9/11 Cubs 3 @ Giants 2 (Wuertz-W, Dempster-SV, Hawkins-L)

[bukie]

2 games from average again.

 

I can understand Dusty's dilemma of balancing being competitive now with getting the future ready for next year.

 

Of course, what Dusty doesn't understand is the players from both scenarios are the same.

Edited September 11, 2005 by bukie

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday......

 

CUBS are 14-8 on Sundays

CUBS are 4-2 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 35-40 in the day time.

CUBS are 37-36 on the road.

CUBS are 24-20 in games that end a series

CUBS are 5-5 in games ending a road trip

CUBS are 38-31 when they've won the previous game.... 30-41 after a loss

CUBS are 57-27 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 13-45 when they don't

CUBS are 45-17 when they score first,.... 25-55 when they don't

CUBS are 22-6 when they score in the first inning,... 48-66 when they don't

CUBS are 56-37 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 14-35 when they do

 

CUBS are 6-9 when Rusch starts

Rusch is 7 of 15 in quality starts

Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.50.... Rusch hasn't pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.48 R/G overall.... 3.53 R/G when Rusch pitches

CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.13 HR/G when Rusch pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Rusch.....

 

04/04 - 09/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Rusch      495   53  124   26    2   17  205   49   45   80  0.251  0.313  0.414  0.727
CUBS overall     4913  636 1344  292   21  174 2200  610  370  791  0.274  0.328  0.448  0.776

 

Rusch's last five starts.....

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/06 vs. St. L  7.7    4    2    2    1    3    0   109  1.17  3.52  0.00  0.65  2.35
08/31 vs. L.A.   2.0    7    7    7    2    3    1    55  9.00 13.50  4.50  4.50 31.50
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

5 game totals   23.7   36   22   20    8   18    2   438  3.04  6.85  0.76  1.86  7.61

 

Rusch's splits......

 

Rusch             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            55.7   72   32   29   21   46    6  1007  3.40  7.44  0.97  1.67  4.69
Road            65.3   73   36   34   27   49    5  1153  3.72  6.75  0.69  1.53  4.68

Day             54.0   73   35   32   30   42    5  1026  5.00  7.00  0.83  1.91  5.33
Nite            67.0   72   33   31   18   53    6  1134  2.42  7.12  0.81  1.34  4.16

season totals  121.0  145   68   63   48   95   11  2160  3.57  7.07  0.82  1.60  4.69

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
99  Mon 07/25    San Francisco N   3- 2  Hill        
100  Tue 07/26    San Francisco N   2- 3  Maddux        
101  Wed 07/27    San Francisco     4- 3  Zambrano      
140  Thu 09/08  @ San Francisco N   5- 3  Zambrano      
141  Fri 09/09  @ San Francisco N   1- 2  Williams      
142  Sat 09/10  @ San Francisco     5- 2  Prior        
143  Sun 09/11  @ San Francisco      -    Rusch        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. San Francisco.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Murton              8    0    6    1    0    0    7    1    3    0  0.750  0.818  0.875  1.693
Blanco              7    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    0    1  0.429  0.429  0.857  1.286
Barrett            16    4    5    1    0    2   12    4    1    3  0.313  0.353  0.750  1.103
Cedeno             10    2    5    0    0    0    5    0    1    1  0.500  0.583  0.500  1.083
Lee                27    4    8    1    0    1   12    3    2    3  0.296  0.345  0.444  0.789
Hairston           19    2    5    0    0    0    5    0    2    4  0.263  0.364  0.263  0.627
Garciaparra         8    1    2    1    0    0    3    3    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625
Walker             22    1    5    1    0    0    6    0    2    2  0.227  0.292  0.273  0.564
Ramirez            11    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    2  0.182  0.308  0.182  0.490
Burnitz            24    1    4    0    0    0    4    4    3    5  0.167  0.250  0.167  0.417
Perez              18    1    3    0    0    0    3    1    1    2  0.167  0.211  0.167  0.377
Gerut               2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
Hollandsworth       6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Patterson           8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
McClain             5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. S.F.          214   20   54    5    0    5   74   19   16   34  0.252  0.315  0.346  0.661

overall          4913  636 1343  287   21  172 2188  611  368  781  0.273  0.327  0.445  0.773

