Fred Hornkohl

.... as opposed to just scoring some regular runs ????

CUBS are 20-11 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-5 when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 13-5 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 8-11 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Dempster bested Carpenter last year.... and he can do it again. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 118 Sun 08/10 St. Louis 6- 2 Dempster Carpenter Go CUBS !!

Hey !!! That's 3 hits in the game already and we're only in the 3rd inning. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 2-10 when they commit one or more errors.... 19-6 when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 14-10 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-6 when they do Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 11-10 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 10-6 when they wear alternate blues This is the 6th game that the CUBS have worn their pinstripes / road grays. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 10-2 when they score in the first inning.... 11-14 when they don't Go CUBS !!

How does that work ? .... he get's to be on base, but he didn't get a hit ??

S.S.D.D., eh?

I drove past Busch Stadium around 1400 this afternoon, and they still had the linescore up on the scoreboard from last night's game. I wonder if they would have left it up had the CUBS won last night ??

I remember back when my wife was only a little bit pregnant.

IF frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their little asses on the ground !!

Navin was 1-2 starting game threads last year, and 3-3 the year before that. How 'bout we just get the game thread, and hold the magic ?? :wink:

The most anyone can do is recognize a pattern and do something different the next time. Forget all the cliches, and rhetoric, and spin doctoring, and whatever it is you call a pattern. The fact is you simply cannot make a valid statistical inference from a 6 game sample size..... and only bad things will happen if you try.

