cubs - check

Team A facing Lilly, who has been pretty good early in the season - check

Team A wins game without breaking a sweat - check

 

That is such a tiresome algorithm...

[Little Slide Rooter]

Bradley is supposed to be abck in the lineup today. Any word on Ramirez?

[Roast]

That's good news. I have no idea about Ramirez, but the more regulars we can get back in the lineup the better.

 

Of course, now Bradley just has to look like he knows what he's doing.

[Cubswin11]

I thought they said yesterday Ramirez would probably play, probably game time decision. Marmol is also available tonight after his side session went well yesterday. Lee is the only guy that won't play for sure, but should be back no later than Thursday. This was all according to the sun times twitter.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

I'm a little behind on my news, but with all the time Bradley has missed did he serve his suspension yet or is he still appealing?

[CubColtPacer]

I'm a little behind on my news, but with all the time Bradley has missed did he serve his suspension yet or is he still appealing?

 

He's still appealing the suspension.

[Roast]

I'm a little behind on my news, but with all the time Bradley has missed did he serve his suspension yet or is he still appealing?

 

He's still appealing the suspension.

Hmm. I think that suspension was as stupid as anyone, but it seems like it would make sense to have just served it while he was on the bench anyway.

[Soul]

Stop losing baseball games. Thanks.

[fiver]

too early for a lineup? i'm curious as to whether bradley or aram will be starting tonight. The total is at 9.5, and I would imagine the game will be under even with Petit pitching if we send out a lineup similar to last night's.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday..........

 

CUBS are 1-1 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 9-9 in April

CUBS are 0-1 vs. Arizona

CUBS are 1-2 vs. NL West

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

CUBS are 4-4 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 5-4 at night

CUBS are 5-5 on the road

CUBS are 9-8 against right handers

CUBS are 5-6 when they get a quality start.... 4-3 when they don't

CUBS are 2-6 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 7-3 when they don't

CUBS are 6-2 when they score first in the game.... 3-7 when they don't

CUBS are 5-2 when they score in the first inning.... 4-7 when they don't

CUBS are 8-7 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 1-2 when they do

CUBS are 9-1 when they score 4 runs or more.... 0-8 when they don't

CUBS are 4-2 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 7-1 when they outhit the opponent.... 1-7 when they get outhit.... 1-1 when the hits are even

CUBS are 1-2 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 8-7 when he doesn't

CUBS are 2-3 in one run games .... 2-0 in two runs games

CUBS are 5-4 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 4-5 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 5-3 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 4-6 when they don't

CUBS are 4-2 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 2-2 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 7-7 when he doesn't

CUBS are 7-4 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 2-4 when he doesn't

CUBS are 4-2 when WGN broadcasts the game

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..81 wins                            97    85    66    79
.756 runs                           857   752   716   703
.180 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.648 walks                          638   500   395   419
1161 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..72 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.126 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..99 errors                          97    94   104   100
..90 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.67 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.89 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
17.2 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.354 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
32.9 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 8-3 when they get at least 8 hits .... 1-6 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they steal a base.... 5-8 when they don't

CUBS are 2-1 when they execute a sac bunt.... 7-8 when they don't

CUBS are 5-6 when they GIDP.... 4-3 when they don't

CUBS are 0-7 when they commit one or more errors.... 9-2 when they don't

CUBS are 9-7 when they hit at least one double.... 0-2 when they don't

CUBS are 4-2 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 5-8 when they don't

CUBS are 1-3 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 8-6 when they don't

CUBS are 6-3 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 3-6 when they don't

CUBS are 2-6 when the opponent steals a base.... 7-3 when they don't

CUBS are 3-5 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 6-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-5 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 5-4 when they don't

CUBS are 8-5 when the opponent committs at least 1 error.... 1-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 5-8 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 6-8 when they don't

CUBS are 4-2 when they hit an opposing batter.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS have gotten 6 quality starts in their last 7 games from their rotation

CUBS have outscored the opponents 13-3 in the first inning

CUBS opponents have made at least 1 error in 8 of their last 10 games

 

 

CUBS are 3-1 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 3 of 4 (.750) in quality starts

Zambrano has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.95.... to K Hill it's 4.50

CUBS score 4.67 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.11 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS have scored first in 2 of Zambrano's 4 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Zambrano's 4 starts

Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning in 0 (0 runs total) of his 4 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/06 - 04/27      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   136   19   37    7    0    6   62   19   11   27  0.272  0.322  0.456  0.778
CUBS overall      616   84  155   30    1   20  247   80   72  129  0.252  0.337  0.401  0.738

