Fred Hornkohl

Encarnacion flied out to right field

CUBS are 7-2 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 1-2 when they do CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 4-3 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Cincinnati CUBS P/PA 4.67 4.60

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Soriano flied out to deep right field Fukudome singled to center field D Lee singled to left field , Fukudome to second Bradley called out on strikes Ramirez grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Cueto 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 23 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lilly 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14

Bradley called out on strikes

D Lee singled to left field , Fukudome to second

Fukudome singled to center field

Soriano flied out to deep right field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Taveras struck out swinging Hairston popped out to shortstop Votto grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Cueto 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lilly 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14

Hairston popped out to shortstop

Taveras struck out swinging

This. Looks like I'll be bored out of my mind at work again today. And I've got class tonight so I'll miss the first few innings. If baseball was meant to be played at night, there would be enough light in which to do so. 1:20 games at Wrigley are how it's supposed to be. It's kind of weird. I'm an ultra-purist on some things, but yet I'm in favor of things like interleague play. CUBS are 5-1 at night and 3-3 during the day, and you want to stand on tradition ???

Some worthless stats of the day for a Wednesday........... CUBS are 1-1 on Wednesdays CUBS are 8-4 in April CUBS are 1-0 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 7-3 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 0-1 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 4-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 5-1 at night CUBS are 4-2 at home CUBS are 8-3 against right handers CUBS are 4-2 when they get a quality start.... 4-2 when they don't CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 6-2 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they score first in the game.... 3-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 4-3 when they don't CUBS have outscored their opponents 9-3 in the first inning CUBS are 7-2 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 1-2 when they do CUBS are 8-1 when they score at least 4 runs.... 0-3 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 6-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 1-3 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 1-1 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 7-3 when he doesn't CUBS are 2-2 in one run games.... 2-0 in two run games CUBS are 4-1 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 4-3 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 5-0 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 3-4 when they don't CUBS are 3-0 when they average 3.7 P/PA or fewer.... 5-4 when they don't CUBS are 6-3 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 1-2 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2008 2007 2006 2005 .108 wins 97 85 66 79 .891 runs 857 752 716 703 .216 home runs 185 151 166 194 .851 walks 638 500 395 419 1175 strikeouts 1193 1054 928 920 ..95 stolen bases 87 87 121 64 .122 GIDPs 136 128 135 129 ..54 errors 97 94 104 100 .108 hit batsmen 50 37 41 50 5.50 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 19.3 % of baserunners driven in 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .371 runs per baserunner 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 36.4 % of extra base hits 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 CUBS are 0-2 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 7-1 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 8-4 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-0 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when they steal a base.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 1-0 when they execute a sac bunt.... 7-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when they GIDP.... 4-1 when they don't CUBS are 0-4 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 8-0 when they don't CUBS are 8-4 when they hit at least 1 double.... 0-0 when they don't CUBS are 1-0 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 7-3 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 4-3 when they don't CUBS are 1-0 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 7-3 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when the opponent strikes out at least 9 times.... 3-2 when they don't CUBS are 1-2 when the opponent steals a base.... 7-2 when they don't CUBS are 3-2 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 5-2 when they don't CUBS are 3-2 when the opponent GIDPs.... 5-2 when they don't CUBS are 8-2 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 1-2 when they don't CUBS are 0-1 when the opponent triples.... 8-3 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 3-0 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 5-4 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when they hit an opposing batter.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 3 3- 0 2 0.667 19.0 324 17.1 6.3 108.0 5.21 6.00 Dempster 3 2- 1 1 0.333 18.0 308 17.1 6.0 102.7 5.00 5.67 Lilly 2 2- 0 1 0.500 11.7 177 15.2 5.8 88.5 4.63 7.50 Harden 3 1- 2 2 0.667 15.0 280 18.7 5.0 93.3 4.20 4.00 Marshall 1 0- 1 0 0.000 5.0 93 18.6 5.0 93.0 5.40 4.00 CUBS 12 8- 4 6 0.500 68.7 1182 17.2 5.7 98.5 4.85 5.50 CUBS are 2-0 when Lilly starts Lilly is 1 of 2 (.500) in quality starts Lilly has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is N/A.... to K Hill it's 3.86 CUBS score 5.50 R/G overall.... 