Fred Hornkohl

My karma just ran over your dogma.

Stop the cussing, now !!

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday............ CUBS are 13-8 on Thursdays CUBS are 0-1 in October CUBS are 5-3 vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 23-11 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 12-4 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 38-26 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 47-36 at night CUBS are 55-27 at home CUBS are 67-49 against right handers CUBS are 3-1 when TBS broadcasts the game CUBS are 60-24 when they get a quality start.... 37-41 when they don't CUBS are 24-39 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 73-26 when they don't CUBS are 68-25 when they score first in the game.... 29-40 when they don't CUBS are 33-11 when they score in the first inning.... 64-54 when they don't CUBS are 77-43 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 20-22 when they do CUBS are 80-14 when they score at least 4 runs.... 16-51 when they don't CUBS are 57-16 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 40-49 when they don't CUBS are 78-13 when they outhit the opponents.... 9-36 when they get outhit.... and 10-16 when the hits are even CUBS are 42-16 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 55-49 when he doesn't CUBS are 24-22 in one run games.... 13-16 in two run games CUBS are 55-43 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 42-22 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 57-23 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 36-40 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 4-1 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 78-39 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 19-26 when he doesn't CUBS have thrown out 25 runners trying to steal in 93 attempts during their last 128 games CUBS are 42-2 when they get 12 hits or more..... 6-23 when they get less than 7 hits CUBS have committed 29 errors in their last 36 games CUBS have stolen 32 bases in 41 attempts during their last 57 games. CUBS pitchers have 22 quality starts in their last 40 games CUBS have scored first in 33 out of their last 49 games CUBS have GIDP'd 54 times in their last 54 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 30 times CUBS pitchers have allowed 24 HR in their last 31 games CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of their last 34 games CUBS have been held to 7 hits or less in 11 of their last 28 games CUBS have stolen a base in 4 of their last 26 games.... opponents have at least 1 SB in 11 of their last 27 games CUBS have failed to get an XBH in 6 of their last 27 games.... their opponents have three times CUBS pitchers have allowed double digit hits in 12 of their last 27 games CUBS have been held to 3 runs or less in 15 of their last 30 games. CUBS have given up 15 ninth inning runs in their last 23 games CUBS are 20-10 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 17 of 30 (.567) in quality starts Zambrano has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s) Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.51.... to Blanco it's 5.89.... to K Hill it's N/A CUBS score 5.29 R/G overall.... 5.73 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.14 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS have scored first in 17 of Zambrano's 30 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 10 of Zambrano's 30 starts Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning in 6 (14 runs total) of his 30 starts CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 03/31 - 10/01 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 1060 172 304 70 3 40 500 160 108 221 0.287 0.354 0.472 0.826 CUBS overall 5623 857 1561 329 21 185 2487 814 638 1193 0.278 0.354 0.442 0.796 Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 17 15 18 20 25 23 13 23 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 172 Opponents 14 12 21 8 17 14 9 9 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 123 Zambrano's starts this year (14-6) Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 03/31 vs. Milw 6.7 3 0 0 1 5 0 89 1.35 6.75 0.00 0.60 0.00 04/06 vs. Houst 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 106 0.00 9.00 1.29 1.00 2.57 04/11 vs. Phila 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 1.50 9.00 1.50 1.67 7.50 04/16 vs. Cincy 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 1.29 6.43 0.00 1.29 2.57 04/21 vs. Mets 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 2.57 5.14 0.00 1.00 1.29 04/26 vs. Wash 7.0 5 0 0 4 5 0 114 5.14 6.43 0.00 1.29 0.00 05/01 vs. Milw 6.3 7 1 1 2 3 1 111 2.84 4.26 1.42 1.42 1.42 05/06 vs. Cincy 8.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 113 3.38 3.38 0.00 0.75 0.00 05/12 vs. S.D. 7.