 

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   2   2   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      19
Opponents         0   0   6   2   1   2   6   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      21

 

Zambrano's starts this year (1-1)

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP    GB    FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/06  vs. Houst       6.0    5    1    1    3    6    0    97    59  0.61  16.2     5     5  0.50  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
04/11  vs. Milw        6.0    7    3    3    3    7    1   118    77  0.65  19.7     6     5  0.55  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.67  4.50
04/17  vs. St. L       7.0    9    7    7    3    7    3   109    73  0.67  15.6     6     8  0.43  3.86  9.00  3.86  1.71  9.00
04/23  vs. Cincy       7.0    7    4    3    2    7    0   109    64  0.59  15.6    12     2  0.86  2.57  9.00  0.00  1.29  3.86

season totals         26.0   28   15   14   11   27    4   433   273  0.63  16.7    29    20  0.59  3.81  9.35  1.38  1.50  4.85

 

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

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             27 Apr     26 Apr     25 Apr     24 Apr     23 Apr     22 Apr     21 Apr
             @ Ariz     @ St. L.   @ St. L.   @ St. L.   vs. Cinc   vs. Cinc   vs. Cinc
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                    0.7  20    0.3   1               1.0  19               0.3  13       2.3  53
Gregg                    1.0   8                                     1.0  24                  2.0  32
Guzman                                         0.7   4               1.0  22                  1.7  26
Heilman                  1.3  20               1.0  12                          1.0  18       3.3  50
Marmol                                         0.3  12                          0.7   7       1.0  19
Patton        2.0  36               1.7  44                                                   3.7  80
Vizcaino                                                                        1.0  16       1.0  16
Marshall                                                                                             
Samardzija    1.0  18                                     1.0  27                             2.0  45

Totals        3.0  54    3.0  48    2.0  45    2.0  28    2.0  46    2.0  46    3.0  54      17.0 321

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.18  Mon 04/27  @ Arizona       N   2- 7  Lilly           Haren         
.19  Tue 04/28  @ Arizona       N    -    Zambrano        Petit         
.20  Wed 04/29  @ Arizona            -    Dempster        Davis         
160  Fri 10/02    Arizona            -    Dempster        Webb          
161  Sat 10/03    Arizona            -    Marshall        Haren         
162  Sun 10/04    Arizona            -    Harden          Davis         

 

CUBS' season series vs. Arizona in 2008 (4-2).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.35  Fri 05/09    Arizona           3- 1  Lilly           Haren         
.36  Sat 05/10    Arizona           7- 2  Dempster        Scherzer      
.37  Sun 05/11    Arizona           6- 4  Gallagher       Gonzalez      
.99  Mon 07/21  @ Arizona       N   0- 2  Harden          Johnson       
100  Tue 07/22  @ Arizona       N   2- 9  Marquis         Petit         
101  Wed 07/23  @ Arizona       N  10- 6  Lilly           Davis         

 

CUBS hitters vs. Petit last year.....

 

vs Petit           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot            2    0    1    0    1    0    1    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.500  2.000  0.500  4.50  0.000  0.333
Fukudome            2    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  4.67  0.167  0.000
DeRosa              0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  6.00  1.000  0.000
Theriot             3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333  4.33  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  4.00  0.500  0.000
D Lee               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000
Soto                2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000

totals vs Petit    17    1    3    1    1    0    1    4    3  0.176  0.333  0.353  0.686  0.214  4.10  0.157  0.077
totals vs Ariz    190   28   47    9    1    7   26   24   42  0.247  0.341  0.416  0.757  0.284  3.79  0.094  0.192
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 hitters vs. Arizona last year.....

 

vs. Ariz           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ward                5    1    3    1    0    1    4    0    1  0.600  0.600  1.400  2.000  0.667  3.80  0.000  0.750
Johnson            15    4    6    1    0    2    6    2    3  0.400  0.526  0.867  1.393  0.400  4.05  0.126  0.364
Soriano            14    2    6    3    0    0    3    1    1  0.429  0.467  0.643  1.110  0.462  3.07  0.038  0.500
Fukudome           17    3    6    0    0    1    2    6    3  0.353  0.522  0.529  1.051  0.385  3.87  0.169  0.167
DeRosa             17    6    6    2    0    0    1    5    5  0.353  0.500  0.471  0.971  0.500  4.36  0.147  0.143
D Lee              25    3    5    0    0    3    3    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.560  0.760  0.100  3.12  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            7    1    1    0    1    0    1    1    2  0.143  0.250  0.429  0.679  0.200  4.13  0.107  0.143
Pie                 3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  4.00  0.000  0.000
Theriot            22    2    5    1    0    0    2    4    2  0.227  0.370  0.273  0.643  0.250  3.96  0.143  0.250
Edmonds             5    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.333  4.50  0.133  0.000
Ramirez            22    3    4    1    0    0    1    3    7  0.182  0.280  0.227  0.507  0.267  4.04  0.098  0.143
Soto               23    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    5  0.043  0.083  0.043  0.127  0.056  3.83  0.040  0.059
Cedeno              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.75  0.000  0.000
Hoffpauir           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000

