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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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Recent comments
Raisin101 (view)
Hi Arizona Phil!
Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?
Childersb3 (view)
Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet
Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else
Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.
Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.
If Jed does those moves:
4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch
2 C: Gomes and Amaya
2 DH: Cooper and Mervis
5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal
Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that
Arizona Phil (view)
I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn).
Childersb3 (view)
Good deal
MB needs some talent infusion!
Arizona Phil (view)
Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too.
Arizona Phil (view)
DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled.
Arizona Phil (view)
Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...
crunch (view)
i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).
it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers. cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.
crunch (view)
happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).
he will be reevaluated tomorrow.
Childersb3 (view)
I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB
Just a difference of opinion