5/6 Cubs (Harden) @ Astros (Hampton) - 7:05 PM CT - CSN

Butterscup1679666578 · May 5, 2009

Cubs follow up their 4-2 homestand with a six-game road trip against two NL Central opponents.

Rich Harden (2-1, 5.11 ERA)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/1820246801_2acdbc38c5.jpg

vs.

Mike Hampton

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8LIze_WrWng/SZnN2qdwc0I/AAAAAAAAA4o/AzKaVlDPiYw/s400/hampton.jpg

Go Cubs!

Schwarber Fan · May 5, 2009

Cubs lose 1-0 on a Hampton HR despite the fact that he only lasts 4 innings.

Sammy Sofa · May 5, 2009

Sexiest game thread ever.

Outshined_One · May 5, 2009

Sexiest game thread ever.

His ass is hypnotic.

jersey cubs fan · May 5, 2009

Teddy Bruschi can pitch?

haubrich91 · May 6, 2009

Harden better not suck. Go Cubs!

CubbieBum · May 6, 2009

Hahaha almost posted that pic when Harden was starting for my game thread. Decided not to because its when he is with the A's.

Sammy Sofa · May 6, 2009

Sexiest game thread ever.

His ass is hypnotic.

White boy got some junk.

Cubswin11 · May 6, 2009

Hampton looks like he would either be selling insurance, real estate, or cars (possibly used) in that picture.

TruffleShuffle · May 6, 2009

i forgot mike hampton still existed.

Little Slide Rooter · May 6, 2009

Hampton looks like he would either be selling insurance, real estate, or cars (possibly used) in that picture.

Or guest staring on Saved By the Bell as Slaters brother.

weis21 · May 6, 2009

Hahaha almost posted that pic when Harden was starting for my game thread. Decided not to because its when he is with the A's.

Where the hell are you guys finding all these random pictures? Google image search has provided me with only mundane choices.

CubbieBum · May 6, 2009

Hahaha almost posted that pic when Harden was starting for my game thread. Decided not to because its when he is with the A's.
Where the hell are you guys finding all these random pictures? Google image search has provided me with only mundane choices.

Thats where I saw it. Looking again its on page 7 for me.

Fred Hornkohl · May 6, 2009

Greetings one and all from beautiful Richmond,VA !!

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday...........

CUBS are 1-3 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 4-1 in May

CUBS are 2-1 vs. Houston

CUBS are 8-7 vs. NL Central

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

CUBS are 6-5 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 4-5 in games that start a series

CUBS are 1-1 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 2-2-0 in road series

CUBS have tied 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 0-0 in series sweeps

CUBS are 7-5 at night

CUBS are 6-6 on the road

CUBS are 2-2 against lefties

CUBS are 8-7 when they get a quality start.... 6-5 when they don't

CUBS are 2-9 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 12-3 when they don't

CUBS are 9-3 when they score first in the game.... 5-9 when they don't

CUBS are 7-2 when they score in the first inning.... 7-10 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 3-4 when they do

CUBS are 14-1 when they score 4 runs or more.... 0-11 when they don't

CUBS are 7-2 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-10 when they don't

CUBS are 11-1 when they outhit the opponent.... 2-10 when they get outhit.... 1-1 when the hits are even

CUBS are 4-3 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-9 when he doesn't

CUBS are 2-3 in one run games .... 5-0 in two runs games

CUBS are 6-5 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 8-7 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 8-4 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 6-8 when they don't

CUBS are 5-3 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 9-8 when they don't

CUBS are 5-4 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 9-8 when he doesn't

CUBS are 12-4 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 2-7 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..87 wins                            97    85    66    79
.766 runs                           857   752   716   703
.187 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.642 walks                          638   500   395   419
1203 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
.112 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.112 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
.100 errors                          97    94   104   100
..75 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.73 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
18.3 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.370 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
31.8 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

CUBS are 4-6 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 12-3 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-9 when they don't