vs Medders          4    2    2    0    0    1    3    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.250  1.750  0.333  4.25  0.000  0.667
vs Cruz            10    3    3    0    0    2    3    5    6  0.300  0.533  0.900  1.433  0.500  4.80  0.233  0.143
vs Rosales          8    1    3    2    0    1    4    0    3  0.375  0.375  1.000  1.375  0.500  3.38  0.000  0.600
vs Pena            11    3    4    1    0    1    3    1    0  0.364  0.417  0.727  1.144  0.300  3.25  0.053  0.222
vs Qualls          11    4    5    1    0    0    3    2    2  0.455  0.538  0.545  1.084  0.556  3.71  0.084  0.375
vs Gonzalez        18    2    5    0    0    1    1    2    3  0.278  0.350  0.444  0.794  0.286  4.14  0.072  0.000
vs Davis           29    9    7    1    0    1    6    5    6  0.241  0.353  0.379  0.732  0.273  3.65  0.112  0.417
vs Petit           17    1    3    1    1    0    1    4    3  0.176  0.333  0.353  0.686  0.214  4.10  0.157  0.077
vs Slaten           4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.333  2.60  0.150  0.000
vs Scherzer        20    1    5    1    0    0    0    1    6  0.250  0.348  0.300  0.648  0.357  3.42  0.098  0.000
vs Haren           26    2    5    2    0    0    2    2    5  0.192  0.250  0.269  0.519  0.238  3.93  0.058  0.200
vs Rauch            4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.500  3.75  0.000  0.000
vs Buckner          4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  4.00  0.000  0.000
vs Owings           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  4.00  0.333  0.000
vs Johnson         22    0    2    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.091  0.130  0.091  0.221  0.111  3.58  0.040  0.000
vs Webb             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. starters      132   15   27    5    1    2   10   15   27  0.205  0.295  0.303  0.598  0.243  3.78  0.091  0.138
vs. relievers      58   13   20    4    0    5   16    9   15  0.345  0.441  0.672  1.114  0.395  3.81  0.096  0.268

vs Left            55    9   10    1    0    1    6    6   11  0.182  0.274  0.255  0.529  0.209  3.54  0.092  0.238
vs Right          135   19   37    8    1    6   20   18   31  0.274  0.368  0.481  0.849  0.316  3.89  0.094  0.179

Home               93   16   28    5    0    4   14   11   21  0.301  0.393  0.484  0.876  0.353  3.85  0.091  0.192
Road               97   12   19    4    1    3   12   13   21  0.196  0.291  0.351  0.641  0.219  3.73  0.095  0.191

Day                93   16   28    5    0    4   14   11   21  0.301  0.393  0.484  0.876  0.353  3.85  0.091  0.192
Nite               97   12   19    4    1    3   12   13   21  0.196  0.291  0.351  0.641  0.219  3.73  0.095  0.191

Leading off        46    4   10    1    0    0    0    4   17  0.217  0.294  0.239  0.533  0.345  4.29  0.077  0.000
Pinch hitting      11    1    3    1    0    1    4    1    3  0.273  0.333  0.636  0.970  0.286  3.08  0.061  0.429
bases empty       106   15   25    5    0    4    5   15   31  0.236  0.341  0.396  0.738  0.296  4.11  0.106  1.000
runners on         84   13   22    4    1    3   21    9   11  0.262  0.340  0.440  0.781  0.271  3.39  0.079  0.184
RISP               42    8   11    3    1    1   17    6    5  0.262  0.367  0.452  0.820  0.278  3.32  0.105  0.242

totals vs. Ariz   190   28   47    9    1    7   26   24   42  0.247  0.341  0.416  0.757  0.284  3.79  0.094  0.192
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 pitchers vs. Arizona last year......