7.50 R/G when Lilly pitches CUBS hit 1.33 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Lilly pitches CUBS have scored first in 2 of Lilly's 2 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 1 of Lilly's 2 starts Lilly has given up run(s) in the first inning in 0 (0 runs total) of his 2 starts CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 04/06 - 04/21 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 72 15 25 5 0 2 36 14 15 15 0.347 0.472 0.500 0.972 CUBS overall 412 66 107 22 1 16 179 65 63 87 0.260 0.365 0.434 0.799 Composite scoring in games started by Lilly......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 4 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Opponents 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Lilly's starts this year (2-0) Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/08 vs. Houst 5.0 8 5 5 0 3 4 73 0.00 5.40 7.20 1.60 9.00 04/13 vs. Colo 6.7 1 0 0 2 8 0 104 2.70 10.80 0.00 0.45 0.00 overall 11.7 9 5 5 2 11 4 177 1.54 8.49 3.09 0.94 3.86 Lilly's start(s) vs. Cincinnati last year (0-4)..... Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/17 vs. Cincy 6.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 94 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 7.50 07/10 vs. Cincy 2.7 6 4 4 2 3 2 63 6.75 10.13 6.75 3.00 13.50 08/20 vs. Cincy 7.0 2 2 2 2 7 0 100 2.57 9.00 0.00 0.57 2.57 09/05 vs. Cincy 2.0 4 5 5 3 1 1 42 13.50 4.50 4.50 3.50 22.50 totals vs. Cincy 17.7 18 16 16 10 17 4 299 5.09 8.66 2.04 1.58 8.15 season totals 205.0 187 96 93 64 184 32 3239 2.81 8.08 1.40 1.22 4.08 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Totals 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr 18 Apr 17 Apr 16 Apr 15 Apr vs. Cinc no game no game vs. St.L vs. St.L vs. St.L vs. Colo pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 0.3 13 0.0 8 0.3 10 1.0 14 1.7 45 Gregg 2.0 24 2.0 24 Guzman 1.0 23 1.0 15 2.0 36 4.0 74 Heilman 1.0 18 1.0 11 1.0 19 1.0 9 4.0 57 Marmol 0.7 7 1.0 25 1.0 14 2.7 46 Patton 0.7 22 2.0 30 2.7 52 Vizcaino 1.0 16 1.0 21 1.0 10 3.0 47 Marshall Totals 3.0 54 5.0 91 2.0 33 4.0 77 6.0 90 20.0 345 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year (1-0) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .12 Tue 04/21 Cincinnati N 7- 2 Harden Owings .13 Wed 04/22 Cincinnati N - Lilly Cueto .14 Thu 04/23 Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang .54 Fri 06/05 @ Cincinnati N - Zambrano Owings .55 Sat 06/06 @ Cincinnati N - Dempster Harang .56 Sun 06/07 @ Cincinnati - Marshall Volquez .96 Fri 07/24 Cincinnati - Marshall Harang .97 Sat 07/25 Cincinnati - Harden Volquez .98 Sun 07/26 Cincinnati - Lilly Arroyo 105 Mon 08/03 @ Cincinnati N - Dempster Owings 106 Tue 08/04 @ Cincinnati N - Marshall Harang 107 Wed 08/05 @ Cincinnati N - Harden Volquez 140 Fri 09/11 Cincinnati - Dempster Owings 141 Sat 09/12 Cincinnati - Marshall Harang 142 Sun 09/13 Cincinnati - Harden Volquez CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati in 2008 (8-7)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .13 Tue 04/15 Cincinnati N 9- 5 Dempster Volquez .14 Wed 04/16 Cincinnati N 12- 3 Zambrano Fogg .15 Thu 04/17 Cincinnati 2- 9 Lilly Harang .32 Mon 05/05 @ Cincinnati N 3- 5 Dempster Cueto .33 Tue 05/06 @ Cincinnati N 3- 0 Zambrano Harang .34 Wed 05/07 @ Cincinnati 0- 9 Lieber Volquez .90 Tue 07/08 Cincinnati N 7- 3 Dempster Harang .91 Wed 07/09 Cincinnati N 5- 1 Zambrano Cueto .92 Thu 07/10 Cincinnati 7-12 Lilly Arroyo 125 Tue 08/19 Cincinnati N 5- 0 Harden Cueto 126 Wed 08/20 Cincinnati N 1- 2 Lilly Arroyo 127 Thu 08/21 Cincinnati 3- 2 Zambrano Fogg 141 Fri 09/05 @ Cincinnati N 2-10 Lilly Arroyo 142 Sat 09/06 @ Cincinnati N 14- 9 Marquis Cueto 143 Sun 09/07 @ Cincinnati 3- 4 Marshall Harang CUBS hitters vs. Cueto last year..... vs Cueto AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Soto 11 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.455 0.500 1.091 1.591 0.444 3.83 0.045 0.000 Soriano 9 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0.333 0.333 1.000 1.333 0.200 3.56 0.000 0.000 Theriot 13 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 0.538 0.538 0.692 1.231 0.636 3.85 0.000 0.500 Ramirez 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.286 0.444 0.714 1.159 0.333 3.89 0.159 0.000 Johnson 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.500 0.400 0.900 0.500 3.50 0.100 0.000 D Lee 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0.333 0.385 0.500 0.885 0.333 4.00 0.051 0.250 Fukudome 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.222 0.300 0.333 0.633 0.286 3.60 0.078 0.167 DeRosa 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0.100 0.250 0.200 0.450 0.143 4.58 0.150 0.000 Pie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 4.00 0.333 0.000 Edmonds 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 4.17 0.333 0.000 Fontenot 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.50 0.000 0.000 Hoffpauir 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.000 0.500 totals vs. Cueto 96 14 26 8 1 4 10 7 23 0.271 0.346 0.500 0.846 0.319 3.80 0.075 0.118 totals vs. Cincy 500 76 134 30 2 16 68 67 124 0.268 0.361 0.432 0.793 0.328 4.08 0.093 0.169 season totals 5690 861 1577 336 21 185 815 642 1210 0.277 0.353 0.441 0.794 0.324 3.88 0.076 0.195 CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 04/21 P PA P/PA Bradley 125 26 4.81 Fontenot 208 49 4.24 Ramirez 187 46 4.07 Miles 73 18 4.06 Soriano 241 61 3.95 D Lee 228 58 3.93 Fukudome 215 55 3.91 K. Hill 93 24 3.88 Soto 106 28 3.79 Theriot 193 51 3.78 Hoffpauir 68 18 3.78 Johnson 78 21 3.71 Gathright 17 5 3.40 CUBS 1938 491 3.95 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/06 - 04/21 BDI LOB RBI% Ramirez 11 13 0.458 Fukudome 7 10 0.412 Hoffpauir 4 7 0.364 K. Hill 4 8 0.333 D Lee 8 26 0.235 Theriot 4 17 0.190 Miles 2 13 0.133 Soriano 4 27 0.129 Soto 2 15 0.118 Fontenot 3 24 0.111 Bradley 0 13 0.000 Gathright 0 3 0.000 Johnson 0 11 0.000 CUBS 49 205 0.193 Go CUBS !!! © 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

