8/12 StL Cardinals (Marquis) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 1:20 WGN

[Marco4]

Man. Two pitchers who like to swing the bat, too.

 

Cards are 73-42

Cubbies are 55-60

 

Cards are in a one game losing streak, and haven't won a single baseball game for over 30 hours.

Cubbies are in a one game winning streak and haven't lost even one game in more than a day.

 

:)

 

Go Cubs!

[otis89]

That was a fluke. We are so losing today! It's just so freaking awesome!

[Omar]

No match-ups until we get to .500!

 

losers :P

[Marco4]

NB - I started the thread this early because I started yesterday's this early, and that worked out well.

[reggiemiller rules]

I dont think this one is gonna work out well for the Cardinal either, luckily the Cards have Carpenter going on sat to stop the 2 game slide after tomorrow.

[Balsa]

Z smokes the Cardinals. Let's make it two boys!

[Omar]

No Vance "I like winning. Let's do it again" or one of Roast's ingenious philosophies yet?

[Roast]

No Vance "I like winning. Let's do it again" or one of Roast's ingenious philosophies yet?

 

Sorry to dissapoint you. I just got home from the fair.

 

 

I think, today, we should try to score more runs than the other team.

[rickrolled]

We still suck

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I do like winning....but it's not like this team gives a damn about me.

[Brian]

Bold prediction: Zambrano pitches like Zambrano.

 

:^o

[Chris]

Cubs are gonna win, I mean it

[erik316wttn]

Cubs are gonna win, I mean it

 

Even if they do, it won't mean squat.

[Chris]

Cubs are gonna win, I mean it

 

Even if they do, it won't mean squat.

 

I'll appreciate it

[UMFan83]

Bold prediction: Zambrano pitches like Zambrano.

 

:^o

 

I hope he pitches like Victor the other day

[Omar]

No Vance "I like winning. Let's do it again" or one of Roast's ingenious philosophies yet?

 

Sorry to dissapoint you. I just got home from the fair.

 

 

I think, today, we should try to score more runs than the other team.

 

Google toolbar's spell check having bugs or something?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day.......

 

CUBS are 7-10 on Fridays

CUBS are 4-2 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 29-32 in the day time.

CUBS are 28-29 at home.

CUBS are 19-10 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-49 when he doesn't

CUBS are 22-16 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 33-44 when they don't

CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 23-38 after a loss

CUBS are 15-10 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 11-22 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 43-19 when they get a quality start,... 12-41 when they don't

CUBS are 19-39 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 36-21 when they don't

CUBS are 18-16 in one run games, 8-7 in two run games.

CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 22-45 when they don't

CUBS are 16-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-55 when they don't

CUBS have been outscored 61-39 in the first inning..... outscored 44-37 in the 9th

 

CUBS are 12-11 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 15 of 23 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.44.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.09

CUBS score 4.46 R/G overall.... 4.43 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 0.83 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/04 - 08/11      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   818  102  227   55    6   19  351   99   57  138  0.278  0.327  0.429  0.756
CUBS overall     3980  513 1081  236   17  141 1774  491  302  652  0.272  0.326  0.446  0.772

 

Zambrano's last five starts.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/07 vs. Mets   3.0    4    4    2    3    2    0   80  9.00  6.00  0.00  2.33  6.00
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

5 game totals   35.3   27    9    6   12   26    1  517  3.06  6.62  0.25  1.10  1.53

 

Zambrano's earlier start vs. St. Louis.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/20 vs. St. L  8.7    5    1    1    1    3    1  118  1.04  3.12  1.04  0.69  1.04

 

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            79.7   66   39   36   34   76    8 1316  3.84  8.59  0.90  1.26  4.07

Day             69.3   49   17   16   33   62    4 1114  4.28  8.05  0.52  1.18  2.08
Nite            80.7   66   42   39   32   72    8 1319  3.57  8.03  0.89  1.21  4.35

season totals  150.0  115   59   55   65  134   12 2433  3.90  8.04  0.72  1.20  3.30