Greetings one and all from beautiful Bloomington, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday............ CUBS are 3-3 on Wednesdays CUBS are 11-5 in May CUBS are 3-4 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 12-11 vs. NL Central CUBS are 3-1 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 8-7 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 11-8 at night CUBS are 9-9 on the road CUBS are 18-14 against right handers CUBS are 14-8 when they get a quality start.... 7-8 when they don't CUBS are 5-11 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 16-5 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they score first in the game.... 8-11 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they score in the first inning.... 11-14 when they don't CUBS are 14-10 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-6 when they do CUBS are 21-3 when they score 4 runs or more.... 0-13 when they don't CUBS are 11-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-12 when they don't CUBS are 15-2 when they outhit the opponent.... 4-13 when they get outhit.... 2-1 when the hits are even CUBS are 6-3 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 15-13 when he doesn't CUBS are 3-5 in one run games .... 7-0 in two runs games CUBS are 9-8 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 12-8 when it's less than 70 CUBS are 13-5 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 8-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-5 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 16-11 when they don't CUBS are 8-6 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 13-10 when he doesn't CUBS are 19-6 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 2-8 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..92 wins 97 85 66 79 .797 runs 857 752 716 703 .201 home runs 185 151 166 194 .630 walks 638 500 395 419 1195 strikeouts 1193 1054 928 920 ..88 stolen bases 87 87 121 64 .109 GIDPs 136 128 135 129 ..88 errors 97 94 104 100 ..66 hit batsmen 50 37 41 50 4.92 runs per game 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.95 pitches per plate appearance 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 18.7 % of baserunners driven in 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .384 runs per baserunner 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 35.9 % of extra base hits 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 CUBS are 8-7 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 2-0 when ESPN broadcasts the game CUBS are 18-5 when they get at least 8 hits .... 3-11 when they don't CUBS are 20-11 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-5 when they don't CUBS are 8-4 when they steal a base.... 13-12 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they execute a sac bunt.... 16-15 when they don't CUBS are 2-10 when they commit one or more errors.... 19-6 when they don't CUBS are 19-12 when they hit at least one double.... 2-4 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they hit at least one triple.... 17-15 when they don't CUBS are 10-4 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 11-12 when they don't CUBS are 8-2 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 13-14 when they don't CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent steals a base.... 16-6 when they don't CUBS are 5-9 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 16-7 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 7-10 when they don't CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 19-14 when they don't CUBS are 6-3 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 15-13 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 16-14 when they don't CUBS are 6-5 when they hit an opposing batter.... 15-11 when they don't CUBS have not stolen a base in their last 5 games CUBS have homered in 14 out of their last 17 games CUBS have hit 5 triples this season.... all against the starting pitchers CUBS are batting 1 for 14 in extra innings.... the only hit.... a 2 run homer CUBS have 9 sac bunts this season; fewest in the NL.... 4 by non-pitchers CUBS have allowed at least 1 HR in each of their last 12 games CUBS are 11-7 when Aaron Miles starts at 2b.... 10-9 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-9 when Kosuke Fukudome starts in cf.... 6-7 when he doesn't CUBS are 13-9 when Milton Bradley starts in rf.... 8-7 when he doesn't CUBS are 21-13 when Alfonso Soriano leads off.... 0-3 when he deosn't CUBS are 12-7 when Mike Fontenot bats 6th.... 9-9 when he doesn't CUBS were 1-2 with Brian Gorman behind the plate last year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .81 Sat 06/28 @ Chicago (AL) 5- 6 Gallagher Vazquez 100 Tue 07/22 @ Arizona N 2- 9 Marquis Petit 153 Sat 09/20 St. Louis 5- 4 Lilly Pineiro Composite scoring with Brian Gorman behind the plate last year.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Opponents 4 1 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 CUBS' offensive production with Brian Gorman behind the plate last year.... 03/31 - 10/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Gorman 101 12 25 9 1 1 39 11 10 29 0.248 0.315 0.386 0.701 CUBS overall 589 85 155 28 2 23 256 84 56 115 0.263 0.328 0.435 0.763 CUBS pitchers with Brian Gorman behind the plate last year.... 06/28 - 09/20 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS w/Gorman 25.0 26 19 17 12 19 6 4.32 6.84 2.16 1.52 6.12 CUBS overall 1477.7 1355 691 644 562 1289 163 3.42 7.85 0.99 1.30 3.92 CUBS are 4-4 when Dempster starts Dempster is 4 of 8 (.500) in quality starts Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.47.... to K Hill it's 6.00 CUBS score 4.92 R/G overall.... 