Fred Hornkohl

CUBS see a lot of pitches and take their fair share of walks when Angel Hernandez is behind the plate.... but otherwise there's nothing very exciting in these limited samples....... Angel Hernandez AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Pie 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0.000 3.00 0.000 1.000 Ramirez 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0.333 0.500 1.000 1.500 0.250 4.38 0.167 0.500 DeRosa 9 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.444 0.444 0.778 1.222 0.600 3.89 0.000 0.143 D Lee 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 0.286 3.00 0.089 0.000 Fukudome 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 0.333 6.63 0.089 0.000 Fontenot 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 0.333 4.20 0.150 0.000 Johnson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 0.250 5.20 0.150 0.000 Soriano 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.250 3.00 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.400 4.25 0.000 0.500 Edmonds 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 4.00 0.500 0.000 Soto 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.13 0.000 0.000 Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.000 0.000 CUBS 66 10 16 2 0 3 10 6 15 0.242 0.324 0.409 0.733 0.271 4.40 0.082 0.171

Bruce says 98, eh? remaining expected projected Opponent record pct games (W/L) totals Cincinnati 7- 5 0.583 3 1.7- 1.3 8.7- 6.3 Houston 6- 6 0.500 6 3.0- 3.0 9.0- 9.0 Milwaukee 6- 4 0.600 6 3.6- 2.4 9.6- 6.4 Pittsburgh 11- 4 0.733 3 2.2- 0.8 13.2- 4.8 St. Louis 5- 4 0.556 6 3.3- 2.7 8.3- 6.7 Atlanta 6- 0 1.000 6.0- 0.0 Florida 4- 3 0.571 4.0- 3.0 Washington 2- 3 0.400 1 0.4- 0.6 2.4- 3.6 NY Mets 2- 0 1.000 4 4.0- 0.0 6.0- 0.0 Philadelphia 1- 2 0.333 4 1.3- 2.7 2.3- 4.7 Arizona 4- 2 0.667 4.0- 2.0 Colorado 5- 1 0.833 5.0- 1.0 Los Angeles 5- 2 0.714 5.0- 2.0 San Diego 5- 2 0.714 5.0- 2.0 San Francisco 4- 3 0.571 4.0- 3.0 white sox 3- 3 0.500 3.0- 3.0 Baltimore 1- 2 0.333 1.0- 2.0 Tampa Bay 0- 3 0.000 0.0- 3.0 Toronto 2- 1 0.667 2.0- 1.0 totals 79-50 0.612 33 19.5-13.5 98.5-63.5

