6/15 Athletics (Cahill) @ Cubs (Z) RAIN DELAY CSN/XM187

sweetpeteman · June 14, 2010

Trevor Cahill, RHP (5-2, 2.91)

Athletics (32-33)

@

Carlos Zambrano, RHP (2-4, 6.05)

Cubs (28-35)

Athletics: Cahill turned in one of the finest performances of his career in his last start, a 6-1 win over the Angels. The 22-year-old right-hander tossed a career-high eight innings, allowing an earned run on six hits and a walk while striking out four. Since taking over for an injured Justin Duchscherer in Oakland's rotation, Cahill has proved to be one of the A's most consistent pitchers. He's thrown a quality start in each of his last six outings, going 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA in that span.

Cubs: Zambrano gave up two hits in five innings in his last start against the Brewers but he also walked five. He was pulled after throwing 88 pitches. It was his second start since returning to the rotation after 13 relief appearances. The Cubs are hoping that with more starts, he'll improve his command. He has faced the Athletics once, and that was in 2004. So far this season. Zambrano is 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA at home and 2-3 with a 6.91 ERA on the road. Those numbers include his relief appearances.

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Edited June 15, 2010 by sweetpeteman

Fred Hornkohl · June 14, 2010

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

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CUBS are 2-6 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 4-7 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Oakland

CUBS are 3-3 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 5-11 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 11-16 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 8-12 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-5-0 in home series

CUBS have lost 5 consecutive series

CUBS are 2-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 14-17 at night

CUBS are 15-15 at home

CUBS are 19-26 against right handers

CUBS are 21-17 when they get a quality start.... 7-18 when they don't

CUBS are 13-25 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 15-10 when they don't

CUBS are 22-10 when they score first in the game.... 6-25 when they don't

CUBS are 7-5 when they score in the first inning.... 21-30 when they don't

CUBS are 26-16 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 2-19 when they do

CUBS are 24-9 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-26 when they don't

CUBS are 18-13 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-22 when they don't

CUBS are 18-16 when they outhit the opponent.... 8-16 when they get outhit.... 2-3 when the hits are even

CUBS are 6-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 22-29 when he doesn't

CUBS are 9-15 in one run games .... 3-7 in two runs games

CUBS are 12-17 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-18 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 24-18 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 4-17 when they don't

CUBS are 12-12 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 16-23 when they don't

CUBS are 19-14 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 9-21 when he doesn't

CUBS are 21-15 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 7-20 when he doesn't

CUBS are 22-29 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 6-6 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 14-10 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..72 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.671 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.152 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.514 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1152 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
..77 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
.136 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.111 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..51 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
4.14 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.82 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
17.0 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.338 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
32.1 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.259 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.326 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.404 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.729 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

CUBS are 20-19 when they get at least 8 hits .... 8-16 when they don't

CUBS are 26-26 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-9 when they don't

CUBS are 15-7 when they steal a base.... 13-28 when they don't

CUBS are 9-12 when they execute a sac bunt.... 19-23 when they don't

CUBS are 17-17 when they GIDP.... 11-18 when they don't

CUBS are 11-17 when they commit one or more errors.... 17-18 when they don't

CUBS are 24-29 when they hit at least one double.... 4-6 when they don't

CUBS are 7-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 21-31 when they don't

CUBS are 11-4 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 17-31 when they don't

CUBS are 10-10 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-25 when they don't

CUBS are 13-10 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 15-25 when they don't

CUBS are 11-11 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 17-24 when they don't

CUBS are 8-21 when the opponent steals a base.... 20-14 when they don't

CUBS are 5-15 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 23-20 when they don't

CUBS are 17-16 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 11-19 when they don't

CUBS are 19-17 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 9-18 when they don't

CUBS are 6-6 when the opponent triples.... 22-29 when they don't

CUBS are 3-11 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 25-24 when they don't

CUBS are 3-7 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 25-28 when they don't

CUBS are 8-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 20-24 when they don't

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 42 of their last 50 games

CUBS have Kd more than 9 times five times in their last 55 games

CUBS have stolen 16 bases in their last 25 games

CUBS have been caught stealing 7 times in their last 15 games

CUBS opponents have committed 26 errors in their last 28 games

CUBS have scored first in 15 of their last 24 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 8 batters in their last 6 games

CUBS have used 50 lineups in 63 games

CUBS have used identical lineups in consecutive games 4 times

CUBS most frequent lineup has been used 6 times

CUBS are 1-5 with their most frequent lineup.....

