Fred Hornkohl

Last 3 games combined, the CUBS are seeing 3.68 P/PA.... well below league average.

Matsui lined out to left field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Theriot flied out to right field Fukudome doubled to left field D Lee doubled to left field , Fukudome scored Ramirez flied out to center field Edmonds singled to center field , D Lee scored DeRosa grounded into a FC, 6-4, Edmonds out at second 2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 3 0 Houston 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Backe 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 15

DeRosa AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% runners on 157 27 39 7 0 5 44 23 44 0.248 0.348 0.389 0.736 0.315 4.07 0.099 0.192

Edmonds singled to center field , D Lee scored

CUBS are 39-14 when they score first in the game.... 18-26 when they don't CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-34 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Edmonds AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% scoring pos 42 7 14 4 0 2 18 7 6 0.333 0.420 0.571 0.991 0.353 3.82 0.087 0.262

Ramirez flied out to center field

D Lee doubled to left field , Fukudome scored

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 18 games CUBS are 51-32 when they hit at least 1 double.... 6-7 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Fukudome doubled to left field

Fukudome AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% bases empty 181 30 46 5 2 3 3 24 44 0.254 0.345 0.354 0.698 0.321 4.49 0.091 0.000 vs. Houst 30 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 3 0.233 0.303 0.267 0.570 0.259 3.79 0.070 0.143

Theriot flied out to right field

Theriot AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% vs. Houst 31 2 9 3 0 0 1 2 2 0.290 0.333 0.387 0.720 0.310 4.06 0.043 0.077 Road 170 18 48 6 0 0 12 23 15 0.282 0.371 0.318 0.689 0.310 3.83 0.089 0.164 vs Backe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.67 0.000 0.000 Leading off 79 14 24 3 0 0 0 10 14 0.304 0.382 0.342 0.724 0.369 4.26 0.078 0.000 overall 354 51 115 14 1 1 24 42 33 0.325 0.398 0.379 0.777 0.356 3.77 0.074 0.161

