8-4 Cubs (Prior) at Phillies (Myers) 12:05 CT, WGN TV/RADIO

sweetpeteman · August 4, 2005

The Cubs and Phillies face off in the pivital rubber game of this three game set. Hopefully, the woeful offense can finally wake up against Myers. Amazingly, despite being in homerun friendly Citizens Bank and featureing two teams that hit for power, no homers have been launched.

The match-ups:

Mark Prior

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/407578.jpg

7-3 3.26 ERA

0-0 1.13 ERA vs. Philladelphia (1 start) this season

Lifetime vs. Philly

OPPOSING HITTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 
Bobby Abreu         16 3 0 0 2 4 2 7 .188 .235 .563 .798 
Jimmy Rollins        16 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .222 .188 .410 
Pat Burrell            13 6 1 0 3 4 0 4 .462 .462 1.231 1.692 
Mike Lieberthal      12 3 2 0 0 0 1 5 .250 .308 .417 .724 
Endy Chavez        10 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .400 .455 .400 .855 
David Bell              9 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 
Chase Utley           6 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .167 .143 .667 .810 
Ryan Howard         2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 
Totals                  109 26 6 0 6 11 8 38 .239 .288 .459 .747

Brett Myers

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/408206.jpg

9-5 3.21 ERA

0-1 2.25 ERA vs. Cubs this Season

Lifetime:

OPPOSING HITTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 
Jeromy Burnitz       18 3 1 0 1 5 0 3  .167 .167 .389 .556 
Derrek Lee            16 7 3 1 2 4 3 3 .438 .526 1.125 1.651 
Todd Walker           9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .111 .273 .111 .384  
Aramis Ramirez      9 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 .222 .222 .556 .778 
Michael Barrett       9 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .444 .444 .889 1.333  
Neifi Perez             5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 
Todd Hollandsworth 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 
Matt Lawton            2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 
Mark Prior              2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 
Totals                  103 25 10 2 5 16 10 24 .243 .310 .524 .834

The Cubs beat Myers earlier this season 2-1 on a Z complete game. Prior almost beat the Phillies, but Hawkins blew it.

Omar · August 4, 2005

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Brett Myers (RHP, 3-4 with 4.61 ERA)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4788/mvc2lm.jpg

Noteworthy Match-ups (Philadelphia Phillies) Vs. Mark Prior (RHP, 7-3 with 3.26 ERA

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5748/pvp3hd.jpg

Leaders:

ABs: Phillies (109)

Hits: Cubs (26)

Doubles: Cubs (10)

Triples: Cubs (2)

Home Runs: Phillies (6)

RBI: Cubs (16)

Walks: Cubs (10)

Strikeouts: Phillies (38)

BA: Cubs (.243)

OBP: Cubs (.310)

Slg: Cubs (.524)

OPS: Cubs (.834)

Prediction based on Match-ups: WIN!

PBOM Record: 6-3

vance_the_cubs_fan · August 4, 2005

We better freaking win this game.

Rusch33 · August 4, 2005

We better freaking win this game.

We better start winning them in bunches or this playoff chance is over via Houston isn't LOSING.

CubsHawks25 · August 4, 2005

We better freaking win this game.

With this (what will be the) lineup? Ha. Good luck with that.

If Derrek can play today, it'll be a miracle. (Didn't see game, just the very horrible ending, but some said that Derrek's shoulder appears to be giving him problems again, like just before the AS break). Hairston is back in Chicago getting his elbow checked out. Oh, and Myers is a RHer, so that means Burnitz between DLee and ARam.

LF Lawton

2B Walker/CF Macias

1B Lee

RF Burnitz

3B Ramirez

SS Perez/2B Walker

CF Macias/2B Walker

C Blanco

P Prior

(Lawton/Walker/Ramirez/Burnitz/Hollandsworth/Perez/Macias/Blano/Prior if ToddH starts for Derrek at 1B)

OldHappyCubFan · August 4, 2005

Win you freaking idiots.