5.13 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 0.63 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS have scored first in 4 of Dempster's 8 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Dempster's 8 starts Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning in 3 (6 runs total) of his 8 starts CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 04/06 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Dempster 268 41 58 20 1 5 95 38 50 69 0.216 0.349 0.354 0.703 CUBS overall 1249 182 315 62 5 46 525 171 144 273 0.252 0.334 0.420 0.755 Composite scoring in games started by Dempster......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 2 3 4 13 5 3 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 Opponents 6 0 5 3 6 3 12 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Dempster's starts this year (3-2) Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/07 vs. Houst 6.0 6 2 2 3 5 1 95 61 0.64 15.8 5 7 0.42 0 0 0.00 4.50 7.50 1.50 1.50 3.00 04/12 vs. Milw 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 110 66 0.60 18.3 7 5 0.58 0 0 0.00 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 04/18 vs. St. L 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 103 61 0.59 17.2 5 9 0.36 0 0 0.00 6.00 6.00 1.50 1.33 6.00 04/24 vs. St. L 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 80 53 0.66 13.3 6 6 0.50 0 0 0.00 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 4.50 04/29 vs. Ariz 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 61 0.63 16.2 6 8 0.43 0 0 0.00 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.50 7.50 05/04 vs. S.F. 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 102 64 0.63 14.6 11 3 0.79 0 0 0.00 2.57 9.00 0.00 1.00 2.57 05/09 vs. Milw 6.3 7 5 4 3 9 0 121 70 0.58 19.1 2 8 0.20 0 0 0.00 4.26 12.79 0.00 1.58 5.68 05/14 vs. S.D. 7.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 105 60 0.57 15.0 8 8 0.50 0 0 0.00 2.57 6.43 1.29 0.71 2.57 Home 20.0 12 8 8 8 16 2 310 185 0.60 15.5 24 20 0.55 0 0 0.00 3.60 7.20 0.90 1.00 3.60 Road 30.3 32 19 18 13 30 3 503 311 0.62 16.6 26 34 0.43 0 0 0.00 3.86 8.90 0.89 1.48 5.34 Day 19.0 13 11 11 9 13 3 305 182 0.60 16.1 19 25 0.43 0 0 0.00 4.26 6.16 1.42 1.16 5.21 Nite 31.3 31 16 15 12 33 2 508 314 0.62 16.2 31 29 0.52 0 0 0.00 3.45 9.48 0.57 1.37 4.31 Road Nite 24.3 26 14 13 10 26 2 406 250 0.62 16.7 20 26 0.43 0 0 0.00 3.70 9.62 0.74 1.48 4.81 April 30.0 29 18 18 14 25 4 485 302 0.62 16.2 29 35 0.45 0 0 0.00 4.20 7.50 1.20 1.43 5.40 May 20.3 15 9 8 7 21 1 328 194 0.59 16.1 21 19 0.53 0 0 0.00 3.10 9.30 0.44 1.08 3.54 Season totals 50.3 44 27 26 21 46 5 813 496 0.61 16.2 50 54 0.48 0 0 0.00 3.75 8.23 0.89 1.29 4.65 Dempster's start(s) vs. St. Louis last year (2-0)..... Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/10 vs. St. L 6.7 6 2 2 3 6 0 113 4.05 8.10 0.00 1.35 2.70 09/09 vs. St. L 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 103 2.57 7.71 1.29 1.29 3.86 09/21 vs. St. L 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 67 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.20 1.80 totals vs. St. L 18.7 19 6 6 5 13 1 283 2.41 6.27 0.48 1.29 2.89 season totals 211.3 178 79 72 83 189 15 3451 3.53 8.05 0.64 1.24 3.07 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Totals 19 May 18 May 17 May 16 May 15 May 14 May 13 May @ St. L. no game vs Houst vs Houst no game vs S.D. vs S.D. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 1.0 24 1.0 24 Gregg 1.0 17 0.0 16 1.0 33 Guzman 1.0 10 0.7 8 1.7 18 Heilman 0.7 16 0.7 16 Marmol 1.0 16 1.0 22 2.0 38 Patton Ascanio 2.0 24 2.0 34 4.0 58 Marshall 0.3 3 0.3 3 Totals 1.0 17 3.0 48 3.0 61 2.0 34 1.7 30 10.7 190 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis this year (3-4) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..9 Thu 04/16 St. Louis 4- 7 Marshall Wainright .10 Fri 04/17 St. Louis 8- 7 Zambrano Walters .11 Sat 04/18 St. Louis 7- 5 Dempster Lohse .15 Fri 04/24 @ St. Louis N 3- 4 Dempster Wainright .16 Sat 04/25 @ St. Louis 2- 8 Marshall Boggs .17 Sun 04/26 @ St. Louis 10- 3 Harden Wellemeyer .37 Tue 05/19 @ St. Louis N 0- 3 Lilly Pineiro .38 Wed 05/20 @ St. Louis N - Dempster Carpenter .39 Thu 05/21 @ St. Louis N - Marshall Wainright .84 Fri 07/10 St. Louis - Zambrano Wainright .85 Sat 07/11 St. Louis - Marshall Lohse .86 Sun 07/12 St. Louis - Harden Wellemeyer .87 Sun 07/12 St. Louis N - Lilly Wellemeyer 147 Fri 09/18 @ St. Louis N - Lilly Lohse 148 Sat 09/19 @ St. Louis - Dempster Wellemeyer 149 Sun 09/20 @ St. Louis - Zambrano Boggs CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis in 2008 (9-6)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .29 Fri 05/02 @ St. Louis N 3- 5 Hill Wainright .30 Sat 05/03 @ St. Louis 9- 3 Lilly Lohse .31 Sun 05/04 @ St. Louis N 3- 5 Marquis Wellemeyer .87 Fri 07/04 @ St. Louis N 2- 1 Zambrano Looper .88 Sat 07/05 @ St. Louis 4- 5 Lilly Lohse .89 Sun 07/06 @ St. Louis 7- 1 Marshall Wellemeyer 116 Fri 08/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Lilly Looper 117 Sat 08/09 St. Louis 3-12 Zambrano Wellemeyer 118 Sun 08/10 St. Louis 6- 2 Dempster Carpenter 144 Tue 09/09 @ St. Louis N 3- 4 Dempster Lohse 145 Wed 09/10 @ St. Louis N 4- 3 Lilly Looper 146 Thu 09/11 @ St. Louis N 3- 2 Harden Wellemeyer 152 Fri 09/19 St. Louis 6-12 Zambrano Wainright 153 Sat 09/20 St. Louis 5- 4 Lilly Pineiro 154 Sun 09/21 St. Louis 5- 1 Dempster Looper Composite scoring vs. St. Louis this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 6 2 1 2 9 1 5 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 