7/16 Cubs (Harden) @ Nationals (Lannan) 6:05 CDT,CSN,XM184

[jersey cubs fan]

Harden vs Lannan. Some weather on the east coast could disrupt some of these games, but it would be really nice if they could take 3 of 4. Edited July 16, 2009 by jersey cubs fan

[weis21]

ugh

 

I always forget I can't watch Cubs/Nationals games!

 

Stupid blackout restrictions. I could understand if my cable provider carried MASN and I could watch it on there, but they don't, and I live 6 HOURS FROM DC! Give me a break :banghead:

[bcl412]

Please remember when you were good Harden. I'm getting tired of watching you get rocked every game.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I just hope the Nats dont get one of those new manager hot streaks going.

[Derwood]

4 straight games of that nauseating camera angle.....ugh

[gflore34]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Senators' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

[Vanilla Ice]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Senators' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

As long as we face him, it shouldn't really matter

[gflore34]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Senators' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

As long as we face him, it shouldn't really matter

 

Well, yes, if the Cubs do face him it shouldn't matter.

[bcl412]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Senators' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

 

We're facing Walter Johnson? That's no good. Especially considering he'd probably pitch every game of the series. :D

[gflore34]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Nationals' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

 

We're facing Walter Johnson? That's no good. Especially considering he'd probably pitch every game of the series. :D

 

If it was Walter Johnson you're probably correct but, I don't think that'll be the case with Lannan.

[jyoung55]

Let's take 3 out of 4 here and move onto a streak of winning series. We need to get that going so we can prove little Timmy Kurdakfjlaksfddin wrong from this morning's Mike and Mike.

[DiamondMind]

Please remember when you were good Harden. I'm getting tired of watching you get rocked every game.

 

He's hurt. I don't even know why they keep throwing him out there each week at this point.

[gflore34]

Please remember when you were good Harden. I'm getting tired of watching you get rocked every game.

 

He's hurt. I don't even know why they keep throwing him out there each week at this point.

 

He's going on 5 days rest and thus far, on 5 days rest he's been less terrible than on 4 days rest, don't know if that offers any encouragement.

[jersey cubs fan]

Please remember when you were good Harden. I'm getting tired of watching you get rocked every game.

 

He's hurt. I don't even know why they keep throwing him out there each week at this point.

 

He's going on 5 days rest and thus far, on 5 days rest he's been less terrible than on 4 days rest, don't know if that offers any encouragement.

 

I still want him to get some 6-7 day rest outings sooner rather than later.

[otis89]

Let's take 3 out of 4 here and move onto a streak of winning series. We need to get that going so we can prove little Timmy Kurdakfjlaksfddin wrong from this morning's Mike and Mike.

 

What did he say for those of us who didn't hear it?

[dew1679666265]

Let's take 3 out of 4 here and move onto a streak of winning series. We need to get that going so we can prove little Timmy Kurdakfjlaksfddin wrong from this morning's Mike and Mike.

 

What did he say for those of us who didn't hear it?

 

The Cub offense hasn't been that good this year and the outfield defense has been worse. He thinks we'll start scoring more runs, but it won't be enough to overcome our outfield defense.

 

He thinks the Cards will win the division - especially if they get Halladay.

[jyoung55]

Let's take 3 out of 4 here and move onto a streak of winning series. We need to get that going so we can prove little Timmy Kurdakfjlaksfddin wrong from this morning's Mike and Mike.

 

What did he say for those of us who didn't hear it?

 

The Cub offense hasn't been that good this year and the outfield defense has been worse. He thinks we'll start scoring more runs, but it won't be enough to overcome our outfield defense.

 

He thinks the Cards will win the division - especially if they get Halladay.

 

That and it will take 90 games to win the division and we cannot get there.

 

He also mentioned that our bullpen hasn't been as good as expected -- yea, I think we can go with that -- but also that our starting pitching hasn't been very good either -- and that one was kind of a head scratcher.