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. San Francisco.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            4.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    53  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.25  0.00
Novoa               2.7    3    0    0    1    3    0    52  3.38 10.13  0.00  1.50  0.00
Remlinger           2.7    3    0    0    0    1    0    21  0.00  3.38  0.00  1.13  0.00
Wuertz              1.7    1    0    0    0    3    0    24  0.00 16.20  0.00  0.60  0.00
Mitre               1.0    1    0    0    1    1    0    22  9.00  9.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Ohman               0.7    0    0    0    1    0    0    14 13.50  0.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Williams            7.0    7    2    1    2    1    0   107  2.57  1.29  0.00  1.29  1.29
Maddux              8.0    8    2    2    2    3    0    89  2.25  3.38  0.00  1.25  2.25
Prior               6.7    5    2    2    3    7    0   122  4.05  9.45  0.00  1.20  2.70
Hill                5.0    5    2    2    2    5    1    98  3.60  9.00  1.80  1.40  3.60
Zambrano           14.3   17    6    6    7   10    1   245  4.40  6.28  0.63  1.67  3.77
Rusch               1.3    3    1    1    0    3    0    34  0.00 20.25  0.00  2.25  6.75

vs. S.F.           55.0   54   15   14   19   40    2   881  3.11  6.55  0.33  1.33  2.29

overall          1259.7 1186  631  596  506 1104  165 20757  3.62  7.89  1.18  1.34  4.26

 

Go CUBS !!!

Edited September 11, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

[Brian]

wow Murton has an .818 OBP vs. the Giants ...

[donobr]

So why didn't he play against a triple A pitcher?

[UMFan83]

Thank God the Bears and Cubs will only go head to head for a little while. I remember sitting at Wrigley last year for week 1 and almost regretting going to the game while Glendon Rusch was getting lit up

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'll be watching the Cowboys game while this one is on. Go Cubs. (like it matters.)

[Chris]

We got this one...

[mhuber92211]

i am going to this game! I am in northern california right now and I am hoping to get into SBC early to watch the warmups. I will take some pictures but I am unsure where we are sitting. All i know is that I am along the 1st base side. If anyone wants me to do anything let me know. I am leaving early (we have a 2 hour drive into SF) but I will login and check before I leave at 10am.

 

Go Cubs! If anyone will be at the game, i will be wearing my NSBB t-shirt!

[Outshined_One]

wow Murton has an .818 OBP vs. the Giants ...

 

Cedeno's .583 OBP ain't too shabby, either.

[bobbyd20]

mhuber92211

 

Do you think you could do me a favor and sneak into the Cubs lockerroom and make out a lineup card that doesn't include Neifi, Macias or C. Patterson? Try this one.

 

2B Walker

SS Cedeno

1B Lee

3B Nomar

RF Burnitz

C Barrett

LF Murton

CF Hairston, Jr.

P Rusch

 

On second thought, don't do that. This lineup makes way too much sense. Dusty would probably try to take credit for it.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

wow Murton has an .818 OBP vs. the Giants ...

 

Cedeno's .583 OBP ain't too shabby, either.

 

Dusty has a valid reason for not starting Cedeno today (that's a first).

[Derwood]

Finally, a game I can watch. The other 3 I was either working or blacked out by the demon spawn at FOX

[Omar]

Chi Cubs

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

J. Hairston Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264

N. Garciaparra 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338

G. Rusch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .121

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

San Francisco

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

R. Winn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326

O. Vizquel ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275

R. Durham 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301

M. Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313

P. Feliz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

L. Niekro 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263

M. Matheny c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245

T. Linden rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226

B. Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

He knows the park, dude.

[E.J.]

Good to see Murton getting another start. It was expected that Neifi would be at short with Cedeno hurting. Not a bad lineup I guess. Maybe I'll watch this one. :)

[Derwood]

Good to see Murton getting another start. It was expected that Neifi would be at short with Cedeno hurting. Not a bad lineup I guess. Maybe I'll watch this one. :)

 

If you switched Perez and Murton, you might have something

[Chris]

Play ball!

[Chris]

that was a fast out #1, ha ha

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Hairston grounded out to short, 6-3

Perez popped out to third base

Lee flied out to right field

 

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                    0 0 0 
San Francisco .                    0 0 0 

[cjbucks]

9 pitches - way to go cubs!

[Chris]

Here we go...

[Chris]

Wow Omar, ha ha

[sweetpeteman]

haha... Glendon just struck out Visquel by making him self defense bunt foul... haha

[Chris]

haha... Glendon just struck out Visquel by making him self defense bunt foul... haha

 

Omar was in bad shape either way on that one, either strike out or take one off the face

[Chris]

Ugh, bad location, 1-0

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Winn doubled to left field

Vizquel struck out swinging

Durham struck out swinging, Winn stole third base

Alou singled to center field, Winn scored

Feliz flied out to center field

 

1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Rusch      1.0  2  1  1  0  2  0  17