Opponents 2 1 7 7 6 2 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year..... 04/06 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Ramirez 15 2 7 2 0 1 5 1 3 0.467 0.500 0.800 1.300 0.545 3.69 0.033 0.571 Fukudome 29 7 11 3 0 2 10 3 6 0.379 0.424 0.690 1.114 0.429 4.03 0.045 0.615 K. Hill 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.500 3.00 0.000 0.000 Hoffpauir 17 1 5 1 0 1 3 1 4 0.294 0.333 0.529 0.863 0.333 3.72 0.039 0.286 Soriano 28 7 7 2 0 1 2 4 11 0.250 0.364 0.429 0.792 0.375 3.48 0.114 0.077 Miles 18 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 0.278 0.350 0.333 0.683 0.313 3.67 0.072 0.250 Theriot 29 5 8 0 1 0 1 2 1 0.276 0.323 0.345 0.667 0.286 3.97 0.047 0.071 Gathright 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 3.33 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 24 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 0.250 0.280 0.333 0.613 0.333 4.04 0.030 0.125 D Lee 26 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 5 0.231 0.222 0.308 0.530 0.286 3.78 -0.009 0.250 Soto 22 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 7 0.136 0.321 0.182 0.503 0.200 4.54 0.185 0.083 Johnson 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.273 2.73 0.000 0.000 Bradley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 3.50 0.167 0.000 vs Miller 11 3 5 2 0 1 5 1 3 0.455 0.500 0.909 1.409 0.571 3.17 0.045 0.571 vs Reyes 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.250 0.400 1.000 1.400 0.000 2.40 0.150 0.200 vs Boyer 9 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.444 0.444 0.556 1.000 0.500 3.33 0.000 0.000 vs Walters 23 4 8 1 0 1 4 2 9 0.348 0.385 0.522 0.906 0.538 4.62 0.037 0.214 vs Wellemeyer 23 6 8 2 0 0 5 2 5 0.348 0.423 0.435 0.858 0.444 3.81 0.075 0.278 vs Lohse 19 4 5 2 1 0 4 2 4 0.263 0.333 0.474 0.807 0.333 4.62 0.070 0.571 vs Perez 12 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.167 0.333 0.417 0.750 0.143 3.93 0.167 0.143 vs Wainright 50 7 13 3 0 1 5 5 12 0.260 0.321 0.380 0.701 0.324 3.60 0.061 0.125 vs Boggs 32 2 8 1 0 0 2 2 6 0.250 0.294 0.281 0.575 0.308 3.88 0.044 0.143 vs McClellan 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.200 0.250 0.267 0.517 0.273 3.76 0.050 0.125 vs Motte 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 0.200 4.71 0.119 0.000 vs Franklin 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 0.222 3.75 0.107 0.000 vs Pineiro 28 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.107 0.107 0.143 0.250 0.130 3.29 0.000 0.000 vs. starters 160 21 41 9 1 1 18 12 36 0.256 0.309 0.344 0.652 0.325 3.92 0.052 0.210 vs. relievers 86 13 22 5 0 4 12 10 23 0.256 0.333 0.453 0.787 0.305 3.62 0.078 0.170 vs Left 15 5 6 2 0 2 7 2 3 0.400 0.471 0.933 1.404 0.400 2.94 0.071 0.417 vs Right 231 29 57 12 1 3 23 20 56 0.247 0.307 0.346 0.653 0.314 3.87 0.060 0.172 Home 109 19 28 6 1 3 19 15 31 0.257 0.341 0.413 0.754 0.333 4.06 0.084 0.242 Road 137 15 35 8 0 2 11 7 28 0.255 0.297 0.358 0.654 0.308 3.60 0.041 0.145 Day 185 31 52 10 1 5 29 20 45 0.281 0.351 0.427 0.778 0.348 3.94 0.070 0.218 Nite 61 3 11 4 0 0 1 2 14 0.180 0.206 0.246 0.452 0.234 3.40 0.026 0.056 Leading off 62 11 20 4 1 1 1 2 12 0.323 0.344 0.468 0.811 0.388 3.53 0.021 0.000 Pinch hitting 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.111 0.273 0.111 0.384 0.250 4.27 0.162 0.000 bases loaded 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.000 0.111 0.000 0.111 0.000 4.56 0.111 0.105 bases empty 138 19 32 6 1 1 1 10 30 0.232 0.284 0.312 0.595 0.290 3.76 0.052 0.000 runners on 108 15 31 8 0 4 29 12 29 0.287 0.358 0.472 0.830 0.360 3.88 0.071 0.195 RISP 61 7 14 3 0 2 22 9 18 0.230 0.329 0.377 0.706 0.293 4.15 0.099 0.213 Game tied 86 8 22 3 0 1 5 8 18 0.256 0.319 0.326 0.645 0.313 3.59 0.063 0.085 CUBS leading 61 8 14 3 0 2 10 4 17 0.230 0.284 0.377 0.661 0.286 3.99 0.054 0.195 CUBS trailing 99 18 27 8 1 2 15 10 24 0.273 0.336 0.434 0.771 0.342 3.90 0.064 0.325 Close score 212 29 52 12 1 3 25 21 49 0.245 0.314 0.354 0.667 0.306 3.85 0.068 0.208 Early (1-3) 76 9 20 5 0 0 9 6 17 0.263 0.318 0.329 0.647 0.339 3.88 0.054 0.214 Middle (4-6) 87 12 23 4 1 1 11 6 21 0.264 0.312 0.368 0.680 0.338 3.84 0.047 0.227 Late (7th on) 83 13 20 5 0 4 10 10 21 0.241 0.323 0.446 0.768 0.276 3.72 0.082 0.143 Extra Innings 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0.143 0.400 0.571 0.971 0.000 2.90 0.257 0.125 totals vs. St. 246 34 63 14 1 5 30 22 59 0.256 0.317 0.382 0.699 0.319 3.81 0.061 0.195 season totals 1249 182 315 62 5 46 171 144 273 0.252 0.334 0.420 0.755 0.289 3.96 0.082 0.184 CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year...... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Gregg 4.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 49 36 0.73 12.3 6 4 0.60 2 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.75 0.00 Vizcaino 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 14 0.67 21.0 1 0 1.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Heilman 5.3 3 1 1 2 1 1 71 41 0.58 13.3 7 6 0.54 2 0 0.00 3.38 1.69 1.69 0.94 1.69 Harden 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 2 107 69 0.64 17.8 2 7 0.22 0 0 0.00 3.00 13.50 3.00 1.00 3.00 Guzman 2.7 1 1 1 1 2 1 42 29 0.69 15.8 6 0 1.00 2 0 0.00 3.38 6.75 3.38 0.75 3.38 Lilly 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 104 69 0.66 14.9 8 8 0.50 0 0 0.00 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 3.86 Marshall 11.0 13 6 6 3 9 1 183 121 0.66 16.6 11 13 0.46 0 0 0.00 2.45 7.36 0.82 1.45 4.91 Dempster 12.0 11 7 7 5 10 1 183 114 0.62 15.3 11 15 0.42 0 0 0.00 3.75 7.50 0.75 1.33 5.25 Cotts 1.3 2 1 1 3 0 0 39 18 0.46 29.3 2 2 0.50 4 1 0.25 20.25 0.00 0.00 3.75 6.75 Marmol 2.3 4 2 2 1 1 0 51 33 0.65 21.9 3 3 0.50 2 0 0.00 3.86 3.86 0.00 2.14 7.71 Zambrano 7.0 9 7 7 3 7 3 109 73 0.67 15.6 6 8 0.43 0 0 0.00 3.86 9.00 3.86 1.71 9.00 Patton 2.3 5 7 7 5 2 1 66 32 0.48 28.3 4 1 0.80 0 0 0.00 19.29 7.71 3.86 4.29 27.00 totals vs St.L. 62.0 60 37 37 28 50 11 1025 649 0.63 16.5 67 67 0.50 12 1 0.08 4.06 7.26 1.60 1.42 5.37 season totals 328.7 298 170 163 151 308 44 5581 3474 0.62 17.0 330 330 0.50 59 18 0.31 4.13 8.43 1.20 1.37 4.46 CUBS' last 14 games (9-5).