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 2.57 6.43 1.29 1.14 3.86 05/17 vs. Pitts 4.0 7 5 4 3 3 0 73 6.75 6.75 0.00 2.50 9.00 05/23 vs. Pitts 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 109 1.29 7.71 0.00 1.00 2.57 05/28 vs. L.A. 8.0 6 1 1 4 3 0 130 4.50 3.38 0.00 1.25 1.13 06/02 vs. S.D. 5.0 5 3 3 4 2 0 95 7.20 3.60 0.00 1.80 5.40 06/07 vs. L.A. 6.7 13 7 7 1 6 2 107 1.35 8.10 2.70 2.10 9.45 06/12 vs. Atla 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 1 103 3.86 3.86 1.29 1.57 2.57 06/18 vs. Tamp 6.7 7 5 4 4 2 0 100 5.40 2.70 0.00 1.65 5.40 07/04 vs. St. L 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 87 3.00 7.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 07/09 vs. Cincy 8.0 1 1 1 0 5 1 103 0.00 5.63 1.13 0.13 1.13 07/19 vs. Houst 6.3 6 4 4 6 3 0 108 8.53 4.26 0.00 1.89 5.68 07/24 vs. Flor 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 125 0.00 7.71 1.29 0.86 2.57 07/29 vs. Milw 8.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 118 2.25 10.13 0.00 0.88 0.00 08/03 vs. Pitts 5.0 3 2 1 1 2 1 82 1.80 3.60 1.80 0.80 1.80 08/09 vs. St. L 4.3 10 9 9 1 3 4 88 2.08 6.23 8.31 2.54 18.69 08/15 vs. Flor 6.0 4 5 5 5 6 1 120 7.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 7.50 08/21 vs. Cincy 7.0 6 1 1 4 4 1 105 5.14 5.14 1.29 1.43 1.29 08/26 vs. Pitts 4.3 8 6 6 4 3 0 99 8.31 6.23 0.00 2.77 12.46 09/02 vs. Houst 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 0 86 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.60 5.40 09/14 vs. Houst 9.0 0 0 0 1 10 0 110 1.00 10.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 09/19 vs. St. L 1.7 6 8 8 3 1 1 45 16.20 5.40 5.40 5.40 43.20 09/24 vs. Mets 4.7 3 5 5 4 2 1 87 7.71 3.86 1.93 1.50 9.64 Home 98.0 94 43 41 30 62 13 1545 2.76 5.69 1.19 1.27 3.77 Road 90.7 78 42 41 42 68 5 1474 4.17 6.75 0.50 1.32 4.07 Day 55.7 70 37 35 19 37 12 909 3.07 5.98 1.94 1.60 5.66 Nite 133.0 102 48 47 53 93 6 2110 3.59 6.29 0.41 1.17 3.18 Home Nite 49.0 37 13 13 12 31 3 743 2.20 5.69 0.55 1.00 2.39 March 6.7 3 0 0 1 5 0 89 1.35 6.75 0.00 0.60 0.00 April 34.0 34 10 10 8 27 2 530 2.12 7.15 0.53 1.24 2.65 May 40.3 35 12 11 15 23 2 632 3.35 5.13 0.45 1.24 2.45 June 25.3 33 17 16 12 13 3 405 4.26 4.62 1.07 1.78 5.68 July 35.3 22 7 7 10 28 2 541 2.55 7.13 0.51 0.91 1.78 August 26.7 31 23 22 15 18 7 494 5.06 6.08 2.36 1.73 7.43 September 20.3 14 16 16 11 16 2 328 4.87 7.08 0.89 1.23 7.08 totals vs. L.A. 14.7 19 8 8 5 9 2 237 3.07 5.52 1.23 1.64 4.91 season totals 188.7 172 85 82 72 130 18 3019 3.43 6.20 0.86 1.29 3.91 Zambrano's start(s) vs. Los Angeles last year (1-1)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/26 vs. L.A. 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 1.17 9.39 1.17 1.17 2.35 09/03 vs. L.A. 4.3 7 8 8 5 6 0 96 10.38 12.46 0.00 2.77 16.62 totals vs. L.A. 12.0 15 10 10 6 14 1 221 4.50 10.50 0.75 1.75 7.50 season totals 216.3 187 100 95 101 177 23 3691 4.20 7.36 0.96 1.33 3.95 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Totals 01 Oct 30 Sep 29 Sep 28 Sep 27 Sep 26 Sep 25 Sep vs. L.A. no game no game @ Milw @ Milw @ Milw @ Mets pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 1.0 12 0.0 1 0.7 20 1.7 33 Gaudin 1.0 9 0.7 18 1.0 16 2.7 43 Guzman Hart 2.0 23 0.7 25 2.7 48 Howry 1.0 15 0.3 12 1.3 27 Marmol 1.0 12 0.3 4 1.3 16 Marquis 1.0 18 0.3 21 1.3 39 Marshall 2.3 38 0.3 15 0.3 11 3.0 64 Samardzija 1.0 19 0.7 11 1.7 30 Wood 1.0 12 1.0 12 Wuertz 0.7 15 0.7 5 1.0 19 2.3 39 Totals 4.3 75 6.0 89 3.0 51 3.0 63 2.7 73 19.0 351 CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles this year (5-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .51 Mon 05/26 Los Angeles 3- 1 Dempster Billingsley .52 Tue 05/27 Los Angeles N 3- 1 Gallagher Kuroda .53 Wed 05/28 Los Angeles N 2- 1 Zambrano Lowe .61 Thu 06/05 @ Los Angeles N 5- 4 Dempster Billingsley .62 Fri 06/06 @ Los Angeles N 0- 3 Gallagher Kuroda .63 Sat 06/07 @ Los Angeles 3- 7 Zambrano Lowe .64 Sun 06/08 @ Los Angeles 3- 1 Marquis Penny 162 Wed 10/01 Los Angeles N 2- 7 Dempster Lowe 163 Thu 10/02 Los Angeles N - Zambrano Billingsley 164 Sat 10/04 @ Los Angeles N - Harden Kuroda 165 Sun 10/05 @ Los Angeles - Lilly 166 Tue 10/07 Los Angeles - CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles in 2007 (2-5)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .46 Fri 05/25 @ Los Angeles N 8- 9 Lilly Lowe .47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson .48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles 1- 2 Hill Wolf 136 Mon 09/03 Los Angeles 3-11 Zambrano Loaiza 137 Tue 09/04 Los Angeles N 2- 6 Trachsel Penny 138 Wed 09/05 Los Angeles N 8- 2 Lilly Stults 139 Thu 09/06 Los Angeles 4- 7 Marquis Lowe Composite scoring vs. Los Angeles this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 3 3 1 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Opponents 2 0 0 3 7 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 CUBS hitters vs. Billingsley this year..... vs Billingsley AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% DeRosa 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 1.000 3.50 0.000 0.000 Theriot 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.600 0.667 0.600 1.267 0.750 3.17 0.067 1.000 D Lee 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0.200 0.333 0.800 