8/15 Cubs (Rusch) @ Astros (Rodriguez) 7:05 CSNC

[burnt out cubbie fan]

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Hopefully the Cubs can take advantage of the rookie, Wandy Rodriguez, for the second time this season. They faced him on May 23rd and got 6 hits and 4 runs in 5-2/3 innings in a win. Meanwhile, Glendon also pitched in this game and gave up 1 run over 8 innings on 5 hits and 1 walk.

 

You can view the articles from that game here if you wish to do so.

 

This series should give us a pretty good indication if the Cubs really have any sort of shot or not. Go Cubs!

[Marco4]

Go Cubs! Keep the momentum of the weekend going! Every series from here on in is more important so this is the most important series of the season so far!

[IUBrian]

Ah what the hell. We're Cubs fans. If we're not the worlds' optimists, who will be?

 

Go Cubs!

[Chris]

We got this one

[otis89]

That last series was one huge fluke. We're losing to Wandy Rodriguez today! Losing is the best thing ever!

[Fro]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

146-140 when he doesn't

 

Cubs went on 10-3 streak starting the day Mickelson won the Masters in 2004.

 

Red Sox also won the day Phil won the Masters, sparking a 12-3 run.

[JoshiQ]

I hate hope.

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 7-7 on Mondays

CUBS are 3-3 vs. Houston

CUBS are 27-27 at night.

CUBS are 27-31 on the road.

CUBS are 19-18 in games that open a series

CUBS are 6-3 in games openning a road trip

CUBS are 32-23 when they've won the previous game.... 24-38 after a loss

CUBS are 11-24 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 45-20 when they get a quality start,... 12-41 when they don't

CUBS are 20-40 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 37-21 when they don't

CUBS are 46-23 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 11-38 when they don't

CUBS are 30-24 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 27-37 when they don't

CUBS are 19-16 in one run games, 8-7 in two run games.

CUBS are 34-15 when they score first,.... 23-46 when they don't

CUBS are 16-5 when they score in the first inning,... 41-56 when they don't

CUBS have been outscored 61-39 in the first inning..... outscored 46-37 in the 9th

 

CUBS are 5-5 when Rusch starts

Rusch is 5 of 10 in quality starts

Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.32.... Rusch has not pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.44 R/G overall.... 3.70 R/G when Rusch pitches

CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.30 HR/G when Rusch pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Rusch.....

 

04/04 - 08/14      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Rusch      325   37   81   15    1   13  137   34   29   60  0.249  0.311  0.422  0.733
CUBS overall     4083  525 1115  242   17  145 1826  502  306  665  0.273  0.327  0.447  0.775

 

Rusch's last five starts.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/23 vs. Milw   6.0    7    4    4    3    2    2   103  4.50  3.00  3.00  1.67  6.00
06/18 vs. Yanks  5.0    9    5    4    1    3    0    98  1.80  5.40  0.00  2.00  7.20
06/12 vs. Bost   5.7   11    5    5    1    7    2   114  1.59 11.12  3.18  2.12  7.94
06/07 vs. Toro   6.0    4    3    2    3    2    0   103  4.50  3.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
06/02 vs. S.D.   9.0    4    0    0    1    7    0   122  1.00  7.00  0.00  0.56  0.00

5 game totals   31.7   35   17   15    9   21    4   540  2.56  5.97  1.14  1.39  4.26

 

Rusch's previous start against Houston.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/23 vs. Houst  8.0    5    1    1    1    6    1   108  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.75  1.13

 

Rusch's splits.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            49.0   57   20   18   17   41    5   863  3.12  7.53  0.92  1.51  3.31
Road            48.3   52   26   25   23   36    4   859  4.28  6.70  0.74  1.55  4.66

Day             47.3   58   23   21   26   37    4   882  4.94  7.04  0.76  1.77  3.99
Nite            50.0   51   23   22   14   40    5   840  2.52  7.20  0.90  1.30  3.96

season totals   97.3  109   46   43   40   77    9  1722  3.70  7.12  0.83  1.53  3.98

 

CUBS season series vs. Houston.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
22  Fri 04/29  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Maddux        
23  Sat 04/30  @ Houston       N   5- 7  Wood        
24  Sun 05/01  @ Houston           3- 9  Prior        
42  Mon 05/23    Houston       N   4- 1  Rusch        
43  Tue 05/24    Houston       N   4- 2  Mitre        
44  Wed 05/25    Houston       N   1- 5  Maddux        
119  Mon 08/15  @ Houston       N    -    Rusch        
120  Tue 08/16  @ Houston       N    -    Maddux        
121  Wed 08/17  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano      
154  Fri 09/23    Houston            -    Rusch        
155  Sat 09/24    Houston            -    Maddux        
156  Sun 09/25    Houston            -    Zambrano      
159  Thu 09/29  @ Houston       N    -    Rusch        
160  Fri 09/30  @ Houston       N    -    Maddux        
161  Sat 10/01  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano      
162  Sun 10/02  @ Houston            -    Williams      

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Houston.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Dubois             11    2    5    2    0    1   10    2    0    4  0.455  0.455  0.909  1.364
Burnitz            23    3    8    2    0    2   16    7    1    3  0.348  0.360  0.696  1.056
Cedeno              2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Lee                18    4    4    1    0    1    8    4    6    5  0.222  0.400  0.444  0.844
Hollandsworth      13    0    4    2    0    0    6    2    1    1  0.308  0.357  0.462  0.819
Patterson          16    2    5    0    0    1    8    1    0    5  0.313  0.313  0.500  0.813
Perez              22    3    7    1    0    0    8    1    1    2  0.318  0.375  0.364  0.739
Macias              3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Barrett            20    2    6    0    0    0    6    1    0    2  0.300  0.300  0.300  0.600
Hairston           21    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    4    4  0.190  0.320  0.238  0.558
Ramirez            25    1    4    2    0    0    6    0    0    4  0.160  0.160  0.240  0.400
Wilson              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
Walker              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Grieve              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Houst         192   20   50   12    0    5   77   18   14   35  0.260  0.311  0.401  0.712

overall          4083  525 1115  242   18  145 1828  503  306  662  0.273  0.327  0.448  0.775

