5/21: Cobs (Marshall) @ Cards (Wainwright); 7:15 pm CT, CSN

[B]

Who cares?

 

 

CHC Sean Marshall, LHP (2-2, 4.02) Cubs (21-16) @ STL Adam Wainwright, RHP (3-2, 3.83) Cardinals (22-17)

 

Scouting Report:

Cubs: Marshall was assigned to the bullpen over the weekend just in case another lefty was needed. He missed a turn in the rotation when last Friday's game against the Astros was rained out. This will be his sixth start of the year. In his last start May 10, he gave up two runs on five hits over five innings against the Brewers. He has thrown six or more innings in three of his five starts.

 

Cardinals: It appears that Wainwright is back. Despite taking a loss, he was brilliant in his last start, throwing eight innings of two-hit, one-run ball. He threw strikes, but more than that, he threw quality strikes. Wainwright believes he has fixed a delivery flaw that had his arm slot too high. He's also back to relying more heavily on his sinking fastball. The combination added up to an excellent game on Saturday, and it should continue to do so as he goes forward.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Marshall pitches 6 solid innings of 1 run ball. Sadly, its not enough.

[Keener98]

Marshalls last start until someone gets hurt in my opinion.

[Soul]

Sean gets a start, and they'll lose 2-1.

 

Sean gets the blame for giving up the 2nd run, goes back to LOOGY duty.

 

 

Oh yes, you know it's possible.

[haubrich91]

Marshall pitches a 20 inning perfect game, we lose 1-0 in the 21st from a Brian Barden bunt home run.

[Terp]

Also on the MLB Network.

[cubswin2009]

Predictions:

Fontenot goes hitless

Bradley goes hitless

Lee goes hitless

Cobs score 1 run late

Cardinals win 10-1

[TruffleShuffle]

Predictions:

Fontenot goes hitless

Bradley goes hitless

Lee goes hitless

Cobs score 1 run late

Cardinals win 10-1

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

Cubs pound the [expletive] out of Wainwright and win 7-3.

 

PRINT IT, FUCKFACES.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Checotah, OK !!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday.........

 

CUBS are 2-3 on Thursdays

CUBS are 11-6 in May

CUBS are 3-5 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 12-12 vs. NL Central

CUBS are 0-1 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 8-8 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 8-5 in games that end a series

CUBS are 3-3-0 in road series

CUBS have tied 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 2-0 in series sweeps

CUBS are 11-9 at night

CUBS are 9-10 on the road

CUBS are 18-15 against right handers

CUBS are 14-9 when they get a quality start.... 7-8 when they don't

CUBS are 5-11 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 16-6 when they don't

CUBS are 13-5 when they score first in the game.... 8-12 when they don't

CUBS are 10-2 when they score in the first inning.... 11-15 when they don't

CUBS are 14-11 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-6 when they do

CUBS are 21-3 when they score 4 runs or more.... 0-14 when they don't

CUBS are 11-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-12 when they don't

CUBS are 15-2 when they outhit the opponent.... 4-13 when they get outhit.... 2-2 when the hits are even

CUBS are 6-3 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 15-14 when he doesn't

CUBS are 3-6 in one run games .... 7-0 in two runs games

CUBS are 9-9 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 12-8 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 13-6 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 8-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-6 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 16-11 when they don't

CUBS are 8-7 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 13-10 when he doesn't

CUBS are 19-7 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 2-8 when he doesn't

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..90 wins                            97    85    66    79
.780 runs                           857   752   716   703
.196 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.627 walks                          638   500   395   419
1202 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..85 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.107 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..90 errors                          97    94   104   100
..68 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.82 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.94 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
18.4 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.378 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
35.8 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 8-8 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 18-5 when they get at least 8 hits .... 3-12 when they don't

CUBS are 20-12 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-5 when they don't

CUBS are 8-4 when they steal a base.... 13-13 when they don't

CUBS are 5-1 when they execute a sac bunt.... 16-16 when they don't

CUBS are 2-11 when they commit one or more errors.... 19-6 when they don't

CUBS are 19-13 when they hit at least one double.... 2-4 when they don't

CUBS are 4-1 when they hit at least one triple.... 17-16 when they don't

CUBS are 10-4 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 11-13 when they don't

CUBS are 8-2 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 13-15 when they don't

CUBS are 5-11 when the opponent steals a base.... 16-6 when they don't

CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 16-7 when they don't

CUBS are 14-6 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 7-11 when they don't

CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 19-15 when they don't

CUBS are 6-3 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 15-14 when they don't