1.133 0.000 3.50 0.133 0.250 Fukudome 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.200 0.333 0.800 1.133 0.000 3.50 0.133 0.000 Soriano 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.500 4.17 0.133 0.000 Edmonds 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.333 4.80 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.200 3.17 0.000 0.333 Soto 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.000 4.40 0.200 0.000 tot vs Billingsley 43 6 11 1 0 3 6 5 15 0.256 0.333 0.488 0.822 0.320 3.77 0.078 0.158 tot vs L.A. 262 21 63 9 0 7 21 23 67 0.240 0.303 0.355 0.658 0.298 3.94 0.063 0.113 season totals 5621 857 1561 329 21 185 811 638 1193 0.278 0.354 0.442 0.796 0.324 3.88 0.076 0.196 CUBS hitters vs. Los Angeles this year..... vs. L.A. AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% DeRosa 22 4 8 0 0 3 5 1 6 0.364 0.391 0.773 1.164 0.385 3.83 0.028 0.167 Hoffpauir 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.000 3.50 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 12 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.500 0.833 0.364 3.69 0.000 0.125 Theriot 25 3 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 0.360 0.407 0.400 0.807 0.429 3.41 0.047 0.111 Ramirez 27 1 6 2 0 1 4 4 4 0.222 0.344 0.407 0.751 0.227 4.28 0.122 0.231 Fukudome 28 2 6 1 0 1 3 4 4 0.214 0.313 0.357 0.670 0.217 4.31 0.098 0.133 Soriano 34 5 8 1 0 1 2 3 12 0.235 0.297 0.353 0.650 0.333 3.92 0.062 0.067 D Lee 29 1 6 0 0 1 2 3 7 0.207 0.281 0.310 0.592 0.238 4.03 0.074 0.077 Cedeno 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.250 0.333 0.250 0.583 0.500 3.78 0.083 0.000 Edmonds 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.227 0.292 0.227 0.519 0.294 4.29 0.064 0.000 Soto 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 7 0.160 0.241 0.200 0.441 0.222 4.21 0.081 0.071 Johnson 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.167 3.88 0.000 0.500 Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.00 0.000 0.000 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.67 0.000 0.000 vs Proctor 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.250 0.333 0.625 0.958 0.333 4.67 0.083 0.000 vs Park 14 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0.357 0.438 0.429 0.866 0.385 4.63 0.080 0.125 vs Penny 23 3 6 2 0 1 3 3 5 0.261 0.346 0.478 0.824 0.294 4.07 0.085 0.154 vs Billingsley 43 6 11 1 0 3 6 5 15 0.256 0.333 0.488 0.822 0.320 3.77 0.078 0.158 vs Saito 15 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 8 0.267 0.368 0.333 0.702 0.571 5.53 0.102 0.167 vs Lowe 73 5 17 2 0 2 5 5 15 0.233 0.282 0.342 0.625 0.268 3.54 0.049 0.100 vs Wade 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 0.333 3.60 0.000 0.000 vs Maddux 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.250 3.25 0.000 0.000 vs Kuroda 54 2 11 1 0 0 0 3 14 0.204 0.246 0.222 0.468 0.275 3.61 0.042 0.000 vs Broxton 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 3 0.143 0.250 0.214 0.464 0.182 4.81 0.107 0.300 vs. starters 193 16 45 6 0 6 14 16 49 0.233 0.292 0.358 0.649 0.283 3.68 0.059 0.098 vs. relievers 69 5 18 3 0 1 7 7 18 0.261 0.333 0.348 0.681 0.340 4.62 0.072 0.143 vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 vs Right 262 21 63 9 0 7 21 23 67 0.240 0.303 0.355 0.658 0.298 3.94 0.063 0.113 Home 131 10 34 4 0 3 10 12 29 0.260 0.319 0.359 0.678 0.313 3.88 0.060 0.109 Road 131 11 29 5 0 4 11 11 38 0.221 0.287 0.351 0.638 0.281 4.00 0.065 0.117 Day 62 6 13 1 0 3 6 6 18 0.210 0.279 0.371 0.650 0.244 3.88 0.070 0.125 Nite 200 15 50 8 0 4 15 17 49 0.250 0.311 0.350 0.661 0.313 3.95 0.061 0.110 Leading off 67 6 10 4 0 1 1 4 20 0.149 0.197 0.254 0.451 0.196 4.10 0.048 0.000 Pinch hitting 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.400 0.400 0.500 0.900 0.571 3.40 0.000 0.000 bases empty 156 15 38 7 0 5 5 15 45 0.244 0.310 0.385 0.695 0.311 3.99 0.066 0.000 runners on 106 6 25 2 0 2 16 8 22 0.236 0.293 0.311 0.604 0.280 3.87 0.057 0.113 RISP 56 2 11 2 0 0 12 5 13 0.196 0.270 0.232 0.502 0.256 3.68 0.073 0.140 totals vs. L.A. 262 21 63 9 0 7 21 23 67 0.240 0.303 0.355 0.658 0.298 3.94 0.063 0.113 season totals 5621 857 1561 329 21 185 811 638 1193 0.278 0.354 0.442 0.796 0.324 3.88 0.076 0.196 CUBS pitchers vs. Los Angeles this year...... vs. L.A. IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wood 4.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 69 2.25 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Marmol 3.3 2 0 0 3 5 0 72 8.10 13.50 0.00 1.50 0.00 Cotts 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 31 0.00 3.86 0.00 0.43 0.00 Ascanio 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Lieber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Eyre 0.7 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marquis 7.3 4 2 1 1 3 1 107 1.23 3.68 1.23 0.68 1.23 Gallagher 12.0 7 3 3 5 9 0 200 3.75 6.75 0.00 1.00 2.25 Howry 3.