5/8 Cubs (Wells) @ Brewers (Bush) - 7:05 PM CT - WGN

[Butterscup1679666578]

Nice little two game sweep there. Let's keep the mojo rolling this weekend.

 

We've got Randy Wells making his first career start and first appearance with the big league club in 2009.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/3030589172_a7c0eae6ae.jpg

 

vs.

 

Dave Bush (1-0, 4.36 ERA)

http://truebluebrewblog.com/dave%20bush.jpg

 

 

Go Cubs!

[Butterscup1679666578]

And yes I know the other game isn't over, but I'm heading out and, well, if we lose up by 6 then you'll probably need to ban me after I drunkenly come back tonight and post about it.

[Schwarber Fan]

Getting closer to that ban...

[manbearcub]

dick

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

:club:

[Butterscup1679666578]

no worries guys! :D

[Little Slide Rooter]

Hopefully Randy can do to the Brewers what guys making their first major league start usually do to us.

[ELCABALLO45]

Randy Wells?

 

He will go 6.2ip 2h 3bb 6k 0er

[bcl412]

Butters just ended Fox's career by posting an early game thread.

[Cubswin11]

What kind of pitches does Wells throw?

[ELCABALLO45]

Oh and I see Soriano hit 2 homers tonight.. GREAT.

 

I swear he always is on one of his hot streaks right in time to play us. dumb.

[UMFan83]

Oh and I see Soriano hit 2 homers tonight.. GREAT.

 

I swear he always is on one of his hot streaks right in time to play us. dumb.

 

El Cab, I've been pretty busy lately so haven't had tons of time to watch highlight shows, but I see the Brewers are on quite a run right now. What about the team is working so well right now? Is the offense clicking, the starting pitching stepping up, or a little of both?

 

Should be an entertaining series. The Cubs probably had the upperhand in all 3 pitching matchups the first series, and now the Brewers might have the upperhand in all 3 matchups this series.

[haubrich91]

I don't have a very good feeling about this one. Hopefully Wells can pitch a good six innings for us. Go Cubs!

[ELCABALLO45]

Oh and I see Soriano hit 2 homers tonight.. GREAT.

 

I swear he always is on one of his hot streaks right in time to play us. dumb.

 

El Cab, I've been pretty busy lately so haven't had tons of time to watch highlight shows, but I see the Brewers are on quite a run right now. What about the team is working so well right now? Is the offense clicking, the starting pitching stepping up, or a little of both?

 

Should be an entertaining series. The Cubs probably had the upperhand in all 3 pitching matchups the first series, and now the Brewers might have the upperhand in all 3 matchups this series.

 

The Brewers starters are I belive 2nd in the NL in Quality Starts (For whatever you take QS for). Hoffman has not given up a run yet as a Brewer and is 4/4 in save opp. But the offense has been pretty good as well..

 

Weeks is hitting well, Braun is hitting well, Fielder is pretty good, Cameron is OPSing over 1.000. Hardy has started out cold is starting to turn it around having a good week. We are cashing in with RISP. And we are finding ways to win close games (Again for whatever you take that worth). And it also helps that we have played the Pirates 5 times recently.

 

Basically are starters are doing a good job of keeping us in the game.

 

Bush is 4/5 this year in QS. He always has one blow up inning (Last Sunday he gave up 3 solo shots in the 8th).

 

EDIT: Oh and Cameron has been playing un-real defense this year (not trying to just talk him up, obviously he is a good defender)

[adamb10]

Milwaukee has a habit of making new "first career start" pitchers look like future cy young winners.

[UMFan83]

Oh and I see Soriano hit 2 homers tonight.. GREAT.

 

I swear he always is on one of his hot streaks right in time to play us. dumb.

 

El Cab, I've been pretty busy lately so haven't had tons of time to watch highlight shows, but I see the Brewers are on quite a run right now. What about the team is working so well right now? Is the offense clicking, the starting pitching stepping up, or a little of both?

 

Should be an entertaining series. The Cubs probably had the upperhand in all 3 pitching matchups the first series, and now the Brewers might have the upperhand in all 3 matchups this series.