Theriot, ss
Fukudome, rf
D Lee, 1b
Ramirez, 3b
Byrd, cf
Soriano, lf
Fontenot, 2b
Soto, c

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 04/05  @ Atlanta           5-16  Zambrano        Lowe          
..2  Wed 04/07  @ Atlanta       N   2- 3  Dempster        Jurrjens      
..5  Sat 04/10  @ Cincinnati        4- 3  Zambrano        Harang        
..6  Sun 04/11  @ Cincinnati        1- 3  Gorzelanny      Leake         
.11  Sat 04/17    Houston           3- 4  Gorzelanny      Oswalt        
.23  Thu 04/29    Arizona           5-13  Lilly           Kennedy

CUBS home attendance

                  2010          2009          2008          2007          2006
# Dates             30            30            30            30            30
Attendance     1157947       1191420       1205321       1172319       1188881
Capacity         41210         41210         41210         41118         41118
% Capacity      0.9366        0.9637        0.9749        0.9504        0.9638
Average          38598         39714         40177         39077         39629
High             41353         41509         41686         41637         41698
Low              33868         37956         37812         32126         36608
Std Dev         2005.2         962.5         947.8        2361.5        1298.0
Sellouts             2             1            10             5             3

33001 - 34000        1
34001 - 35000        1
35001 - 36000        2
36001 - 37000        2
37001 - 38000        5
38001 - 39000        5
39001 - 40000        4
40001 - 41000        6
more than 41000      4

CUBS' starting rotation......

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

Zambrano       6     2- 4     2    0.333     28.7      571    19.9    4.8     95.2    6.91    4.17
Dempster      13     4- 9     8    0.615     89.0     1382    15.5    6.8    106.3    3.74    3.92
Wells         13     6- 7     6    0.462     71.7     1143    15.9    5.5     87.9    5.15    4.23
Silva         12    10- 2     9    0.750     74.7     1110    14.9    6.2     92.5    2.77    6.00
Gorzelanny     9     2- 7     5    0.556     51.7      876    17.0    5.7     97.3    3.66    3.78
Lilly         10     4- 6     8    0.800     68.3      982    14.4    6.8     98.2    2.77    2.40

CUBS          63    28-35    38    0.603    384.0     6064    15.8    6.1     96.3    3.87    4.14

CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 4 years........

         2006    2007    2008    2009    2010

ERA     4.781   4.041   3.919   3.854   3.991
IP     1430.7  1447.7  1460.7  1445.3   557.0
H        1396    1340    1337    1331     520
R         834     690     678     672     275
ER        760     650     636     619     247
BB        687     573     556     586     202
K        1250    1211    1271    1272     479
HR        210     165     162     156      58
BB/9     4.32    3.56    3.43    3.65    3.26
K/9      7.86    7.53    7.83    7.92    7.74
HR/9     1.32    1.03    1.00    0.97    0.94
WHIP     1.46    1.32    1.30    1.33    1.30
# Pit   24619   23515   24105   24097    9070
#P/IP    17.2    16.2    16.5    16.7    16.3

CUBS are 2-4 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 2 of 6 (0.333) in quality starts

Zambrano has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s)

CUBS score 4.14 R/G overall.... 4.17 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 2.17 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS have scored first in 2 of Zambrano's 6 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 3 of Zambrano's 6 starts

Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning of 4 (9 runs total) of his 6 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

04/05 - 06/13      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   194   25   40   10    0   13   89   25   14   47  0.206  0.260  0.459  0.718
CUBS overall     2131  261  552  105   13   59  860  254  200  448  0.259  0.326  0.404  0.729

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              6   2   2   4   7   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      25
Opponents         9   5   4   3   2   1   8   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      38

Zambrano's starts this year (2-4)

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Atla        1.3    6    8    8    2    1    2    49    28  0.57  36.8    2    1  0.67 13.50  6.75 13.50  6.00 54.00
04/10  vs. Cincy       7.0    6    3    3    2    9    1   110    66  0.60  15.7    8    4  0.67  2.57 11.57  1.29  1.14  3.86
04/15  vs. Milw        5.0    8    4    3    3    7    1   121    75  0.62  24.2    5    3  0.63  5.40 12.60  1.80  2.20  5.40
04/20  vs. Mets        6.0    6    2    2    3    9    0   119    68  0.57  19.8    4    5  0.44  4.50 13.50  0.00  1.50  3.00
06/04  vs. Houst       4.3    6    3    3    3    3    0    84    47  0.56  19.4    4    5  0.44  6.23  6.23  0.00  2.08  6.23
06/09  vs. Milw        5.0    2    3    3    5    2    0    88    46  0.52  17.6    4    9  0.31  9.00  3.60  0.00  1.40  5.40

