8/7 Cubs (Zambrano) at Mets (Zambrano) 7:05 PM CT ESPN

[Omar]

not the cubs' game, but...

 

pujols OWNS farnsworth. just hit his fourth hr in 17 career ab's against him.

 

Pujols?

 

The entire Cardinals team owns Farns.

[JGalt73]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

[Mad Ducks]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

 

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams....

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

 

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams....

 

coughNeifihitagrandslamcough

[chicubs]

Is it too much to ask for this team to play like they are major leaguers rather than daisy-picking 6 year-old little leaguers?

[IUBrian]

Well, one bright side:

 

With Joke Morgan announcing, the Cub fundamentals won't be the WORST thing in the ballpark.

 

GO Cubs.

[Jon]

Sigh. Eyre gives up a 2-out double to Burke and then decided it would be a good idea to give Burkman something to hit after falling behind 3-0. 2-1 Astros after the RBI double...

[Jon]

And so much for gaining any ground today. Eyre gives up 4 2-out runs in the 8th.

[barrettismyidol]

And so much for gaining any ground today. Eyre gives up 4 2-out runs in the 8th.

 

But to gain ground, you must win.. and that's questionable.

 

And if we do gain ground, it'll just prolong the agony.

[Mad Ducks]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

 

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams....

 

coughNeifihitagrandslamcough

 

 

that was one case, the good teams seem to win like that all the time...

[Fred Hornkohl]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

 

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams....

 

coughNeifihitagrandslamcough

 

 

that was one case, the good teams seem to win like that all the time...

 

There's perception.... and then there's reality.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday.....

 

CUBS are 11-6 on Sundays

CUBS are 2-3 vs. NY Mets

CUBS are 26-26 at night.

CUBS are 27-30 on the road.

CUBS are 19-15 in games that end a series

CUBS are 5-3 in games ending a road trip

CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-34 after a loss

CUBS are 1-2 when they've lost their previous 4 games

CUBS are 43-18 when they get a quality start,... 11-38 when they don't

CUBS are 44-22 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 10-34 when they don't

 

Team record by first inning runs allowed

                        W    L     pct
0.                     46   28   0.622
1.                      6   19   0.240
2.                      0    4   0.000
3.                      2    3   0.400
4.                      0    2   0.000

Totals                  54   56   0.491

 

CUBS are 12-10 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 15 of 22 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.09

CUBS score 4.48 R/G overall.... 4.59 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 0.86 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/04 - 08/06      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   787  101  221   53    6   19  343   98   55  136  0.281  0.331  0.436  0.766
CUBS overall     3809  493 1035  226   17  137 1706  472  290  634  0.272  0.327  0.448  0.775

 

Zambrano's last five starts.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/02 vs. Phila  8.0    4    0    0    1    4    0  104  1.13  4.50  0.00  0.63  0.00
07/27 vs. S.F.   7.3   11    3    3    4    4    0  120  4.91  4.91  0.00  2.05  3.68
07/22 vs. St. L  9.0    3    1    1    0   12    1  118  0.00 12.00  1.00  0.33  1.00
07/17 vs. Pitts  8.0    5    1    0    4    4    0   95  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.13  0.00
07/08 vs. Flor   7.0    6    3    3    6    7    1  120  7.71  9.00  1.29  1.71  3.86

5 game totals   39.3   29    8    7   15   31    2  557  3.43  7.09  0.46  1.12  1.60

 

Zambrano's splits.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            70.3   49   20   19   31   58    4 1117  3.97  7.42  0.51  1.14  2.43
Road            76.7   62   35   34   31   74    8 1236  3.64  8.69  0.94  1.21  3.99

Day             69.3   49   17   16   33   62    4 1114  4.28  8.05  0.52  1.18  2.08
Nite            77.7   62   38   37   29   70    8 1239  3.36  8.11  0.93  1.17  4.29

season totals  147.0  111   55   53   62  132   12 2353  3.80  8.08  0.73  1.18  3.24

 

CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
31  Mon 05/09    New York      N   4- 7  Leicester     
32  Tue 05/10    New York      N   7- 0  Maddux        
33  Wed 05/11    New York          4- 3  Prior        
109  Fri 08/05  @ New York      N   5- 9  Hill        
110  Sat 08/06  @ New York          0- 2  Maddux        
111  Sun 08/07  @ New York           -    Zambrano      

 

CUBS' hitters vs. NY Mets.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco          5    1    3    1    0    0    4    0    2    2  0.600  0.714  0.800  1.514
Barrett        12    1    5    1    0    1    9    5    0    2  0.417  0.417  0.750  1.167
Lee            15    4    4    1    0    2   11    2    3    5  0.267  0.389  0.733  1.122
Ramirez        12    2    4    1    0    1    8    2    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000
Patterson      17    2    5    0    0    2   11    3    1    1  0.294  0.333  0.647  0.980
Hairston       10    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.400  0.455  0.400  0.855
Burnitz        19    4    5    0    0    1    8    3    1    4  0.263  0.300  0.421  0.721
Perez          17    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    1    2  0.235  0.278  0.353  0.631
Macias         12    1    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.333  0.583
Dubois          9    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.444  0.556
Grieve          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Walker          7    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393
Lawton          7    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393
Murton          1    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
Garciaparra     4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Hollandsworth  11    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Mets      166   20   42    7    0    8   73   18   12   27  0.253  0.307  0.440  0.747

overall      3809  493 1035  225   18  135 1701  472  290  633  0.272  0.327  0.447  0.773

