9/12 Reds (Harang) at Cubs (Maddux), 7:05, CSN

[bukie]

1 game from mediocrity.

 

Maddux needs to win to keep his 15-win streak alive.

 

Baker continues to boggle the mind with his choice of substitutions and unnecessary double switches. I do suppose a .340 hitter is the first guy you want to get out of that game though. Can't have the other team getting a book on him.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Monday......

 

CUBS are 7-11 on Mondays

CUBS are 5-7 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 35-32 at night.

CUBS are 33-36 at home.

CUBS are 22-23 in games that open a series

CUBS are 3-7 in games openning a homestand

CUBS are 39-31 when they've won the previous game.... 30-41 after a loss

CUBS are 11-9 when they've won their previous 2 games

CUBS are 18-30 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 21-18 in one run games, 12-13 in two run games.

CUBS are 33-16 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 37-57 when they don't

CUBS are 57-26 when they score 4 runs or more, 14-46 when they don't

CUBS are 54-10 when they give up 3 runs or less, 17-62 when they don't

 

CUBS are 14-16 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 16 of 30 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.62.... pitching to Blanco 3.40

CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 4.87 R/G when Maddux pitches

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

 

CUBS' offensive support of Maddux.....

 

04/04 - 09/11      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux    1080  146  313   68    3   39  504  137   85  164  0.290  0.347  0.467  0.813
CUBS overall     4946  639 1350  294   22  175 2213  613  373  800  0.273  0.327  0.447  0.775

 

Maddux's last five starts.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/07 vs. St. L  5.7    7    0    0    2    4    0    92  3.18  6.35  0.00  1.59  0.00
09/02 vs. Pitts  5.0    5    2    2    0    6    0    75  0.00 10.80  0.00  1.00  3.60
08/27 vs. Flor   9.0    5    2    2    1    2    0   102  1.00  2.00  0.00  0.67  2.00
08/21 vs. Colo   6.0    8    6    6    1    3    3    87  1.50  4.50  4.50  1.50  9.00
08/16 vs. Houst  7.0    3    1    1    2    5    0    70  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.71  1.29

5 game totals   32.7   28   11   11    6   20    3   426  1.65  5.51  0.83  1.04  3.03

 

Maddux's previous start vs. Cincinnati.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/21 vs. Cincy  5.0    9    3    3    0    4    2    71  0.00  7.20  3.60  1.80  5.40

 

Maddux's H/R & D/N splits.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            87.7   96   48   45   14   46   10  1177  1.44  4.72  1.03  1.25  4.62
Road           101.7  106   46   45   18   70   14  1452  1.59  6.20  1.24  1.22  3.98

Day            120.3  132   66   62   16   63   18  1665  1.20  4.71  1.35  1.23  4.64
Nite            69.0   70   28   28   16   53    6   964  2.09  6.91  0.78  1.25  3.65

season totals  189.3  202   94   90   32  116   24  2629  1.52  5.51  1.14  1.24  4.28

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
13  Mon 04/18  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 7  Wood        
14  Tue 04/19  @ Cincinnati    N   7- 1  Prior        
19  Mon 04/25    Cincinnati    N  10- 6  Prior        
20  Tue 04/26    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Zambrano      
21  Wed 04/27    Cincinnati        8- 7  Dempster      
92  Mon 07/18  @ Cincinnati    N   9- 4  Williams      
93  Tue 07/19  @ Cincinnati    N   7- 3  Prior        
94  Wed 07/20  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 9  Wood        
95  Thu 07/21  @ Cincinnati        6- 9  Maddux        
112  Mon 08/08    Cincinnati    N   4- 9  Williams      
113  Tue 08/09    Cincinnati        3- 8  Prior        
114  Wed 08/10    Cincinnati        2- 8  Hill        
144  Mon 09/12    Cincinnati    N    -    Maddux        
145  Tue 09/13    Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano      
146  Wed 09/14    Cincinnati    N    -    Williams      

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Cincinnati.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                51   15   21    5    0    8   50   18    3    4  0.412  0.436  0.980  1.417
Barrett            35    4   14    4    1    2   26    6    4    4  0.400  0.450  0.743  1.193
Patterson          28    7   10    1    0    3   20    4    0    4  0.357  0.357  0.714  1.071
Ramirez            48    7   14    2    0    6   34   13    5    3  0.292  0.358  0.708  1.067
Walker             33    4   12    1    0    3   22    7    0    0  0.364  0.364  0.667  1.030
Grieve              2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Murton             14    2    6    0    0    0    6    1    3    2  0.429  0.529  0.429  0.958
Dubois              6    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    3  0.167  0.286  0.667  0.952
Burnitz            46    8   14    3    0    3   26    7    3    5  0.304  0.340  0.565  0.905
Perez              36    5   10    2    2    1   19    6    1    4  0.278  0.316  0.528  0.844
Hairston           34   10   11    3    0    0   14    1    2    4  0.324  0.425  0.412  0.837
Lawton              9    1    3    1    0    0    4    3    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.444  0.778
Cedeno              7    1    2    1    0    0    3    2    0    0  0.286  0.286  0.429  0.714
Garciaparra        17    3    4    0    0    1    7    2    1    2  0.235  0.278  0.412  0.690
Macias             10    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  0.300  0.364  0.300  0.664
Blanco              9    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    1  0.222  0.300  0.222  0.522
Hollandsworth      25    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    3  0.120  0.154  0.120  0.274
Gerut               5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Cinci         437   74  136   24    3   28  250   73   26   47  0.311  0.356  0.572  0.928