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                  13.0   17    7    6    5   14    2   273   169  0.62  21.0   12   12  0.50  3.46  9.69  1.38  1.69  4.15
Road                  28.7   33   22   22   16   27    3   526   303  0.58  18.3   31   26  0.54  5.02  8.48  0.94  1.71  6.91

Day                   17.7   27   18   17    9   21    5   377   227  0.60  21.3   20   12  0.63  4.58 10.70  2.55  2.04  8.66
Nite                  24.0   23   11   11   12   20    0   422   245  0.58  17.6   23   26  0.47  4.50  7.50  0.00  1.46  4.13

Home  Nite             3.7    2    0    0    0    3    0    55    36  0.65  15.0    2    5  0.29  0.00  7.36  0.00  0.55  0.00

April                 23.3   31   18   17   11   29    4   475   282  0.59  20.4   24   17  0.59  4.24 11.19  1.54  1.80  6.56
May                    9.0   11    5    5    2    7    1   152    97  0.64  16.9   11    7  0.61  2.00  7.00  1.00  1.44  5.00
June                   9.3    8    6    6    8    5    0   172    93  0.54  18.4    8   14  0.36  7.71  4.82  0.00  1.71  5.79

Season total          41.7   50   29   28   21   41    5   799   472  0.59  19.2   43   38  0.53  4.54  8.86  1.08  1.70  6.05

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

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             14 Jun     13 Jun     12 Jun     11 Jun     10 Jun     09 Jun     08 Jun
             no game    vs sox     vs sox     vs sox     @ Milw     @ Milw     @ Milw  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cashner                             1.0  17                          2.0  24                  3.0  41
Gorzelanny                                     1.0  19    0.3  19                             1.3  38
Howry                                          1.0  17    1.3  20                             2.3  37
Marmol                   1.0  18    1.0  18                                     0.7  18       2.7  54
Marshall                                                  1.0  17    1.0  11                  2.0  28
Russell                                        0.0  17               1.0  25                  1.0  42
Stevens                                        2.0  25    1.3  25                             3.3  50

Totals                   1.0  18    2.0  35    4.0  78    4.0  81    4.0  60    0.7  18      15.7 290

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.64  Tue 06/15    Oakland       N    -    Zambrano        Cahill        
.65  Wed 06/16    Oakland       N    -    Dempster        Gonzalez      
.66  Thu 06/17    Oakland            -    Wells           Braden

CUBS' season series vs. Oakland in 2004 (2-1).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter       
.67  Fri 06/18    Oakland           1- 2  Clement                    
.68  Sat 06/19    Oakland           4- 3  Prior                      
.69  Sun 06/20    Oakland           5- 3  Zambrano

CUBS' last 14 games (5-9)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.50  Sat 05/29    St. Louis         5- 0  Silva           Ottavino      
.51  Sun 05/30    St. Louis         1- 9  Dempster        Wainright     
.52  Mon 05/31  @ Pittsburgh        1- 2  Wells           Ohlendorf     
.53  Tue 06/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 3  Lilly           Karstens      
.54  Fri 06/04  @ Houston       N   1- 3  Zambrano        Paulino       
.55  Sat 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 5  Dempster        Oswalt        
.56  Sun 06/06  @ Houston           3- 6  Wells           Myers         
.57  Mon 06/07  @ Pittsburgh        6- 1  Silva           Eveland       
.58  Tue 06/08  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 2  Lilly           Gallardo      
.59  Wed 06/09  @ Milwaukee     N   9- 4  Zambrano        Wolf          
.60  Thu 06/10  @ Milwaukee         4- 5  Dempster        Bush          
.61  Fri 06/11    Chicago (AL)      5-10  Wells           Peavey        
.62  Sat 06/12    Chicago (AL)      1- 2  Silva           Beuhrle       
.63  Sun 06/13    Chicago (AL)  N   1- 0  Lilly           Floyd

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

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

CUBS              3   6   3   8   7   4   5   8   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      49
Opponents        10   1   1   4   9   5   7   8   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      53

CUBS hitters during the last 14 games......

