5/30 Dodgers (Stults) @ Cobs (Dempster) 3:10 CDT FOX

[E.J.]

Who is this Patton fellow you people keep talking about? I don't remember ever seeing him pitch.

[Andy]

Does Heilman have a 'pitches thrown' incentive in his contract? Someone get on this.

[E.J.]

Cubs win!

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Heilman in to pitch for the CUBS

Furcal singled to left field

Hudson walked , Furcal to second

Loney grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Hudson out at second, Furcal to third

Ethier grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              0  5  0
CUBS            0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0                7 10  0

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W:Dempster

S:none

L:Stults

 

T:2:43

A:41,153

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: none

CUBS: Johnson (3)

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Stults        3.0  6  4  4  2  3  0  55
Mota          1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  14
Weaver        2.3  3  3  3  5  2  1  59
Leach         0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0   3
Wade          1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  10

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      7.0  3  0  0  1  5  0  99
Guzman        1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  11
Heilman       1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  24

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[Fred Hornkohl]

       Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          4.19        3.81
RBI%          0.00        0.29
R/BR          0.00        0.39
BA           0.167       0.345
OBP          0.219       0.486
SLG          0.233       0.586
OPS          0.452       1.073
ERA           7.88        0.00
BB/9          7.88        2.00
K/9           7.88        5.00

[JonJayCutler]

Needed to win a game like that. Great performance all around.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Great outing by Demp, Fonty snapping out of his horrible funk & Reed chipping in as well. Lots to be happy about this game

[David]

If we win tomorrow, I'll feel real good about this week.

[Guest]

"By using Marmol today, the chances of the Cubs winning tomorrow, the odds are greater because of the extra use for Marmol."

[third eye]

McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Palmero and ALL the usual suspects had a career year in strike outs in their best HR year. I then looked at the past greats Ruth, Dimag, Hack Wilson, you name 'em. To a man there was no difference in K's. Not a single one of them. The coincedence was too great to ignore.

 

So with a heavy heart the last player I looked up was Junior. Guess what? His career S.O. Ave. was 80. His bust out HR year he struck out 121 times, a higher increase than all of 'em. You can look it up. :(

 

There might be something to that, but if you look at most of the prolific power hitters of this era, you'll find a ton of strikeouts scattered among them. Guys like Albert Pujols and Aramis Ramirez are more the exception than the norm. There was a study done on I want to say The Hardball Times awhile ago that looked at the correlation between power hitters and strikeouts. The general finding from the study was that an increase in home run hitting tended to lead itself to an increase in strikeouts. I'll post it if I find it.

 

I think it's difficult to compare HR hitters across eras in that way, too. Pitching and hitting have changed so much over the years.

 

Yes, and you also can't compare counting stats with rate stats here (not to mention development/age). Not shocking that his "breakout year" in terms of HR was at age 26-27. But he still showed plenty of power before then. His SLG was higher in the strike shortened 1994 season than in his 56 HR season. Yes, his highest HR total was also in his season with the most SO, but it was also the season with the most plate appearances he had seen to that point. Additionally, that was the year there was a ton of hype around him chasing 60HR, so it wouldn't surprise me if his K rate went up over the course of the year (greater focus on hitting HR). Not saying this means Griffey was clean for sure, but your assertion is a stretch.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Saturday 30 May 2009

Los Angeles @ CUBS

15:05

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              0  5  0
CUBS            0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0                7 10  0



Los Angeles
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Pierre        lf       4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Furcal        ss       4   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hudson        2b       2   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Loney         1b       4   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ethier        rf       4   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Martin        c        3   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Loretta       3b       3   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kemp          cf       3   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Stults        p        1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mota          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ausmus        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weaver        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Leach         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hoffmann      ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wade          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                30   0   5   0   2   5   9   0   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Soriano       lf       5   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Theriot       ss       2   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Bradley       rf       4   1   3   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
D Lee         1b       3   1   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Johnson       cf       3   2   3   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Soto          c        2   0   0   1   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Scales        2b       3   1   0   0   1   1   4   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
Blanco        2b       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fontenot      3b       3   1   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0
Dempster      p        3   0   0   0   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Guzman        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hoffpauir     ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Heilman       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                29   7  10   6   7   7  14   1   2   0   3   0   2   1   1   0   1



Los Angeles
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Stults           3.0   6   4   4   2   3   0   55
Mota             1.0   1   0   0   0   1   0   14
Weaver           2.3   3   3   3   5   2   1   59
Leach            0.7   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
Wade             1.0   0   0   0   0   1   0   10

totals           8.0  10   7   7   7   7   1  141


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Dempster         7.0   3   0   0   1   5   0   99
Guzman           1.0   1   0   0   0   0   0   11
Heilman          1.0   1   0   0   1   0   0   24

totals           9.0   5   0   0   2   5   0  134

W:Dempster
S:none
L:Stults

T:2:43
A:41,153

Home runs:
Los Angeles: none
CUBS: Johnson (3)

 

 

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[Vanilla Ice]

^^^^ That can't be real

[Little Slide Rooter]

That was the most enjoyable game weve seen in a while. Looks like were back on track, but sould still use an extra bat in the lineup. We could easily be 6-0 so far on this home stand, and have a ralatively easy road trip coming up going through Atlanta, Cincinatti(now with 100% less Votto) and Houston, and then we finish the month off with the sickly AL Central and the Pirates. Hopefully, when thats all said and done, were only looking at another few weeks without Aramis.

[Derwood]

(Game) Pimps Up, Ho's Down!

[Brian]

yikes

 

Soriano - .246

Lee - .246

Bradley - .223

 

 

Lee has caught up and Bradley is on his way. Soriano really, really needs one of his hot streaks

[gflore34]

As terrible has its been I look up and see the Cubs only 3 games behind in the lose column and this is with the Cards and Brewers going through hot streaks. A healthy Cub team is going eat this NL Central up.

[Sammy Sofa]

yikes

 

Soriano - .246

Lee - .246

Bradley - .223

 

 

Lee has caught up and Bradley is on his way. Soriano really, really needs one of his hot streaks

 

Why "yikes?" Soriano is just being Soriano. Bradley and Lee are that low because of how slowly they started. The only "yikes" here is using only BA like that.

Edited May 31, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Little Slide Rooter]

yikes

 

Soriano - .246

Lee - .246

Bradley - .223

 

 

Lee has caught up and Bradley is on his way. Soriano really, really needs one of his hot streaks

 

Why "yikes?" Soriano is just being Soriano. Bradley and Lee are that low because of how slowly they started. The only "yikes" here is using only BA like that/

 

I agree about Lee and Bradley, but as over rated a stat as BA is, even slumping Soriano shouldnt plumet from the .300s to sub .250 in the time it took him. With his knee, he could use tomorrow off with the off day Monday.

[laurens]

Bradley is really turning it around. He's batting .313/.450/.688/1.138 in his last 7 days, including a 3-4 game yesterday.

[Sammy Sofa]

yikes

 

Soriano - .246

Lee - .246

Bradley - .223

 

 

Lee has caught up and Bradley is on his way. Soriano really, really needs one of his hot streaks

 

Why "yikes?" Soriano is just being Soriano. Bradley and Lee are that low because of how slowly they started. The only "yikes" here is using only BA like that/

 

I agree about Lee and Bradley, but as over rated a stat as BA is, even slumping Soriano shouldnt plumet from the .300s to sub .250 in the time it took him. With his knee, he could use tomorrow off with the off day Monday.

 

Yes and no. Soriano isn't a .300's hitter, so you knew that was going to drop anyway. He's clearly slumping, but he usually goes through roughly .260-.290 peaks and valleys.