CUBS were 4-0 with Lance Barksdale behind the plate last year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Hill Snell .37 Sun 05/11 Arizona 6- 4 Gallagher Gonzalez .89 Sun 07/06 @ St. Louis 7- 1 Marshall Wellemeyer 108 Wed 07/30 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Dempster Parra Composite scoring with Lance Barksdale behind the plate last year.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Opponents 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 CUBS' offensive production with Lance Barksdale 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/Barksdale 141 23 48 7 3 3 70 20 16 26 0.340 0.406 0.496 0.903 CUBS overall 5692 861 1577 336 21 185 2510 818 642 1210 0.277 0.353 0.441 0.794

Those are current conditions. Winds are supposed to change this evening.

I would too.... but the offer on the table is to purchase a $25 million share for those perks. $25 million is just a little bit out of my league. [sigh]

dry Which way is the wind blowing tonight? ESE @ 5-10 Does that mean it's blowing in or out or neither? In from RF.

CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2008 2007 2006 2005 .108 wins 97 85 66 79 .891 runs 857 752 716 703 .216 home runs 185 151 166 194 .851 walks 638 500 395 419 1175 strikeouts 1193 1054 928 920 ..95 stolen bases 87 87 121 64 .122 GIDPs 136 128 135 129 ..54 errors 97 94 104 100 .108 hit batsmen 50 37 41 50

dry Which way is the wind blowing tonight? ESE @ 5-10

May 5th falls on a Tuesday this year and the opponent will be San Francisco.

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !! http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/28955.jpg Johnny Cueto (0-1) 4.22 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, $418,000 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/4062.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Lilly (2-0) 3.86 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, $13 million[/b] Go CUBS !!

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Come on, let's end this thing now.

Time to stand.

CUBS are 5-1 when they lead at the end of the 8th inning. Go CUBS !!