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 57 3.00 12.00 3.00 1.67 3.00 Marshall 2.3 1 1 1 1 4 1 38 3.86 15.43 3.86 0.86 3.86 Dempster 17.0 16 8 8 12 6 2 308 6.35 3.18 1.06 1.65 4.24 Zambrano 14.7 19 8 8 5 9 2 237 3.07 5.52 1.23 1.64 4.91 Hart 1.3 4 1 1 1 1 0 40 6.75 6.75 0.00 3.75 6.75 Samardzija 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 totals vs. L.A. 71.0 63 25 24 31 53 7 1219 3.93 6.72 0.89 1.32 3.04 season totals 1470.3 1335 678 634 556 1271 163 24103 3.40 7.78 1.00 1.29 3.88 CUBS' last 14 games (7-7).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 149 Tue 09/16 Milwaukee N 5- 4 Dempster Sabathia 150 Wed 09/17 Milwaukee N 2- 6 Marquis Sheets 151 Thu 09/18 Milwaukee 7- 6 Harden Bush 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 155 Mon 09/22 @ New York N 9- 5 Marquis Niese 156 Tue 09/23 @ New York N 2- 6 Marshall Santana 157 Wed 09/24 @ New York N 9- 6 Zambrano Perez 158 Thu 09/25 @ New York N 6- 7 Harden Martinez 159 Fri 09/26 @ Milwaukee N 1- 5 Dempster Suppan 160 Sat 09/27 @ Milwaukee 7- 3 Lilly Sheets 161 Sun 09/28 @ Milwaukee 1- 3 Guzman Sabathia 162 Wed 10/01 Los Angeles N 2- 7 Dempster Lowe 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 5 12 7 10 7 2 6 3 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 67 Opponents 11 5 6 3 8 16 12 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 09/16 - 09/29 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Ramirez 36 8 15 6 0 3 6 5 5 0.417 0.488 0.833 1.321 0.429 3.83 0.071 0.158 Hoffpauir 26 4 10 2 0 2 6 3 9 0.385 0.448 0.692 1.141 0.533 3.79 0.064 0.308 DeRosa 31 8 11 3 0 2 6 1 4 0.355 0.394 0.645 1.039 0.360 3.33 0.039 0.250 Fontenot 26 2 11 2 0 0 3 4 6 0.423 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.550 3.57 0.077 0.375 Pie 17 4 5 1 1 0 2 1 6 0.294 0.333 0.471 0.804 0.455 4.00 0.039 0.286 Edmonds 27 6 7 1 0 2 4 1 6 0.259 0.276 0.519 0.794 0.263 3.90 0.017 0.154 D Lee 40 4 10 4 0 1 4 7 10 0.250 0.362 0.425 0.787 0.310 4.38 0.112 0.250 Blanco 16 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 0.429 3.13 0.000 0.167 Johnson 26 2 9 0 0 0 4 2 8 0.346 0.393 0.346 0.739 0.500 3.79 0.047 0.308 Ward 17 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 0.176 0.263 0.471 0.734 0.167 4.05 0.087 0.091 Theriot 43 7 14 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.326 0.408 0.326 0.734 0.359 4.02 0.083 0.063 Soto 21 3 4 1 0 1 3 4 4 0.190 0.320 0.381 0.701 0.188 4.44 0.130 0.200 Fukudome 33 4 6 2 0 1 4 5 6 0.182 0.289 0.333 0.623 0.192 3.95 0.108 0.130 Soriano 43 2 7 2 0 1 4 5 12 0.163 0.250 0.279 0.529 0.200 3.96 0.087 0.188 Cedeno 30 8 6 2 0 0 1 2 6 0.200 0.250 0.267 0.517 0.250 3.31 0.050 0.143 McGehee 21 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 6 0.190 0.182 0.238 0.420 0.267 3.59 -0.009 0.250 K Hill 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.72 0.000 0.000 last 14 games 497 67 133 30 1 15 63 48 118 0.268 0.332 0.423 0.755 0.324 3.81 0.065 0.191 season totals 5621 857 1561 329 21 185 811 638 1193 0.278 0.354 0.442 0.796 0.324 3.88 0.076 0.196 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 09/16 - 10/01 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 4.3 3 0 0 3 4 0 61 6.23 8.31 0.00 1.38 0.00 Wells 4.3 0 0 0 2 1 0 42 4.15 2.08 0.00 0.46 0.00 Wood 15.3 5 1 1 1 9 0 106 0.59 5.28 0.00 0.39 0.59 Harden 11.0 3 4 3 11 11 0 213 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.27 2.45 Hart 7.3 9 2 2 2 7 0 126 2.45 8.59 0.00 1.50 2.45 Marmol 5.3 2 2 2 2 5 1 84 3.38 8.44 1.69 0.75 3.38 Samardzija 5.3 8 6 2 4 4 0 115 6.75 6.75 0.00 2.25 3.38 Lilly 13.0 8 5 5 3 9 1 179 2.08 6.23 0.69 0.85 3.46 Dempster 20.7 21 8 8 9 16 2 370 3.92 6.97 0.87 1.45 3.48 Howry 4.7 8 2 2 3 7 1 88 5.79 13.50 1.93 2.36 3.86 Marshall 10.3 9 5 5 7 14 1 184 6.10 12.19 0.87 1.55 4.35 Marquis 13.3 17 10 10 10 8 2 247 6.75 5.40 1.35 2.03 6.75 Cotts 3.7 7 3 3 1 5 0 78 2.45 12.27 0.00 2.18 7.36 Guzman 6.7 8 6 6 3 9 1 122 4.05 12.15 1.35 1.65 8.10 Gaudin 4.0 8 8 7 3 1 1 79 6.75 2.25 2.25 2.75 15.75 Zambrano 6.3 9 13 13 7 3 2 132 9.95 4.26 2.84 2.53 18.47 last 14 games 135.7 125 75 69 71 113 12 2226 4.71 7.50 0.80 1.44 4.58 season totals 1470.3 1335 678 634 556 1271 163 24103 3.40 7.78 1.00 1.29 3.88 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 09/29 P PA P/PA Fukudome 2550 594 4.29 Ward 502 120 4.18 Edmonds 1261 302 4.18 Ramirez 2612 647 4.04 Soto 2258 567 3.98 Fontenot 1129 285 3.96 D Lee 2780 703 3.95 K Hill 86 22 3.91 DeRosa 2325 597 3.89 Theriot 2507 665 3.77 Cedeno 886 236 3.75 Hoffpauir 300 80 3.75 Johnson 1401 374 3.75 Soriano 1891 508 3.72 Pie 344 93 3.70 McGehee 92 25 3.68 E Patterson 161 44 3.66 Murton 144 41 3.51 Blanco 447 128 3.49 CUBS 24908 6419 3.88 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 09/29 BDI LOB RBI% Ramirez 83 247 0.252 Johnson 44 134 0.247 E Patterson 6 19 0.240 McGehee 5 17 0.227 Soriano 46 165 0.218 DeRosa 67 241 0.218 Fontenot 31 112 0.217 Hoffpauir 6 22 0.214 D Lee 70 263 0.210 Edmonds 30 116 0.205 Soto 63 253 0.199 Cedeno 26 107 0.195 Murton 6 29 0.171 Fukudome 48 239 0.167 Pie 9 49 0.155 Theriot 36 208 0.148 Ward 13 76 0.146 Blanco 9 74 0.108 K Hill 1 11 0.083 CUBS 626 2564 0.196 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

