7/8 Cubs (Marmol) @ Brewers (Bush) 6:05PM CT WGN

WindyCity · July 8, 2006

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/461791.jpg vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/433657.jpg

One game win streak! Now the question is.... can Marmol lick Bush? :P

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A Cubs win and the Royals avoid contraction for another day....

2006 Fecal League Standings (as of 7/7/06)

Team            W       L       PCT     GB
=============   ==      ==      ====    ===
Chicago Cubs    32      54      .372     - 
Kansas City     31      54      .365    0.5
Pittsburgh      30      58      .341    3.0

Drew Doughty · July 8, 2006

we're only a few games back of last. just a few key subtractions of a bat or a pitcher and we'll be set to take over last.

Tim Burr · July 8, 2006

I think Marmol needs to get more seasoning in the minors. For a promising pitcher just out of A ball, he has been asked to produce too quickly at the ML level. I hope he still has some confidence left, but I think Baker has squeezed this rookie to the max with high pitch counts and a losing record like he has done with so many others!

soccer10k · July 8, 2006

2006 Fecal League Standings (as of 7/7/06)

Team            W       L       PCT     GB
=============   ==      ==      ====    ===
Chicago Cubs    32      54      .372     - 
Kansas City     31      54      .365    0.5
Pittsburgh      30      58      .341    3.0

Wow. Didn't realize we were that close to the Royals. Just checked the schedule and the Royals have won 4 in a row.

soccer10k · July 8, 2006

I think Marmol needs to get more seasoning in the minors. For a promising pitcher just out of A ball, he has been asked to produce too quickly at the ML level. I hope he still has some confidence left, but I think Baker has squeezed this rookie to the max with high pitch counts and a losing record like he has done with so many others!

Marmol has 2 quality starts out of 5 overall starts. That's the fourth most quality starts on the team this year behind, not surprisingly, Z (13), Marshall (8), and Maddux (7). But those three have all made more starts than Marmol this year. I don't think Marmol has thrown too many pitches either. I think he should stay as long as he doesn't start to get routinely hit like Hill and Guzman did, neither of whom made a quality start this year at the ML level.

Scott G. F. · July 8, 2006

The Cubs have had 3 quality starts in the last three games and have won 2 of 3.

After being called out by Am Ram the pitching staff called and meeting and Maddux spoke. He said Am Ram was right. The pitching has been an equal partner in the suckiness. So to shut Am Ram up the staff has thrown some gems. In a internal battle within the Cubs team, Pitchers vs. Offense, the pitchers have stepped it up while the offense can be squarly blamed for the lone lost game.

Marmol goes 8 strong Cubs win 5-2.

It's not about Dusty, Hendry or MacPhail it about the Cubs team. Always has.

Irrelevant Dude · July 8, 2006

When's the last time the Cubs won 2 in a row?

C.C. · July 8, 2006

I think Marmol needs to get more seasoning in the minors. For a promising pitcher just out of A ball, he has been asked to produce too quickly at the ML level. I hope he still has some confidence left, but I think Baker has squeezed this rookie to the max with high pitch counts and a losing record like he has done with so many others!

Marmol has 2 quality starts out of 5 overall starts. That's the fourth most quality starts on the team this year behind, not surprisingly, Z (13), Marshall (8), and Maddux (7). But those three have all made more starts than Marmol this year. I don't think Marmol has thrown too many pitches either. I think he should stay as long as he doesn't start to get routinely hit like Hill and Guzman did, neither of whom made a quality start this year at the ML level.

I agree. Why wouldn't Marmol have confidence left? He's been pitching decent and hasn't been getting blown out.

Fred Hornkohl · July 8, 2006

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday........

CUBS are 3-10 on Saturdays

CUBS are 3-6 vs. Milwaukee

CUBS are 21-23 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 7-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 10-20 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 19-23 at night

CUBS are 18-29 on the road

CUBS are 5-30 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are on a pace to win 60 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 646 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 141 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 390 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 3.99 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.68 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 18.5% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.344 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.9% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 3 GIDP's in their last 11 games

CUBS have 9 SB in their last 21 games

CUBS have 5 sac bunts in their last 20 games.... 7 sac bunts in their last 25 games

CUBS have 31 home runs in their last 30 games

CUBS have drawn 48 BBs in their last 25 games..... 68 BBs in their last 31 games

CUBS have 3 sac flys in their last 21 games

CUBS are 2-3 when Marmol starts

Marmol is 2 of 5 in quality starts

Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.36 ... pitched to Blanco it's 6.00

CUBS score 3.99 R/G overall.... 4.40 R/G when Marmol pitches

CUBS hit 0.87 HR/G overall.... 1.40 HR/G when Marmol pitches

CUBS' offensive support of Marmol.....

