7/26 DBR (Owings) vs. Cubs (Harden) - 1:20 - WGN/WGN

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

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[Old Style]

SUCK IT, ST. LOUIS! HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR TIME IN FIRST.

 

:yahoo:

[Fred Hornkohl]

        Cincinnati        CUBS
P/PA          4.47        4.03
RBI%          0.11        0.15
R/BR          0.33        0.29
BA           0.133       0.364
OBP          0.188       0.447
SLG          0.233       0.515
OPS          0.421       0.963
ERA           5.63        2.00
BB/9          5.63        2.00
K/9           5.63       10.00

[Careless]

Nice end to the weekend

[Keener98]

Your 1st place CHICAGO CUBS! WOOOO

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

After all the crap this team has been through this feels awesome

[98navigator]

First place baby AND three games up in the loss column on the Cards & Astros and four up on the Brewers.

[E.J.]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

[ctcf]

This is absurd, but I'm enjoying it.

[Careless]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

[Andy]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

Hey, that's my line. :D

 

First place, just in time for my annual three-day trip to Wrigley. I love it.

[Outshined_One]

The Cubs have won 8 out of their last 10. :-$

[Rusch33]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sunday 26 July 2009

Cincinnati @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

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



Cincinnati
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Dickerson     rf       3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Janish        ss       1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Taveras       cf       4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Votto         1b       4   1   1   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Phillips      2b       4   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Encarnacion   3b       3   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gomes         lf       3   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rhodes        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Cordero       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gonalez       ss       2   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Nix           ph       1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Tatum         c        2   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Owings        p        1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fisher        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rosales       ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Herrera       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Masset        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hairston      ph-rf    1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                30   2   4   2   2  10   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Fukudome      cf       3   0   1   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Theriot       ss       5   1   2   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A Ramirez     3b       4   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Fox           1b       4   0   1   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Samardzija    p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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
Bradley       rf       2   2   1   0   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soriano       lf       4   0   2   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0
Hoffpauir     1b       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fontenot      2b       3   0   0   0   0   1   3   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
Johnson       ph       1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K Hill        c        3   1   2   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0
Harden        p        2   0   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Marshall      p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Blanco        2b       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                33   5  12   5   5   5  24   0   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   0   0



Cincinnati
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Owings           3.0   3   2   2   4   2   0   66
Fisher           2.0   1   0   0   1   1   0   35
Herrera          0.3   1   0   0   0   0   0   9
Masset           1.7   3   1   1   0   2   0   23
Rhodes           0.7   3   2   2   0   0   0   18
Cordero          0.3   1   0   0   0   0   0   2

totals           8.0  12   5   5   5   5   0  153


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Harden           6.0   1   1   1   0   8   1   90
Marshall         0.7   0   0   0   0   0   0   11
Guzman           1.3   1   0   0   2   1   0   28
Samardzija       0.7   2   1   1   0   0   0   11
Gregg            0.3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3

totals           9.0   4   2   2   2  10   1  143

W:Harden (7-6)
S:Gregg (21)
L:Owings (6-11)

T:2:58
A:41,528

Home runs:
Cincinnati: Votto (15)
CUBS: none

 

 

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[CyHawk_Cub]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

True, but: especially for the first 6-8 weeks, off-season acquisitions performed horribly; we lost ARam for what, 40+ games, DLee looked finished until something like late May, injury to Soto (who also sucked for much of the first half), Dempster injured, Lilly now injured. This team has needed to overcome a lot. Regardless of the division, it's amazing the Cubs occupy 1st. Maybe in some ways, the CUBS are the ones with the pixie dust?

[Fred Hornkohl]

St. Louis      2
Philadelphia   9  F

Atlanta       10
Milwaukee      2  F

NY Mets        8
Houston        3  F

Pittsburgh     0
Arizona        5  5

[Keener98]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

Thats not true

[Z38Cubs]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

The AL Central would probably have something to say about that. And the NL east besides Philly is mediocre to horrible.

[Rusch33]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

Thats not true

 

I'm going to assume that you're going to tell me that AL Central is worse,?

[Keener98]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

Thats not true

 

I'm going to assume that you're going to tell me that AL Central is worse,?

 

AL Central and NL East. Outside of Philly, Id take the Cubs, Cards, Milw, and maybe Houston over any team in that division.

[dew1679666265]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

We've actually got a better winning percentage against the NL East (.588) than the NL Central (.562). Obviously we've won more games against the Central, but we've handled the Eastern teams slightly better to this point.

[Brian]

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[UMFan83]

I talked about this yesterday, but imagine this...

 

One year ago today, the Cubs fell into a tie with the Brewers for first place in the Central.

One year later, the Cubs are up 0.5 games in the NL Central, meaning that we are actually doing better at this point in the season than last year!

[TruffleShuffle]

How the hell are we in 1st place?

 

 

Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how.

 

We've actually got a better winning percentage against the NL East (.588) than the NL Central (.562). Obviously we've won more games against the Central, but we've handled the Eastern teams slightly better to this point.

 

yeah, the NL central isn't that bad. the pirates are bad, the reds are pretty bad, but the other teams are average to a little above average. there just aren't any really good teams.

 

the AL central (two teams that really suck, two average teams, one slightly above average team) is definitely worse.

[Prizefight]

Sorry for being absent from the game threads this past weekend, but I was enjoying the view of our sweep from the left field bleachers.

 

Even from my view, Harden was absolutely disgusting yesterday. Watching him throw in the outfield before the game, you could see Larry smiling and nodding a lot watching him toss. Seriously having ARam back is better than the Cards with Holliday and if Soto looks good, we have the best lineup in the Central.

 

Only downside was we were hoping they'd change the flags above the scoreboard before we left \:D/