09/08 CUBS (Samardzija) @ Pittsburgh (McDonald) 6:05 CT, CSN

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/29166.png&w=350&h=254 Jeff Samardzija (8-13) ERA = 3.91, WHIP = 1.26

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/29243.png&w=350&h=254 James McDonald (12-7) ERA = 3.90, WHIP = 1.21

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!!

 

 

CUBS are 7-4 (0.636) vs. Pittsburgh on 08 September on the road

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
122  Tue  09/08/1903  @ Pittsburgh                7- 6    
126  Wed  09/08/1909  @ Pittsburgh                4- 2    
135  Sat  09/08/1917  @ Pittsburgh                6- 2    
132  Fri  09/08/1922  @ Pittsburgh               10- 7    
133  Sat  09/08/1923  @ Pittsburgh                0- 4    
141  Tue  09/08/1970  @ Pittsburgh               10- 3    
142  Wed  09/08/1971  @ Pittsburgh            N   1-10    
144  Mon  09/08/1975  @ Pittsburgh            N   1- 4    
137  Tue  09/08/1992  @ Pittsburgh            N   2- 5    
141  Sat  09/08/2007  @ Pittsburgh            N   5- 1    
137  Tue  09/08/2009  @ Pittsburgh            N   9- 4    
139  Sat  09/08/2012  @ Pittsburgh            N   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

 

© 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl

[UMFan83]

Last Shark start of the year. Finish off strong Jeff.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I know in my head it isn't a very predictive stat, but in my heart I'd feel a lot better if Samardzija kept his ERA under 4.

[davell]

Yeah, I'm the same for some reason.

[treebird]

len kasper tweeted that samardzija is batting 8th and campana 9th tonight

[El Duderino]

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1016271/jeff-samardzija.jpg

[Schwarber Fan]

Chris Archer has struck out 11 Rangers tonight.

 

We dun goof'd

[Schwarber Fan]

Oh, well. Wouldn't be the 2012 Cubs if Shark actually got a win to end his season.

 

He made great strides though.

 

Edit: Maybe he will still win after all!

Edited September 9, 2012 by Rondon Fan

[Fred Hornkohl]

Oh, well. Wouldn't be the 2012 Cubs if Shark actually got a win to end his season.

 

He made great strides though.

 

Oh, ye of little faith !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 9-4 (.692) when their starter pitches 7-1/3 innings or more.... 43-82 (.344) when he doesn't

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 46-2 (.958) when they lead at the end of the 8th inning.... 6-83 (.067) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Irrelevant Dude]

That was a relatively quick 8th. Let him finish it?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS held the opponents to 4 hits in a game.... Fri 07 Sep 2012 (4 hits) in a 12-2 win at Pittsburgh

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Samardzija is already at 108 pitches. I'm not sure I like seeing him come back out there.

[El Duderino]

Samardzija is already at 108 pitches. I'm not sure I like seeing him come back out there.

 

It's his last start, I say go for it. Yank him if anybody gets on.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Reds lead the league in complete games. Now, why does that not surprise me ??

[El Duderino]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/Matt_2108/theecat.gif

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

 

:yahoo: :clapping: =D> \:D/ =D> :clapping: :yahoo:

[haubrich91]

Can't say how awesome Samardzija was this season. Glad he went out on a high note. Amazing start. Amazing season.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Can't say how awesome Samardzija was this season. Glad he went out on a high note. Amazing start. Amazing season.

A definite unexpected bright spot. He may not be an ace on a good staff, but he is a very good young 2 or 3 to build around.

[d_money]

Way to go Jeff

[sneakypower]

the one thing that stood out to me most about this one was Starling Marte pulling up on the Campana double seemingly for fear of that wall

 

that was a pretty sad effort

[El Duderino]

the one thing that stood out to me most about this one was Starling Marte pulling up on the Campana double seemingly for fear of that wall

 

that was a pretty sad effort

 

Wait a minute... Tony Campana hit fly ball near the OF wall?

[Irrelevant Dude]

the one thing that stood out to me most about this one was Starling Marte pulling up on the Campana double seemingly for fear of that wall

 

that was a pretty sad effort

 

Wait a minute... Tony Campana hit fly ball near the OF wall?

He was playing from the women's tees.