 

vs. Ariz             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              4.0    2    0    0    2    6    0    64  4.50 13.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Wood                2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Fox                 1.7    0    0    0    3    0    0    45 16.20  0.00  0.00  1.80  0.00
Cotts               1.3    0    0    0    0    2    0    19  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    17  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Wuertz              1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Gaudin              0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     5  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Harden              7.0    1    1    1    2   10    1   112  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.43  1.29
Lilly              13.0    9    4    4    5   16    2   219  3.46 11.08  1.38  1.08  2.77
Dempster            6.0    3    2    2    3    7    0   118  4.50 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
Marquis             6.0    5    3    3    2    3    1    89  3.00  4.50  1.50  1.17  4.50
Gallagher           4.3    5    4    4    3    6    0    83  6.23 12.46  0.00  1.85  8.31
Howry               3.0    4    4    4    1    3    1    58  3.00  9.00  3.00  1.67 12.00
Marshall            0.7    3    2    2    0    0    1    24  0.00  0.00 13.50  4.50 27.00
Hart                0.7    2    4    2    3    0    0    33 40.50  0.00  0.00  7.50 27.00

totals vs. Ariz    52.0   35   24   22   24   55    6   908  4.15  9.52  1.04  1.13  3.81
season totals    1470.3 1335  678  634  556 1271  163 24103  3.40  7.78  1.00  1.29  3.88

 

CUBS' last 7 games (2-5)..............

 

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        1- 7  Zambrano        Harang        
.15  Fri 04/24  @ St. Louis     N   3- 4  Dempster        Wainright     
.16  Sat 04/25  @ St. Louis         2- 8  Marshall        Boggs         
.17  Sun 04/26  @ St. Louis        10- 3  Harden          Wellemeyer    
.18  Mon 04/27  @ Arizona       N   2- 7  Lilly           Haren         

 

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

 

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

CUBS              4   3   0   2   4   3   5   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      25
Opponents         0   2   2  10   3   1   9   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      34

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

 

04/21 - 04/27      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Hoffpauir          13    2    4    0    0    2    5    2    2  0.308  0.375  0.769  1.144  0.222  3.94  0.067  0.375
K. Hill             2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  3.00  0.000  0.000
Ramirez            14    1    6    1    0    0    3    0    2  0.429  0.467  0.500  0.967  0.500  4.13  0.038  0.300
Soriano            28    6    9    4    0    1    1    1    7  0.321  0.367  0.571  0.938  0.400  3.50  0.045  0.000
Fukudome           26    4    8    0    0    1    5    4    7  0.308  0.419  0.423  0.842  0.389  4.13  0.112  0.333
Fontenot           22    2    6    1    0    1    3    2    4  0.273  0.360  0.455  0.815  0.294  4.28  0.087  0.182
Miles              18    2    4    1    0    0    0    0    4  0.222  0.222  0.278  0.500  0.286  4.16  0.000  0.000
Gathright           4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  1.000  3.50  0.000  0.000
D Lee              21    2    4    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.190  0.227  0.238  0.465  0.211  3.64  0.037  0.100
Soto               23    2    3    1    0    0    1    4    4  0.130  0.259  0.174  0.433  0.158  4.11  0.129  0.083
Theriot            30    3    6    0    0    0    3    1    4  0.200  0.226  0.200  0.426  0.231  3.84  0.026  0.143
Johnson            18    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.231  3.17  0.000  0.000
Bradley             5    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167  0.000  4.83  0.167  0.000

last 7 games      236   25   57    9    0    5   22   16   50  0.242  0.300  0.343  0.643  0.287  3.85  0.058  0.137
season totals     618   84  155   30    1   20   80   72  129  0.251  0.336  0.400  0.736  0.288  3.89  0.085  0.172

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

 

04/21 - 04/27        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP    GB    FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Vizcaino            1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    16    11  0.69  16.0     2     0  1.00  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Heilman             3.3    2    0    0    1    1    0    50    28  0.56  15.0     4     5  0.44  2.70  2.70  0.00  0.90  0.00
Harden             12.0    7    4    4    4   17    3   199   129  0.65  16.6     7    12  0.37  3.00 12.75  2.25  0.92  3.00
Lilly              12.0   11    6    5    4    5    1   192   118  0.61  16.0    10    20  0.33  3.00  3.75  0.75  1.25  3.75
Zambrano            7.0    7    4    3    2    7    0   109    64  0.59  15.6    12     2  0.86  2.57  9.00  0.00  1.29  3.86
Gregg               2.0    4    1    1    0    1    1    32    22  0.69  16.0     2     3  0.40  0.00  4.50  4.50  2.00  4.50
Dempster            6.0    7    3    3    1    6    0    80    53  0.66  13.3     6     6  0.50  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  4.50
Marshall            6.0    6    3    3    1    5    0    90    66  0.73  15.0     6     7  0.46  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
Guzman              1.7    2    1    1    0    1    0    26    18  0.69  15.6     4     0  1.00  0.00  5.40  0.00  1.20  5.40
Cotts               2.3    4    2    2    2    2    1    53    33  0.62  22.7     2     2  0.50  7.71  7.71  3.86  2.57  7.71
Marmol              1.0    2    1    1    0    1    0    19    12  0.63  19.0     0     2  0.00  0.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Samardzija          2.0    4    2    2    1    3    0    45    28  0.62  22.5     2     1  0.67  4.50 13.50  0.00  2.50  9.00
Patton              3.7    6    7    6    3    4    1    78    46  0.59  21.3     5     2  0.71  7.36  9.82  2.45  2.45 14.73