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .24 Sun 05/03 Florida 6- 4 Zambrano Nolasco .25 Mon 05/04 San Francisco N 4- 2 Dempster Sanchez .26 Tue 05/05 San Francisco 2- 6 Marshall Lincecum .27 Wed 05/06 @ Houston N 6- 3 Harden Hampton .28 Thu 05/07 @ Houston N 8- 5 Lilly Ortiz .29 Fri 05/08 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 Wells Bush .30 Sat 05/09 @ Milwaukee N 6-12 Dempster Gallardo .31 Sun 05/10 @ Milwaukee 4- 2 Marshall Suppan .32 Tue 05/12 San Diego N 6- 2 Harden Peavy .33 Wed 05/13 San Diego N 6- 4 Lilly Young .34 Thu 05/14 San Diego 11- 3 Dempster Gaudin .35 Sat 05/16 Houston 5- 4 Wells Oswalt .36 Sun 05/17 Houston 5- 6 Harden Moehler .37 Tue 05/19 @ St. Louis N 0- 3 Lilly Pineiro Composite scoring during the last 14 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 9 4 11 3 17 11 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 Opponents 14 1 1 6 3 5 9 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 05/03 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Ramirez 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 0.417 0.533 0.667 1.200 0.400 5.13 0.117 0.111 Scales 24 7 8 2 1 1 5 3 6 0.333 0.407 0.625 1.032 0.412 4.33 0.074 0.364 D Lee 27 4 8 2 0 2 7 5 8 0.296 0.406 0.593 0.999 0.353 4.47 0.110 0.333 Hoffpauir 32 5 9 3 0 2 5 4 7 0.281 0.361 0.563 0.924 0.304 3.92 0.080 0.136 Soriano 57 10 16 3 0 5 11 2 12 0.281 0.311 0.596 0.908 0.275 3.89 0.031 0.286 Theriot 47 10 11 4 0 3 5 7 9 0.234 0.345 0.511 0.856 0.229 3.64 0.111 0.095 Fukudome 44 9 14 3 1 0 2 7 6 0.318 0.412 0.432 0.844 0.368 4.37 0.094 0.143 K. Hill 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.200 0.429 0.400 0.829 0.333 4.29 0.229 0.000 Gathright 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 0.500 4.60 0.000 0.000 Bradley 41 6 10 1 0 2 7 4 7 0.244 0.326 0.415 0.741 0.250 4.07 0.082 0.250 Soto 43 5 11 2 0 1 7 5 9 0.256 0.340 0.372 0.712 0.303 4.00 0.084 0.188 Miles 35 6 9 5 0 0 2 2 6 0.257 0.297 0.400 0.697 0.310 3.89 0.040 0.200 Johnson 15 4 3 1 1 0 6 1 4 0.200 0.235 0.400 0.635 0.273 3.59 0.035 0.333 Fontenot 36 1 4 2 0 1 4 5 11 0.111 0.214 0.250 0.464 0.125 4.67 0.103 0.130 Freel 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.143 0.143 0.143 0.286 0.200 4.29 0.000 0.000 Last 14 games 464 71 117 30 3 18 66 51 107 0.252 0.329 0.446 0.775 0.292 4.07 0.077 0.200 Season totals 1249 182 315 62 5 46 171 144 273 0.252 0.334 0.420 0.755 0.289 3.96 0.082 0.184 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 05/03 - 05/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wells 11.0 9 0 0 5 9 0 181 115 0.64 16.5 15 9 0.63 0 0 0.00 4.09 7.36 0.00 1.27 0.00 Marmol 8.0 6 2 2 6 12 1 147 91 0.62 18.4 6 5 0.55 1 0 0.00 6.75 13.50 1.13 1.50 2.25 Guzman 7.7 3 2 2 1 7 1 104 74 0.71 13.6 8 8 0.50 1 0 0.00 1.17 8.22 1.17 0.52 2.35 Dempster 20.3 15 9 8 7 21 1 328 194 0.59 16.1 21 19 0.53 0 0 0.00 3.10 9.30 0.44 1.08 3.54 Zambrano 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 78 51 0.65 15.6 5 6 0.45 0 0 0.00 1.80 5.40 0.00 1.00 3.60 Lilly 19.3 16 8 8 6 17 4 278 189 0.68 14.4 16 25 0.39 0 0 0.00 2.79 7.91 1.86 1.14 3.72 Harden 19.0 18 9 9 7 16 3 312 197 0.63 16.4 18 23 0.44 0 0 0.00 3.32 7.58 1.42 1.32 4.26 Marshall 12.3 13 7 7 4 5 2 195 117 0.60 15.8 23 9 0.72 2 0 0.00 2.92 3.65 1.46 1.38 5.11 Gregg 6.7 7 4 4 2 7 2 135 86 0.64 20.3 5 8 0.38 1 1 1.00 2.70 9.45 2.70 1.35 5.40 Heilman 4.7 4 3 3 3 5 1 98 51 0.52 21.0 3 6 0.33 3 3 1.00 5.79 9.64 1.93 1.50 5.79 Ascanio 4.0 2 3 3 0 5 1 58 42 0.72 14.5 2 4 0.33 0 0 0.00 0.00 11.25 2.25 0.50 6.75 Cotts 1.7 1 2 2 2 1 0 35 18 0.51 21.0 2 2 0.50 3 0 0.00 10.80 5.40 0.00 1.80 10.80 Patton 1.7 4 2 2 1 1 0 36 22 0.61 21.6 3 1 0.75 2 2 1.00 5.40 5.40 0.00 3.00 10.80 Samardzija 0.3 2 1 1 1 0 0 14 6 0.43 42.0 0 1 0.00 2 2 1.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 27.00 Fox 0.3 2 5 5 3 0 0 27 11 0.41 81.0 1 0 1.00 0 0 0.00 81.00 0.00 0.00 15.00135.00 Last 14 games 122.0 106 59 58 49 109 16 2026 1264 0.62 16.6 128 126 0.50 15 8 0.53 3.61 8.04 1.18 1.27 4.28 Sesason totals 328.7 298 170 163 151 308 44 5581 3474 0.62 17.0 330 330 0.50 59 18 0.31 4.13 8.43 1.20 1.37 4.46 CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 05/19 P PA P/PA Scales 117 27 4.33 Fontenot 559 130 4.30 Freel 30 7 4.29 Bradley 408 96 4.25 Fukudome 609 144 4.23 Ramirez 302 72 4.19 Soto 470 114 4.12 K. Hill 166 42 3.95 D Lee 485 123 3.94 Miles 360 94 3.83 Soriano 648 170 3.81 Hoffpauir 293 77 3.81 Gathright 57 15 3.80 Theriot 594 158 3.76 Johnson 225 63 3.57 CUBS 5646 1427 3.96 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/06 - 05/19 BDI LOB RBI% Scales 4 7 0.364 K. Hill 5 11 0.313 Fukudome 13 30 0.302 Ramirez 12 29 0.293 D Lee 14 49 0.222 Hoffpauir 9 37 0.196 Theriot 13 54 0.194 Soriano 13 58 0.183 Fontenot 12 60 0.167 Soto 9 54 0.143 Johnson 6 39 0.133 Bradley 5 35 0.125 Miles 4 41 0.089 Gathright 0 6 0.000 Freel 0 3 0.000 CUBS 125 553 0.184 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 128 St. Louis 126 Cincinnati 124 Houston 122 Pittsburgh 121 Go CUBS !!! © 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