04/03 - 07/07      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marmol     177   22   49    9    2    7   83   21   11   37  0.277  0.317  0.469  0.786
CUBS overall     2933  343  770  132   23   75 1173  322  207  462  0.263  0.313  0.400  0.713

Marmol's pitching lines (1-3).....

Marmol                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/11  vs. Cincy       6.0    2    1    1    3    7    1    99  4.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  1.50
06/17  vs. Detr        6.0    7    4    4    2    4    1    86  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
06/23  vs. Minn        5.7    6    7    7    4    3    1   106  6.35  4.76  1.59  1.76 11.12
06/28  vs. Milw        6.3    3    1    1    2    8    0    97  2.84 11.37  0.00  0.79  1.42
07/03  vs. Houst       4.3    5    4    4    7    1    2    90 14.54  2.08  4.15  2.77  8.31

season totals         32.3   26   17   17   18   29    5   547  5.01  8.07  1.39  1.36  4.73

CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week......

              Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             07 Jul     06 Jul     05 Jul     04 Jul     03 Jul     02 Jul     01 Jul
             at Milw    at Milw    at Houst   at Houst   at Houst   vs CWS     vs CWS  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster      1.0  14               1.0  20                                     1.0  21       3.0  55
Eyre          1.0  31    0.3   4                                     0.3   7    0.7  20       2.3  62
Howry         1.0  21               1.0  16    0.3   4               1.3  25    1.3  23       5.0  89
Ohman                                          0.3  11    1.7  22                             2.0  33
Novoa                    0.7   9               0.3   4    1.0  20    1.0  13                  3.0  46
Williamson               1.0   8                          1.0  12    0.3   7                  2.3  27
Rusch                                          1.0  37                                        1.0  37


Totals        3.0  66    2.0  21    2.0  36    2.0  56    3.7  54    3.0  52    3.0  64      18.7 349

CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee (3-6) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
21  Fri 04/28    Milwaukee         6- 2  Maddux        
22  Sat 04/29    Milwaukee         2-16  Rusch        
23  Sun 04/30    Milwaukee         0- 9  Zambrano      
75  Mon 06/26    Milwaukee     N   0- 6  Maddux        
76  Tue 06/27    Milwaukee     N   5- 8  Zambrano      
77  Wed 06/28    Milwaukee         6- 3  Marmol        
78  Thu 06/29    Milwaukee         4- 5  Prior        
85  Thu 07/06  @ Milwaukee     N   0- 2  Maddux        
86  Fri 07/07  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Zambrano      
87  Sat 07/08  @ Milwaukee     N    -    Marmol        
88  Sun 07/09  @ Milwaukee          -    Prior        
112  Tue 08/08  @ Milwaukee     N    -             
113  Wed 08/09  @ Milwaukee     N    -             
114  Thu 08/10  @ Milwaukee          -             
158  Tue 09/26    Milwaukee     N    -             
159  Wed 09/27    Milwaukee     N    -

CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games......

06/24 - 07/07      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Womack              1    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Pierre             60    7   26    5    2    1   38    2    2    4  0.433  0.460  0.633  1.094
Barrett            26    5    9    2    0    1   14    2    5    3  0.346  0.452  0.538  0.990
Jones              45    5   16    5    0    2   27    9    2    9  0.356  0.383  0.600  0.983
Perez              32    2   11    2    0    1   16    4    1    5  0.344  0.364  0.500  0.864
Lee                46    7   14    3    0    1   20    4    7   16  0.304  0.396  0.435  0.831
Murton             22    6    8    1    0    0    9    2    1    5  0.364  0.391  0.409  0.800
Pagan              19    2    4    0    0    2   10    4    0    4  0.211  0.211  0.526  0.737
Walker             38    4   10    2    0    1   15    3    3    1  0.263  0.317  0.395  0.712
Mabry               6    0    1    1    0    0    2    2    2    2  0.167  0.375  0.333  0.708
Blanco             24    3    5    1    1    1   11    3    1    4  0.208  0.240  0.458  0.698
Ramirez            56    4   13    2    1    2   23    9    4    9  0.232  0.279  0.411  0.689
Bynum               3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Nevin              37    0    7    0    0    0    7    0    5   12  0.189  0.286  0.189  0.475
Cedeno             43    4    6    1    0    0    7    1    1    9  0.140  0.178  0.163  0.341

14 game totals    485   51  135   25    4   14  210   49   35   97  0.278  0.329  0.433  0.762

season totals    2933  343  770  127   23   75 1168  321  207  460  0.263  0.314  0.398  0.712

CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games......

