8/25 Washington (Mock) @ Cubs (Zambrano), 7 p.m. CDT CSN+ TV

soccer10k · August 24, 2009

Even though it appears the Cubs are a sinking ship, hopefully they can at least beat the Natinals.

UMFan83 · August 24, 2009

Sure we can probably beat the Nats. Maybe. Hopefully.

erik316wttn · August 24, 2009

We're in for 3 games of absolutely hilarious baseball.

Little Slide Rooter · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Fred Hornkohl · August 24, 2009

Greetings one and all from beautiful Waco, TX !!!

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday............

CUBS are 6-11 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 8-13 in August

CUBS are 4-0 vs. Washington

CUBS are 11-12 vs. NL East

CUBS are 18-10 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 33-28 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 18-21 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-4 in games that open a home stand

CUBS are 9-4-6 in home series

CUBS have lost 2 consecutive series

CUBS are 6-4 in series sweeps

CUBS are 28-38 at night

CUBS are 35-22 at home

CUBS are 49-47 against right handers

CUBS are 47-28 when they get a quality start.... 15-32 when they don't

CUBS are 21-44 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 41-16 when they don't

CUBS are 41-15 when they score first in the game.... 21-45 when they don't

CUBS are 28-8 when they score in the first inning.... 34-52 when they don't

CUBS are 47-32 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 15-28 when they do

CUBS are 52-13 when they score 4 runs or more.... 9-47 when they don't

CUBS are 42-17 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 20-43 when they don't

CUBS are 47-12 when they outhit the opponent.... 9-41 when they get outhit.... 4-6 when the hits are even

CUBS are 25-9 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 37-51 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-18 in one run games .... 14-8 in two runs games

CUBS are 40-37 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 22-23 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 44-26 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 18-34 when they don't

CUBS are 25-18 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 37-42 when they don't

CUBS are 32-22 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 30-38 when he doesn't

CUBS are 46-27 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 16-30 when he doesn't

CUBS are 28-36 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 34-24 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..82 wins                            97    85    66    79
.708 runs                           857   752   716   703
.173 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.600 walks                          638   500   395   419
1226 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..58 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.130 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
.105 errors                          97    94   104   100
..57 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.37 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.84 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
16.9 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.343 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
35.7 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

CUBS are 3-4 when CSN+ broadcasts the game

CUBS are 55-20 when they get at least 8 hits .... 7-40 when they don't

CUBS are 57-42 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 5-18 when they don't

CUBS are 22-10 when they steal a base.... 40-50 when they don't

CUBS are 23-16 when they execute a sac bunt.... 39-44 when they don't

CUBS are 33-33 when they GIDP.... 29-27 when they don't

CUBS are 21-38 when they commit one or more errors.... 41-22 when they don't

CUBS are 59-45 when they hit at least one double.... 3-15 when they don't

CUBS are 19-5 when they hit at least one triple.... 43-55 when they don't

CUBS are 29-7 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 33-53 when they don't

CUBS are 17-11 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 45-49 when they don't

CUBS are 24-15 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 38-45 when they don't

CUBS are 24-21 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 38-39 when they don't

CUBS are 15-34 when the opponent steals a base.... 47-26 when they don't

CUBS are 17-27 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 45-33 when they don't

CUBS are 32-35 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 30-25 when they don't

CUBS are 39-20 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 23-40 when they don't

CUBS are 9-15 when the opponent triples.... 53-45 when they don't

CUBS are 12-22 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 50-38 when they don't

CUBS are 11-14 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 51-46 when they don't

CUBS are 19-20 when they hit an opposing batter.... 43-40 when they don't

CUBS are batting 25 for 128 (.195/.322/.305/.627) in extra innings

CUBS have drawn 130 BBs in their last 29 games

CUBS have double digit hits in 14 of their last 30 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 15 batters in their last 23 games

CUBS are 12-3 in their last 15 day games

CUBS are 13-2 in the last 15 games in which they've scored in the first inning

CUBS are 20-4 in the last 24 games in which they've scored first

CUBS have hit 5 triples in their last 9 games

CUBS have allowed more than 3 BBs once in their last 11 games

CUBS' starting rotation......