CUBS are 13-9 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-3 when they don't

CUBS are 7-3 when they steal a base.... 7-9 when they don't

CUBS are 1-8 when they commit one or more errors.... 13-4 when they don't

CUBS are 13-8 when they hit at least one double.... 1-4 when they don't

CUBS are 2-0 when they hit at least one triple.... 12-12 when they don't

CUBS are 6-3 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 8-9 when they don't

CUBS are 6-1 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 8-11 when they don't

CUBS are 2-4 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 12-8 when they don't

CUBS are 8-5 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 6-7 when they don't

CUBS are 3-8 when the opponent steals a base.... 11-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-8 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 10-4 when they don't

CUBS are 6-7 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 8-5 when they don't

CUBS are 9-5 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 0-2 when the opponent triples.... 14-10 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 10-11 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 10-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-3 when they hit an opposing batter.... 9-9 when they don't

CUBS have gotten 10 quality starts in their last 15 games from their rotation

CUBS have outscored the opponents 17-11 in the first inning

CUBS opponents have made 1 error in their last 9 games

CUBS have stolen 10 bases in 11 attempts in their last 6 games

CUBS have no sac bunts in their last 9 games

CUBS have not allowed a triple in 12 consecutive games

CUBS have not allowed 2 HR in a game for 9 consecutive games

CUBS are 3-2 when Harden starts

Harden is 3 of 5 (.600) in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 6.27.... to K Hill it's 1.50

CUBS score 4.73 R/G overall.... 6.00 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.15 HR/G overall.... 1.40 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 1 of Harden's 5 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 1 of Harden's 5 starts

Harden has given up run(s) in the first inning in 2 (2 runs total) of his 5 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

04/06 - 05/05      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     169   30   49    8    0    7   78   28   23   30  0.290  0.384  0.462  0.845
CUBS overall      870  123  217   37    2   30  348  118  103  193  0.249  0.335  0.400  0.735

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

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

CUBS              3   4   0   4   4   8   3   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30
Opponents         2   6   3   4   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20

Harden's starts this year (2-1)

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/10  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2   10    1    96    63  0.66  16.0    4    4  0.50  3.00 15.00  1.50  0.83  1.50
04/15  vs. Colo        3.0    5    4    4    4    8    1    92    53  0.58  30.7    0    0  0.00 12.00 24.00  3.00  3.00 12.00
04/21  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    2    2    2    8    1    92    60  0.65  15.3    5    5  0.50  3.00 12.00  1.50  0.83  3.00
04/26  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    2    2    9    2   107    69  0.64  17.8    2    7  0.22  3.00 13.50  3.00  1.00  3.00
05/01  vs. Flor        3.7    6    5    5    4    2    0    86    50  0.58  23.5    5    4  0.56  9.82  4.91  0.00  2.73 12.27

season totals         24.7   21   15   14   14   37    5   473   295  0.62  19.2   16   20  0.44  5.11 13.50  1.82  1.42  5.11

Harden's start(s) vs. Houston last year (ND).....

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/05  vs. Houst       5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35

season totals         71.0   39   17   14   30   89    6  1187  3.80 11.28  0.76  0.97  1.77

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

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             05 May     04 May     03 May     02 May     01 May     30 Apr     29 Apr
             vs S.F.    vs S.F.    vs Flor    vs Flor    vs Flor    vs Flor    @ Ariz  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts         0.7   1                                     1.0  20                             1.7  21
Gregg                    1.0  23    1.0  23               1.0  23    1.0  15    0.7  35       4.7 119
Guzman                              2.0  31                          1.0  16                  3.0  47
Heilman                                        1.0  12               0.0  29                  1.0  41
Marmol                   1.0  15    1.0  26               1.0  22    1.0  20    0.3  22       4.3 105
Patton        1.0  12                                     2.0  26               0.3   5       3.3  43
Samardzija    0.3  14                                     0.3   5               0.7  11       1.3  30