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Houston.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hawkins             2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    16  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Novoa               1.7    1    0    0    1    2    0    25  5.40 10.80  0.00  1.20  0.00
Ohman               1.7    1    0    0    2    0    0    33 10.80  0.00  0.00  1.80  0.00
Remlinger           1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    10  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Rusch              10.0    9    2    2    3    8    1   158  2.70  7.20  0.90  1.20  1.80
Mitre               7.0    5    2    2    1    5    0   108  1.29  6.43  0.00  0.86  2.57
Bartosh             2.0    2    1    1    1    4    0    37  4.50 18.00  0.00  1.50  4.50
Maddux             13.7   15    7    7    1    7    2   181  0.66  4.61  1.32  1.17  4.61
Wood                3.0    4    3    3    2    6    0    54  6.00 18.00  0.00  2.00  9.00
Wuertz              3.0    3    3    3    4    4    0    67 12.00 12.00  0.00  2.33  9.00
Prior               5.0    7    8    8    3    7    2   107  5.40 12.60  3.60  2.00 14.40

vs. Houst          52.0   48   26   26   18   46    5   814  3.12  7.96  0.87  1.27  4.50

overall          1049.0 1007  537  507  436  910  143 17390  3.74  7.81  1.23  1.38  4.35

 

Go CUBS !!

[nikao]

What's up with this stat? That's kind of an odd correlation. Do the Cubs simply prefer warmer temps?

 

CUBS are 11-24 when the temperature is in the 70's

[Marco4]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

[Fred Hornkohl]

What's up with this stat? That's kind of an odd correlation. Do the Cubs simply prefer warmer temps?

 

CUBS are 11-24 when the temperature is in the 70's

 

Yes.

 

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

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Here..... this one is much more relevant and has far better predictive ability with respect to the winner of tonight's contest.....

 

CUBS are 0-2 on days when Hornkohl gets married.... 9,813-9,267 when he doesn't.

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Wild_Cubs04]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Here..... this one is much more relevant and has far better predictive ability with respect to the winner of tonight's contest.....

 

CUBS are 0-2 on days when Hornkohl gets married.... 9,813-9,267 when he doesn't.

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

Lmao, Go cubs

[chicubs]

Slugfest today in which Houston comes out on top with a dinger off Kerry Wood in the 8th.....mmmm....optimism.

[cjbucks]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Did Phil win? I haven't heard.

[sweetpeteman]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Did Phil win? I haven't heard.

 

yes.

[Bull]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Here..... this one is much more relevant and has far better predictive ability with respect to the winner of tonight's contest.....

 

CUBS are 0-2 on days when Hornkohl gets married.... 9,813-9,267 when he doesn't.

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

Lmao, Go cubs

 

Are the Cubs REALLY above .500 over the last 19,082 games?

[badgercub]

Slugfest today in which Houston comes out on top with a dinger off Kerry Wood in the 8th.....mmmm....optimism.

 

Kerry pitched two innings last night, no way he pitches today.

[Garwilly]

Slugfest today in which Houston comes out on top with a dinger off Kerry Wood in the 28th.....mmmm....optimism.

 

Kerry pitched two innings last night, no way he pitches today.

 

Fixed to allow the reasoning of Wood entering the game after yesterday's work.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What's up with this stat? That's kind of an odd correlation. Do the Cubs simply prefer warmer temps?

 

CUBS are 11-24 when the temperature is in the 70's

 

Yes.

 

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

 

It's because of all those dark-skinned minorities on the team. ;)

[fiver]

So I'm hoping that Fred isn't getting married today.....Don't take that personally Fred...i wish you all the happiness in the world, but 0-2 is not a good trend to follow :lol:

[Rusch33]

GGGGGGGGGGGGG-UNIT TONIGHT!

[OldHappyCubFan]

Win you losers.

 

 

Cubs are 0-5 when I trim my toenails.

[imb]

Cubs are 1-0 over the last two years on days Phil Mickelson wins a major

 

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result.

 

8)

 

Here..... this one is much more relevant and has far better predictive ability with respect to the winner of tonight's contest.....

 

CUBS are 0-2 on days when Hornkohl gets married.... 9,813-9,267 when he doesn't.

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

Don't worry guys, Fred promised me he would only get married during the offseason from now on.

[andrew9991]

Starting Lineup

Season | Against Opposing Pitcher

 

Name AB AVG HR RBI

1. M Murton, LF - - - -

2. T Walker, 2B - - - -

3. D Lee, 1B 1 .000 0 1

4. A Ramirez, 3B 3 .000 0 0

5. N Garciaparra, SS - - - -

6. M Barrett, C 2 .000 0 0

7. J Burnitz, RF 3 .333 1 2

8. C Patterson, CF 2 1.000 1 1

9. G Rusch, P - - - -

 

Starting Lineup

Season | Against Opposing Pitcher

 

Name AVG HR RBI SB

1. W Taveras, CF .296 3 22 27

2. C Biggio, 2B .275 17 49 11

3. L Berkman, 1B .291 12 49 2

4. M Ensberg, 3B .293 32 88 6

5. J Lane, RF .264 17 54 6

6. A Everett, SS .240 8 40 16

7. C Burke, LF .228 1 15 8

8. H Quintero, C .175 0 6 0

9. W Rodriguez, P .154 0 1 0