05/31 Los Angeles (Milton) @ CUBS (Marshall) 7:05 CDT, ESPN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Loretta blooped a single to shallow right field , Kemp to second

[Little Slide Rooter]

I said when the Cubs got back home that if we took 2 from the Pirates and split with the Dodgers, Id be satisfied, and I stand by it. I still say we need another bat though.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hoffmann called out on strikes

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ethier, pinch hitting for Troncoso, grounded into a FC, 3-6, Loretta out at second, Kemp to third

[chuckywang]

Is there a game going on? I thought I was watching a Manny roundtable discussion.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Gregg in to pitch for the CUBS

Kemp walked

Loretta blooped a single to shallow right field , Kemp to second

Hoffmann called out on strikes

Ethier, pinch hitting for Troncoso, grounded into a FC, 3-6, Loretta out at second, Kemp to third

Pierre grounded into a FC, 4-6, Ethier out at second

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0              8 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0                2  9  2

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Kemp (6)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Milton        5.3  6  2  2  1  4  0  86
Bellisario    1.7  1  0  0  0  2  0  37
Troncoso      1.0  2  0  0  0  1  0  15

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marshall      4.3  8  8  7  1  2  1  72
Ascanio       0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Waddell       1.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  14
Patton        1.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  18
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  1  2  0  22
Gregg         1.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  23

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        75    9   19    5    0    3    3    8   13  0.253  0.325  0.440  0.765  0.271  4.48  0.072  0.000
Late (7th on)      41    4    9    2    0    1    4    6    7  0.220  0.313  0.341  0.654  0.242  4.83  0.093  0.136
0 outs             43    7   11    3    1    2    7    6    7  0.256  0.347  0.512  0.859  0.265  4.14  0.091  0.357
CUBS trailing      51    4   11    3    0    1    4    6   10  0.216  0.298  0.333  0.632  0.250  4.37  0.083  0.125
last 10 games      24    2    9    2    1    0    3    1    5  0.375  0.400  0.542  0.942  0.474  4.12  0.025  0.250
May                70    4   16    4    1    1   10    7   17  0.229  0.291  0.357  0.648  0.288  4.38  0.063  0.205
Home               64    6   14    2    1    2    9    9   14  0.219  0.320  0.375  0.695  0.250  4.45  0.101  0.137
Nite               70   10   15    5    0    4   12   10   18  0.214  0.317  0.457  0.774  0.229  4.22  0.103  0.216
vs Right          116   13   28    6    0    5   15   16   24  0.241  0.338  0.422  0.761  0.264  4.36  0.097  0.161
vs. L.A.            9    1    3    1    1    0    2    1    2  0.333  0.400  0.667  1.067  0.429  3.90  0.067  0.286
Drake, Rob          3    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000  7.00  0.000  0.000

season totals     139   14   32    7    1    5   20   17   30  0.230  0.314  0.403  0.717  0.260  4.27  0.084  0.174

[Fred Hornkohl]

Broxton in to pitch fro Los Angeles

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot grounded out to short, 6-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fox                AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty         2    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  2.50  0.000  0.000
Late (7th on)       4    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.000  1.750  1.000  4.25  0.000  0.250
1 out               1    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
CUBS trailing       2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
last 10 games       4    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.000  1.750  1.000  4.25  0.000  0.250
May                 4    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.000  1.750  1.000  4.25  0.000  0.250
Home                4    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.000  1.750  1.000  4.25  0.000  0.250
Nite                2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
vs Right            3    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
vs. L.A.            3    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
Drake, Rob          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

season totals       4    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.000  1.750  1.000  4.25  0.000  0.250

[big_shooter17]

At this point in the game it doesn't matter, but I am repeatedly surprised at how well some of the opposing teams lineup for our hitters up the middle. Maybe it is just seeing us always grounding out up the middle and not thinking of the ones that get through and then only seeing those balls that get through by the other team, but it seems to me that the defense is not lined up all that well for those hits in particular.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fox struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       136   27   37    9    0    7    7    8   34  0.272  0.317  0.493  0.810  0.316  3.98  0.045  0.000
Late (7th on)      57    7   15    2    0    5   11    2   15  0.263  0.288  0.561  0.850  0.270  3.83  0.025  0.250
2 outs             50    5    7    2    0    0    2    6   15  0.140  0.232  0.180  0.412  0.200  3.96  0.092  0.053
CUBS trailing      65   16   17    3    0    6   11    6   17  0.262  0.324  0.585  0.909  0.262  3.65  0.062  0.161
last 10 games      37    3    5    1    0    0    0    2   13  0.135  0.179  0.162  0.342  0.208  3.95  0.044  0.000
May               107   15   23    4    0    5   11    5   30  0.215  0.254  0.393  0.647  0.250  3.92  0.039  0.143
Home              100   19   27    6    0    3    7   10   27  0.270  0.342  0.420  0.762  0.343  4.02  0.072  0.091
Nite              104   21   28    7    0    9   19    8   26  0.269  0.325  0.596  0.921  0.275  3.68  0.055  0.208
vs Right          164   31   43    8    0   11   24   11   41  0.262  0.315  0.512  0.827  0.286  3.74  0.052  0.178
vs. L.A.           13    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.154  0.154  0.154  0.308  0.250  3.23  0.000  0.000
Drake, Rob          4    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.250  0.250  1.000  1.250  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000

season totals     195   36   48   10    0   12   25   15   52  0.246  0.305  0.482  0.787  0.275  3.85  0.059  0.153

