7/3 Cubs (Zambrano) vs. Nationals (Drese) 1:20 PM, WGN

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I'm spot starting today and this is my Game Thread Starter debut! :)

 

So, today's game was frustrating as the Cubs couldn't score off of Tony Armas and we fell 4-2 to the Nationals, but we have to put that behind us and just concentrate on winning this last game of the series to avoid the sweep. Here is the pitching matchup:

 

Carlos Zambrano

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5-4, 3.93 ERA

 

Z is coming off a sterling outing against Milwaukee on June 28th in which he went 8 innings and gave up 0 runs while only allowing 3 hits on his way to his 5th victory of the season.

 

vs.

 

 

Ryan Drese

http://images.sportsline.com/images/baseball/mlb/players/60x80/212017.jpg

6-7, 5.68 ERA

 

Drese was acquired by the Nationals in early June, and in 3 starts with them, he has a 2-1 record and a 2.84 ERA. His last start came against the Pirates on June 28th and he held them to just 1 run on 5 hits in 8 innings of work for the win. Let's hope the bats can cool down the little hot streak he's been on in his last few outings.

 

 

GO CUBS!!!!

[Flames24Rulz]

lets please not get swept...thank you.

[Omar]

Noteworthy Match-ups (Washington Nationals) Vs. Carlos Zambrano (Righty)

Vinny Castilla: 6 for 13 (.462)

Brad Wilkerson: 3 for 13 (.231)

Junior Spivey: 0 for 9

Jose Gullien: 2 for 8 (.250)

Brian Schneider: 1 for 6 (.167)

Gary Bennett: 0 for 5

Jose Vidro: 1 for 5 (.200)

Marlon Byrd:4 for 5 (.800)

Ryan Church: 2 for 5 (.400)

Henry Mateo: 1 for 4 (.250)

Jamey Carroll: 0 for 3

Christian Guzman: 1 for 2 (.500)

Nick Johnson: 0 for 1

Carlos Baerga: 0 for 1

Current Nationals are hitting .253 (21 for 83) Vs. Zambrano.

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Ryan Drese (Righty)

Neifi Perez: 2 for 8 (.250)

Henry Blanco: 0 for 5 (.000)

Jerry Hairston Jr.: 1 for 3 (.333)

Jeromy Burnitz; 0 for 2

Todd Hollandsworth: 0 for 2

Derrek Lee: 0 for 2

Todd Walker: 0 for 1

The current Cubs are hitting .152 (5 for 33) Vs. Drese...

 

PLEASE WIN !

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Drese is a pitcher who can be great one time out and completely horrible the next. Texas grew so tired of it, they put him on waivers.

 

Let's hope the really bad Drese shows up.

 

He will walk hitters and can be hit if you get ahead in the count. Our hitters must be patient.

 

I'll be listening to this one on the XM tomorrow as I make my way to Atlanta for Mon-Wed games.

 

Go Cubs!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Here's the usual collection of worthless stats for Sunday........

 

CUBS are 8-4 on Sundays

CUBS are 1-4 vs. Washington

CUBS are 15-11 in games that end a series

CUBS are 4-1 in games ending a homestand

CUBS are 13-11 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games.

CUBS are 25-12 when they score first,.... 15-27 when they don't

CUBS are 12-5 when they score in the first inning,... 28-34 when they don't

CUBS are 22-22 in the day time.

CUBS are 22-19 at home.

CUBS are 31-10 when they get a quality start,... 9-29 when they don't

CUBS are 20-14 when Dubois starts in left field, 20-25 when he doesn't

CUBS are 27-31 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts.

CUBS are 31-14 when they score 4 runs or more, 9-25 when they don't

CUBS are 29-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 10-34 when they don't

 

CUBS are 8-8 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 9 of 16 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.89.... pitching to Blanco 3.00

CUBS score 4.53 R/G overall.... 4.56 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.29 HR/G overall.... 0.81 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS offensive support for Zambrano....

 

                     AB    R    H  2b  3b  HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano     562   73  156  33   4  13  236   70   31  102  0.278  0.318  0.420  0.738
CUBS overall       2721  358  740 155  13 102 1227  342  197  480  0.272  0.325  0.451  0.776

 

Zambrano's last five starts....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/28 vs. Milw   8.0    3    0    0    3    6    0  115  3.38  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00
06/22 vs. Milw   1.7    7    8    8    1    2    1   51  5.40 10.80  5.40  4.80 43.20
06/17 vs. Yanks  6.3    9    6    6    6    3    0  116  8.53  4.26  0.00  2.37  8.53
06/11 vs. Bost   5.0    5    4    4    3    8    2   98  5.40 14.40  3.60  1.60  7.20
06/05 vs. S.D.   7.0    3    0    0    4    7    0  110  5.14  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00

5 game total    28.0   27   18   18   17   26    3  490  5.46  8.36  0.96  1.57  5.79

 

Zambrano really seem to thrive on Day games at Wrigley....

