Fred Hornkohl

Fukudome called out on strikes

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING McLouth singled to right center field McLouth cuaght stealing, 1-3-6 Sanchez struck out swinging Bay grounded an IF single to third base Doumit popped out (foul) to first base 0 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 1 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Pittsburgh: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lilly 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelany 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24

Bay grounded an IF single to third base

Hey Fred, nice to have you with us for a weekday play-by-play. Thanx. Since I'm off on Mondays, I sure wish we were playing more Monday dates !!!

Sanchez struck out swinging

McLouth cuaght stealing, 1-3-6

McLouth singled to right center field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Soriano flied out to left field Johnson walked D Lee singled to left field , Johnson to third Ramirez grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, D Lee out at second 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 1 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Pittsburgh: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lilly 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelany 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24

D Lee singled to left field , Johnson to third

Johnson walked

Soriano flied out to left field

Damn, his mother sure did feed him ugly pudding.

And Marmol's gone two days in a row now. Could get interesting. Don't see why there would be a problem with Marmol going 3 days in a row. I'm sure he's done it before. Last year, Marmol pitched in 3 consecutive games on 2 different occasions. You'll note that the second time, it was not on 3 consecutive days. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles 1- 2 Hill Wolf .49 Mon 05/28 Florida 3- 5 Marshall Kim .50 Tue 05/29 Florida N 4- 9 Marquis Willis Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .76 Tue 06/26 Colorado N 8- 5 Lilly Lopez .77 Wed 06/27 Colorado 6- 4 Zambrano Hirsch .78 Fri 06/29 Milwaukee 6- 5 Hill Gallardo

Thanx for the kind words. :wink:

They're on a pace to hit 81 HR on the season. You think that's gonna last long ?