 

The Brewers starters are I belive 2nd in the NL in Quality Starts (For whatever you take QS for). Hoffman has not given up a run yet as a Brewer and is 4/4 in save opp. But the offense has been pretty good as well..

 

Weeks is hitting well, Braun is hitting well, Fielder is pretty good, Cameron is OPSing over 1.000. Hardy has started out cold is starting to turn it around having a good week. We are cashing in with RISP. And we are finding ways to win close games (Again for whatever you take that worth). And it also helps that we have played the Pirates 5 times recently.

 

Basically are starters are doing a good job of keeping us in the game.

 

Bush is 4/5 this year in QS. He always has one blow up inning (Last Sunday he gave up 3 solo shots in the 8th).

 

EDIT: Oh and Cameron has been playing un-real defense this year (not trying to just talk him up, obviously he is a good defender)

 

Thanks...so it seems like it's a little of everything, which is good news for you guys. I was thinking that if it was just the offense that was carrying the team, the winning streak might be a bit fluky because the Brewers offense tends to be a bit streaky. I didn't expect the Brewers to be a playoff team, but I definitely thought they'd be better than a lot of people were projecting for them.

[XZero771679666304]

Milwaukee has a habit of making new "first career start" pitchers look like future cy young winners.

 

 

Most fans feel that way about their team. I know I do.

[Outshined_One]

THE PINK BACKPACK!

[Butterscup1679666578]

Butters just ended Fox's career by posting an early game thread.

 

Success.

[Schwarber Fan]

Oh and I see Soriano hit 2 homers tonight.. GREAT.

 

I swear he always is on one of his hot streaks right in time to play us. dumb.

 

El Cab, I've been pretty busy lately so haven't had tons of time to watch highlight shows, but I see the Brewers are on quite a run right now. What about the team is working so well right now? Is the offense clicking, the starting pitching stepping up, or a little of both?

 

Should be an entertaining series. The Cubs probably had the upperhand in all 3 pitching matchups the first series, and now the Brewers might have the upperhand in all 3 matchups this series.

 

The Brewers starters are I belive 2nd in the NL in Quality Starts (For whatever you take QS for). Hoffman has not given up a run yet as a Brewer and is 4/4 in save opp. But the offense has been pretty good as well..

 

Weeks is hitting well, Braun is hitting well, Fielder is pretty good, Cameron is OPSing over 1.000. Hardy has started out cold is starting to turn it around having a good week. We are cashing in with RISP. And we are finding ways to win close games (Again for whatever you take that worth). And it also helps that we have played the Pirates 5 times recently.

 

Basically are starters are doing a good job of keeping us in the game.

 

Bush is 4/5 this year in QS. He always has one blow up inning (Last Sunday he gave up 3 solo shots in the 8th).

 

EDIT: Oh and Cameron has been playing un-real defense this year (not trying to just talk him up, obviously he is a good defender)

 

Not to mention their last 15 games have been against Arizona, Pittsburgh, Houston, and Cincinnati

[Little Slide Rooter]

Butters just ended Fox's career by posting an early game thread.

 

Success.

 

If the entire Cubs organization were in a building, and that building were hit with a giant meteor, the only survivors would be the cockroaches and Chad Fox.

[erik316wttn]

I'll be at the game tonight! My first game of the year.

 

Go Cubs!

[Fred Hornkohl]

I'll be at the game tonight! My first game of the year.

 

Go Cubs!

 

So..... if we don't win tonight, it will be all your fault, no? :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Jackson, GA !!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Friday.............

 

CUBS are 2-2 on Fridays

CUBS are 6-1 in May

CUBS are 2-1 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 10-7 vs. NL Central

CUBS are 3-0 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 8-7 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 5-5 in games that start a series

CUBS are 3-2-0 in road series

CUBS have won 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 1-0 in series sweeps

CUBS are 9-5 at night

CUBS are 8-6 on the road

CUBS are 13-10 against right handers

CUBS are 10-7 when they get a quality start.... 6-5 when they don't

CUBS are 2-9 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 14-3 when they don't

CUBS are 11-3 when they score first in the game.... 5-9 when they don't

CUBS are 9-2 when they score in the first inning.... 7-10 when they don't

CUBS are 12-8 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 4-4 when they do

