7/12 Game 1 Cardinals (Lohse) @ Cubs (Z!) 12:05 PM WGN

[BeerHere]

When you factor in the depth and angle of the basket as well as the height of that fly ball, I honestly think Fox's double was a homer. I have HD and the broadcast looked like it was gone.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lohse flied out to right field

[dew1679666265]

Zambrano is nothing close to an ace.

 

Maybe not an ace, but still a very good pitcher.

 

Who completely loses it as soon as he lets somebody on base.

 

He really doesn't though. He'll get frustrated, but he doesn't unravel.

 

Along with Careless' numbers, Z has allowed a .529 OPS with RISP and a .540 OPS with men on in his career. He also has allowed a career .445 OPS with the bases loaded.

Edited July 12, 2009 by dew

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ryan grounded out to short, 6-3

[BeerHere]

Nice play by TheRiot

[Little Slide Rooter]

Nice.

[Irrelevant Dude]

When you factor in the depth and angle of the basket as well as the height of that fly ball, I honestly think Fox's double was a homer.

Are you saying there's a hole in the basket?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Carlos really needed that quickie. Hopefully we dont do the same for Lohse.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Lohse flied out to right field

Ryan grounded out to short, 6-3

Schumaker 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
St. Louis       0 0 3 0                        3  5  0
CUBS            3 0 0                          3  5  0

 

Home runs:

St. Louis: none

CUBS: M Hoffpauir (8)

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lohse         3.0  4  3  3  2  2  1  61

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano      4.0  5  3  3  2  3  0  68

[BeerHere]

Zambrano is nothing close to an ace.

 

Maybe not an ace, but still a very good pitcher.

 

Who completely loses it as soon as he lets somebody on base.

 

He really doesn't though. He'll get frustrated, but he doesn't unravel.

 

Along with Careless' numbers, Z has allowed a .529 OPS with RISP and a .540 OPS with men on in his career. He also has allowed a career .445 OPS with the bases loaded.

There was a sequence when he walked off the mound and behind for several seconds with his back turned to home working the ball. He looked pissed and I wonder if he and Hill are not on the same page.

[Little Slide Rooter]

IMHO, our rotation is very similar to the Dodgers. We have a lot of solid guys who will keep you in the game every time, but no bonified ace.

[Fred Hornkohl]

K. Hill            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        16    2    4    0    0    1    1    2    4  0.250  0.333  0.438  0.771  0.273  3.22  0.083  0.000
bases empty        40    4    9    2    0    1    1    3    9  0.225  0.279  0.350  0.629  0.267  3.60  0.054  0.000
Middle (4-6)       31    5    7    0    0    1    4    5    9  0.226  0.333  0.323  0.656  0.286  4.17  0.108  0.115
0 outs             28    3    7    0    0    1    1    2    6  0.250  0.300  0.357  0.657  0.286  3.32  0.050  0.000
Game tied          15    1    2    1    0    0    2    4    6  0.133  0.316  0.200  0.516  0.222  3.75  0.182  0.250
This series         8    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.167  2.13  0.000  0.000
last 15 games      17    0    5    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.294  0.333  0.353  0.686  0.333  2.94  0.039  0.091
July               17    0    5    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.294  0.333  0.353  0.686  0.333  2.94  0.039  0.091
Home               37    2    8    1    0    1    3    6    9  0.216  0.326  0.324  0.650  0.259  3.73  0.109  0.083
Day                40    3    9    1    0    2    4    7   12  0.225  0.354  0.400  0.754  0.269  3.88  0.129  0.074
vs Right           71    6   15    2    0    2    7   10   24  0.211  0.317  0.324  0.641  0.289  4.00  0.106  0.100
vs Lohse            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
vs. St. L          10    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.250  2.30  0.000  0.000
Randy Marsh         1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

season totals      83    6   19    3    0    2    8   10   27  0.229  0.319  0.337  0.656  0.315  3.92  0.090  0.109

[BeerHere]

When you factor in the depth and angle of the basket as well as the height of that fly ball, I honestly think Fox's double was a homer.

Are you saying there's a hole in the basket?

Well, it looked the ball *may* have fallen behind the basket. For all the times I've been in the bleechers, I've never sat right on along the wall, in the first row. I wonder if there is a little gap where the fence hooks to the bricks.