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Wednesday 01 October 2008 Los Angeles @ CUBS 17:37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 7 8 1 CUBS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 Los Angeles ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Furcal ss 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martin c 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 M Ramirez lf 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ethier rf 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Loney 1b 5 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kemp cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Blake 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lowe p 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wade p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kent ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 33 7 8 7 8 7 15 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonds cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dempster p 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fontenot ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Samardzija p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 35 2 9 2 2 7 14 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Lowe 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 94 Wade 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Maddux 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 7 1 141 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Dempster 4.7 4 4 4 7 2 1 109 Marshall 2.3 1 1 1 1 4 1 38 Samardzija 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 Marquis 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18 totals 9.0 8 7 7 8 7 3 184 W:Lowe S:none L:Dempster T:3:10 A:42,099 Home runs: Los Angeles: Loney, M Ramirez, Martin CUBS: DeRosa

Los Angeles CUBS P/PA 4.49 3.81 RBI% 0.21 0.07 R/BR 0.44 0.18 BA 0.242 0.257 OBP 0.390 0.297 SLG 0.576 0.371 OPS 0.966 0.669 ERA 2.00 7.00 BB/9 2.00 8.00 K/9 7.00 7.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Maddux in to pitch for Los Angeles DeRosa grounded out to short, 6-3 Theriot grounded an IF single to first base Theriot took second on defensive indifference Ward, pinch hitting for Marquis, grounded out to first, unassisted , Theriot to third Soriano popped out to first base 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 7 8 1 CUBS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 W:Lowe S:none L:Dempster T:3:10 A:42,099 Home runs: Los Angeles: Loney, M Ramirez, Martin CUBS: DeRosa Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lowe 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 94 Wade 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Maddux 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 4.7 4 4 4 7 2 1 109 Marshall 2.3 1 1 1 1 4 1 38 Samardzija 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 Marquis 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18