Totals        2.0  27    2.0  38    4.0  80    1.0  12    5.3  96    3.0  80    2.0  73      19.3 406

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (2-1) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 04/06  @ Houston       N   4- 2  Zambrano        Oswalt        
..2  Tue 04/07  @ Houston       N   2- 3  Dempster        Rodriguez     
..3  Wed 04/08  @ Houston       N  11- 6  Lilly           Moehler       
.27  Wed 05/06  @ Houston       N    -    Harden          Moehler       
.28  Thu 05/07  @ Houston       N    -    Lilly           Hampton       
.35  Fri 05/15    Houston            -    Dempster        Oswalt        
.36  Sat 05/16    Houston            -    Marshall        Rodriguez     
.37  Sun 05/17    Houston            -    Harden          Moehler       
.57  Tue 06/09  @ Houston       N    -    Harden          Moehler       
.58  Wed 06/10  @ Houston       N    -    Lilly           Hampton       
.59  Thu 06/11  @ Houston            -    Zambrano        Backe         
.99  Mon 07/27    Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Hampton       
100  Tue 07/28    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Backe         
101  Wed 07/29    Houston            -    Marshall        Oswalt        
131  Mon 08/31    Houston       N    -    Marshall        Oswalt        
132  Tue 09/01    Houston       N    -    Harden          Rodriguez     
133  Wed 09/02    Houston            -    Lilly           Moehler

CUBS' season series vs. Houston in 2008 (8-9).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/04    Houston           3- 4  Hill            Sampson       
..5  Sat 04/05    Houston           9- 7  Marquis         Oswalt        
..6  Sun 04/06    Houston           3- 2  Zambrano        Backe         
.45  Mon 05/19  @ Houston       N   7- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.46  Tue 05/20  @ Houston       N   2- 4  Dempster        Sampson       
.47  Wed 05/21  @ Houston       N   3- 5  Gallagher       Chacon        
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.97  Sat 07/19  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Sun 07/20  @ Houston           9- 0  Dempster        Backe         
113  Mon 08/04    Houston       N   0- 2  Dempster        Moehler       
114  Tue 08/05    Houston          11- 7  Harden          Rodriguez     
115  Wed 08/06    Houston          11- 4  Marquis         Backe         
138  Mon 09/01    Houston           0- 3  Marquis         Oswalt        
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N   7- 9  Zambrano        Backe         
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N   0- 4  Dempster        Wolf          
147  Sun 09/14  @ Houston       N   5- 0  Zambrano        Wolf          
148  Mon 09/15  @ Houston           6- 1  Lilly           Moehler

Composite scoring vs. Houston this year.....

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

CUBS              5   5   1   1   2   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      17
Opponents         0   0   2   2   2   2   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      11

CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year.....

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fukudome            9    4    4    1    0    1    1    1    1  0.444  0.500  0.889  1.389  0.429  3.60  0.056  0.000
Theriot             9    1    5    1    0    0    2    3    0  0.556  0.615  0.667  1.282  0.556  3.62  0.060  0.400
Soriano            15    4    5    1    0    2    2    1    3  0.333  0.375  0.800  1.175  0.300  3.25  0.042  0.000
Ramirez            14    2    6    1    0    1    5    0    3  0.429  0.429  0.714  1.143  0.500  3.79  0.000  0.500
Fontenot           13    3    5    1    0    1    4    0    2  0.385  0.385  0.692  1.077  0.400  3.92  0.000  0.375
Hoffpauir           2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  2.00  0.000  1.000
Johnson             3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.333  3.00  0.167  0.000
Soto                5    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.250  3.00  0.133  0.000
D Lee              13    1    2    1    0    0    2    1    4  0.154  0.214  0.231  0.445  0.222  3.00  0.060  0.250
Bradley             9    2    0    0    0    0    0    4    2  0.000  0.357  0.000  0.357  0.000  5.50  0.357  0.000
K. Hill             7    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.250  4.00  0.000  0.000
Gathright           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.00  0.000  0.000
Miles               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

