8/31 Dodgers (Lowe) vs. Cubs (Rusch), 1:20pm WGN

[treebird]

Well, the Cubs won a game. I think I'll wet my pants.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Well, the Cubs won a game. I think I'll wet my pants.

 

 

Nice, Harry Doyle moment.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.....

 

CUBS are 10-10 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 4-1 vs. Los Angeles

CUBS are 32-38 in the day time.

CUBS are 33-35 at home.

CUBS are 22-19 in games that end a series

CUBS are 6-3 in games ending a homestand

CUBS are 5-5 when Hornkohl attends a game at Wrigley...28-30 when he doesn't

 

CUBS are 5-8 when Rusch starts

Rusch is 6 of 13 in quality starts

Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.01.... Rusch has not pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 3.69 R/G when Rusch pitches

CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.15 HR/G when Rusch pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Rusch.....

 

04/04 - 08/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Rusch      430   48  110   23    2   15  182   44   41   69  0.256  0.321  0.423  0.744
CUBS overall     4571  596 1257  276   20  164 2065  571  348  744  0.275  0.329  0.452  0.781

 

Rusch's last five starts.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/26 vs. Flor   4.7    8    5    4    2    2    0    89  3.86  3.86  0.00  2.14  7.71
08/20 vs. Colo   6.0    7    3    2    1    6    0    93  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  3.00
08/15 vs. Houst  3.3   10    5    5    2    4    1    92  5.40 10.80  2.70  3.60 13.50
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

5 game totals   25.0   41   22   19    9   17    3   475  3.24  6.12  1.08  2.00  6.84

 

Rusch's splits.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            53.7   65   25   22   19   43    5   952  3.19  7.21  0.84  1.57  3.69
Road            57.7   69   34   32   26   46    5  1044  4.06  7.18  0.78  1.65  4.99

Day             52.0   66   28   25   28   39    4   971  4.85  6.75  0.69  1.81  4.33
Nite            59.3   68   31   29   17   50    6  1025  2.58  7.58  0.91  1.43  4.40

season totals  111.3  134   59   54   45   89   10  1996  3.64  7.19  0.81  1.61  4.37

 

CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
49  Mon 05/30  @ Los Angeles   N   5- 3  Maddux        
50  Tue 05/31  @ Los Angeles   N   2- 1  Zambrano      
51  Wed 06/01  @ Los Angeles   N   9- 5  Koronka       
131  Mon 08/29    Los Angeles   N   6- 9  Williams      
132  Tue 08/30    Los Angeles   N   6- 3  Prior        
133  Wed 08/31    Los Angeles        -    Rusch        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Los Angeles.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Ramirez             8    2    6    1    0    1   10    1    0    1  0.750  0.750  1.250  2.000
Garciaparra         7    2    3    0    0    2    9    3    0    1  0.429  0.375  1.286  1.661
McClain             2    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.500
Cedeno              3    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.667  0.667  0.667  1.333
Perez              19    4    9    1    0    1   13    4    0    1  0.474  0.474  0.684  1.158
Walker             17    3    6    3    0    1   12    3    2    2  0.353  0.421  0.706  1.127
Lee                23    3    9    2    0    1   14    4    1    2  0.391  0.417  0.609  1.025
Burnitz            21    4    6    1    0    2   13    3    1    2  0.286  0.318  0.619  0.937
Hairston           15    2    3    1    0    1    7    1    1    0  0.200  0.250  0.467  0.717
Patterson          15    2    4    2    0    0    6    0    0    5  0.267  0.267  0.400  0.667
Murton              3    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Hollandsworth       7    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    1    1  0.286  0.375  0.286  0.661
Barrett            12    2    2    0    0    1    5    2    1    1  0.167  0.231  0.417  0.647
Dubois              9    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    3  0.222  0.222  0.333  0.556
Blanco              6    0    1    0    0    0    1    4    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333
Wilson              5    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Macias              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. L.A.          184   28   58   13    0   10  101   28    7   25  0.315  0.339  0.549  0.887

overall          4571  596 1257  271   21  162 2056  572  348  741  0.275  0.329  0.450  0.779

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Los Angeles.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano            8.0    1    1    0    2    9    0   124  2.25 10.13  0.00  0.38  0.00
Wuertz              4.3    2    0    0    3    8    0    86  6.23 16.62  0.00  1.15  0.00
Ohman               1.7    0    0    0    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Novoa               1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wood                1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0     7  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Maddux              6.0    5    2    1    0    3    0    83  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
Dempster            4.0    3    1    1    0    2    1    72  0.00  4.50  2.25  0.75  2.25
Prior               6.0    8    3    3    0    7    2    94  0.00 10.50  3.00  1.33  4.50
Wellemeyer          5.3    4    3    3    7    1    0   106 11.81  1.69  0.00  2.06  5.06
Koronka             5.0    6    3    3    3    4    1    98  5.40  7.20  1.80  1.80  5.40
Borowski            1.0    1    1    1    0    0    1    19  0.00  0.00  9.00  1.00  9.00
Williamson          1.0    1    1    1    0    2    1    17  0.00 18.00  9.00  1.00  9.00
Williams            1.7    5    6    5    3    0    0    45 16.20  0.00  0.00  4.80 27.00

vs. L.A.           46.0   36   21   18   18   37    6   782  3.52  7.24  1.17  1.17  3.52

overall          1171.7 1109  600  566  478 1022  160 19347  3.67  7.85  1.23  1.35  4.35

 

Go CUBS !!