[dew1679666265]

Let's take 3 out of 4 here and move onto a streak of winning series. We need to get that going so we can prove little Timmy Kurdakfjlaksfddin wrong from this morning's Mike and Mike.

 

What did he say for those of us who didn't hear it?

 

The Cub offense hasn't been that good this year and the outfield defense has been worse. He thinks we'll start scoring more runs, but it won't be enough to overcome our outfield defense.

 

He thinks the Cards will win the division - especially if they get Halladay.

 

That and it will take 90 games to win the division and we cannot get there.

 

He also mentioned that our bullpen hasn't been as good as expected -- yea, I think we can go with that -- but also that our starting pitching hasn't been very good either -- and that one was kind of a head scratcher.

 

Yeah, I forgot about the 90 win thing. I missed the latter part, though. Not sure how the starting pitching hasn't been good.

[cubweiser03]

I really dont like 4 game series, even if its the Nats.

3 out of 4 and get this one tonight.

[UMFan83]

Why isn't Lilly going on more than full rest and matching Harden up against their best starter?

[RedFlash]

And, of course, the Cubs face the Senators' ace right out of the shoot. I swear any other team in baseball, most especially the Cardinals, wouldn't have to face Lannan until the last game of the series, if at all. But, seriously, this should be the only game the Cubs may lose.

 

John Lannan is the worst "ace" in baseball. His era looks fine (an ERA closer to a #3 starter, imo) but opponents are hitting a robust .274 against him (with lefites absolutely destroy him at a .319/.398/.619/1.018 clip), and he has a whip of 1.39 would put him in the same catergory with the likes of Derek Lowe, Max Scherzer, Aaron Harang, etc, etc.

 

Now while he does seem to be a solid pitcher, the Cubs have no reason to lose any of the games to Washington. None whatsoever. But seeing as we are fans of the Cubs, there's a good chance we'll lose 3 of 4 to the worst team in baseball.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Gulfport, MS !!

 

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

 

CUBS are 4-7 on Thursdays

CUBS are 7-5 in July

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Washington

CUBS are 5-5 vs. NL East

CUBS are 9-10 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 19-23 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 13-15 in games that start a series

CUBS are 2-4 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 5-8-1 in road series

CUBS have tied 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 3-3 in series sweeps

CUBS are 19-24 at night

CUBS are 16-25 on the road

CUBS are 8-9 against lefties

CUBS are 34-21 when they get a quality start.... 9-22 when they don't

CUBS are 16-31 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 27-12 when they don't

CUBS are 28-10 when they score first in the game.... 15-33 when they don't

CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 22-37 when they don't

CUBS are 33-24 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 10-19 when they do

CUBS are 37-9 when they score 4 runs or more.... 6-34 when they don't

CUBS are 28-14 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 15-29 when they don't

CUBS are 32-9 when they outhit the opponent.... 7-30 when they get outhit.... 3-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 16-8 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 27-35 when he doesn't

CUBS are 12-15 in one run games .... 9-7 in two runs games

CUBS are 29-19 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 14-24 when they don't

CUBS are 18-12 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 25-31 when they don't

CUBS are 25-17 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 18-26 when he doesn't

CUBS are 31-19 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 12-22 when he doesn't

CUBS are 21-26 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 22-17 when they wear alternate blues

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..81 wins                            97    85    66    79
.669 runs                           857   752   716   703
.175 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.576 walks                          638   500   395   419
1200 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..60 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.130 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
.104 errors                          97    94   104   100
..55 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.13 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.85 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
16.1 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.336 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
34.2 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 20-16 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 38-15 when they get at least 8 hits .... 5-28 when they don't

CUBS are 40-30 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 3-13 when they don't

CUBS are 17-6 when they steal a base.... 26-37 when they don't

CUBS are 15-10 when they execute a sac bunt.... 28-33 when they don't

CUBS are 22-24 when they GIDP.... 21-19 when they don't

CUBS are 12-28 when they commit one or more errors.... 31-15 when they don't

CUBS are 40-31 when they hit at least one double.... 3-12 when they don't

CUBS are 9-2 when they hit at least one triple.... 34-41 when they don't

CUBS are 19-7 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 24-36 when they don't

