Early game stats.........

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HOPE YOU DON'T GET INDIGESTION Like Cinci a great deal!


DANNY GRAVES CAREER VS. CUBS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Danny Graves 35 1 0 0 45.0 49 20 19 2 13 34 6 1 0 14 2 3.80

CUBS BATTERS CAREER VS. DANNY GRAVES
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Fred McGriff 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 .667 1.667 .667
Alex S. Gonzalez 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .333 .333 .667 .333
Moises Alou 10 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .333 .400 .733 .333
Kevin Orie 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 .500 .750 .250
Todd Hundley 8 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .250 .250 .500 .250
Sammy Sosa 22 21 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 5 6 1 .286 .273 .558 .238
Mark Bellhorn 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .167 .167 .333 .167
Chris Stynes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Corey Patterson 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mike Mahoney 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bobby Hill 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chad Hermansen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Girardi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Angel Echevarria 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .500 .000
Hee Seop Choi 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roosevelt Brown 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

CARLOS ZAMBRANO CAREER VS. REDS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Carlos Zambrano 5 1 0 0 12.2 8 0 0 0 5 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

REDS BATTERS CAREER VS. CARLOS ZAMBRANO
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Wily Mo Pena 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .500 1.000 .500
Jose Guillen 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 1.000 .500
Aaron Boone 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .500 .600 1.100 .500
Reggie Taylor 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 .667 .500 1.167 .333
Barry Larkin 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .400 .333 .733 .200
Jason LaRue 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .167 .167 .333 .167
Todd Walker 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .000 .600 .600 .000
Kelly Stinnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Corky Miller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ruben Mateo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brandon Larson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Austin Kearns 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ken Griffey Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Adam Dunn 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Gookie Dawkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Juan Castro 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sean Casey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Russell Branyan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000

 

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JOSH HANCOCK CAREER VS. WHITE SOX
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Josh Hancock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

WHITE SOX BATTERS CAREER VS. JOSH HANCOCK
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Jose Valentin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Aaron Rowand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Josh Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Magglio Ordonez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Miguel Olivo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jeff Liefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carlos Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Konerko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mark L. Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
D'Angelo Jimenez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Willie Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tony Graffanino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Crede 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Borchard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

DAN WRIGHT CAREER VS. RED SOX
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Dan Wright 2 1 0 0 9.1 6 4 4 3 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 3.86

RED SOX BATTERS CAREER VS. DAN WRIGHT
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Johnny Damon 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 .400 .571 .971 .400
Rey Sanchez 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .667 .333
Doug Mirabelli 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1.333 .333 1.667 .333
Shea Hillenbrand 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .667 .500 1.167 .333
Nomar Garciaparra 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1.333 .333 1.667 .333
Brian Daubach 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .500 .250
Jason Varitek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Freddy Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Manny Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 1.000 .000
Calvin Pickering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Trot Nixon 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lou Merloni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rickey Henderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Cliff Floyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tony Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Kevin L. Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carlos Baerga 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .333 .000
Shane Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Benny Agbayani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

 

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JOHN LACKEY CAREER VS. RANGERS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
John Lackey 1 1 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 3.86

RANGERS BATTERS CAREER VS. JOHN LACKEY
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Alex Rodriguez 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.000 .667 2.667 .667
Kevin Mench 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 .667 1.667 .667
Bill Haselman 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .667 .333 1.000 .333
Mike Lamb 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .500 .250
Michael Young 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .333 .333 .000
Donnie Sadler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ivan Rodriguez 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ruben Rivera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Herbert Perry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rafael Palmeiro 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Todd Hollandsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jason Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Travis Hafner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rusty Greer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Todd Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Juan Gonzalez 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carl Everett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Catalanotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Hank Blalock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

COLBY LEWIS CAREER VS. ANGELS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Colby Lewis 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00

ANGELS BATTERS CAREER VS. COLBY LEWIS
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Bengie Molina 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000
Shawn Wooten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Scott Spiezio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tim Salmon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 1.000 .000
Julio Ramirez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Orlando Palmeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Alex Ochoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jose Molina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Adam Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Troy Glaus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 1.000 .000
Benji Gil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brad Fullmer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chone Figgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sal Fasano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Darin Erstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
David Eckstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Garret Anderson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Alfredo Amezaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

 

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Gibson behind the HP in Chicago (Wrigley)

Marquez behind the HP in Chicago (Comiskey)

Crawford behind the HP in Texas


couple of places for ump stats if you're interested..............

http://66.39.64.134/matchups.htm?LeagueID=mlb

http://www.covers.com/data/mlb/umpires.html

 

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Wind going right to left at Wrigley, in from center at Comiskey at 7-10mph, pretty much a none factor stats-wise.

Wind out to right at 12-15mph in Texas.

 

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Couldn't for the life of me figure out why the Cubbies are favs????

Will be playing Cinci and the pale Hose as soon as I confirm the line-ups in those games. There's a good chance that the scrubs will be playing for the Red Sox.

 

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Are the Angels feeling the pressure?? I think so.......



LA TIMES

One Is Loneliest Number
Angels: Anaheim still stuck on its magic number after 4-3 loss to Rangers, the fourth consecutive setback

The Angels slipped out of the clubhouse late Wednesday night, very quietly. They had lost, again. They did not hang around to see whether they would celebrate together, for in defeat they saw nothing to celebrate.

As it turned out, there was nothing to celebrate. No playoff berth has been clinched. The Seattle Mariners stayed alive with a victory over Oakland, a couple of hours after the Angels lost, and the American League's wild-card berth remains unclaimed.

On Saturday, the Angels needed one victory to clinch their first playoff berth in 16 years. They still do, after losing their fourth consecutive game, this one 4-3 to the Texas Rangers.

