8/24 Atlanta (Sosa) vs. Cubs (Prior) 1:20 WGN

[Mark_R]

The Cubs inexplicably won a game this past evening and they look to add to their modest one game winning streak tomorrow.

 

They were to face arguably one of the worst contract's in history (second only to Arliss being signed for many seasons on HBO) in Mike Hampton who comes in at a solid 5-3 record and a 3.5. ERA.

 

However, Hampton was placed on the DL not 30 seconds ago according to the score, so we shall see Jorge Sosa in his place. Sosa is 9-2 with a 2.63 ERA and will likely have great success against our swing happy offense. Sosa has had control issues, walking 45 guys in 92.2 innings. I'm hoping we can take advantage of this. Odds are we won't, but we can still hope!

 

The Cubs counter with Mark Prior who has been good all season, though not the great we were anticipating coming into the season. Record of 9-4, but an ERA of 3.66 that I, for one, expected to be lower this season.

 

Lets do this thing, and take a series for once!

 

Go Cubs!

Edited August 24, 2005 by Mark_R

[Derwood]

updated WC standing will have to wait till tomorrow mornings, as I'm on the East Coast and don't want to wait out the HOU, PHI and NYM games.

[Chris]

Prior will not let us down, neither will the Cub offense!

[CubsHawks25]

updated WC standing will have to wait till tomorrow mornings, as I'm on the East Coast and don't want to wait out the HOU, PHI and NYM games.

 

HOU lost.

PHI won big.

NYM destroyed the Dbags.

[Derwood]

Ok, I think this is right. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong of course:

 

NL Wild Card Standings (Start of Day, 8/24)

PHI   ---
HOU   0.5
FLA   1.0
WSH   2.0
NYM   2.0
MIL   5.5
CHC   6.5

Best case scenario today:

CHC defeats ATL
ARZ defeats NYM
MIL defeats FLA
SD  defeats HOU
SF  defeats PHI
CIN defeats WSH
BUSH declares war on NL EAST ("Bobby Cox hates freedom")

Would result in:

PHI   ---
HOU   0.5
FLA   2.0
WSH   3.0
NYM   3.0
MIL   4.5
CHC   5.5

[CubbieGirl22]

they'll win!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some leftover worthless stats from Tuesday night......

 

CUBS first win over Atlanta since Oct 2004

CUBS scored 10 runs for the first time since Thur 11 Aug vs St. Louis 11-4 (10th time this season)

CUBS won by a margin of 9 runs for the first time since Fri 15 July vs. Pittsburgh 11-1 (3rd time this season)

CUBS made 15 hits for the first time since Thur 11 Aug vs St. Louis (16) (11th time this season)

CUBS drew 6 walks for the first time since Fri 19 Aug vs Colorado (8th time this season)

CUBS hitters combined for 25 men LOB for the first time since Mon 18 Jul vs Cincinnati (3rd time this season)

CUBS pitcher got 2 hits for the first time since Fri 22 July vs St. Louis (9th time this season)

CUBS score 4 or more runs in two different innings for the first time since Tue 14 June vs Florida (2nd time this season)

CUBS played in at a temp lower than 70 degrees for the first times since Tue 26 July vs S.F.

Williams 7-2/3 innings pitched was his longest outing of the year.

Burnitz 5 rbi's was a season high. previous high was 4 vs. Colorado on Sun 29 May

[Fred Hornkohl]

Now for your worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.....

 

CUBS are 10-9 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 1-5 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 31-35 in the day time.

CUBS are 31-31 at home.

CUBS are 21-18 in games that end a series

CUBS are 5-4 when Hornkohl attends a game at Wrigley...26-27 when he doesn't

CUBS are 0-4 vs. Atlanta when Hornkohl is in the stands.

