8-3: Cubs (Williams) @ Phillies (Tejeda) 6:05 CT, CSN+, 720

[Chris]

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Williams

3-4, 4.61

 

vs

 

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Tejeda

2-2, 2.95

 

 

LET'S GO CUBS!

[Brian]

"Cobs win or I Keel you"

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[rickrolled]

Today's win was way too close. Win by more tomorrow.

[OldHappyCubFan]

WIN YOU MORANS!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Well, there I was in Philadelphia yesterday around noon, and I was thinking how neat it would be to stay over there and take in the game last night, but alas, the company had a different idea of how I should spend my time. So, like the good soldier, I got out on the PA Turnpike and started heading for Ohio. Had my CUBS game on the XM radio.... life is good, no? I turned off on I-70 and was heading through Washington, PA along about the 4th inning when all of a sudden, I come around a bend in the road and see nothing but tail lights and the left lane closed up ahead. So, I lay on the brakes and start slowing down when all of a sudden, with no warning at all, KABOOM !!! The tractor - trailer behind me smacks me right in the ass end !!

 

Bottom line... I was not hurt, but my rear bumper was mangled up pretty bad, and the tractor that hit me (it was a brand new Kenworth) is gonna need a new front clip, radiator, and a whole lot of plumbing. By the time the police got all done with their investigation and paperwork, and I got back behind the wheel to leave.... the game was over !! [sigh] Well, maybe I'll be able to catch tonight's game.

 

So much for all that, now on the the really important stuff..... here's your worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.....

 

CUBS are 9-7 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 2-2 vs. Philadelphia

CUBS are 26-24 at night.

CUBS are 27-26 on the road.

CUBS are 18-8 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-44 when he doesn't

CUBS are 22-14 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 32-38 when they don't

CUBS are 31-21 when they've won the previous game.... 22-31 after a loss

CUBS are 34-15 when they make at least 10 hits, 19-37 when they don't.

CUBS are 20-9 when they take 4 or more walks, 33-43 when they don't

CUBS are 43-36 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 10-16 when they k 8 or more times.

CUBS are 24-16 when they steal a base, 29-36 when they don't

CUBS are 26-12 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 27-40 when they don't

CUBS are 1-0 when Hornkohl is in an accident :shock:

 

CUBS are 3-3 when Williams starts

Williams is 3 of 6 in quality starts

Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.03.... Williams has not pitched to Blanco.

CUBS score 4.54 R/G overall.... 4.17 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.27 HR/G overall.... 2.00 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 08/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   201   25   50    8    2   12   98   25   13   33  0.249  0.296  0.488  0.784
CUBS overall     3676  481 1004  217   17  135 1660  461  285  613  0.273  0.329  0.452  0.781

 

Williams' last five starts......

 

Williams          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/28 vs. Ariz   5.3    7    1    1    4    5    1  122  6.75  8.44  1.69  2.06  1.69
07/23 vs. St. L  6.0    7    4    3    3    3    0  105  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.67  4.50
07/18 vs. Cincy  6.7    6    4    4    1    3    1  104  1.35  4.05  1.35  1.05  5.40
07/07 vs. Atla   6.0    8    3    3    2    3    1  102  3.00  4.50  1.50  1.67  4.50
07/02 vs. Wash   7.0    5    4    4    1    3    1   88  1.29  3.86  1.29  0.86  5.14

5 game totals   31.0   33   16   15   11   17    4  521  3.19  4.94  1.16  1.42  4.35

 

Williams' splits......