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... CUBS are 15-5 on Sundays CUBS are 14-6 in August CUBS are 2-3 vs. Washington CUBS are 15-8 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 18-13 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 46-31 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 26-15 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-3 in games that close out a home stand CUBS are 17-3-1 in home series CUBS have won 7 consecutive series CUBS are 42-23 in day games CUBS are 48-19 at home CUBS are 54-38 against right handers CUBS are 26-25 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 50-18 when they get a quality start.... 29-32 when they don't CUBS are 21-31 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 58-19 when they don't CUBS are 56-17 when they score first in the game.... 23-33 when they don't CUBS are 29-8 when they score in the first inning.... 50-42 when they don't CUBS are 65-33 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-17 when they do CUBS are 66-11 when they score at least 4 runs.... 13-39 when they don't CUBS are 48-14 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 31-36 when they don't CUBS are 66-7 when they outhit the opponents.... 6-30 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even CUBS are 33-11 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 46-39 when he doesn't CUBS are 18-19 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games CUBS are 43-34 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 36-16 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 47-18 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 29-31 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 63-28 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 16-22 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 99 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 873 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 187 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 652 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1174 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 93 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 136 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 89 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 57 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05 CUBS are scoring 5.39 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.88 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 19.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.382 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.5% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS have allowed 12 sac bunts in their last 61 games CUBS have thrown out 21 runners trying to steal in 69 attempts during their last 96 games CUBS are 36-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 3-18 when they get less than 7 hits CUBS have committed 4 errors in their last 13 games CUBS have stolen 19 bases in 23 attempts during their last 24 games. CUBS pitchers have 30 quality starts in their last 48 games CUBS have homered in 31 of their last 43 games CUBS have homered in 29 of their last 37 home games CUBS have scored first in 27 out of their last 42 games CUBS have GIDP'd 25 times in their last 21 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 7 times CUBS pitchers have allowed 38 HR in their last 37 games CUBS pitchers have hit 13 batters in the last 32 games CUBS are 5-3 with Derryl Cousuin's crew on the field this year... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine .20 Tue 04/22 New York 8- 1 Lilly Figueroa .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 128 Fri 08/22 Washington 5-13 Marquis Lannan 129 Sat 08/23 Washington 9- 2 Dempster Perez 130 Sun 08/24 Washington - Harden Bergmann Composite scoring with Derryl Cousin's crew on the field this year.