08/31 Houston (Oswalt) @ CUBS (Harden) 7:05 CDT, WGN TV

[illiniguy]

In the scope of things on this team, I'm sure Milton .819 OPS is why we are in the mess we are in. So he's had a bad year, yet his OPS is way above league average. What do you think he does next year, when he has a much better year? I sure hope we find out and its for us.

Where did I blame him for the mediocre season the Cubs have had?

 

If you really believed he was just a 'slight disappointment,' you wouldn't be on your soapbox as much as you are concerning Milton.

 

I also love how Milton now has an OPS approaching .820 and people are still bashing it. I guess he needs to have a triple crown type season next year to win the fans back, apparently.

lol @ my soapbox

 

And don't you get it? Cubs fans will nover love Milton because he's not white.

 

Yeah, you're right - we hated that Sosa guy

 

not to mention, Dawson and Banks

 

and Billy Williams

Chicago itself hates black athletes. Just ask Michael Jordan.

 

How the hell does that not get down?

[Schwarber Fan]

Said it a thousand times, there is NO team more frustrating to watch - in any sport.

[Keener98]

The 2 hard hit balls that inning were outs, and the bloop from Lee was a hit. Ugh

[Old Style]

In the scope of things on this team, I'm sure Milton .819 OPS is why we are in the mess we are in. So he's had a bad year, yet his OPS is way above league average. What do you think he does next year, when he has a much better year? I sure hope we find out and its for us.

Where did I blame him for the mediocre season the Cubs have had?

 

If you really believed he was just a 'slight disappointment,' you wouldn't be on your soapbox as much as you are concerning Milton.

 

I also love how Milton now has an OPS approaching .820 and people are still bashing it. I guess he needs to have a triple crown type season next year to win the fans back, apparently.

lol @ my soapbox

 

And don't you get it? Cubs fans will nover love Milton because he's not white.

 

Yeah, you're right - we hated that Sosa guy

 

not to mention, Dawson and Banks

 

and Billy Williams

[/facepalm]

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

D Lee flied to short right, safe at second on a fielding error, E9

A Ramirez flied out to center field , D Lee to third

Fukudome struck out swinging

Fox lined out to right field

 

0 runs 0 hits 1 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Houston: C Lee (22)

CUBS: none

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Oswalt        6.0  4  2  2  1  3  0  78

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harden        5.0  5  5  5  6  9  1  98
Heilman       1.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  19

[Fred Hornkohl]

           Houston        CUBS
P/PA          4.03        3.25
RBI%          0.24        0.17
R/BR          0.38        0.40
BA           0.300       0.174
OBP          0.481       0.208
SLG          0.500       0.217
OPS          0.981       0.426
ERA           3.00        7.50
BB/9          1.50       10.50
K/9           4.50       15.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pittsburgh     3
Cincinnati     4  F

Atlanta        5
Florida        1  9

Pittsburgh     3
Cincinnati     4  7

Arizona        0
Los Angeles    0  9:05

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 1-21 when they trail by 3 runs or more at the end of the 6th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Mike Aller]

CUBS are 1-21 when they trail by 3 runs or more at the end of the 6th inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

Ouch :(

[Fred Hornkohl]

Berkman blooped a single to center field

[hardcorecubfan]

Hey, I have the real rookie card of Billy Williams, my favorite player and oh ya, he is black. (see above post for reference)

[Fred Hornkohl]

C Lee grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Berkman out at second

[Prizefight]

Glad to see I didn't miss much at my night class. Turned on the game just in time to see a runner at 2nd with no outs not score. You've got to admire the Cubs consistency

[illiniguy]

Glad to see I didn't miss much at my night class. Turned on the game just in time to see a runner at 2nd with no outs not score. You've got to admire the Cubs consistency

It's what we do.

[Schwarber Fan]

Rangers down 11-0 in the 5th, put up a 7 spot and are right back in it

 

Meanwhile, the Cubs and their lineup who's payroll is triple the Rangers probably are gonna be unable to erase a 5 run deficit in 5 innings to the Astros

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Berkman blooped a single to center field

C Lee grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Berkman out at second

Tejada struck out swinging

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Houston: C Lee (22)

CUBS: none

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Oswalt        6.0  4  2  2  1  3  0  78

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harden        5.0  5  5  5  6  9  1  98
Heilman       2.0  2  0  0  1  2  0  31

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pittsburgh     3
Cincinnati     4  F