Fred Hornkohl · August 4, 2005

Well... I managed to drive all the way back across Pennsylvania without getting run over by any big trucks last night. The CUBS, unfortunately, didn't fare so well. Did anybody get the number of that truck ???

Here's your worthless stats of the day for Thursday......

CUBS are 2-9 on Thursdays

CUBS are 2-3 vs. Philadelphia

CUBS are 28-28 in the day time.

CUBS are 27-27 on the road.

CUBS are 18-8 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-45 when he doesn't

CUBS are 22-14 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 32-39 when they don't

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

CUBS are 15-7 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 43-17 when they get a quality start,... 11-36 when they don't

CUBS are 19-34 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 35-19 when they don't

CUBS are 44-21 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 10-32 when they don't

CUBS are 28-20 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 26-33 when they don't

CUBS are 18-16 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games.

CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 21-38 when they don't

CUBS are 15-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-48 when they don't

CUBS have been outscored 50-38 in the first inning..... outscored 40-32 in the 9th

CUBS are 12-4 when Prior starts

Prior is 12 of 16 in quality starts

Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.04

CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 5.06 R/G when Prior pitches

CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 1.63 HR/G when Prior pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Prior.....

04/04 - 08/03      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Prior      535   81  145   32    3   26  261   77   52   73  0.271  0.342  0.488  0.830
CUBS overall     3709  484 1010  219   17  135 1668  464  286  622  0.272  0.328  0.450  0.778

Prior's last 5 starts.....

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/29 vs. Ariz   7.3    7    3    3    2    8    0  119  2.45  9.82  0.00  1.23  3.68
07/24 vs. St. L  6.0    5    3    3    3    2    3  108  4.50  3.00  4.50  1.33  4.50
07/19 vs. Cincy  6.7    7    3    3    2    8    0  108  2.70 10.80  0.00  1.35  4.05
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

5 game totals   32.7   28   16   15   14   33    4  552  3.86  9.09  1.10  1.29  4.13

Prior's previous start against Philadelphia.....

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/06 vs. Phila  8.0    4    1    1    2   10    1  105  2.25 11.25  1.13  0.75  1.13

Prior's splits.....

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            59.7   39   16   14   17   68    6  910  2.56 10.26  0.91  0.94  2.11
Road            42.3   38   24   23   15   37    8  695  3.19  7.87  1.70  1.25  4.89

Day             69.3   48   28   26   22   73    8 1084  2.86  9.48  1.04  1.01  3.38
Nite            32.7   29   12   11   10   32    6  521  2.76  8.82  1.65  1.19  3.03

season totals  102.0   77   40   37   32  105   14 1605  2.82  9.26  1.24  1.07  3.26

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   3- 4  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
Lee            16    2    4    2    0    1    9    2    4    6  0.250  0.400  0.563  0.963
Macias          4    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.500  0.400  0.500  0.900
Walker          8    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.375  0.375  0.500  0.875
Ramirez        18    3    6    0    0    1    9    3    1    3  0.333  0.368  0.500  0.868
Lawton          9    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Patterson      10    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    2    3  0.100  0.250  0.400  0.650
Perez          18    1    3    1    0    1    7    1    1    2  0.167  0.211  0.389  0.599
Barrett        15    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    1    3  0.200  0.250  0.267  0.517
Hairston       12    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.083  0.214  0.167  0.381
Hollandsworth   8    0    1    1    0    0    2    2    0    3  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.375
Burnitz        18    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    4  0.111  0.200  0.167  0.367
Grieve          2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
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
Murton          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Phil      155   10   30    8    0    4   50   10   14   37  0.194  0.259  0.323  0.581

overall      3709  484 1010  216   17  130 1650  464  286  621  0.272  0.328  0.445  0.773

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
Novoa       1.0    2    0    0    0    0    0    18  0.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Ohman       1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    18  0.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Remlinger   1.0    1    1    0    2    0    0    25 18.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  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       6.7   10    2    2    1    8    0   120  1.35 10.80  0.00  1.65  2.70
Williams    4.0    5    3    2    1    1    0    70  2.25  2.25  0.00  1.50  4.50
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   44.3   36   13    8   16   38    2   720  3.25  7.71  0.41  1.17  1.62

overall   954.0  906  475  450  392  820  129 15736  3.70  7.74  1.22  1.36  4.25

Go CUBS !!

