10/2 Houston (Oswalt) vs. Cubs (Maddux), 1:05 CT, WGN/ESPN

[NCCubFan]

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The final game of a very disappointing season, still with some drama. Will the Cubs be able to prevent Houston from clinching the Wild Card? Will Maddux finish with a .500 record? Will Oswalt win 20?

Edited October 2, 2005 by NCCubFan

[Fred Hornkohl]

[Wavin' to NCCubbieFan from Raleigh :wave:]

 

 

Worthless stats of the day, for the last time this year......

 

CUBS are 17-8 on Sundays

CUBS are 9-6 vs. Houston

CUBS are 41-44 in the day time.

CUBS are 41-39 on the road.

CUBS are 28-21 in games that end a series

CUBS are 7-5 in games ending a road trip

CUBS are 40-38 when they've won the previous game.... 37-44 after a loss

CUBS are 21-35 when the temperature is in the 70's

CUBS are 0-8 (2 run scored total) in games without an extra base hit

CUBS are 49-19 when they score first,.... 30-63 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning,... 53-75 when they don't

CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-42 when they do

CUBS have been outscored 89-58 in the first inning..... outscored 53-52 in the 9th

 

CUBS are 15-19 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 18 of 34 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.40.... pitching to Blanco 3.66

CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 4.56 R/G when Maddux pitches

CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Maddux pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Maddux.....

 

04/04 - 10/01      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux    1209  155  343   74    3   42  549  145   92  189  0.284  0.339  0.454  0.793
CUBS overall     5548  699 1496  320   23  193 2441  670  419  912  0.270  0.324  0.440  0.764

 

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

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/27 vs. Pitts     9.0    8    5    5    1    6    2   113  1.00  6.00  2.00  1.00  5.00
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

5 game totals      36.0   34   12   12    5   22    4   468  1.25  5.50  1.00  1.08  3.00

 

Maddux's previous starts vs. Houston (2-1) .....

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/29 vs. Houst     6.0    7    2    2    1    3    1    87  1.50  4.50  1.50  1.33  3.00
05/25 vs. Houst     7.7    8    5    5    0    4    1    94  0.00  4.70  1.17  1.04  5.87
08/16 vs. Houst     7.0    3    1    1    2    5    0    70  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.71  1.29

 

Maddux's splits.....

 

Maddux               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home              110.0  119   60   57   17   60   14  1475  1.39  4.91  1.15  1.24  4.66
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               85.0   83   35   35   18   64   10  1160  1.91  6.78  1.06  1.19  3.71

season totals     219.7  229  106  102   35  134   28  3005  1.43  5.49  1.15  1.20  4.18

 

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           1- 3  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        32    4   13    1    0    2   20    6    2    2  0.406  0.441  0.625  1.066
Lee                46   10   14    3    0    3   26    8   13   11  0.304  0.443  0.565  1.008
Cedeno              2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Walker             14    1    5    0    0    1    8    2    0    1  0.357  0.357  0.571  0.929
Murton             26    3    6    0    0    2   12    3    3    4  0.231  0.310  0.462  0.772
Hollandsworth      14    0    4    2    0    0    6    2    1    1  0.286  0.333  0.429  0.762
Burnitz            54    7   13    2    0    3   24   10    2   10  0.241  0.276  0.444  0.720
Barrett            50    4   14    2    0    0   16    5    0    8  0.280  0.280  0.320  0.600
Ramirez            35    3    7    4    0    1   14    3    0    5  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600
Hairston           21    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    4    4  0.190  0.320  0.238  0.558
Patterson          46    4    9    0    1    1   14    3    3   13  0.196  0.240  0.304  0.544
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
Perez              56    5   12    1    0    0   13    1    1    4  0.214  0.241  0.232  0.474
Macias             25    2    5    0    0    0    5    0    2    5  0.200  0.259  0.200  0.459
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         488   51  119   20    1   15  186   47   34   89  0.244  0.294  0.381  0.675

overall          5548  700 1495  311   23  189 2419  672  417  902  0.269  0.324  0.436  0.760