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 1 2 13 4 2 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Opponents 2 0 0 1 2 12 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 CUBS are 2-0 with Angel Hernandez behind home plate this year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine .64 Sun 06/08 @ Los Angeles 3- 1 Marquis Penny 130 Sun 08/24 Washington - Harden Bergmann CUBS were 3-0 with Angel Hernandez behind home plate last year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .17 Sat 04/21 St. Louis 6- 0 Marquis Reyes .95 Fri 07/20 Arizona 6- 2 Marquis Webb 121 Fri 08/17 St. Louis 2- 1 Hill Looper CUBS home attendance 2008 2007 2006 # Dates 67 67 67 Attendance 2729842 2686019 2631322 % Capacity 0.98869 0.97499 0.95514 Average 40744 40090 39869 High 41730 41909 41698 Low 37812 32126 36608 Std Dev 888.4 1885.2 1090.7 Sellouts 27 19 5 37001 - 38000 2 38001 - 39000 0 39001 - 40000 13 40001 - 41000 17 more than 41000 35 CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 25 17- 8 16 0.640 164.0 2592 15.8 6.6 103.7 3.29 5.24 Lilly 27 17-10 16 0.593 161.0 2621 16.3 6.0 97.1 4.25 5.59 Dempster 27 19- 8 18 0.667 170.7 2753 16.1 6.3 102.0 2.85 5.96 Hill 5 3- 2 1 0.200 19.7 353 17.9 3.9 70.6 4.12 4.60 Marquis 23 13-10 9 0.391 134.3 2117 15.8 5.8 92.0 4.82 5.78 Lieber 1 0- 1 0 0.000 2.0 49 24.5 2.0 49.0 22.50 0.00 Gallagher 10 4- 6 3 0.300 54.7 989 18.1 5.5 98.9 4.61 3.70 Marshall 4 1- 3 2 0.500 22.7 346 15.3 5.7 86.5 3.97 3.50 Harden 7 5- 2 3 0.429 42.0 679 16.2 6.0 97.0 1.50 6.43 CUBS 129 79-50 68 0.527 771.0 12499 16.2 6.0 96.9 3.75 5.39 CUBS are 5-2 when Harden starts Harden is 3 of 7 in quality starts Harden has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 0.86.... to Blanco it's 3.38 CUBS score 5.35 R/G overall.... 6.43 R/G when Harden pitches CUBS hit 1.16 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Harden pitches CUBS have scored first in 6 of Harden's 7 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 3 of Harden's 7 starts Harden has not given up a run in the first inning in any of his 7 starts CUBS' offensive support of Harden..... 03/31 - 08/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Harden 247 45 66 18 2 7 109 45 28 47 0.267 0.352 0.441 0.793 CUBS overall 4468 695 1254 267 17 149 2002 659 519 935 0.281 0.358 0.448 0.807 Composite scoring in games started by Harden......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 7 5 4 9 1 0 5 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 Opponents 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 Harden's starts this year (3-1) Harden IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/12 vs. S.F. 5.3 5 0 0 3 10 0 96 5.06 16.88 0.00 1.50 0.00 07/21 vs. Ariz 7.0 1 1 1 2 10 1 112 2.57 12.86 1.29 0.43 1.29 07/26 vs. Flor 5.0 2 1 1 3 10 1 87 5.40 18.00 1.80 1.00 1.80 07/31 vs. Milw 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 1 105 0.00 11.57 1.29 0.86 1.29 08/05 vs. Houst 5.7 8 5 4 1 8 2 93 1.59 12.71 3.18 1.59 6.35 08/13 vs. Atla 5.0 2 0 0 5 2 0 92 9.00 3.60 0.00 1.40 0.00 08/19 vs. Cincy 7.0 2 0 0 0 10 0 94 0.00 12.86 0.00 0.29 0.00 Home 23.0 17 6 5 7 38 3 370 2.74 14.87 1.17 1.04 1.96 Road 19.0 9 2 2 7 21 2 309 3.32 9.95 0.95 0.84 0.95 Day 16.0 15 6 5 7 28 3 276 3.94 15.75 1.69 1.38 2.81 Nite 26.0 11 2 2 7 31 2 403 2.42 10.73 0.69 0.69 0.69 Home Day 16.0 15 6 5 7 28 3 276 3.94 15.75 1.69 1.38 2.81 July 24.3 14 3 3 8 39 3 400 2.96 14.42 1.11 0.90 1.11 August 17.7 12 5 4 6 20 2 279 3.06 10.19 1.02 1.02 2.04 season totals 42.0 26 8 7 14 59 5 679 3.00 12.64 1.07 0.95 1.50 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tues Mon Sun Totals 23 Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug 18 Aug 17 Aug vs Wash vs Wash vs Cincy vs Cincy vs Cincy no game @ Flor pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 0.7 14 1.0 10 1.7 31 3.3 55 Gaudin 2.0 52 2.0 52 Howry 1.0 8 1.0 8 Marmol 0.7 4 1.0 14 1.0 11 1.0 17 3.7 46 Marshall 1.0 18 1.0 18 Samardzija 1.0 10 0.3 4 1.3 14 Wood 1.0 18 1.0 116 2.0 134 Totals 1.7 22 3.7 74 2.0 32 2.0 20 2.0 127 3.0 52 14.3 327 CUBS' season series vs. Washington this year (2-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N 3- 5 Dempster Perez .24 Sat 04/26 @ Washington N 7- 0 Zambrano Chico .25 Sun 04/27 @ Washington 0- 2 Lilly Lannan 128 Fri 08/22 Washington 5-13 Marquis Lannan 129 Sat 08/23 Washington 9- 2 Dempster Perez 130 Sun 08/24 Washington - Harden Bergmann CUBS' season series vs. Washington in 2007 (6-1)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .27 Fri 05/04 Washington 6- 4 Zambrano Bergmann .28 Sat 05/05 Washington 5- 3 Hill Patterson .29 Sun 05/06 Washington 4- 3 Guzman Hill .81 Mon 07/02 @ Washington 7- 2 Lilly Simontacchi .82 Tue 07/03 @ Washington 3- 1 Zambrano Redding .83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington 0- 6 Hill Chico .84 Thu 07/05 @ Washington 4- 2 Marshall Bergmann Composite scoring vs. Washington this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 4 2 2 6 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Opponents 2 2 0 0 0 7 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 CUBS hitters vs. Washington this