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano      20    14- 6    13    0.650    123.7     2057    16.6    6.2    102.9    3.35    4.55
Dempster      23     8-15    14    0.609    143.7     2339    16.3    6.2    101.7    4.07    4.30
Lilly         21    12- 9    16    0.762    135.0     2037    15.1    6.4     97.0    3.40    3.81
Harden        21    10-11    13    0.619    118.0     2025    17.2    5.6     96.4    4.12    4.29
Marshall       9     2- 7     2    0.222     46.3      777    16.8    5.1     86.3    5.24    2.78
Wells         19    11- 8    14    0.737    120.3     1801    15.0    6.3     94.8    2.84    5.16
Hart           4     3- 1     2    0.500     22.0      368    16.7    5.5     92.0    2.86    7.25
Gorzelanny     5     2- 3     1    0.200     22.0      372    16.9    4.4     74.4    6.95    4.20
Samardzija     1     0- 1     0    0.000      3.3       74    22.2    3.3     74.0   18.90    5.00

CUBS         122    62-60    75    0.615    731.0    11776    16.1    6.0     96.5    3.76    4.37

CUBS are 14-6 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 13 of 20 (.650) in quality starts

Zambrano has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.84.... pitching to K Hill it's 2.91

CUBS score 4.39 R/G overall.... 4.55 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.07 HR/G overall.... 1.15 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS have scored first in 10 of Zambrano's 20 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of Zambrano's 20 starts

Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning in 6 (6 runs total) of his 20 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

04/06 - 08/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   696   91  178   33    2   23  284   86   81  147  0.256  0.338  0.408  0.746
CUBS overall     4190  533 1060  221   27  130 1725  512  452  923  0.253  0.330  0.412  0.741

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

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

CUBS             13  10   4  13  11   5   9  12   8   2   0   0   4   0   0   0      91
Opponents         6   1  13   7   7   8  17   6   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      74

Zambrano's starts this year (7-4)

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/06  vs. Houst       6.0    5    1    1    3    6    0    97    59  0.61  16.2    5    5  0.50  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
04/11  vs. Milw        6.0    7    3    3    3    7    1   118    77  0.65  19.7    6    5  0.55  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.67  4.50
04/17  vs. St. L       7.0    9    7    7    3    7    3   109    73  0.67  15.6    6    8  0.43  3.86  9.00  3.86  1.71  9.00
04/23  vs. Cincy       7.0    7    4    3    2    7    0   109    64  0.59  15.6   12    2  0.86  2.57  9.00  0.00  1.29  3.86
04/28  vs. Ariz        7.0    8    3    3    3    3    0   111    70  0.63  15.9    9    9  0.50  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.57  3.86
05/03  vs. Flor        5.0    4    2    2    1    3    0    78    51  0.65  15.6    5    6  0.45  1.80  5.40  0.00  1.00  3.60
05/22  vs. S.D.        4.7    3    3    3    4    7    0    97    57  0.59  20.8    2    5  0.29  7.71 13.50  0.00  1.50  5.79
05/27  vs. Pitts       6.3    7    2    1    3    6    0   114    70  0.61  18.0    6    7  0.46  4.26  8.53  0.00  1.58  1.42
06/05  vs. Cincy       6.7    2    0    0    5    7    0   109    68  0.62  16.4    4    8  0.33  6.75  9.45  0.00  1.05  0.00
06/10  vs. Houst       8.0    3    1    1    2    3    0   104    64  0.62  13.0   12    9  0.57  2.25  3.38  0.00  0.63  1.13
06/18  vs. CWS         7.0    6    3    3    3    3    1   117    74  0.63  16.7    9    8  0.53  3.86  3.86  1.29  1.29  3.86
06/23  vs. Detr        7.0    5    3    3    2    4    1   110    61  0.55  15.7    7    9  0.44  2.57  5.14  1.29  1.00  3.86
06/28  vs. CWS         5.3    9    5    4    2    3    1    97    60  0.62  18.2    6    6  0.50  3.38  5.06  1.69  2.06  6.75
07/03  vs. Milw        7.0    5    1    1    3    3    0   110    63  0.57  15.7   10    7  0.59  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.14  1.29
07/07  vs. Atla        6.0    5    2    2    3    6    0    91   514  5.65  15.2    7    5  0.58  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  3.00
07/12  vs. St. L       6.0    5    3    3    2    7    0    94    56  0.60  15.7    4    6  0.40  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
07/12  vs. St. L       6.0    5    3    3    2    7    0    94    56  0.60  15.7    4    6  0.40  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.17  4.50
07/17  vs. Wash        5.0    4    1    0    4    6    0   113    64  0.57  22.6    4    4  0.50  7.20 10.80  0.00  1.60  0.00
07/22  vs. Phila       6.7   10    5    4    3    7    0   114    73  0.64  17.1    6    6  0.50  4.05  9.45  0.00  1.95  5.40
07/27  vs. Houst       7.0    3    1    1    4    4    1   103    58  0.56  14.7   12    4  0.75  5.14  5.14  1.29  1.00  1.29
08/01  vs. Flor        3.0    3    2    1    3    2    0    62    35  0.56  20.7    4    3  0.57  9.00  6.00  0.00  2.00  3.00