 

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
Ohman               4.0    2    1    1    4    5    0    93  9.00 11.25  0.00  1.50  2.25
Mitre               7.0    5    2    2    1    5    0   108  1.29  6.43  0.00  0.86  2.57
Wuertz              9.3    6    3    3    7   11    0   163  6.75 10.61  0.00  1.39  2.89
Williams           14.0   10    5    5    8    6    1   199  5.14  3.86  0.64  1.29  3.21
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         130.7  119   63   61   54  119   16  2077  3.72  8.20  1.10  1.32  4.20

overall          1431.3 1346  708  667  574 1252  185 23553  3.61  7.87  1.16  1.34  4.19

 

Go CUBS !!

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

How many HR will Maddux give up today? Go Cubs. :lol:

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Maybe this is the game we should retailiate on all the Astros for last year's mess.

 

Throw a few bean balls at Oswalt, bean Berkman....

 

start some fights...

 

Go Cubs!

[J.R.]

Nice work with the stats Fred Hornkohl.

[Mike Aller]

If you send the Astros into a playoff, they'll probably win it. :(

[Derwood]

Can Maddux take his last loss and turn it into a "double or nothing" bid to get 2 wins today? :lol:

 

BTW, I could do without the "drama" of a "will Maddux be .500" scenario. That's not drama, that's tragedy.

[otis89]

Can Maddux take his last loss and turn it into a "double or nothing" bid to get 2 wins today? :lol:

 

BTW, I could do without the "drama" of a "will Maddux be .500" scenario. That's not drama, that's tragedy.

 

His main problem: run support

2 complete game losses. That should tell you something about the Cubs offense. (or lack thereof)

[TrueBlueCubFan]

Dusty strikes again:

Corey leading off?

:x

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Nice work with the stats Fred Hornkohl.

 

Yes, much appreciated all year.

[barrettismyidol]

C. Patterson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215

J. Macias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337

N. Garciaparra 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271

G. Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178

[E.J.]

C. Patterson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215

J. Macias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337

N. Garciaparra 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283

J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258

M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316

N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271

G. Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178

 

 

Hahahahahahaha. That's a sweet 1 and 2. Thank god the year is over.

[Derwood]

Somehow Dusty actually managed a 1 and 2 in the lineup with a worse combined OBP thant Macias/ Perez. That's un-frigging-believable.

[E.J.]

It's good to see Corey is batting .215 nowadays. Solid.

 

I'm still hoping the Cubs can pull out a victory today with a Phillies' victory as well. I want to see a 1-game playoff!!!

[E.J.]

1 pitch, 1 out. Way to go Corey.

[abuck1220]

every time jose macias swings at a 3-1 pitch while batting 2nd, a little piece of derrek lee dies.

[E.J.]

Phillies have an early 1-0 lead going to the bottom of the 4th.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

wow, neither Macias or CPat reached base. amazing.

 

 

wow, Lee looks like poo late in the year, as usual.

[J.R.]

I feel sorry for the Philadelphia fans ... I can't imagine a worse scenario than relying on a Baker lineup to save their season.

[E.J.]

it's already 3-0 White Sox against Cleveland in the 3rd. The Indians have really choked down the stretch here.

[E.J.]

I feel sorry for the Philadelphia fans ... I can't imagine a worse scenario than relying on a Baker lineup to save their season.

 

It's better than being a Cubs' fan and seeing those Baker lineups day in and day out. :x

[E.J.]

That didn't take long for the Astros to score. 1-0.

[sandberg23]

Houston with the early lead already.

[J.R.]

I feel sorry for the Philadelphia fans ... I can't imagine a worse scenario than relying on a Baker lineup to save their season.

 

It's better than being a Cubs' fan and seeing those Baker lineups day in and day out. :x

 

That goes without saying, dude.

[E.J.]

2-0 Astros. Poor Phillies.