year..... vs. Wash AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% D Lee 16 4 6 2 0 1 5 6 4 0.375 0.545 0.688 1.233 0.455 4.27 0.170 0.333 Ramirez 21 3 7 2 0 2 9 2 2 0.333 0.391 0.714 1.106 0.294 3.87 0.058 0.389 DeRosa 18 2 6 0 0 2 5 3 3 0.333 0.429 0.667 1.095 0.308 3.59 0.095 0.300 Theriot 21 4 8 1 0 0 2 3 2 0.381 0.458 0.429 0.887 0.421 3.21 0.077 0.154 Johnson 19 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 4 0.368 0.429 0.421 0.850 0.467 3.33 0.060 0.000 Ward 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.500 5.00 0.167 0.000 Soriano 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0.167 0.444 0.333 0.778 0.200 4.22 0.278 0.200 Cedeno 16 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.313 0.313 0.438 0.750 0.385 3.19 0.000 0.000 Blanco 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.333 4.00 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 16 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.188 0.278 0.313 0.590 0.250 4.44 0.090 0.000 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 3.50 0.500 1.000 Pie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 4.00 0.500 0.000 Soto 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 0.500 4.17 0.097 0.000 Fontenot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.000 0.000 vs Chico 19 5 8 2 0 0 5 2 5 0.421 0.476 0.526 1.003 0.571 4.05 0.055 0.385 vs Estrada 8 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 3 0.250 0.333 0.625 0.958 0.250 3.89 0.083 1.000 vs Perez 44 7 15 4 0 1 7 8 11 0.341 0.453 0.500 0.953 0.438 3.44 0.112 0.182 vs Hanrahan 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 0.250 0.400 0.500 0.900 0.400 4.90 0.150 0.000 vs Mock 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.667 0.833 0.000 3.33 0.000 0.000 vs Lannan 48 5 11 1 0 2 3 7 6 0.229 0.327 0.375 0.702 0.225 3.47 0.098 0.036 vs Colome 12 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0.250 0.357 0.333 0.690 0.300 3.64 0.107 0.286 vs Shell 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 4.00 0.000 0.333 vs Cordero 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.500 4.25 0.000 0.000 vs Rivera 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.500 0.250 3.83 0.000 0.000 vs Rauch 6 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. starters 111 17 34 7 0 3 15 17 22 0.306 0.403 0.450 0.854 0.360 3.55 0.097 0.162 vs. relievers 61 7 14 4 0 2 8 7 19 0.230 0.319 0.393 0.712 0.300 3.91 0.089 0.167 vs Left 111 17 34 7 0 3 16 18 22 0.306 0.408 0.450 0.858 0.360 3.56 0.101 0.173 vs Right 61 7 14 4 0 2 7 6 19 0.230 0.309 0.393 0.702 0.300 3.90 0.079 0.143 Home 71 14 23 2 0 5 13 8 14 0.324 0.392 0.563 0.956 0.346 3.42 0.068 0.190 Road 101 10 25 9 0 0 10 16 27 0.248 0.361 0.337 0.698 0.338 3.85 0.114 0.147 Day 101 14 27 3 0 5 13 13 20 0.267 0.351 0.446 0.796 0.289 3.56 0.084 0.133 Nite 71 10 21 8 0 0 10 11 21 0.296 0.405 0.408 0.813 0.420 3.84 0.109 0.200 Leading off 39 8 9 2 0 0 0 5 9 0.231 0.318 0.282 0.600 0.300 3.91 0.087 0.000 Pinch hitting 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.167 4.20 0.089 0.125 bases empty 85 14 24 5 0 2 2 12 18 0.282 0.384 0.412 0.796 0.338 3.74 0.101 0.000 runners on 87 10 24 6 0 3 21 12 23 0.276 0.364 0.448 0.812 0.344 3.62 0.088 0.165 scoring pos 48 4 12 3 0 2 18 7 14 0.250 0.345 0.438 0.783 0.313 3.70 0.095 0.200 totals vs. Wash 172 24 48 11 0 5 23 24 41 0.279 0.374 0.430 0.804 0.341 3.68 0.095 0.164 season totals 4466 695 1254 267 17 149 657 519 935 0.281 0.359 0.448 0.807 0.327 3.88 0.078 0.199 CUBS pitchers vs. Washington this year...... vs. Wash IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 7.0 5 0 0 4 5 0 114 5.14 6.43 0.00 1.29 0.00 Marmol 1.7 1 0 0 2 2 0 24 10.80 10.80 0.00 1.80 0.00 Wuertz 1.7 0 0 0 1 2 0 24 5.40 10.80 0.00 0.60 0.00 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Lieber 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 14.3 12 4 3 4 9 1 219 2.51 5.65 0.63 1.12 1.88 Lilly 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 108 3.00 10.50 0.00 1.00 3.00 Marquis 5.3 4 4 4 3 3 0 88 5.06 5.06 0.00 1.31 6.75 Marshall 1.3 2 1 1 1 0 0 32 6.75 0.00 0.00 2.25 6.75 Howry 1.3 4 3 3 0 1 1 18 0.00 6.75 6.75 3.00 20.25 Cotts 0.7 1 2 2 1 1 1 14 13.50 13.50 13.50 3.00 27.00 Gaudin 2.0 6 6 6 2 3 2 52 9.00 13.50 9.00 4.00 27.00 totals vs. Wash 43.3 40 22 21 20 35 5 716 4.15 7.27 1.04 1.38 4.36 season totals 1164.0 1059 525 490 426 1004 137 19094 3.29 7.76 1.06 1.28 3.79 CUBS' last 21 games (15-6).