Fred Hornkohl

The comeback begins.

Dangerous my friend, dangerous. No, predicting is not at all dangerous. Now, betting your hard earned greenback dollars based on those predictions..... well, THAT'S dangerous !!! :wink:

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday........... CUBS are 9-7 on Tuesdays CUBS are 11-4 in August CUBS are 5-4 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 32-22 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 17-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 45-29 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 25-15 in games that start a series CUBS are 7-3 in games that open a home stand CUBS are 16-3-1 in home series CUBS have won 6 consecutive series CUBS are 9-2 in series sweeps CUBS are 36-26 at night CUBS are 45-17 at home CUBS are 52-37 against right handers CUBS are 38-16 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 47-17 when they get a quality start.... 29-31 when they don't CUBS are 20-30 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 56-18 when they don't CUBS are 53-15 when they score first in the game.... 23-33 when they don't CUBS are 28-7 when they score in the first inning.... 48-41 when they don't CUBS have outscored their opponents 64-48 in the first inning CUBS are 62-31 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-17 when they do CUBS are 64-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-38 when they don't CUBS are 45-13 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 31-35 when they don't CUBS are 64-7 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-28 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even CUBS are 32-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 44-38 when he doesn't CUBS are 17-18 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games CUBS are 40-32 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 36-16 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 45-17 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 28-30 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 61-27 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 15-21 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 878 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 186 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 655 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1177 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 132 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 56 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05 CUBS have allowed 11 sac bunts in their last 56 games CUBS have thrown out 19 runners trying to steal in 63 attempts during their last 91 games CUBS are 35-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-17 when they get less than 7 hits CUBS have committed 1 error in their last 8 games CUBS have stolen 16 bases in 20 attempts during their last 19 games. CUBS pitchers have 26 quality starts in their last 43 games CUBS have homered in 28 of their last 38 games CUBS have homered in 26 of their last 32 home games CUBS have scored first in 22 out of their last 37 games CUBS have GIDP'd 18 times in their last 16 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 4 times CUBS pitchers have allowed 33 HR in their last 32 games CUBS pitchers have hit 12 batters in the last 27 games CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 24 16- 8 15 0.625 157.0 2487 15.8 6.5 103.6 3.38 5.33 Lilly 26 17- 9 15 0.577 154.0 2521 16.4 5.9 97.0 4.32 5.77 Dempster 26 18- 8 17 0.654 163.3 2642 16.2 6.3 101.6 2.92 5.85 Hill 5 3- 2 1 0.200 19.7 353 17.9 3.9 70.6 4.12 4.60 Marquis 22 13- 9 9 0.409 129.0 2029 15.7 5.9 92.2 4.74 5.82 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 6 4- 2 2 0.333 35.0 585 16.7 5.8 97.5 1.80 6.67 CUBS 124 76-48 64 0.516 737.3 12001 16.3 5.9 96.8 3.82 5.42 CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 2 years........ - - 2006 - - - - 2007 - - - - 2008 - - CUBS Oppnt CUBS Oppnt CUBS Oppnt ERA 4.781 3.901 4.041 4.232 3.810 5.142 IP 1430.7 1446.7 1447.7 1442.0 1117.3 1101.0 H 1396 1497 1340 1530 1024 1214 R 834 716 690 752 506 672 ER 760 627 650 678 473 629 BB 687 395 573 500 413 501 K 1250 928 1211 1054 965 901 HR 210 166 165 151 131 142 BB/9 4.32 2.46 3.56 3.12 3.33 4.10 K/9 7.86 5.77 7.53 6.58 7.77 7.37 HR/9 1.32 1.03 1.03 0.94 1.06 1.16 WHIP 1.46 1.31 1.32 1.41 1.29 1.56 # Pit 24619 22583 23515 23421 18426 19209 #P/IP 17.2 15.6 16.2 16.2 16.5 17.4 CUBS are 4-2 when Harden starts Harden is 2 of 6 in quality starts Harden has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s) Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 1.11.... to Blanco it's 3.38 CUBS score 5.42 R/G overall.... 6.67 R/G when Harden pitches CUBS hit 1.15 HR/G overall.... 1.17 HR/G when Harden pitches CUBS have scored first in 5 of Harden's 6 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 3 of Harden's 6 starts Harden has not given up a run in the first inning in any of his 6 starts CUBS' offensive support of Harden..... 03/31 - 08/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Harden 218 40 58 14 1 7 95 40 25 40 0.266 0.348 0.436 0.784 CUBS overall 4313 672 1214 260 16 142 1932 638 501 901 0.281 0.359 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 0 0 5 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 Opponents 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 Harden's starts this year (2-1) 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 Home 16.0 15 6 5 7 28 3 276 3.94 15.75 1.69 1.38 2.81 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 19.0 9 2 2 7 21 2 309 3.32 9.95 0.95 0.84 0.95 Home Nite 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 July 24.3 14 3 3 8 39 3 400 2.96 14.42 1.11 0.90 1.11 August 10.7 10 5 4 6 10 2 185 5.06 8.44 1.69 1.50 3.38 season totals 35.0 24 8 7 14 49 5 585 3.60 12.60 1.29 1.09 1.80 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Totals 18 Aug 17 Aug 16 Aug 15 Aug 14 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug no game @ Flor @ Flor @ Flor @ Atla @ Atla no game pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 1.7 31 1.7 29 3.3 60 Gaudin 2.0 20 1.0 21 3.0 41 Howry 1.0 23 0.7 21 1.0 20 2.7 64 Marmol 1.0 17 1.0 12 1.3 11 3.3 40 Marshall 1.0 10 1.0 10 Samardzija 0.3 4 1.0 16 2.0 29 3.3 49 Wood 1.0 30 1.0 25 1.0 10 3.0 65 Totals 3.0 52 3.0 51 3.0 50 3.0 57 7.7 119 19.7 329 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year (5-4) ....... 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 - Harden Cueto 126 Wed 08/20 Cincinnati N - Lilly Arroyo 127 Thu 08/21 Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang 141 Fri 09/05 @ Cincinnati N - Lilly Harang 142 Sat 09/06 @ Cincinnati N - Zambrano Arroyo 143 Sun 09/07 @ Cincinnati - Dempster Cueto CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati in 2007 (9-9)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..1 Mon 04/02 @ Cincinnati 1- 5 Zambrano Harang ..2 Wed 04/04 @ Cincinnati N 4- 1 Lilly Arroyo ..3 Thu 04/05 @ Cincinnati 2- 5 Marquis Lohse ..9 Fri 04/13 Cincinnati 5- 6 Zambrano Harang .10 Sat 04/14 Cincinnati 7- 0 Hill Arroyo .11 Sun 04/15 Cincinnati 0- 1 Lilly Lohse 101 Fri 07/27 @ Cincinnati N 4- 5 Hill Arroyo 102 Sat 07/28 @ Cincinnati N 8- 1 Marshall Harang 103 Sun 07/29 @ Cincinnati 6- 0 Zambrano Belisle 118 Tue 08/14 Cincinnati N 5- 6 Zambrano Harang 119 Wed 08/15 Cincinnati N 9-11 Lilly Dumatrait 120 Thu 08/16 Cincinnati 12- 4 Marquis Livingston 151 Mon 09/17 Cincinnati N 7- 6 Hill Arroyo 152 Tue 09/18 Cincinnati N 2- 5 Zambrano Harang 153 Wed 09/19 Cincinnati N 3- 2 Lilly Shearn 160 Fri 09/28 @ Cincinnati N 6- 0 Zambrano Arroyo 161 Sat 09/29 @ Cincinnati N 4- 0 Hill Harang 162 Sun 09/30 @ Cincinnati 4- 8 Lilly Bailey Composite scoring vs. Cincinnati this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 6 8 7 6 7 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Opponents 3 9 7 8 3 5 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 CUBS hitters vs. Cueto this year..... vs Cueto AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Ramirez 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.500 0.667 2.000 2.667 0.000 