CUBS are 12-7 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 31-36 when they don't

CUBS are 16-9 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 27-34 when they don't

CUBS are 17-13 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 26-30 when they don't

CUBS are 8-26 when the opponent steals a base.... 35-17 when they don't

CUBS are 11-23 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 32-20 when they don't

CUBS are 22-29 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 21-14 when they don't

CUBS are 28-14 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 15-29 when they don't

CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent triples.... 38-33 when they don't

CUBS are 10-13 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 33-30 when they don't

CUBS are 7-11 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 36-32 when they don't

CUBS are 12-13 when they hit an opposing batter.... 31-30 when they don't

CUBS have hit 11 triples this season.... all against the starting pitchers, and all when the score was close

CUBS are batting 20 for 91 (.220/.349/.308/.656) in extra innings

CUBS have not scored double digit runs in their last 53 games

CUBS are 14-11 when K Hill catches.... 29-31 when Soto catches

CUBS are 31-27 when Fukudome starts in cf.... 12-15 when he doesn't

CUBS are 37-32 when Soriano leads off.... 6-10 when he doesn't

CUBS have stolen 3 bases in their last 21 games.... none in their last 9 games

CUBS have been caught stealing 4 times in their last 31 games

CUBS have caught the opponents stealing 11 times in their last 29 games

CUBS pitchers have not hit a batter in their last 9 games

CUBS have committed at least one error in 6 of their last 8 games

 

 

CUBS are 7-7 when Harden starts

Harden is 7 of 14 (.500) in quality starts

Harden has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.88.... pitching to K Hill it's 4.09

CUBS score 4.13 R/G overall.... 4.71 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.08 HR/G overall.... 1.36 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 4 of Harden's 14 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Harden's 14 starts

Harden has given up run(s) in the first inning in 5 (10 runs total) of his 14 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

 

04/06 - 07/12      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     486   66  129   23    1   19  211   60   56   95  0.265  0.345  0.434  0.780
CUBS overall     2926  355  723  143   11   93 1167  339  306  637  0.247  0.322  0.399  0.721

 

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

 

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

CUBS              7   5   8   5   8  13   6   9   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      66
Opponents        10  11  10  13   3   8   3   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      65

 

Harden's starts this year (4-4)

 

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/10  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2   10    1    96    63  0.66  16.0    4    4  0.50  3.00 15.00  1.50  0.83  1.50
04/15  vs. Colo        3.0    5    4    4    4    8    1    92    53  0.58  30.7    0    0  0.00 12.00 24.00  3.00  3.00 12.00
04/21  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    2    2    2    8    1    92    60  0.65  15.3    5    5  0.50  3.00 12.00  1.50  0.83  3.00
04/26  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    2    2    9    2   107    69  0.64  17.8    2    7  0.22  3.00 13.50  3.00  1.00  3.00
05/01  vs. Flor        3.7    6    5    5    4    2    0    86    50  0.58  23.5    5    4  0.56  9.82  4.91  0.00  2.73 12.27
05/06  vs. Houst       7.0    8    3    3    3    4    1    99    66  0.67  14.1    8    9  0.47  3.86  5.14  1.29  1.57  3.86
05/12  vs. S.D.        6.0    4    2    2    1    5    1   101    62  0.61  16.8    5    8  0.38  1.50  7.50  1.50  0.83  3.00
05/17  vs. Houst       6.0    6    4    4    3    7    1   112    69  0.62  18.7    5    6  0.45  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.50  6.00
06/13  vs. Minn        6.0    5    2    2    2    9    1    92    61  0.66  15.3    4    4  0.50  3.00 13.50  1.50  1.17  3.00
06/19  vs. Cleve       5.0    7    7    7    3    2    2    87    53  0.61  17.4    7    6  0.54  5.40  3.60  3.60  2.00 12.60
06/24  vs. Detr        5.3    4    4    2    4    3    2   109    58  0.53  20.4    4    9  0.31  6.75  5.06  3.38  1.50  3.38
06/29  vs. Pitts       7.0    9    1    1    1    9    0   102    65  0.64  14.6    9    3  0.75  1.29 11.57  0.00  1.43  1.29
07/04  vs. Milw        2.0    8    7    7    1    1    2    52    33  0.63  26.0    3    2  0.60  4.50  4.50  9.00  4.50 31.50
07/10  vs. St. L       5.0    7    4    4    4    6    1   101    60  0.59  20.2    4    5  0.44  7.20 10.80  1.80  2.20  7.20

