4/11 Cubs (Gorzelanny) @ Reds (Leake) 12:10 CST CSN+

[erik316wttn]

Winning is fun. I have recorded my first game thread win in more than 22 months. The Cubs had a solid start from Z and a good come-from-behind win, capped by Baker's 8th inning tiebreaking HR.

 

The Cubs send former Pirate Tom Gorzelanny to the mound

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Gorzelanny is making his 2010 debut

 

He opposes Cincinnati hurler Mike Leake.

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Leake is making his Major League debut, and is the first pitcher to skip the minors completely since Darren Driefort back in 1994. He was drafted 8th overall in the 2009 draft out of Arizona State.

 

Let's go Cubs! Let's start our first winning streak of 2010!

 

And because it worked so well last time, here again is the picture of a gorilla giving the finger.

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/Mason039.jpg

 

Edited April 11, 2010 by erik316wttn

[Roast]

$%^&*(

 

CSN+ is apparently the one channel I am incapable of watching a game on. Blah. Oh well, GO CUBS!

[erik316wttn]

Let's take a Leake!

[Andy]

How the hell are we only two games out of first?

[haubrich91]

Hopefully I can find a stream online tomorrow.

 

Win the series!

[Guest]

Why do I find those two posts being back to back mildly humorous?

[bcl412]

I'd take a .500 road trip to open the year and I'll also take a soft tossing left against a Dusty managed team. I like our chances tomorrow.

[erik316wttn]

I'd take a .500 road trip to open the year and I'll also take a soft tossing left against a Dusty managed team. I like our chances tomorrow.

 

Don't get so confident.... soft-tossing lefties have done terrible things to us in the past few years.

[bcl412]

I'd take a .500 road trip to open the year and I'll also take a soft tossing left against a Dusty managed team. I like our chances tomorrow.

 

Don't get so confident.... soft-tossing lefties have done terrible things to us in the past few years.

 

I'm not 100 % confident in a win, individual baseball games are nothing but slightly weighted coin flips. I just think the weighted coin favors us tomorrow.

[Sammy Sofa]

There's not a type of pitcher that exists that hasn't done terrible things to the Cubs, so dwelling on any one type is pretty redundant at this point.

[CubbieBum]

Read his post again. He says he would take a soft tossing lefty against a Dusty managed team i.e. the Reds. He is talking about Gorz going against the Reds, not Leake against the Cubs. Leake is a righty.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful West Monroe, LA !!!

 

Quality starts are highly overrated !!! The CUBS now have 4 consecutive quality starts, but they're 2-2 in those 4 games. The last time the CUBS had 4 consecutive quality starts.........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
130  Tue 09/01    Houston       N   4- 1  Wells           Moehler       
131  Wed 09/02    Houston           2- 0  Lilly           Paulino       
132  Thu 09/03    Chicago (AL)  N   0- 5  Dempster        Torres        
133  Fri 09/04  @ New York      N   2- 6  Zambrano        Parnell       

 

Last year, and they won 2 out of those 4 games, too.

 

I just love small sample sizes. Did you know that the...........

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..65 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.551 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.259 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.389 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1231 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
..32 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
..65 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.130 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..97 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
3.40 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.97 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
13.8 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.362 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
31.3 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.204 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.272 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.369 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.641 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

CUBS season series against Cincinnati (1-1)......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/09  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 5  Silva           Bailey        
..5  Sat 04/10  @ Cincinnati        4- 3  Zambrano        Harang        
..6  Sun 04/11  @ Cincinnati         -    Gorzelanny      Leake         
.30  Fri 05/07  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Gorzelanny      Leake         
.31  Sat 05/08  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano        Harang        
.32  Sun 05/09  @ Cincinnati         -    Dempster        Cueto         
.79  Thu 07/01    Cincinnati         -    Silva           Bailey        
.80  Fri 07/02    Cincinnati         -    Gorzelanny      Leake         
.81  Sat 07/03    Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Harang        
.82  Sun 07/04    Cincinnati         -    Dempster        Cueto         
109  Fri 08/06    Cincinnati         -    Silva           Bailey        
110  Sat 08/07    Cincinnati         -    Gorzelanny      Leake         
111  Sun 08/08    Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Harang        
129  Fri 08/27  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Silva           Bailey        
130  Sat 08/28  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Gorzelanny      Leake         
131  Sun 08/29  @ Cincinnati         -    Zambrano        Harang        

 

CUBS season series vs. Cincinnati last year (10-5)..........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.12  Tue 04/21    Cincinnati    N   7- 2  Harden          Owings        
.13  Wed 04/22    Cincinnati    N   0- 3  Lilly           Cueto         
.14  Thu 04/23    Cincinnati        1- 7  Zambrano        Harang        
.52  Fri 06/05  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 1  Zambrano        Owings        
.53  Sat 06/06  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 4  Dempster        Volquez       
.54  Sun 06/07  @ Cincinnati        6- 3  Wells           Arroyo        
.94  Fri 07/24    Cincinnati        8- 5  Wells           Harang        
.95  Sat 07/25    Cincinnati        5- 3  Hart            Cueto         
.96  Sun 07/26    Cincinnati        5- 2  Harden          Owings        
104  Mon 08/03  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 2  Wells           Harang        
105  Tue 08/04  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 3  Gorzelanny      Cueto         
106  Wed 08/05  @ Cincinnati    N   0- 4  Harden          Lehr          
139  Fri 09/11    Cincinnati        6- 4  Harden          Lehr          
140  Sat 09/12    Cincinnati        5- 7  Wells           Cueto         
141  Sun 09/13    Cincinnati        5- 2  Lilly           Bailey        