[Derwood]

Only about 30 more wins and the wildcard is ours! What, there's only 30 games left?

 

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[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Very little in Rusch's recent starts give me much confidence about this one. Hill should be getting this start.

[abuck1220]

thank goodness rusch is getting another start. he's been fantastic lately.

 

boy, did that 'send down hill, give rusch a spot in the rotation' move pay off BIG TIME.

[Garwilly]

Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game! Cubs game!

 

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[goonys evil twin]

FYI

Hairston

Neifi

Lee

Burnitz

Nomar

Walker

Barrett

Patterson

Rusch

 

 

 

 

can't let those kids play back to back, you owe it to your vets who got you where you are

[moorecg]

Glad to see neither Murton or Cedeno are starting today...I mean this is not the time of year where you want to put youngsters in...it takes season veterans to know how to handle this level of suckyness...

 

FIRE DUSTY.

[bobbyd20]

Dodgers

 

Werth LF .243

Robles SS .283

Kent 2B .294

Saenz 1B .283

Phillips C .244

Edwards 3B .261

Cruz RF .222

Repko CF .220

Lowe P .140

 

 

Lowe 8-13 4.11 ERA

 

Cubs

 

Hairston LF .267

Perez SS .279

Lee 1B .346

Burnitz RF .269

Garciaparra 3B .267

Walker 2B .303

Barrett C .285

Patterson CF .224

Rusch P .138

 

Rusch 5-7 4.35 ERA

[abuck1220]

FYI

Hairston

Neifi

Lee

Burnitz

Nomar

Walker

Barrett

Patterson

Rusch

 

 

 

 

can't let those kids play back to back, you owe it to your vets who got you where you are

 

that's what i don't get. he keeps saying things like you have to reward the guys who got you here (which is tied for fifth w/ cincy) and that you have to play vets because you owe it to the fans to try and win games (even though those vets have NOT won you games).

 

i'm actually gonna say that i hope the cubs lose today.

[CuseCubFan69]

Why does Perez always look like he is doing a "Got Milk" commercial every time he gets a start and bats at the top of the lineup?

[goonys evil twin]

Let's go out there and try and get McGriff that record.

[abuck1220]

Let's go out there and try and get McGriff that record.

 

neifi's hot start put his title of 'worst hitter of his generation' in jeopardy. he's gotta secure his stronghold on that baby.

[bobbyd20]

Why oh why does Dusty continue to use Neifi in the 2 spot. Neifi has an OBP of .304. Who would put a guy that only gets on base 30% of the time in front of your leading RBI man? This makes no sense yet our wise manager has had Neifi in the #2 spot for 203 at-bats this season. It's no wonder D. Lee is fourth in the NL is RBI's despite having a 1.199 OPS with runners in scoring position.

 

That doesn't even factor in Neifi's lack of patience at the plate, typically an inportant quality for a #2 hitter.

 

Todd Walker needs to be hitting in front of Lee. Either 1 or 2, I don't care. We need (and have needed all season) as many baserunners on in front of Lee as possible. The failure to get people on in front of Lee has cost us greatly this season.

[bobbyd20]

Can someone explain to me why Dusty is such a big righty-lefty-righty-lefty proponent about the lineup, but only on days when right handers are pitching? This is more of a gripe about earlier in the year when he insisted on hitting Burnitz between D. Lee and Ramirez. It lead to numerous occasions when D. Lee was intentionally walked and Burnitz then followed with the final out of the inning. For much of this time, Ramirez was hot, but he was continually leading off innings.

 

At this time, Dusty was all about having balance throughout the order R-L-R-L when righties were on the mound. But when lefties started, he'd move Barrett up and clump his lefties Burnitz, Walker, Patterson, etc. together toward the bottom of the lineup.

 

It seems to me that if you value a balanced lineup as much as Dusty appeared to, you would do it everyday, not just against right handed pitchers.

 

Sorry to vent, but this season has frustrated me like no other Cubs season in memory.

[CuseCubFan69]

Hmmm...explain Bakers thinking. I think we'd have a better chance of explaining why some people think Whoopie Goldberg is funny then explaining why Baker does things.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Neifi 2nd

Walker 6th ](*,) ](*,)

[goonys evil twin]

Can someone explain to me why Dusty is such a big righty-lefty-righty-lefty proponent about the lineup, but only on days when right handers are pitching?

 

But when lefties started, he'd move Barrett up and clump his lefties Burnitz, Walker, Patterson, etc. together toward the bottom of the lineup.

 

It seems to me that if you value a balanced lineup as much as Dusty appeared to, you would do it everyday, not just against right handed pitchers.

 

When the stripers are biting you have to bait the hook early.

 

 

 

I've wondered the same thing, but have decided to go with the, "it's just Dusty being Dusty" theory. There is no reasoning behind it. Not being "baseball people" though, we aren't allowed to ask such trivial questions.

[CuseCubFan69]

Wasn't Glendon throwing well until he went to the pen?

[hardcorecubfan]

A lead off hitter on??? is this a new beginning

[hardcorecubfan]

A squeeze play yesterday and now a leadoff hitter making it. Wow, I feel a winning streak coming on. OOOps, spoke to soon...Thanks Nefi

[goonys evil twin]

Neifi sure doesn't like to make Dusty look smart.

[abuck1220]

if you took obp points away for hitting into dp's, neifi's obp may be below his batting average.

[goonys evil twin]

if you took obp points away for hitting into dp's, neifi's obp may be below his batting average.

 

At least he's not striking out.