Soriano AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% RISP 115 19 32 7 0 10 55 20 26 0.278 0.383 0.600 0.983 0.278 3.74 0.105 0.271 9th inning 21 4 5 3 0 1 2 7 7 0.238 0.429 0.524 0.952 0.308 4.50 0.190 0.125 2 outs 127 10 32 6 0 7 25 18 33 0.252 0.354 0.465 0.818 0.287 3.77 0.102 0.171 last 10 games 27 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 7 0.148 0.207 0.185 0.392 0.200 4.14 0.059 0.333 September 82 10 20 3 0 6 12 13 21 0.244 0.347 0.500 0.847 0.255 4.14 0.103 0.167 Home 227 41 67 11 0 17 44 20 41 0.295 0.356 0.568 0.924 0.296 3.53 0.061 0.260 Nite 245 44 72 18 0 15 36 24 62 0.294 0.358 0.551 0.909 0.339 3.81 0.064 0.194 vs Right 323 49 81 16 0 17 48 31 83 0.251 0.318 0.458 0.777 0.287 3.73 0.068 0.203 vs. L.A. 29 5 8 1 0 1 2 3 10 0.276 0.344 0.414 0.758 0.389 4.00 0.068 0.083 Dale Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 season totals 453 78 127 27 0 29 75 43 103 0.280 0.344 0.532 0.876 0.305 3.73 0.064 0.221