CUBS have not stolen a base in their last 6 games

CUBS have homered in 14 out of their last 18 games

CUBS have hit 5 triples this season.... all against the starting pitchers

CUBS are batting 1 for 14 in extra innings.... the only hit.... a 2 run homer

CUBS have 9 sac bunts this season; fewest in the NL.... 4 by non-pitchers

 

 

CUBS are 1-4 when Marshall starts

Marshall is 2 of 5 (.400) in quality starts

Marshall has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Marshall's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.50.... to K Hill it's 3.86

CUBS score 4.82 R/G overall.... 2.80 R/G when Marshall pitches

CUBS hit 1.21 HR/G overall.... 0.80 HR/G when Marshall pitches

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

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

Marshall has given up run(s) in the first inning in 3 (5 runs total) of his 5 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marshall.....

 

04/06 - 05/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marshall   169   14   35    4    1    4   53   12   12   39  0.207  0.258  0.314  0.572
CUBS overall     1281  183  321   64    5   46  533  172  147  282  0.251  0.333  0.416  0.749

 

Composite scoring in games started by Marshall.........

 

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

CUBS              1   1   4   0   7   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      14
Opponents         5   1   0   5   0   1   7   6   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0      31

 

Marshall's starts this year (2-2)

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/16  vs. St. L       5.0    7    3    3    2    4    1    93    55  0.59  18.6    5    6  0.45    0    0  0.00  3.60  7.20  1.80  1.80  5.40
04/25  vs. St. L       6.0    6    3    3    1    5    0    90    66  0.73  15.0    6    7  0.46    0    0  0.00  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
04/30  vs. Flor        7.0    6    1    1    2    6    1   102    68  0.67  14.6    9    4  0.69    0    0  0.00  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.14  1.29
05/05  vs. S.F.        7.0    8    5    5    1    1    1    95    60  0.63  13.6   16    4  0.80    0    0  0.00  1.29  1.29  1.29  1.29  6.43
05/10  vs. Milw        5.0    5    2    2    3    4    1    97    56  0.58  19.4    6    5  0.55    0    0  0.00  5.40  7.20  1.80  1.60  3.60

Home                  19.3   21    9    9    5   11    3   293   184  0.63  15.2   31   14  0.69    2    0  0.00  2.33  5.12  1.40  1.34  4.19
Road                  12.0   11    5    5    5    9    1   205   132  0.64  17.1   14   13  0.52    0    0  0.00  3.75  6.75  0.75  1.33  3.75

Day                   23.3   26   13   13    8   14    3   383   239  0.62  16.4   34   22  0.61    2    0  0.00  3.09  5.40  1.16  1.46  5.01
Nite                   8.0    6    1    1    2    6    1   115    77  0.67  14.4   11    5  0.69    0    0  0.00  2.25  6.75  1.13  1.00  1.13

Road  Nite             1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    13     9  0.69  13.0    2    1  0.67    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

April                 19.0   19    7    7    6   15    2   303   199  0.66  15.9   22   18  0.55    0    0  0.00  2.84  7.11  0.95  1.32  3.32
May                   12.3   13    7    7    4    5    2   195   117  0.60  15.8   23    9  0.72    2    0  0.00  2.92  3.65  1.46  1.38  5.11

season total          31.3   32   14   14   10   20    4   498   316  0.63  15.9   45   27  0.63    2    0  0.00  2.87  5.74  1.15  1.34  4.02

 

Marshall's start(s) vs. St. Louis last year (1-0).....

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/06  vs. St. L       6.0    6    1    1    1    4    1    88  1.50  6.00  1.50  1.17  1.50

totals  vs. St. L     11.0    9    1    1    4    9    1   164  3.27  7.36  0.82  1.18  0.82
season totals         69.3   62   29   29   24   63   10  1096  3.12  8.18  1.30  1.24  3.76

 

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

 

              Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             20 May     19 May     18 May     17 May     16 May     15 May     14 May
             @ St. L.   @ St. L.   no game    vs Houst   vs Houst   no game    vs S.D. 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                                          1.0  24                                        1.0  24
Gregg                    1.0  17                          0.0  16                             1.0  33
Guzman                                                    1.0  10                             1.0  10
Heilman                                                   0.7  16                             0.7  16
Marmol        1.0  12                                     1.0  16                             2.0  28
Patton                                                                                               
Ascanio                                        2.0  24                          2.0  34       4.0  58
Marshall                                                  0.3   3                             0.3   3

Totals        1.0  12    1.0  17               3.0  48    3.0  61               2.0  34      10.0 172