Fred Hornkohl · August 4, 2005

Here's an after thought..... The CUBS offense has been almost non-existant over the last 2 weeks. If Hollywood made a movie about 'em, they'd call it, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". See for yourself.....

07/22 - 08/03  AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco         10    2    6    0    0    2   12    4    1    1  0.600  0.636  1.200  1.836
Murton         16    0    7    1    1    0   10    1    3    4  0.438  0.526  0.625  1.151
Ramirez        41    7   12    0    0    2   18    8    2    8  0.293  0.356  0.439  0.795
Cedeno         11    3    4    0    0    0    4    0    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.364  0.780
Lee            43    5   10    2    0    1   15    5   12    7  0.233  0.400  0.349  0.749
Barrett        37    5    8    3    1    1   16    4    4    9  0.216  0.293  0.432  0.725
Lawton          9    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Walker         48    5   13    3    0    0   16    1    3    4  0.271  0.314  0.333  0.647
Macias         13    3    4    0    0    0    4    1    1    1  0.308  0.333  0.308  0.641
Hairston       41    2   10    1    1    0   13    1    4    3  0.244  0.311  0.317  0.628
Perez          43    1    9    3    0    1   15    7    2    4  0.209  0.244  0.349  0.593
Gerut           9    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.111  0.273  0.222  0.495
Burnitz        48    4    7    2    0    1   12    4    5    9  0.146  0.222  0.250  0.472
Hollandsworth  24    1    3    3    0    0    6    3    1    9  0.125  0.160  0.250  0.410

CUBS          416   41  101   20    3    9  154   39   41   72  0.243  0.312  0.370  0.683

Notorious · August 4, 2005

Here's an after thought..... The CUBS offense has been almost non-existant over the last 2 weeks. If Hollywood made a movie about 'em, they'd call it, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". See for yourself.....

07/22 - 08/03  AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco         10    2    6    0    0    2   12    4    1    1  0.600  0.636  1.200  1.836
Murton         16    0    7    1    1    0   10    1    3    4  0.438  0.526  0.625  1.151
Ramirez        41    7   12    0    0    2   18    8    2    8  0.293  0.356  0.439  0.795
Cedeno         11    3    4    0    0    0    4    0    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.364  0.780
Lee            43    5   10    2    0    1   15    5   12    7  0.233  0.400  0.349  0.749
Barrett        37    5    8    3    1    1   16    4    4    9  0.216  0.293  0.432  0.725
Lawton          9    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Walker         48    5   13    3    0    0   16    1    3    4  0.271  0.314  0.333  0.647
Macias         13    3    4    0    0    0    4    1    1    1  0.308  0.333  0.308  0.641
Hairston       41    2   10    1    1    0   13    1    4    3  0.244  0.311  0.317  0.628
Perez          43    1    9    3    0    1   15    7    2    4  0.209  0.244  0.349  0.593
Gerut           9    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.111  0.273  0.222  0.495
Burnitz        48    4    7    2    0    1   12    4    5    9  0.146  0.222  0.250  0.472
Hollandsworth  24    1    3    3    0    0    6    3    1    9  0.125  0.160  0.250  0.410

CUBS          416   41  101   20    3    9  154   39   41   72  0.243  0.312  0.370  0.683

Yes it is pretty sad when Blanco is leading every offensive category. Small sample size or not...

LoneStarCubFan · August 4, 2005

Dumbest. Team. In. Baseball.

Chris · August 4, 2005

Cubs are gonna win this afternoon!