05/29 - 06/13      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Byrd               50   10   23    6    0    2    8    3    5  0.460  0.518  0.700  1.218  0.488  3.55   18.1  0.058  0.261
Soto               22    4    7    1    0    3    6    3    7  0.318  0.400  0.773  1.173  0.333  3.92    6.8  0.082  0.273
Nady               21    2    7    1    0    2    6    3    7  0.333  0.400  0.667  1.067  0.417  4.36    5.6  0.067  0.333
Baker              17    2    6    2    0    0    4    1    5  0.353  0.368  0.471  0.839  0.500  3.53    2.9  0.015  0.400
Colvin             29    1    7    2    0    1    3    2   10  0.241  0.290  0.414  0.704  0.333  3.06    3.5  0.049  0.118
K Hill             26    2    7    2    0    0    3    2    4  0.269  0.321  0.346  0.668  0.318  3.36    2.9  0.052  0.231
Soriano            40    7    6    3    1    1    5    6   12  0.150  0.255  0.350  0.605  0.185  3.83    3.6  0.105  0.154
Theriot            52    7   14    1    0    0    2    3    4  0.269  0.309  0.288  0.598  0.292  3.64    4.6  0.040  0.087
Ramirez            20    2    4    0    0    1    2    1    5  0.200  0.238  0.350  0.588  0.214  4.48    1.7  0.038  0.071
Fontenot           21    1    3    0    2    0    1    1    3  0.143  0.217  0.333  0.551  0.167  3.43    1.5  0.075  0.111
D Lee              44    6    7    1    0    1    3    8   17  0.159  0.288  0.250  0.538  0.231  4.50    3.2  0.129  0.077
Castro             48    3   11    1    0    0    2    3    6  0.229  0.269  0.250  0.519  0.262  3.52    3.2  0.040  0.069
Fukudome           35    2    6    0    1    0    2    6    6  0.171  0.286  0.229  0.514  0.207  4.21    2.3  0.114  0.250
Tracy              13    0    3    0    0    0    1    0    5  0.231  0.231  0.231  0.462  0.375  3.69    0.7  0.000  0.091

last 14 games     467   49  115   20    4   11   48   44  103  0.246  0.313  0.377  0.690  0.295  3.76   55.2  0.067  0.153
season totals    2131  262  552  105   13   59  254  203  447  0.259  0.326  0.404  0.730  0.303  3.82  280.7  0.067  0.170

CUBS pitchers during the last 14 games......

05/29 - 06/13        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
Gorzelanny          1.7    2    1    0    4    1    0    52    23  0.44  31.2    1    3  0.25    1    1  1.00 21.60  5.40  0.00  3.60  0.00
Howry               5.0    3    1    0    2    1    0    82    46  0.56  16.4    5    9  0.36    2    1  0.50  3.60  1.80  0.00  1.00  0.00
Cashner             6.0    4    0    0    1    4    0    81    49  0.60  13.5    8    6  0.57    7    1  0.14  1.50  6.00  0.00  0.83  0.00
Silva              21.0   13    3    3    3   22    0   325   223  0.69  15.5   25   16  0.61    0    0  0.00  1.29  9.43  0.00  0.76  1.29
Marshall            6.0    6    1    1    2    7    0    97    64  0.66  16.2   10    1  0.91    1    0  0.00  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.33  1.50
Lilly              23.7   11    4    4    5   17    3   310   209  0.67  13.1   15   37  0.29    0    0  0.00  1.90  6.46  1.14  0.68  1.52
Stevens             7.0    5    3    3    2    6    1   118    70  0.59  16.9    8    7  0.53    9    1  0.11  2.57  7.71  1.29  1.00  3.86
Marmol              4.3    1    2    2    3    5    0    67    39  0.58  15.5    4    4  0.50    5    1  0.20  6.23 10.38  0.00  0.92  4.15
Dempster           18.3   20   12   11   10   17    5   330   197  0.60  18.0   20   18  0.53    0    0  0.00  4.91  8.35  2.45  1.64  5.40
Zambrano           10.0    8    6    6    8    5    0   174    95  0.55  17.4   10   14  0.42    0    0  0.00  7.20  4.50  0.00  1.60  5.40
Wells              15.3   22   11   11    8   11    1   271   158  0.58  17.7   15   17  0.47    0    0  0.00  4.70  6.46  0.59  1.96  6.46
Grabow              2.0    4    3    3    0    2    2    43    30  0.70  21.5    2    2  0.50    0    0  0.00  0.00  9.00  9.00  2.00 13.50
Russell             1.7    9    6    6    1    0    3    57    35  0.61  34.2    1    4  0.20    0    0  0.00  5.40  0.00 16.20  6.00 32.40

last 14 games     122.0  108   53   50   49   98   15  2007  1238  0.62  16.5  124  138  0.47   25    5  0.20  3.61  7.23  1.11  1.29  3.69
season totals     553.0  520  276  249  202  476   59  9049  5668  0.63  16.4  607  571  0.52   82   24  0.29  3.29  7.75  0.96  1.31  4.05