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[CubbieBum]

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005

[b].551 runs                           711   857   752   716   703[/b]
[b].259 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194[/b]
[b]3.97 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61[/b]

 

 

The top two things everyone already knew. We are hitting home runs but they are almost all solo shots. However, the third stat is very surprising to me. Basically we are being patient and seeing pitches. This is somewhat alarming to me because it means we are being patient at the plate but not hitting still.

[Sammy Sofa]

Why would that be alarming? It should be encouraging because it would suggest that you'll see more hitting if that trend continues.

[UMFan83]

$%^&*(

 

CSN+ is apparently the one channel I am incapable of watching a game on. Blah. Oh well, GO CUBS!

 

Bizarre that in the first week of the season we had 2 games on CSN+, 1 game on WCIU, and only 1 game on WGN.

[NCCubFan]

$%^&*(

 

CSN+ is apparently the one channel I am incapable of watching a game on. Blah. Oh well, GO CUBS!

 

Bizarre that in the first week of the season we had 2 games on CSN+, 1 game on WCIU, and only 1 game on WGN.

Two games on WGN (Friday and Saturday).

[CubbieBum]

Why would that be alarming? It should be encouraging because it would suggest that you'll see more hitting if that trend continues.

 

True. I was meaning more short term. Long term it means we are being patient and we should start hitting better but short term it means we just aren't swinging well (or getting extremely, extremely unlucky).

[UMFan83]

$%^&*(

 

CSN+ is apparently the one channel I am incapable of watching a game on. Blah. Oh well, GO CUBS!

 

Bizarre that in the first week of the season we had 2 games on CSN+, 1 game on WCIU, and only 1 game on WGN.

Two games on WGN (Friday and Saturday).

 

Bah, I didn't watch today's game but for some reason I assumed it was on CSN.

[DiamondMind]

Well Leake should sure be interesting, he's what, 22?

[erik316wttn]

Is Leake really this much of a phenom that they feel he didn't need any sort of Minor League experience at all?

[illiniguy]

Is Leake really this much of a phenom that they feel he didn't need any sort of Minor League experience at all?

FWIW he had amazing college numbers, but many don't think he has the kind of stuff to be very good at the big league level. Now that I've said that I imagine he 3 hits us.

[dew1679666265]

Why would that be alarming? It should be encouraging because it would suggest that you'll see more hitting if that trend continues.

 

True. I was meaning more short term. Long term it means we are being patient and we should start hitting better but short term it means we just aren't swinging well (or getting extremely, extremely unlucky).

 

We have a team BABIP so far of .212. With a 12 LD%.

[Rusch33]

Cubs Lineup

 

Theriot 6, Fukudome 9, Lee 3, Ramirez 5, Byrd 8, Soriano 7, Fontenot 4, Soto 2, Gorzelanny 1

 

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Reds lineup

 

Stubbs 8, Cabrera 6, Votto 3, Phillips 4, Rolen 5, Hernandez 2, Gomes 7, Dickerson 9, Leake 1.

[Fred Hornkohl]

04/05 - 04/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Theriot            20    2    3    0    0    0    1    0    5  0.150  0.143  0.150  0.293  0.200  3.95    0.4 -0.007  0.167
Fukudome           16    3    5    1    0    1    2    1    2  0.313  0.353  0.563  0.915  0.308  4.00    3.2  0.040  0.200
D Lee              16    3    5    0    0    1    2    4    4  0.313  0.476  0.500  0.976  0.364  4.62    3.8  0.164  0.250
Ramirez            19    1    3    0    0    1    3    1    7  0.158  0.190  0.316  0.506  0.182  4.43    1.1  0.033  0.200
Byrd               15    2    2    0    0    2    4    1    2  0.133  0.188  0.533  0.721  0.000  3.31    1.5  0.054  0.286
Soriano            17    2    3    1    0    1    1    0    4  0.176  0.176  0.412  0.588  0.167  4.12    1.2  0.000  0.000
Fontenot           13    1    5    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.385  0.385  0.385  0.769  0.417  3.62    1.9  0.000  0.000
Soto                9    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.111  0.200  0.111  0.311  0.200  4.20    0.2  0.089  0.000

Totals            125   14   27    2    0    6   13    8   29  0.216  0.265  0.376  0.641  0.233  4.07   12.4  0.049  0.171

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005

[b].551 runs                           711   857   752   716   703[/b]
[b].259 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194[/b]
[b]3.97 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61[/b]

 

 

The top two things everyone already knew. We are hitting home runs but they are almost all solo shots. However, the third stat is very surprising to me. Basically we are being patient and seeing pitches. This is somewhat alarming to me because it means we are being patient at the plate but not hitting still.

 

What I find alarming is that you think you can use html functions like bold inside a literal code block. :scratch: