Pirates (Duke) @ Cubs (Maddux), 7:05pm WCIU

[Laura]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/435043.jpg

 

Zach Duke, 6-2, 1.94

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/118120.jpg

 

Greg Maddux, 13-13, 4.14

 

 

Get that win, Maddux. Just get it.

[Chris]

We got this one...

[erik316wttn]

4-2 the rest of the way equals a .500 season.

[otis89]

I really don't know whether to expect a win or a loss from this game.

[wekse]

L

[E.J.]

Duke is going to pitch a complete game with only 80 pitches. Macias and Neifi will bat 1 and 2 and will see about 14 pitches the whole game combined. Book it.

[Laura]

I worry about Duke against this lineup.

 

I like Maddux against Pittsburgh this time of year. I just hope the Cubs can score some runs.

 

I know a lot of people don't care, but I think Maddux's streak is one of the coolest streaks in baseball and I want to see it continue.

 

GO CUBS!

[Marco4]

I worry about Duke against this lineup.

 

I like Maddux against Pittsburgh this time of year. I just hope the Cubs can score some runs.

 

I know a lot of people don't care, but I think Maddux's streak is one of the coolest streaks in baseball and I want to see it continue.

 

GO CUBS!

 

I agree about the coolness of the streak. I also agree about the hope of the Cubs scoring runs.

 

Lets do it!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day.....

 

CUBS are 15-8 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 11-3 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 36-37 at night.

CUBS are 38-41 at home.

CUBS are 23-26 in games that open a series

CUBS are 4-8 in games openning a homestand

CUBS are 39-36 when they've won the previous game.... 36-43 after a loss

CUBS are 21-33 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 60-28 when they get a quality start,... 17-51 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning,... 51-72 when they don't

CUBS are 61-39 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-40 when they do

CUBS are 51-59 when Barrett catches, 26-20 when Blanco starts.

CUBS are 61-28 when they score 4 runs or more, 16-51 when they don't

CUBS are 58-10 when they give up 3 runs or less, 19-69 when they don't

 

CUBS are 15-18 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 18 of 33 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.37.... pitching to Blanco 3.66

CUBS score 4.40 R/G overall.... 4.61 R/G when Maddux pitches

CUBS hit 1.21 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Maddux pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Maddux......

 

04/04 - 09/25      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux    1177  152  336   72    3   41  537  142   91  182  0.285  0.341  0.456  0.797
CUBS overall     5351  683 1452  314   23  187 2373  655  408  873  0.271  0.326  0.443  0.770

 

Maddux's last five starts (3-2) .....

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/22 vs. Milw      8.0    4    0    0    0    4    0    78  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
09/17 vs. St. L     6.3   10    5    5    1    3    0   102  1.42  4.26  0.00  1.74  7.11
09/12 vs. Cincy     7.0    5    2    2    1    5    2    83  1.29  6.43  2.57  0.86  2.57
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

5 game totals      32.0   31    9    9    4   22    2   430  1.13  6.19  0.56  1.09  2.53

 

Maddux's other previous starts vs. Pittsburgh (0-1) .....

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/17 vs. Pitts     6.0    5    2    2    0    3    0    77  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.83  3.00
04/23 vs. Pitts     8.0    4    2    2    1    3    0    96  1.13  3.38  0.00  0.63  2.25
07/16 vs. Pitts     8.0    5    3    2    1    6    1   101  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.75  2.25

 

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

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home              101.0  111   55   52   16   54   12  1362  1.43  4.81  1.07  1.26  4.63
Road              109.7  110   46   45   18   74   14  1530  1.48  6.07  1.15  1.17  3.69

Day               134.7  146   71   67   17   70   18  1845  1.14  4.68  1.20  1.21  4.48
Nite               76.0   75   30   30   17   58    8  1047  2.01  6.87  0.95  1.21  3.55

season totals     210.7  221  101   97   34  128   26  2892  1.45  5.47  1.11  1.21  4.14

