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

[CyHawk_Cub]

[expletive] fox. i have the braves-dbacks game. [expletive]

 

Double [expletive], I get the Twins/Rays. I'm not fond of AL baseball

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Johnson singled to left field

Soto flied out to shallow center field

Scales struck out swinging

Johnson stole second base

Fontenot doubled to right center field , Johnson scored

Dempster popped out to the catcher

 

1 runs 2 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  1  0
CUBS            0 1                            1  3  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: none

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Stults        2.0  3  1  1  0  2  0  25

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  27

[Ihatepujols]

Cubs draw first blood. Horny it makes me!

 

 

What a play by the catcher...wow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

       Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          3.86        2.78
RBI%          0.00        0.20
R/BR          0.00        0.33
BA           0.143       0.333
OBP          0.143       0.333
SLG          0.286       0.444
OPS          0.429       0.778
ERA           4.50        0.00
BB/9          0.00        0.00
K/9           9.00        0.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 15-6 when they score first in the game.... 9-17 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

I realized Fontenot just hit a double off a lefty, but have we figured out why Lou keeps putting him in the lineup against lefty's but Fukudome gets a guaranteed spot on the bench when a lefty starts?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kemp struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Stults struck out swinging

[David]

I realized Fontenot just hit a double off a lefty, but have we figured out why Lou keeps putting him in the lineup against lefty's but Fukudome gets a guaranteed spot on the bench when a lefty starts?

 

 

Because Reed is good against LHP and we don't really have any infielder that's particularly good, I would guess.

[laurens]

Patrick Sharp is being interviewed on WGN, he just gave Bob a Blackhawks jersey for his birthday :D

[Outshined_One]

Dempster's been getting a lot of heat this season, but, in fairness to him, he has only had one start this year where he hasn't gone 6 IP or more. At the very least, the guy deserves credit for not being a drain on the bullpen.

 

It'd be nice if he were better than consistently mediocre in his starts, though. I have a feeling that'll come in due time.

[laurens]

Strikes out the side, nice :D

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Kemp struck out swinging

Stults struck out swinging

Pierre struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: none

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Stults        2.0  3  1  1  0  2  0  25

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      3.0  1  0  0  0  3  0  41

[cubswin2009]

Patrick Sharp is being interviewed on WGN, he just gave Bob a Blackhawks jersey for his birthday :D

Who's Bob? Brenley?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        84   18   25    5    0    4    4    4   19  0.298  0.330  0.500  0.830  0.344  4.05  0.032  0.000
bases empty       132   27   37    9    0    7    7    8   32  0.280  0.326  0.508  0.834  0.323  4.00  0.046  0.000
Early (1-3)        81   16   21    3    0    6    9    4   18  0.259  0.310  0.519  0.829  0.263  3.85  0.051  0.097
0 outs             99   19   26    5    0    5    7    4   25  0.263  0.288  0.465  0.753  0.304  3.92  0.026  0.100
CUBS leading       59    8   12    4    0    2    7    6   19  0.203  0.294  0.373  0.667  0.263  4.15  0.091  0.122
last 15 games      57    7   11    1    0    2    3    3   16  0.193  0.246  0.316  0.562  0.231  3.89  0.053  0.059
May               102   15   23    4    0    5   11    5   28  0.225  0.266  0.412  0.678  0.261  3.95  0.041  0.146
Home               95   19   27    6    0    3    7   10   25  0.284  0.358  0.442  0.801  0.358  4.06  0.074  0.093
Day                86   15   20    3    0    3    6    7   24  0.233  0.298  0.372  0.670  0.288  4.07  0.065  0.083
vs Left            29    5    5    2    0    1    1    4   10  0.172  0.273  0.345  0.618  0.222  4.42  0.100  0.000
vs. L.A.            8    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.400  3.25  0.000  0.000
Jeff Kellogg        4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.75  0.000  0.000

season totals     190   36   48   10    0   12   25   15   50  0.253  0.313  0.495  0.807  0.281  3.86  0.060  0.155

[illiniguy]

Dempster's been getting a lot of heat this season, but, in fairness to him, he has only had one start this year where he hasn't gone 6 IP or more. At the very least, the guy deserves credit for not being a drain on the bullpen.

 

It'd be nice if he were better than consistently mediocre in his starts, though. I have a feeling that'll come in due time.

