04/14 Brewers (Bush) vs. Cubs (Wells) 1:20 CSN

[soccer10k]

Second game of the series.

 

Follows an off day.

 

Please pitch well again, bullpen.

 

Please score some runs again, offense.

 

Go Cubs.

[bukie]

I'll be there Wednesday, and I haven't been at a Cub victory in 3 years.

[Keener98]

Ugh Im ready for the normal schedule of baseball. These Tuesday off days suck.

[erik316wttn]

Off days suck. They especially suck early in the season. I'm glad we're all done with the off day in the middle of a series crap for the rest of the season now (barring a rainout, of course.)

 

Go Cubs. Let's get back to .500!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I heard that guy from Notre Dame isn't ever going to give up another run.

[ctcf]

Hopefully Wells can put in another solid effort.

[Old Style]

Keep up this winning stuff.

[erik316wttn]

I heard that guy from Notre Dame isn't ever going to give up another run.

 

He's retiring tomorrow?

[Cubs Fan Dan]

I'll be there Wednesday, and I haven't been at a Cub victory in 3 years.

 

 

And you are going why??????????

 

Do everything you normally do on the games you have gone to, but do the opposite!

[CubbieBum]

I'll be there Wednesday, and I haven't been at a Cub victory in 3 years.

 

 

And you are going why??????????

 

Do everything you normally do on the games you have gone to, but do the opposite!

 

He can't do both.

[Omar]

I'll be there Wednesday, and I haven't been at a Cub victory in 3 years.

 

 

And you are going why??????????

 

Do everything you normally do on the games you have gone to, but do the opposite!

 

He can't do both.

 

How about just not go to the game?

[Cubswin11]

I heard that guy from Notre Dame isn't ever going to give up another run.

 

He's retiring tomorrow?

Or he'll be sent down to the minors and never appear in MLB again? I am 100% OK with either.

[Andy]

How the hell are we only 2 games out of first?

[DiamondMind]

It's odd how much confidence I have in Wells these days.

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

 

Well, the CUBS won their home opener !!! In the process, they broke their string of 5 consecutive quality starts. Just in case anybody cares, the last time the CUBS strung together 6 QS in a row........ last year they had 8 in a row !! .... and all on the road.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.50  Tue 06/02  @ Atlanta       N   5- 6  Wells           Kawakami      
.51  Wed 06/03  @ Atlanta       N   3- 2  Lilly           Lowe          
.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        
.55  Tue 06/09  @ Houston       N   7- 1  Lilly           Moehler       
.56  Wed 06/10  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.57  Thu 06/11  @ Houston           1- 2  Dempster        Ortiz         

 

 

 

Yesterday's 13 hits was a season high for the CUBS, and the first time since last fall when they got 14 hits against ......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
145  Thu 09/17    Milwaukee         4- 7  Wells           Bush          

 

 

 

 

The 5 runs that the CUBS scored in the third was also a season high, and the first time since they scored 5 runs in the 6th inning last year against........ (who else).......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
143  Tue 09/15    Milwaukee     N  13- 7  Zambrano        Gallardo      

 

 

 

The CUBS 4 stolen bases was their most since 2008 when they had 6 in one game .................

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.59  Tue 06/03  @ San Diego     N   9- 6  Marquis         Ledezma       

 

 

Some of the numbers are improving................

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..69 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.625 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.255 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.532 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1319 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
.116 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
..46 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.116 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..69 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
3.86 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.92 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
14.6 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.355 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
30.0 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.223 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.303 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.388 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.691 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

 

 

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

 

04/05 - 04/12        P   PA  P/PA
Ramirez            138   31  4.45
D Lee              129   29  4.45
Nady                43   10  4.30
Theriot            130   31  4.19
Colvin              49   12  4.08
Fukudome            87   22  3.95
Soriano             97   25  3.88
Soto                69   18  3.83
K Hill              25    7  3.57
Baker               32    9  3.56
Fontenot            60   17  3.53
Tracy               17    5  3.40
Byrd                79   25  3.16

CUBS              1003  257  3.90

 

 

 

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

 

04/05 - 04/12      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Nady                 3    3  0.500
D Lee                3    7  0.300
Baker                1    4  0.200
Fukudome             1    4  0.200
Byrd                 3   15  0.167
Ramirez              3   18  0.143
Theriot              1    6  0.143
Fontenot             0    2  0.000
Colvin               0    6  0.000
Soto                 0    2  0.000
K Hill               0    4  0.000
Soriano              0    9  0.000
Tracy                0    5  0.000

CUBS                15   88  0.146

 

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis     158
Cincinnati    157
Milwaukee     156
Pittsburgh    156
Houston       153

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

© 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

Randy Wells had 3 starts against Milwaukee last year (1-1)..........