CUBS are 16-1 when they score 4 runs or more.... 0-11 when they don't

CUBS are 8-2 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-10 when they don't

CUBS are 12-1 when they outhit the opponent.... 2-10 when they get outhit.... 2-1 when the hits are even

CUBS are 5-3 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 11-9 when he doesn't

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

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

CUBS are 10-4 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.... 11-8 when they don't

CUBS are 6-4 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 10-8 when he doesn't

CUBS are 14-4 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
..93 wins                            97    85    66    79
.793 runs                           857   752   716   703
.191 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.648 walks                          638   500   395   419
1203 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
.104 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.122 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..98 errors                          97    94   104   100
..69 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.89 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
18.2 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.377 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
32.2 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 6-2 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 14-3 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-9 when they don't

CUBS are 15-9 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-3 when they don't

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

CUBS are 2-1 when they execute a sac bunt.... 14-11 when they don't

CUBS are 2-8 when they commit one or more errors.... 14-4 when they don't

CUBS are 15-8 when they hit at least one double.... 1-4 when they don't

CUBS are 3-0 when they hit at least one triple.... 13-12 when they don't

CUBS are 7-3 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 9-9 when they don't

CUBS are 7-1 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 9-11 when they don't

CUBS are 2-4 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 14-8 when they don't

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

CUBS are 4-8 when the opponent steals a base.... 12-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-8 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 12-4 when they don't

CUBS are 11-5 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 5-7 when they don't

CUBS are 1-2 when the opponent triples.... 15-10 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 12-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-1 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 11-11 when they don't

CUBS have gotten 12 quality starts in their last 17 games from their rotation

CUBS have outscored the opponents 22-13 in the first inning

CUBS have stolen 10 bases in 11 attempts in their last 8 games

CUBS have no sac bunts in their last 11 games

CUBS have not allowed 2 HR in a game for 11 consecutive games

 

CUBS' bullpen during May.....

 

05/01 - 05/07        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
Heilman             2.0    0    0    0    0    5    0    29    19  0.66  14.5    1    0  1.00  0.00 22.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Patton              3.0    1    0    0    2    1    0    38    23  0.61  12.7    5    3  0.63  6.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              5.0    3    1    1    3   10    1    87    58  0.67  17.4    2    3  0.40  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.20  1.80
Gregg               4.7    4    1    1    1    4    0    90    58  0.64  19.3    5    5  0.50  1.93  7.71  0.00  1.07  1.93
Guzman              2.0    1    1    1    1    0    0    31    22  0.71  15.5    2    4  0.33  4.50  0.00  0.00  1.00  4.50
Samardzija          0.7    2    1    1    1    0    0    19     9  0.47  28.5    0    2  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  4.50 13.50
Fox                 0.3    2    3    3    1    0    0    17     8  0.47  51.0    1    0  1.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  9.00 81.00

CUBS               63.0   53   27   27   24   54    5   984   631  0.64  15.6   69   65  0.51  3.43  7.71  0.71  1.22  3.86

 

CUBS' starting rotation......

 

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano       6     5- 1     4    0.667     38.0      622    16.4    6.3    103.7    4.50    6.00
Dempster       6     3- 3     3    0.500     37.0      587    15.9    6.2     97.8    4.86    4.00
Lilly          6     4- 2     4    0.667     37.7      561    14.9    6.3     93.5    3.35    5.17
Harden         6     4- 2     4    0.667     31.7      572    18.1    5.3     95.3    4.83    6.00
Marshall       4     0- 4     2    0.500     25.0      380    15.2    6.3     95.0    4.32    2.50


CUBS          28    16-12    17    0.607    169.3     2722    16.1    6.0     97.2    4.36    4.89

 

CUBS starters over the last 16 games......

CUBS 12 quality starts in their last 16 games

 

04/21 - 05/04        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Lilly              20.0   16    7    6    4   15    2   296   194  0.66  14.8   11   33  0.25  1.80  6.75  0.90  1.00  2.70
Marshall           13.0   12    4    4    3   11    1   192   134  0.70  14.8   15   11  0.58  2.08  7.62  0.69  1.15  2.77
Zambrano           19.0   19    9    8    6   13    0   298   185  0.62  15.7   26   17  0.60  2.84  6.16  0.00  1.32  3.79
Dempster           19.0   18   10   10    6   17    1   279   178  0.64  14.7   23   17  0.58  2.84  8.05  0.47  1.26  4.74
Harden             15.7   13    9    9    8   19    3   285   179  0.63  18.2   12   16  0.43  4.60 10.91  1.72  1.34  5.17

Totals             86.7   78   39   37   27   75    7  1350   870  0.64  15.6   87   94  0.48  2.80  7.79  0.73  1.21  3.84

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             07 May     06 May     05 May     04 May     03 May     02 May     01 May
             @ Houst   @ Houst   vs S.F.    vs S.F.    vs Flor    vs Flor    vs Flor 
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         0.7   9    1.0  12               1.0  23    1.0  23               1.0  23       4.7  90
Guzman                                                    2.0  31                             2.0  31
Heilman       1.0  17                                                1.0  12                  2.0  29
Marmol        1.0  14    1.0  10               1.0  15    1.0  26               1.0  22       5.0  87
Patton                              1.0  12                                     2.0  26       3.0  38
Samardzija                          0.3  14                                     0.3   5       0.7  19
Fox           0.3  17                                                                         0.3  17

Totals        3.0  57    2.0  22    2.0  27    2.0  38    4.0  80    1.0  12    5.3  96      19.3 332

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/10  @ Milwaukee         3- 4  Harden          Looper        
..5  Sat 04/11  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 5  Zambrano        Bush          
..6  Sun 04/12  @ Milwaukee     N   8- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
.29  Fri 05/08  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Wells           Bush          
.30  Sat 05/09  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Gallardo      
.31  Sun 05/10  @ Milwaukee          -    Marshall        Suppan        
.78  Thu 07/02    Milwaukee     N    -    Lilly           Looper        
.79  Fri 07/03    Milwaukee          -    Zambrano        Bush          
.80  Sat 07/04    Milwaukee          -    Dempster        Suppan        
.81  Sun 07/05    Milwaukee          -    Marshall        Gallardo      
143  Mon 09/14    Milwaukee     N    -    Lilly           Parra         
144  Tue 09/15    Milwaukee     N    -    Zambrano        Looper        
145  Wed 09/16    Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Bush          
146  Thu 09/17    Milwaukee          -    Marshall        Suppan        
150  Mon 09/21  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Bush          
151  Tue 09/22  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Marshall        Suppan        
152  Wed 09/23  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Harden          Gallardo      

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee in 2008 (9-7).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 03/31    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Sheets        
..2  Wed 04/02    Milwaukee         2- 8  Lilly           Suppan        
..3  Thu 04/03    Milwaukee         6- 3  Dempster        Bush          
.26  Tue 04/29    Milwaukee     N   7-10  Marquis         Sheets        
.27  Wed 04/30    Milwaukee     N  19- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
.28  Thu 05/01    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Gallardo      
106  Mon 07/28  @ Milwaukee     N   6- 4  Lilly           Sabathia      
107  Tue 07/29  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 1  Zambrano        Sheets        
108  Wed 07/30  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Dempster        Parra         
109  Thu 07/31  @ Milwaukee        11- 4  Harden          Bush          
149  Tue 09/16    Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Dempster        Sabathia      
150  Wed 09/17    Milwaukee     N   2- 6  Marquis         Sheets        
151  Thu 09/18    Milwaukee         7- 6  Harden          Bush          
159  Fri 09/26  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 5  Dempster        Suppan        
160  Sat 09/27  @ Milwaukee         7- 3  Lilly           Sheets        
161  Sun 09/28  @ Milwaukee         1- 3  Guzman          Sabathia      

 

Composite scoring vs. Milwaukee this year.....

 

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

CUBS              1   0   0   6   1   3   1   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      17
Opponents         2   0   3   2   2   0   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      14

 

CUBS hitters vs. Ortiz this year.....