 

Zambrano         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home           48.0   27   14   14   20   43    4  782  3.75  8.06  0.75  0.98  2.63
Road           52.7   49   31   30   24   51    6  894  4.10  8.72  1.03  1.39  5.13

Day            47.0   27   11   11   22   47    4  779  4.21  9.00  0.77  1.04  2.11
Nite           53.7   49   34   33   22   47    6  897  3.69  7.88  1.01  1.32  5.53

season tot    100.7   76   45   44   44   94   10 1676  3.93  8.40  0.89  1.19  3.93

 

CUBS hitters against Washington....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Barrett        13    1    5    0    0    0    5    3    1    1  0.385  0.429  0.385  0.813
Burnitz        18    4    5    2    0    0    7    1    3    2  0.278  0.381  0.389  0.770
Hollandsworth   8    1    2    1    0    1    6    1    2    2  0.250  0.400  0.750  1.150
Lee            21    4    6    0    2    2   16    2    1    5  0.286  0.318  0.762  1.080
Patterson      23    1    5    1    1    0    8    2    1    8  0.217  0.250  0.348  0.598
Ramirez        13    2    2    0    0    1    5    2    1    1  0.154  0.214  0.385  0.599
Walker          7    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    2  0.286  0.375  0.286  0.661
Blanco          6    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Cedeno          6    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Dubois         11    2    4    2    0    0    6    2    0    3  0.364  0.417  0.545  0.962
Fontenot        1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Grieve          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Hairston        9    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.111  0.273  0.111  0.384
Macias          8    0    3    0    0    0    3    2    0    1  0.375  0.375  0.375  0.750
Perez          22    0    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    3  0.136  0.174  0.136  0.310

vs. Wash      173   18   45    7    3    4   70   15   13   32  0.260  0.323  0.405  0.727

overall      2721  359  740  158   14  100 1226  342  197  479  0.272  0.325  0.451  0.776

 

CUBS pitchers against Washington....

 

CUBS          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Bartosh      1.7    0    1    0    0    0    0    16  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hawkins      2.3    2    0    0    1    0    0    26  3.86  0.00  0.00  1.29  0.00
Maddux       5.0    7    4    4    1    2    1    68  1.80  3.60  1.80  1.60  7.20
Mitre        0.7    1    0    0    1    0    0    13 13.50  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Novoa        1.3    2    0    0    3    3    0    44 20.25 20.25  0.00  3.75  0.00
Ohman        2.7    0    0    0    1    4    0    36  3.38 13.50  0.00  0.38  0.00
Prior        5.0    6    3    3    0    7    1    82  0.00 12.60  1.80  1.20  5.40
Remlinger    0.7    2    1    1    2    0    0    30 27.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 13.50
Rusch        6.7    9    3    3    2    3    0   125  2.70  4.05  0.00  1.65  4.05
Wellemeyer   2.3    1    0    0    0    0    0    27  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.43  0.00
Wuertz       4.3    0    0    0    0    8    0    62  0.00 16.62  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano     3.3    4    4    4    0    4    0    65  0.00 10.80  0.00  1.20 10.80
Williams     7.0    5    4    4    1    3    1    88  1.29  3.86  1.29  0.86  5.14

vs. Wash    43.0   39   20   19   12   34    3   682  2.51  7.12  0.63  1.19  3.98

overall    701.3  662  355  337  285  611   95 11547  3.66  7.84  1.22  1.35  4.32

 

Go CUBS !!

[Slugger_16]

I <3 Fred's stats!

[Laura]

CUBS are 20-14 when Dubois starts in left field, 20-25 when he doesn't

 

Has anyone other than Dubois/Holla started in LF this season?

 

CUBS are 27-31 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts.

 

Has Blanco caught games other than Prior, Z for a few starts, and Maddux in interleague play?

 

I <3 Fred's stats!

 

But of course! :D

 

GO CUBS!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 20-14 when Dubois starts in left field, 20-25 when he doesn't

 

Has anyone other than Dubois/Holla started in LF this season?

 

Ben Grieve was the starting left fielder on 08 May (Mothers' Day) when Zambrano went the distance to beat Philadelphia 2-1.

 

CUBS are 27-31 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts.

 

Has Blanco caught games other than Prior, Z for a few starts, and Maddux in interleague play?

 

Blanco's 21 starts break down as follows:

 

Zambrano    8
Maddux      4
Dempster    2
Prior       7

[Fred Hornkohl]

I <3 Fred's stats!

 

You're such a sweetheart !! :wink:

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Hey Fred, could you post the team's offensive stats so far this year and last year on the last game of a series? I am curious to see if the totals are lower than the overall average due to the way that Dusty always seems to configure the lineup. I'm not even sure you could do that....