CUBS are 34-25 when they've won the previous game.... 26-40 after a loss

CUBS are 48-24 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 12-41 when they don't

CUBS are 32-25 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 29-40 when they don't

CUBS are 37-16 when they score first,.... 24-49 when they don't

CUBS are 18-6 when they score in the first inning,... 43-59 when they don't

 

CUBS are 14-6 when Prior starts

Pior is 15 of 20 in quality starts

Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.63

CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 4.90 R/G when Prior pitches

CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Prior pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Prior.....

 

04/04 - 08/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Prior      676   98  188   42    3   30  326   94   61   93  0.278  0.343  0.482  0.825
CUBS overall     4364  563 1197  258   19  157 1964  538  332  710  0.274  0.329  0.450  0.779

 

Prior's last five starts.....

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/19 vs. Colo   6.0    5    2    2    2   10    1   118  3.00 15.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
08/14 vs. St. L  6.0    7    3    3    4    7    1   123  6.00 10.50  1.50  1.83  4.50
08/09 vs. Cincy  7.0    8    3    3    0   11    2   117  0.00 14.14  2.57  1.14  3.86
08/04 vs. Phila  4.3    6    6    6    3    7    3   100  6.23 14.54  6.23  2.08 12.46
07/29 vs. Ariz   7.3    7    3    3    2    8    0   119  2.45  9.82  0.00  1.23  3.68

5 game totals   30.7   33   17   17   11   43    7   577  3.23 12.62  2.05  1.43  4.99

 

Prior's previous start vs. Atlanta.....

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/07 vs. Atla   4.7    7    6    6    4    5    1   102  7.71  9.64  1.93  2.36 11.57

 

Prior's splits......

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            72.7   54   22   20   21   86    9  1150  2.60 10.65  1.11  1.03  2.48
Road            52.7   49   32   31   20   54   12   913  3.42  9.23  2.05  1.31  5.30

Day             86.7   67   39   37   27  101   14  1419  2.80 10.49  1.45  1.08  3.84
Nite            38.7   36   15   14   14   39    7   644  3.26  9.08  1.63  1.29  3.26

season totals  125.3  103   54   51   41  140   21  2063  2.94 10.05  1.51  1.15  3.66

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
81  Mon 07/04  @ Atlanta       N   0- 4  Wood        
82  Tue 07/05  @ Atlanta       N   1- 5  Maddux        
83  Thu 07/07  @ Atlanta           0- 6  Prior        
84  Thu 07/07  @ Atlanta       N   4- 9  Williams      
125  Mon 08/22    Atlanta       N   2- 4  Zambrano      
126  Tue 08/23    Atlanta       N  10- 1  Williams      
127  Wed 08/24    Atlanta            -    Prior        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Atlanta.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                11    3    3    0    0    1    6    1    3    5  0.273  0.429  0.545  0.974
Hollandsworth      11    1    4    0    0    1    7    2    0    0  0.364  0.333  0.636  0.970
Lawton              8    2    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.375  0.444  0.375  0.819
Ramirez            23    3    7    0    0    1   10    3    2    1  0.304  0.360  0.435  0.795
Barrett            17    0    5    0    0    0    5    2    2    2  0.294  0.368  0.294  0.663
Burnitz            18    1    4    0    0    0    4    5    6    4  0.222  0.417  0.222  0.639
Walker             22    5    5    2    0    0    7    1    2    2  0.227  0.292  0.318  0.610
Macias              8    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Hairston           13    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.154  0.267  0.154  0.421
Perez              24    0    5    0    0    0    5    2    0    1  0.208  0.208  0.208  0.417
Blanco              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333
Patterson          12    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.083  0.083  0.083  0.167
Cedeno              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Dubois              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Atla          193   17   45    2    0    3   56   16   17   28  0.233  0.297  0.290  0.587

overall          4364  563 1197  253   20  155 1955  539  332  707  0.274  0.329  0.448  0.777