 

Wells                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/08  vs. Milw        5.0    5    0    0    2    5    0    84    51  0.61  16.8    5    5  0.50  3.60  9.00  0.00  1.40  0.00
09/17  vs. Milw        4.0    5    5    5    5    4    1    80    43  0.54  20.0    2    5  0.29 11.25  9.00  2.25  2.50 11.25
09/22  vs. Milw        6.0    7    1    1    0    5    1    89    56  0.63  14.8    6    7  0.46  0.00  7.50  1.50  1.17  1.50

totals vs. Milw       15.0   17    6    6    7   14    2   253   150  0.59  16.9   13   17  0.43  4.20  8.40  1.20  1.60  3.60
season totals        165.3  166   67   58   46  104   14  2543  1595  0.63  15.4  215  167  0.56  2.50  5.66  0.76  1.28  3.16

 

 

 

CUBS' hitters against Bush last year............

 

vs Bush            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Scales              1    1    1    0    1    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  3.000  4.000  1.000  4.00    3.0  0.000  0.000
Fukudome           11    3    6    2    0    1    3    0    3  0.545  0.545  1.000  1.545  0.714  3.36    6.0  0.000  0.667
Baker               4    1    2    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.667  3.50    1.0  0.000  0.333
Theriot             9    3    4    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.444  0.545  0.444  0.990  0.444  3.00    2.2  0.101  0.000
Bradley             8    1    2    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.250  0.333  0.625  0.958  0.200  3.78    1.7  0.083  0.000
Fontenot            5    2    1    0    0    0    0    3    2  0.200  0.500  0.200  0.700  0.333  4.00    0.5  0.300  0.000
Hoffpauir           5    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600  0.250  3.40    0.4  0.000  0.400
Soriano             5    1    1    1    0    0    1    0    0  0.200  0.167  0.400  0.567  0.200  2.67    0.3 -0.033  1.000
D Lee               7    1    1    1    0    0    1    1    0  0.143  0.250  0.286  0.536  0.143  3.75    0.5  0.107  0.333
Fox                 4    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  3.50    0.3  0.000  0.000
Ramirez             5    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.200  4.00    0.2  0.000  0.500
K. Hill             8    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.250  3.63    0.1  0.000  0.000
Miles               2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
Soto                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

CUBS               79   15   22    5    1    2   11    7   15  0.278  0.341  0.443  0.784  0.323  3.58   11.9  0.062  0.281

 

 

 

CUBS' hitters against Milwaukee last year..............

 