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis this year (3-5) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..9  Thu 04/16    St. Louis         4- 7  Marshall        Wainright     
.10  Fri 04/17    St. Louis         8- 7  Zambrano        Walters       
.11  Sat 04/18    St. Louis         7- 5  Dempster        Lohse         
.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    
.37  Tue 05/19  @ St. Louis     N   0- 3  Lilly           Pineiro     
.38  Wed 05/20  @ St. Louis     N   1- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     
.39  Thu 05/21  @ St. Louis     N    -    Marshall        Wainright     
.84  Fri 07/10    St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Wainright     
.85  Sat 07/11    St. Louis          -    Marshall        Lohse         
.86  Sun 07/12    St. Louis          -    Harden          Wellemeyer    
.87  Sun 07/12    St. Louis     N    -    Lilly           Wellemeyer    
147  Fri 09/18  @ St. Louis     N    -    Lilly           Lohse         
148  Sat 09/19  @ St. Louis          -    Dempster        Wellemeyer    
149  Sun 09/20  @ St. Louis          -    Zambrano        Boggs         

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis in 2008 (9-6).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.29  Fri 05/02  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Hill            Wainright     
.30  Sat 05/03  @ St. Louis         9- 3  Lilly           Lohse         
.31  Sun 05/04  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Marquis         Wellemeyer    
.87  Fri 07/04  @ St. Louis     N   2- 1  Zambrano        Looper        
.88  Sat 07/05  @ St. Louis         4- 5  Lilly           Lohse         
.89  Sun 07/06  @ St. Louis         7- 1  Marshall        Wellemeyer    
116  Fri 08/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis         6- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     
144  Tue 09/09  @ St. Louis     N   3- 4  Dempster        Lohse         
145  Wed 09/10  @ St. Louis     N   4- 3  Lilly           Looper        
146  Thu 09/11  @ St. Louis     N   3- 2  Harden          Wellemeyer    
152  Fri 09/19    St. Louis         6-12  Zambrano        Wainright     
153  Sat 09/20    St. Louis         5- 4  Lilly           Pineiro       
154  Sun 09/21    St. Louis         5- 1  Dempster        Looper        

 

Composite scoring vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

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

CUBS              6   2   1   2   9   1   5   5   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      35
Opponents         2   1   7   8   6   2   9   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      39

 

CUBS hitters vs. Wainright this year.....

 

vs Wainright       AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez             4    0    3    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.750  0.800  1.000  1.800  1.000  4.00  0.050  0.000
Fukudome            7    1    3    1    0    1    3    0    2  0.429  0.429  1.000  1.429  0.500  3.86  0.000  0.500
Johnson             3    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  0.667  2.67  0.000  0.000
Soriano             5    2    1    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.200  0.429  0.200  0.629  0.200  3.29  0.229  0.000
Soto                5    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.200  0.333  0.200  0.533  0.500  5.17  0.133  0.000
Fontenot            6    1    1    1    0    0    1    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.250  3.50  0.000  0.200
Theriot             6    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452  0.167  4.29  0.119  0.000
D Lee               5    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.200  0.167  0.200  0.367  0.250  3.00 -0.033  0.250
Hoffpauir           4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  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
Bradley             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

tot vs Wainright   50    7   13    3    0    1    5    5   12  0.260  0.321  0.380  0.701  0.324  3.60  0.061  0.125
tot vs St. L.     278   35   69   16    1    5   31   25   68  0.248  0.313  0.367  0.680  0.312  3.79  0.065  0.181
season totals    1281  183  321   64    5   46  172  147  282  0.251  0.333  0.416  0.749  0.289  3.95  0.082  0.182

 

CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year.....

 

vs. St. L          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez            15    2    7    2    0    1    5    1    3  0.467  0.500  0.800  1.300  0.545  3.69  0.033  0.571
Fukudome           31    7   11    3    0    2   10    4    7  0.355  0.432  0.645  1.078  0.409  3.89  0.078  0.533
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
Hoffpauir          18    1    6    1    0    1    4    1    4  0.333  0.368  0.556  0.924  0.385  3.58  0.035  0.375
Miles              19    3    6    1    0    0    2    2    2  0.316  0.381  0.368  0.749  0.353  3.73  0.065  0.250
Soriano            32    7    7    2    0    1    2    4   14  0.219  0.324  0.375  0.699  0.353  3.57  0.106  0.071
Theriot            33    5    9    1    1    0    1    2    1  0.273  0.314  0.364  0.678  0.281  3.74  0.042  0.067
Gathright           3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  3.33  0.000  0.000
Bradley             8    1    1    1    0    0    0    2    2  0.125  0.300  0.250  0.550  0.167  3.70  0.175  0.000
Soto               25    3    4    1    0    0    1    7    7  0.160  0.344  0.200  0.544  0.222  4.38  0.184  0.083
Fontenot           28    2    6    2    0    0    2    1    6  0.214  0.241  0.286  0.527  0.273  4.07  0.027  0.111
D Lee              30    3    7    2    0    0    4    0    7  0.233  0.226  0.300  0.526  0.304  3.94 -0.008  0.222
Johnson            16    0    3    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.188  0.188  0.188  0.375  0.273  3.00  0.000  0.000
Scales              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67  0.000  0.000