vs Hawkins          4    1    2    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  1.250  1.750  0.500  3.75  0.000  0.000
vs Moehler         12    7    8    1    0    0    5    1    1  0.667  0.714  0.750  1.464  0.727  2.64  0.048  0.455
vs Ortiz           13    3    4    1    0    1    3    4    6  0.308  0.471  0.615  1.086  0.500  4.29  0.163  0.222
vs Brocail          6    1    1    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.667  0.952  0.000  3.14  0.119  0.000
vs Oswalt          26    3    7    1    0    2    3    1    2  0.269  0.286  0.538  0.824  0.227  3.32  0.016  0.083
vs Geary           12    1    3    1    0    0    1    1    3  0.250  0.308  0.333  0.641  0.333  4.31  0.058  0.143
vs Rodriguez       19    1    4    1    0    0    1    3    4  0.211  0.348  0.263  0.611  0.267  3.87  0.137  0.125
vs Wright           4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  2.75  0.000  0.000
vs Sampson          8    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.375  0.125  3.00  0.000  0.500
vs Byrdak           3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.67  0.000  0.000
vs Valverde         3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.67  0.000  0.000

vs. starters       57   11   19    3    0    2    9    5    7  0.333  0.400  0.491  0.891  0.354  3.37  0.067  0.226
vs. relievers      53    6   12    3    0    3    8    6   15  0.226  0.305  0.453  0.758  0.257  3.93  0.079  0.185

vs Left            26    1    5    1    0    0    1    3    7  0.192  0.300  0.231  0.531  0.263  3.80  0.108  0.091
vs Right           84   16   26    5    0    5   16    8   15  0.310  0.372  0.548  0.920  0.328  3.59  0.063  0.234

Home                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
Road              110   17   31    6    0    5   17   11   22  0.282  0.355  0.473  0.828  0.313  3.64  0.073  0.207

Day                 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
Nite              110   17   31    6    0    5   17   11   22  0.282  0.355  0.473  0.828  0.313  3.64  0.073  0.207

Pinch hitting       4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  2.00  0.000  1.000
man on 1st         17    3    3    0    0    0    0    3    4  0.176  0.364  0.176  0.540  0.231  3.55  0.187  0.000
bases empty        65   10   19    4    0    4    4    5   13  0.292  0.343  0.538  0.881  0.313  3.66  0.051  0.000
runners on         45    7   12    2    0    1   13    6    9  0.267  0.370  0.378  0.748  0.314  3.61  0.104  0.207
RISP               28    4    9    2    0    1   13    3    5  0.321  0.375  0.500  0.875  0.364  3.66  0.054  0.279

totals vs Houst   110   17   31    6    0    5   17   11   22  0.282  0.355  0.473  0.828  0.313  3.64  0.073  0.207
season totals     880  123  217   37    2   31  118  103  193  0.247  0.331  0.399  0.730  0.284  3.92  0.085  0.180

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year......

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Guzman              2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    29    20  0.69  14.5    2    0  1.00  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Heilman             1.7    2    0    0    2    0    0    36    20  0.56  21.6    4    1  0.80 10.80  0.00  0.00  2.40  0.00
Marmol              2.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    40    21  0.53  20.0    4    2  0.67  4.50  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Zambrano            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
Dempster            6.0    6    2    2    3    5    1    95    61  0.64  15.8    5    7  0.42  4.50  7.50  1.50  1.50  3.00
Patton              2.0    1    1    1    0    2    1    25    16  0.64  12.5    3    1  0.75  0.00  9.00  4.50  0.50  4.50
Cotts               1.3    2    1    1    0    1    0    22    13  0.59  16.5    2    1  0.67  0.00  6.75  0.00  1.50  6.75
Gregg               1.3    3    1    1    1    0    0    25    14  0.56  18.8    1    3  0.25  6.75  0.00  0.00  3.00  6.75
Lilly               5.0    8    5    5    0    3    4    73    50  0.68  14.6    4    8  0.33  0.00  5.40  7.20  1.60  9.00

totals vs Houst    27.3   29   11   11   10   20    6   442   274  0.62  16.2   30   28  0.52  3.29  6.59  1.98  1.43  3.62
season totals     233.7  216  123  117  110  217   30  3975  2478  0.62  17.0  240  228  0.51  4.24  8.36  1.16  1.40  4.51