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
10  Fri 04/15  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 8  Zambrano      
11  Sat 04/16  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 3  Dempster      
12  Sun 04/17  @ Pittsburgh        4- 2  Maddux        
17  Sat 04/23    Pittsburgh        3- 4  Maddux        
18  Sun 04/24    Pittsburgh        5- 2  Wood        
37  Tue 05/17  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 3  Prior        
38  Wed 05/18  @ Pittsburgh        3- 2  Rusch        
88  Thu 07/14    Pittsburgh        5- 1  Prior        
89  Fri 07/15    Pittsburgh       11- 1  Wood        
90  Sat 07/16    Pittsburgh        0- 3  Maddux        
91  Sun 07/17    Pittsburgh        8- 2  Zambrano      
134  Fri 09/02  @ Pittsburgh    N   7- 3  Maddux        
135  Sat 09/03  @ Pittsburgh        9- 5  Zambrano      
136  Sun 09/04  @ Pittsburgh        2- 0  Williams      
157  Tue 09/27    Pittsburgh    N    -    Maddux        
158  Wed 09/28    Pittsburgh         -    Prior        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Grieve              3    0    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Perez              42    9   22    7    0    2   35    8    2    1  0.524  0.533  0.833  1.367
Hollandsworth      15    2    6    0    1    0    8    1    4    3  0.400  0.550  0.533  1.083
Blanco             15    4    5    3    0    1   11    3    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.733  1.067
Cedeno             11    1    5    1    0    0    6    1    0    1  0.455  0.500  0.545  1.045
Walker             27    3   10    2    0    1   15    3    4    4  0.370  0.452  0.556  1.007
Fontenot            0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Garciaparra        20    4    5    2    0    2   13    6    3    0  0.250  0.320  0.650  0.970
Ramirez            37    8   10    3    0    3   22    8    5    6  0.270  0.357  0.595  0.952
Lee                51    7   17    4    0    3   30    9    3    8  0.333  0.357  0.588  0.945
McClain             3    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.333  0.500  0.333  0.833
Burnitz            53    6   12    4    1    2   24    7    7    8  0.226  0.317  0.453  0.769
Dubois             16    1    3    1    0    1    7    3    1    6  0.188  0.235  0.438  0.673
Murton             14    1    3    0    0    1    6    1    0    3  0.214  0.214  0.429  0.643
Hairston           50    9   11    3    0    1   17    8    3    3  0.220  0.291  0.340  0.631
Barrett            34    4    7    1    0    1   11    3    4    3  0.206  0.282  0.324  0.606
Macias              9    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    1    0  0.222  0.273  0.222  0.495
Patterson          32    6    6    0    0    1    9    1    1   11  0.188  0.212  0.281  0.493

vs. Pitts         469   70  137   34    2   19  232   69   42   66  0.292  0.351  0.495  0.845

overall          5380  687 1456  305   23  185 2362  660  410  868  0.271  0.326  0.439  0.765

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Williams            7.3    4    0    0    2    5    0    95  2.45  6.14  0.00  0.82  0.00
Wuertz              5.0    3    0    0    2    5    0    73  3.60  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Williamson          1.0    2    0    0    0    2    0    15  0.00 18.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Van Buren           1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    17  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Mitre               0.7    2    0    0    0    0    0     9  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Bartosh             0.0    1    0    0    0    0    0     1  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Rusch              11.0   10    2    2    8   10    0   187  6.55  8.18  0.00  1.64  1.64
Prior              15.0    9    4    3    4   16    2   216  2.40  9.60  1.20  0.87  1.80
Dempster           11.3   10    3    3    5    9    1   173  3.97  7.15  0.79  1.32  2.38
Wood               11.0    5    3    3    3   13    1   151  2.45 10.64  0.82  0.73  2.45
Maddux             27.0   19    9    8    2   18    1   349  0.67  6.00  0.33  0.78  2.67
Fox                 2.7    3    1    1    2    5    0    49  6.75 16.88  0.00  1.88  3.38
Zambrano           21.7   16   11   10   10   18    3   320  4.15  7.48  1.25  1.20  4.15
Hawkins             4.0    3    2    2    3    2    1    60  6.75  4.50  2.25  1.50  4.50
Novoa               2.0    2    1    1    0    2    0    29  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  4.50
Ohman               1.7    1    1    1    0    2    0    17  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.60  5.40
Remlinger           2.7    3    2    2    0    0    0    48  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.13  6.75

vs. Pitts         125.0   94   39   36   41  107    9  1809  2.95  7.70  0.65  1.08  2.59

overall          1387.3 1311  692  653  558 1209  178 22904  3.62  7.84  1.15  1.35  4.24

 

Go CUBS !!

[bobbyd20]

Given the Cubs patience at the plate, Maddux's fast working style and the fact that it's a late season game between two teams out of the playoff race, I see this being one of the fastest games of the season if both pitchers are having a good night.

[Mike Aller]

I'll be rooting for Maddux. :D

[Derwood]

Pittsburgh looks like they are grooming some nice young pitchers for the Cubs to acquire in 2007 :wink:

[Garwilly]

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[UMFan83]

I've been looking at Craig's list and have seen bleacher tickets as low as $15 for tonights game. I might walk over to the park around gametime and try to buy some $5-10 tickets :)

[otis89]

Pittsburgh looks like they are grooming some nice young pitchers for the Cubs to acquire in 2007 :wink:

 

Hey, we fleeced them in '03. I'm all for fleecing them again. I wouldn't having Duke in our rotation and Bay in our outfield. :D

[SouthSideRyan]

Let's have a strong finish as long as we finish in the bottom 8 of the NL!!

[Bruce Miles]

Lineups

 

Sanchez, 2B

J. Wilson, SS

Bay, LF

Mackowiak, RF

Eldred, 1B

McLouth, CF

Cota, C

Bautista, 3B

Duke, P

 

 

Theriot, 2B

Perez, SS

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Barrett, C

Burnitz, RF

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Maddux, P

[wekse]

nice to see theriot starting, but what's it take to get perez out of the two spot? geeze :roll:

[lowest]

Riot!!! :D

[series65cubsfan]

Thanks Bruce. If we could have gotten Cedeno in at SS then I'd love today's lineup. But not bad.

 

I just had a thought about all the Neifi appearances in the top of the order. Is it possible that some team wants Neifi but also wants a 1 or 2 hitter and the Cubs are showcasing him?

 

Nah, I'm tired of coming up with reasons why Baker has him at 1 or 2 in the lineup. At this point I'm at a "whatever" frame of mind, as far as his decisions.

[otis89]

Theriot's going to take a walk in his first at-bat tonight. Book it.

[Bruce Miles]

No, the Cubs certainly aren't showcasing Neifi. For some reason, Dusty likes him at the top of the order. For me, I'd go with Theriot and Murton 1-2 tonight. After tonight, I'd go with Murton 1 or 2. Heck, I'd throw Barrett in the 2-spot. But they don't ask me, either.

[Chris]

RIOT!!!!!!!!

[Chris]

No, the Cubs certainly aren't showcasing Neifi. For some reason, Dusty likes him at the top of the order. For me, I'd go with Theriot and Murton 1-2 tonight. After tonight, I'd go with Murton 1 or 2. Heck, I'd throw Barrett in the 2-spot. But they don't ask me, either.

 

I've got some white-out...

[series65cubsfan]

No, the Cubs certainly aren't showcasing Neifi. For some reason, Dusty likes him at the top of the order. For me, I'd go with Theriot and Murton 1-2 tonight. After tonight, I'd go with Murton 1 or 2. Heck, I'd throw Barrett in the 2-spot. But they don't ask me, either.

 

No doubt, thanks for replying though.