07/20 Philadelphia (Worley) @ CUBS (Dempster) 1:20 CDT, CSN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

Victorino popped out to third base

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ibanez popped out to shortstop

[bukie]

Remember the Cubs hitting approach just 3 short years ago? Second in the majors in walks.

 

Now they're tied for last in the majors in walks. Put that together with also being (by far) worst in the majors in pitchers issuing walks, and that makes for a bad combination for winning.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Brown walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Wood in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

Victorino popped out to third base

Ibanez popped out to shortstop

Brown walked

Worley grounded out to first, unassisted

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Philadelphia    2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0              9 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0                1  4  2

 

Home runs:

Philadelphia: Rollins (10 &11)

CUBS: none

 

Philadelphia   IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Worley        8.0  4  1  0  2  7  0 111

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      3.0  7  6  6  3  5  0  86
Ortiz         3.0  2  2  2  0  3  1  49
Grabow        2.0  3  1  1  2  2  1  38
Wood          1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

[Fred Hornkohl]

     Philadelphia        CUBS
P/PA          4.20        3.83
RBI%          0.37        0.07
R/BR          0.53        0.14
BA           0.308       0.154
OBP          0.386       0.241
SLG          0.590       0.231
OPS          0.976       0.472
ERA           0.00        9.00
BB/9          2.25        5.00
K/9           7.88       10.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cincinnati     3
Pittsburgh     1  F

Washington     2
Houston        2 10

St. Louis      0
NY Mets        0  6:10

Milwaukee      0
Arizona        0  8:40

white sox      0
Kansas City    0  7:10

[Fred Hornkohl]

Remember the Cubs hitting approach just 3 short years ago? Second in the majors in walks.

 

Now they're tied for last in the majors in walks. Put that together with also being (by far) worst in the majors in pitchers issuing walks, and that makes for a bad combination for winning.

 

CUBS drew more than 1 BB in the game today...... for the SECOND time in their last 9 games !!!!

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Madson in (9th) to pitch for Philadelphia

[Fred Hornkohl]

A Ramirez flied out to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pena               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       162   24   40    5    1    8    8   22   47  0.247  0.344  0.438  0.782  0.299  3.87   24.4  0.097  0.000
Late (7th on)      97   13   18    5    0    4   10   19   33  0.186  0.319  0.361  0.680  0.233  4.10   11.2  0.134  0.122
1 out             105   17   23    2    1    7   25   21   25  0.219  0.344  0.457  0.801  0.219  3.95   16.5  0.124  0.250
CUBS trailing     133   25   30    3    1   12   28   27   35  0.226  0.358  0.534  0.892  0.209  3.85   25.4  0.132  0.200
last 7 games       21    3    6    1    0    1    2    3    8  0.286  0.375  0.476  0.851  0.417  3.75    3.8  0.089  0.143
July               57    8   15    1    1    3    7    5   18  0.263  0.317  0.474  0.791  0.333  3.49    8.6  0.054  0.154
Home              150   21   34    6    0    9   24   30   49  0.227  0.355  0.447  0.802  0.272  3.97   23.8  0.129  0.174
Day               144   21   31    2    1   11   25   22   45  0.215  0.321  0.472  0.794  0.227  3.96   21.9  0.106  0.169
vs Right          222   36   60    7    1   16   41   40   64  0.270  0.383  0.527  0.910  0.310  3.97   44.9  0.113  0.205
vs. Phila          21    2    8    2    0    1    3    4    3  0.381  0.480  0.619  1.099  0.412  3.44    6.2  0.099  0.222

season totals     305   46   70    9    1   20   51   52   95  0.230  0.342  0.462  0.804  0.263  3.93   48.2  0.112  0.177

[jersey cubs fan]

Remember the Cubs hitting approach just 3 short years ago? Second in the majors in walks.

 

Now they're tied for last in the majors in walks. Put that together with also being (by far) worst in the majors in pitchers issuing walks, and that makes for a bad combination for winning.

 

2008, and to a lesser extent 2007 were the clear outliers of the past decade. People talk about the Cubs "waiting for the three run homer". That's nonsense, they don't wait for anything.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pena flied out to left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       113   15   38    6    1    2    2    4   21  0.336  0.375  0.460  0.835  0.400  3.71   19.5  0.039  0.000
Late (7th on)      66   10   20    6    0    1    3    3   15  0.303  0.352  0.439  0.792  0.380  3.37   10.2  0.049  0.065
2 outs             85    3   20    4    1    0    4    0   20  0.235  0.235  0.306  0.541  0.308  3.41    6.1  0.000  0.085
CUBS trailing      95   12   31    3    1    0    1    0   17  0.326  0.347  0.379  0.726  0.397  3.52   12.5  0.021  0.021
last 7 games       25    2    7    2    0    1    1    0    5  0.280  0.280  0.480  0.760  0.316  3.32    3.4  0.000  0.000
July               55    6   16    3    0    1    3    4   11  0.291  0.339  0.400  0.739  0.349  3.46    7.5  0.048  0.069
Home              117   12   35    3    1    1    3    3   25  0.299  0.328  0.368  0.695  0.374  3.49   14.1  0.029  0.038
Day               101   15   33    4    1    1    6    6   23  0.327  0.370  0.416  0.786  0.416  3.66   15.6  0.044  0.106
vs Right          171   23   58    8    1    3   10    9   36  0.339  0.383  0.450  0.833  0.417  3.61   29.5  0.043  0.084
vs. Phila           8    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.250  2.13    0.8  0.000  0.000

season totals     227   29   69   11    1    4   14    9   47  0.304  0.344  0.414  0.758  0.369  3.47   32.4  0.040  0.085