CUBS' last 7 games (4-3)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.20  Wed 04/29  @ Arizona           0-10  Dempster        Davis         
.21  Thu 04/30    Florida       N   2- 8  Marshall        Volstad       
.22  Fri 05/01    Florida           8- 6  Harden          Taylor        
.23  Sat 05/02    Florida           6- 1  Lilly           Sanchez       
.24  Sun 05/03    Florida           6- 4  Zambrano        Nolasco       
.25  Mon 05/04    San Francisco N   4- 2  Dempster        Sanchez       
.26  Tue 05/05    San Francisco     2- 6  Marshall        Lincecum

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   5   2   3   8   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      28
Opponents         8   2   1   2   2   3   6   6   1   6   0   0   0   0   0   0      37

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

04/29 - 05/05      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Theriot            26    4    9    0    1    3    8    1    7  0.346  0.370  0.769  1.140  0.375  4.00  0.024  0.556
Fontenot           19    3    6    0    0    2    6    1    4  0.316  0.333  0.632  0.965  0.308  3.95  0.018  0.400
D Lee              24    5    5    1    0    2    5    4    8  0.208  0.321  0.500  0.821  0.214  4.21  0.113  0.200
Hoffpauir           7    1    2    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.286  0.444  0.286  0.730  0.333  3.78  0.159  0.000
Soto               18    1    5    1    0    0    2    3    5  0.278  0.381  0.333  0.714  0.385  4.76  0.103  0.286
Miles              23    3    5    2    0    0    1    3    3  0.217  0.308  0.304  0.612  0.250  3.77  0.090  0.067
Bradley            19    1    3    0    0    1    1    2    4  0.158  0.273  0.316  0.589  0.143  4.09  0.115  0.000
Johnson            10    2    2    0    0    0    1    2    1  0.200  0.357  0.200  0.557  0.222  4.43  0.157  0.100
Scales              4    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.500  2.50  0.000  0.000
Gathright           5    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.333  5.60  0.000  0.000
Soriano            26    3    4    1    0    0    0    1    8  0.154  0.185  0.192  0.377  0.222  3.81  0.031  0.000
Ramirez             4    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.200  0.000  0.200  0.000  3.20  0.200  0.000
Fukudome           13    2    0    0    0    0    0    3    1  0.000  0.188  0.000  0.188  0.000  4.44  0.188  0.000
K. Hill             6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.143  0.000  0.143  0.000  4.57  0.143  0.000

tot vs Ariz        28    0    2    0    0    0    0    4   10  0.071  0.212  0.071  0.284  0.111  4.27  0.141  0.000
tot vs Flor       135   22   35    3    1    7   21   11   31  0.259  0.313  0.452  0.765  0.289  3.97  0.054  0.212
tot vs S.F.        59    6   10    3    0    1    6   10   18  0.169  0.296  0.271  0.567  0.225  4.24  0.126  0.161

Last 7 games      222   28   47    6    1    8   27   25   59  0.212  0.295  0.356  0.651  0.252  4.09  0.083  0.174
Season totals     880  123  217   37    2   31  118  103  193  0.247  0.331  0.399  0.730  0.284  3.92  0.085  0.180