Starting lineup.............. 03/31 - 07/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Theriot 354 51 115 14 1 1 24 42 33 0.325 0.398 0.379 0.777 0.356 3.77 0.074 0.161 Fukudome 334 58 92 17 2 7 36 55 72 0.275 0.378 0.401 0.779 0.333 4.37 0.102 0.170 D Lee 391 63 118 25 3 15 56 42 67 0.302 0.367 0.496 0.863 0.333 3.98 0.065 0.200 Ramirez 332 60 93 22 1 17 65 47 59 0.280 0.380 0.506 0.886 0.297 4.07 0.100 0.240 Edmonds 137 20 37 9 1 10 30 22 28 0.270 0.369 0.569 0.938 0.273 4.18 0.099 0.238 DeRosa 314 57 88 15 2 11 50 43 73 0.280 0.373 0.446 0.819 0.335 3.92 0.093 0.191 Soto 324 37 92 24 1 16 56 42 85 0.284 0.364 0.512 0.876 0.341 3.94 0.080 0.181 Fontenot 147 29 39 13 0 7 21 21 30 0.265 0.365 0.497 0.861 0.291 4.09 0.099 0.151 Dempster 36 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 12 0.167 0.211 0.222 0.433 0.250 2.84 0.044 0.125 Totals 2369 378 680 141 11 84 340 316 459 0.287 0.373 0.462 0.835 0.326 4.00 0.756 0.191 Starting lineup in road games...... Road AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Theriot 170 18 48 6 0 0 12 23 15 0.282 0.371 0.318 0.689 0.310 3.83 0.089 0.164 Fukudome 173 20 36 6 1 2 13 26 36 0.208 0.308 0.289 0.597 0.252 4.40 0.100 0.134 D Lee 197 23 62 15 3 2 25 27 41 0.315 0.394 0.452 0.846 0.390 4.02 0.079 0.230 Ramirez 173 18 39 10 0 7 30 9 28 0.225 0.271 0.405 0.676 0.232 3.87 0.046 0.190 Edmonds 80 7 20 4 0 3 9 11 16 0.250 0.341 0.413 0.753 0.279 4.22 0.091 0.162 DeRosa 161 24 38 7 1 7 25 17 44 0.236 0.313 0.422 0.736 0.282 3.88 0.077 0.191 Soto 168 17 48 14 0 9 22 19 44 0.286 0.362 0.530 0.891 0.339 3.97 0.076 0.127 Fontenot 68 12 17 5 0 4 10 13 14 0.250 0.378 0.500 0.878 0.260 4.05 0.128 0.158 Dempster 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.083 0.083 0.167 0.250 0.111 2.50 0.000 0.000 Totals 1202 140 309 68 5 34 146 145 241 0.257 0.339 0.407 0.746 0.297 4.00 0.686 0.172 Starting lineup vs. right handed pitchers......... vs Right AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Theriot 271 37 87 9 1 1 18 26 25 0.321 0.383 0.373 0.756 0.351 3.73 0.062 0.163 Fukudome 255 47 70 13 1 7 26 42 54 0.275 0.379 0.416 0.795 0.325 4.29 0.105 0.158 D Lee 304 50 93 17 2 12 41 28 52 0.306 0.361 0.493 0.855 0.338 3.84 0.055 0.200 Ramirez 255 50 74 15 1 16 52 37 47 0.290 0.391 0.545 0.937 0.302 4.06 0.101 0.250 Edmonds 120 18 33 9 1 9 29 21 23 0.275 0.380 0.592 0.972 0.273 4.23 0.105 0.270 DeRosa 234 36 63 10 2 8 38 28 54 0.269 0.359 0.432 0.791 0.320 3.87 0.090 0.201 Soto 247 26 66 16 1 12 41 31 63 0.267 0.346 0.486 0.832 0.314 3.89 0.079 0.169 Fontenot 136 27 37 12 0 7 20 19 27 0.272 0.365 0.515 0.880 0.294 4.13 0.093 0.153 Dempster 29 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 10 0.172 0.200 0.207 0.407 0.263 3.06 0.028 0.071 Totals 1851 293 528 102 9 72 266 233 355 0.285 0.368 0.467 0.835 0.320 3.96 0.719 0.193 Starting lineup vs. Houston.......... vs. Houst AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Theriot 31 2 9 3 0 0 1 2 2 0.290 0.333 0.387 0.720 0.310 4.06 0.043 0.077 Fukudome 30 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 3 0.233 0.303 0.267 0.570 0.259 3.79 0.070 0.143 D Lee 32 7 14 4 0 3 6 1 4 0.438 0.455 0.844 1.298 0.440 3.00 0.017 0.600 Ramirez 30 5 8 0 0 2 4 3 4 0.267 0.333 0.467 0.800 0.250 3.97 0.067 0.167 Edmonds 14 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.143 0.200 0.357 0.557 0.083 3.40 0.057 0.000 DeRosa 30 3 10 1 0 1 2 0 5 0.333 0.333 0.467 0.800 0.375 3.73 0.000 0.091 Soto 29 2 6 1 1 1 6 0 6 0.207 0.207 0.414 0.621 0.227 3.28 0.000 0.294 Fontenot 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 0.333 4.14 0.000 0.000 Dempster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.50 0.000 0.000 Totals 204 25 58 11 1 8 22 10 26 0.284 0.318 0.466 0.783 0.294 3.62 0.254 0.179

Thanx, Bruce !!