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. NY Mets.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman       2.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    28  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Wellemeyer  2.0    0    0    0    1    3    0    26  4.50 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Remlinger   1.7    0    0    0    0    3    0    23  0.00 16.20  0.00  0.00  0.00
Bartosh     1.3    2    0    0    0    3    0    33  0.00 20.25  0.00  1.50  0.00
Novoa       1.3    1    0    0    0    1    0    17  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00
Wuertz      1.3    0    0    0    1    0    0    24  6.75  0.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Wood        1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    15  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Williamson  1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    16  0.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Prior       7.0    2    2    1    3    7    0   110  3.86  9.00  0.00  0.71  1.29
Maddux     13.7    7    2    2    5   15    0   199  3.29  9.88  0.00  0.88  1.32
Dempster    4.0    8    3    3    2    4    0    82  4.50  9.00  0.00  2.50  6.75
Rusch       2.3    4    2    2    1    1    0    41  3.86  3.86  0.00  2.14  7.71
Hawkins     1.0    2    1    1    0    0    1    17  0.00  0.00  9.00  2.00  9.00
Leicester   3.0    5    4    4    1    3    2    59  3.00  9.00  6.00  2.00 12.00
Hill        1.3    7    7    7    2    1    0    50 13.50  6.75  0.00  6.75 47.25

vs. Mets   44.0   40   21   20   17   45    3   740  3.48  9.20  0.61  1.30  4.09

overall   978.0  932  492  467  404  838  132 16155  3.72  7.71  1.21  1.37  4.30

 

Go CUBS !!

[Mad Ducks]

Eckstein GS in the 9th beats Braves 5-3...

 

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams....

 

coughNeifihitagrandslamcough

 

 

that was one case, the good teams seem to win like that all the time...

 

There's perception.... and then there's reality.

 

True, it always seems that the good teams find a way to rally back from 2-0 in the 9th while the cubs just do the job and lose.

[Brian]

please don't shoot the messenger

 

Lawton (lf)

Perez (2b)

Lee (1b)

Ramirez (3b)

Garciaparra (ss)

Hollandsworth (rf)

Barrett ©

Macias (cf)

Zambrano (p)

[Warren Brusstar]

Lineups:

 

 

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

M. Lawton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271

N. Perez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .354

A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309

N. Garciaparra ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .145

T. Hollandsworth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

J. Macias cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295

C. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

NY Mets

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Reyes ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280

M. Cairo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

C. Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

C. Floyd lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278

D. Wright 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296

M. Cameron rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

M. Piazza c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

M. Anderson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

V. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

If Jose Macias is now our everyday CF, Corey Patterson can't get back here fast enough.

[Brian]

I seriously want to put my head through a window.

[ltb]

4 starts in a row?

 

this is unreal.

[JGalt73]

Well, now a national audience can see first hand the horror that is a Dusty Baker lineup...

[Fred Hornkohl]

True, it always seems that the good teams find a way to rally back from 2-0 in the 9th while the cubs just do the job and lose.

 

Take some time while you're waiting for the game to start, and look up the Cardinals' record when trailing by 2 after 8 innings. I'm sure we'd all be interested to know.

[NewUserName]

Is it wrong to hope we lose?

[ltb]

Is it wrong to hope we lose?

 

i think i'm to the point where i want to see lee play well enough to win the mvp and nomar to play well enough to prove he's healthy enough to bring back for a tiny contract next season, but for the team to do whatever it takes to get dusty fired.

 

as i've said before, i've been optimistic that we have a shot at the wild card until recently, but as long as dusty is making his best effort to make sure neifi is still a starter with nomar back in addition to starting macias for 4 games in a row, this team does not have a chance.

[Warren Brusstar]

How did I know that somehow Nomar's return to the lineup would come at the expense of Todd Walker?

 

And, we need to get someone IMMEDIATELY that Dusty thinks is worthy of starting in CF. Other than, "Who should be released?," there are no questions to which "Jose Macias" is the answer.

[Cubzfan64]

please don't shoot the messenger

 

Lawton (lf)

Perez (2b)

Lee (1b)

Ramirez (3b)

Garciaparra (ss)

Hollandsworth (rf)

Barrett ©

Macias (cf)

Zambrano (p)

 

*sigh*

 

And what amazes me is that a team like the Red Sox can put together a lineup with Grafannino at 2B, Petagine at 1B, Cora at 3B, Mirabelli at C and Kapler in CF and they still go out and score 11 runs (that's sitting their regular catcher, 3B and CF).

 

Our offense is really crummy at times.

[woodprior04]

Well, now a national audience can see first hand the horror that is a Dusty Baker lineup...

 

Plus, we get to listen to Joe Morgan tell us how great of a manager Dusty is.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

please don't shoot the messenger

 

Lawton (lf)

Perez (2b)

Lee (1b)

Ramirez (3b)

Garciaparra (ss)

Hollandsworth (rf)

Barrett ©

Macias (cf)

Zambrano (p)

 

Incomprehensible.