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

04/29 - 05/05        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               1.7    0    0    0    1    2    0    21    15  0.71  12.6    2    1  0.67  5.40 10.80  0.00  0.60  0.00
Patton              3.3    1    0    0    2    2    0    43    26  0.60  12.9    5    3  0.63  5.40  5.40  0.00  0.90  0.00
Lilly               8.0    5    1    1    0   10    1   104    76  0.73  13.0    1   13  0.07  0.00 11.25  1.13  0.63  1.13
Guzman              3.0    2    1    1    1    1    0    47    35  0.74  15.7    3    5  0.38  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  3.00
Gregg               5.7    4    2    2    4    5    0   119    70  0.59  21.0    3    6  0.33  6.35  7.94  0.00  1.41  3.18
Zambrano            5.0    4    2    2    1    3    0    78    51  0.65  15.6    5    6  0.45  1.80  5.40  0.00  1.00  3.60
Marshall           14.0   14    6    6    3    7    2   197   128  0.65  14.1   25    8  0.76  1.93  4.50  1.29  1.21  3.86
Dempster           13.0   11    7    7    5   11    1   199   125  0.63  15.3   17   11  0.61  3.46  7.62  0.69  1.23  4.85
Samardzija          1.3    3    1    1    1    2    0    30    17  0.57  22.5    0    2  0.00  6.75 13.50  0.00  3.00  6.75
Marmol              4.3    2    6    5    9    8    1   105    55  0.52  24.2    3    2  0.60 18.69 16.62  2.08  2.54 10.38
Harden              3.7    6    5    5    4    2    0    86    50  0.58  23.5    5    4  0.56  9.82  4.91  0.00  2.73 12.27
Heilman             1.0    3    6    5    2    3    0    41    26  0.63  41.0    0    0  0.00 18.00 27.00  0.00  5.00 45.00

tot vs Ariz         8.0    8   10   10   10    9    1   170    95  0.56  21.3    7    8  0.47 11.25 10.13  1.13  2.25 11.25
tot vs Flor        38.0   30   19   17   18   34    3   638   414  0.65  16.8   32   42  0.43  4.26  8.05  0.71  1.26  4.03
tot vs S.F.        18.0   17    8    8    5   13    1   262   165  0.63  14.6   30   11  0.73  2.50  6.50  0.50  1.22  4.00

Last 7 games       64.0   55   37   35   33   56    5  1070   674  0.63  16.7   69   61  0.53  4.64  7.88  0.70  1.38  4.92
Season totals     233.7  216  123  117  110  217   30  3975  2478  0.62  17.0  240  228  0.51  4.24  8.36  1.16  1.40  4.51

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

04/06 - 05/05        P   PA  P/PA
Bradley            260   59  4.41
Soto               307   72  4.26
Fontenot           395   95  4.16
Fukudome           418  101  4.14
Gathright           56   14  4.00
K. Hill            151   38  3.97
Ramirez            239   61  3.92
D Lee              402  103  3.90
Miles              260   67  3.88
Theriot            428  111  3.86
Soriano            441  118  3.74
Hoffpauir          168   45  3.73
Johnson            186   52  3.58
Scales              10    4  2.50

CUBS              3946 1007  3.92

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

04/06 - 05/05      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            11   21  0.344
K. Hill              5   11  0.313
Ramirez             11   26  0.297
Hoffpauir            7   20  0.259
Theriot             12   37  0.245
D Lee               12   44  0.214
Fontenot            10   40  0.200
Soriano              7   46  0.132
Soto                 4   29  0.121
Miles                3   36  0.077
Johnson              1   30  0.032
Bradley              0   21  0.000
Gathright            0    6  0.000
Scales               0    0  0.000

CUBS                87  395  0.180

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis     139
Cincinnati    137
Milwaukee     137
Pittsburgh    135
Houston       134

Go CUBS !!!

Sammys Boombox · May 6, 2009

I'm not confident in this game.

soapy · May 6, 2009

Fred, do you have the P/PA numbers handy from 2008? I'm particularly curious about Fukudome, Soriano, Lee and Soto. I'm not sure where to find those numbers (other than asking you, of course).