[Fred Hornkohl]

K. Hill grounded out to first, unassisted

[BeerHere]

IMHO, our rotation is very similar to the Dodgers. We have a lot of solid guys who will keep you in the game every time, but no bonified ace.

I agree

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        20    2    5    0    0    2    2    0   11  0.250  0.250  0.550  0.800  0.429  3.75  0.000  0.000
Middle (4-6)       16    2    4    1    0    1    3    0    6  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.333  3.13  0.000  0.200
1 out              18    2    3    1    0    0    2    0    8  0.167  0.167  0.222  0.389  0.300  3.72  0.000  0.154
Game tied          11    1    3    0    0    0    0    0    7  0.273  0.273  0.273  0.545  0.750  4.18  0.000  0.000
This series         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
last 15 games       4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  3.25  0.000  0.250
July                4    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.333  3.25  0.000  0.250
Home               19    0    4    0    0    0    1    1   11  0.211  0.250  0.211  0.461  0.500  4.15  0.039  0.100
Day                16    0    3    0    0    0    1    1    9  0.188  0.235  0.188  0.423  0.429  4.29  0.048  0.125
vs Right           30    4    6    1    0    2    4    1   15  0.200  0.226  0.433  0.659  0.308  3.68  0.026  0.111
vs Lohse            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
vs. St. L           2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.00  0.333  0.000
Randy Marsh         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      37    4    8    1    0    2    4    1   18  0.216  0.237  0.405  0.642  0.353  3.53  0.021  0.087

[dew1679666265]

Zambrano is nothing close to an ace.

 

Maybe not an ace, but still a very good pitcher.

 

Who completely loses it as soon as he lets somebody on base.

 

He really doesn't though. He'll get frustrated, but he doesn't unravel.

 

Along with Careless' numbers, Z has allowed a .529 OPS with RISP and a .540 OPS with men on in his career. He also has allowed a career .445 OPS with the bases loaded.

There was a sequence when he walked off the mound and behind for several seconds with his back turned to home working the ball. He looked pissed and I wonder if he and Hill are not on the same page.

 

Possible, though they've worked together quite a bit this season.

[Keener98]

Z!!!!!!!!!

[E.J.]

Z is awesome. :)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Zambrano homered to right center field

[Little Slide Rooter]

Thats how you do it.

[genbar]

LOLz. What better way to redeem yourself

[laurens]

IMHO, our rotation is very similar to the Dodgers. We have a lot of solid guys who will keep you in the game every time, but no bonified ace.

 

Randy Wells

[BeerHere]

Swung on....BELTED!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fukudome           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       160   19   37   10    2    5    5   24   33  0.231  0.335  0.413  0.748  0.262  4.09  0.104  0.000
Middle (4-6)       81   17   26    7    1    4   12   16   13  0.321  0.440  0.580  1.020  0.344  3.82  0.119  0.242
1 out              97   14   20    4    0    1   10   13   19  0.206  0.304  0.278  0.583  0.247  3.92  0.098  0.191
CUBS leading       81   12   24    5    1    3   13   20    9  0.296  0.433  0.494  0.927  0.304  3.99  0.136  0.313
This series         9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.56  0.000  0.000
last 15 games      49    6   11    3    1    2    4    5    6  0.224  0.291  0.449  0.740  0.220  3.71  0.066  0.083
July               35    5    9    3    1    2    4    4    3  0.257  0.325  0.571  0.896  0.233  3.73  0.068  0.133
Home              121   21   29    9    1    3   11   23   20  0.240  0.358  0.405  0.763  0.265  4.13  0.118  0.167
Day               131   20   33    7    3    3   15   23   19  0.252  0.357  0.420  0.777  0.275  3.96  0.105  0.231
vs Right          230   34   60   16    3    6   23   42   47  0.261  0.377  0.435  0.812  0.305  4.05  0.116  0.191
vs Lohse            2    1    1    1    0    0    1    1    1  0.500  0.667  1.000  1.667  1.000  5.00  0.167  1.000
vs. St. L          44    7   12    3    0    2   11    4    9  0.273  0.340  0.477  0.817  0.303  3.90  0.067  0.409
Randy Marsh         3    2    0    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  2.83  0.500  0.000

season totals     254   38   65   17    3    7   27   46   54  0.256  0.370  0.429  0.800  0.301  4.03  0.115  0.189