"We are going to get to the playoffs," Angel closer Troy Percival said, an air of defiance about him. "There's no panic whatsoever."

But, said outfielder Tim Salmon, "Everybody's frustrated."

The wild-card picture, so scrambled Tuesday, became abundantly clear Wednesday. The Boston Red Sox lost to the Chicago White Sox, so they were eliminated. That leaves the Angels and Mariners standing in the race for the wild-card playoff entry.

The Mariners would have to win all four remaining games, and the Angels would have to lose all four, to force a one-game playoff Monday in Seattle.

"Right now, we have the luxury of having a few lifelines," Salmon said.

The order before the Mariners is imposing, to be sure, but far from impossible. The Mariners have won four in a row, and the Angels have lost four in a row. After today's games, the Mariners and Angels conclude the regular season with three games in Anaheim.

That leaves the Angels with this stark choice: Beat rookie Colby Lewis today, or risk facing the Mariners at a time when they would be the hottest team in the major leagues, the Angels would be the coldest, and the Mariners would be only too happy to remind people about the Great Collapse of '95.

Seattle trailed the Angels by 13 games that August and?omen anyone??beat the Angels in a one-game playoff.

The Angels had not lost four consecutive games since June. They had not lost seven of nine games since April, when they opened the season with the worst start in franchise history, but they lost for the seventh time in nine games on this trip. They have failed to score more than four runs in all but one game of the trip.

"It's a rotten time for things to cool off," Salmon said.

The clubhouse attendants had put up plastic sheets Tuesday, to protect the Angels' belongings from champagne showers in the event they clinched. The attendants did not bother putting the plastic back up Wednesday, and the Angels did not bother to take a lead.

The Rangers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on back-to-back home runs from Hank Blalock and Alex Rodriguez (his 57th), but the Angels tied the score on a run-scoring double by Benji Gil in the fifth inning and a solo home run from Troy Glaus in the seventh.

In the eighth, Rafael Palmeiro snapped the tie with his 43rd homer, a solo shot off reliever Scott Schoeneweis. Later in the inning, phenom Francisco Rodriguez struck out Kevin Mench, tying Nolan Ryan's franchise record by striking out his eighth consecutive batter. But Rodriguez also hit Donnie Sadler to load the bases and then walked Michael Young, forcing home the Rangers' final run. The Angels scored one in the ninth on Brad Fullmer's RBI single but fell one run short of victory and one victory short of the playoffs.

The Angels have won 96 games, and outfielder Garret Anderson scoffed at suggestions the Angels might qualify for the playoffs only by the grace of other teams losing.

"To say we went in through the back door," he said, "discredits what we've done all year."

But, if the Angels don't get in the playoff door at all, they will be remembered not for the most victories in club history but for a legendary collapse, in a franchise cursed with enough of them. The Angels get their fifth consecutive chance to clinch today, and they're running out of chances.

 

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Yup!! The scrubs are in...............


BOSTON AT CHI WHITE SOX -- LINEUPS

BOSTON CHI WHITE SOX
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Trot Nixon CF .254 24 91 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .301 1 11
Rey Sanchez SS .286 1 38 Jose Valentin SS .250 25 75
Benny Agbayani LF .292 0 5 Frank Thomas DH .250 28 91
Brian Daubach RF .260 19 74 Magglio Ordonez RF .320 37 130
Carlos Baerga DH .295 2 19 Jeff Liefer 1B .242 7 26
Shane Andrews 3B .000 0 0 Joe Crede 3B .297 12 35
Tony Clark 1B .210 3 29 Aaron Rowand CF .253 7 29
Doug Mirabelli C .224 7 23 Joe Borchard LF .241 2 5
Freddy Sanchez 2B .125 0 2 Josh Paul C .247 0 11

Josh Hancock RHP (0-0, 0.00) Dan Wright RHP (13-12, 5.29)

 

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CINCINNATI AT CHICAGO CUBS -- LINEUPS

CINCINNATI CHICAGO CUBS
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Todd Walker 2B .300 11 63 Bobby Hill 2B .244 4 18
Aaron Boone 3B .242 26 87 Roosevelt Brown CF .206 3 22
Ken Griffey Jr CF .268 8 23 Sammy Sosa RF .292 48 106
Adam Dunn LF .252 26 70 Hee Seop Choi 1B .189 1 1
Jose Guillen RF .235 8 30 Angel Echevarria LF .303 3 17
Russell Branyan 1B .244 14 36 Kevin Orie 3B .321 0 5
Gookie Dawkins SS .158 0 0 Alex Gonzalez SS .248 18 60
Corky Miller C .250 3 15 Mike Mahoney C .231 0 3
Danny Graves RHP .000 0 0 Carlos Zambrano RHP .036 0 0
(6-3, 3.40) (4-7, 3.82)

 

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ANAHEIM AT TEXAS -- LINEUPS

ANAHEIM TEXAS
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
David Eckstein SS .296 8 63 Mike Young 2B .262 9 61
Darin Erstad CF .283 10 74 Michael Lamb LF .281 8 31
Tim Salmon RF .288 21 85 Alex Rodriguez SS .304 57 140
Garret Anderson LF .309 28 119 Rafael Palmeiro DH .274 43 103
Brad Fullmer DH .282 17 53 Herbert Perry 1B .275 21 76
Troy Glaus 3B .247 29 106 Todd Hollandsworth RF .260 5 19
Scott Spiezio 1B .285 11 80 Todd Greene C .263 8 17
Bengie Molina C .248 5 47 Hank Blalock 3B .212 3 13
Adam Kennedy 2B .312 7 51 Ruben Rivera CF .205 4 13

John Lackey RHP (8-4, 3.57) Colby Lewis RHP (1-2, 6.00)