4/20 Reds (Bailey) @ Cobs (Volstad) 1:20 pm CDT, CSN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

Heisey grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Rolen out at second, Bruce to third

[Fred Hornkohl]

Frazier, pinch hitting for Harris, tripled to right center field, Bruce scored

[Careless]

Not sure the last time I saw Wrigley this empty

 

If the baseball reporters in this town were any good, we'd be getting an article soon speculating on how much lost revenue this means.

I'll wait for tomorrow to see how many show up when the wind chill isn't in the low 30s

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Dolis threw some pretty sliders that inning.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dolis in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

Bruce singled to right field

Rolen walked, Bruce to second

Heisey grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Rolen out at second, Bruce to third

Frazier, pinch hitting for Harris, tripled to right center field, Bruce scored

Mesoraco struck out swinging

 

1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

Cincinnati: none

CUBS: none

 

Cincinnati     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Bailey        7.0  5  4  2  0  4  0 108
Chapman       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  14

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Volstad       5.0  7  6  5  2  4  0  90
Camp          1.0  2  1  1  0  1  0  14
Maine         1.0  0  0  0  2  1  0  17
Castillo      1.0  1  1  1  1  1  0  22
Dolis         1.0  2  1  1  1  1  0  17

[Fred Hornkohl]

       Cincinnati        CUBS
P/PA          3.72        3.94
RBI%          0.32        0.25
R/BR          0.50        0.80
BA           0.324       0.161
OBP          0.419       0.161
SLG          0.432       0.226
OPS          0.851       0.387
ERA           2.25        8.00
BB/9          0.00        6.00
K/9           4.50        8.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Yanks       5  6
Boston         2

St. Louis      0
Pittsburgh     0  6:05

LA Dodgers     0
Houston        0  7:05

Colorado       0
Milwaukee      0  7:10

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off         9    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222  0.167  3.78    0.1  0.000  0.000
bases empty        23    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    6  0.217  0.217  0.217  0.435  0.294  3.52    1.1  0.000  0.000
Late (7th on)       9    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    5  0.000  0.182  0.000  0.182  0.000  4.55    0.0  0.182  0.000
1 out              15    2    5    0    0    0    5    1    4  0.333  0.353  0.333  0.686  0.455  3.47    1.8  0.020  0.417
CUBS trailing      16    0    4    0    0    0    2    1    6  0.250  0.294  0.250  0.544  0.400  4.76    1.2  0.044  0.200
last 7 games       24    2    5    0    0    0    3    0    8  0.208  0.208  0.208  0.417  0.313  3.88    1.0  0.000  0.167
Home               23    1    7    0    0    0    6    2    5  0.304  0.346  0.304  0.651  0.389  3.77    2.4  0.042  0.375
Day                28    2    8    0    0    0    4    2    7  0.286  0.323  0.286  0.608  0.381  3.45    2.6  0.037  0.211
vs Left             9    0    3    0    0    0    2    0    4  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.600  3.78    1.0  0.000  0.222

season totals      44    2   11    0    0    0    7    2   12  0.250  0.277  0.250  0.527  0.344  3.74    3.0  0.027  0.233

[Fred Hornkohl]

Arredondo in (9th) to pitch for Cincinnati

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano struck out swinging

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Ian Stewart with one of the best 0-for-4s you will ever see.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Stewart lined out to shortstop

[Guest]

Ian Stewart's dog is gonna get punted over a bridge

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        24    4    5    1    1    1    1    0    4  0.208  0.208  0.458  0.667  0.211  3.33    2.3  0.000  0.000
Late (7th on)      12    2    1    0    0    1    1    2    3  0.083  0.214  0.333  0.548  0.000  3.64    0.9  0.131  0.000
2 outs              9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.33    0.0  0.000  0.000
CUBS trailing      20    6    6    1    1    1    1    2    4  0.300  0.364  0.600  0.964  0.333  3.59    4.4  0.064  0.000
last 7 games       19    2    3    1    0    0    0    0    4  0.158  0.158  0.211  0.368  0.200  3.26    0.6  0.000  0.000
Home               17    4    3    0    1    1    1    2    5  0.176  0.263  0.471  0.734  0.182  3.63    2.1  0.087  0.000
Day                27    3    4    1    0    0    0    0    5  0.148  0.148  0.185  0.333  0.182  3.41    0.7  0.000  0.000
vs Right           29    5    5    1    1    1    1    2    7  0.172  0.226  0.379  0.605  0.190  3.61    2.5  0.053  0.000

season totals      36    6    6    1    1    1    1    2    9  0.167  0.211  0.333  0.544  0.192  3.45    2.5  0.044  0.000

[XZero771679666304]

Ian Stewart with one of the best 0-for-4s you will ever see.