Worthless stats of the day for Monday........... CUBS are 0-1 on Mondays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 3-3 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 0-0 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 1-1 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 0-2 in games that start a series CUBS are 0-0 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 3-3 in day games CUBS are 0-0 on the road CUBS are 0-0 against lefties CUBS are 2-2 when they get a quality start.... 1-1 when they don't CUBS are 2-1 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS have been outscored 4-0 in the first inning CUBS are 2-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 2-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 2-1 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 1-2 when he doesn't CUBS are 0-3 when they hit an opposing batter.... 3-0 when they don't CUBS have won 6 of their last 9 games against left handed starters CUBS have yet to score a first inning run CUBS have hit at least 1 HR in 9 consecutive regular season games CUBS have not allowed more than 1 HR in any of their last 15 regular season games CUBS are 0-1 when Lilly starts CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 03/31 - 04/06 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 33 2 8 2 0 2 16 2 3 6 0.242 0.306 0.485 0.790 CUBS overall 200 26 51 12 1 8 89 24 18 34 0.255 0.324 0.445 0.769 Lilly's starts last year (16-8) Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/04 vs. Cincy 7.0 3 1 1 1 9 0 101 1.29 11.57 0.00 0.57 1.29 04/09 vs. Houst 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 90 1.50 7.50 0.00 1.17 4.50 04/15 vs. Cincy 6.0 2 1 1 1 10 0 101 1.50 15.00 0.00 0.50 1.50 04/20 vs. St. L 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 100 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.86 2.57 04/25 vs. Milw 7.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 100 0.00 3.86 0.00 0.86 1.29 05/01 vs. Pitts 5.3 9 5 4 1 5 1 86 1.69 8.44 1.69 1.88 6.75 05/08 vs. Pitts 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 110 1.29 5.14 0.00 1.14 2.57 05/13 vs. Phila 8.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 108 1.13 6.75 0.00 0.50 1.13 05/18 vs. CWS 7.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 106 2.57 7.71 1.29 1.14 3.86 05/25 vs. L.A. 4.3 6 5 5 4 2 1 75 8.31 4.15 2.08 2.31 10.38 05/30 vs. Flor 7.0 7 6 5 1 9 3 109 1.29 11.57 3.86 1.14 6.43 06/05 vs. Milw 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 3 89 1.80 3.60 5.40 1.80 10.80 06/10 vs. Atla 0.7 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 06/15 vs. S.D. 8.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 92 1.13 3.38 0.00 0.88 1.13 06/21 vs. Texas 7.0 6 5 5 1 10 2 104 1.29 12.86 2.57 1.00 6.43 06/26 vs. Colo 6.0 6 4 4 5 5 1 113 7.50 7.50 1.50 1.83 6.00 07/02 vs. Wash 7.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 115 3.86 6.43 0.00 0.86 1.29 07/07 vs. Pitts 7.3 8 1 1 1 6 0 106 1.23 7.36 0.00 1.23 1.23 07/14 vs. Houst 8.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 106 1.13 7.88 0.00 0.63 1.13 07/19 vs. S.F. 5.0 6 3 3 1 1 1 102 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.40 5.40 07/25 vs. St. L 7.0 6 1 1 3 2 0 89 3.86 2.57 0.00 1.29 1.29 07/30 vs. Phila 5.0 7 4 4 3 3 2 97 5.40 5.40 3.60 2.00 7.20 08/04 vs. Mets 7.7 7 2 2 1 8 2 113 1.17 9.39 2.35 1.04 2.35 08/09 vs. Colo 6.0 5 2 2 5 5 1 127 7.50 7.50 1.50 1.67 3.00 08/15 vs. Cincy 5.0 6 6 6 2 5 2 85 3.60 9.00 3.60 1.60 10.80 08/20 vs. St. L 6.0 7 5 5 3 3 1 112 4.50 4.50 1.50 1.67 7.50 08/25 vs. Ariz 6.0 4 2 2 0 8 1 85 0.00 12.00 1.50 0.67 3.00 08/30 vs. Milw 5.0 5 3 3 4 6 1 107 7.20 10.80 1.80 1.80 5.40 09/10 vs. St. L 7.0 5 3 3 0 7 2 96 0.00 9.00 2.57 0.71 3.86 09/15 vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 107 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 3.00 09/19 vs. Cincy 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 2 99 1.29 10.29 2.57 0.86 2.57 09/25 vs. Flor 5.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 85 1.80 9.00 0.00 1.80 7.20 09/30 vs. Cincy 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Home 123.3 108 55 53 31 102 19 1932 2.26 7.44 1.39 1.13 3.87 Road 83.7 73 36 35 24 72 9 1308 2.58 7.75 0.97 1.16 3.76 Day 97.7 72 34 33 17 80 10 1458 1.57 7.37 0.92 0.91 3.04 Nite 109.3 109 57 55 38 94 18 1782 3.13 7.74 1.48 1.34 4.53 Road Nite 60.7 60 28 27 20 51 7 968 2.97 7.57 1.04 1.32 4.01 April 33.0 21 9 8 5 33 1 492 1.36 9.00 0.27 0.79 2.18 May 38.7 38 22 20 10 32 6 594 2.33 7.45 1.40 1.24 4.66 June 26.7 26 16 16 8 22 6 408 2.70 7.43 2.03 1.28 5.40 July 39.3 34 11 11 12 24 3 615 2.75 5.49 0.69 1.17 2.52 August 35.7 34 20 20 15 35 8 629 3.79 8.83 2.02 1.37 5.05 September 33.7 28 13 13 5 28 4 502 1.34 7.49 1.07 0.98 3.48 last 5 starts 27.0 22 11 11 4 25 4 408 1.33 8.33 1.33 0.96 3.67 season totals 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3240 2.39 7.57 1.22 1.14 3.83 Lilly's starts vs. Pittsburgh last year..... Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/01 vs. Pitts 5.3 9 5 4 1 5 1 86 1.69 8.44 1.69 1.88 6.75 05/08 vs. Pitts 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 110 1.29 5.14 0.00 1.14 2.57 07/07 vs. Pitts 7.3 8 1 1 1 6 0 106 1.23 7.36 0.00 1.23 1.23 totals vs. Pitts 19.7 24 8 7 3 15 1 302 1.37 6.86 0.46 1.37 3.20 season totals 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3240 2.39 7.57 1.22 1.14 3.83 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Totals 06 Apr 05 Apr 04 Apr 03 Apr 02 Apr 01 Apr 31 Mar v. Hous v. Hous v. Hous v. Milw v. Milw no game v. Milw pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.7 25 1.3 32 3.0 57 Howry 0.3 16 1.3 30 1.0 13 2.7 59 Lieber 2.0 24 2.0 24 Marmol 1.0 19 0.7 7 2.0 42 1.3 9 5.0 77 Pignatiello 0.7 20 0.7 20 Wood 1.0 13 1.0 12 1.0 17 1.0 21 4.0 63 Wuertz 1.0 14 1.0 21 2.0 35 Totals 2.0 32 3.7 60 3.0 38 3.0 59 4.3 103 3.3 43 19.3 335 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (0-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 7 Mon 04/07 @ Pittsburgh - Lilly Gorzelanny 8 Wed 04/09 @ Pittsburgh N - Dempster Duke 9 Thu 04/10 @ Pittsburgh N - Hill Morris .16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh - Zambrano Snell .17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh - Lilly Gorzelanny .18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .42 Fri 05/16 Pittsburgh - Lilly Gorzelanny .43 Sat 05/17 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .44 Sun 05/18 Pittsburgh - Hill Morris .48 Fri 05/23 @ Pittsburgh N - Dempster Duke .49 Sat 05/24 @ Pittsburgh N - Hill Morris .50 Sun 05/25 @ Pittsburgh - Marquis Maholm 110 Fri 08/01 Pittsburgh - Marquis Maholm 111 Sat 08/02 Pittsburgh - Zambrano Snell 112 Sun 08/03 Pittsburgh - Lilly Gorzelanny 131 Mon 08/25 @ Pittsburgh N - Zambrano Snell 132 Tue 08/26 @ Pittsburgh N - Lilly Gorzelanny 133 Wed 08/27 @ Pittsburgh - Dempster Maholm CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh last year (8-7) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .24 Mon 04/30 @ Pittsburgh N 2- 3 Hill Duke .25 Tue 05/01 @ Pittsburgh N 8- 6 Lilly Armas .26 Wed 05/02 @ Pittsburgh 7- 1 Marquis Snell .30 Tue 05/08 Pittsburgh N 3- 4 Lilly Snell .31 Wed 05/09 Pittsburgh 1- 0 Marquis Gorzelanny .32 Thu 05/10 Pittsburgh 4- 6 Zambrano Maholm .85 Fri 07/06 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 8 Marquis Maholm .86 Sat 07/07 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 1 Lilly Van Benschoten .87 Sun 07/08 @ Pittsburgh 2- 6 Zambrano Youman 140 Fri 09/07 @ Pittsburgh N 1- 6 Hill Gorzelanny 141 Sat 09/08 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 1 Zambrano Snell 142 Sun 09/09 @ Pittsburgh 5-10 Trachsel Morris 154 Fri 09/21 Pittsburgh 13- 8 Marquis Maholm 155 Sat 09/22 Pittsburgh 9- 5 Hill Duke 156 Sun 09/23 Pittsburgh 8- 0 Zambrano Gorzelanny CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 160 St. Louis 160 Cincinnati 159 Pittsburgh 159 Houston 157 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