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  58.3   51   25   23   24   46    5   925  1023  1.11  15.9   71   53  0.57  3.70  7.10  0.77  1.29  3.55
Road                  65.3   59   27   23   34   55    3  1132   688  0.61  17.3   65   69  0.49  4.68  7.58  0.41  1.42  3.17

Day                   57.3   62   32   28   22   46    5   942   584  0.62  16.4   64   56  0.53  3.45  7.22  0.78  1.47  4.40
Nite                  66.3   48   20   18   36   55    3  1115  1127  1.01  16.8   72   66  0.52  4.88  7.46  0.41  1.27  2.44

Home  Nite            13.0    8    3    3    7   10    1   194   572  2.95  14.9   19    9  0.68  4.85  6.92  0.69  1.15  2.08

April                 33.0   36   18   17   14   30    4   544   343  0.63  16.5   38   29  0.57  3.82  8.18  1.09  1.52  4.64
May                   16.0   14    7    6    8   16    0   289   178  0.62  18.1   13   18  0.42  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.38  3.38
June                  34.0   25   12   11   14   20    3   537   327  0.61  15.8   38   40  0.49  3.71  5.29  0.79  1.15  2.91
July                  37.7   32   13   11   19   33    1   625   828  1.32  16.6   43   32  0.57  4.54  7.88  0.24  1.35  2.63
August                 3.0    3    2    1    3    2    0    62    35  0.56  20.7    4    3  0.57  9.00  6.00  0.00  2.00  3.00

Season total         123.7  110   52   46   58  101    8  2057  1711  0.83  16.6  136  122  0.53  4.22  7.35  0.58  1.36  3.35

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

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/26  vs. Wash        7.0    5    0    0    4    5    0   114  5.14  6.43  0.00  1.29  0.00

season totals        195.0  178   92   85   74  137   19  3127  3.42  6.32  0.88  1.29  3.92

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

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon           Totals
             23 Aug     22 Aug     21 Aug     20 Aug     19 Aug     18 Aug     17 Aug
             @ L.A.     @ L.A.     @ L.A.     @ L.A.     @ S.D.     @ S.D.     @ S.D.  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Gregg                                          1.0  14                          0.7  24       1.7  38
Caridad                                        1.0  25                                        1.0  25
Grabow        1.0  17    0.7  11    0.3   6                                     1.3  17       3.3  51
Guzman                                         1.0  20               1.0  22                  2.0  42
Heilman                  1.3  14                          1.0  11                             2.3  25
Marmol        1.0  16               1.0  11                                     0.7  13       2.7  40
Marshall                                                  1.0  26                             1.0  26

Totals        2.0  33    2.0  25    1.3  17    3.0  59    2.0  37    1.0  22    2.7  54      14.0 247

CUBS' season series vs. Washington this year (4-0) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.87  Thu 07/16  @ Washington    N   6- 2  Harden          Lannan        
.88  Fri 07/17  @ Washington    N   3- 1  Zambrano        Stammen       
.89  Sat 07/18  @ Washington    N   6- 5  Wells           Zimmerman     
.90  Sun 07/19  @ Washington       11- 3  Hart            Mock          
123  Tue 08/25    Washington    N    -    Zambrano        Mock          
124  Wed 08/26    Washington    N    -    Harden          Martin        
125  Thu 08/27    Washington         -    Wells           Lannan

CUBS' season series vs. Washington in 2008 (5-2).....

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 this year.....