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

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Cincinnati.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Hawkins             2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    27  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Ohman               5.0    4    1    1    5    7    1   101  9.00 12.60  1.80  1.80  1.80
Bartosh             3.3    2    1    1    4    2    0    70 10.80  5.40  0.00  1.80  2.70
Prior              26.7   25    9    8    6   35    3   429  2.03 11.81  1.01  1.16  2.70
Maddux              5.0    9    3    3    0    4    2    71  0.00  7.20  3.60  1.80  5.40
Remlinger           3.0    4    2    2    2    1    0    44  6.00  3.00  0.00  2.00  6.00
Wood               11.0   12    8    8    4   13    5   188  3.27 10.64  4.09  1.45  6.55
Novoa               5.3    3    4    4    3    4    0    97  5.06  6.75  0.00  1.13  6.75
Rusch               7.7    6    6    6    3    5    1   120  3.52  5.87  1.17  1.17  7.04
Williams           12.0   13   11   11    4    5    3   188  3.00  3.75  2.25  1.42  8.25
Mitre               1.0    1    1    1    1    1    1    17  9.00  9.00  9.00  2.00  9.00
Wuertz              4.3    6    6    5    4    8    1    93  8.31 16.62  2.08  2.31 10.38
Dempster            7.7   13   10    9    8   10    1   159  9.39 11.74  1.17  2.74 10.57
Leicester           1.7    2    3    2    3    2    0    38 16.20 10.80  0.00  3.00 10.80
Zambrano            4.7    7    6    6    3    5    1   104  5.79  9.64  1.93  2.14 11.57
Williamson          1.3    1    2    2    2    1    0    27 13.50  6.75  0.00  2.25 13.50
Hill                3.0    4    6    6    4    2    1    71 12.00  6.00  3.00  2.67 18.00
Fox                 0.3    1    3    3    3    0    1    30 81.00  0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00

vs. Cinci         105.0  114   82   78   59  108   21  1874  5.06  9.26  1.80  1.65  6.69

overall          1268.7 1193  633  598  507 1113  165 20904  3.60  7.90  1.17  1.34  4.24

 

Go CUBS !!

[Omar]

1 More win and match-ups will be back!!

[Derwood]

1 More win and match-ups will be back!!

 

And the wildcard "best case scenarios"!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

From yesterday's game thread:

 

Win big or bow out soon, please.

[Chris]

We got this one

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I might watch this game.

[Brian]

Murton only has a .529 OBP against the Reds :(

[Chris]

I might watch this game.

 

I'll watch this one...the Jaxx aren't playing

[USSoccer]

Lets see if we can stop sucking at home.

[wekse]

they'll lose

[Too Tall]

they'll lose

Nah, this is the Dusty Baker managed Cubs. They fall out of the race with some losing streaks, then they get just close enough to get the fans hopes back up, and then they'll tank... They are almost close enough to start getting fans hopes back up, so they'll probably win 2 or 3 more in a row, then lose 5 or 6 in a row to finish it off.

[cubweiser03]

Didnt Harang pitch well against the Cubs last time? Cant let him have 2 in row.

[Garwilly]

. Edited September 12, 2005 by Garwilly

[Garwilly]

So you're saying theres a chance!

[somechick]

Didnt Harang pitch well against the Cubs last time? Cant let him have 2 in row.

 

the Cubs always get owned by the Harangutang.

[Schwarber Fan]

Didnt Harang pitch well against the Cubs last time? Cant let him have 2 in row.

 

the Cubs always get owned by the Harangutang.

 

August 9th

 

Harang (W): 8 IP, 8 hits, 3 ER, 3 SO, 0 BB

 

Nomar hit his 1st HR and Lawton had his 1st Cubs RBI (it was our 7th straight loss)

[E.J.]

Starting Lineups

No. Cincinnati Chicago Cubs

1 Ryan Freel, 2B Jerry Hairston Jr., CF

2 Felipe Lopez, SS Neifi Perez, SS

3 Rich Aurilia, 3B Derrek Lee, 1B

4 Adam Dunn, LF Nomar Garciaparra, 3B

5 Sean Casey, 1B Todd Walker, 2B

6 Austin Kearns, RF Jose Macias, RF

7 Javier Valentin, C Matt Murton, LF

8 Wily Mo Pena, CF Henry Blanco, C

9 Aaron Harang, P Greg Maddux, P

 

Gotta love Macias batting in front of Murton.

[wekse]

that lineup is a joke

[Omar]

Starting Lineups

No. Cincinnati Chicago Cubs

1 Ryan Freel, 2B Jerry Hairston Jr., CF

2 Felipe Lopez, SS Neifi Perez, SS

3 Rich Aurilia, 3B Derrek Lee, 1B

4 Adam Dunn, LF Nomar Garciaparra, 3B

5 Sean Casey, 1B Todd Walker, 2B

6 Austin Kearns, RF Jose Macias, RF

7 Javier Valentin, C Matt Murton, LF

8 Wily Mo Pena, CF Henry Blanco, C

9 Aaron Harang, P Greg Maddux, P

 

Gotta love Macias batting in front of Murton.

 

:evil:

[MembersOnlyJacket]

The O/U on pitches faced by Macias:

 

3

 

He will accomplish this in 4 ab, because in his first AB he will bat out of order not knowing what to do with himself as he's never hit 6th in his career.

[Chris]

<----------looking forward to Riot getting an AB

[radarluv1]

with the expanded roster we dont have a better RF option? its like dustys trying to get fired.

[Flames24Rulz]

im done criticizing lineups...it seems like whenever Macias is actually starting, we actually can score runs..

 

im actually going to watch this game.

[frostwyrm]

It doesn't bother me that Macias is playing over Burnitz. Burnitz is a mediocrity who probably won't be back next year and I don't care if he doesn't play another inning with the Cubs. I'm just glad Murton gets back-to-back starts.