Last time the CUBS drew 0 walks in a game.... Sun 03 May 09 in a 6-4 win over Florida at Wrigley Last time the CUBS were held to 3 hits in a game.... Mon 27 Apr 09 in a 7-2 loss at Arizona Last time the CUBS were held to zero runs in a game.... Wed 29 Apr 09 in a 10-0 loss at Arizona Last time the CUBS saw 92 pitches in a 9 inning game.... Sun 14 May 06 in a 9-0 loss to San Diego at Wrigley Last time the CUBS played a 9 inning game in 2:05.... Mon 11 June 07 in a 2-1 win over Houston at Wrigley Guess you could say this was kind of a "throw back" game, eh? Go CUBS !! I wish somebody would throw it back !!

Whatever are you talking about ???

Yeah.... our karma just ran over your dogma !!!

On the contrary, the only thing Fontenot has been doing effectively of late is looking at a lot of pitches...... 05/04 - 05/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Fontenot 29 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 10 0.034 0.171 0.069 0.240 0.053 4.89 0.137 0.130 Wow, didn't realize he'd been that bad since May started. I meant over the entirety of the year, though. Yeah, but even his season totals are starting to look pretty weak........ 04/06 - 05/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Fontenot 108 12 22 4 0 5 17 16 25 0.204 0.307 0.380 0.687 0.218 4.34 0.103 0.167