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

04/05 - 06/13        P   PA  P/PA
D Lee             1152  266  4.33
Soto               719  172  4.18
Ramirez            817  198  4.13
Soriano            873  217  4.02
Nady               426  106  4.02
Fukudome           797  201  3.97
Baker              357   92  3.88
Tracy              142   37  3.84
Colvin             415  111  3.74
Fontenot           489  133  3.68
K Hill             267   74  3.61
Theriot            938  264  3.55
Castro             468  134  3.49
Byrd               881  253  3.48

CUBS              9174 2400  3.82

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

04/05 - 06/13      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            17   51  0.250
Fontenot            14   45  0.237
Soriano             22   83  0.210
Nady                13   50  0.206
Byrd                25   98  0.203
Theriot             16   81  0.165
Castro              11   59  0.157
Colvin              10   56  0.152
D Lee               19  107  0.151
K Hill               6   34  0.150
Soto                 9   52  0.148
Ramirez             17  103  0.142
Baker                8   49  0.140
Tracy                3   21  0.125

CUBS               195  952  0.170

Fecal League Standings

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Baltimore       17      46     0.270     ---
Pittsburgh      23      40     0.365     6.0
Seattle         24      39     0.381     7.0
Houston         25      39     0.391     7.5
Cleveland       25      37     0.403     8.5
Arizona         26      38     0.406     8.5
Milwaukee       26      37     0.413     9.0
Kansas City     27      37     0.422     9.5
CUBS            28      35     0.444    11.0
white sox       28      34     0.452    11.5
Washington      31      33     0.484    13.5
Florida         31      32     0.492    14.0
Oakland         32      33     0.492    14.0
Colorado        33      30     0.524    16.0

Go CUBS !!!

haubrich91 · June 15, 2010

Wonder if they'll get this one in.

Prizefight · June 15, 2010

Here's hoping Hill gets a day off

jersey cubs fan · June 15, 2010

Here's hoping Hill gets a day off

He just got one yesterday, how much rest do you think he could use?

Sammy Sofa · June 15, 2010

Bold prediction: the Cubs start a 9-game winning streak tonight. LET IT BE SO.

jb10194 · June 15, 2010

Theriot

Castro

Byrd

Lee

Colvin

Soriano

Tracy

Hill

Zambrano

I feel bad for Fontenot and Soto

Schwarber Fan · June 15, 2010

Well, at least the black hole is hitting 8th... probably should bat him 9th in that lineup - he's easily the weakest hitter of the 9.

sweetpeteman · June 15, 2010

Bold prediction: the Cubs start a 9-game winning streak tonight. LET IT BE SO.

Since they won Sunday, this would be game 2 of the streak.

Sammy Sofa · June 15, 2010

Theriot
Castro
Byrd
Lee
Colvin
Soriano
Tracy
Hill
Zambrano

I feel bad for Fontenot and Soto

This lineup is all kinds of stupid.

Sammy Sofa · June 15, 2010

Bold prediction: the Cubs start a 9-game winning streak tonight. LET IT BE SO.

Since they won Sunday, this would be game 2 of the streak.

Well played, sir.

Keener98 · June 15, 2010

Hill starting again, this is unreal. Itd be nice if a member of the Chicago media would grow a pair and question him.

haubrich91 · June 15, 2010

Hill starting again, this is unreal. Itd be nice if a member of the Chicago media would grow a pair and question him.

"What do you want me to do?" Piniella yelled at the reporter. "I just want to get out of this hell hole!"

RedFlash · June 15, 2010

At what point does Soto get his agent to call up Hendry and demand a trade? Because apparently Koyie Hills is the Cubs "catcher of the present and future" despite sucking at what he does for a living. There is no justification for keep playing your backup catcher. You don't see the Braves play David Ross over Brian McCann. Or the Twins Wilson Ramos over Joe Mauer. So why do the Lou keeps putting in Hill behind the plate when he sucks?

soapy · June 15, 2010

Here's hoping Hill gets a day off

He just got one yesterday, how much rest do you think he could use?

I'd say something like 125-130 games

Edited June 15, 2010 by soapy

Irrelevant Dude · June 15, 2010

Are the Cubs going to get this one in? If Chicago is getting the rain that we are in the south suburbs, I can't imagine the field will be playable tonight.