vs Miller          11    3    5    2    0    1    5    1    3  0.455  0.500  0.909  1.409  0.571  3.17  0.045  0.571
vs Reyes            5    2    1    0    0    1    2    1    1  0.200  0.333  0.800  1.133  0.000  2.50  0.133  0.167
vs Boyer            9    3    4    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.444  0.444  0.556  1.000  0.500  3.33  0.000  0.000
vs Walters         23    4    8    1    0    1    4    2    9  0.348  0.385  0.522  0.906  0.538  4.62  0.037  0.214
vs Wellemeyer      23    6    8    2    0    0    5    2    5  0.348  0.423  0.435  0.858  0.444  3.81  0.075  0.278
vs Lohse           19    4    5    2    1    0    4    2    4  0.263  0.333  0.474  0.807  0.333  4.62  0.070  0.571
vs Perez           12    2    2    0    0    1    2    3    4  0.167  0.333  0.417  0.750  0.143  3.93  0.167  0.143
vs Wainright       50    7   13    3    0    1    5    5   12  0.260  0.321  0.380  0.701  0.324  3.60  0.061  0.125
vs Franklin        19    1    4    1    0    0    1    3    6  0.211  0.318  0.263  0.581  0.308  3.68  0.108  0.125
vs Boggs           32    2    8    1    0    0    2    2    6  0.250  0.294  0.281  0.575  0.308  3.88  0.044  0.143
vs Motte            9    0    2    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.222  0.300  0.222  0.522  0.286  4.50  0.078  0.000
vs Carpenter       17    0    3    1    0    0    0    2    4  0.176  0.263  0.235  0.498  0.231  3.53  0.087  0.000
vs McClellan       21    1    3    1    0    0    1    1    6  0.143  0.217  0.190  0.408  0.200  3.75  0.075  0.100
vs Pineiro         28    0    3    1    0    0    0    0    5  0.107  0.107  0.143  0.250  0.130  3.29  0.000  0.000

vs. starters      177   21   44   10    1    1   18   14   40  0.249  0.304  0.333  0.637  0.316  3.88  0.056  0.193
vs. relievers     101   14   25    6    0    4   13   11   28  0.248  0.327  0.426  0.753  0.304  3.62  0.080  0.161

vs Left            16    5    6    2    0    2    7    2    4  0.375  0.444  0.875  1.319  0.400  2.94  0.069  0.385
vs Right          262   30   63   14    1    3   24   23   64  0.240  0.304  0.336  0.640  0.308  3.84  0.064  0.160

Home              109   19   28    6    1    3   19   15   31  0.257  0.341  0.413  0.754  0.333  4.06  0.084  0.242
Road              169   16   41   10    0    2   12   10   37  0.243  0.293  0.337  0.630  0.300  3.60  0.050  0.128

Day               185   31   52   10    1    5   29   20   45  0.281  0.351  0.427  0.778  0.348  3.94  0.070  0.218
Nite               93    4   17    6    0    0    2    5   23  0.183  0.232  0.247  0.480  0.243  3.47  0.050  0.059

Leading off        70   11   21    4    1    1    1    3   14  0.300  0.329  0.429  0.757  0.364  3.63  0.029  0.000
Pinch hitting      12    1    3    0    0    0    1    2    6  0.250  0.357  0.250  0.607  0.500  4.29  0.107  0.077
bases loaded        7    0    0    0    0    0    2    1    3  0.000  0.111  0.000  0.111  0.000  4.56  0.111  0.105
bases empty       156   20   36    8    1    1    1   12   34  0.231  0.290  0.314  0.604  0.289  3.72  0.059  0.000
runners on        122   15   33    8    0    4   30   13   34  0.270  0.341  0.434  0.775  0.345  3.87  0.070  0.182
RISP               68    7   15    3    0    2   23   10   20  0.221  0.321  0.353  0.674  0.283  4.06  0.100  0.204