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  42.7   51   37   37   24   48   10   815   501  0.61  19.1   38   40  0.49  5.06 10.13  2.11  1.76  7.80
Road                  31.3   28   12    9   12   35    6   513   321  0.63  16.4   27   32  0.46  3.45 10.05  1.72  1.28  2.59

Day                   42.7   51   37   36   25   54   11   825   511  0.62  19.3   34   38  0.47  5.27 11.39  2.32  1.78  7.59
Nite                  31.3   28   12   10   11   29    5   503   311  0.62  16.1   31   34  0.48  3.16  8.33  1.44  1.24  2.87

Road  Nite            19.3   21    8    6    8   16    3   310   189  0.61  16.0   21   21  0.50  3.72  7.45  1.40  1.50  2.79

April                 21.0   15   10    9   10   35    5   387   245  0.63  18.4   11   16  0.41  4.29 15.00  2.14  1.19  3.86
May                   22.7   24   14   14   11   18    3   398   247  0.62  17.6   23   27  0.46  4.37  7.15  1.19  1.54  5.56
June                  23.3   25   14   12   10   23    5   390   237  0.61  16.7   24   22  0.52  3.86  8.87  1.93  1.50  4.63
July                   7.0   15   11   11    5    7    3   153    93  0.61  21.9    7    7  0.50  6.43  9.00  3.86  2.86 14.14

 

Harden's start(s) vs. Washington last year (1-0).....

 

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/24  vs. Wash        7.0    2    1    1    0   11    1   109  0.00 14.14  1.29  0.29  1.29

season totals         75.3   44   20   17   33   93    6  1271  3.94 11.11  0.72  1.02  2.03

 

 

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

 

              Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur          Totals
             15 Jul     14 Jul     13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul     10 Jul     09 Jul
             no game    no game    no game   vs St.L.   vs St.L.   vs St.L.   no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Gregg                                          1.0  11    0.3   3                             1.3  14
Guzman                                         1.0  13                                        1.0  13
Heilman                                        0.3   6               1.0  34                  1.3  40
Marmol                                         1.0  17    0.7  21                             1.7  38
Marshall                                       1.7  26                                        1.7  26
Samardzija                                                           2.0  32                  2.0  32
Stevens                                                              1.0  12                  1.0  12

Totals                                         5.0  73    1.0  24    4.0  78                 10.0 175

 

CUBS' season series vs. Washington this year (0-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.87  Thu 07/16  @ Washington    N    -    Harden          Lannan        
.88  Fri 07/17  @ Washington    N    -    Zambrano        Olsen         
.89  Sat 07/18  @ Washington    N    -    Lilly           Zimmerman     
.90  Sun 07/19  @ Washington         -    Wells           Mock          
124  Tue 08/25    Washington    N    -    Lilly           Olsen         
125  Wed 08/26    Washington    N    -    Wells           Zimmerman     
126  Thu 08/27    Washington         -    Hart            Mock          

 

CUBS' season series vs. Washington in 2008 (3-3).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.23  Fri 04/25  @ Washington    N   3- 5  Dempster        Perez         
.24  Sat 04/26  @ Washington    N   7- 0  Zambrano        Chico         
.25  Sun 04/27  @ Washington        0- 2  Lilly           Lannan        
128  Fri 08/22    Washington        5-13  Marquis         Lannan        
129  Sat 08/23    Washington        9- 2  Dempster        Perez         
130  Sun 08/24    Washington        6- 1  Harden          Bergmann      

 

Composite scoring vs. Washington last year.....

 

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

CUBS              4   5   2   6   2   1   4   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30
Opponents         2   2   1   0   0   7   2   3   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23

 

CUBS hitters vs. Lannan this year.....

 

vs Lannan          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
DeRosa              4    1    2    0    0    1    2    2    0  0.500  0.667  1.250  1.917  0.333  3.67  0.167  0.333
D Lee               5    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.400  0.500  1.000  1.500  0.250  3.33  0.100  0.000
Soto                2    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  0.500  4.33  0.167  0.000
Fukudome            4    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.250  5.00  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  4.00  0.000  0.000
Cedeno              6    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.400  2.67  0.000  0.000
Johnson             6    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452  0.200  3.43  0.119  0.000
Soriano             2    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  5.33  0.333  0.000
Theriot             5    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167  0.000  3.00  0.167  0.000
Ramirez             6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.17  0.000  0.000
Murton              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000

tot vs Lannan      48    5   11    1    0    2    3    7    6  0.229  0.327  0.375  0.702  0.225  3.47  0.098  0.036
totals vs Wash    203   30   55   13    0    8   29   28   48  0.271  0.365  0.453  0.818  0.320  3.75  0.094  0.168
season totals    5690  861 1577  336   21  185  815  642 1210  0.277  0.353  0.441  0.794  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.195

 

 

CUBS hitters vs. Washington last year.....

 

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
D Lee              16    4    6    2    0    1    5    6    4  0.375  0.545  0.688  1.233  0.455  4.27  0.170  0.333
DeRosa             22    3    8    0    0    3    6    3    4  0.364  0.440  0.773  1.213  0.333  3.65  0.076  0.273
Ramirez            25    3    8    3    0    2   10    2    2  0.320  0.370  0.680  1.050  0.286  3.96  0.050  0.381
Theriot            24    4    9    1    0    0    2    4    3  0.375  0.464  0.417  0.881  0.429  3.50  0.089  0.143
Johnson            19    4    7    1    0    0    0    1    4  0.368  0.429  0.421  0.850  0.467  3.33  0.060  0.000
Fukudome           17    2    4    2    0    1    2    2    4  0.235  0.316  0.529  0.845  0.250  4.37  0.080  0.077
Cedeno             17    1    5    2    0    0    0    0    3  0.294  0.294  0.412  0.706  0.357  3.24  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  4.00  0.000  0.000
Soriano             9    3    1    1    0    0    1    4    1  0.111  0.385  0.222  0.607  0.125  3.77  0.274  0.200
Soto               20    2    3    0    0    1    2    2   13  0.150  0.227  0.300  0.527  0.333  4.27  0.077  0.077
Murton              1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  3.50  0.500  1.000
Pie                 1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  4.00  0.500  0.000
Fontenot            6    1    1    1    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.250  3.67  0.000  0.000
Edmonds             2    1    0    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  5.00  0.500  0.000
Ward                7    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393  0.200  4.13  0.107  0.000

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
vs Shell            7    2    3    0    0    1    4    0    1  0.429  0.429  0.857  1.286  0.400  3.29  0.000  0.500
vs Chico           19    5    8    2    0    0    5    2    5  0.421  0.476  0.526  1.003  0.571  4.05  0.055  0.385
vs Estrada          8    3    2    0    0    1    3    1    3  0.250  0.333  0.625  0.958  0.250  3.89  0.083  1.000
vs Perez           44    7   15    4    0    1    7    8   11  0.341  0.453  0.500  0.953  0.438  3.44  0.112  0.182
vs Bergmann        22    4    4    2    0    2    3    4    6  0.182  0.308  0.545  0.853  0.143  4.31  0.126  0.125
vs Mock             6    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.667  0.833  0.000  3.33  0.000  0.000
vs Hanrahan        12    0    3    2    0    0    0    2    3  0.250  0.357  0.417  0.774  0.333  4.71  0.107  0.000
vs Lannan          48    5   11    1    0    2    3    7    6  0.229  0.327  0.375  0.702  0.225  3.47  0.098  0.036
vs Colome          12    2    3    1    0    0    2    1    2  0.250  0.357  0.333  0.690  0.300  3.64  0.107  0.286
vs Rivera           6    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.250  3.83  0.000  0.000
vs Cordero          4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.500  4.25  0.000  0.000
vs Rauch            6    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 Manning          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
vs. starters      133   21   38    9    0    5   18   21   28  0.286  0.387  0.466  0.853  0.330  3.68  0.101  0.159
vs. relievers      70    9   17    4    0    3   11    7   20  0.243  0.321  0.429  0.749  0.298  3.89  0.078  0.186