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... CUBS are 10-5 on Sundays CUBS are 7-7 in July CUBS are 3-5 vs. Houston CUBS are 22-19 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 1-1 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-3 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 12-12 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 23-16 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 16-15 in games that end a series CUBS are 29-18 in day games CUBS are 20-28 on the road CUBS are 40-30 against right handers CUBS are 19-20 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 36-13 when they get a quality start.... 21-27 when they don't CUBS are 16-26 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 41-14 when they don't CUBS are 39-14 when they score first in the game.... 18-26 when they don't CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-34 when they don't CUBS are 45-27 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 12-13 when they do CUBS are 45-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-30 when they don't CUBS are 34-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 23-33 when they don't CUBS are 49-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-25 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even CUBS are 24-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 33-34 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-15 in one run games.... 10-11 in two run games CUBS are 22-24 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 31-14 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 23-25 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 47-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-18 when he doesn't CUBS have allowed 2 sac bunts in their last 29 games CUBS have only thrown out 9 runners trying to steal in 43 attempts during their last 64 games CUBS have committed 28 errors in their last 46 games CUBS have stolen 1 base in 3 attempts during their last 12 games. CUBS have allowed 4 triples in their last 3 games CUBS pitchers have 11 quality starts in their last 16 games CUBS have homered in 10 of their last 11 games CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 17 games CUBS have scored first in 8 out of their last 11 games CUBS are 3-1 over the last 5 weeks in games with a score of 2-1 CUBS are 2-4 with Gary Darling's crew on the field this year... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .83 Mon 06/30 @ San Francisco N 9- 2 Lilly Zito .84 Tue 07/01 @ San Francisco N 1- 2 Marquis Cain .85 Wed 07/02 @ San Francisco N 6- 5 Dempster Correia .86 Thu 07/03 @ San Francisco N 3- 8 Gallagher Lincecum .96 Fri 07/18 @ Houston N 1- 2 Lilly Moehler .97 Sat 07/19 @ Houston N 1- 4 Zambrano Rodriguez CUBS are 0-1 with Bill Miller behind home plate this year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .84 Tue 07/01 @ San Francisco N 1- 2 Marquis Cain CUBS are 14-6 when Dempster starts Dempster is 12 of 20 in quality starts Dempster has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s) Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.44.... to Blanco it's 2.25 CUBS score 5.25 R/G overall.... 5.95 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 1.12 HR/G overall.... 1.30 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS have scored first in 12 of Dempster's 20 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 5 of Dempster's 20 starts Dempster has only given up runs in the first inning 4 times (8 runs total) in his 20 starts CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 03/31 - 07/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Dempster 692 119 207 43 1 26 330 111 91 168 0.299 0.392 0.477 0.869 CUBS overall 3383 509 946 193 12 109 1490 480 385 715 0.280 0.357 0.440 0.797 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 14 13 11 16 24 9 12 13 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 119 Opponents 8 4 15 5 9 9 11 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 76 Dempster's starts this year (10-3) Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Milw 6.0 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 3.00 7.