9/20 - CUBS (Williams) @ Milwaukee (Davis) 6:35 CDT, WCIU TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS head up to Wrigley Field North for a series with them pesky Brewers....

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/425532.jpg

Williams (5-8, 4.30)

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/150277.jpg

Davis (10-10, 3.95)

 

Williams has been very effective lately. Let's hope the trend continues.

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day......

 

CUBS are 15-7 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 6-7 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 36-35 at night.

CUBS are 38-36 on the road.

CUBS are 22-25 in games that open a series

CUBS are 7-4 in games openning a road trip

CUBS are 39-34 when they've won the previous game.... 33-42 after a loss

CUBS are 19-32 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 46-19 when they score first,.... 28-57 when they don't

CUBS are 24-7 when they score in the first inning,... 50-69 when they don't

CUBS are 58-39 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-37 when they do

CUBS have been outscored 81-54 in the first inning..... outscored 52-48 in the 9th

 

CUBS are 5-9 when Williams starts

Williams is 8 of 14 in quality starts

Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.96.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.42 R/G overall.... 4.07 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.57 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 09/18      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   478   57  116   22    2   22  208   57   34   84  0.243  0.296  0.435  0.731
CUBS overall     5181  663 1410  304   23  184 2312  637  396  839  0.272  0.328  0.446  0.774

 

Williams' last five starts.....

 

Williams          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/14 vs. Cincy  7.0    8    1    1    1    3    0   109  1.29  3.86  0.00  1.29  1.29
09/09 vs. S.F.   7.0    7    2    1    2    1    0   107  2.57  1.29  0.00  1.29  1.29
09/04 vs. Pitts  7.3    4    0    0    2    5    0    95  2.45  6.14  0.00  0.82  0.00
08/29 vs. L.A.   1.7    5    6    5    3    0    0    45 16.20  0.00  0.00  4.80 27.00
08/23 vs. Atla   7.7    3    1    1    3    5    1   112  3.52  5.87  1.17  0.78  1.17

5 game totals   30.7   27   10    8   11   14    1   468  3.23  4.11  0.29  1.24  2.35

 

Williams' previous start against Milwaukee.....

 

Williams          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/21 vs. Milw   7.0    3    2    2    4    6    2   101  5.14  7.71  2.57  1.00  2.57

 

Williams' splits.....

 

Williams          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            40.0   39   23   22   19   25    6   673  4.28  5.63  1.35  1.45  4.95
Road            46.0   40   18   15   16   24    4   707  3.13  4.70  0.78  1.22  2.93

Day             33.7   27   12   11   15   25    3   546  4.01  6.68  0.80  1.25  2.94
Nite            52.3   52   29   26   20   24    7   834  3.44  4.13  1.20  1.38  4.47

season totals   86.0   79   41   37   35   49   10  1380  3.66  5.13  1.05  1.33  3.87

 

