9/4 Cubs (Williams) @ Pirates (Wells) 12:35pm WGN

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

White in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Perez popped out to shortstop

Lee struck out (called)

Burnitz struck out swinging

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
CUBS       0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0      2 6 0 
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0        0 4 0 

 

Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6)

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-11 when they score 2 runs in a game..... but they're 8-0 when they give up zero !!

 

Go CUBS !!

[lowest]

CUBS are 6-11 when they score 2 runs in a game..... but they're 8-0 when they give up zero !!

 

Go CUBS !!

 

who whoulda thunk?? :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-11 when they score 2 runs in a game..... but they're 8-0 when they give up zero !!

 

Go CUBS !!

 

who whoulda thunk?? :wink:

 

Well.... other posters have speculated that with batters like Perez and Macias in our lineup we could score negative runs.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Redman, pinch hitting for White, grounded out to short, 6-3

Sanchez walked

Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS

Eldred, pinch hitting for Mackowiak, struck out swinging

Novoa in to pitch for the CUBS

Sanchez took second base on a wild pitch

Bay grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
CUBS       0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0      2 6 0 
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      0 4 0 

 

Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Williams   7.3  4  0  0  2  5  1  1  95 
Ohman      0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  05 
Novoa      0.3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  03 

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 47-0 when they lead by 2 runs or more after 8 innings.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Mizzou]

*sigh*

 

I wonder what would have been if Nomar would've been healthy all year.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Wow...only four pages of a game thread. :shock:

 

Yeah !! Where the heck have you been ?? :wink:

 

I've pretty much given up the game threads for lent.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Another leadoff batter on second base with nobody out.... what will it be this time ???

[illiniguy]

todd walker, great ab. :roll:

[Mizzou]

Fred, when you get a chance, could you post Prior's splits in day vs. night games? I'm going to the game tomorrow and would like to know what to expect, cause I'm thinking that there is a drastic difference, but I can't remember which he performs better in.

[brfahey]

I don' recall ever seeing a guy who's a decent hitter otherwise looking so anxious in a RISP in a tight game at-bat than Barrett.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fred, when you get a chance, could you post Prior's splits in day vs. night games? I'm going to the game tomorrow and would like to know what to expect, cause I'm thinking that there is a drastic difference, but I can't remember which he performs better in.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=6787&type=pitching&year=2005

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Grabow in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Garciaparra doubled to right center field

Walker flied out to left field

Mesa in to pitch for Pittsburgh

Barrett struck out swinging

Patterson lined out to right field

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
CUBS       0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0    2 7 0 
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      0 4 0 

 

Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6)

[Mizzou]

Fred, when you get a chance, could you post Prior's splits in day vs. night games? I'm going to the game tomorrow and would like to know what to expect, cause I'm thinking that there is a drastic difference, but I can't remember which he performs better in.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=6787&type=pitching&year=2005

 

Ah, it was the home vs. away split that was drastic.

 

Thanks!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, when you get a chance, could you post Prior's splits in day vs. night games? I'm going to the game tomorrow and would like to know what to expect, cause I'm thinking that there is a drastic difference, but I can't remember which he performs better in.

 

Prior                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Day                93.3   71   42   40   31  108   14  1551  2.99 10.41  1.35  1.09  3.86
Nite               44.7   44   18   17   14   46    9   738  2.82  9.27  1.81  1.30  3.43

overall           138.0  115   60   57   45  154   23  2289  2.93 10.04  1.50  1.16  3.72

[Mizzou]

I don' recall ever seeing a guy who's a decent hitter otherwise looking so anxious in a RISP in a tight game at-bat than Barrett.

 

What do you mean? Barrett's one of our best hitters with runners on.

[otis89]

Dempster time! How about a classic Mitch Williams save today? You know, walk the bases loaded, then strike out the side.

[otis89]

1 down! 2 to go!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ah, it was the home vs. away split that was drastic.

 

Indeed !

 

Prior                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home               85.3   66   28   26   25  100   11  1376  2.64 10.55  1.16  1.07  2.74
Road               52.7   49   32   31   20   54   12   913  3.42  9.23  2.05  1.31  5.30

overall           138.0  115   60   57   45  154   23  2289  2.93 10.04  1.50  1.16  3.72

[otis89]

2 down! 1 to go!

[otis89]

Cubs win!! Cubs win!!

[brfahey]

I don' recall ever seeing a guy who's a decent hitter otherwise looking so anxious in a RISP in a tight game at-bat than Barrett.

 

What do you mean? Barrett's one of our best hitters with runners on.

 

I'm signing off in a minute so I can't rehash the whole thing, but Barrett has good stats with men on base. I happen to think that those stats are padded in games where the outcome is not in doubt. GIDP with bases loaded and a weak looking strikeout today. Posted a week or so ago about Barrett hitting with the bags loaded. Average looks good but two of his four hits were in games where the Cubs lead by 5 or more when Barrett batted. Results (Ks popups when Cubs trailing or tied). I think Barrett's numbers in these situations are examples of (and I know a lot of the stat-ophiles don't like this) there being more to the game than just looking at numbers.

[lowest]

Dempster time! How about a classic Mitch Williams save today? You know, walk the bases loaded, then strike out the side.

 

or just bypass the whole walk part. who does demp think he is with a 1-2-3 inning?? :D

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

C Wilson struck out swinging

Ward struck out swinging

Wigginton struck out swinging

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
CUBS       0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0    2 7 0 
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0 4 0 

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: Williams (5-7)

S: Dempster (22)

L: Wells (7-15)

 

T: 2:32

A: 23,204

 

 

Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Williams   7.3  4  0  0  2  5  1  1  95 
Ohman      0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  05 
Novoa      0.3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  03 
Dempster   1.0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  15