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/09 vs. Pitts 7.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.43 0.00 04/15 vs. Cincy 6.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 7.50 4.50 1.50 1.67 6.00 04/20 vs. Pitts 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 95 3.60 5.40 0.00 1.40 5.40 04/25 vs. Wash 7.0 4 3 2 3 5 1 108 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 2.57 04/30 vs. Milw 6.0 4 3 3 5 1 0 106 7.50 1.50 0.00 1.50 4.50 05/05 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 0 1 7 1 83 1.50 10.50 1.50 0.83 0.00 05/10 vs. Ariz 6.0 3 2 2 3 7 0 118 4.50 10.50 0.00 1.00 3.00 05/15 vs. S.D. 8.3 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 1.08 12.96 0.00 0.84 0.00 05/20 vs. Houst 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 109 3.00 7.50 1.50 1.33 6.00 05/26 vs. L.A. 7.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 117 3.86 3.86 0.00 1.43 1.29 05/31 vs. Colo 5.0 3 3 3 4 7 2 93 7.20 12.60 3.60 1.40 5.40 06/05 vs. L.A. 5.3 5 3 3 2 1 1 82 3.38 1.69 1.69 1.31 5.06 06/11 vs. Atla 9.0 4 2 2 0 11 1 119 0.00 11.00 1.00 0.44 2.00 06/17 vs. Tamp 5.0 6 1 1 2 6 1 107 3.60 10.80 1.80 1.60 1.80 06/22 vs. CWS 8.0 10 1 1 1 4 0 103 1.13 4.50 0.00 1.38 1.13 06/27 vs. CWS 2.3 7 8 8 3 1 1 71 11.57 3.86 3.86 4.29 30.86 07/02 vs. S.F. 6.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 91 3.00 10.50 1.50 1.17 3.00 07/08 vs. Cincy 7.0 2 1 1 4 5 0 103 5.14 6.43 0.00 0.86 1.29 07/13 vs. S.F. 6.7 7 4 4 3 6 0 118 4.05 8.10 0.00 1.50 5.40 Home 80.0 59 26 25 33 67 4 1285 3.71 7.54 0.45 1.15 2.81 Road 44.7 38 26 20 17 37 7 749 3.43 7.46 1.41 1.23 4.03 Day 46.3 41 23 22 21 44 3 819 4.08 8.55 0.58 1.34 4.27 Nite 78.3 56 29 23 29 60 8 1215 3.33 6.89 0.92 1.09 2.64 Road Day 2.3 7 8 8 3 1 1 71 11.57 3.86 3.86 4.29 30.86 April 37.0 22 15 13 19 22 2 604 4.62 5.35 0.49 1.11 3.16 May 38.3 29 15 10 14 41 4 636 3.29 9.63 0.94 1.12 2.35 June 29.7 32 15 15 8 23 4 482 2.43 6.98 1.21 1.35 4.55 July 19.7 14 7 7 9 18 1 312 4.12 8.24 0.46 1.17 3.20 season totals 124.7 97 52 45 50 104 11 2034 3.61 7.51 0.79 1.18 3.25 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tues Mon Sun Totals 19 Jul 18 Jul 17 Jul 16 Jul 15 Jul 14 Jul 13 Jul @ Houst @ Houst no game no game no game no game vs S.F. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart Howry 0.3 10 0.3 10 Lieber Marmol Wood Wuertz Cotts 0.7 8 0.3 2 1.0 10 Gaudin 1.7 23 2.0 23 3.7 46 Marshall Totals 1.7 23 1.0 18 2.3 25 5.0 66 CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (3-5) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..4 Fri 04/04 Houston 3- 4 Hill Sampson ..5 Sat 04/05 Houston 9- 7 Marquis Oswalt ..6 Sun 04/06 Houston 3- 2 Zambrano Backe .45 Mon 05/19 @ Houston N 7- 2 Lilly Moehler .46 Tue 05/20 @ Houston N 2- 4 Dempster Sampson .47 Wed 05/21 @ Houston N 3- 5 Gallagher Chacon .96 Fri 07/18 @ Houston N 1- 2 Lilly Moehler .97 Sat 07/19 @ Houston N 1- 4 Zambrano Rodriguez .98 Sun 07/20 @ Houston - Dempster Backe 113 Mon 08/04 Houston N - Dempster Moehler 114 Tue 08/05 Houston - Harden Rodriguez 115 Wed 08/06 Houston - Marquis Backe 138 Mon 09/01 Houston - Dempster Rodriguez 139 Tue 09/02 Houston N - Harden Chacon 140 Wed 09/03 Houston N - Marquis Sampson 147 Fri 09/12 @ Houston N - Zambrano Backe 148 Sat 09/13 @ Houston N - Dempster Rodriguez 149 Sun 09/14 @ Houston - Harden Chacon CUBS' season series vs. Houston in 2007 (8-7)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..7 Mon 04/09 Houston 3- 5 Lilly Williams ..8 Tue 04/10 Houston 2- 4 Marquis Sampson .62 Mon 06/11 Houston N 2- 1 Zambrano Williams .88 Fri 07/13 Houston 6- 0 Zambrano Jennings .89 Sat 07/14 Houston 9- 3 Lilly Oswalt .90 Sun 07/15 Houston 7- 6 Marquis Rodriguez 111 Mon 08/06 @ Houston N 1- 2 Hill