Game tied         100    8   25    4    0    1    5   10   20  0.250  0.318  0.320  0.638  0.304  3.59  0.068  0.074
CUBS leading       61    8   14    3    0    2   10    4   17  0.230  0.284  0.377  0.661  0.286  3.99  0.054  0.195
CUBS trailing     117   19   30    9    1    2   16   11   31  0.256  0.323  0.402  0.725  0.333  3.85  0.067  0.286
Close score       244   30   58   14    1    3   26   24   58  0.238  0.309  0.340  0.649  0.301  3.81  0.071  0.189

Early (1-3)        88    9   23    6    0    0    9    7   19  0.261  0.316  0.330  0.646  0.333  3.81  0.055  0.188
Middle (4-6)       95   12   23    4    1    1   11    7   25  0.242  0.301  0.337  0.638  0.319  3.83  0.059  0.213
Late (7th on)      95   14   23    6    0    4   11   11   24  0.242  0.321  0.432  0.752  0.284  3.73  0.079  0.143
Extra Innings       7    2    1    0    0    1    2    3    1  0.143  0.400  0.571  0.971  0.000  2.90  0.257  0.125


tot vs St. L.     278   35   69   16    1    5   31   25   68  0.248  0.313  0.367  0.680  0.312  3.79  0.065  0.181
season totals    1281  183  321   64    5   46  172  147  282  0.251  0.333  0.416  0.749  0.289  3.95  0.082  0.182

 

 

CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year......

 

vs. St. L            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Gregg               4.0    3    0    0    0    2    0    49    36  0.73  12.3    6    4  0.60    2    0  0.00  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.75  0.00
Vizcaino            1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    21    14  0.67  21.0    1    0  1.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Heilman             5.3    3    1    1    2    1    1    71    41  0.58  13.3    7    6  0.54    2    0  0.00  3.38  1.69  1.69  0.94  1.69
Harden              6.0    4    2    2    2    9    2   107    69  0.64  17.8    2    7  0.22    0    0  0.00  3.00 13.50  3.00  1.00  3.00
Guzman              2.7    1    1    1    1    2    1    42    29  0.69  15.8    6    0  1.00    2    0  0.00  3.38  6.75  3.38  0.75  3.38
Lilly               7.0    4    3    3    3    5    1   104    69  0.66  14.9    8    8  0.50    0    0  0.00  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  3.86
Dempster           19.0   17    9    9    7   13    1   286   181  0.63  15.1   26   18  0.59    0    0  0.00  3.32  6.16  0.47  1.26  4.26
Marshall           11.0   13    6    6    3    9    1   183   121  0.66  16.6   11   13  0.46    0    0  0.00  2.45  7.36  0.82  1.45  4.91
Marmol              3.3    4    2    2    1    2    0    63    41  0.65  18.9    4    4  0.50    2    0  0.00  2.70  5.40  0.00  1.50  5.40
Cotts               1.3    2    1    1    3    0    0    39    18  0.46  29.3    2    2  0.50    4    1  0.25 20.25  0.00  0.00  3.75  6.75
Zambrano            7.0    9    7    7    3    7    3   109    73  0.67  15.6    6    8  0.43    0    0  0.00  3.86  9.00  3.86  1.71  9.00
Patton              2.3    5    7    7    5    2    1    66    32  0.48  28.3    4    1  0.80    0    0  0.00 19.29  7.71  3.86  4.29 27.00

tot vs. St. L.     70.0   66   39   39   30   54   11  1140   724  0.64  16.3   83   71  0.54   12    1  0.08  3.86  6.94  1.41  1.37  5.01
season totals     336.7  304  172  165  153  312   44  5696  3549  0.62  16.9  346  334  0.51   59   18  0.31  4.09  8.34  1.18  1.36  4.41

 

CUBS' last 21 games (12-9)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.18  Mon 04/27  @ Arizona       N   2- 7  Lilly           Haren         
.19  Tue 04/28  @ Arizona       N  11- 3  Zambrano        Petit         
.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      
.27  Wed 05/06  @ Houston       N   6- 3  Harden          Hampton       
.28  Thu 05/07  @ Houston       N   8- 5  Lilly           Ortiz         
.29  Fri 05/08  @ Milwaukee     N   2- 3  Wells           Bush          
.30  Sat 05/09  @ Milwaukee     N   6-12  Dempster        Gallardo      
.31  Sun 05/10  @ Milwaukee         4- 2  Marshall        Suppan        
.32  Tue 05/12    San Diego     N   6- 2  Harden          Peavy         
.33  Wed 05/13    San Diego     N   6- 4  Lilly           Young         
.34  Thu 05/14    San Diego        11- 3  Dempster        Gaudin        
.35  Sat 05/16    Houston           5- 4  Wells           Oswalt        
.36  Sun 05/17    Houston           5- 6  Harden          Moehler       
.37  Tue 05/19  @ St. Louis     N   0- 3  Lilly           Pineiro       
.38  Wed 05/20  @ St. Louis     N   1- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     

 

Composite scoring during the last 21 games.........