vs Left           112   17   34    7    0    3   16   18   23  0.304  0.405  0.446  0.851  0.360  3.57  0.101  0.171
vs Right           91   13   21    6    0    5   13   10   25  0.231  0.314  0.462  0.775  0.262  3.97  0.083  0.163

Home              102   20   30    4    0    8   19   12   21  0.294  0.368  0.569  0.937  0.301  3.64  0.074  0.193
Road              101   10   25    9    0    0   10   16   27  0.248  0.361  0.337  0.698  0.338  3.85  0.114  0.147

Day               132   20   34    5    0    8   19   17   27  0.258  0.342  0.477  0.820  0.268  3.70  0.085  0.147
Nite               71   10   21    8    0    0   10   11   21  0.296  0.405  0.408  0.813  0.420  3.84  0.109  0.200

Leading off        46    9   12    3    0    1    1    6   11  0.261  0.346  0.391  0.737  0.324  3.94  0.085  0.000
Pinch hitting      11    1    2    0    0    1    3    1    3  0.182  0.250  0.455  0.705  0.143  4.08  0.068  0.200
bases loaded        8    0    1    0    0    0    3    1    2  0.125  0.222  0.125  0.347  0.167  2.89  0.097  0.125
bases empty       101   18   28    7    0    3    3   16   23  0.277  0.387  0.436  0.822  0.333  3.85  0.109  0.000
runners on        102   12   27    6    0    5   26   12   25  0.265  0.342  0.471  0.813  0.306  3.64  0.077  0.169
RISP               55    5   13    3    0    3   21    7   15  0.236  0.323  0.455  0.777  0.270  3.70  0.086  0.205

totals vs Wash    203   30   55   13    0    8   29   28   48  0.271  0.365  0.453  0.818  0.320  3.75  0.094  0.168
season totals    5690  861 1577  336   21  185  815  642 1210  0.277  0.353  0.441  0.794  0.324  3.88  0.076  0.195

 

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Washington this year......

 

vs. Wash             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano            7.0    5    0    0    4    5    0   114  5.14  6.43  0.00  1.29  0.00
Marmol              2.7    2    0    0    3    3    0    50 10.13 10.13  0.00  1.88  0.00
Wuertz              1.7    0    0    0    1    2    0    24  5.40 10.80  0.00  0.60  0.00
Samardzija          1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    19  0.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Wood                1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     9  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lieber              1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    14  0.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Harden              7.0    2    1    1    0   11    1   109  0.00 14.14  1.29  0.29  1.29
Dempster           14.3   12    4    3    4    9    1   219  2.51  5.65  0.63  1.12  1.88
Lilly               6.0    4    2    2    2    7    0   108  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
Marquis             5.3    4    4    4    3    3    0    88  5.06  5.06  0.00  1.31  6.75
Marshall            1.3    2    1    1    1    0    0    32  6.75  0.00  0.00  2.25  6.75
Howry               1.3    4    3    3    0    1    1    18  0.00  6.75  6.75  3.00 20.25
Cotts               0.7    1    2    2    1    1    1    14 13.50 13.50 13.50  3.00 27.00
Gaudin              2.0    6    6    6    2    3    2    52  9.00 13.50  9.00  4.00 27.00

totals vs. Wash    52.3   44   23   22   21   49    6   870  3.61  8.43  1.03  1.24  3.78
season totals    1487.3 1353  691  642  562 1289  164 24396  3.40  7.80  0.99  1.29  3.88