Rodriguez 112 Tue 08/07 @ Houston N 2- 5 Marshall Williams 113 Wed 08/08 @ Houston N 2- 8 Zambrano Oswalt 133 Fri 08/31 Houston 1- 6 Marshall Rodriguez 134 Sat 09/01 Houston 4- 3 Marquis Patton 135 Sun 09/02 Houston 6- 5 Hill Williams 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N 4- 5 Marquis Backe 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N 3- 2 Hill Albers 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N 6- 2 Trachsel Williams Composite scoring vs. Houston this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 3 2 1 5 2 1 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Opponents 1 2 7 8 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 CUBS hitters vs. Backe this year..... vs Backe AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Ramirez 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 4.00 0.000 0.000 D Lee 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667 0.500 5.00 0.167 0.000 Soriano 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.250 0.250 1.000 1.250 0.000 2.25 0.000 0.000 DeRosa 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 2.33 0.000 0.000 Blanco 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.333 2.33 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 3.33 0.333 0.000 Theriot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.67 0.000 0.000 Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.67 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Backe 25 2 6 1 0 1 1 3 7 0.240 0.321 0.400 0.721 0.294 3.57 0.081 0.000 totals vs. Houst 272 29 71 15 1 10 27 13 44 0.261 0.295 0.434 0.729 0.280 3.51 0.034 0.156 season totals 3381 509 946 193 12 109 478 385 715 0.280 0.357 0.441 0.798 0.327 3.90 0.077 0.188 CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year..... vs. Houst AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Hoffpauir 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.500 0.600 1.000 1.600 0.667 4.00 0.100 0.000 D Lee 32 7 14 4 0 3 6 1 4 0.438 0.455 0.844 1.298 0.440 3.00 0.017 0.600 Cedeno 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500 0.600 0.500 1.100 0.500 2.80 0.100 0.000 Ramirez 30 5 8 0 0 2 4 3 4 0.267 0.333 0.467 0.800 0.250 3.97 0.067 0.167 DeRosa 30 3 10 1 0 1 2 0 5 0.333 0.333 0.467 0.800 0.375 3.73 0.000 0.091 Theriot 31 2 9 3 0 0 1 2 2 0.290 0.333 0.387 0.720 0.310 4.06 0.043 0.077 Fontenot 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 0.333 4.14 0.000 0.000 Johnson 13 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 0.364 3.62 0.000 0.400 Soto 29 2 6 1 1 1 6 0 6 0.207 0.207 0.414 0.621 0.227 3.28 0.000 0.294 Fukudome 30 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 3 0.233 0.303 0.267 0.570 0.259 3.79 0.070 0.143 Edmonds 14 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.143 0.200 0.357 0.557 0.083 3.40 0.057 0.000 Blanco 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.250 2.00 0.000 0.000 Soriano 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 0.048 0.091 0.190 0.281 0.000 3.09 0.043 0.000 Pie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.50 0.000 0.000 Ward 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 Villareal 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.250 0.400 1.000 1.400 0.000 4.00 0.150 0.000 vs Wright 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0.500 0.600 0.750 1.350 0.500 6.20 0.100 0.667 vs Borkowski 10 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.800 1.200 0.429 3.80 0.000 0.400 vs Nieve 6 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.667 1.167 0.600 4.50 0.000 0.250 vs Oswalt 29 6 10 2 1 1 4 1 0 0.345 0.367 0.586 0.953 0.321 3.07 0.022 0.176 vs Rodriguez 28 1 9 1 0 1 1 0 7 0.321 0.321 0.464 0.786 0.400 3.68 0.000 0.000 vs Backe 25 2 6 1 0 1 1 3 7 0.240 0.321 0.400 0.721 0.294 3.57 0.081 0.000 vs Moehler 46 4 11 2 0 2 4 3 4 0.239 0.286 0.413 0.699 0.225 3.64 0.047 0.125 vs Chacon 25 3 5 3 0 1 3 1 5 0.200 0.231 0.440 0.671 0.211 3.73 0.031 0.333 vs Sampson 51 4 