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Well.... I suppose I could send you text messages ?? :wink:

'cause it's their home opener.

Is this like one of them "winning streaks" ??

I wouldn't call this week "crap week." It could've been better, but it could've been worse. Finishing the week, 3-3, is pretty solid first week, IMO. going .500, at home, against only 2 good pitchers, is a pretty solid week? Your solid weeks will have us fighting for 3rd place. No... it will probably win this division !!

Fixed Fred What the hell do you mean, "Fixed Fred" ???? You think I'm a dog and you can cut off my....... Ooops. Never mind :oops:

Why would posting about Italian suppositories get you banned? Groan !!

Sunday 05 April 2008 Houston @ CUBS 13:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 CUBS 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 0 Houston ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Bourn cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erstad 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Lee lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Blum 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Towels c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Backe p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Villareal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 2 7 2 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Ramirez 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blanco c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 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 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 3 8 2 3 8 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Backe 6.0 6 2 2 3 7 1 100 Villareal 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15 Borkowski 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 totals 8.0 8 3 3 3 8 2 130 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Zambrano 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 106 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 totals 9.0 7 2 2 0 10 1 138 Home runs: Houston: Tejada (1) CUBS: Soriano (1), D Lee (3) W: Zambrano S: Wood L: Villareal T: 2:31 A: 40,929 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

Houston CUBS P/PA 4.31 3.71 RBI% 0.09 0.00 R/BR 0.29 0.25 BA 0.219 0.281 OBP 0.219 0.343 SLG 0.344 0.500 OPS 0.563 0.843 ERA 3.38 2.00 BB/9 3.38 0.00 K/9 9.00 10.00