 

CUBS' last 7 games (3-4)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.80  Mon 07/06    Atlanta       N   4- 2  Wells           Jurrjens      
.81  Tue 07/07    Atlanta       N   1- 2  Zambrano        Vazquez       
.82  Wed 07/08    Atlanta           1- 4  Hart            Kawakami      
.83  Fri 07/10    St. Louis         3- 8  Harden          Carpenter     
.84  Sat 07/11    St. Louis         5- 2  Lilly           Thompson      
.85  Sun 07/12    St. Louis         7- 3  Zambrano        Lohse         
.86  Sun 07/12    St. Louis     N   2- 4  Wells           Wainright     

 

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

 

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

CUBS             10   2   4   1   2   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      24
Opponents         3   1   6   2   2   7   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      24

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

 

07/06 - 07/12      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soto                3    0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  0.667  1.167  0.333  4.25  0.167  0.000
Fuld                5    1    2    1    0    0    0    1    0  0.400  0.500  0.600  1.100  0.400  3.17  0.100  0.000
Theriot            26    4   11    3    0    0    1    2    1  0.423  0.464  0.538  1.003  0.440  3.27  0.041  0.143
D Lee              22    3    5    2    0    2    6    1    4  0.227  0.261  0.591  0.852  0.188  3.52  0.034  0.308
Soriano            21    2    7    2    0    0    1    3    3  0.333  0.417  0.429  0.845  0.389  3.67  0.083  0.125
Hoffpauir          13    3    3    1    0    1    3    1    1  0.231  0.286  0.538  0.824  0.182  3.36  0.055  0.400
Fox                 9    0    3    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.444  0.778  0.333  3.89  0.000  0.000
Bradley            14    1    3    1    0    0    2    6    3  0.214  0.476  0.286  0.762  0.273  3.90  0.262  0.333
Baker              12    0    3    0    0    0    2    2    6  0.250  0.357  0.250  0.607  0.500  4.36  0.107  0.222
Fukudome           23    3    3    1    0    1    2    3    4  0.130  0.231  0.304  0.535  0.111  3.92  0.100  0.125
Ramirez            24    2    6    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.286  3.13  0.000  0.167
K. Hill            19    0    3    0    0    0    1    1    3  0.158  0.200  0.158  0.358  0.188  2.85  0.042  0.063
Fontenot           14    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    6  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.250  4.71  0.000  0.000
Johnson             6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.14  0.000  0.000
Blanco              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.00  0.000  0.000

Last 7 games      228   23   56   13    0    5   20   21   38  0.246  0.312  0.368  0.680  0.276  3.58  0.066  0.140
Season totals    2926  355  723  142   11   93  338  305  637  0.247  0.322  0.398  0.721  0.287  3.86  0.075  0.160

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

 

07/06 - 07/12        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Gregg               3.3    3    2    0    0    4    0    59    40  0.68  17.7    3    3  0.50  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.90  0.00
Marshall            5.0    1    0    0    3    3    0    73    44  0.60  14.6    8    4  0.67  5.40  5.40  0.00  0.80  0.00
Samardzija          2.0    1    0    0    2    1    0    32    19  0.59  16.0    3    1  0.75  9.00  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Stevens             1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    12     5  0.42  12.0    1    2  0.33  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lilly               8.0    4    1    1    1    4    0   103    69  0.67  12.9    4   16  0.20  1.13  4.50  0.00  0.63  1.13
Hart                5.0    4    1    1    5    3    0    89    46  0.52  17.8    6    6  0.50  9.00  5.40  0.00  1.80  1.80
Guzman              2.7    5    1    1    0    1    1    63    44  0.70  23.6    3    4  0.43  0.00  3.38  3.38  1.88  3.38
Marmol              2.7    3    1    1    3    2    0    54    35  0.65  20.3    5    1  0.83 10.13  6.75  0.00  2.25  3.38
Zambrano           12.0   10    5    5    5   13    0   185   570  3.08  15.4   11   11  0.50  3.75  9.75  0.00  1.25  3.75
Wells              13.0   14    6    6    3    8    3   187   115  0.61  14.4   16   14  0.53  2.08  5.54  2.08  1.31  4.15
Harden              5.0    7    4    4    4    6    1   101    60  0.59  20.2    4    5  0.44  7.20 10.80  1.80  2.20  7.20
Heilman             3.3    4    4    4    4    1    0    69    34  0.49  20.7    3    6  0.33 10.80  2.70  0.00  2.40 10.80