2.67 0.167 0.000 Soto 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0.600 0.667 1.400 2.067 0.667 4.00 0.067 0.000 Theriot 7 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.571 0.571 0.714 1.286 0.800 3.71 0.000 0.500 D Lee 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.333 0.429 0.333 0.762 0.333 4.71 0.095 0.400 Fukudome 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 0.400 3.29 0.000 0.200 Johnson 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 4.00 0.000 0.000 Soriano 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 4.67 0.000 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 DeRosa 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 4.50 0.167 0.000 Fontenot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.67 0.000 0.000 Edmonds 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.00 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Cueto 50 8 14 3 0 2 6 4 14 0.280 0.345 0.460 0.805 0.353 3.91 0.065 0.154 totals vs. Cincy 306 48 86 19 1 9 43 43 81 0.281 0.372 0.438 0.810 0.356 4.22 0.091 0.175 season totals 4311 672 1214 260 16 142 636 501 901 0.282 0.359 0.448 0.807 0.328 3.89 0.078 0.200 CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Soto 28 4 10 3 0 2 7 4 8 0.357 0.424 0.679 1.103 0.444 3.70 0.067 0.250 Ramirez 26 7 8 2 1 1 5 6 7 0.308 0.441 0.577 1.018 0.389 4.82 0.133 0.222 Fontenot 26 7 7 3 0 2 5 5 7 0.269 0.387 0.615 1.002 0.294 4.61 0.118 0.176 Theriot 38 7 15 3 0 1 5 3 5 0.395 0.439 0.553 0.992 0.438 3.51 0.044 0.286 D Lee 36 7 11 1 0 2 7 6 7 0.306 0.405 0.500 0.905 0.333 4.88 0.099 0.185 DeRosa 22 6 5 1 0 1 5 5 10 0.227 0.414 0.409 0.823 0.364 4.62 0.187 0.235 Soriano 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.300 0.364 0.400 0.764 0.375 3.91 0.064 0.000 Johnson 19 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.316 0.300 0.368 0.668 0.400 4.05 -0.016 0.167 Ward 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200 0.429 0.200 0.629 0.200 5.29 0.229 0.000 Fukudome 35 4 7 2 0 0 3 5 12 0.200 0.300 0.257 0.557 0.304 4.41 0.100 0.150 Edmonds 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.100 0.250 0.200 0.450 0.143 4.42 0.150 0.000 Blanco 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.333 4.20 0.000 0.111 Pie 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0.133 0.235 0.133 0.369 0.286 3.94 0.102 0.000 Cedeno 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.143 3.89 0.000 0.286 E Patterson 2 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 Fogg 13 9 7 4 0 1 7 2 3 0.538 0.625 1.077 1.702 0.667 3.94 0.087 0.750 vs Arroyo 21 5 7 3 0 1 5 3 2 0.333 0.417 0.619 1.036 0.333 4.29 0.083 0.286 vs Mercker 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 0.500 3.80 0.000 0.333 vs Coffey 9 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.286 5.33 0.000 0.200 vs Harang 73 14 21 2 1 4 14 11 23 0.288 0.372 0.507 0.879 0.370 4.13 0.084 0.233 vs Cueto 50 8 14 3 0 2 6 4 14 0.280 0.345 0.460 0.805 0.353 3.91 0.065 0.154 vs Burton 22 3 7 2 0 0 3 1 5 0.318 0.348 0.409 0.757 0.412 4.00 0.030 0.231 vs Affeldt 16 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 5 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 0.364 4.28 0.083 0.000 vs Cordero 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 3 0.200 0.467 0.200 0.667 0.286 4.87 0.267 0.083 vs Weathers 24 0 6 2 0 0 1 2 3 0.250 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.286 4.22 0.083 0.050 vs Bray 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 0.333 4.60 0.150 0.000 vs Lincoln 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 0.250 0.333 0.250 0.583 0.300 4.53 0.083 0.200 vs Volquez 41 1 8 0 0 0 1 10 17 0.195 0.353 0.195 0.548 0.333 4.42 0.158 0.034 vs Majewski 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.200 4.00 0.000 0.000 vs. starters 191 37 56 12 1 8 33 30 54 0.293 0.391 0.492 0.883 0.372 4.14 0.098 0.212 vs. relievers 115 11 30 7 0 1 10 13 27 0.261 0.338 0.348 0.686 0.333 4.38 0.078 0.118 vs Left 25 5 7 3 0 0 1 3 7 0.280 0.357 0.400 0.757 0.389 4.25 0.077 0.077 vs Right 281 43 79 16 1 9 42 40 74 0.281 0.373 