Atlanta        5
Florida        2  F

Pittsburgh     3
Cincinnati     4  8

Arizona        0
Los Angeles    0  9:05

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Rangers down 11-0 in the 5th, put up a 7 spot and are right back in it

 

Meanwhile, the Cubs and their lineup who's payroll is triple the Rangers probably are gonna be unable to erase a 5 run deficit in 5 innings to the Astros

 

Down 4 runs in the 6th = "right back in it"

 

Down 5 runs in the 5th = probably hopeless?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Baker              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        22    7   10    1    1    3    3    1    4  0.455  0.478  1.000  1.478  0.467  3.52   10.5  0.024  0.000
bases empty        49   10   21    7    1    3    3    4   10  0.429  0.472  0.796  1.268  0.500  3.57   18.4  0.043  0.000
Late (7th on)      35    7   11    2    0    2    3    3    9  0.314  0.385  0.543  0.927  0.375  4.23    7.3  0.070  0.050
0 outs             29    8   12    2    1    3    7    2    5  0.414  0.452  0.862  1.314  0.429  3.90   11.3  0.038  0.444
CUBS trailing      36    5   11    3    1    1    3    3   15  0.306  0.375  0.528  0.903  0.500  4.25    7.1  0.069  0.118
last 10 games      20    4    4    1    0    1    1    3    8  0.200  0.304  0.400  0.704  0.273  4.13    2.4  0.104  0.000
August             60   11   21    5    1    2    7    5   15  0.350  0.409  0.567  0.976  0.442  3.77   13.9  0.059  0.143
Home               53    9   18    3    0    3    9    7   16  0.340  0.417  0.566  0.983  0.441  3.92   12.5  0.077  0.200
Nite               50    6   15    4    0    1    3    1   14  0.300  0.327  0.440  0.767  0.400  3.73    7.2  0.027  0.065
vs Right           57    8   17    5    1    1    6    6   19  0.298  0.365  0.474  0.839  0.432  4.19    9.9  0.067  0.128
vs Oswalt           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
vs. Houst           8    1    2    2    0    0    0    1    1  0.250  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.286  3.56    1.3  0.083  0.000
Mike Reilly         1    1    1    0    0    1    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  4.000  5.000  0.000  3.00    4.0  0.000  0.000

season totals      94   14   29    8    1    3   12    8   26  0.309  0.369  0.511  0.880  0.400  3.89   17.7  0.060  0.150

[Sammys Boombox]

So the team that has gone 1-6 their last 7 games with the pitcher who has not won in the division yet on the bump is going to beat the team that has one of the best starters of the second half going despite the fact I'm pretty sure the Cubs have a higher line-drive percentage than the Astros tonight. Lovely.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Baker singled to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

K. Hill            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
runners on         94   10   22    4    1    1   18   20   32  0.234  0.371  0.330  0.700  0.344  3.97   11.5  0.137  0.140
Late (7th on)      72    7   19    4    1    1    6    3   23  0.264  0.303  0.389  0.692  0.375  3.56    8.5  0.039  0.132
0 outs             68   12   23    3    2    1    5    2   16  0.338  0.352  0.485  0.837  0.431  3.22   11.6  0.014  0.174
CUBS trailing      65    7   13    1    0    2    5    7   21  0.200  0.278  0.308  0.585  0.262  4.06    5.6  0.078  0.081
last 10 games      14    2    6    3    0    0    3    5    2  0.429  0.579  0.643  1.222  0.500  4.11    5.2  0.150  0.375
August             53    8   16    5    1    0    7    6   17  0.302  0.373  0.434  0.807  0.444  3.61    8.6  0.071  0.250
Home               83   10   22    4    2    1    9   14   22  0.265  0.367  0.398  0.765  0.350  3.56   12.1  0.102  0.160
Nite              108   11   24    6    0    0   10    9   37  0.222  0.282  0.278  0.560  0.338  3.82    8.5  0.060  0.167
vs Right          159   19   38    7    1    2   15   22   56  0.239  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.356  3.83   17.7  0.094  0.130
vs Oswalt           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
vs. Houst          23    1    4    0    0    0    2    3    7  0.174  0.259  0.174  0.433  0.250  3.44    1.0  0.085  0.125
Mike Reilly         3    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833  1.000  4.25    0.5  0.167  0.000

season totals     196   21   47   10    2    2   19   24   63  0.240  0.324  0.342  0.666  0.344  3.73   21.7  0.085  0.140

[Schwarber Fan]

It's the same movie every day

[Fred Hornkohl]

K Hill grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Baker out at second

[OleMissCub]

Billy Williams was really good. That's all.