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Broxton in to pitch fro Los Angeles

Fontenot grounded out to short, 6-3

Fox struck out swinging

Soriano 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     5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0              8 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0              2  9  2

 

W:Milton (2-0)

S:none

L:Marshall (3-4)

 

T: 3:10

A:40,091

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: Kemp (6)

CUBS: none

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Milton        5.3  6  2  2  1  4  0  86
Bellisario    1.7  1  0  0  0  2  0  37
Troncoso      1.0  2  0  0  0  1  0  15
Broxton       1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  12

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marshall      4.3  8  8  7  1  2  1  72
Ascanio       0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  12
Waddell       1.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  14
Patton        1.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  18
Marmol        1.0  0  0  0  1  2  0  22
Gregg         1.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  23

[Fred Hornkohl]

       Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          3.50        4.05
RBI%          0.19        0.13
R/BR          0.44        0.18
BA           0.308       0.257
OBP          0.409       0.297
SLG          0.436       0.343
OPS          0.845       0.640
ERA           2.00        7.00
BB/9          1.00        4.00
K/9           9.00       10.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sunday 31 May 2009

Los Angeles @ CUBS

19:05

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0              8 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0              2  9  2



Los Angeles
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Pierre        lf       6   1   1   0   0   3   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Furcal        ss       5   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hudson        2b       5   1   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Martin        c        3   2   2   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Loney         1b       5   2   2   2   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Kemp          cf       4   1   2   1   1   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Loretta       3b       4   0   2   2   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Hoffmann      rf       4   0   0   1   0   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
Milton        p        2   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Bellisario    p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ausmus        ph       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Troncoso      p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ethier        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Broxton       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                39   8  12   7   4  10  25   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   1   2



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Soriano       lf       4   0   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Theriot       ss       4   1   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bradley       rf       4   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D Lee         1b       3   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Johnson       cf       4   0   3   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0
Soto          c        4   0   1   0   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Scales        2b       2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Waddell       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   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Patton        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Marmol        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Fukudome      ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gregg         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fontenot      3b-2b    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Marshall      p        1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ascanio       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fox           ph-3b    3   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                35   2   9   2   1   9  14   0   0   0   0   2   3   0   0   0   1



Los Angeles
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Milton           5.3   6   2   2   1   4   0   86
Bellisario       1.7   1   0   0   0   2   0   37
Troncoso         1.0   2   0   0   0   1   0   15
Broxton          1.0   0   0   0   0   2   0   12

totals           9.0   9   2   2   1   9   0  150


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Marshall         4.3   8   8   7   1   2   1   72
Ascanio          0.7   1   0   0   0   1   0   12
Waddell          1.0   1   0   0   0   2   0   14
Patton           1.0   1   0   0   1   2   0   18
Marmol           1.0   0   0   0   1   2   0   22
Gregg            1.0   1   0   0   1   1   0   23

totals           9.0  12   8   7   4  10   1  161

W:Milton (2-0)
S:none
L:Marshall (3-4)

T:3:05
A:40,091

Home runs:
Los Angeles: Kemp (6)
CUBS: none

[Gingerballs Lives]

Christ has Soto been bad this year. What happened to this dude?

 

We should probably be seeing more Koyie Hill.

[UMFan83]

Christ has Soto been bad this year. What happened to this dude?

 

We should probably be seeing more Koyie Hill.

 

Well Hill does have the second highest OPS on the roster, while Soto has the second lowest OPS.

[TruffleShuffle]

Christ has Soto been bad this year. What happened to this dude?

 

seems like his bat is just slower. he's watching a lot of pitches on the outer half and hoping to get bailed out by the umps.

 

it seems unlikely to me that it's a matter of the league figuring him out - he was plenty good last year, even the later part of the season. it may be that he just put too much weight on in the offseason and is back to being the mediocre hitter that he looked like every year but the two that he was in good shape.

[chasinf5s]

Christ has Soto been bad this year. What happened to this dude?

 

seems like his bat is just slower. he's watching a lot of pitches on the outer half and hoping to get bailed out by the umps.

 

it seems unlikely to me that it's a matter of the league figuring him out - he was plenty good last year, even the later part of the season. it may be that he just put too much weight on in the offseason and is back to being the mediocre hitter that he looked like every year but the two that he was in good shape.

 

I agree eventhough last year they had him 5 pounds heavier than this year (according to baseball reference and cubs.com).