Fred Hornkohl

Bay grounded into a DP, 5-3, McLouth out at third, Sanchez to second

This isn't Jesus Dempster, it's his brother Ryan. :wink:

Sanchez singled to shallow right field , McLouth to second

McLouth singled to right center field

:shock: You're right Oh, boy !! Another lefty starter !! 03/31 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA BDI LOB RBI% vs. Lefties 150 26 44 10 0 3 26 19 29 .293 .376 .420 .796 .345 4.13 23 75 .235 vs. Righties 466 72 123 27 3 18 64 55 89 .264 .346 .451 .797 .292 3.89 46 210 .180 overall 616 98 167 37 3 21 90 74 117 .271 .353 .443 .796 .305 3.95 69 285 .195

Some worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... CUBS are 2-0 on Sundays CUBS are 5-0 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 10-4 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 2-0 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 7-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 4-1 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-4 in day games CUBS are 7-4 at home CUBS are 4-1 against lefties CUBS are 5-2 when they get a quality start.... 6-4 when they don't CUBS are 3-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 8-1 when they don't CUBS are 9-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't CUBS are 6-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-6 when they don't CUBS are 10-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 5-3 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 10-3 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 11-4 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-2 when they don't CUBS are 6-1 when they steal a base.... 5-5 when they don't CUBS are 3-4 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 8-2 when they don't CUBS are 11-6 when they hit at least 1 double.... 0-0 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 6-6 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 7-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-4 when the opponent steals a base.... 7-2 when they don't CUBS are 3-3 when they hit an opposing batter.... 8-3 when they don't CUBS have won 10 of their last 14 games against left handed starters CUBS have not GIDP'd in their last 8 games CUBS are on a pace to win 105 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 934 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 200 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 705 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1115 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 143 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 86 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 114 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 5.76 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.95 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 19.4% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.395 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 36.5% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS were 1-2 with James Hoye behind home plate last year Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 7 Mon 04/09 Houston 3- 5 Lilly Williams .54 Sun 06/03 Atlanta 10- 1 Marshall Cormier .71 Thu 06/21 @ Texas 5- 6 Lilly Padilla CUBS are 3-0 when Dempster starts Dempster is 2 of 3 in quality starts Dempster has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s) Dempster' ERA pitching to Soto is 2.37.... to Blanco it's N/A CUBS score 5.76 R/G overall.... 7.00 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.67 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 03/31 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Dempster 121 21 35 7 0 5 57 20 17 27 0.289 0.387 0.471 0.858 CUBS overall 582 85 155 34 3 19 252 79 64 113 0.266 0.344 0.433 0.777 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Totals 19 Apr 18 Apr 17 Apr 16 Apr 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Cinc vs. Cinc vs. Cinc no game @ Phila pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.7 33 2.0 36 3.7 69 Howry 0.7 14 1.0 24 1.7 38 Lieber 0.7 9 1.0 23 1.7 32 Marmol 2.0 43 2.0 27 1.3 26 5.3 96 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 6 1.0 15 2.0 23 4.0 44 Wuertz 1.3 16 1.0 12 0.0 5 0.0 14 2.3 47 Marshall 0.3 2 0.3 2 0.7 11 1.3 15 Totals 3.0 49 4.0 60 3.0 51 2.0 36 3.0 47 5.0 98 20.0 341 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (5-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 7 Mon 04/07 @ Pittsburgh 10- 8 Lilly Gorzelanny 8 Wed 04/09 @ Pittsburgh N 6- 4 Dempster Duke 9 Thu 04/10 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 3 Hill Morris .16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Hill Snell .17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh 13- 1 Marquis Gorzelanny .18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .42 Fri 05/16 Pittsburgh - Marquis Gorzelanny .43 Sat 05/17 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .44 Sun 05/18 Pittsburgh - Zambrano Morris .48 Fri 05/23 @ Pittsburgh N - Dempster Duke .49 Sat 05/24 @ Pittsburgh N - Zambrano Morris .50 Sun 05/25 @ Pittsburgh - Lilly Maholm 110 Fri 08/01 Pittsburgh - Lilly Maholm 111 Sat 08/02 Pittsburgh - Hill Snell 112 Sun 08/03 Pittsburgh - Marquis Gorzelanny 131 Mon 08/25 @ Pittsburgh N - Hill Snell 132 Tue 08/26 @ Pittsburgh N - Marquis Gorzelanny 133 Wed 08/27 @ Pittsburgh - Dempster Maholm CUBS hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year..... 03/31 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA BDI LOB RBI% Ward 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 .000 3.80 1 3 .250 Soto 23 3 11 5 0 1 5 5 2 .478 .571 .826 1.398 .500 4.07 4 13 .235 Theriot 15 6 7 0 1 0 0 4 1 .467 .579 .600 1.179 .500 3.74 0 8 .000 Fontenot 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 .200 3.50 1 2 .333 Johnson 15 3 6 0 0 0 3 4 1 .400 .550 .400 .950 .429 4.25 3 5 .375 Cedeno 11 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 1 .364 .462 .455 .916 .400 4.54 5 5 .500 Fukudome 23 5 7 0 1 0 2 5 4 .304 .429 .391 .820 .368 4.46 2 6 .250 Ramirez 23 5 6 2 0 1 4 2 3 .261 .333 .478 .812 .263 3.78 3 11 .214 DeRosa 18 5 5 2 0 0 4 4 3 .278 .391 .389 .780 .333 3.61 4 11 .267 Soriano 17 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 4 .294 .400 .353 .753 .385 3.45 0 5 .000 D Lee 22 3 3 1 0 1 4 4 3 .136 .259 .318 .577 .111 4.04 3 14 .176 Pie 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 .200 3.50 2 7 .222 Blanco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 7.00 0 1 .000 E Patterson 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 4.00 1 3 .250 Murton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 3.00 0 3 .000 tot vs. Pitt 206 39 59 13 2 5 35 34 33 .286 .388 .442 .830 .321 3.89 30 110 .214 overall 616 98 167 37 3 21 90 74 117 .271 .353 .443 .796 .305 3.95 69 285 .195 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 04/19 BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 5 5 0.500 Johnson 7 8 0.467 D Lee 8 20 0.286 Fukudome 8 21 0.276 DeRosa 10 28 0.263 Soto 11 31 0.262 Ramirez 4 28 0.125 Patterson 1 7 0.125 Soriano 3 24 0.111 Fontenot 2 17 0.105 Ward 1 9 0.100 Pie 2 20 0.091 Blanco 1 10 0.091 Theriot 2 27 0.069 Murton 0 3 0.000 CUBS 69 285 0.195 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Looks good to me, but based on the mild success Cedeno has seen so far, plus the organization's displeasure with Murton, I'd imagine the two would be swapped. Mild success ??? 03/31 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 15 5 5 1 0 0 5 3 2 .333 .444 .400 .844 .385 4.78 5 5 .500 Man, that boy sure do see him some pitches !!

