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Cubs Playoffs
Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers
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Rich Harden | vs. | Hiroki Kuroda |
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| *5-1, 1.77, 89 K, 30 BB, 71 IP |
2008 | 9-10, 3.73, 116 K, 42 BB, 183.1 IP |
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| 1-2, 6.43, 5 K, 7 BB, 7 IP |
Post | (None) |
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| *NL stats only |
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| LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
SS |
#Rafael Furcal |
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| 2B |
*Mike Fontenot | C |
Russell Martin |
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| 1B |
Derrek Lee |
LF |
Manny Ramirez |
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| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
RF |
Andre Ethier |
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| C |
Geovany Soto |
1B |
*James Loney |
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| CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
CF |
Matt Kemp |
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| RF |
Mark DeRosa |
2B |
*Blake DeWitt |
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| SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Casey Blake |
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| P |
*Rich Harden |
P | Hiroki Kuroda |
Our very own Rob G. will be in the stands at tonight's game. Be sure to look for him on the broadcast.
Thoughts on Hiroki Kuroda from "Blue Notes," the L.A. Times blog about the Dodgers:
...when the Japanese import is on, dude typically gets into a serious, sometimes unhittable groove. But he's often the Bizarro-version of that pitcher after the first bit of trouble, more often than not tossing himself further into trouble than figuring a way out of it.
In two starts against the Cubs this year, Kuroda has pitched 15 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run. In other words, we really haven't come across that "first bit of trouble" part.
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Cubs vs. Dodgers—Stacking Up the Stats
How the Cubs and their NLDS opponents stacked up in a variety of statistical categories. (Team's National League rankings appear in parens; "DER" refers to Defensive Efficiency Ratio and "RZR" refers to Revised Zone Rating. Throughout, * means stats are through Saturday, 9/27. )
| CUBS |
L.A. |
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| Hitting | ||
| 855 (1st) |
RS |
700 (13th) |
| 184 (5th) | HR |
137 (13th) |
| .355 (1st) |
OBP |
.333 (6th) |
| .445 (1st) |
SLG |
.400 (13th) |
| 800 (1st) |
OPS |
733 (11th) |
| Pitching | ||
| 668 (2nd) |
RA |
645 (1st) |
| 3.87 (2nd) |
ERA |
3.68 (1st) |
| 2.30 (3rd) | K/BB |
2.51 (2nd) |
| 711 (2nd) |
OPS vs. |
691 (1st) |
| 66% (4th) |
SV % |
65% (5th) |
| Fielding* | ||
| .706 (1st) |
DER |
.693 (9th) |
| .832 (6th) |
RZR |
.825 (12th) |
Here's another interesting set of numbers—the performance of the Dodgers offense before and after the acqusition of Manny Ramirez:
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Arizona Phil (view)
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I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.
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Very well played game all around tonight.
crunch (view)
best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.
little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.
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Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.
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This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5:
JAXON WIGGINS:
ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes)
one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
one walk (B. Davis)
one HBP (B. Davis)
two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
three swing & miss
two fouls
four called strikes
nine called balls
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Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).
Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years.
JAXON WIGGINS:
ONE INNING:
25 pitches (11 strikes)
no batted balls in play
two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz)
three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
six swing & miss
two fouls
three called strikes
14 called balls
one WP
ETHAN ROBERTS:
ONE INNING
15 pitches (7 strikes)
two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel)
two walks (Lubo and Carico)
no strikeouts
no swing & miss
two fouls
three called strikes
eight called balls
one WP
Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts.
MAT PETERS:
TWO INNINGS
44 pitches (23 strikes)
five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3)
three walks
two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
six swing & miss
three fouls
nine called strikes
21 called balls
three WP
crunch (view)
wall stole a HR from busch...double. nice to see him destroy a curve ball.
upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.