Theriot took second on defensive indifference Ward, pinch hitting for Marquis, grounded out to first, unassisted , Theriot to third

Ward AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Pinch hitting 53 3 8 2 0 2 9 12 13 0.151 0.303 0.302 0.605 0.158 4.32 0.152 0.132 runners on 67 7 13 4 0 3 16 11 16 0.194 0.304 0.388 0.692 0.208 4.03 0.110 0.149 9th inning 26 2 5 1 0 1 3 2 6 0.192 0.250 0.346 0.596 0.211 4.11 0.058 0.087 1 out 39 5 13 4 0 3 11 5 8 0.333 0.409 0.667 1.076 0.357 4.05 0.076 0.216 last 10 games 15 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 4 0.200 0.250 0.533 0.783 0.200 4.06 0.050 0.100 September 21 2 4 2 0 1 3 2 5 0.190 0.261 0.429 0.689 0.200 3.91 0.070 0.074 Home 50 5 12 5 0 1 9 11 11 0.240 0.377 0.400 0.777 0.289 4.28 0.137 0.182 Nite 46 2 4 2 0 2 6 6 12 0.087 0.189 0.261 0.450 0.063 4.11 0.102 0.093 vs Right 92 8 20 7 0 4 16 15 17 0.217 0.324 0.424 0.748 0.225 4.09 0.107 0.158 vs. L.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 Dale Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 season totals 102 8 22 7 0 4 17 16 24 0.216 0.319 0.402 0.721 0.243 4.20 0.104 0.148

Theriot grounded an IF single to first base

Theriot AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% bases empty 358 54 112 12 3 0 1 43 41 0.313 0.388 0.363 0.751 0.353 3.84 0.075 0.333 9th inning 44 8 13 1 1 0 4 8 8 0.295 0.404 0.364 0.767 0.361 4.37 0.108 0.211 1 out 229 38 75 9 3 1 15 23 17 0.328 0.396 0.406 0.802 0.351 3.67 0.069 0.184 last 10 games 25 6 11 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.440 0.548 0.440 0.988 0.458 4.16 0.108 0.000 September 79 11 22 1 1 0 4 10 8 0.278 0.360 0.316 0.676 0.310 3.87 0.081 0.114 Home 294 46 91 11 1 1 16 27 34 0.310 0.368 0.364 0.732 0.347 3.70 0.059 0.127 Nite 320 54 98 13 3 1 24 50 27 0.306 0.402 0.375 0.777 0.332 3.91 0.095 0.172 vs Right 439 59 134 12 3 1 24 46 47 0.305 0.374 0.353 0.727 0.340 3.74 0.069 0.134 vs. L.A. 21 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.333 0.391 0.381 0.772 0.389 3.39 0.058 0.111 Dale Scott 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0.500 0.600 1.500 2.100 0.500 4.00 0.100 1.000 season totals 580 84 178 19 4 1 37 73 58 0.307 0.387 0.359 0.745 0.340 3.77 0.080 0.148