13 2 0 1 4 1 6 0.255 0.269 0.353 0.622 0.273 2.98 0.014 0.200 vs Valverde 13 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0.077 0.200 0.308 0.508 0.000 3.67 0.123 0.000 vs Brocail 20 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.294 3.10 0.000 0.125 vs Geary 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.375 0.167 4.00 0.000 0.500 vs Byrdak 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. starters 203 20 54 11 1 7 17 9 28 0.266 0.297 0.433 0.731 0.280 3.40 0.031 0.122 vs. relievers 69 9 17 4 0 3 10 4 16 0.246 0.288 0.435 0.722 0.280 3.81 0.041 0.259 vs Left 35 3 11 2 0 1 3 1 8 0.314 0.333 0.457 0.790 0.385 3.97 0.019 0.125 vs Right 237 26 60 13 1 9 24 12 36 0.253 0.289 0.430 0.720 0.266 3.44 0.036 0.161 Home 103 15 31 6 1 4 13 5 12 0.301 0.333 0.495 0.828 0.310 3.34 0.032 0.176 Road 169 14 40 9 0 6 14 8 32 0.237 0.271 0.396 0.668 0.260 3.60 0.035 0.138 Day 103 15 31 6 1 4 13 5 12 0.301 0.333 0.495 0.828 0.310 3.34 0.032 0.176 Nite 169 14 40 9 0 6 14 8 32 0.237 0.271 0.396 0.668 0.260 3.60 0.035 0.138 Leading off 69 7 12 4 0 2 2 1 11 0.174 0.186 0.319 0.505 0.179 3.60 0.012 0.000 Pinch hitting 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.250 0.400 0.375 0.775 0.286 4.10 0.150 0.000 bases empty 175 19 46 11 1 6 6 5 26 0.263 0.283 0.440 0.723 0.280 3.54 0.020 0.000 runners on 97 10 25 4 0 4 21 8 18 0.258 0.314 0.423 0.737 0.280 3.45 0.057 0.156 scoring pos 56 5 14 4 0 3 19 4 12 0.250 0.300 0.482 0.782 0.268 3.31 0.050 0.203 totals vs. Houst 272 29 71 15 1 10 27 13 44 0.261 0.295 0.434 0.729 0.280 3.51 0.034 0.156 season totals 3381 509 946 193 12 109 478 385 715 0.280 0.357 0.441 0.798 0.327 3.90 0.077 0.188 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Lieber 4.3 3 2 0 0 1 0 45 0.00 2.08 0.00 0.69 0.00 Marmol 2.7 0 0 0 0 3 0 39 0.00 10.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wood 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ascanio 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 41 9.00 4.50 0.00 2.00 0.00 Gaudin 1.7 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00 10.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0.00 10.80 0.00 0.60 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 1 0 0 2 1 0 37 13.50 6.75 0.00 2.25 0.00 Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 9.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Cotts 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Lilly 12.7 10 3 3 4 12 1 199 2.84 8.53 0.71 1.11 2.13 Hill 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 88 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 Zambrano 13.3 13 6 6 6 10 1 214 4.05 6.75 0.68 1.43 4.05 Dempster 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 109 3.00 7.50 1.50 1.33 6.00 Marquis 5.3 8 5 4 1 2 1 81 1.69 3.38 1.69 1.69 6.75 Howry 3.7 5 3 3 0 5 0 52 0.00 12.27 0.00 1.36 7.36 Gallagher 4.7 8 5 5 1 4 1 96 1.93 7.71 1.93 1.93 9.64 totals vs. Houst 69.0 61 30 27 22 55 6 1103 2.87 7.17 0.78 1.20 3.52 season totals 875.0 815 407 377 328 718 99 14338 3.37 7.39 1.02 1.31 3.88 CUBS' last 21 games (9-12).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .77 Tue 06/24 Baltimore N 5- 7 Marshall Guthrie .78 Wed 06/25 Baltimore N 7- 4 Lilly Albers .79 Thu 06/26 Baltimore 4-11 Marquis Liz .80 Fri 06/27 @ Chicago (AL) 3-10 Dempster Contreras .81 Sat 06/28 @ Chicago (AL) 5- 6 Gallagher Vazquez .82 Sun 06/29 @ Chicago (AL) 1- 5 Marshall Beuhrle .83 Mon 06/30 @ San Francisco N 9- 2 Lilly Zito .84 Tue 07/01 @ San Francisco N 1- 2 Marquis Cain .85 Wed 07/02 @ San Francisco N 6- 5 Dempster Correia .86 Thu 07/03 @ San Francisco N 3- 8 Gallagher Lincecum .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 .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 .93 Fri 07/11 San Francisco 3- 1 Marquis Cain .94 Sat 07/12 San Francisco 8- 7 Harden Correia .95 Sun 07/13 San Francisco 2- 4 Dempster Lincecum .96 Fri 07/18 @ Houston N 1- 2 Lilly Moehler .97 Sat 07/19 @ Houston N 1- 4 Zambrano Rodriguez 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 9 10 7 15 9 11 12 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 91 Opponents 5 10 20 13 6 14 11 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games...... 