 

Williams          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            12.3   12    5    5    5    8    2  210  3.65  5.84  1.46  1.38  3.65
Road            27.7   24   13   12   11   17    4  435  3.58  5.53  1.30  1.27  3.90

Day             20.3   19    9    8    9   13    2  338  3.98  5.75  0.89  1.38  3.54
Nite            19.7   17    9    9    7   12    4  307  3.20  5.49  1.83  1.22  4.12

season totals   40.0   36   18   17   16   25    6  645  3.60  5.63  1.35  1.30  3.83

 

CUBS' season series vs. Philadelphia.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
28  Fri 05/06    Philadelphia      2- 3  Prior        
29  Sat 05/07    Philadelphia      1- 4  Rusch        
30  Sun 05/08    Philadelphia      2- 1  Zambrano      
106  Tue 08/02  @ Philadelphia  N   2- 1  Zambrano      
107  Wed 08/03  @ Philadelphia  N    -    Williams      
108  Thu 08/04  @ Philadelphia       -    Prior        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Philadelphia.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker          4    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250
Lee            13    2    4    2    0    1    9    2    3    5  0.308  0.438  0.692  1.130
Macias          4    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Ramirez        14    1    5    0    0    1    8    3    1    2  0.357  0.400  0.571  0.971
Lawton          5    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.400  0.400  0.400  0.800
Barrett        11    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    1    1  0.273  0.333  0.364  0.697
Patterson      10    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    2    3  0.100  0.250  0.400  0.650
Hairston        9    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.111  0.273  0.222  0.495
Burnitz        14    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    4  0.143  0.250  0.214  0.464
Perez          14    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    1    2  0.071  0.133  0.286  0.419
Grieve          2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
Hollandsworth   7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Blanco          3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Cedeno          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Dubois          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Phil      122    7   24    6    0    4   42    7   13   28  0.197  0.274  0.344  0.618

overall      3676  481 1004  214   17  130 1642  461  285  612  0.273  0.329  0.447  0.776

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Philadelphia.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wellemeyer  2.3    0    0    0    0    4    0    25  0.00 15.43  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hawkins     1.0    2    2    0    1    2    0    25  9.00 18.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Remlinger   0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     8  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano   17.0    9    1    1    4    9    1   240  2.12  4.76  0.53  0.76  0.53
Prior       8.0    4    1    1    2   10    1   105  2.25 11.25  1.13  0.75  1.13
Rusch       4.7    8    2    2    1    3    0    81  1.93  5.79  0.00  1.93  3.86
Wuertz      1.3    2    2    1    1    0    0    33  6.75  0.00  0.00  2.25  6.75
Dempster    1.0    0    1    1    4    2    0    41 36.00 18.00  0.00  4.00  9.00

vs. Phil   36.0   25    9    6   13   30    2   558  3.25  7.50  0.50  1.06  1.50

overall   945.7  895  471  448  389  812  129 15574  3.70  7.73  1.23  1.36  4.26

 

Go CUBS !!! ..... and drive safely !!

 

The life you save.... may be Hornkohl's !! :wink:

[Coach C]

Sounds like a bad day in the office for Mr. Fred. Maybe you should contact your company and tell them that you're shaken up from the accident, and the only cure would be going to the Cubs/Phillies game. :wink:

 

Glad to see you're all right though.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sounds like a bad day in the office for Mr. Fred. Maybe you should contact your company and tell them that you're shaken up from the accident, and the only cure would be going to the Cubs/Phillies game. :wink:

 

Glad to see you're all right though.

 

By golly, I like the way you think !!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sounds like a bad day in the office for Mr. Fred. Maybe you should contact your company and tell them that you're shaken up from the accident, and the only cure would be going to the Cubs/Phillies game. :wink:

 

Glad to see you're all right though.

 

On second thought.......

 

CUBS are 0-5 in road games with Hornkohl in attendance

 

Maybe it would just serve to make me feel worse ???

[Coach C]

Sounds like a bad day in the office for Mr. Fred. Maybe you should contact your company and tell them that you're shaken up from the accident, and the only cure would be going to the Cubs/Phillies game. :wink:

 

Glad to see you're all right though.

 

On second thought.......

 

CUBS are 0-5 in road games with Hornkohl in attendance

 

Maybe it would just serve to make me feel worse ???