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

CUBS              0   3   4   7   0   7   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26
Opponents         3   3   1   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      11

CUBS hitters vs. Mock this year.....

vs Mock            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Soriano             2    1    2    1    0    1    2    0    0  1.000  1.000  3.000  4.000  1.000  4.00    6.0  0.000  1.000
Fontenot            2    1    2    1    0    0    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.500  2.500  1.000  2.50    3.0  0.000  1.000
Fukudome            2    1    2    1    0    0    1    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.500  2.500  1.000  3.00    3.0  0.000  1.000
Hoffpauir           2    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  3.50    0.5  0.000  0.000
K. Hill             1    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  6.00    0.0  0.500  0.000
D Lee               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
Theriot             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
Fox                 2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.50    0.0  0.000  0.000

totals vs Mock     17    7    8    3    0    1    5    2    3  0.471  0.526  0.824  1.350  0.538  3.32    7.4  0.056  0.333
totals vs Wash    144   26   44   11    2    6   25   10   25  0.306  0.350  0.535  0.885  0.336  3.94   27.0  0.045  0.226
season totals    4191  533 1060  219   27  130  511  451  923  0.253  0.330  0.411  0.740  0.296  3.84  567.4  0.077  0.167

CUBS hitters vs. Washington this year.....

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Fox                 6    2    3    1    0    1    4    0    1  0.500  0.500  1.167  1.667  0.500  1.83    3.5  0.000  0.600
Soriano            10    3    4    1    0    2    5    2    4  0.400  0.500  1.100  1.600  0.500  4.92    5.5  0.100  0.375
Fukudome           12    2    6    2    1    0    1    3    0  0.500  0.600  0.833  1.433  0.500  4.87    6.0  0.100  0.333
Fontenot           12    3    6    2    0    1    2    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.917  1.417  0.500  3.17    5.5  0.000  0.167
D Lee              17    3    6    2    0    1    2    0    4  0.353  0.353  0.647  1.000  0.417  4.18    3.9  0.000  0.143
Johnson             6    0    2    0    0    0    1    1    2  0.333  0.429  0.333  0.762  0.500  4.00    0.9  0.095  0.250
Hoffpauir           9    2    3    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.400  0.333  0.733  0.333  3.80    1.2  0.067  0.000
Ramirez            11    2    2    0    0    1    1    1    0  0.182  0.250  0.455  0.705  0.100  4.17    1.3  0.068  0.000
Fuld                3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333  3.67    0.3  0.000  0.000
Theriot            15    1    3    1    1    0    5    1    2  0.200  0.222  0.400  0.622  0.231  4.00    1.3  0.022  0.455
K. Hill            15    4    3    1    0    0    1    1    5  0.200  0.250  0.267  0.517  0.300  4.06    1.0  0.050  0.111
Baker               5    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.200  3.40    0.2  0.000  0.000
Bradley            12    1    2    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.167  0.231  0.167  0.397  0.250  3.77    0.5  0.064  0.000
Blanco              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs Taveras          6    4    5    0    0    0    4    1    0  0.833  0.750  0.833  1.583  0.833  4.38    3.8 -0.083  0.667
vs Mock            17    7    8    3    0    1    5    2    3  0.471  0.526  0.824  1.350  0.538  3.32    7.4  0.056  0.333
vs Vilone          10    3    4    0    0    1    3    1    1  0.400  0.455  0.700  1.155  0.375  4.18    3.2  0.055  0.250
vs Bergmann        13    1    5    0    1    1    1    0    3  0.385  0.385  0.769  1.154  0.444  4.23    3.8  0.000  0.000
vs Zimmerman       22    5    6    2    1    1    5    1    8  0.273  0.304  0.591  0.895  0.385  4.17    4.0  0.032  0.333
vs Stammen         23    3    6    3    0    1    3    1    2  0.261  0.320  0.522  0.842  0.250  3.84    3.8  0.059  0.167
vs MacDougal        3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  0.333  4.00    0.5  0.167  0.000
vs Lannan          25    3    7    2    0    1    3    1    2  0.280  0.308  0.480  0.788  0.273  3.79    3.7  0.028  0.200
vs Burnett         13    0    2    1    0    0    1    0    4  0.154  0.143  0.231  0.374  0.222  3.57    0.4 -0.011  0.100
vs Clippard         6    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250  0.000  4.88    0.0  0.250  0.000
vs Beimel           6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

vs. Wash           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs. starters       87   18   27   10    1    4   16    5   15  0.310  0.355  0.586  0.941  0.338  3.80   18.1  0.044  0.261
vs. relievers      57    8   17    1    1    2    9    5   10  0.298  0.344  0.456  0.800  0.333  4.14    8.9  0.046  0.184

vs Left            54    6   13    3    0    2    7    2    8  0.241  0.263  0.407  0.671  0.250  3.83    5.8  0.022  0.179
vs Right           90   20   31    8    2    4   18    8   17  0.344  0.400  0.611  1.011  0.391  4.00   22.0  0.056  0.250

