Wow, we got some tough series comin' in..

[Rusch33]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

[manbearcub]

sarcasm? that is as easy as one could hope for.

[rocket]

except for the phillies and dodgers i don't see how it's so brutal.

[Fred Hornkohl]

As always, pitchers are subject to change without notice.........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.97  Mon 07/27    Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Tue 07/28    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Oswalt        
.99  Wed 07/29    Houston            -    Wells           Hampton       
100  Thu 07/30    Houston            -    Hart            Ortiz         
101  Fri 07/31  @ Florida       N    -    Harden          VandenHurk    
102  Sat 08/01  @ Florida       N    -    Zambrano        Volstad       
103  Sun 08/02  @ Florida            -    Dempster        Nolasco       
104  Mon 08/03  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Wells           Harang        
105  Tue 08/04  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Hart            Cueto         
106  Wed 08/05  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Harden          Owings        
107  Fri 08/07  @ Colorado      N    -    Zambrano        Morales       
108  Sat 08/08  @ Colorado      N    -    Dempster        Marquis       
109  Sun 08/09  @ Colorado           -    Wells           De La Rosa    
110  Mon 08/10  @ Colorado      N    -    Hart            Cook          
111  Tue 08/11    Philadelphia  N    -    Harden          Blanton       
112  Wed 08/12    Philadelphia  N    -    Zambrano        Hamels        
113  Thu 08/13    Philadelphia       -    Dempster        Myers         
114  Fri 08/14    Pittsburgh         -    Wells           Karstens      
115  Sat 08/15    Pittsburgh         -    Hart            Maholm        
116  Sun 08/16    Pittsburgh         -    Harden          Snell         
117  Mon 08/17  @ San Diego     N    -    Zambrano        Hill          
118  Tue 08/18  @ San Diego     N    -    Dempster        Peavy         
119  Wed 08/19  @ San Diego     N    -    Wells           Young         
120  Thu 08/20  @ Los Angeles   N    -    Hart            Billingsley   
121  Fri 08/21  @ Los Angeles   N    -    Harden          Kershaw       
122  Sat 08/22  @ Los Angeles        -    Zambrano        McDonald      
123  Sun 08/23  @ Los Angeles        -    Dempster        Kuroda        

[Coach C]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

 

From Fred in another thread:

 

CUBS are 6-3 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 6-4 vs. Houston

CUBS are 4-2 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 3-1 vs. Florida

CUBS are 1-2 vs. Philadelphia

CUBS are 1-1 vs. Colorado

CUBS are 2-2 vs. Los Angeles

CUBS are 3-3 vs. San Diego

[UMFan83]

except for the phillies and dodgers i don't see how it's so brutal.

 

 

It's not brutal but Flordia is decent and seems to give us fits (although that trend is reversing) and Colorado has been very solid and is a contender. It's harder than the Nationals i guess.

[Atta Boy]

The Cardinals play the Dodgers 7 times during that stretch as well.

[Rusch33]

sarcasm? that is as easy as one could hope for.

 

Considering the Cubs aren't a good road team, are you serious?

[dew1679666265]

A combined .509 winning percentage for the teams on the Cubs' upcoming schedule.

[Rusch33]

The Cardinals play the Dodgers 7 times during that stretch as well.

 

Cardinals play:

 

@ home versus LA (4)

@ home versus Hou (3)

Off-Day

@ NYM (2)

Off-Day

@ Pitt (3)

@ home versus Cin (3)

Off-Day

@ home versus SD (3)

@ LA (3)

@ SD (4)

[laurens]

sarcasm? that is as easy as one could hope for.

 

Considering the Cubs aren't a good road team, are you serious?

 

Considering teams like the Marlins and the Padres suck no matter where they play, yeah, I think he's serious.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm failing to see what's so tough about that schedule. It's pretty unremarkable.

[Gingerballs Lives]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

[laurens]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

 

From Fred in another thread:

 

CUBS are 6-3 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 6-4 vs. Houston

CUBS are 4-2 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 3-1 vs. Florida

CUBS are 1-2 vs. Philadelphia

CUBS are 1-1 vs. Colorado

CUBS are 2-2 vs. Los Angeles

CUBS are 3-3 vs. San Diego

 

And those were the Cubs that played way worse than the team we saw the last week or so. I think we should win at least 5 of these series (CIN, HOU, PIT, FLA and SD)

[brinoch]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

 

We'll go no worse than 17-9.

[Coach C]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

 

We'll go no worse than 17-9.

 

I would consider 16-10 a success.

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm gonna guess 14-12. it's moderately difficult with a lot of road games and lilly on the shelf, but not exactly a brutal gauntlet.

[Bull]

4 versus Houston

3 @ Florida

3 @ Cincinnati

3 @ Colorado

3 versus Philly

3 versus Pit

3 @ SD

4 @ LAD

 

And one off-day between all of those games. (4 off-days left on the season)

 

We'll go no worse than 17-9.

 

I would consider 16-10 a success.

 

A split with Houston and LA and 2-out-of-3 in 4 of the other 6 series puts them at 14-12. I think you have to consider anything better than that a success. Above .500 against a cumulative .500 opponent is above average. 16-10 is better than .600. That's darn good.

[CliftonHanger]

We ar eplaying VERY well right now. I believe we get Soto back in the next week or so, and we go on a TEAR for the month of August. We should be 4-5 games up by the end of this stretch. I'm saying 21-5.

[UMFan83]

Boy its amazing how much optimism a couple of wins gives us. I like it.

[Guest]

My guess is 15-11:

 

3 of 4 vs. Houston

2 of 3 at Florida

2 of 3 at Cincinnati

1 of 3 at Colorado

1 of 3 vs. Philadelphia

2 of 3 vs. Pittsburgh

2 of 3 at San Diego

2 of 4 at Los Angeles.

[XZero771679666304]

Boy its amazing how much optimism a couple of wins gives us. I like it.

 

It's funny how much better I would feel had the Cubs won the second game of the Philly series (which they should have).

[TruffleShuffle]

A split with Houston and LA and 2-out-of-3 in 4 of the other 6 series puts them at 14-12. I think you have to consider anything better than that a success. Above .500 against a cumulative .500 opponent is above average. 16-10 is better than .600. That's darn good.

 

split with houston would be a bad result - wandy's not that great on the road, dempster-oswalt is a good matchup, hampton and ortiz both suck, their best hitter is on the DL. on the other hand, a split in LA would be a very good result.

[radarluv1]

we just need to play .500 on the road. winning at home hasnt been the problem.

[erik316wttn]

except for the phillies and dodgers i don't see how it's so brutal.

 

 

It's not brutal but Flordia is decent and seems to give us fits (although that trend is reversing) and Colorado has been very solid and is a contender. It's harder than the Nationals i guess.

 

The Marlins always play us tough, and this goes tenfold down in Miami.