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 109 Thu 07/31 @ Milwaukee 11- 4 Harden Bush 110 Fri 08/01 Pittsburgh 0- 3 Marquis Karstens 111 Sat 08/02 Pittsburgh 5- 1 Lilly Maholm 112 Sun 08/03 Pittsburgh 8- 5 Zambrano Snell 113 Mon 08/04 Houston N 0- 2 Dempster Moehler 114 Tue 08/05 Houston 11- 7 Harden Rodriguez 115 Wed 08/06 Houston 11- 4 Marquis Backe 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 119 Wed 08/13 @ Atlanta 10- 2 Marquis Morton 120 Wed 08/13 @ Atlanta N 8- 0 Harden Campillo 121 Thu 08/14 @ Atlanta N 11- 7 Lilly Glavine 122 Fri 08/15 @ Florida N 6- 5 Zambrano Johnson 123 Sat 08/16 @ Florida N 1- 2 Marshall Sanchez 124 Sun 08/17 @ Florida 9- 2 Dempster Volstad 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 128 Fri 08/22 Washington 5-13 Marquis Lannan 129 Sat 08/23 Washington 9- 2 Dempster Perez Composite scoring during the last 21 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 10 17 17 22 9 7 18 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 126 Opponents 4 7 13 6 7 14 11 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games...... 07/31 - 08/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Johnson 40 7 19 6 0 1 7 0 8 0.475 0.476 0.700 1.176 0.581 3.29 0.001 0.231 DeRosa 66 18 23 6 0 6 21 10 13 0.348 0.430 0.712 1.143 0.362 3.99 0.082 0.357 Ramirez 68 18 25 8 0 4 18 10 8 0.368 0.450 0.662 1.112 0.375 4.08 0.082 0.326 Edmonds 42 13 9 4 0 5 11 12 12 0.214 0.400 0.667 1.067 0.160 4.00 0.186 0.300 Soto 55 13 19 4 1 1 11 13 9 0.345 0.464 0.509 0.973 0.400 3.96 0.118 0.313 Blanco 17 4 5 2 0 1 2 2 0 0.294 0.368 0.588 0.957 0.250 3.84 0.074 0.100 Soriano 89 16 24 7 0 5 16 9 22 0.270 0.343 0.517 0.860 0.306 3.81 0.074 0.314 D Lee 72 11 19 3 0 1 7 12 14 0.264 0.365 0.347 0.712 0.316 4.07 0.101 0.162 Fontenot 27 1 8 2 0 0 3 1 6 0.296 0.321 0.370 0.692 0.381 3.79 0.025 0.176 Theriot 74 10 21 1 0 0 3 10 7 0.284 0.376 0.297 0.674 0.313 3.76 0.093 0.097 Ward 14 2 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 0.143 0.278 0.357 0.635 0.111 3.89 0.135 0.333 Cedeno 18 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 3 0.222 0.263 0.278 0.541 0.267 3.79 0.041 0.250 Fukudome 66 6 11 2 0 1 9 8 14 0.167 0.250 0.242 0.492 0.196 3.93 0.083 0.163 last 21 games 691 126 198 48 1 28 121 91 134 0.287 0.370 0.480 0.851 0.321 3.83 0.084 0.242 season totals 4466 695 1254 267 17 149 657 519 935 0.281 0.359 0.448 0.807 0.327 3.88 0.078 0.199 CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games...... 07/31 - 08/23 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Samardzija 11.0 6 0 0 4 10 0 175 3.27 8.18 0.00 0.91 0.00 Wood 7.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 117 1.29 10.29 0.00 0.71 0.00 Marmol 11.7 1 1 1 3 13 1 168 2.31 10.03 0.77 0.34 0.77 Harden 24.7 18 6 5 6 29 3 384 2.19 10.58 1.09 0.97 1.82 Marshall 12.0 9 3 3 3 13 1 161 2.25 9.75 0.75 1.00 2.25 Dempster 25.0 24 7 7 7 27 0 395 2.52 9.72 0.00 1.24 2.52 Lilly 26.7 23 9 9 9 24 2 385 3.04 8.10 0.68 1.20 3.04 Cotts 7.3 7 4 4 1 8 1 119 1.23 9.82 1.23 1.09 4.91 Marquis 23.0 24 13 13 8 9 2 390 3.13 3.52 0.78 1.39 5.09 Zambrano 22.3 23 17 16 11 15 7 395 4.43 6.04 2.82 1.52 6.45 Howry 8.0 11 6 6 2 7 2 142 2.25 7.88 2.25 1.63 6.75 Gaudin 10.0 12 10 10 6 11 3 194 5.40 9.90 2.70 1.80 9.00 Eyre 0.3 3 3 3 0 0 0 25 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 81.00 last 21 games 189.0 165 79 77 61 174 22 3050 2.90 8.29 1.05 1.20 3.67 season totals 1164.0 1059 525 490 426 1004 137 19094 3.29 7.76 1.06 1.28 3.79 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 08/23 P PA P/PA Ward 386 89 4.34 Fukudome 2189 511 4.28 Edmonds 954 231 4.13 Fontenot 899 223 4.03 Ramirez 2115 525 4.03 D Lee 2276 574 3.97 Soto 1876 474 3.96 DeRosa 1935 491 3.94 Cedeno 685 179 3.83 Theriot 2020 540 3.74 Johnson 1143 307 3.72 E Patterson 161 44 3.66 Pie 253 70 3.61 Soriano 1340 371 3.61 Blanco 354 99 3.58 Murton 144 41 3.51 Hoffpauir 135 39 3.46 CUBS 19864 5122 3.88 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 08/23 BDI LOB RBI% Johnson 39 107 0.267 Soriano 40 113 0.261 Ramirez 67 196 0.255 Edmonds 27 85 0.241 E Patterson 6 19 0.240 DeRosa 59 210 0.219 D Lee 56 221 0.202 Cedeno 22 89 0.198 Soto 51 215 0.192 Fontenot 23 102 0.184 Ward 10 45 0.182 Murton 6 29 0.171 Fukudome 39 197 0.165 Theriot 32 168 0.160 Pie 6 44 0.120 Hoffpauir 1 9 0.100 Blanco 5 55 0.083 CUBS 508 2049 0.199 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 29 St. Louis 25 Houston 20 Pittsburgh 12 Cincinnati 11 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Only a run off. What's a run in between friends, anyway ??

