Cubs by the numbers

Posted October 02, 2008 11:00 pm

By Matt Baron

3-3

Cubs' record this season, in the third game of those series in which they lost the first two games.

Consecutive scoreless innings for the Cubs - the final 7 innings of Game 1 and the first 6 innings of Game 2.

Pitches by Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano in the second inning on Thursday night. Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley tossed 31 pitches through the first two innings combined.

.571

Dodgers catcher Russell Martin's career batting average against Carlos Zambrano (8-for-14) before Martin's 3-run double in the second inning.

100.6

At-bats for every walk that Carlos Zambrano drew as a batter (including postseason), before he coaxed a walk in the third inning Thursday. At the plate, he had 5 walks and 503 at-bats, with his previous walk coming in June 2006.

13.85

At bats for every home run in Los Angeles outfielder Manny Ramirez's postseason career (26 homers in 360 at bats), after his sixth-inning home run Thursday night gave him 2 homers in his first 7 NLDS at-bats. In his regular-season career, Ramirez averages a home run every 14.44 at-bats.

Sources: Sportsline.com, Retrosheet.org

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