7/19 Cubs (Prior) at Reds (Hudson), 6:10pm WGN

CubmanPi · July 19, 2005

Scoring runs is cool. We should do it more often. From the looks of things, that should be relatively possible again on Tuesday. Hudson is on 12 days rest, with his last start coming on 7 July in a 7-2 loss to the Giants. That either means he was feeling sore and the Reds wanted to capitalize on the ASB to give him the most time off possible, or the 1-4 record and 9.85 ERA should tell us something about him.

http://espn.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/mark_prior.jpgPrior (6-3, 3.07 ERA)

vs

http://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/tenn/sports/m-basebl/MLB/head-lukehudson.jpgHudson (1-4, 9.85 ERA)

bobcatjones · July 19, 2005

Hey guys. . .i'm a newly converted Cubs fan. I've been checking up on these threads for the past few days, and all I have to say is this:

Cubs suck.

Learn to beat a real team.

Transmogrified Tiger · July 19, 2005

Welcome!

Who are you a convert from?

Flames24Rulz · July 19, 2005

lets make this scrub pay tomorrow. If the Cubs don't score 10 tomorrow, i'll be very disappointed :wink:

that being said...just win baby.

otis89 · July 19, 2005

I still don't care. We still suck.

erik316wttn · July 19, 2005

Stupid losers. So you beat the Reds. Call me when you beat the Cardinals.

You bunch of idiots won't win this series. You'll find ways to choke it away like you always do.

9.85 era equals zero Cub runs.

bobcatjones · July 19, 2005

perhaps i shouldn't share this dreadful secret. . .

but. . .

the yankees

erik316wttn · July 19, 2005

AAAAHHH!! KILL IT!! KILL IT!!

Nah, just teasing. Welcome aboard.

Coach C · July 19, 2005

Welcome

Might I ask why why the change of heart?

Flames24Rulz · July 19, 2005

well at least you converted to the good side.

badger1679666666 · July 19, 2005

Come on sucksters. You've sucked a little less lately, but you still suck alot until you beat a real team. Take 3 out of 4 and I'll say that you only suck minimally, but are a bad team. You'll be bad, but you'll no longer suck.

(Except you Prior, you're cool).

bobcatjones · July 19, 2005

two roads diverged in a yellow wood. . .my affinity for the yankees didn't possess a strong enough connection, so when my boyfriend (mr. cubmanpi) let me know it was a conversion of the heart or the highway, i chose the former. and that has made all the difference. . .

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2005

Greetings and salutations, bcj :wink:

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2005

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday.....

CUBS are 8-5 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 4-2 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 22-21 at night.

CUBS are 23-23 on the road.

CUBS are 20-12 when their pitcher gets at least 1 hit.... 27-33 when they don't

CUBS are 17-7 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 30-38 when he doesn't

CUBS are 28-18 when they've won the previous game.... 18-27 after a loss

CUBS are 6-8 when they've won their previous 2 games

CUBS are 9-4 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 39-18 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 8-27 when they don't

CUBS are 24-16 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 23-29 when they don't

CUBS are 9-4 when Prior starts

Prior is 9 of 13 in quality starts

Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.65

CUBS score 4.64 R/G overall.... 4.77 R/G when Prior pitches

CUBS hit 1.32 HR/G overall.... 1.54 HR/G when Prior pitches

CUBS' offensive support for Prior.....

04/04 - 07/18      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Prior      430   62  116   26    2   20  206   58   37   61  0.270  0.328  0.479  0.807
CUBS overall     3186  427  877  188   13  121 1454  409  237  542  0.275  0.325  0.456  0.782

Mark Prior's last five starts.....

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/14 vs. Pitts  8.0    2    1    0    3   10    0  115  3.38 11.25  0.00  0.63  0.00
07/07 vs. Atla   4.7    7    6    6    4    5    1  102  7.71  9.64  1.93  2.36 11.57
07/01 vs. Wash   5.0    6    3    3    0    7    1   82  0.00 12.60  1.80  1.20  5.40
06/26 vs. CWS    6.0    1    0    0    0    3    0   71  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.17  0.00
05/27 vs. Colo   3.3    2    1    1    3    3    0   55  8.10  8.10  0.00  1.50  2.70

5 game totals   27.0   18   11   10   10   28    2  425  3.33  9.33  0.67  1.04  3.33

Prior's H/R & D/N splits.....

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            52.3   32   13   11   15   60    6  791  2.58 10.32  1.03  0.90  1.89
Road            29.7   26   18   17   10   27    5  479  3.03  8.19  1.52  1.21  5.16

Day             62.0   41   25   23   20   65    8  965  2.90  9.44  1.16  0.98  3.34
Nite            20.0   17    6    5    5   22    3  305  2.25  9.90  1.35  1.10  2.25

season totals   82.0   58   31   28   25   87   11 1270  2.74  9.55  1.21  1.01  3.07

CUBS vs. Cincinnati season series.....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
13  Mon 04/18  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 7  Wood        
14  Tue 04/19  @ Cincinnati    N   7- 1  Prior        
19  Mon 04/25    Cincinnati    N  10- 6  Prior        
20  Tue 04/26    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Zambrano      
21  Wed 04/27    Cincinnati        8- 7  Dempster      
92  Mon 07/18  @ Cincinnati    N   9- 4  Williams      
93  Tue 07/19  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Prior        
94  Wed 07/20  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Wood        
95  Thu 07/21  @ Cincinnati         -    Maddux        
112  Mon 08/08    Cincinnati    N    -    Williams      
113  Tue 08/09    Cincinnati         -    Prior        
114  Wed 08/10    Cincinnati         -    Wood        
144  Mon 09/12    Cincinnati    N    -    Wood        
145  Tue 09/13    Cincinnati    N    -    Maddux        
146  Wed 09/14    Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano

CUBS' hitters vs. Cincinnati.....