 

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

CUBS             13   5  16   9  21  16   6   7   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      101
Opponents        18   3   3  14   4   5  20  15   8   6   0   0   0   0   0   0       96

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games......

 

04/27 - 05/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ramirez            13    3    5    0    0    1    2    3    1  0.385  0.500  0.615  1.115  0.364  4.94  0.115  0.100
Scales             27    7    8    2    1    1    5    3    7  0.296  0.367  0.556  0.922  0.368  4.27  0.070  0.333
Theriot            77   12   19    5    1    5   12    8   18  0.247  0.326  0.532  0.858  0.259  3.67  0.079  0.226
Hoffpauir          45    7   13    3    0    2    7    5    9  0.289  0.360  0.489  0.849  0.324  3.86  0.071  0.167
D Lee              46    7   12    2    0    3    8    6   15  0.261  0.346  0.500  0.846  0.321  4.25  0.085  0.208
Soriano            86   15   21    3    0    7   16    4   19  0.244  0.283  0.523  0.806  0.233  3.86  0.038  0.265
Bradley            60    9   15    2    0    3    8    8   13  0.250  0.348  0.433  0.781  0.273  3.96  0.098  0.185
Fukudome           57   10   15    3    1    0    2   13   10  0.263  0.408  0.351  0.759  0.319  4.30  0.145  0.105
K. Hill            14    2    4    1    0    0    1    2    3  0.286  0.375  0.357  0.732  0.364  4.19  0.089  0.500
Soto               60    5   15    2    0    1    8    8   14  0.250  0.343  0.333  0.676  0.311  4.13  0.093  0.189
Fontenot           60    5   10    2    0    4   11    6   14  0.167  0.235  0.400  0.635  0.143  4.37  0.069  0.184
Johnson            26    6    5    1    1    0    6    3    5  0.192  0.290  0.308  0.598  0.238  3.77  0.098  0.231
Miles              57    9   13    5    0    0    2    4    8  0.228  0.279  0.316  0.594  0.265  3.77  0.051  0.080
Gathright           8    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.400  4.25  0.000  0.000
Freel               7    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.200  4.29  0.000  0.000

Last 21 games     695  101  169   34    4   28   95   75  163  0.243  0.320  0.424  0.745  0.280  3.98  0.077  0.193
Season totals    1281  183  321   64    5   46  172  147  282  0.251  0.333  0.416  0.749  0.289  3.95  0.082  0.182

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games......

 

04/27 - 05/20        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wells              11.0    9    0    0    5    9    0   181   115  0.64  16.5   15    9  0.63    0    0  0.00  4.09  7.36  0.00  1.27  0.00
Guzman             10.7    6    2    2    2   10    1   150   107  0.71  14.1   10   12  0.45    2    1  0.50  1.69  8.44  0.84  0.75  1.69
Marshall           19.3   19    8    8    6   11    3   297   185  0.62  15.4   32   13  0.71    2    0  0.00  2.79  5.12  1.40  1.29  3.72
Zambrano           12.0   12    5    5    4    6    0   189   121  0.64  15.8   14   15  0.48    0    0  0.00  3.00  4.50  0.00  1.33  3.75
Samardzija          2.3    3    1    1    2    4    0    48    26  0.54  20.6    1    2  0.33    8    5  0.63  7.71 15.43  0.00  2.14  3.86
Lilly              32.3   27   14   14   10   30    6   478   316  0.66  14.8   19   47  0.29    0    0  0.00  2.78  8.35  1.67  1.14  3.90
Dempster           33.3   27   16   15   12   28    2   528   322  0.61  15.8   42   30  0.58    0    0  0.00  3.24  7.56  0.54  1.17  4.05
Patton              6.0    6    4    3    3    4    0   101    62  0.61  16.8    9    5  0.64    5    2  0.40  4.50  6.00  0.00  1.50  4.50
Marmol             11.3    6    7    6   14   17    1   223   127  0.57  19.7   10    6  0.63    2    1  0.50 11.12 13.50  0.79  1.76  4.76
Gregg              10.3   10    6    6    5   10    2   208   128  0.62  20.1    7   11  0.39    1    1  1.00  4.35  8.71  1.74  1.45  5.23
Harden             22.7   24   14   14   11   18    3   398   247  0.62  17.6   23   27  0.46    0    0  0.00  4.37  7.15  1.19  1.54  5.56
Ascanio             4.0    2    3    3    0    5    1    58    42  0.72  14.5    2    4  0.33    0    0  0.00  0.00 11.25  2.25  0.50  6.75
Cotts               2.7    1    2    2    3    3    0    55    32  0.58  20.6    2    3  0.40    3    0  0.00 10.13 10.13  0.00  1.50  6.75
Heilman             5.7    7    9    8    5    8    1   139    77  0.55  24.5    3    6  0.33    3    3  1.00  7.94 12.71  1.59  2.12 12.71
Fox                 0.3    2    5    5    3    0    0    27    11  0.41  81.0    1    0  1.00    0    0  0.00 81.00  0.00  0.00 15.00135.00