Home                0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
Road              144   26   44   11    2    6   25   10   25  0.306  0.350  0.535  0.885  0.336  3.94   27.0  0.045  0.226

Day                41   11   16    4    0    2   11    5    7  0.390  0.447  0.634  1.081  0.438  3.77   11.6  0.057  0.290
Nite              103   15   28    7    2    4   14    5   18  0.272  0.309  0.495  0.804  0.296  4.01   15.8  0.037  0.189

Leading off        32    8   13    6    1    0    0    4    4  0.406  0.472  0.656  1.128  0.464  4.11    9.9  0.066  0.000
Pinch hitting       8    1    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.125  0.222  0.125  0.347  0.143  3.44    0.2  0.097  0.000
bases loaded        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
bases empty        69   13   24    6    1    3    3    7    9  0.348  0.408  0.594  1.002  0.368  4.12   16.7  0.060  0.000
runners on         75   13   20    5    1    3   22    3   16  0.267  0.296  0.480  0.776  0.304  3.77   10.7  0.030  0.226
RISP               44    9   13    3    1    2   20    3    8  0.295  0.327  0.545  0.872  0.324  3.82    7.8  0.031  0.305

Game tied          25    2    6    5    0    0    2    2    6  0.240  0.296  0.440  0.736  0.316  3.39    3.3  0.056  0.154
CUBS leading       93   15   29    2    1    4   14    6   13  0.312  0.353  0.484  0.837  0.329  4.11   15.9  0.041  0.189
CUBS trailing      26    9    9    4    1    2    9    2    6  0.346  0.393  0.808  1.201  0.389  3.86    8.3  0.047  0.389
Close score       116   20   34    9    1    5   17    6   20  0.293  0.331  0.517  0.848  0.319  3.90   19.8  0.038  0.200

Early (1-3)        46    7   13    8    1    1    7    4   10  0.283  0.353  0.565  0.918  0.343  3.64    9.2  0.070  0.182
Middle (4-6)       55   14   20    2    0    4   14    2    6  0.364  0.379  0.618  0.997  0.356  4.07   12.9  0.016  0.385
Late (7th on)      43    5   11    1    1    1    4    4    9  0.256  0.313  0.395  0.708  0.303  4.10    5.3  0.057  0.120
Extra Innings       0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

totals vs Wash    144   26   44   11    2    6   25   10   25  0.306  0.350  0.535  0.885  0.336  3.94   27.0  0.045  0.226
season totals    4191  533 1060  219   27  130  511  451  923  0.253  0.330  0.411  0.740  0.296  3.84  567.4  0.077  0.167

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

vs. Wash             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Guzman              1.7    1    0    0    1    1    0    34    23  0.68  20.4    1    3  0.25    0    0  0.00  5.40  5.40  0.00  1.20  0.00
Marmol              2.3    0    0    0    1    2    0    37    21  0.57  15.9    3    1  0.75    2    0  0.00  3.86  7.71  0.00  0.43  0.00
Zambrano            5.0    4    1    0    4    6    0   113    64  0.57  22.6    4    4  0.50    0    0  0.00  7.20 10.80  0.00  1.60  0.00
Marshall            2.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    32    22  0.69  16.0    4    1  0.80    2    0  0.00  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Harden              6.0    3    1    0    0    7    0    99    61  0.62  16.5    5    6  0.45    0    0  0.00  0.00 10.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Stevens             1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    13     5  0.38  13.0    1    2  0.33    0    0  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Gregg               3.7    2    1    1    2    2    1    64    36  0.56  17.5    2    7  0.22    3    1  0.33  4.91  4.91  2.45  1.09  2.45
Samardzija          3.0    2    1    1    0    3    1    41    29  0.71  13.7    3    3  0.50    0    0  0.00  0.00  9.00  3.00  0.67  3.00
Hart                5.0    5    2    2    5    1    0    83    46  0.55  16.6    5    8  0.38    0    0  0.00  9.00  1.80  0.00  2.00  3.60
Heilman             1.3    1    1    1    2    2    0    34    20  0.59  25.5    0    2  0.00    0    0  0.00 13.50 13.50  0.00  2.25  6.75
Wells               5.0    7    4    4    1    1    0    85    53  0.62  17.0    5    8  0.38    0    0  0.00  1.80  1.80  0.00  1.60  7.20

totals vs Wash     36.0   27   11    9   18   26    2   635   380  0.60  17.6   33   45  0.42    7    1  0.14  4.50  6.50  0.50  1.25  2.25
season totals    1099.0 1005  514  474  455  943  130 19176 11931  0.62  17.4 1168 1119  0.51  172   46  0.27  3.73  7.72  1.06  1.33  3.88