 

vs Bush            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fukudome            3    1    2    1    0    1    2    0    0  0.667  0.667  2.000  2.667  0.500  2.00  0.000  1.000
Theriot             3    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  0.667  2.33  0.000  0.000
Soriano             3    1    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333  2.67  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            1    1    0    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.000  0.667  0.000  0.667  0.000  5.00  0.667  0.000
K. Hill             3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  3.67  0.000  0.000
Bradley             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
D Lee               3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.67  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67  0.000  0.000
Hoffpauir           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

tot vs Bush        25    3    6    2    0    1    2    2    5  0.240  0.296  0.440  0.736  0.263  3.56  0.056  0.100
tot vs Milw       103   17   23    7    0    6   17   18   17  0.223  0.352  0.466  0.818  0.213  3.82  0.129  0.180
season totals     954  137  239   41    3   34  130  112  208  0.251  0.334  0.407  0.741  0.288  3.92  0.084  0.180

 

CUBS hitters vs. Milwaukee this year.....

 

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Theriot            11    3    6    2    0    0    1    2    0  0.545  0.615  0.727  1.343  0.545  3.00  0.070  0.250
Fukudome           13    1    5    2    0    1    3    2    3  0.385  0.467  0.769  1.236  0.444  3.80  0.082  0.400
K. Hill            10    2    3    1    0    1    4    2    3  0.300  0.462  0.700  1.162  0.333  3.85  0.162  0.500
Soriano            13    3    3    1    0    2    5    2    2  0.231  0.333  0.769  1.103  0.111  4.00  0.103  0.429
Gathright           0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  6.00  1.000  0.000
Fontenot            8    2    2    1    0    0    0    5    2  0.250  0.538  0.375  0.913  0.333  4.54  0.288  0.000
Bradley             8    1    1    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.125  0.300  0.500  0.800  0.000  3.90  0.175  0.000
Johnson             4    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.250  2.60  0.150  0.000
Ramirez            12    1    1    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.083  0.154  0.333  0.487  0.000  4.31  0.071  0.000
D Lee              12    0    0    0    0    0    2    2    1  0.000  0.133  0.000  0.133  0.000  4.07  0.133  0.250
Hoffpauir           1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Miles               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Soto                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  6.00  0.000  0.000

vs Coffey           4    0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0  0.250  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.250  4.67  0.250  0.000
vs DiFelice         5    1    1    0    0    1    2    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.800  1.000  0.000  3.40  0.000  0.200
vs Looper          18    1    5    1    0    1    1    4    4  0.278  0.409  0.500  0.909  0.308  4.41  0.131  0.000
vs Stetter          4    1    1    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.250  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.500  3.80  0.150  0.500
vs Villanueva       8    2    2    0    0    1    2    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875  0.167  3.38  0.000  1.000
vs McClung         15    3    4    1    0    1    3    2    3  0.267  0.333  0.533  0.867  0.273  4.17  0.067  0.286
vs Suppan          15    5    2    0    0    1    4    6    1  0.133  0.409  0.333  0.742  0.077  3.55  0.276  0.231
vs Bush            25    3    6    2    0    1    2    2    5  0.240  0.296  0.440  0.736  0.263  3.56  0.056  0.100
vs Julio            9    1    1    1    0    0    2    2    0  0.111  0.333  0.222  0.556  0.111  3.42  0.222  0.222

vs. starters       58    9   13    3    0    3    7   12   10  0.224  0.366  0.431  0.797  0.222  3.82  0.142  0.121
vs. relievers      45    8   10    4    0    3   10    6    7  0.222  0.333  0.511  0.844  0.200  3.83  0.111  0.250

vs Left             4    1    1    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.250  0.400  0.500  0.900  0.500  3.80  0.150  0.500
vs Right           99   16   22    6    0    6   16   17   15  0.222  0.350  0.465  0.815  0.205  3.83  0.128  0.169

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              103   17   23    7    0    6   17   18   17  0.223  0.352  0.466  0.818  0.213  3.82  0.129  0.180

Day                33    3    9    3    0    2    3    5    7  0.273  0.385  0.545  0.930  0.292  4.08  0.112  0.059
Nite               70   14   14    4    0    4   14   13   10  0.200  0.337  0.429  0.766  0.179  3.71  0.137  0.227

Leading off        24    6    6    2    0    3    3    3    3  0.250  0.357  0.708  1.065  0.167  3.64  0.107  0.000
Pinch hitting       4    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.500  4.20  0.150  0.000
bases empty        58   12   13    4    0    4    4   11    9  0.224  0.357  0.500  0.857  0.200  3.80  0.133  0.000
runners on         45    5   10    3    0    2   13    7    8  0.222  0.345  0.422  0.768  0.229  3.85  0.123  0.183
RISP               26    3    4    1    0    0    7    6    6  0.154  0.324  0.192  0.516  0.200  4.03  0.170  0.163

tot vs Milw       103   17   23    7    0    6   17   18   17  0.223  0.352  0.466  0.818  0.213  3.82  0.129  0.180
season totals     954  137  239   41    3   34  130  112  208  0.251  0.334  0.407  0.741  0.288  3.92  0.084  0.180

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Milwaukee this year......

 

vs. Milw             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               0.0    0    0    0    1    0    0     9     3  0.33   0.0    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Heilman             2.0    1    0    0    1    3    0    31    17  0.55  15.5    1    1  0.50  4.50 13.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Vizcaino            0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     8     6  0.75  12.0    1    1  0.50  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marshall            1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    18    10  0.56  18.0    2    1  0.67  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              2.7    1    0    0    1    4    0    44    30  0.68  16.5    1    3  0.25  3.38 13.50  0.00  0.75  0.00
Harden              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
Zambrano            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
Dempster            6.0    6    4    4    3    6    1   110    66  0.60  18.3    7    5  0.58  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
Gregg               1.7    3    3    3    3    3    1    48    28  0.58  28.8    2    0  1.00 16.20 16.20  5.40  3.60 16.20
Guzman              0.3    0    2    2    2    0    0    13     5  0.38  39.0    0    1  0.00 54.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 54.00

tot vs Milw        26.3   21   14   13   17   33    4   495   305  0.62  18.8   24   21  0.53  5.81 11.28  1.37  1.44  4.44
season totals     251.7  232  131  125  117  233   32  4241  2648  0.62  16.9  259  247  0.51  4.18  8.33  1.14  1.39  4.47

 

CUBS' last 7 games (6-1)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.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      
.27  Wed 05/06  @ Houston       N   6- 3  Harden          Hampton       
.28  Thu 05/07  @ Houston       N   8- 5  Lilly           Ortiz         

 

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              9   5   4   4   6   5   3   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      40
Opponents         7   2   0   3   2   3   0   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      27

 

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

 

05/01 - 05/07      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez            12    3    5    0    0    1    2    3    1  0.417  0.533  0.667  1.200  0.400  4.87  0.117  0.111
D Lee              17    5    5    1    0    2    5    3    6  0.294  0.400  0.706  1.106  0.333  4.50  0.106  0.250
Theriot            27    6    8    1    1    3    8    2    6  0.296  0.345  0.741  1.086  0.278  3.86  0.049  0.385
Hoffpauir          15    1    5    2    0    0    1    3    2  0.333  0.444  0.467  0.911  0.385  3.78  0.111  0.100
Johnson            10    4    3    0    1    0    4    2    2  0.300  0.385  0.500  0.885  0.375  4.23  0.085  0.500
Miles              20    4    6    3    0    0    1    4    2  0.300  0.417  0.450  0.867  0.333  3.83  0.117  0.077
Fontenot           16    2    5    0    0    1    7    2    4  0.313  0.350  0.500  0.850  0.364  3.85  0.038  0.500
Gathright           5    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.400  0.400  0.400  0.800  0.500  4.60  0.000  0.000
Soriano            28    6    7    1    0    2    3    1    9  0.250  0.276  0.500  0.776  0.294  3.69  0.026  0.056
Soto               22    2    6    1    0    0    2    3    5  0.273  0.360  0.318  0.678  0.353  4.48  0.087  0.143
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
Bradley            22    1    4    0    0    0    1    0    5  0.182  0.217  0.182  0.399  0.235  4.13  0.036  0.125
Fukudome           13    4    1    0    0    0    0    4    0  0.077  0.294  0.077  0.371  0.077  4.59  0.217  0.000
K. Hill             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.00  0.333  0.000

vs. Flor          100   20   30    3    1    5   19   10   24  0.300  0.360  0.500  0.860  0.352  4.07  0.060  0.246
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
vs. Houst          74   14   22    4    1    3   12    9   15  0.297  0.369  0.500  0.869  0.339  4.00  0.072  0.180

Last 7 games      233   40   62   10    2    9   37   29   57  0.266  0.346  0.442  0.788  0.317  4.09  0.080  0.203
Season totals     954  137  239   41    3   34  130  112  208  0.251  0.334  0.407  0.741  0.288  3.92  0.084  0.180

 

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

 

05/01 - 05/07        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
Heilman             2.0    0    0    0    0    5    0    29    19  0.66  14.5    1    0  1.00  0.00 22.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Patton              3.0    1    0    0    2    1    0    38    23  0.61  12.7    5    3  0.63  6.00  3.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marmol              5.0    3    1    1    3   10    1    87    58  0.67  17.4    2    3  0.40  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.20  1.80
Lilly              14.0    9    3    3    3   15    2   192   128  0.67  13.7    6   21  0.22  1.93  9.64  1.29  0.86  1.93
Gregg               4.7    4    1    1    1    4    0    90    58  0.64  19.3    5    5  0.50  1.93  7.71  0.00  1.07  1.93
Dempster            7.0    5    2    2    2    7    0   102    64  0.63  14.6   11    3  0.79  2.57  9.00  0.00  1.00  2.57
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
Guzman              2.0    1    1    1    1    0    0    31    22  0.71  15.5    2    4  0.33  4.50  0.00  0.00  1.00  4.50
Marshall            7.0    8    5    5    1    1    1    95    60  0.63  13.6   16    4  0.80  1.29  1.29  1.29  1.29  6.43
Harden             10.7   14    8    8    7    6    1   185   116  0.63  17.3   13   13  0.50  5.91  5.06  0.84  1.97  6.75
Samardzija          0.7    2    1    1    1    0    0    19     9  0.47  28.5    0    2  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  4.50 13.50
Fox                 0.3    2    3    3    1    0    0    17     8  0.47  51.0    1    0  1.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  9.00 81.00

vs. Flor           27.0   20   11   11   12   25    2   456   296  0.65  16.9   20   35  0.36  4.00  8.33  0.67  1.19  3.67
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
vs. Houst          18.0   16    8    8    7   16    2   266   170  0.64  14.8   19   19  0.50  3.50  8.00  1.00  1.28  4.00

Last 7 games       63.0   53   27   27   24   54    5   984   631  0.64  15.6   69   65  0.51  3.43  7.71  0.71  1.22  3.86
Season tota       251.7  232  131  125  117  233   32  4241  2648  0.62  16.9  259  247  0.51  4.18  8.33  1.14  1.39  4.47

 

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

 

04/06 - 05/07        P   PA  P/PA
Bradley            293   68  4.31
Soto               342   81  4.22
Fukudome           444  106  4.19
Ramirez            296   71  4.17
Fontenot           410  100  4.10
K. Hill            151   38  3.97
D Lee              402  103  3.90
Miles              281   72  3.90
Theriot            464  121  3.83
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Soriano            479  128  3.74
Hoffpauir          202   54  3.74
Johnson            202   56  3.61
Scales              10    4  2.50

CUBS              4282 1091  3.92

 

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

 

04/06 - 05/07      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            11   22  0.333
K. Hill              5   11  0.313
Ramirez             12   28  0.300
Hoffpauir            8   24  0.250
Theriot             12   42  0.222
Fontenot            12   42  0.222
D Lee               12   44  0.214
Soriano              8   53  0.131
Johnson              4   30  0.118
Soto                 4   38  0.095
Miles                3   36  0.077
Bradley              1   27  0.036
Gathright            0    6  0.000
Scales               0    0  0.000

CUBS                96  436  0.180

 

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis     137
Milwaukee     134
Cincinnati    134
Pittsburgh    131
Houston       130

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[otis89]

CUBS are 6-2 when WGN broadcasts the game

 

I believe this is all the proof we need for why more games should be on WGN. This is a welcome change from last year, when they were right around .500 on WGN.