vs. Milw           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Freel               1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  3.00    1.0  0.000  0.000
D Lee              52   12   16    4    0    6   23   10    7  0.308  0.422  0.731  1.153  0.256  3.78   16.0  0.114  0.567
Scales             23    3    9    3    1    0    3    0    7  0.391  0.391  0.609  1.000  0.563  3.91    5.5  0.000  0.250
Gathright           0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000  0.000  6.00    0.0  1.000  0.000
Bradley            40    5   11    1    0    3    7    8    8  0.275  0.431  0.525  0.956  0.276  3.86    9.1  0.156  0.200
Fukudome           60   11   19    6    2    1    9    9   11  0.317  0.397  0.533  0.931  0.375  4.05   12.7  0.081  0.267
Fontenot           47    8   16    6    0    0    3    9   11  0.340  0.439  0.468  0.907  0.444  3.96    9.6  0.098  0.176
Ramirez            36    5    9    0    0    3    8    4    2  0.250  0.357  0.500  0.857  0.194  4.12    6.4  0.107  0.227
K. Hill            26    2    7    3    0    1    4    2    8  0.269  0.345  0.500  0.845  0.353  3.17    4.5  0.076  0.188
Theriot            61   16   20    3    0    0    2   14    6  0.328  0.461  0.377  0.838  0.364  3.51   10.6  0.133  0.069
Johnson             7    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.333  3.13    1.1  0.089  0.000
Baker              23    5    8    0    0    0    2    1    6  0.348  0.375  0.348  0.723  0.471  3.63    3.0  0.027  0.167
Fox                30    5    6    1    0    2    4    2    4  0.200  0.273  0.433  0.706  0.167  3.97    3.5  0.073  0.125
Soriano            38    5    7    1    0    3    8    3    7  0.184  0.238  0.447  0.685  0.143  4.19    4.0  0.054  0.263
Hoffpauir          22    1    4    2    0    1    5    2    6  0.182  0.250  0.409  0.659  0.200  3.96    2.3  0.068  0.190
Fuld               10    2    2    1    0    0    0    1    1  0.200  0.273  0.300  0.573  0.222  4.73    0.8  0.073  0.000
Soto               43    4    8    0    0    2    5    3   10  0.186  0.234  0.326  0.560  0.194  3.51    3.3  0.048  0.097
Blanco              4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  3.75    0.3  0.000  0.000
Miles              12    3    2    1    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.250  0.417  0.200  3.92    0.5  0.000  0.000
Taguchi             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  9.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Milw   574   93  154   33    3   23   87   72  108  0.268  0.356  0.456  0.812  0.296  3.80   93.2  0.088  0.202
season totals    5486  707 1397  292   29  161  678  592 1185  0.255  0.331  0.406  0.738  0.299  3.82  738.8  0.077  0.172

 

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee (1-0)............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..7  Mon 04/12    Milwaukee         9- 5  Dempster        Davis         
..8  Wed 04/14    Milwaukee          -    Wells           Bush          
..9  Thu 04/15    Milwaukee          -    Silva           Suppan        
.17  Fri 04/23  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Davis         
.18  Sat 04/24  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Wells           Bush          
.19  Sun 04/25  @ Milwaukee          -    Silva           Suppan        
.58  Tue 06/08  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Wells           Davis         
.59  Wed 06/09  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Silva           Bush          
.60  Thu 06/10  @ Milwaukee          -    Gorzelanny      Suppan        
106  Mon 08/02    Milwaukee     N    -    Zambrano        Gallardo      
107  Tue 08/03    Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Wolf          
108  Wed 08/04    Milwaukee          -    Wells           Davis         
141  Fri 09/10  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Zambrano        Gallardo      
142  Sat 09/11  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Dempster        Wolf          
143  Sun 09/12  @ Milwaukee          -    Wells           Davis         

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[pitchcs]

Lee out of the lineup for X today

[Andy]

Lee out of the lineup for X today

Full lineup:

 

Theriot

Fukudome

Ramirez

Byrd

Nady

Soriano

Fontenot

Soto

Wells

 

Also, Jeff Gray is with the Cubs per Carrie Muskat. She says to expect Caridad to go on the DL, I would assume with a made-up injury.

[CubColtPacer]

If Caridad is going to the DL, I doubt it is a made up injury. He wasn't on the list of the first couple of players to likely be sent down. He also is a 26 year old with all 3 option years left, so the Cubs would feel no need to protect him with a DL stint. If they felt he wasn't good enough, they would just use one of those options and send him to the minors to get some more work.

[Friendly Confines]

Lee out of the lineup for X today

 

I'm assuming this is because of his wrist? Is there any more info on this?

[tfarks]

Lee out of the lineup for X today

 

I'm assuming this is because of his wrist? Is there any more info on this?

 

Only thing I've seen is his x-rays were negative and he's day to day.

[Sammy Sofa]

Plus wasn't it his thumb as opposed to his wrist?

[inari]

Unlike you guys, I love off days off of a win. We get a chance to savor it! Now, it's time for our first winning streak.

[Keyris]

Plus wasn't it his thumb as opposed to his wrist?

 

It is his thumb, and the x-rays came up negative so he is day to day.

[pitchcs]

Here's where I got the Lee being out info, also Caridad:

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/04/cubs-put-reliever-caridad-on-dl-promote-gray.html

 

Also, on a kinda funny side note, LaTroy Hawkins was behind me in McDonald's line this morning while I was waiting for coffee (I didn't even know he was on The Crew). He was hanging with Zaun.