0.441 0.814 0.354 4.22 0.092 0.182 Home 205 42 62 16 1 8 37 30 53 0.302 0.392 0.507 0.899 0.375 4.28 0.089 0.213 Road 101 6 24 3 0 1 6 13 28 0.238 0.330 0.297 0.627 0.319 4.11 0.093 0.086 Day 103 9 24 4 0 1 7 16 27 0.233 0.342 0.301 0.643 0.307 4.45 0.109 0.090 Nite 203 39 62 15 1 8 36 27 54 0.305 0.387 0.507 0.895 0.383 4.11 0.082 0.220 Pinch hitting 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.077 0.250 0.077 0.327 0.083 4.81 0.173 0.000 man on 1st 75 10 20 6 0 3 10 10 20 0.267 0.353 0.467 0.820 0.327 4.11 0.086 0.117 bases empty 149 27 48 9 1 3 3 21 37 0.322 0.413 0.456 0.869 0.413 4.23 0.091 0.000 runners on 157 21 38 10 0 6 40 22 44 0.242 0.333 0.420 0.754 0.299 4.22 0.091 0.175 scoring pos 82 11 18 4 0 3 30 12 24 0.220 0.316 0.378 0.694 0.273 4.31 0.097 0.201 totals vs. Cincy 306 48 86 19 1 9 43 43 81 0.281 0.372 0.438 0.810 0.356 4.22 0.091 0.175 season totals 4311 672 1214 260 16 142 636 501 901 0.282 0.359 0.448 0.807 0.328 3.89 0.078 0.200 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wood 3.3 1 0 0 0 4 0 46 0.00 10.80 0.00 0.30 0.00 Marmol 3.3 1 0 0 2 4 0 58 5.40 10.80 0.00 0.90 0.00 Fox 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 23.0 12 3 3 4 13 1 318 1.57 5.09 0.39 0.70 1.17 Dempster 19.0 11 10 5 10 15 2 292 4.74 7.11 0.95 1.11 2.37 Hart 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 36 4.50 4.50 4.50 1.50 4.50 Gaudin 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 22 0.00 0.00 4.50 1.00 4.50 Marshall 3.0 4 2 2 3 2 2 60 9.00 6.00 6.00 2.33 6.00 Howry 2.7 7 3 2 0 1 0 61 0.00 3.38 0.00 2.63 6.75 Cotts 1.3 3 1 1 2 1 1 35 13.50 6.75 6.75 3.75 6.75 Gallagher 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 1 41 4.50 4.50 4.50 2.50 9.00 Lilly 8.7 12 9 9 5 9 3 157 5.19 9.35 3.12 1.96 9.35 Wuertz 3.3 5 5 5 2 2 2 65 5.40 5.40 5.40 2.10 13.50 Lieber 5.0 13 10 9 0 4 7 102 0.00 7.20 12.60 2.60 16.20 totals vs. Cincy 79.0 77 47 40 30 58 21 1301 3.42 6.61 2.39 1.35 4.56 season totals 1119.0 1022 506 471 413 965 132 18422 3.32 7.76 1.06 1.28 3.79 CUBS' last 14 games (11-3).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 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 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 8 15 14 12 7 6 17 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 92 Opponents 4 5 13 6 7 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 08/02 - 08/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Johnson 29 7 16 5 0 1 7 0 6 0.552 0.548 0.828 1.376 0.682 3.48 -0.003 0.316 Blanco 13 4 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0.308 0.400 0.692 1.092 0.250 4.13 0.092 0.111 Ramirez 43 12 16 5 0 2 10 8 5 0.372 0.462 0.628 1.089 0.389 3.98 0.089 0.267 DeRosa 44 14 15 5 0 3 16 8 6 0.341 0.426 0.659 1.085 0.343 4.00 0.085 0.394 Soto 35 10 14 3 0 1 11 9 3 0.400 0.511 0.571 1.083 0.419 4.00 0.111 0.625 Edmonds 31 10 7 4 0 3 6 7 7 0.226 0.368 0.645 1.014 0.190 4.18 0.143 0.231 Soriano 66 11 20 6 0 4 14 3 17 0.303 0.333 0.576 0.909 0.356 3.67 0.030 0.370 D Lee 47 8 14 2 0 0 4 9 10 0.298 0.404 0.340 0.744 0.378 4.23 0.106 0.160 Theriot 47 6 14 0 0 0 2 10 5 0.298 0.431 0.298 0.729 0.333 3.90 0.133 0.100 Fontenot 19 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.316 0.350 0.368 0.718 0.375 3.60 0.034 0.091 Cedeno 11 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 0.273 0.333 0.364 0.697 0.333 4.25 0.061 0.333 Ward 11 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 4 0.091 0.214 0.364 0.578 0.000 3.64 0.123 0.429 Fukudome 47 3 8 1 0 0 5 4 10 0.170 0.226 0.191 0.418 0.216 3.87 0.056 0.143 last 14 games 473 92 144 37 0 17 89 64 91 0.304 0.383 0.490 0.874 0.348 3.87 0.079 0.269 season totals 4311 672 1214 260 16 142 636 501 901 0.282 0.359 0.448 0.807 0.328 3.89 0.078 0.200 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 08/02 - 08/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Samardzija 9.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 142 3.00 8.00 0.00 0.89 0.00 Marmol 8.0 0 0 0 3 8 0 123 3.38 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 Wood 5.