DeRosa grounded out to short, 6-3

DeRosa AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Leading off 115 26 38 9 0 5 5 11 14 0.330 0.394 0.539 0.933 0.344 3.89 0.063 0.000 bases empty 259 52 73 14 2 12 12 31 46 0.282 0.365 0.490 0.856 0.303 3.74 0.083 0.000 9th inning 41 8 11 4 0 1 3 4 6 0.268 0.326 0.439 0.765 0.294 3.87 0.058 0.143 0 outs 179 54 64 14 0 10 23 23 28 0.358 0.439 0.603 1.042 0.383 3.90 0.081 0.224 last 10 games 15 5 6 3 0 1 4 1 1 0.400 0.438 0.800 1.238 0.385 3.94 0.038 0.273 September 64 13 15 4 0 3 8 5 8 0.234 0.310 0.438 0.747 0.226 3.45 0.075 0.172 Home 253 53 80 13 2 11 45 35 47 0.316 0.405 0.514 0.919 0.354 3.79 0.089 0.217 Nite 281 50 75 13 1 10 48 39 68 0.267 0.358 0.427 0.785 0.320 4.00 0.091 0.211 vs Right 361 68 99 20 2 16 63 45 74 0.274 0.365 0.474 0.839 0.306 3.82 0.091 0.223 vs. L.A. 18 3 6 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.333 0.368 0.667 1.035 0.400 3.84 0.035 0.100 Dale Scott 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 1.000 4.25 0.000 0.667 season totals 505 103 144 30 3 21 87 69 106 0.285 0.376 0.481 0.857 0.325 3.90 0.091 0.216

Maddux in to pitch for Los Angeles

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Marquis in to pitch for the CUBS Martin homered to left center field M Ramirez struck out swinging Ethier flied out to deep left center field Loney grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 7 8 1 CUBS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 Home runs: Los Angeles: Loney, M Ramirez, Martin CUBS: DeRosa Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lowe 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 94 Wade 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 4.7 4 4 4 7 2 1 109 Marshall 2.3 1 1 1 1 4 1 38 Samardzija 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 Marquis 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18

Last time the CUBS allowed 3 HR in a game.... Sat 30 Aug 08 (3 HRs) in a 5-2 loss to Philadelphia at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

Ethier flied out to deep left center field

M Ramirez struck out swinging

Martin homered to left center field

CUBS are 0-19 when they trail by 4 runs or more at the end of the 8th inning. Go CUBS !!

Marquis in to pitch for the CUBS

Los Angeles CUBS P/PA 4.61 3.76 RBI% 0.21 0.08 R/BR 0.40 0.20 BA 0.250 0.250 OBP 0.417 0.294 SLG 0.536 0.375 OPS 0.952 0.669 ERA 2.25 6.75 BB/9 2.25 9.00 K/9 7.88 6.75

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Broxton in to pitch for Los Angeles D Lee grounded out to second, 4-3 A Ramirez flied out to right field Soto walked Edmonds flied out to deep center field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 6 7 1 CUBS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 Home runs: Los Angeles: Loney CUBS: DeRosa Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lowe 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 94 Wade 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 [code]CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 4.7 4 4 4 7 2 1 109 Marshall 2.3 1 1 1 1 4 1 38 Samardzija 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19

Edmonds AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% runners on 117 18 30 10 0 5 35 17 20 0.256 0.350 0.470 0.820 0.272 3.86 0.094 0.208 8th inning 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 5 0.125 0.300 0.167 0.467 0.158 4.53 0.175 0.000 2 outs 83 7 18 5 0 3 14 12 18 0.217 0.323 0.386 0.708 0.242 4.21 0.106 0.186 last 10 games 15 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 5 0.200 0.235 0.467 0.702 0.222 4.29 0.035 0.111 September 40 9 10 1 0 4 6 7 9 0.250 0.354 0.575 0.929 0.222 4.31 0.104 0.105 Home 120 26 29 10 1 11 27 21 29 0.242 0.354 0.617 0.971 0.225 4.04 0.113 0.203 Nite 131 20 29 6 1 8 22 28 29 0.221 0.363 0.466 0.828 0.223 4.31 0.141 0.189 vs Right 219 43 59 17 2 18 48 42 50 0.269 0.386 0.612 0.998 0.272 4.23 0.117 0.242 vs Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.00 0.000 0.000 vs. L.A. 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522 0.286 4.35 0.078 0.000 Dale Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 season totals 250 47 64 17 2 19 49 45 58 0.256 0.369 0.568 0.937 0.260 4.18 0.113 0.208