DiamondMind · June 15, 2010

I think Soto is pretty overrated, and even I'm getting baffled at this point. A day off here and there yea, but man.

CUBZ99 · June 15, 2010

At what point does Soto get his agent to call up Hendry and demand a trade? Because apparently Koyie Hills is the Cubs "catcher of the present and future" despite sucking at what he does for a living. There is no justification for keep playing your backup catcher. You don't see the Braves play David Ross over Brian McCann. Or the Twins Wilson Ramos over Joe Mauer. So why do the Lou keeps putting in Hill behind the plate when he sucks?

Soto has absolutely zero leverage and to compare Soto to Joe Mauer or McCann is a joke.

Garwilly · June 16, 2010

Soto has gotten 70% of the teams PA's at catcher.

McCann has gotten 75% of the Braves.

Careless · June 16, 2010

So CSN cuts to the White Sox game against the Pirates for the rain delay. Their announcers hear this and immediately start laughing about how the Pirates only have a winning record against one team.

RedFlash · June 16, 2010

At what point does Soto get his agent to call up Hendry and demand a trade? Because apparently Koyie Hills is the Cubs "catcher of the present and future" despite sucking at what he does for a living. There is no justification for keep playing your backup catcher. You don't see the Braves play David Ross over Brian McCann. Or the Twins Wilson Ramos over Joe Mauer. So why do the Lou keeps putting in Hill behind the plate when he sucks?

Soto has absolutely zero leverage and to compare Soto to Joe Mauer or McCann is a joke.

I AM NOT COMPARING TALENTS, MIND YOU, what I am saying is teams do not constantly start backup catchers over their "perceived" starting coachers. Especially if the starter is significantly better then the backup which Soto is. You took it the wrong way.

Keener98 · June 16, 2010

Soto has gotten 70% of the teams PA's at catcher.

McCann has gotten 75% of the Braves.

McCann was also injured for about a week. And the point still remains Hill has no business starting as much as he has over the last 3 weeks.

Keener98 · June 16, 2010

I think Soto is pretty overrated, and even I'm getting baffled at this point. A day off here and there yea, but man.

Id love to hear how Soto is overrated.

Fred Hornkohl · June 16, 2010

Theriot
Castro
Byrd
Lee
Colvin
Soriano
Tracy
Hill
Zambrano

I feel bad for Fontenot and Soto

.... and Lou with yet another totally unique lineup. No big surprise there..... that makes 51 lineups in 64 games.

Take heart CUBS fans..... CUBS are 8-1 when Castro hits in the second spot

Go CUBS !!

Fred Hornkohl · June 16, 2010

Umpires tonight.........

HP: Sam Holbrook

1b: Greg Gibson

2b: Brian Knight (AAA)

3b: Gerry Davis (cc)

CUBS are 1-2 with Gerry Davis' crew on the field this year...

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.20  Mon 04/26    Washington    N   4- 3  Silva           Lannan        
.21  Tue 04/27    Washington    N   1- 3  Gorzelanny      Hernandez     
.22  Wed 04/28    Washington        2- 3  Dempster        Atilano       
.64  Tue 06/15    Oakland       N    -    Zambrano        Cahill        
.65  Wed 06/16    Oakland       N    -    Dempster        Gonzalez      
.66  Thu 06/17    Oakland            -    Wells           Braden

Composite scoring with Gerry Davis' crew on the field this year....

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

CUBS              1   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      7
Opponents         3   1   0   3   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      9

CUBS are 2-0 with Sam Holbrook behind the plate this year...... 1-1 in 2009, 1-0 in 2008, 2-1 in 2007....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.25  Sat 05/01    Arizona           7- 5  Silva           Haren         
.32  Sun 05/09  @ Cincinnati        3- 5  Dempster        Leake         
.64  Tue 06/15    Oakland       N    -    Zambrano        Cahill

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.10  Fri 04/17    St. Louis         8- 7  Zambrano        Walters       
.92  Tue 07/21  @ Philadelphia  N   1- 4  Harden          Blanton

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
101  Wed 07/23  @ Arizona       N  10- 6  Lilly           Davis

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..3  Thu 04/05  @ Cincinnati        2- 5  Marquis         Lohse         
.55  Mon 06/04  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Marquis         Bush          
141  Sat 09/08  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 1  Zambrano        Snell

6/15 Athletics (Cahill) @ Cubs (Z) RAIN DELAY CSN/XM187

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