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
15  Wed 04/20  @ St. Louis     N   3- 1  Zambrano      
16  Thu 04/21  @ St. Louis         0- 4  Dempster      
96  Fri 07/22  @ St. Louis     N   1- 2  Zambrano      
97  Sat 07/23  @ St. Louis         6- 5  Williams      
98  Sun 07/24  @ St. Louis     N   8- 4  Prior        
115  Thu 08/11    St. Louis        11- 4  Maddux        
116  Fri 08/12    St. Louis          -    Zambrano      
117  Sat 08/13    St. Louis          -    Williams      
118  Sun 08/14    St. Louis     N    -    Prior        
137  Mon 09/05  @ St. Louis          -    Williams      
138  Tue 09/06  @ St. Louis     N    -    Prior        
139  Wed 09/07  @ St. Louis     N    -    Hill        
147  Thu 09/15    St. Louis     N    -    Williams      
148  Fri 09/16    St. Louis          -    Prior        
149  Sat 09/17    St. Louis          -    Hill        
150  Sun 09/18    St. Louis          -    Maddux        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. St. Louis.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee            20    8    9    3    0    3   21    7    8    1  0.450  0.607  1.050  1.657
Blanco          8    1    5    0    0    1    8    2    0    0  0.625  0.625  1.000  1.625
Ramirez        24    6   10    2    0    2   18    6    3    2  0.417  0.500  0.750  1.250
Barrett        16    2    5    1    0    0    6    1    4    3  0.313  0.450  0.375  0.825
Patterson      12    2    4    1    0    0    5    1    1    1  0.333  0.385  0.417  0.801
Hollandsworth  21    1    5    3    0    0    8    0    2    1  0.238  0.304  0.381  0.685
Hairston       21    1    6    0    1    0    8    0    0    4  0.286  0.286  0.381  0.667
Macias          6    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Perez          28    3    6    1    0    1   10    5    0    2  0.214  0.214  0.357  0.571
Garciaparra     7    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571
Burnitz        20    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    2    3  0.150  0.227  0.300  0.527
Walker         14    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.214  0.357
Gerut           3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Murton          6    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Fontenot        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. St. L     223   29   62   13    2    8  103   27   20   30  0.278  0.340  0.462  0.802

overall      3980  514 1081  235   18  139 1769  492  302  649  0.272  0.326  0.444  0.771

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch       2.0    2    0    0    0    1    0    26  0.00  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Novoa       1.7    1    0    0    1    0    0    20  5.40  0.00  0.00  1.20  0.00
Ohman       1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    15  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hawkins     0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     2  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano   17.7    8    2    2    1   15    2   236  0.51  7.64  1.02  0.51  1.02
Dempster    8.0    7    2    2    5    4    0   133  5.63  4.50  0.00  1.50  2.25
Wuertz      2.7    0    1    1    1    2    0    37  3.38  6.75  0.00  0.38  3.38
Prior       6.0    5    3    3    3    2    3   108  4.50  3.00  4.50  1.33  4.50
Maddux      9.0   12    4    4    0    5    1   114  0.00  5.00  1.00  1.33  4.00
Williams    6.0    7    4    3    3    3    0   105  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.67  4.50
Fox         0.7    2    2    2    0    1    1    15  0.00 13.50 13.50  3.00 27.00
Mitre       0.3    2    1    1    0    0    0    10  0.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 27.00
Remlinger   0.0    1    1    1    0    0    1     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

vs. St. L  55.3   47   20   19   14   34    8   825  2.28  5.53  1.30  1.10  3.09

overall  1022.0  982  527  498  422  880  141 16895  3.72  7.75  1.24  1.37  4.39

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Brian]

You're slippin Fred, Z's had another start vs. STL this year. :)

 

Zambrano's earlier start vs. St. Louis.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/20 vs. St. L  8.7    5    1    1    1    3    1  118  1.04  3.12  1.04  0.69  1.04

[Fred Hornkohl]

You're slippin Fred, Z's had another start vs. STL this year. :)

 

Zambrano's earlier start vs. St. Louis.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/20 vs. St. L  8.7    5    1    1    1    3    1  118  1.04  3.12  1.04  0.69  1.04

 

Brian.... yes, indeed he did. If you'll look back up to the original post, under the heading "Zambrano's last five starts.....", you'll find that the 4th line stat shown is Zambrano's other start against St. Louis on 22 July 05.

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

Stats I found interesting...

 

CUBS are 29-32 in the day time.

 

We play most of our games during the day. You figure this would be an advantage for us?

 

CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 22-45 when they don't

 

:shock:

 

CUBS are 16-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-55 when they don't

 

:shock:

 

CUBS have been outscored 61-39 in the first inning..... outscored 44-37 in the 9th

 

](*,)

[USSoccer]

Lineup per WSCR:

 

Lawton

Walker

Lee

Ramriez

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

Patterson

Z

 

 

...can't say I'm thrilled with Nomar being on the bench. Otherwise, it's pretty good.

 

Just as long as we win.

[LetsPlayTwo]

Lineup per WSCR:

 

Lawton

Walker

Lee

Ramriez

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

Patterson

Z

 

 

...can't say I'm thrilled with Nomar being on the bench. Otherwise, it's pretty good.

 

Just as long as we win.

 

*whew* I was worried that yesterday's game would lead to Dusty plugging Macias and Perez in the one and two holes.

 

What I find hilarious is that we have an over .500 record in both one-run and two-run games. That's pretty funny.

[Brian34Cook]

Marquis is pitching horrible and seems to be on the hot seat in the rotation. Should be an easy win for the Cubs but who knows :lol:

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

Marquis is pitching horrible and seems to be on the hot seat in the rotation. Should be an easy win for the Cubs but who knows :lol:

 

Every struggling pitcher seems to turn it around against the Cubs. We can't seem to beat rookies or struggling veterans. So this one is up in the air.

 

I like the line up today with the exception of Perez over Nomar. I don't care how many hits he had yesterday, he doesn't belong in the starting line up. But with the wet, muddy field, I see Baker's logic.

[1wizard]

What is the forcast for the weather? Do you see this game being delayed?

 

Thanks

 

Wiz