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 4  Fri 04/08    Milwaukee         3- 6  Wood        
 5  Sat 04/09    Milwaukee         4- 0  Zambrano      
 6  Sun 04/10    Milwaukee         6- 5  Maddux        
25  Tue 05/03  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 4  Zambrano      
26  Wed 05/04  @ Milwaukee     N   3- 4  Dempster      
27  Thu 05/05  @ Milwaukee         5- 6  Maddux        
68  Mon 06/20  @ Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Maddux        
69  Tue 06/21  @ Milwaukee     N   4- 2  Williams      
70  Wed 06/22  @ Milwaukee     N   4- 9  Zambrano      
71  Thu 06/23  @ Milwaukee         7- 8  Rusch        
75  Tue 06/28    Milwaukee     N   2- 0  Zambrano      
76  Wed 06/29    Milwaukee         3- 2  Wood        
77  Thu 06/30    Milwaukee         6-10  Maddux        
151  Tue 09/20  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Williams      
152  Wed 09/21  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Prior        
153  Thu 09/22  @ Milwaukee          -    Rusch        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Milwaukee.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Cedeno              8    2    2    1    0    1    6    1    1    0  0.250  0.333  0.750  1.083
Lee                51   10   15    2    0    5   32    8   11    8  0.294  0.429  0.627  1.056
Grieve              2    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Hollandsworth      35    3   14    2    1    0   18    6    4    6  0.400  0.462  0.514  0.976
Ramirez            55   11   17    7    0    3   33    9    3   13  0.309  0.345  0.600  0.945
Burnitz            54    9   13    4    1    2   25    6    3   12  0.241  0.281  0.463  0.744
Walker             26    2    6    4    0    0   10    2    3    2  0.231  0.310  0.385  0.695
Macias              8    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625
Barrett            39    3    6    3    0    2   15    6    1    7  0.154  0.195  0.385  0.580
Hairston           32    1    6    1    0    1   10    2    3    7  0.188  0.257  0.313  0.570
Blanco             10    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    1  0.100  0.100  0.400  0.500
Dubois             17    1    3    1    0    0    4    2    1    7  0.176  0.222  0.235  0.458
Garciaparra        17    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    4  0.176  0.263  0.176  0.440
Perez              36    3    7    1    0    0    8    4    1    3  0.194  0.216  0.222  0.438
Patterson          57    3    9    0    0    0    9    1    5   22  0.158  0.226  0.158  0.384
Wilson              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250

vs. Milw          478   53  110   27    2   15  186   51   38  103  0.230  0.291  0.389  0.680

overall          5181  663 1409  297   23  180 2292  639  394  829  0.272  0.327  0.442  0.769

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Milwaukee.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman               3.0    3    0    0    0    4    0    44  0.00 12.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Fox                 1.3    1    0    0    2    1    0    33 13.50  6.75  0.00  2.25  0.00
Hill                4.3    0    0    0    2    6    0    66  4.15 12.46  0.00  0.46  0.00
Wood               11.7    6    3    3    7   16    1   193  5.40 12.34  0.77  1.11  2.31
Williams            7.0    3    2    2    4    6    2   101  5.14  7.71  2.57  1.00  2.57
Dempster           10.3    6    3    3    7    9    1   156  6.10  7.84  0.87  1.26  2.61
Wellemeyer          2.3    3    1    1    1    1    1    36  3.86  3.86  3.86  1.71  3.86
Zambrano           24.0   18   11   11   10   24    1   373  3.75  9.00  0.38  1.17  4.13
Remlinger           6.3    6    3    3    0    7    1    82  0.00  9.95  1.42  0.95  4.26
Rusch              10.3   13    5    5    6    8    3   208  5.23  6.97  2.61  1.84  4.35
Wuertz              6.3    6    4    4    5    6    2   121  7.11  8.53  2.84  1.74  5.68
Maddux             22.0   34   17   16    8   10    5   361  3.27  4.09  2.05  1.91  6.55
Novoa               2.7    3    2    2    4    5    0    64 13.50 16.88  0.00  2.63  6.75
Hawkins             2.7    4    2    2    0    1    0    46  0.00  3.38  0.00  1.50  6.75
Borowski            1.0    1    1    1    0    1    1    16  0.00  9.00  9.00  1.00  9.00
Leicester           2.3    3    3    3    4    1    0    53 15.43  3.86  0.00  3.00 11.57
Mitre               1.7    4    3    3    0    4    1    35  0.00 21.60  5.40  2.40 16.20

vs. Milw          119.3  114   60   59   60  110   19  1988  4.53  8.30  1.43  1.46  4.45

overall          1334.7 1257  666  628  534 1159  172 22002  3.60  7.82  1.16  1.34  4.23

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Derwood]

Record to get to .500 - 7-5

Record to have a "winning" season - 8-4

[LoneStarCubFan]

Please drill Carlos Lee

[wekse]

why are they still playing?

[otis89]

I like this Jerome Williams that looks like a good pitcher.

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

Clark, CF

Hardy, SS

Overbay, 1B

Lee, LF

Jenkins, RF

Hall, 3B

Weeks, 2B

Miller, C

Davis, P

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

Clark, CF

Hardy, SS

Overbay, 1B

Lee, LF

Jenkins, RF

Hall, 3B

Weeks, 2B

Miller, C

Davis, P

 

Thanks, Bruce!

 

Neifi leading off. :( I wish Dusty knew Walker could leadoff.

[sandberg23]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

Clark, CF

Hardy, SS

Overbay, 1B

Lee, LF

Jenkins, RF

Hall, 3B

Weeks, 2B

Miller, C

Davis, P

 

Thanks, Bruce!

 

Neifi leading off. :( I wish Dusty knew Walker could leadoff.

 

Or the OBP machine named Murton.

[badger1679666666]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

The lineup I would make with those players:

 

Murton

Walker

Lee

Nomah

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

Patterson

Williams

[Mizzou]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

Clark, CF

Hardy, SS

Overbay, 1B

Lee, LF

Jenkins, RF

Hall, 3B

Weeks, 2B

Miller, C

Davis, P

 

Thanks, Bruce!

 

Neifi leading off. :( I wish Dusty knew Walker could leadoff.

 

If they're both batting 1-2, I'd rather Walker hit 2nd. If Walker leads off and gets a hit, there's a good chance that Neifi will hit into a DP. This way, he can only make one out!

[Yeti]

Lineups:

 

Perez, SS

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Barrett, C

Williams, P

 

 

pathetic, utterly pathetic

 

nice to see ya poppin in for game threads though Bruce

[Chris]

1-0 Brewers on the sac fly

[Chris]

3-0 on the HR ](*,)

[muntjack]

Oh, well... I really don't care much about the outcome.

 

Watching Murton learn keeps me tuned in.

[muntjack]

And he thinks right along with a thinking pitcher. The Brewers announcers are in love with Matt Murton.

[Chris]

ugh and ugh

[Chris]

nice tag picking off Weeks!

[muntjack]

Milwaukee totally had a cub inning right there.

[muntjack]

Not to take anything away from Neifi's double, but my lord was that a HORRIBLE swing.

 

He takes his eye off the ball and throws his bat at it. Isee this from him ALL the time. How does he keep getting hits like this?

[muntjack]

And Brewers fans chanting "overrated" at Derrek.

[otis89]

Not to take anything away from Neifi's double, but my lord was that a HORRIBLE swing.

 

He takes his eye off the ball and throws his bat at it. Isee this from him ALL the time. How does he keep getting hits like this?

 

He's very very lucky. Don't tell that to Dusty though.

[otis89]

And Brewers fans chanting "overrated" at Derrek.

 

That's pathetic. :roll:

[AAApittsburgh]

Not to take anything away from Neifi's double, but my lord was that a HORRIBLE swing.

 

He takes his eye off the ball and throws his bat at it. Isee this from him ALL the time. How does he keep getting hits like this?

He doesn't.

 

Usually, he tries to bunt the first 2 pitches, but fails. He ends up down 0-2 and swings at the next pitch which he usually pops up. It looks awful, but Dusty loves it.

[muntjack]

Not to take anything away from Neifi's double, but my lord was that a HORRIBLE swing.

 

He takes his eye off the ball and throws his bat at it. Isee this from him ALL the time. How does he keep getting hits like this?

He doesn't.

 

Usually, he tries to bunt the first 2 pitches, but fails. He ends up down 0-2 and swings at the next pitch which he usually pops up. It looks awful, but Dusty loves it.

 

I understand he has had a truly dismal season when looking at the important statistics, but even to have a batting average above .270 with this approach at the plate is a complete miracle.

 

Even his grand slam swing in St. Louis looked like he closed his eyes and prayed.