last 7 games       60.0   63   34   31   19   54    7   989   628  0.63  16.5    62    62  0.50  2.85  8.10  1.05  1.37  4.65
season totals     160.7  151   83   79   73  156   25  2764  1714  0.62  17.2   161   155  0.51  4.09  8.74  1.40  1.39  4.43

 

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

 

04/06 - 04/27        P   PA  P/PA
Bradley            154   32  4.81
Fontenot           300   69  4.35
Fukudome           327   81  4.04
D Lee              284   75  3.79
Ramirez            223   56  3.98
Soriano            324   86  3.77
Soto               207   51  4.06
Theriot            296   79  3.75
K. Hill             99   26  3.81
Hoffpauir          113   31  3.65
Gathright           27    8  3.38
Miles              142   36  3.94
Johnson            122   37  3.30

CUBS              2761  710  3.89

 

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

 

04/06 - 04/27      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            11   15  0.423
Ramirez             11   20  0.355
Hoffpauir            6   12  0.333
K. Hill              4   10  0.286
D Lee                9   32  0.220
Theriot              6   32  0.158
Fontenot             5   31  0.139
Soriano              4   35  0.103
Miles                2   18  0.100
Soto                 2   24  0.077
Gathright            0    4  0.000
Bradley              0   16  0.000
Johnson              0   21  0.000

CUBS                60  289  0.172

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis     148
Pittsburgh    146
Cincinnati    145
Milwaukee     144
Houston       142

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Rusch33]

No Soto tonight. No Lee tonight. Possibly no Ramirez tonight.

[Fred Hornkohl]

No Soto tonight. No Lee tonight. Possibly no Ramirez tonight.

 

No victory tonight.

[Soul]

No Soto tonight. No Lee tonight. Possibly no Ramirez tonight.

 

No victory tonight.

Sounds like a nothing kind of night *sigh*

[Cubswin11]

No Soto tonight. No Lee tonight. Possibly no Ramirez tonight.

It's not like Soto has been doing great offensively or defensively and Hill has done better than Soto thus far at both.

[Rusch33]

Lineup tonight:

 

Soriano

Riot

Fukudome

Hoffpauir

Bradley

Fontenot

Hill

Miles

Zambrano

[Mephistopheles]

Really, just plz bat Z ahead of Miles and Hill. Plz.

[manbearcub]

hit Z 4th to break up the lefties

[Shilzzz]

Lineup tonight:

 

Soriano

Riot

Fukudome

Hoffpauir

Bradley

Fontenot

Hill

Miles

Zambrano

 

that's 7 lefties in a row, right? :shock:

[Shilzzz]

hit Z 4th to break up the lefties

 

he's a switch hitter.

[UMFan83]

Lineup tonight:

 

Soriano

Riot

Fukudome

Hoffpauir

Bradley

Fontenot

Hill

Miles

Zambrano

 

that's 7 lefties in a row, right? :shock:

 

But the genius of it is, 3 of them are switch hitters!

 

So instead of....

RRLLLLLLL

 

It can be...

RRLLRLRRR...if a lefty comes in.

 

Oh Jim Hendry, you are such a genius!

[manbearcub]

hit Z 4th to break up the lefties

 

he's a switch hitter.

:doh:

[Rusch33]

Suntimes on Twitter says Lee wants to play tonight so there might be some lineup changes.

[tfarks]

Suntimes on Twitter says Lee wants to play tonight so there might be some lineup changes.

 

I'd rather Hoff stay at 1st and just let Lee PH tonight.

[Machina]

I will be there, loud and proud. Yesterday was a disaster.

 

But I have seen Petit pitch a bit over last season and this one, he will be pretty good for a few innigns and then crap the bed for an inning or two, hopefully Z will be strong tonight.