USSoccer · August 4, 2005

Quickest way to forget about last night= win today. 2 of 3 on the road against a good team is good. We could have just as easily won yesterday and lost Tuesday, so let's win the series, hope AZ doesn't get swept at home, and go into NY reloaded....

jyoung55 · August 4, 2005

Amazingly, despite being in homerun friendly Citizens Bank and featureing two teams that hit for power, no homers have been launched.

I thought the Phillies' new stadium was pitcher friendly. Am I wrong?

Derwood · August 4, 2005

http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/einstein.jpg

otis89 · August 4, 2005

We suck so bad in each and every aspect of the game.

LoneStarCubFan · August 4, 2005

Line-ups?

Can't wait to see what the outfield looks like.

I'll guess:

Lawton RF

Perez SS

Lee 1B

Burnitz CF

ARam 3B

Walker 2B

Hollandsworth LF

Blanco C

Prior P

Derwood · August 4, 2005

Amazingly, despite being in homerun friendly Citizens Bank and featureing two teams that hit for power, no homers have been launched.

I thought the Phillies' new stadium was pitcher friendly. Am I wrong?

You are. It's almost as homer-friendly as Great American or Coors

NomarSammy · August 4, 2005

Well boys and girls..............after that performance last night and considering we have our ace on the mound and it is against another team chasing the wildcard AND the ASTROS never lose..............

I WOULD CONSIDER THIS AS CLOSE TO A MUST WIN AS THERE IS!!!

Also, we will know alot about this team if they come out and roll over after last night...it will be interesting

And, my bet is on a LF-Holly, CF Burnie and RF Lawton outfield even though I would rather see murton :(

Flames24Rulz · August 4, 2005

everyone's going to love this lineup...

Cubs: Name AVG HR RBI SB

1. M Lawton, LF .333 0 0 0

2. T Walker, 2B .300 7 26 1

3. D Lee, 1B .357 32 83 12

4. A Ramirez, 3B .308 27 78 0

5. J Burnitz, RF .268 17 55 4

6. N Perez, SS .263 8 41 4

7. J Macias, CF .287 0 6 2

8. H Blanco, C .221 4 12 0

9. M Prior, P .207 0 1 0

Phillies: Name AVG HR RBI SB

1. J Rollins, SS .282 8 31 24

2. J Michaels, CF .300 3 22 2

3. C Utley, 2B .308 15 62 10

4. B Abreu, RF .291 18 62 23

5. P Burrell, LF .281 21 75 0

6. R Howard, 1B .280 6 21 0

7. D Bell, 3B .255 6 39 0

8. T Pratt, C .250 5 19 0

9. B Myers, P .100 0 3 0

NomarSammy · August 4, 2005

Well, I was wrong, but honestly I think I would have liked that BAD line-up better than this BADDER line-up!

Lawton

Walker

Lee

Burnitz

Ramierez

Perez

Macias

Blanco

Prior

Ya--I am sure that ARAM will get many pitches to see!! Also, I think Prior should hit 6th in thios line-up!

Roast · August 4, 2005

http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/einstein.jpg

Niiiice.

Brian · August 4, 2005

Blanco should be batting clean-up.

I'm not sure if i'm serious or not.

frostwyrm · August 4, 2005

This lineup does not bode well for Murton. He's probably better off in Iowa.

Jon · August 4, 2005

Day game after a night game, Lee was in visible pain last night, he's not swinging real well, and Dusty still won't sit him? Yeesh. I don't care about his lifetime stats against him. The guy needs a break. Edited August 4, 2005 by Jon

Flames24Rulz · August 4, 2005

Day game after a night game, Lee was in visible pain last night, he's not swinging real well, and Dusty still won't sit him? Yeesh.

can Murton play 1B? If so, i really would wish Dusty would give DLee the day off because thats the only way IMO that were going to see Murton play unless hes a PH :x

8-4 Cubs (Prior) at Phillies (Myers) 12:05 CT, WGN TV/RADIO

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