The whole starting staff has really started to come together nicely it seems. They just got off to a slow start.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       108   12   26    6    2    2    2   12   16  0.241  0.317  0.389  0.706  0.267  3.76  0.076  0.000
Early (1-3)        66   10   22    8    1    3    9    6    7  0.333  0.389  0.621  1.010  0.339  3.64  0.056  0.273
1 out              71    8   16    3    0    0    3    9    9  0.225  0.309  0.268  0.576  0.258  3.79  0.083  0.125
CUBS leading       55    8   13    2    1    2    8    6   11  0.236  0.306  0.418  0.725  0.262  3.83  0.070  0.158
last 15 games      53    9   15    7    0    2    6    3    5  0.283  0.321  0.528  0.850  0.283  3.31  0.038  0.308
May                93   16   24    8    1    5   14    7   14  0.258  0.317  0.527  0.844  0.257  3.50  0.059  0.257
Home               88   16   29    6    2    5   16    5   13  0.330  0.366  0.614  0.979  0.343  3.79  0.036  0.275
Day                75   14   23    4    2    2    9    5   12  0.307  0.350  0.493  0.843  0.344  3.90  0.043  0.233
vs Left            29    6   10    4    0    1    4    3    2  0.345  0.406  0.586  0.992  0.346  3.79  0.061  0.250
vs. L.A.            4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  3.50  0.000  0.000
Jeff Kellogg        4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.500  4.75  0.000  0.000

season totals     175   26   50   11    2    5   21   15   26  0.286  0.344  0.457  0.801  0.313  3.65  0.058  0.211

[Outshined_One]

Dempster's been getting a lot of heat this season, but, in fairness to him, he has only had one start this year where he hasn't gone 6 IP or more. At the very least, the guy deserves credit for not being a drain on the bullpen.

 

It'd be nice if he were better than consistently mediocre in his starts, though. I have a feeling that'll come in due time.

The whole starting staff has really started to come together nicely it seems. They just got off to a slow start.

 

Plus I think a lot of the problems we had in the early going had more to do with bullpen issues than anything else. Yeah, there were some admittedly bad starts in the early going. However, the rotation even with Harden out isn't too shabby. I'm hoping Randy Wells can keep up his production, although I'm a tad skeptical about that.

 

Now it's just a matter of getting the offense up to a palatable level in order for this team to keep treading water until Ramirez comes back and/or Hendry makes a trade.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot hit by pitch

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
runners on         41    7    9    2    1    2   11   11    8  0.220  0.407  0.463  0.871  0.226  4.24  0.188  0.170
Early (1-3)        39    8    7    1    1    0    5    6    7  0.179  0.319  0.256  0.576  0.219  4.21  0.140  0.200
1 out              39    7   11    1    1    2    6    4   12  0.282  0.364  0.513  0.876  0.360  4.02  0.082  0.267
CUBS leading       33    5    4    0    0    0    0   10    7  0.121  0.341  0.121  0.462  0.154  4.30  0.220  0.000
last 15 games      38    8    9    2    1    1    6    6    6  0.237  0.341  0.421  0.762  0.258  3.59  0.104  0.278
May                74   12   18    3    1    3   12    9   14  0.243  0.333  0.432  0.766  0.263  3.82  0.090  0.273
Home               44    8   10    1    1    3    9    7   11  0.227  0.346  0.500  0.846  0.233  4.21  0.119  0.286
Day                34    3    6    0    1    1    4    3    6  0.176  0.243  0.324  0.567  0.185  4.19  0.067  0.176
vs Left            27    4    7    1    1    1    5    3    3  0.259  0.355  0.481  0.836  0.261  3.81  0.096  0.235
vs. L.A.            3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.500  3.25  0.167  0.000
Jeff Kellogg        3    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000  3.75  0.250  0.000

season totals     108   17   22    3    1    5   14   18   24  0.204  0.333  0.389  0.722  0.215  4.02  0.130  0.170

[illiniguy]

Dempster's been getting a lot of heat this season, but, in fairness to him, he has only had one start this year where he hasn't gone 6 IP or more. At the very least, the guy deserves credit for not being a drain on the bullpen.

 

It'd be nice if he were better than consistently mediocre in his starts, though. I have a feeling that'll come in due time.

The whole starting staff has really started to come together nicely it seems. They just got off to a slow start.

 

Plus I think a lot of the problems we had in the early going had more to do with bullpen issues than anything else. Yeah, there were some admittedly bad starts in the early going. However, the rotation even with Harden out isn't too shabby. I'm hoping Randy Wells can keep up his production, although I'm a tad skeptical about that.

 

Now it's just a matter of getting the offense up to a palatable level in order for this team to keep treading water until Ramirez comes back and/or Hendry makes a trade.

I see no reason why Wells won't be ok against teams his first start against them. It's once he faces them again I am worried about. But, either way he isn't horrible for a 5 or 6.

[Outshined_One]

Milton's heating up at the plate.

 

:D

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bradley singled to right field , Theriot to thirdf

[cubswin2009]

Lou pushing all the right buttons today. Get a hit Derrek.