Saturday 23 August 2008 Washington @ CUBS 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 1 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 9 13 2 Washington ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Bonifacio 2b 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Harris lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orr lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zimmerman 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milledge cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Belliard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flores c 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kearns rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 A Hernandez ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Perez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Langerhans ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estrada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boone ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 totals 34 2 10 2 1 5 16 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 5 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Ramirez 3b 5 2 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Johnson cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Soto c 5 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dempster p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 totals 36 9 13 9 5 9 17 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Perez 4.3 10 5 5 4 4 1 88 Mock 1.7 1 1 1 0 2 1 20 Estrada 2.0 2 3 3 1 3 1 35 totals 8.0 13 9 9 5 9 3 143 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Dempster 7.3 8 1 1 1 4 0 111 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Marshall 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 totals 9.0 10 2 2 1 5 0 133 W:Dempster (15-5) S:none L:Perez (5-10) T:2:49 A:40,708 Home runs: Washington: none CUBS: Ramirez (21 & 22), DeRosa (17) http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

Washington CUBS P/PA 3.50 3.33 RBI% 0.13 0.26 R/BR 0.17 0.50 BA 0.294 0.361 OBP 0.343 0.439 SLG 0.353 0.639 OPS 0.696 1.078 ERA 10.13 2.00 BB/9 5.63 1.00 K/9 10.13 5.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Marshall in to pitch for the CUBS Kearns popped out to first base A Hernandez blooped a single to shallow right field Boone, pinch hitting for Estrada, doubled to right center field , A Hernandez to third Bonifacio flied out to right field , A Hernandez scored, Boone holding second Orr grounded out to third, 5-3 1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 1 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 9 13 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W:Dempster (15-5) S:none L:Perez (5-10) T:2:49 A:40,708 Home runs: Washington: none CUBS: Ramirez (21 & 22), DeRosa (17) Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Perez 4.3 10 5 5 4 4 1 88 Mock 1.7 1 1 1 0 2 1 20 Estrada 2.0 2 3 3 1 3 1 35 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 7.3 8 1 1 1 3 0 111 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Marshall 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Bonifacio flied out to right field , A Hernandez scored, Boone holding second