06/24 - 07/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Fontenot 48 10 15 5 0 4 7 9 12 0.313 0.421 0.667 1.088 0.344 4.03 0.109 0.111 Edmonds 60 14 14 3 0 6 14 15 14 0.233 0.387 0.583 0.970 0.200 4.47 0.153 0.195 Soto 76 11 24 4 0 4 13 8 20 0.316 0.384 0.526 0.910 0.385 3.99 0.068 0.176 Theriot 77 9 29 3 0 0 3 8 7 0.377 0.442 0.416 0.857 0.414 4.09 0.065 0.107 DeRosa 72 15 19 2 2 3 13 10 19 0.264 0.369 0.472 0.841 0.320 3.98 0.105 0.233 D Lee 85 11 28 7 1 0 8 10 15 0.329 0.400 0.435 0.835 0.400 4.15 0.071 0.178 Ward 29 0 9 3 0 0 2 1 7 0.310 0.333 0.414 0.747 0.409 4.13 0.023 0.105 Ramirez 66 7 13 2 1 3 13 6 10 0.197 0.273 0.394 0.667 0.189 3.74 0.076 0.222 Murton 17 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0.235 0.278 0.353 0.631 0.250 3.28 0.042 0.167 Cedeno 24 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 6 0.250 0.308 0.292 0.599 0.333 3.46 0.058 0.063 Blanco 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.250 0.583 0.333 3.00 0.083 0.111 Johnson 27 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 9 0.259 0.286 0.296 0.582 0.389 3.50 0.026 0.083 Fukudome 71 8 14 1 0 2 4 7 23 0.197 0.269 0.296 0.565 0.261 4.54 0.072 0.054 E Patterson 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 7 0.125 0.250 0.125 0.375 0.222 4.20 0.125 0.182 last 21 games 723 91 193 34 4 23 85 81 174 0.267 0.345 0.420 0.766 0.323 4.00 0.078 0.144 season totals 3381 509 946 193 12 109 478 385 715 0.280 0.357 0.441 0.798 0.327 3.90 0.077 0.188 CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games...... 06/24 - 07/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Harden 5.3 5 0 0 3 10 0 96 5.06 16.88 0.00 1.50 0.00 Cotts 9.3 8 1 1 2 14 1 161 1.93 13.50 0.96 1.07 0.96 Gaudin 6.3 3 1 1 0 4 1 77 0.00 5.68 1.42 0.47 1.42 Zambrano 20.3 11 5 5 8 13 1 298 3.54 5.75 0.44 0.93 2.21 Howry 10.0 7 4 4 0 3 1 116 0.00 2.70 0.90 0.70 3.60 Marshall 19.7 18 8 8 3 18 3 289 1.37 8.24 1.37 1.07 3.66 Lilly 30.7 31 13 13 9 23 6 475 2.64 6.75 1.76 1.30 3.82 Marquis 18.0 14 9 9 8 12 0 265 4.00 6.00 0.00 1.22 4.50 Lieber 9.3 12 5 5 1 8 2 146 0.96 7.71 1.93 1.39 4.82 Wood 6.0 7 4 4 5 9 0 129 7.50 13.50 0.00 2.00 6.00 Dempster 22.0 21 15 15 12 19 2 383 4.91 7.77 0.82 1.50 6.14 Gallagher 11.0 12 9 8 5 10 2 195 4.09 8.18 1.64 1.55 6.55 Wuertz 6.3 11 9 6 1 7 1 123 1.42 9.95 1.42 1.89 8.53 Marmol 8.3 11 10 9 5 6 3 163 5.40 6.48 3.24 1.92 9.72 Hart 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 18.00 Ascanio 0.7 4 4 4 1 0 1 34 13.50 0.00 13.50 7.50 54.00 Eyre 0.3 1 2 2 1 0 0 13 27.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 54.00 last 21 games 184.7 179 101 96 64 156 24 2982 3.12 7.60 1.17 1.32 4.68 season totals 875.0 815 407 377 328 718 99 14338 3.37 7.39 1.02 1.31 3.88 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 07/19 P PA P/PA Ward 284 64 4.44 Fukudome 1723 394 4.37 Edmonds 669 160 4.18 Fontenot 707 173 4.09 Ramirez 1596 392 4.07 D Lee 1735 436 3.98 Soto 1463 371 3.94 DeRosa 1445 369 3.92 Cedeno 574 148 3.88 Johnson 913 239 3.82 Theriot 1509 400 3.77 E Patterson 161 44 3.66 Pie 253 70 3.61 Soriano 816 232 3.52 Murton 144 41 3.51 Blanco 234 67 3.49 Hoffpauir 128 37 3.46 CUBS 15107 3871 3.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 07/19 BDI LOB RBI% Johnson 29 84 0.257 Soriano 25 75 0.250 E Patterson 6 19 0.240 Ramirez 48 152 0.240 Edmonds 20 64 0.238 D Lee 41 164 0.200 Cedeno 19 76 0.200 DeRosa 39 165 0.191 Soto 40 181 0.181 Murton 6 29 0.171 Ward 7 34 0.171 Fukudome 29 142 0.170 Theriot 23 120 0.161 Fontenot 14 79 0.151 Pie 6 44 0.120 Hoffpauir 1 9 0.100 Blanco 4 41 0.089 CUBS 369 1593 0.188 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 63 Milwaukee 63 Cincinnati 55 Houston 55 Pittsburgh 53 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