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Atlanta.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Mitre               2.3    3    0    0    1    1    0    50  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.71  0.00
Dempster            2.0    1    0    0    2    2    0    36  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Remlinger           2.0    1    0    0    0    4    0    31  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Wuertz              2.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    24  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Zambrano            8.0    3    2    2    0   10    1   118  0.00 11.25  1.13  0.38  2.25
Williams           13.7   11    4    4    5    8    2   214  3.29  5.27  1.32  1.17  2.63
Ohman               2.0    1    1    1    1    2    1    30  4.50  9.00  4.50  1.00  4.50
Maddux              6.0    8    5    5    1    6    0    86  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.50  7.50
Wood                6.0    8    5    5    3    7    2   129  4.50 10.50  3.00  1.83  7.50
Prior               4.7    7    6    6    4    5    1   102  7.71  9.64  1.93  2.36 11.57
Novoa               1.3    4    3    3    1    2    1    36  6.75 13.50  6.75  3.75 20.25
Rusch               0.0    2    3    3    0    0    1    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

vs. Atla           50.0   50   29   29   18   48    9   868  3.24  8.64  1.62  1.36  5.22

overall          1117.7 1063  573  541  461  984  156 18493  3.71  7.92  1.26  1.36  4.36

 

Go CUBS !!!!

 

I'll be watching !!

[Marco4]

Well, if not watching last night means that happens, I'm gonna get me some sleep as this season draws to a conclusion. :lol:

 

GO CUBS!

[Derwood]

It sure would be fun to tee off on a guy named Sosa!

[otis89]

We are so losing this one.

[Blueheart05]

This game worries me. I've seen Sosa pitch and even though he allows a lot of hits he always seems to get out of trouble (hence the 2.63 ERA). Today's win is not a given. Prior will need to pitch well.

[CubsHawks25]

I said it before this week started and I'm sticking by it.... we'll win at least 4 of 6 this week, but turn around and drop at least as much next week.

[Derwood]

Where on the web might one find lineups?

[otis89]

Where on the web might one find lineups?

 

CBS Sportsline

Yahoo!

USA Today

ESPN

 

I'm sure there are more.

[Derwood]

Where on the web might one find lineups?

 

CBS Sportsline

Yahoo!

USA Today

ESPN

 

I'm sure there are more.

 

I've checked all of the above and none of today's lineups. I thought they are usually available by this time

[otis89]

Where on the web might one find lineups?

 

CBS Sportsline

Yahoo!

USA Today

ESPN

 

I'm sure there are more.

 

I've checked all of the above and none of today's lineups. I thought they are usually available by this time

 

Sometimes it takes them forever to put out the lineups. I don't know why.

[Derwood]

Ah, just clicked in:

 

ATLANTA BRAVES

1. Furcal - SS
2. Giles - 2B
3. Larry - 3B
4. A. Jones - CF
5. Franco - 1B
6. Francoeur - RF
7. Langerhans - LF
8. McCann - C
9. Sosa - P

CHICAGO CUBS

1. Lawton - LF
2. Walker - 2B
3. Lee - 1B
4. Ramirez - 3B
5. Burnitz - RF
6. Perez - SS
7. Patterson - CF
8. Blanco - C
9. Prior - P

[otis89]

Where'd you find that lineup?

[Flames24Rulz]

Perez batting 6th = :roll:

[otis89]

Perez batting 6th = :roll:

 

I'm not trying to praise Neifi or anything, but he does have a 7-game hitting streak going, and he had 2 RBI yesterday.

 

Oh, and he's batting .389 over his last 10 games.

[Tracer Bullet]

How is this team scoring any runs? Those 5-8 hitters are just not good (I'm not saying we have a lot of alternatives, which I guess makes it worse).

[CubsHawks25]

So, did Nomar get put on the DL then, or they just gonna play it "as is" until a week from tomorrow and the call-ups occur?

[Derwood]

Where'd you find that lineup?

 

Yahoo

[CubsHawks25]

How is this team scoring any runs? Those 5-8 hitters are just not good (I'm not saying we have a lot of alternatives, which I guess makes it worse).

 

 

Bite your tongue! Blanco did have it turned around for a bit there.

 

And besides, how's Dusty sposed to make lemonade in there if he doesn't have at least 4 lemons in the lineup??