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 83 1.80 7.20 0.00 0.80 0.00 Marshall 10.3 6 2 2 3 12 1 133 2.61 10.45 0.87 0.87 1.74 Dempster 17.7 16 6 6 6 23 0 284 3.06 11.72 0.00 1.25 3.06 Lilly 19.7 21 7 7 7 17 2 285 3.20 7.78 0.92 1.42 3.20 Harden 10.7 10 5 4 6 10 2 185 5.06 8.44 1.69 1.50 3.38 Cotts 4.7 4 2 2 0 5 0 79 0.00 9.64 0.00 0.86 3.86 Gaudin 8.0 6 4 4 4 8 1 142 4.50 9.00 1.13 1.25 4.50 Marquis 11.7 12 6 6 4 4 1 200 3.09 3.09 0.77 1.37 4.63 Howry 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 2 111 1.50 9.00 3.00 1.67 7.50 Zambrano 15.3 17 16 15 7 11 6 290 4.11 6.46 3.52 1.57 8.80 last 14 days 126.0 109 53 51 45 116 15 2057 3.21 8.29 1.07 1.22 3.64 season totals 1119.0 1022 506 471 413 965 132 18422 3.32 7.76 1.06 1.28 3.79 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 08/17 P PA P/PA Ward 372 86 4.33 Fukudome 2123 496 4.28 Edmonds 924 221 4.18 Fontenot 886 219 4.05 Ramirez 2034 505 4.03 D Lee 2206 555 3.97 Soto 1813 458 3.96 DeRosa 1855 471 3.94 Cedeno 675 175 3.86 Johnson 1117 297 3.76 Theriot 1944 518 3.75 E Patterson 161 44 3.66 Pie 253 70 3.61 Blanco 346 96 3.60 Soriano 1252 350 3.58 Murton 144 41 3.51 Hoffpauir 135 39 3.46 CUBS 19207 4943 3.89 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 08/17 BDI LOB RBI% Johnson 39 102 0.277 Soriano 39 107 0.267 Edmonds 27 81 0.250 Ramirez 62 189 0.247 E Patterson 6 19 0.240 DeRosa 57 203 0.219 Cedeno 22 87 0.202 D Lee 54 215 0.201 Soto 51 204 0.200 Ward 10 43 0.189 Fontenot 23 100 0.187 Murton 6 29 0.171 Fukudome 37 188 0.164 Theriot 31 160 0.162 Pie 6 44 0.120 Hoffpauir 1 9 0.100 Blanco 5 55 0.083 CUBS 494 1974 0.200 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 33 St. Louis 30 Houston 26 Pittsburgh 18 Cincinnati 17 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Sunday 17 August 2008 CUBS @ Florida 12:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 12 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 6 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 D Lee 1b 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 4 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Soto c 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fontenot 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cotts p 0 0 0 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 Blanco ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson cf 5 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Dempster p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonds ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa ph-2b 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 totals 34 9 12 9 8 5 16 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 1 Florida ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Ramirez ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cantu 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jacobs 1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hermida rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pinto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kensing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LoDuca ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross cf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Baker c 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Volstad p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amezaga cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 33 2 6 2 3 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Dempster 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 Cotts 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 Samardzija 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 totals 9.0 6 2 2 3 13 0 148 Florida IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Volstad 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 106 Pinto 0.7 2 5 5 3 0 0 34 Kensing 1.3 2 1 1 2 2 0 31 Hendrickson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 totals 9.0 12 9 9 8 5 0 184 W:Dempster (14-5) S:none L:Pinto (2-5) T:3:05 A:19,085 Home runs: CUBS: none Florida: none http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