CUBS' last 7 games (2-5)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
116  Mon 08/17  @ San Diego     N   1- 4  Lilly           Correia       
117  Tue 08/18  @ San Diego     N   3- 6  Dempster        Carillo       
118  Wed 08/19  @ San Diego     N   7- 1  Harden          Latos         
119  Thu 08/20  @ Los Angeles   N   2- 7  Gorzelanny      Weaver        
120  Fri 08/21  @ Los Angeles   N   1- 2  Wells           Wolf          
121  Sat 08/22  @ Los Angeles       0- 2  Lilly           Haeger        
122  Sun 08/23  @ Los Angeles       3- 1  Dempster        Billingsley

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              1   3   5   2   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      17
Opponents         2   5   2   1   1   4   1   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23

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

08/17 - 08/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Fox                 9    1    4    0    0    1    2    2    2  0.444  0.545  0.778  1.323  0.500  4.64    3.8  0.101  0.167
D Lee              28    3    9    3    1    1    2    2    7  0.321  0.367  0.607  0.974  0.400  3.87    6.2  0.045  0.077
Ramirez            25    3    7    1    1    1    5    3    5  0.280  0.357  0.520  0.877  0.316  4.18    4.6  0.077  0.235
Fukudome           23    2    6    2    0    1    3    3    7  0.261  0.346  0.478  0.824  0.333  4.42    3.8  0.085  0.200
K. Hill             9    0    2    1    0    0    1    4    4  0.222  0.462  0.333  0.795  0.400  3.38    1.4  0.239  0.200
Baker              18    2    5    3    0    0    0    1    6  0.278  0.316  0.444  0.760  0.417  4.11    2.5  0.038  0.000
Theriot            23    2    6    0    0    0    1    1    3  0.261  0.292  0.261  0.553  0.300  3.58    1.8  0.031  0.125
Bradley            23    3    2    1    0    1    1    4    5  0.087  0.276  0.261  0.537  0.059  4.52    1.7  0.189  0.000
Soriano            14    0    2    0    1    0    1    2    4  0.143  0.250  0.286  0.536  0.200  4.94    1.0  0.107  0.143
Fuld               12    1    2    0    0    0    0    3    2  0.167  0.333  0.167  0.500  0.200  4.20    0.7  0.167  0.000
Soto               13    0    1    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.077  0.200  0.077  0.277  0.083  3.73    0.2  0.123  0.000
Fontenot           10    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.100  0.100  0.100  0.200  0.111  4.00    0.1  0.000  0.000
Miles               7    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.125  0.000  0.125  0.000  4.38    0.0  0.125  0.000

Last 7 games      229   17   50   11    3    5   17   28   54  0.218  0.309  0.358  0.667  0.265  4.06   25.3  0.091  0.101
Season totals    4191  533 1060  219   27  130  511  451  923  0.253  0.330  0.411  0.740  0.296  3.84  567.4  0.077  0.167

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

08/17 - 08/23        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              2.7    1    0    0    0    3    0    40    27  0.68  15.0    3    2  0.60    0    0  0.00  0.00 10.13  0.00  0.38  0.00
Grabow              3.3    0    0    0    2    1    0    51    26  0.51  15.3    6    3  0.67    2    0  0.00  5.40  2.70  0.00  0.60  0.00
Harden              7.0    1    0    0    3    8    0   103    62  0.60  14.7    6    6  0.50    0    0  0.00  3.86 10.29  0.00  0.57  0.00
Heilman             2.3    2    0    0    0    0    0    25    17  0.68  10.7    3    3  0.50    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.86  0.00
Wells               6.7    7    2    0    2    3    0   106    66  0.62  15.9    8    7  0.53    0    0  0.00  2.70  4.05  0.00  1.35  0.00
Lilly              12.0    7    2    2    1    9    2   150   103  0.69  12.5   10   16  0.38    0    0  0.00  0.75  6.75  1.50  0.67  1.50
Dempster           14.0   11    5    4    4   15    1   222   138  0.62  15.9   14   12  0.54    0    0  0.00  2.57  9.64  0.64  1.07  2.57
Gorzelanny          5.0    5    2    2    1    4    0   822    52  0.06 164.4    7    4  0.64    0    0  0.00  1.80  7.20  0.00  1.20  3.60
Marshall            1.0    2    1    1    0    1    0    26    20  0.77  26.0    0    2  0.00    0    0  0.00  0.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Caridad             1.0    3    1    1    0    2    0    25    18  0.72  25.0    0    1  0.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 18.00  0.00  3.00  9.00
Gregg               1.7    2    4    4    2    0    1    38    21  0.55  22.8    3    2  0.60    0    0  0.00 10.80  0.00  5.40  2.40 21.60
Guzman              2.0    4    6    6    3    3    2    42    20  0.48  21.0    2    1  0.67    0    0  0.00 13.50 13.50  9.00  3.50 27.00

Last 7 games       58.7   45   23   20   18   49    6  1650   570  0.35  28.1   62   59  0.51    2    0  0.00  2.76  7.52  0.92  1.07  3.07
season totals    1099.0 1005  514  474  455  943  130 19176 11931  0.62  17.4 1168 1119  0.51  172   46  0.27  3.73  7.72  1.06  1.33  3.88

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

04/06 - 08/23        P   PA  P/PA
Fukudome          1856  447  4.15
Fontenot          1471  357  4.12
Bradley           1598  389  4.11
Scales             270   66  4.09
Fuld               258   64  4.03
Soto              1184  299  3.96
D Lee             1876  474  3.96
Freel              125   32  3.91
Baker              352   91  3.87
Ramirez            812  211  3.85
Soriano           1927  503  3.83
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Hoffpauir          723  193  3.75
Theriot           1930  524  3.68
K. Hill            784  213  3.68
Fox                627  171  3.67
Miles              563  156  3.61
Johnson            595  166  3.58
Blanco             358  106  3.38

CUBS             18297 4763  3.84

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

04/06 - 08/23      BDI  LOB   RBI%
D Lee               59  185  0.242
Ramirez             28   91  0.235
Fox                 24   79  0.233
Fukudome            36  127  0.221
Theriot             40  164  0.196
Soriano             33  168  0.164
Baker                9   46  0.164
Johnson             16   83  0.162
Bradley             23  127  0.153
Fontenot            27  158  0.146
Hoffpauir           17  101  0.144
Blanco               8   50  0.138
Soto                20  125  0.138
Scales               4   29  0.121
K. Hill             14  103  0.120
Miles                5   66  0.070
Freel                1   17  0.056
Gathright            0    6  0.000
Fuld                 0   23  0.000

CUBS               381 1894  0.167

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis      47
Milwaukee      38
Houston        38
Cincinnati     30
Pittsburgh     30

Wild Card Race

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Colorado        70      54     0.565     ---
San Francisco   67      57     0.540     3.0
Atlanta         66      58     0.532     4.0
Florida         65      59     0.524     5.0
CUBS            62      60     0.508     7.0
Houston         61      63     0.492     9.0
Milwaukee       60      63     0.488     9.5
NY Mets         57      67     0.460    13.0
Arizona         55      70     0.440    15.5
Cincinnati      52      71     0.423    17.5

Go CUBS !!!

RedFlash · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

Little Slide Rooter · August 24, 2009

Hopefully Z can continue the trend of strong starts, and the offense can stop their trend of of sucking. Lilly and Wells deserved to win their games, and Gorz was very strong as well, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices to Aaron Miles up to the plate.

gflore34 · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

I'd like to see him given the buried deeply on the bench with concrete shoes treatment.

Edited August 24, 2009 by gflore34

fromthestretch · August 24, 2009

Crap. I'm going to be stuck watching the local broadcast here for all three games, which means having to listen to Rob Dibble.

chuckywang · August 24, 2009

Crap. I'm going to be stuck watching the local broadcast here for all three games, which means having to listen to Rob Dibble.

He doesn't want to be treated like a man!

Garwilly · August 24, 2009

OK, starting NOW!

SouthSideRyan · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

I'd like to see him go on the DL with his legit knee issue.

jersey cubs fan · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

I'd like to see him go on the DL with his legit knee issue.

If he had a legit DL-able knee injury, why wouldn't he have already gone on the DL? He doesn't have a games played clause for his contract. He's not an irreplacable force in the lineup. He doesn't have some sort of games played streak. They haven't shied away from using the DL for other players.

SouthSideRyan · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

I'd like to see him go on the DL with his legit knee issue.

If he had a legit DL-able knee injury, why wouldn't he have already gone on the DL? He doesn't have a games played clause for his contract. He's not an irreplacable force in the lineup. He doesn't have some sort of games played streak. They haven't shied away from using the DL for other players.

Stubbornness on his part. I didn't say I necessarily think this is the issue, just hopeful.

JonJayCutler · August 24, 2009

I trust Jake Fox will get the start in left and Soriano remains on the bench where he belongs. Other than that, I have little doubt we can at least take 2 from the Nationals, but the games will mean as much to us as they do to them.

Personally, I would like to see Soriano given the "Andres Blanco" treatment, and go on the DL because of an "injury."

I'd like to see him go on the DL with his legit knee issue.

If he had a legit DL-able knee injury, why wouldn't he have already gone on the DL? He doesn't have a games played clause for his contract. He's not an irreplacable force in the lineup. He doesn't have some sort of games played streak. They haven't shied away from using the DL for other players.

Stubbornness on his part. I didn't say I necessarily think this is the issue, just hopeful.

Yeah, if there is one thing we can't get on Soriano about, its his desire to play the game. The problem is he is not always smart while playing it.

coldsteel · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/picardchair.jpg

Garwilly · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/coldsteel73/picardchair.jpg

Which game is rained out? :D

jersey cubs fan · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

Which game is rained out? :D

Huh? They have a 10 game homestand no?

If they do go 10-0, they still don't really make up enough ground unless STL and/or COL go 4-5 during the same stretch of games.

SouthSideRyan · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

Which game is rained out? :D

Huh? They have a 10 game homestand no?

If they do go 10-0, they still don't really make up enough ground unless STL and/or COL go 4-5 during the same stretch of games.

We don't need that kind of collapse if they play that out of their minds. Catching the Cardinals basically requires a sweep of them in that 3 game set. So, the Cubs need to make up 5 games somewhere else. Making up all 5 of those in one stretch isn't really necessary.

jersey cubs fan · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

Which game is rained out? :D

Huh? They have a 10 game homestand no?

If they do go 10-0, they still don't really make up enough ground unless STL and/or COL go 4-5 during the same stretch of games.

We don't need that kind of collapse if they play that out of their minds. Catching the Cardinals basically requires a sweep of them in that 3 game set. So, the Cubs need to make up 5 games somewhere else. Making up all 5 of those in one stretch isn't really necessary.

That 3 game stretch ain't gonna get it done.

Garwilly · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

Which game is rained out? :D

Huh? They have a 10 game homestand no?

If they do go 10-0, they still don't really make up enough ground unless STL and/or COL go 4-5 during the same stretch of games.

We don't need that kind of collapse if they play that out of their minds. Catching the Cardinals basically requires a sweep of them in that 3 game set. So, the Cubs need to make up 5 games somewhere else. Making up all 5 of those in one stretch isn't really necessary.

That 3 game stretch ain't gonna get it done.

Which is why they have to make up 5 more games, though all 5 are not needed in the next ten games.

Garwilly · August 25, 2009

10-0 homestand and we are right back in this thing. Make it so.

Which game is rained out? :D

Huh? They have a 10 game homestand no?

If they do go 10-0, they still don't really make up enough ground unless STL and/or COL go 4-5 during the same stretch of games.

Yeah, I'm an idiot.

haubrich91 · August 25, 2009

If we won every game this homestand, the Cardinals would probably go 9-1.

Schwarber Fan · August 25, 2009

If we won every game this homestand, the Cardinals would probably go 9-1.

Haha, no chance they'd lose a game

they'd find a way to go 11-0

Transmogrified Tiger · August 25, 2009

If we won every game this homestand, the Cardinals would probably go 9-1.

Haha, no chance they'd lose a game

they'd find a way to go 11-0

I understand this is enjoyable or a release for some, and I don't want to presume to tell people how to post. Just understand that the tongue-in-cheek exaggerations about the Cardinals doing well or the Cubs doing poorly are extremely irritating to many people, especially with how often they are seen in various forums.

8/25 Washington (Mock) @ Cubs (Zambrano), 7 p.m. CDT CSN+ TV

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