7/5 Cubs (Maddux) @ Braves (Colon) 6:35 PM CSN

[otis89]

Well, guess what? We suck, but that's OK. Cubs fans are used to their team losing, right? In my game thread debut, we lost 15-5. I believe that is the most runs an opposing team has scored on us this season. But enough about the past. On to the game.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/118120.jpg

 

Greg Maddux (7-5, 4.87)

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/430638.jpg

 

Roman Colon (0-4, 6.30)

 

We have a 312-game winner nearing the end of his hall of fame career going up against part of the digestive system. That part of the digestive system has a 6.30 ERA this season and 2 career major league victories.

Edited July 5, 2005 by otis89

[XZero771679666304]

Just win, damnit.

 

If we lose three straight to Ryan Drese, Kyle Davies and Roman Colon, it's going to be full-on freak out time for me.

[otis89]

Oh, I forgot to mention. Party in the flashchat tomorrow, too.

[Laura]

GO CUBS!

[Coach C]

Come on Cubs. Get out of the funk that ya'll are in.

 

Get back in the winning track.

[Flames24Rulz]

please don't make this Colon kid look like a half decent pitcher. I've never seen the guy pitch, but his numbers are terrible. Just win...i would be more then happy with a split in this series.

[Roast]

The Cobs Sox.

[Omar]

Yay, time for the Cubs to get owned by another sucky pitcher. I've lost count of how many times that has happened.

[rickrolled]

We're really sucking right now. We need to win this game, period. If Corey plays over Hairston, I will throw sharp objects.

[Chris]

I don't know what some of you are talking about, we're gonna win!

[Flames24Rulz]

We're really sucking right now. We need to win this game, period. If Corey plays over Hairston, I will throw sharp objects.

 

judging by Baker's reaction after he hit into the DP, i have a hard time believing that he'll start Patterson tomorrow.

[Brian]

I think Maddux has been hanging around Dempster, first the Buehrle comment and now this gem..

 

Told that Smoltz was trying to set up a mano-a-mano confrontation, Maddux chuckled.

 

"Imagine that," Maddux said. "He just didn't want to face [Mark] Prior."

 

 

Does this make sense to anybody....

Baker said Patterson has had a few more at-bats against Smoltz than Jerry Hairston, who has one at-bat lifetime against the Braves' right-hander. Patterson is 0-for-4 against Smoltz.

 

So three more at bats where he didn't do anything against him gives Patterson an advantage :roll:

 

 

GO COBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

How 'bout some worthless stats of the day for Tuesday.....

 

CUBS are 8-4 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 0-1 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 0-4 in games where they don't get any extra base hits

CUBS are 18-18 at night.

CUBS are 18-21 on the road.

CUBS are 31-11 when they get a quality start,... 9-30 when they don't

CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games.

CUBS are 25-12 when they score first,.... 15-29 when they don't

CUBS are 12-5 when they score in the first inning,... 28-36 when they don't

CUBS are 6-17 when they hit an opposing batter, 34-24 when they don't

CUBS are 20-14 when Dubois starts in left field, 20-27 when he doesn't

CUBS are 27-33 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts.

CUBS are 29-21 from Sun thru Wed, 11-20 on Thur, Fri & Sat.

CUBS are 31-15 when they score 4 runs or more, 9-26 when they don't

CUBS are 30-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 10-39 when they don't\

 

CUBS are 9-8 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 10 of 17 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.28.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.60

CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 5.29 R/G when Maddux pitches

CUBS hit 1.28 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Maddux pitches

 

CUBS offensive support of Maddux.....

 

04/04 thru 07/04     AB    R    H  2b  3b  HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux       612   90  178  44   1  26  302   85   48   98  0.291  0.350  0.493  0.843
CUBS overall       2794  362  757 158  13 104 1253  346  204  490  0.271  0.325  0.448  0.773

 

Maddux's last five starts.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/30 vs. Milw   5.0   10    6    6    1    2    1   88  1.80  3.60  1.80  2.20 10.80
06/25 vs. CWS    6.0    5    2    2    0    6    2   88  0.00  9.00  3.00  0.83  3.00
06/20 vs. Milw   6.0    7    3    3    3    2    1   98  4.50  3.00  1.50  1.67  4.50
06/15 vs. Flor   3.7    8    7    7    2    3    1   69  4.91  7.36  2.45  2.73 17.18
06/10 vs. Bost   6.7    7    3    3    1    5    1   86  1.35  6.75  1.35  1.20  4.05