CUBS Florida P/PA 4.00 4.11 RBI% 0.33 0.14 R/BR 0.43 0.22 BA 0.353 0.182 OBP 0.512 0.250 SLG 0.529 0.333 OPS 1.042 0.583 ERA 2.00 9.00 BB/9 3.00 8.00 K/9 13.00 5.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS LoDuca, pinch hitting for Hendrickson, popped out to second base Ross grounded out to short, 6-3 Baker walked Amezaga grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 12 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W:Dempster (14-5) S:none L:Pinto (2-5) T:3:04 A:19,085 Home runs: CUBS: none Florida: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 Cotts 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 Samardzija 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Florida IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Volstad 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 106 Pinto 0.7 2 5 5 3 0 0 34 Kensing 1.3 2 1 1 2 2 0 31 Hendrickson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Baker walked

Ross grounded out to short, 6-3

LoDuca, pinch hitting for Hendrickson, popped out to second base

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Hendrickson in to pitch for Florida Soto flied out to center field Blanco doubled to right center field Johnson singled to left field , Blanco to third DeRosa flied out to center field , Blanco scored Soriano flied out to center field 1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 12 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Florida: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 Cotts 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 Samardzija 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Florida IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Volstad 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 106 Pinto 0.7 2 5 5 3 0 0 34 Kensing 1.3 2 1 1 2 2 0 31 Hendrickson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13

Last time the CUBS hit 2 SF in a game.... Tue 05 Aug 08 (2 SF) in a 11-7 over Houston at Wrigley GO CUBS !!

Last time the CUBS hit 6 doubles in a game.... Sat 31 May 08 (6 2b) in a 5-4 win over Colorado at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

DeRosa flied out to center field , Blanco scored

Johnson singled to left field , Blanco to third

Blanco doubled to right center field

Soto flied out to center field

Hendrickson in to pitch for Florida

Last time the CUBS pitchers got 13 Ks in a game.... Sat 26 July 08 (20 Ks) in a 3-2 loss to Florida at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 65-4 when they lead at the end of 8 innings Go CUBS !!

CUBS Florida P/PA 4.17 3.22 RBI% 0.35 0.14 R/BR 0.42 0.25 BA 0.333 0.200 OBP 0.500 0.250 SLG 0.500 0.367 OPS 1.000 0.617 ERA 2.25 9.00 BB/9 2.25 9.00 K/9 14.63 5.63

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Gonzalez popped out to right field Cantu doubled to left field Jacobs struck out swinging Samardzija in to pitch for the CUBS Uggla struck out swinging 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 10 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Florida: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 Cotts 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 Samardzija 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Florida IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Volstad 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 106 Pinto 0.7 2 5 5 3 0 0 34 Kensing 1.3 2 1 1 2 2 0 31

Samardzija in to pitch for the CUBS

Jacobs struck out swinging

Last time the CUBS allowed 4 doubles in a game.... Fri 25 July 08 (4 2b) in a 3-2 loss to Florida at Wrigley Go CUBS !!