Boone, pinch hitting for Estrada, doubled to right center field , A Hernandez to third

A Hernandez blooped a single to shallow right field

Kearns popped out to first base

Marshall in to pitch for the CUBS

Washington CUBS P/PA 3.48 3.33 RBI% 0.07 0.26 R/BR 0.10 0.50 BA 0.267 0.361 OBP 0.313 0.439 SLG 0.300 0.639 OPS 0.613 1.078 ERA 10.13 1.13 BB/9 5.63 1.13 K/9 10.13 5.63

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Orr in to play lf for Washington Theriot grounded an IF single to the pitcher Ward walked , Theriot to second A Ramirez homered to right field , Theriot & Ward scored Johnson flied out to center field DeRosa grounded out to first, 3-1 Soto called out on strikes 3 runs 2 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 9 13 2 Home runs: Washington: none CUBS: Ramirez (21 & 22), DeRosa (17) Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Perez 4.3 10 5 5 4 4 1 88 Mock 1.7 1 1 1 0 2 1 20 Estrada 2.0 2 3 3 1 3 1 35 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 7.3 8 1 1 1 3 0 111 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

DeRosa grounded out to first, 3-1

Johnson flied out to center field

A Ramirez homered to right field , Theriot & Ward scored

Ward walked, Theriot to second

Theriot is amazing. I can feel the grit all the way over here !! Go CUBS !!

Theriot grounded an IF single to the pitcher

Orr in to play lf for Washington

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Harris grounded out to second, 4-3 Zimmerman singled to left field Milledge hit by pitch , Zimmerman to second Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS Belliard grounded into a FC, 6-4, Milledge out at second, Zimmerman to third Flores struck out swinging 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 11 2 Home runs: Washington: none CUBS: Ramirez (21), DeRosa (17) Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Perez 4.3 10 5 5 4 4 1 88 Mock 1.7 1 1 1 0 2 1 20 Estrada 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 7.3 8 1 1 1 3 0 111 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

D Lee with upper back spasms.... day to day

Belliard grounded into a FC, 6-4, Milledge out at second, Zimmerman to third

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS