10/1 - Houston (Clemens) vs Cubs (Williams) 3:10 CT; CSN/FOX

[Modzilla]

It's time for Chicago Cubs OCTOBER baseball.

 

RHP Roger Clemens (12-8, 1.89 ERA) starts for the Astros and the Cubs counter with RHP Jerome Williams (6-9, 4.28 ERA). As a Cub, Jerome has posted a 6-7 record with a 3.55 ERA; he also has a 2.10 ERA in September.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/425532.jpg vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/112388.jpg

 

TV: CSN Chicago, FOX | Radio: WGN 720

 

A Couple of Notes:

 

- Modzilla would like to ban the lovely FOX broadcasters. :twisted:

- The Astros wild card lead is now 1 game.

- The most wins the Astros can get this season is 89, the number of games the Cubs won last year.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Modzilla is an all-star game thread starter.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day.....

 

CUBS are 10-15 on Saturdays

CUBS are 9-5 vs. Houston

CUBS are 41-43 in the day time.

CUBS are 41-38 on the road.

CUBS are 40-37 when they've won the previous game.... 37-44 after a loss

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

CUBS are 62-29 when they get a quality start,... 17-52 when they don't

CUBS are 62-31 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 17-50 when they don't

CUBS are 49-19 when they score first,.... 30-62 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning,... 53-74 when they don't

CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-41 when they do

CUBS are 50-22 when they make at least 10 hits, 28-59 when they don't.

CUBS are 34-21 when they steal a base, 45-60 when they don't

CUBS are 36-18 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 43-63 when they don't

CUBS are 18-38 when the opponents steal a base, 60-43 when they don't

CUBS are 19-41 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 58-40 when they don't

CUBS are 16-32 when the opponents hit 2 or more HRs, 62-49 when they don't.

CUBS are 62-28 when they score 4 runs or more, 17-53 when they don't

CUBS are 60-10 when they give up 3 runs or less, 19-71 when they don't

 

CUBS are 6-10 when Williams starts

Williams is 9 of 16 in quality starts

Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.99.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.36 R/G overall.... 3.94 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.21 HR/G overall.... 1.63 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 09/30      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   543   63  130   25    2   26  237   63   40  101  0.239  0.294  0.436  0.731
CUBS overall     5516  698 1488  320   23  193 2433  669  416  905  0.270  0.325  0.441  0.766

 

Williams' last five starts (2-2)......

 

Williams             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/25 vs. Houst     7.0    4    2    2    6    3    0   108  7.71  3.86  0.00  1.43  2.57
09/20 vs. Milw      6.0    9    4    4    2    4    1    97  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.83  6.00
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

5 game totals      34.3   32    9    8   13   16    1   516  3.41  4.19  0.26  1.31  2.10

 

Williams' splits.....

 

Williams             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home               47.0   43   25   24   25   28    6   781  4.79  5.36  1.15  1.45  4.60
Road               52.0   49   22   19   18   28    5   804  3.12  4.85  0.87  1.29  3.29

Day                40.7   31   14   13   21   28    3   654  4.65  6.20  0.66  1.28  2.88
Nite               58.3   61   33   30   22   28    8   931  3.39  4.32  1.23  1.42  4.63

season totals      99.0   92   47   43   43   56   11  1585  3.91  5.09  1.00  1.36  3.91

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
22  Fri 04/29  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Maddux        
23  Sat 04/30  @ Houston       N   5- 7  Wood        
24  Sun 05/01  @ Houston           3- 9  Prior        
42  Mon 05/23    Houston       N   4- 1  Rusch        
43  Tue 05/24    Houston       N   4- 2  Mitre        
44  Wed 05/25    Houston       N   1- 5  Maddux        
119  Mon 08/15  @ Houston       N   4-12  Rusch        
120  Tue 08/16  @ Houston       N   4- 1  Maddux        
121  Wed 08/17  @ Houston       N   4- 2  Zambrano      
154  Fri 09/23    Houston           5- 4  Rusch        
155  Sat 09/24    Houston           3- 8  Zambrano      
156  Sun 09/25    Houston           3- 2  Williams      
159  Thu 09/29  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Rusch        
160  Fri 09/30  @ Houston       N   4- 3  Zambrano      
161  Sat 10/01  @ Houston            -    Williams      
162  Sun 10/02  @ Houston            -    Maddux        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Houston.....

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Dubois             11    2    5    2    0    1   10    2    0    4  0.455  0.455  0.909  1.364
Garciaparra        28    3   12    1    0    2   19    6    2    2  0.429  0.467  0.679  1.145
Lee                44   10   14    3    0    3   26    8   11    9  0.318  0.439  0.591  1.030
Cedeno              2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Walker             13    1    5    0    0    1    8    2    0    1  0.385  0.385  0.615  1.000
Murton             23    3    6    0    0    2   12    2    3    4  0.261  0.346  0.522  0.868
Hollandsworth      14    0    4    2    0    0    6    2    1    1  0.286  0.333  0.429  0.762
Burnitz            50    7   11    2    0    3   22   10    2    9  0.220  0.259  0.440  0.699
Ramirez            35    3    7    4    0    1   14    3    0    5  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600
Barrett            46    4   12    2    0    0   14    5    0    8  0.261  0.261  0.304  0.565
Hairston           21    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    4    4  0.190  0.320  0.238  0.558
Patterson          43    4    8    0    1    1   13    3    2   12  0.186  0.217  0.302  0.520
Perez              52    5   12    1    0    0   13    1    1    4  0.231  0.259  0.250  0.509
McClain             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Theriot             6    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.500
Macias             20    2    3    0    0    0    3    0    2    4  0.150  0.227  0.150  0.377
Wilson              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250
Lawton              9    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222
Grieve              2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Soto                1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Houst         456   50  111   20    1   15  178   46   31   82  0.243  0.292  0.390  0.682

overall          5516  699 1487  311   23  189 2411  671  414  895  0.270  0.324  0.437  0.761

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Houston.....

 

CUBS                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            7.7    3    0    0    4    7    0   119  4.70  8.22  0.00  0.91  0.00
Hawkins             2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    16  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Remlinger           1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    10  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Mitre               7.0    5    2    2    1    5    0   108  1.29  6.43  0.00  0.86  2.57
Williams            7.0    4    2    2    6    3    0   108  7.71  3.86  0.00  1.43  2.57
Ohman               3.3    2    1    1    4    3    0    84 10.80  8.10  0.00  1.80  2.70
Wuertz              9.0    6    3    3    7   10    0   158  7.00 10.00  0.00  1.44  3.00
Zambrano           21.7   16    9    8    7   22    3   326  2.91  9.14  1.25  1.06  3.32
Maddux             20.7   18    8    8    3   12    2   251  1.31  5.23  0.87  1.02  3.48
Rusch              25.3   35   13   12    7   20    4   447  2.49  7.11  1.42  1.66  4.26
Bartosh             2.0    2    1    1    1    4    0    37  4.50 18.00  0.00  1.50  4.50
Novoa               3.3    3    2    2    2    4    1    48  5.40 10.80  2.70  1.50  5.40
Williamson          1.3    2    1    1    1    1    1    24  6.75  6.75  6.75  2.25  6.75
Wood                4.0    4    3    3    2    8    0    63  4.50 18.00  0.00  1.50  6.75
Prior               5.0    7    8    8    3    7    2   107  5.40 12.60  3.60  2.00 14.40
Wellemeyer          2.3    5    7    7    4    5    2    66 15.43 19.29  7.71  3.86 27.00

vs. Houst         122.7  113   60   58   52  113   15  1972  3.82  8.29  1.10  1.35  4.26

overall          1423.3 1340  705  664  572 1246  184 23448  3.62  7.88  1.16  1.34  4.20

 

Go CUBS !!

[J.R.]

We sent Biggio and Bagwell home in '95 ... time to do it again.

[CDBears1259]

We sent Biggio and Bagwell home in '95 ... time to do it again.

 

AMEN!!!

[Bruce Miles]

Your lineups:

 

Macias, 2B

Perez, SS

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Barrett, C

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Williams, P

 

Biggio, 2B

Taveras, CF

Ensberg, 3B

Berkman, LF

Lamb, 1B

Lane, RF

Ausmus, C

Everett, SS

Clemens, P

 

And remember, I'm just the messenger.

[J.R.]

Thanks dude.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Macias, 2B

Perez, SS

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Barrett, C

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Williams, P

 

Awesome lineup, Dusty. I salute you.

[erik316wttn]

Macias, 2B

Perez, SS

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Barrett, C

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Williams, P

 

Awesome lineup, Dusty. I salute you.

 

I like to salute him with just one finger.

[mhuber92211]

Your lineups:

 

Macias, 2B

Perez, SS

Lee, 1B

Garciaparra, 3B

Burnitz, RF

Barrett, C

Murton, LF

Patterson, CF

Williams, P

 

And remember, I'm just the messenger.

 

 

:lol:

[Geech]

I can't believe how many stupid lineup decisions Dusty makes. It's like he relies entirely on truisms and favoritisms to construct them instead of thinking them through.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yikes, what did Murton do to get dropped to the 7-hole (and have Corey protect him)?

 

(I've given up on complaining about the Jose-Neifi 1-2 punch.)

[ZMovieman]

Would it really kill Dusty to bat Murton in front of Lee? Especially when it's Macias AND Perez in front of him? I think I'm going to cry.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

CB Bucknor at the dish. sweet.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

holy crap. leadoff basehit for Macias.

[Outshined_One]

Can't be sending out the forfeit lineups, dude. Philly wouldn't like us for that and I think that Jim Thome cat is alright.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

wow. that was a great bunt, Neifi. you deserve to play every day.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

gotta love the first pitch hanging breaking ball. :cry:

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

CB Bucknor is the man. I love when his blown calls (this frequently happens) benefit us.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Biggio boots one. yes!

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Murton with the deep sac fly.

 

Just missed the slam against Clemens. wow.

[XZero771679666304]

Neifi is 3rd in the NL in GIDP.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Clemens at 83 pitches. Hopefully Williams can hang in there and we can get into the Astros bullpen.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Clemens at 83 pitches. Hopefully Williams can hang in there and we can get into the Astros bullpen.

 

with his leg injury, i can't imagine they'll let him go too far beyond 100 pitches. williams has pitched much better than Clemens so far.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

hahahaha, the astros are starting to hate CB as much as we do.