 

Wow....

 

Maybe you might just want to stay home...

 

Yeah...

 

:lol:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sounds like a bad day in the office for Mr. Fred. Maybe you should contact your company and tell them that you're shaken up from the accident, and the only cure would be going to the Cubs/Phillies game. :wink:

 

Glad to see you're all right though.

 

On second thought.......

 

CUBS are 0-5 in road games with Hornkohl in attendance

 

Maybe it would just serve to make me feel worse ???

 

Wow....

 

Maybe you might just want to stay home...

 

Yeah...

 

:lol:

 

Ya know.... that's the problem with working out on the road. My take home pay won't take me home !! :wink:

[Sarcastic]

CUBS are 1-0 when Hornkohl is in an accident :shock:

 

The path is clear. You know what you must do. :twisted:

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 1-0 when Hornkohl is in an accident :shock:

 

The path is clear. You know what you must do. :twisted:

 

:shrug: No, sarcastic, anything but that !!

[Sarcastic]

CUBS are 1-0 when Hornkohl is in an accident :shock:

 

The path is clear. You know what you must do. :twisted:

 

:shrug: No, sarcastic, anything but that !!

 

What you can't figure it out? You got into an accident, the Cubs won. Do you see where I'm going with this?

 

Oh well, not every joke can be good. :cry:

[mhuber92211]

glad to see that you are OK Fred.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Win you idiots.

[otis89]

Win again. And that's an order.

[Garwilly]

My heart cannot take another game like last night. Listening to games on the radio because of no cable continues tonight.

[Coach C]

My heart cannot take another game like last night. Listening to games on the radio because of no cable continues tonight.

 

Yeah, I'll be watching it on MLB.TV

[gflore34]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

[otis89]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

 

Never doubt the Astros. Last week it was Pedro Martinez vs. Ezequiel Astacio. Pedro pitched like his usual self, but Astacio mowed down the Mets. The Astros won that game. :roll:

[gflore34]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

 

Never doubt the Astros. Last week it was Pedro Martinez vs. Ezequiel Astacio. Pedro pitched like his usual self, but Astacio mowed down the Mets. The Astros won that game. :roll:

 

 

At some point the better pitcher is going to win out, why not tonight?

[otis89]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

 

Never doubt the Astros. Last week it was Pedro Martinez vs. Ezequiel Astacio. Pedro pitched like his usual self, but Astacio mowed down the Mets. The Astros won that game. :roll:

 

 

At some point the better pitcher is going to win out, why not tonight?

 

I'm not doubting you. I'm just pointing out that the team with the "better" pitcher doesn't always win.

[Garwilly]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

 

Never doubt the Astros. Last week it was Pedro Martinez vs. Ezequiel Astacio. Pedro pitched like his usual self, but Astacio mowed down the Mets. The Astros won that game. :roll:

 

 

At some point the better pitcher is going to win out, why not tonight?

 

I'm not doubting you. I'm just pointing out that the team with the "better" pitcher doesn't always win.

 

Anyone else just have 2003 NLCS flashback?

[OldHappyCubFan]

Win idiots!

[badger1679666666]

If the Cubs could somehow pull out a victory tonight they should gain a game on the Astros tonight. Vazquez vs. Ezequiel Astacio, huge pitching mismatch in the Diamondbacks favor, in fact, I believe there's an excellent chance Vazquez shuts out the Astros.

 

Never doubt the Astros. Last week it was Pedro Martinez vs. Ezequiel Astacio. Pedro pitched like his usual self, but Astacio mowed down the Mets. The Astros won that game. :roll:

 

 

At some point the better pitcher is going to win out, why not tonight?

 

I'm not doubting you. I'm just pointing out that the team with the "better" pitcher doesn't always win.

 

Anyone else just have 2003 NLCS flashback?

 

I try and avoid thinking about that series as much as possible. In fact I have it pretty well blocked out of all aspects of my memory.