Last 21 games     184.0  161   96   92   85  163   20  3080  1918  0.62  16.7  190  190  0.50   26   13  0.50  4.16  7.97  0.98  1.34  4.50
Season totals     336.7  304  172  165  153  312   44  5696  3549  0.62  16.9  346  334  0.51   59   18  0.31  4.09  8.34  1.18  1.36  4.41

 

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

 

04/06 - 05/20        P   PA  P/PA
Fontenot           576  134  4.30
Freel               30    7  4.29
Scales             128   30  4.27
Bradley            424  100  4.24
Ramirez            302   72  4.19
Fukudome           620  148  4.19
Soto               483  118  4.09
D Lee              505  127  3.98
K. Hill            166   42  3.95
Miles              365   95  3.84
Soriano            665  174  3.82
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Hoffpauir          294   78  3.77
Theriot            602  162  3.72
Johnson            232   64  3.63

CUBS              5775 1463  3.95

 

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

 

04/06 - 05/20      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Scales               4    8  0.333
K. Hill              5   11  0.313
Ramirez             12   29  0.293
Fukudome            13   32  0.289
D Lee               14   51  0.215
Hoffpauir           10   37  0.213
Theriot             13   55  0.191
Soriano             13   59  0.181
Fontenot            12   62  0.162
Soto                 9   54  0.143
Johnson              6   41  0.128
Bradley              5   38  0.116
Miles                4   41  0.089
Gathright            0    6  0.000
Freel                0    3  0.000

CUBS               126  568  0.182

 

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee     127
St. Louis     125
Cincinnati    124
Houston       122
Pittsburgh    121

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Little Slide Rooter]

I predict I bring up Jake Fox during the game after Fontenot and Scales/Miles/Freel play more horrible baseball and Keener goes off on an [expletive] filled rant that would make Ozzie Guillen blush.

[gflore34]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

[dew1679666265]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

His poor defense will lessen the amount of good his bat can do. It's already questionable whether he could come up here and hit like Hoff, but with his defense he'd have to.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

 

He was brought in as depth. We have two of Miles/Freel/Font/Scales starting at 2B and 3B right now, but if any of them need to go out, we need the added depth so that Koyie Hill isn't playing third base. Also, there are going to be times when Theriot isn't playing, further weakening our MIF depth.

[Sammy Sofa]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

 

Wait, are you talking about Fox coming up and catching?

 

That's a horrible idea, since he can't do the whole "catch the ball" part of the equation.

[gflore34]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

 

Wait, are you talking about Fox coming up and catching?

 

That's a horrible idea, since he can't do the whole "catch the ball" part of the equation.

 

I've seen him play much, how terrible is he? Because in addition to not hitting Soto' become 2007 Kendall when it comes to throwing base runners out.

[Outshined_One]

I've seen him play much, how terrible is he? Because in addition to not hitting Soto' become 2007 Kendall when it comes to throwing base runners out.

 

It's not just about throwing out runners. Fox is very poor when it comes to things like calling games, blocking pitches in the dirt, and so on. He recently caught in-game again and had 2 passed balls to his name.

[Keener98]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

 

Wait, are you talking about Fox coming up and catching?

 

That's a horrible idea, since he can't do the whole "catch the ball" part of the equation.

 

I've seen him play much, how terrible is he? Because in addition to not hitting Soto' become 2007 Kendall when it comes to throwing base runners out.