CUBS starters have 16 quality starts in their last 25 games (14-11) 04/21 - 05/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wells 11.0 9 0 0 5 9 0 181 115 0.64 16.5 15 9 0.63 4.09 7.36 0.00 1.27 0.00 Lilly 32.3 28 12 11 7 27 5 470 314 0.67 14.5 19 50 0.28 1.95 7.52 1.39 1.08 3.06 Zambrano 19.0 19 9 8 6 13 0 298 185 0.62 15.7 26 17 0.60 2.84 6.16 0.00 1.32 3.79 Marshall 25.3 25 11 11 7 16 3 387 251 0.65 15.3 38 20 0.66 2.49 5.68 1.07 1.26 3.91 Dempster 32.3 28 17 16 11 31 2 505 308 0.61 15.6 33 33 0.50 3.06 8.63 0.56 1.21 4.45 Harden 34.7 31 18 18 15 35 6 597 376 0.63 17.2 30 39 0.43 3.89 9.09 1.56 1.33 4.67 Totals 154.7 140 67 64 51 131 16 2438 1549 0.64 15.8 161 168 0.49 2.97 7.62 0.93 1.23 3.72

Have I mentioned that I really, really hate the white sox ?? :D

On the contrary, the only thing Fontenot has been doing effectively of late is looking at a lot of pitches...... 05/04 - 05/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Fontenot 29 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 10 0.034 0.171 0.069 0.240 0.053 4.89 0.137 0.130

CUBS offense has been producing pretty well the last 2 weeks......... 05/03 - 05/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% CUBS 436 71 114 29 3 18 66 51 102 0.261 0.341 0.466 0.807 0.304 4.12 0.080 0.202 Projected over the season, that would currently put them in first place in the league by OPS. As it is, this 2 week spurt has raised them from 9th two weeks ago to 8th in the league today by OPS..... CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league.......... 05/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS LA Dodgers 1351 222 391 82 8 32 585 210 179 262 31 12 0.289 0.374 0.433 0.807 Washington 1310 192 365 66 8 44 579 186 161 308 14 9 0.279 0.362 0.442 0.804 NY Mets 1261 189 368 67 15 26 543 175 161 211 42 15 0.292 0.372 0.431 0.803 Philadelphia 1235 207 323 71 7 50 558 197 151 231 22 8 0.262 0.349 0.452 0.800 Milwaukee 1217 186 309 64 6 49 532 182 164 297 11 9 0.254 0.349 0.437 0.786 Colorado 1206 183 310 67 7 47 532 177 137 269 27 11 0.257 0.334 0.441 0.775 CUBS 1221 182 312 61 5 46 521 171 144 268 20 11 0.256 0.339 0.427 0.766 St. Louis 1235 182 325 68 6 40 525 177 128 215 19 6 0.263 0.338 0.425 0.763 Atlanta 1213 156 317 74 5 28 485 146 148 225 7 7 0.261 0.344 0.400 0.744 Houston 1256 164 335 65 9 30 508 154 119 224 26 16 0.267 0.332 0.404 0.737 Pittsburgh 1249 162 329 81 8 24 498 155 118 264 22 6 0.263 0.332 0.399 0.731 Cincinnati 1261 167 319 64 6 38 509 157 129 250 24 10 0.253 0.327 0.404 0.731 Arizona 1236 144 289 75 7 38 492 138 131 287 26 11 0.234 0.310 0.398 0.708 San Diego 1278 145 301 64 8 40 501 141 140 256 16 4 0.236 0.314 0.392 0.706 Florida 1298 174 307 60 7 37 492 166 144 322 21 11 0.237 0.317 0.379 0.696 San Francisco 1253 150 321 64 9 20 463 139 98 264 25 10 0.256 0.316 0.370 0.685 Average 1255 175 326 68 8 37 520 167 141 260 22 10 0.260 0.338 0.415 0.753 Maximum 1351 222 391 82 15 50 585 210 179 322 42 16 0.292 0.374 0.452 0.807 Minimum 1206 144 289 60 5 20 463 138 98 211 7 4 0.234 0.310 0.370 0.685 - current - - - 2008 - - - - 2007 - - - - 2006 - - - - 2005 - - 05/17 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore Rank Zscore Rank Zscore Rank Zscore AB 1255 1351 1206 37.63 1221 13 -0.90 5 0.79 4 0.68 4 0.90 1 1.55 R 175 222 144 21.22 182 7 0.32 1 2.03 8 -0.19 16 -1.43 9 -0.34 H 326 391 289 26.05 312 11 -0.55 2 1.67 6 0.65 5 0.79 1 1.53 2B 68 82 60 6.37 61 15 -1.15 1 1.55 1 1.53 16 -1.68 3 1.38 3B 8 15 5 2.26 5 15 -1.13 16 -1.27 12 -0.51 4 0.63 13 -0.91 HR 37 50 20 9.00 46 4 1.02 4 0.67 11 -0.59 12 -0.64 2 1.17 TB 520 585 463 32.73 521 8 0.02 1 1.64 8 0.11 10 -0.35 2 1.64 RBI 167 210 138 20.57 171 8 0.20 1 1.97 8 -0.32 16 -1.46 8 -0.26 BB 141 179 98 19.73 144 8 0.16 1 1.56 15 -0.85 16 -2.39 16 -1.71 SO 260 322 211 31.95 268 11 0.26 11 0.53 6 -0.30 3 -1.36 3 -1.34 SB 22 42 7 7.95 20 11 -0.26 8 -0.18 10 -0.32 6 0.82 13 -0.74 CS 10 16 4 3.07 11 10 0.41 7 -0.02 10 0.18 14 0.96 12 0.63 BA 0.260 0.292 0.234 0.02 0.256 10 -0.24 2 1.83 7 0.55 5 0.62 2 1.29 OBP 0.338 0.374 0.310 0.02 0.339 8 0.05 1 2.12 9 -0.08 16 -2.11 11 -0.78 SLG 0.415 0.452 0.370 0.02 0.427 7 0.52 1 1.54 8 -0.02 12 -0.72 2 1.51 OPS 0.753 0.807 0.685 0.04 0.766 8 0.34 1 1.94 8 -0.08 15 -1.32 4 1.85