Soriano/Cubs win Sunday Night Baseball

Jason Marquis threw arguably his best outing of the 2008 season, under the lights on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Marquis went 6.1 innings, only allowing 3 hits, 1 run, unearned, walking just 1 and striking out 2, in a 3-1 win over the Dodgers, to split the four game set. Our guy Alfonso Soriano went […]

Cubs-Braves at Wrigley

On Tuesday, May 11, the Atlanta Braves will come tearing into Chicago. for a 3 game stand against the Cubs. From the standpoint of statistics, the Cubs have a hugely profound advantage in this Wrigley series. The Cubs have been nearly unbeatable at Wrigley Field; they hold a 15-2 home record as of May […]

Soriano’s season to date

With the Chicago Cubs through 61 games, with the baseball’s best record, the Chicago Cubs are enjoying the 2008 season. The Cubs sit at 39-22, for a .639 clip, which places them 3.5 games up on the St. Louis Cardinals, 6 on the Brewers, and 7.5 from the Astros. The Cardinals are tied with the […]

Soriano/Cubs take on Kuroda/Dodgers

Alfonso Soriano, and the first place Chicago Cubs are set to take on Hiroki Kuroda and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second game of a four game set over the weekend.
In Kuroda’s last start, he went 6.1 innings, giving up 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, but took the loss.
In that game, Alfonso Soriano […]

Soriano and Cubs take on Suppan and Brewers

On Wednesday, Alfonso Soriano and the 0-1 Chicago Cubs will take on Jeff Suppan and the 1-0 Milwaukee Brewers.
Alfonso has faced Suppan 33 times in his career, coming away with 7 hits, which leads to a .212 batting average. Soriano has two doubles, but has never homered against Suppan. Alfonso has walked one time, and […]

My initial Soriano projections for 2008

I was reading some Cubs blogs the other day when I ran into this from Bleed Cubbie Blue.  They talked a bit about Soriano’s projections for this year.  Here is my feedback on that with my own projections:
B: 600 (fewer because of some injury)
R: 101
H: 184
2B: 45 (doubles machine)
3B: 5 (will have some legs this […]

Soriano’s FINAL stats

Alfonso Soriano 2007 FINAL STATS:

134 games
.299 batting average
579 at bats
97 runs scored
173 hits
42 doubles
33 homeruns
70 rbi’s
31 walks
130 strikeouts
19 stolen bases

Soriano: Updated Stats vs. the Astros

Alfonso Soriano will (probably) be making his amazing comeback into baseball on September 1st,  when the Cubs face off the Astros in a head to head, dog eat dog face off homestand. Here are Alfonso’s numbers at home, against the Astros, and at home against the Astros.
2007 Season vs. Astros
6 games
5-25, .200 AVG.
4 runs
1 double
0 triples
1 […]

Soriano Career Stats vs. Reds II

In the fourth series of the season, the Cubs will take on the Cincinnati Reds at home. The Cubs and Reds will meet in the opening series of the year, so we here at www.sorianoclub.com will NOT include another breakdown of Alfonso’s stats v. the Reds. Scroll down to find Alfonso against the Reds.
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Soriano Career Stats vs. Astros

April 9 will be Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs home opener. The Cubs will take on Central Division rival, the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field. Here are Alfonso’s numbers against the Astros, and career at Wrigley Field:
2006 season v. the Astros:

8 games.
10-30, .333 batting average
8 runs
4 doubles
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