 

You're not kidding. That bastard has no luck.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Arredondo in (9th) to pitch for Cincinnati

Soriano struck out swinging

Stewart lined out to shortstop

Soto flied out to deep left field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

W: Bailey (1-2)

S: none

L: Volstad (0-2)

 

T: 2:52

A: 37,782

 

Home runs:

Cincinnati: none

CUBS: none

 

Cincinnati     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Bailey        7.0  5  4  2  0  2  0 108
Chapman       1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  14
Arrendondo    1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  11

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Volstad       5.0  7  6  5  2  4  0  90
Camp          1.0  2  1  1  0  1  0  14
Maine         1.0  0  0  0  2  1  0  17
Castillo      1.0  1  1  1  1  1  0  22
Dolis         1.0  2  1  1  1  1  0  17

[Fred Hornkohl]

       Cincinnati        CUBS
P/PA          3.72        3.91
RBI%          0.32        0.25
R/BR          0.50        0.80
BA           0.324       0.147
OBP          0.419       0.147
SLG          0.432       0.206
OPS          0.851       0.353
ERA           2.00        8.00
BB/9          0.00        6.00
K/9           5.00        8.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Yanks       6
Boston         2  6

St. Louis      0
Pittsburgh     0  6:05

LA Dodgers     0
Houston        0  7:05

Colorado       0
Milwaukee      0  7:10

[Fred Hornkohl]

Friday 20 April 2012

Cincinnati @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

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



Cincinnati
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Cozart        ss       4   1   1   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
Stubbs        cf       5   1   3   3   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Votto         1b       4   1   1   1   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bruce         rf       5   2   2   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rolen         3b       3   1   0   0   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Heisey        lf       5   0   1   2   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
Harris        2b       4   1   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Frazier       ph       1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
Mesoraco      c        3   2   2   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bailey        p        3   0   0   1   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Valdez        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chapman       p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Arrendondo    p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                38   9  12   9   6   8  18   3   0   0   1   2   2   1   0   0   0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
DeJesus       rf       4   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Barney        2b       4   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Castro        ss       4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LaHair        1b       4   1   2   1   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Soriano       lf       4   0   0   1   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Stewart       3b       4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Soto          c        4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Byrd          cf       3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Volstad       p        1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
DeWitt        ph       1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Camp          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maine         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mather        ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Castillo      p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dolis         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                34   4   5   3   0   5   7   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0



Cincinnati
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Bailey           7.0   5   4   2   0   2   0  108
Chapman          1.0   0   0   0   0   2   0   14
Arrendondo       1.0   0   0   0   0   1   0   11

totals           9.0   5   4   2   0   5   0  133


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Volstad          5.0   7   6   5   2   4   0   90
Camp             1.0   2   1   1   0   1   0   14
Maine            1.0   0   0   0   2   1   0   17
Castillo         1.0   1   1   1   1   1   0   22
Dolis            1.0   2   1   1   1   1   0   17

totals           9.0  12   9   8   6   8   0  160

W: Bailey (1-2)
S: none
L: Volstad (0-2)

T:  2:52
A:  37,782

Home runs:
Cincinnati: none
CUBS: none

[Hairyducked Idiot]

At 3-11, with no change in projected winning percentage, you can already knock three wins off of whatever preseason win total you projected them to.

 

That puts the high 60s within reach for a lot of projections. Do some fire sales and get some more negative variance, and 100 losses isn't out of the question.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ian Stewart with one of the best 0-for-4s you will ever see.

 

You're not kidding. That bastard has no luck.

 

And Chase Headley is hitting .292/.435/.646 with 4 HR despite playing for the 1 team putting up a legit fight in the fecal league. Luckily, we have 2 MVP candidates in Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto.

 

What did the Pads want for Headley again, or did the talks ever get that far?

[XZero771679666304]

At 3-11, with no change in projected winning percentage, you can already knock three wins off of whatever preseason win total you projected them to.

 

That puts the high 60s within reach for a lot of projections. Do some fire sales and get some more negative variance, and 100 losses isn't out of the question.

 

It's not out of the question, but individual performances have been down, the competition has been tough and the coming departures will be somewhat offset (hopefully) buy equal or better replacements from the minors. Add the markedly weaker second half schedule and I'll say 100 losses isn't likely.

 

I thought the first few weeks were going to be brutal, though not this bad. I'll guess 71-73 wins.

[davell]

I honestly think we'll be better once we do sell off. Other than Garza, we have a capable replacement or someone already better, ready to come up.

[XZero771679666304]

Ian Stewart with one of the best 0-for-4s you will ever see.

 

You're not kidding. That bastard has no luck.

 

And Chase Headley is hitting .292/.435/.646 with 4 HR despite playing for the 1 team putting up a legit fight in the fecal league. Luckily, we have 2 MVP candidates in Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto.

 

What did the Pads want for Headley again, or did the talks ever get that far?

 

I don't know if he was available at all, but he would have cost a hell of a lot more than Stewart did.

 

And I haven't given up on Stewart. He has worked the count and hit the ball a lot better than his numbers indicate, at least to this point. Plus he is a pretty damned good defender. Chase Headley wouldn't be a difference maker for this mess anyway.

[Guest]

At 3-11, with no change in projected winning percentage, you can already knock three wins off of whatever preseason win total you projected them to.

 

That puts the high 60s within reach for a lot of projections. Do some fire sales and get some more negative variance, and 100 losses isn't out of the question.

 

On the other hand, more negative variance isn't all that likely, several prospects are waiting to offer improvement, and the schedule has been weighted against them so far. They have about 50-55 games scheduled against the bottom of the barrel teams, and it will be mid to late May before they play their first game against them. They have 21 games against the Cards, Brewers, and Reds before their first game against the Pirates or Astros.