Sunday's game features the following matchup...... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/435043.jpg Duke (0-0) vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/133225.jpg Dempster (2-0) This is a rematch of the 15 inning game on Wed 09 April in Pittsburgh. Neither of the starters got a decision in that one, but the CUBS did win it 6-4. Against the Pirates, the CUBS are averaging 8 runs, 12 hits, & 7 walks per game. 03/31 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS vs Pitts 206 39 59 13 2 5 91 35 34 33 0.286 0.388 0.442 0.830 CUBS vs the rest 410 59 108 24 1 16 182 55 40 84 0.263 0.335 0.444 0.779 CUBS overall 616 98 167 37 3 21 273 90 74 117 0.271 0.353 0.443 0.796 Let the carnage continue !!! Go CUBS !!

Saturday 19 April 2008 Pittsburgh @ CUBS 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 CUBS 2 1 4 0 0 4 2 0 13 12 0 Pittsburgh ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb McLouth cf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Morgan ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Gomez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bay lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nady rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doumit c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bautista 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Meek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rivas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bixler ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gorzelanny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dumatrait p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 34 1 7 1 2 10 14 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ward 1b 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ramirez 3b 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hart p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa lf-3b 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Soto c 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cedeno 2b 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquis p 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Murton ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 34 13 12 11 10 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Gorzelanny 2.7 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 Dumatrait 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 34 Yates 0.7 1 4 4 4 0 0 33 Grabow 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Meek 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 Capps 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 totals 8.0 12 13 13 10 4 2 185 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Marquis 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 33 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 totals 9.0 7 1 1 2 10 0 151 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7), Ward (1) W: Marquis (1-0) S: none L: Gorzelanny (1-2) T: 3:02 A: 40,298 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

Pittsburgh CUBS P/PA 4.31 4.11 RBI% 0.07 0.45 R/BR 0.11 0.59 BA 0.212 0.353 OBP 0.257 0.512 SLG 0.273 0.618 OPS 0.530 1.129 ERA 14.63 1.00 BB/9 11.25 2.00 K/9 4.50 10.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Bautista flied out to right field Mientkiewicz grounded out to short, 6-3 Morgan struck out swinging 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 CUBS 2 1 4 0 0 4 2 0 13 12 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Marquis (1-0) S: none L: Gorzelanny (1-2) T: 3:03 A: 40,298 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7), Ward (1) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 2.7 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 Dumatrait 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 34 Yates 0.7 1 4 4 4 0 0 33 Grabow 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Meek 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 Capps 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 33 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16

Mientkiewicz grounded out to short, 6-3

CUBS are 8-0 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

Bautista flied out to right field

Pittsburgh CUBS P/PA 4.21 4.11 RBI% 0.07 0.45 R/BR 0.11 0.59 BA 0.226 0.353 OBP 0.273 0.512 SLG 0.290 0.618 OPS 0.563 1.129 ERA 14.63 1.13 BB/9 11.25 2.25 K/9 4.50 10.13

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING DeRosa lined out to shortstop Soto called out on strikes Cedeno singled to center field Murton grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 CUBS 2 1 4 0 0 4 2 0 13 12 0 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7), Ward (1) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 2.7 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 Dumatrait 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 34 Yates 0.7 1 4 4 4 0 0 33 Grabow 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Meek 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 Capps 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 33 Wuertz 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Cedeno singled to center field

Soto called out on strikes

DeRosa lined out to shortstop

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Gomez flied out to right field Bay walked LaRoche singled to center field , Bay to second Nady struck out swinging Doumit hit by pitch, Bay to third, LaRoche to second Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS Rivas, pinch hitting for Meek, grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 CUBS 2 1 4 0 0 4 2 13 11 0 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7), Ward (1) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 2.7 6 7 7 4 3 1 80 Dumatrait 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 34 Yates 0.7 1 4 4 4 0 0 33 Grabow 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Meek 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 33 Wuertz 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

Doumit hit by pitch, Bay to third, LaRoche to second

Nady struck out swinging

Fred - when was the last time six of seven of the first Cub hitters were hitting over .300? 1908

LaRoche singled to center field , Bay to second