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker          6    2    3    0    0    2    9    3    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.500  2.000
Cedeno          1    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Lee            25   12   13    1    0    7   35   15    2    2  0.520  0.536  1.400  1.936
Murton          5    0    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.800  0.800  0.800  1.600
Patterson      21    6    9    1    0    3   19    4    0    1  0.429  0.429  0.905  1.333
Barrett        22    2    9    3    1    1   17    4    1    2  0.409  0.435  0.773  1.208
Ramirez        23    4    7    1    0    3   17    7    3    2  0.304  0.385  0.739  1.124
Burnitz        22    4    8    2    0    2   16    5    1    1  0.364  0.375  0.727  1.102
Grieve          2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Dubois          6    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    3  0.167  0.286  0.667  0.952
Macias          7    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  0.429  0.500  0.429  0.929
Hairston       25    9    9    2    0    0   11    1    2    3  0.360  0.467  0.440  0.907
Perez          26    5    7    0    1    1   12    6    1    4  0.269  0.321  0.462  0.783
Hollandsworth  16    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Garciaparra     5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.167  0.000  0.167
Blanco          3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Cinci     229   49   80   11    2   20  155   48   12   26  0.349  0.391  0.677  1.068

overall      3186  427  877  190   14  120 1455  409  237  541  0.275  0.329  0.457  0.786

CUBS' pitchers vs. Cincinnati.....

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Bartosh     3.3    2    1    1    4    2    0    70 10.80  5.40  0.00  1.80  2.70
Dempster    5.3    8    6    6    5    7    1    97  8.44 11.81  1.69  2.44 10.13
Fox         0.3    1    3    3    3    0    1    30 81.00  0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00
Hawkins     2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    27  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Leicester   1.7    2    3    2    3    2    0    38 16.20 10.80  0.00  3.00 10.80
Novoa       2.0    2    1    1    1    1    0    42  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  4.50
Ohman       1.3    2    0    0    2    1    0    25 13.50  6.75  0.00  3.00  0.00
Prior      13.0   10    3    2    4   16    1   204  2.77 11.08  0.69  1.08  1.38
Remlinger   1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    12  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Rusch       4.7    2    1    1    0    3    0    61  0.00  5.79  0.00  0.43  1.93
Wood        6.0    8    5    5    2    6    2    95  3.00  9.00  3.00  1.67  7.50
Wuertz      1.0    2    3    2    1    2    0    25  9.00 18.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Zambrano    4.7    7    6    6    3    5    1   104  5.79  9.64  1.93  2.14 11.57
Williams    6.7    6    4    4    1    3    1   104  1.35  4.05  1.35  1.05  5.40

vs. Cinci  53.0   54   36   33   29   52    7   934  4.92  8.83  1.19  1.57  5.60

overall   817.3  759  405  383  327  705  109 13460  3.60  7.76  1.20  1.33  4.22

Go CUBS !!

Edited July 19, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

Coach C · July 19, 2005

Hmm... I'm pretty sure that we'll be seeing Blanco starting tomorrow.

erik316wttn · July 19, 2005

People, where is the negativity? Don't jinx this!!

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2005

You're probably right. Barret has caught the last 2 games.... and Blanco has started 7 of Prior's last 9 starts.

UMFan83 · July 19, 2005

It's kinda sad when I see a pitcher with a 9+ ERA and get scared. I don't know what it is or if the Cubs falter by expecting too much, but they seem to lose control when a struggling pitcher is facing them.

I predict a close game 5-3 Cubs

imb · July 19, 2005

I feel the same.

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2005

UMF.... come on, man, put your believe bracelet back on and get with the program. Hudson isn't struggling, he's just bad. And, besides..... didn't we beat a struggling Al Leiter like a rented mule just last week ?? And besides that.... Mark Prior is pitching !!

CUBS take this one in a laugher..... 9-2 !!

CaliforniaRaisin · July 19, 2005

Way to jinx Prior.

Derwood · July 19, 2005

Derwood's stat of the day:

In 2005, the Cubs are 1-0 in games after they were 46-45.

CubmanPi · July 19, 2005

Contrary to what my first post in the thread might indicate, I'm with the skeptics who are afraid of old boy and his run-per-inning ERA. We're talking about the Chicago hey-let's-lose-to-Horacio-Ramirez-and-his-98-pitch-3-hit-shutout-effort Cubs. Granted, a couple key changes have been made since that horrible stretch of my life I'd much rather forget, but our offense seems to show up at its worst when 6 shutout innings can bring the opposing pitcher's ERA down more than two and a half points.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Cubs leave 11 men on base through the first six innings (in which they score a total of ZERO runs), then finally squeak out their only run in the seventh on a Lee/ARam sac fly popup that the Great American Smallpark couldn't quite hold, only to have Mark Prior's perfect game ruined by a bullcrap ball 4 call on a full count, followed by the backup catcher (i forget his name, but he's the guy who hit a grand slam and a 3-run shot in consecutive ABs not too long ago against Colorado) knock one halfway to Tennessee for the Reds' only hit in a 2-1 victory.

But then Fred's prediction wouldn't surprise me either, so enough speculating for me - let's just wait and see the Cubs playball. And win. For a change.

CubmanPi · July 19, 2005

Firm but fair.

Fred Hornkohl · July 19, 2005

.... and that pretty blue CUBS cap sure does offset her beautiful blue eyes, no?

7/19 Cubs (Prior) at Reds (Hudson), 6:10pm WGN

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