.... or, as we used to say in Minnesota...... Gopher it !!

Saturday 19 July 2008 CUBS @ Houston 18:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 Houston 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Theriot ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnson cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa lf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf-cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fontenot ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 3 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Gaudin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 35 1 9 1 0 10 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 Houston ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Matsui 2b 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erstad cf-lf 4 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkman 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Lee lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez p 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newhan ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bourn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 28 4 6 4 6 5 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Zambrano 6.3 6 4 4 6 3 0 108 Gaudin 1.7 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 totals 8.0 6 4 4 6 5 0 131 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Rodriguez 6.7 9 1 1 0 7 1 89 Sampson 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Brocail 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Valverde 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 totals 9.0 9 1 1 0 10 1 122 Home runs: CUBS: Zambrano (2) Houston: none W:Rodriguez (5-3) S:Valverde L:Zambrano (10-4) T:2:24 A:43,192

CUBS Houston P/PA 3.49 3.74 RBI% 0.00 0.20 R/BR 0.11 0.33 BA 0.257 0.214 OBP 0.257 0.353 SLG 0.371 0.286 OPS 0.629 0.639 ERA 4.50 1.00 BB/9 6.75 0.00 K/9 5.63 10.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Valverde in to pitch for Houston DeRosa struck out swinging Fukudome called out on strikes Fontenot, pinch hitting for Cedeno, lined out to shallow left field 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 1 0 0 1 9 0 Houston 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 0 W:Rodriguez (5-3) S:Valverde L:Zambrano (10-4) T:2:24 A:43,192 Home runs: CUBS: Zambrano (2) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.3 6 4 4 6 3 0 108 Gaudin 1.7 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rodriguez 6.7 9 1 1 0 7 1 89 Sampson 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Brocail 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Valverde 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16

Fontenot AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% Pinch hitting 19 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 3 0.263 0.333 0.368 0.702 0.313 3.91 0.070 0.000

Fukudome called out on strikes

Fukudome AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA IsoD RBI% bases empty 178 30 45 5 2 3 3 24 42 0.253 0.345 0.354 0.699 0.316 4.49 0.092 0.000

DeRosa struck out swinging