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hey Fred, could you post the team's offensive stats so far this year and last year on the last game of a series? I am curious to see if the totals are lower than the overall average due to the way that Dusty always seems to configure the lineup. I'm not even sure you could do that....

 

I can't really isolate the statistics for the last game of a series, because that isn't a variable that I captured in the database. This table may provide you with a suitable proxy. This is 2005 only, since the numbers I kept for 2004 were nowhere near as comprehensive.

 

        AB    R    H  2b  3b  HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Sun    399   48  102  20   1  12  160   48   36   74  0.256  0.324  0.401  0.725
Mon    356   52  108  23   0  16  179   50   19   67  0.303  0.344  0.503  0.847
Tue    419   62  115  21   3  24  214   59   17   67  0.274  0.305  0.511  0.815
Wed    475   59  131  30   2  11  198   57   39   79  0.276  0.333  0.417  0.750
Thur   211   25   57  11   0   9   95   23   15   36  0.270  0.323  0.450  0.773
Fri    422   57  110  25   3  17  192   52   39   71  0.261  0.326  0.455  0.781
Sat    439   55  117  25   4  13  189   53   32   86  0.267  0.322  0.431  0.753

Tot   2721  358  740 155  13 102 1227  342  197  480  0.272  0.325  0.451  0.776

 

edit: I didn't even look at these numbers until I posted them. Curious that Sunday is our worst production (OPS=0.725), but our team record on Sunday is 8-4. I guess we get some lights out pitching on Sundays, no?

 

second edit: By golly, we do pitch better on Sunday !!

 

            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K    HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Sunday   109.0  100   47   43   39   86    16  3.22  7.10  1.32  1.28  3.55
overall  702.3  661  355  336  285  611    94  3.65  7.83  1.20  1.35  4.31

[bhogg]

if we can get a solid lead off guy I'd love to see alot more games caught by blanco.

 

I know, I know. Barrett has the better bat, but in limited time, blanco has the stats that count --- Ws.

[chicubs]

Cubs are going to win today...and big time too. You can put that on the board.

[bhogg]

You can put that on the board.

 

 

Yes!?

[Mark Priors Calves]

The Score is reporting on their updates that Patterson is sitting today, Hairston is leading off and playing CF, Todd Walker will bat 2nd. Perez is hitting 7th.

 

'bout damn time, Dusty.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The Score is reporting on their updates that Patterson is sitting today, Hairston is leading off and playing CF, Todd Walker will bat 2nd. Perez is hitting 7th.

 

'bout damn time, Dusty.

 

I'd bat that line-up from now until the break and see if Hairston can handle CF on a full-time basis.

[chicubs]

The Score is reporting on their updates that Patterson is sitting today, Hairston is leading off and playing CF, Todd Walker will bat 2nd. Perez is hitting 7th.

 

'bout damn time, Dusty.

 

HALLELUJAH! (sp)

[Mark Priors Calves]

I wouldn't mind seeing Barrett hitting 7th instead of 8th, but I think this is a step in the right direction. I sure hope the two headed LF monster of Hollandsworth and Dubois sure pick up the slack otherwise Ramirez isn't going to see anything close to a get pitch. Then again, if Dusty would put Lee and Ramirez back to back in the 3/4 spots, Burnitz would provide that valuable protection.

[frostwyrm]

I'd like to believe we'll never see Neifi at the top of the lineup again, but I'm skeptical. Worst thing that could happen now is Neifi has a few good games. Then back to the top he goes til August.

[Mizzou]

YYYYYYYYYYES! Finally!

[UMFan83]

Nope, I refuse to believe this is true....not until I see it...Dusty getting a lineup (minus Cedeno) correct is beyond the realm of my imagination.

[UMFan83]

I can see Jerry Hairston wondering if this is some practical joke

[ChiCubsFan]

The Score is reporting on their updates that Patterson is sitting today, Hairston is leading off and playing CF, Todd Walker will bat 2nd. Perez is hitting 7th.

 

'bout damn time, Dusty.

 

:shock: :shock: :shock:

[UMFan83]

Washington

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

B. Wilkerson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

J. Spivey 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237

J. Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305

V. Castilla 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

M. Byrd lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279

C. Baerga 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

B. Schneider c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

J. Carroll ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252

R. Drese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Hairston Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299

T. Hollandsworth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265

C. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Hmm...little worried about Barrett pitching to Z, as well as Neifi hitting ahead of Barrett, but I'll take it

[XZero771679666304]

Washington

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

B. Wilkerson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

J. Spivey 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237

J. Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305

V. Castilla 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

M. Byrd lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279

C. Baerga 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

B. Schneider c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

J. Carroll ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252

R. Drese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Hairston Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299

T. Hollandsworth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265

C. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Hmm...little worried about Barrett pitching to Z, as well as Neifi hitting ahead of Barrett, but I'll take it

 

If Barrett is is pitching to Z, we're in serious trouble.