 

 

Soto is putting up a .280 .360 line or so for the month of May. His slugging is down, but hes starting to hit, and hes getting on base at a pretty good rate. Soto isnt the problem right now.

[Little Slide Rooter]

There's been a lot of talk about Jake Fox maybe, he can't catch the ball but, if he can hit, why not? Hell, even if it's only for a month, a month may give Soto time to get in better shape and heel up. I'm ready to go with Hoff at 1b for awhile as well thus far, he's shown he can do something Lee can't do - hit.

 

And Freel, he was acquired to do what exactly? It wasn't to play baseball that's for certain.

 

Wait, are you talking about Fox coming up and catching?

 

That's a horrible idea, since he can't do the whole "catch the ball" part of the equation.

 

I think Im easily the biggest Fox supporter on this board, and even I cant fathom the idea of him behind the plate. As soon as guys like Marmol and Zambrano start getting wild, it will be a disaster.

[jersey cubs fan]

I want my bench players to do something really well. I don't care if Fox can't play the field. Give him 1 AB a game as your primary RH pinch hitter. They've got the whole "flexibility" thing under control with guys like Freel, Scales, Reed and Hoff. They have absolutely no use for 7 relievers right now. They've gotten 10 innings this month out of Ascanio, Patton and Cotts. They are fairly worthless. If it doesn't work out, so be it. But they need some sort of threat on the bench besides Reed Johnson. They aren't running starting pitchers out there who are getting knocked out in the 4th inning, like Marquis did all too frequently. Guzman, Gregg, Heilman, Marmol and Wells/Marshall can handle the bulk of the bullpen duty. Get Fox up here and see if you can get something out of his bat.

[Keener98]

I want my bench players to do something really well. I don't care if Fox can't play the field. Give him 1 AB a game as your primary RH pinch hitter. They've got the whole "flexibility" thing under control with guys like Freel, Scales, Reed and Hoff. They have absolutely no use for 7 relievers right now. They've gotten 10 innings this month out of Ascanio, Patton and Cotts. They are fairly worthless. If it doesn't work out, so be it. But they need some sort of threat on the bench besides Reed Johnson. They aren't running starting pitchers out there who are getting knocked out in the 4th inning, like Marquis did all too frequently. Guzman, Gregg, Heilman, Marmol and Wells/Marshall can handle the bulk of the bullpen duty. Get Fox up here and see if you can get something out of his bat.

 

Cant disagree with any of this

[Little Slide Rooter]

I want my bench players to do something really well. I don't care if Fox can't play the field. Give him 1 AB a game as your primary RH pinch hitter. They've got the whole "flexibility" thing under control with guys like Freel, Scales, Reed and Hoff. They have absolutely no use for 7 relievers right now. They've gotten 10 innings this month out of Ascanio, Patton and Cotts. They are fairly worthless. If it doesn't work out, so be it. But they need some sort of threat on the bench besides Reed Johnson. They aren't running starting pitchers out there who are getting knocked out in the 4th inning, like Marquis did all too frequently. Guzman, Gregg, Heilman, Marmol and Wells/Marshall can handle the bulk of the bullpen duty. Get Fox up here and see if you can get something out of his bat.

 

Cant disagree with any of this

If it would cost something or worth, I could see them being aprehensive about it, but the most wed lose would be Freel, who isnt used anyway or Scales who can be called back up in 10 days if Fox is a disaster. Seriosuly, the guys putting up monster numbers. Its not like the above average numbers that DuBois and Snyder put up that you question how those can translate to the big show.

[Cynosure]

Stop being so negative guys.

 

Cubs bats wake up in a big way and we win 3-2... in 12.

[coldsteel]

Put in Theriot, Miles, Freel, put Harden in the outfield, trade for the Rays' fastest guy and fly him in before the game. Run around like it's 1971, pull your hair out, scream and shout.

[DiamondMind]

I think we see some lineup changes tonight in the form of Hill and Hoffpauir (and maybe Fontenot back at 2B w/ Miles at 3B). This leads to us scoring at least 4-5 runs, which will be enough due to a strong performance from Sean.

 

Cubs win 5-2 on a strong game from Theriot sparking the offense, and a 3R blast from Hoffpauir.

[hardcorecubfan]

Fred, I live for your worthless stat post they are fun. Wait, I just realize I need to get a life

 

Guy, calm down they actually hit the ball yesterday....ok Sori and Lee didn't but they had some nice drives that were right at people we will win 7-3

 

Did that sound too Dusty like?