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Madson in (9th) to pitch for Philadelphia

A Ramirez flied out to left field

Pena flied out to left field

Byrd popped out to second base

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Philadelphia    2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0              9 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0              1  4  2

 

W: Worley (6-1)

S: none

L: Dempster (7-7)

 

T: 2:52

A: 37,864

 

Home runs:

Philadelphia: Rollins (10 &11)

CUBS: none

 

Philadelphia   IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Worley        8.0  4  1  0  2  7  0 111
Madson        1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   8

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      3.0  7  6  6  3  5  0  86
Ortiz         3.0  2  2  2  0  3  1  49
Grabow        2.0  3  1  1  2  2  1  38
Wood          1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

[Fred Hornkohl]

     Philadelphia        CUBS
P/PA          4.20        3.72
RBI%          0.37        0.07
R/BR          0.53        0.14
BA           0.308       0.138
OBP          0.386       0.219
SLG          0.590       0.207
OPS          0.976       0.426
ERA           0.00        9.00
BB/9          2.00        5.00
K/9           7.00       10.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cincinnati     3
Pittsburgh     1  F

Washington     2 11
Houston        2

St. Louis      0
NY Mets        0  6:10

Milwaukee      0
Arizona        0  8:40

white sox      0
Kansas City    0  7:10

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wednesday 20 July 2011

Philadelphia @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Philadelphia    2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0              9 12  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0              1  4  2



Philadelphia
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Rollins       ss       5   4   3   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0   0
Martinez      3b       5   2   2   1   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Utley         2b       3   1   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Valdez        ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Howard        1b       3   0   1   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mayberry      ph-1b    2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Victorino     cf       4   0   0   1   1   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ibanez        lf       5   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Brown         rf       3   1   1   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Schneider     c        3   0   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Worley        p        5   1   1   0   0   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Madson        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                39   9  12   9   5  10  12   2   1   0   0   0   5   0   2   0   0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Fukudome      rf       4   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Castro        ss       3   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A Ramirez     3b       4   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Pena          1b       3   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
Byrd          cf       4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soto          c        2   0   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Soriano       lf       3   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Barney        2b       3   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Dempster      p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Campana       ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ortiz         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Baker         ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Grabow        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
DeWitt        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wood          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                29   1   4   1   2   7  13   0   0   0   1   2   2   0   0   0   1



Philadelphia
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Worley           8.0   4   1   0   2   7   0  111
Madson           1.0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8

totals           9.0   4   1   0   2   7   0  119


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Dempster         3.0   7   6   6   3   5   0   86
Ortiz            3.0   2   2   2   0   3   1   49
Grabow           2.0   3   1   1   2   2   1   38
Wood             1.0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12

totals           9.0  12   9   9   5  10   2  185

W: Worley (6-1)
S: none
L: Dempster (7-7)

T:  2:52
A:  37,864

Home runs:
Philadelphia: Rollins (10 &11)
CUBS: none

[bukie]

Remember the Cubs hitting approach just 3 short years ago? Second in the majors in walks.

 

Now they're tied for last in the majors in walks. Put that together with also being (by far) worst in the majors in pitchers issuing walks, and that makes for a bad combination for winning.

 

2008, and to a lesser extent 2007 were the clear outliers of the past decade. People talk about the Cubs "waiting for the three run homer". That's nonsense, they don't wait for anything.

What makes it even worse is that Pena and Fukudome are actually good at drawing walks, and they're both likely gone at the end of the year. Everyone else is abysmal.

[UMFan83]

Although I always believed in the value of patience and drawing walks, watching the 2008 Cubs really hammered that into my head. It was amazing watching that team go up against tough pitchers and make them work, throwing 90 pitches in 5 innings, and even if they didn't score a lot, they were able to get the pitcher out after 6 innings and feast on their middle relief.

 

How many innings did we have in games where the Cubs just weren't hitting the ball well, and were able to draw a couple of walks and then next thing you know you have a 3 run inning?

 

The difference in hitting approach between 2008 and now is night and day. This is a horrible and rather awkward analogy, but people who use ecstacy say to never have sex on it because you'll never enjoy sober sex again. That's what the 2008 Cubs have done to me. I just can't enjoy watching the Cubs offense when it's hacking away and has to rely on 3 hits to score a single run, when I have seen what a truely productive offense can do.

[SouthSideRyan]

This is a horrible and rather awkward analogy

 

If only I knew how awkward.

[Keener98]

Got to love how terrible manager throwing our All Star SS under the bus for losing a ball in the damn sun. Come the [expletive] on Quade. "The sun is in the same spot every damn day" Really?

[UMFan83]

This is a horrible and rather awkward analogy

 

If only I knew how awkward.

 

Are you sure you really want to know?

Edited July 20, 2011 by UMFan83

[Fred Hornkohl]

Watching the CUBS these days is only marginally more fun than root canal.