Last 7 games       63.0   56   25   23   30   46    5  1027  1081  1.05  16.3   67   73  0.48  4.29  6.57  0.71  1.37  3.29
Season totals     774.3  710  353  330  333  662   89 12981  8547  0.66  16.8  830  789  0.51  3.87  7.69  1.03  1.35  3.84

 

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

 

04/06 - 07/12        P   PA  P/PA
Baker               69   16  4.31
Fuld                81   19  4.26
Fontenot          1145  274  4.18
Bradley           1057  257  4.11
Scales             270   66  4.09
Fukudome          1258  313  4.02
Soto              1026  256  4.01
Ramirez            377   96  3.93
D Lee             1248  319  3.91
Freel              125   32  3.91
Soriano           1419  372  3.81
K. Hill            385  101  3.81
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Fox                338   89  3.80
Hoffpauir          634  167  3.80
Theriot           1364  369  3.70
Miles              476  131  3.63
Johnson            462  132  3.50
Blanco             312   92  3.39

CUBS             12773 3311  3.86

 

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

 

04/06 - 07/12      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             13   34  0.277
D Lee               40  124  0.244
Fox                 10   39  0.204
Fukudome            20   86  0.189
Baker                2    9  0.182
Fontenot            22  107  0.171
Theriot             23  116  0.165
Hoffpauir           17   88  0.162
Bradley             16   86  0.157
Blanco               8   45  0.151
Soto                19  107  0.151
Soriano             19  114  0.143
Johnson             12   74  0.140
Scales               4   29  0.121
K. Hill              6   56  0.097
Miles                4   57  0.066
Freel                1   17  0.056
Gathright            0    6  0.000
Fuld                 0    5  0.000

CUBS               245 1289  0.160

 

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis      78
Milwaukee      77
Houston        76
Cincinnati     75
Pittsburgh     70

 

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Francisco   49      39     0.557     ---
Colorado        47      41     0.534     2.0
Milwaukee       45      43     0.511     4.0
Florida         46      44     0.511     4.0
CUBS            43      43     0.500     5.0
Houston         44      44     0.500     5.0
Atlanta         43      45     0.489     6.0
Cincinnati      42      45     0.483     6.5
NY Mets         42      45     0.483     6.5

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

....... But seeing as we are fans of the Cubs, there's a good chance we'll lose 3 of 4 to the worst team in baseball.

 

Are you saying the CUBS will lose because they are, you know, the CUBS...... or are you saying they will lose because we are their fans ?????

[RedFlash]

He thinks the Cards will win the division - especially if they get Halladay.

 

Kurkjan said it would prolly cost the Cards both Ramsus and Wallace to get Halladay, and for a pitcher with as many innings on his arm that might not be the best investment on there prospects. Even tho he is still good friends with Carpenter, he prefers to stay in the AL (the AL version of Jake Peavy) as he absolutely hates having to hit.

 

If I had my guess, Halladay doesn't get move and all this talk is nothing more then a tease.

[dew1679666265]

He thinks the Cards will win the division - especially if they get Halladay.

 

Kurkjan said it would prolly cost the Cards both Ramsus and Wallace to get Halladay, and for a pitcher with as many innings on his arm that might not be the best investment on there prospects. Even tho he is still good friends with Carpenter, he prefers to stay in the AL (the AL version of Jake Peavy) as he absolutely hates having to hit.

 

If I had my guess, Halladay doesn't get move and all this talk is nothing more then a tease.

 

I tend to think he'll stay as well.