06/24 - 07/07        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Aardsma             1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    18  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                4.7    4    2    2    0    7    2    80  0.00 13.50  3.86  0.86  3.86
Marshall           17.7   20    9    8    9   11    0   297  4.58  5.60  0.00  1.64  4.08
Williamson          4.3    4    2    2    0    2    1    52  0.00  4.15  2.08  0.92  4.15
Marmol             10.7    8    5    5    9    9    2   187  7.59  7.59  1.69  1.59  4.22
Ohman               4.0    2    2    2    2    5    2    63  4.50 11.25  4.50  1.00  4.50
Howry               7.3    6    4    4    4    7    2   133  4.91  8.59  2.45  1.36  4.91
Maddux             19.0   23   11   11    1   13    5   245  0.47  6.16  2.37  1.26  5.21
Novoa               6.7    8    5    4    1    7    1   107  1.35  9.45  1.35  1.35  5.40
Prior              17.3   20   12   11    9   20    1   301  4.67 10.38  0.52  1.67  5.71
Zambrano           14.0   13   11   11    5   14    3   232  3.21  9.00  1.93  1.29  7.07
Dempster            4.3    6    8    4    4    6    2    96  8.31 12.46  4.15  2.31  8.31
Rusch               1.0    3    3    3    3    2    0    37 27.00 18.00  0.00  6.00 27.00

14 game totals    112.0  117   74   67   47  105   21  1848  3.78  8.44  1.69  1.46  5.38

season totals     745.7  722  441  410  350  626  116 12661  4.22  7.56  1.40  1.44  4.95

Percentage of baserunners driven in

04/03 - 07/07      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              31   86  0.265
Perez               18   58  0.237
Jones               30  103  0.226
Blanco              13   45  0.224
Barrett             23   82  0.219
Ramirez             35  127  0.216
Lee                 10   38  0.208
Pagan                3   14  0.176
Murton              19   97  0.164
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              19  119  0.138
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Mabry                5   35  0.125
Pierre              12   91  0.117
Nevin                5   48  0.094
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000

CUBS               246 1084  0.185

Go CUBS !!

macuser2 · July 8, 2006

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday........

CUBS are 3-10 on Saturdays
CUBS are 3-6 vs. Milwaukee
...........
CUBS are 7-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row
CUBS are 10-20 when they've won their previous game
CUBS are 19-23 at night
CUBS are 18-29 on the road
CUBS are 5-30 when WGN broadcasts the game
.................

Go CUBS !!

It doesn't look good. :cry:

Roast · July 8, 2006

CUBS are on a pace to win 60 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA

3finger · July 8, 2006

CUBS are 5-30 when WGN broadcasts the game

The Cubs are Comcastic!

Balsa · July 8, 2006

I bet we hit shortest game thread of the year here.

Dirt Dog Sparly · July 8, 2006

The Cubs have had 3 quality starts in the last three games and have won 2 of 3.

After being called out by Am Ram the pitching staff called and meeting and Maddux spoke. He said Am Ram was right. The pitching has been an equal partner in the suckiness. So to shut Am Ram up the staff has thrown some gems. In a internal battle within the Cubs team, Pitchers vs. Offense, the pitchers have stepped it up while the offense can be squarly blamed for the lone lost game.

You a clubbie or gameday staffer?

halplm · July 8, 2006

wow, dusty put the right lineup out there. you know, it actually doesn't look that bad... why can't we score runs again?

badger1679666666 · July 8, 2006

2006 Fecal League Standings (as of 7/7/06)

Team            W       L       PCT     GB
=============   ==      ==      ====    ===
Chicago Cubs    32      54      .372     - 
Kansas City     31      54      .365    0.5
Pittsburgh      30      58      .341    3.0
Wow. Didn't realize we were that close to the Royals. Just checked the schedule and the Royals have won 4 in a row.

the pirates just wont help us out by winning.

Outshined_One · July 8, 2006

Zambrano has three kids?! :shock:

If he has daughters, Lord help the men who date them.

Sarcastic · July 8, 2006

This has to be the least active game thread ever. It's already the bottom of the 2nd, and there hasn't been a single post during the game.

badger1679666666 · July 8, 2006

The pitcher.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Let's go Brewers! Crush us please!

Outshined_One · July 8, 2006

This has to be the least active game thread ever. It's already the bottom of the 2nd, and there hasn't been a single post during the game.

My post was during the game! :P

Murton blew it in the OF on the first double, but Marmol will be lucky if he goes four innings with the way he's been pitching.

Outshined_One · July 8, 2006

Oh great, now Bud is in the booth.

cubfan1955 · July 9, 2006

The hitless wonders have returned.

ToupeeOnFire · July 9, 2006

There's a game going on?

E.J. · July 9, 2006

We're well on our way to shortest gamethread of the year.

Shavo · July 9, 2006

BEST GAMETHREAD EVAR

7/8 Cubs (Marmol) @ Brewers (Bush) 6:05PM CT WGN

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