CubColtPacer · May 6, 2009

Fred, do you have the P/PA numbers handy from 2008? I'm particularly curious about Fukudome, Soriano, Lee and Soto. I'm not sure where to find those numbers (other than asking you, of course).

You can find them on the expanded stats on ESPN's team pages. Here is the link for the Cubs in 2008:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=chc&cat=pitchesPerPlateAppearance&season=2008&split=0&seasonType=2&type=exp

Fukudome was at 4.29, Soto at 3.98, Lee at 3.95, and Soriano at 3.73.

Fred Hornkohl · May 6, 2009

Fred, do you have the P/PA numbers handy from 2008? I'm particularly curious about Fukudome, Soriano, Lee and Soto. I'm not sure where to find those numbers (other than asking you, of course).

Patience is a virtue.........

03/31 - 10/02        P   PA  P/PA
Fukudome          2568  598  4.29
Ward               509  121  4.21
Edmonds           1273  305  4.17
Ramirez           2626  651  4.03
Soto              2270  571  3.98
D Lee             2799  707  3.96
Fontenot          1132  286  3.96
K Hill              86   22  3.91
DeRosa            2343  601  3.90
Theriot           2518  669  3.76
Cedeno             886  236  3.75
Hoffpauir          300   80  3.75
Johnson           1401  374  3.75
Soriano           1905  512  3.72
Pie                349   94  3.71
McGehee             92   25  3.68
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Murton             144   41  3.51
Blanco             447  128  3.49

CUBS             25053 6455  3.88

soapy · May 6, 2009

Great. Thanks CCP and Fred. Not sure why I assumed ESPN wouldn't have them.

I would have guessed Soto, Lee and Fukudome were seeing fewer with Soriano seeing more. Really, they're in line with 2008 except for Soto, who is actually seeing more. Fukudome seeing slightly less.

Derwood · May 6, 2009

I'm tired of all these Monkey Fighting night games during the Monday-Friday.....well, during Monday-Friday

Keener98 · May 6, 2009

Pretty safe to assume Fuku gets the day off against Hampton right?

erik316wttn · May 6, 2009

Hahaha almost posted that pic when Harden was starting for my game thread. Decided not to because its when he is with the A's.
Where the hell are you guys finding all these random pictures? Google image search has provided me with only mundane choices.

Thats where I saw it. Looking again its on page 7 for me.

You went through 7 pages of Rich Harden pictures and settled on the one of him in his underwear?

:scratch: :scratch:

CubbieBum · May 6, 2009

Hahaha almost posted that pic when Harden was starting for my game thread. Decided not to because its when he is with the A's.
Where the hell are you guys finding all these random pictures? Google image search has provided me with only mundane choices.

Thats where I saw it. Looking again its on page 7 for me.

You went through 7 pages of Rich Harden pictures and settled on the one of him in his underwear?

:scratch: :scratch:

I didn't start the thread. I said I saw it when I had a game thread with Harden pitching. Besides it takes about 40 seconds to go through 7 pages. You just skim it looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Outshined_One · May 6, 2009

Pretty safe to assume Fuku gets the day off against Hampton right?

Probably. He hasn't had a hit since April 28th.

UMFan83 · May 6, 2009

Pretty safe to assume Fuku gets the day off against Hampton right?

Probably. He hasn't had a hit since April 28th.

Yeah but he hasn't reverted back to last fall's Fukudome. He's still driving the ball and having good ABs, they just aren't falling in. If I start seeing him ground out weakly to 2B or striking out helplessly, I'll get worried.

Also, I don't get the theory of sitting Fukudome against lefties. I know he's a lefty, and the whole L/L matchup thing, but look at his career splits:

vs. RHP: .251/.355/.388/.743

vs. LHP: 276/.371/.354/.725

This year, Fukudome only has 3 ABs against lefties, but is 1-3 with a HR against them.

5/6 Cubs (Harden) @ Astros (Hampton) - 7:05 PM CT - CSN

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