5 game total    27.3   37   21   21    7   18    6  429  2.30  5.93  1.98  1.61  6.91

 

Well.... at least Maddux's splits are consistent.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            49.7   58   31   29    9   29    7  703  1.63  5.26  1.27  1.35  5.26
Road            52.0   58   27   26   10   34    9  774  1.73  5.88  1.56  1.31  4.50

Day             64.3   77   40   37   10   34   10  925  1.40  4.76  1.40  1.35  5.18
Nite            37.3   39   18   18    9   29    6  552  2.17  6.99  1.45  1.29  4.34

season tot     101.7  116   58   55   19   63   16 1477  1.68  5.58  1.42  1.33  4.87

 

CUBS offense vs. Atlanta.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
vs. Atla       31    0    6    0    0    0    6    0    5    5  0.194  0.306  0.194  0.499
overall      2794  363  757  161   14  102 1252  346  204  489  0.271  0.325  0.448  0.773

 

CUBS pitching vs. Atlanta.....

 

CUBS          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
vs. Atla     8.0    8    4    4    3    9    2   141  3.38 10.13  2.25  1.38  4.50
overall    721.3  680  364  345  295  634   98 11907  3.68  7.91  1.22  1.35  4.30

 

Go CUBS !!

[Italiancub]

Does anybody know what time the gates open? My friend said he thought it was 5:00 but he wasn't sure.

[E.J.]

Does anybody know what time the gates open? My friend said he thought it was 5:00 but he wasn't sure.

 

I'm pretty sure it's always 2 hours before gametime. So that would be 4:35 CT.

 

 

By the way, Colon has an 6+ ERA. Doesn't that pretty much guarantee that he'll take a no-hitter into the 6th or 7th inning?

[Omar]

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) VS. Roman Colon (Righty)

Jeromy Burnitz: 0 for 1

Todd Walker: 0 for 1

Aramis Ramirez: 1 for 1

Michael Barrett: 0 for 1

Corey Patterson: 0 for 1

Jason Dubois: 0 for 1

Derrek Lee: 0 for 0 with a walk.

The current Cubs are hitting .143 (1 for 7) Vs. Colon.

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Greg Maddux (Righty)

Brian Jordan: 12 for 46 (.261)

Johnny Estrada: 0 for 11

Eddie Perez: 0 for 3

Rafeal Furcal: 1 for 3 (.333)

Julio Franco: 2 for 2

Wilson Beternit: 0 for 2

Marcus Giles: 0 for 1

The current Braves are hitting .200 (17 for 85) Vs. Maddux.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'll be at the LA premiere of Fantastic Four instead of watching this game.

 

Go Cubs.

[LetsPlayTwo]

I'm really starting to get concerned, but I won't be able to watch this game due to practice. Go Cubs!

[chicubs]

Cubs are going to knock this "you know what" around.

[Rusch33]

Lineups for tonight:

 

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303

T. Hollandsworth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278

C. Patterson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235

H. Blanco c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157

G. Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Atlanta

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

R. Furcal ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

K. Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241

M. Giles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

A. Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

A. LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

J. Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

R. Langerhans rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

W. Betemit 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

R. Colon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[Omar]

My dream lineup for tonight

 

Hairston - LF

Walker - 2B

Lee - 1B

Ramirez - 3B

Burnitz - RF

Perez - SS

C-Patt - CF

Catcher

Pitcher

[Rusch33]

My dream lineup for tonight

 

Hairston - LF

Walker - 2B

Lee - 1B

Ramirez - 3B

Burnitz - RF

Perez - SS

C-Patt - CF

Catcher

Pitcher

 

 

haha.. your dream lineup didn't happen.

[chicubs]

At least Patterson is at the bottom, but Perez at the top?...ugh!

[Knyption]

Lineups for tonight:

 

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303

T. Hollandsworth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278

C. Patterson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235

H. Blanco c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157

G. Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Atlanta

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

R. Furcal ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

K. Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241

M. Giles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

A. Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

A. LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

J. Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

R. Langerhans rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

W. Betemit 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

R. Colon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

 

I just don't get it, if I was Hairston, I would be furious. I mean the guys been great at leadoff. If Corey must play put him in LF. Geezus

[Flames24Rulz]

Perez is going to go 0 for 5 anyway and next week when we come back to Wrigley, the fans will give him a free pass unlike they give Corey.

 

Dusty = moron. Boy do i hate this lineup. START HAIRSTON EVERY GAME!!!