Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Bourn singled to right field Pence doubled to left field , Bourn to third Erstad struck out swinging C Lee flied out to left field , Bourn out at home, 7-2 0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 2 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: Houston: none CUBS: none Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Backe 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14

Erstad struck out swinging

Pence doubled to left field , Bourn to third

Bourn singled to right field

Some worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... From last year: CUBS are 10-14 on Sundays CUBS are 8-7 vs. Houston CUBS are 45-34 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 23-21 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 42-42 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 26-28 in games that end a series CUBS are 5-8 in games that close out a home stand CUBS are 46-38 in day games CUBS are 44-37 at home CUBS are 66-53 against right handers CUBS are 61-20 when they get a quality start.... 24-57 when they don't CUBS are 32-45 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 53-32 when they don't CUBS are 64-31 when they score first in the game.... 21-46 when they don't CUBS are 38-25 when they score in the first inning.... 47-52 when they don't CUBS are 70-49 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 15-28 when they do CUBS are 71-31 when they score at least 4 runs.... 14-46 when they don't CUBS are 66-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-67 when they don't CUBS have won 6 of their last 9 games against left handed starters .... and this year...... CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 745 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 194 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 486 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 842 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 162 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 97 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 162 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.60 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.85 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 18.8% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.377 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 41.9% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS are 0-1 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 1 of 1 in quality starts Zambrano's starts vs. Houston last year..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/11 vs. Houst 8.0 3 1 0 1 8 0 128 1.13 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 07/13 vs. Houst 6.7 3 0 0 3 7 0 115 4.05 9.45 0.00 0.90 0.00 08/08 vs. Houst 5.7 8 7 7 3 6 2 113 4.76 9.53 3.18 1.94 11.12 totals vs. Houst 20.3 14 8 7 7 21 2 356 3.10 9.30 0.89 1.03 3.10 season totals 216.3 187 100 95 101 177 23 3691 4.20 7.36 0.96 1.33 3.95 CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (1-1)..... 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 - Zambrano Backe 45 Mon 05/19 @ Houston N - Marquis Sampson 46 Tue 05/20 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 47 Wed 05/21 @ Houston N - Lilly Backe 96 Fri 07/18 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 97 Sat 07/19 @ Houston N - Lilly Backe 98 Sun 07/20 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez 113 Mon 08/04 Houston N - Dempster Rodriguez 114 Tue 08/05 Houston - Hill Chacon 115 Wed 08/06 Houston - Marquis Sampson 138 Mon 09/01 Houston - Dempster Rodriguez 139 Tue 09/02 Houston N - Hill Chacon 140 Wed 09/03 Houston N - Marquis Sampson 147 Fri 09/12 @ Houston N - Lilly Backe 148 Sat 09/13 @ Houston N - Dempster Rodriguez 149 Sun 09/14 @ Houston - Hill Chacon CUBS' season series vs. Houston last year (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 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 160 St. Louis 160 Cincinnati 159 Pittsburgh 159 Houston 157 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Should we start worrying about the Brewers yet ?

You're right, of course...... btw, the CUBS magic numbers are down to ...... Milwaukee 160 St. Louis 160 Cincinnati 159 Pittsburgh 159 Houston 157 :wink:

who is he? http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tolbema01.shtml You mean to tell us that you didn't even sponsor your own cousin's page on Baseball Reference ??? :shock:

Find new friends. I once had a friend who was a Cardinals fan........... but it ate a hole in the box and got away.

Saturday 05 April 2008 Houston @ CUBS 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7 12 1 CUBS 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 9 14 1 Houston ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Bourn cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pence rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkman 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erstad 1b 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 C Lee lf 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Tejada ss 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigginton 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Perez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blum ph-3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Loretta 2b-3b- 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oswalt p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Villareal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz Jr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 37 7 12 6 1 4 12 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Ramirez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 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 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto c 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Blanco c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquis p 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fontenot ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 36 9 14 8 2 2 16 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Oswalt 6.7 10 6 6 1 0 0 92 Villareal 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Wright 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 Geary 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 Brocail 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 totals 8.0 14 9 10 2 2 1 115 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Marquis 5.3 7 5 4 1 2 0 81 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 Howry 0.3 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 totals 9.0 12 7 6 1 4 1 141 Home runs: Houston: C Lee (2) CUBS: D Lee (2) W: Marquis S: Wood L: Oswalt T: A: 40,707 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

Houston CUBS P/PA 3.71 3.03 RBI% 0.31 0.30 R/BR 0.54 0.56 BA 0.324 0.389 OBP 0.342 0.421 SLG 0.541 0.611 OPS 0.883 1.032 ERA 11.25 6.00 BB/9 2.25 1.00 K/9 2.25 4.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Wood in to pitch for the CUBS Cruz Jr, pinch hitting for Brocail, flied out to shallow right field Bourn grounded out to second, 4-3 Pence grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7 12 1 CUBS 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 9 14 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Marquis S: Wood L: Oswalt T: 2:54 A: 40,707 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7 12 1 CUBS 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 9 14 1 Home runs: Houston: C Lee (2) CUBS: D Lee (2) Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 6.7 10 6 6 1 0 0 92 Villareal 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Wright 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 Geary 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 Brocail 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 5.3 7 5 4 1 2 0 81 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 Howry 0.3 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

Bourn grounded out to second, 4-3

Cruz Jr, pinch hitting for Brocail, flied out to shallow right field

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Brocail in to pitch for Houston Theriot struck out swinging Cedeno blooped a single to right field Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3 , Cedeno to second Johnson singled to left field , Cedeno scored Johnson caught stealing, 2-6 1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 7 12 1 CUBS 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 9 14 1 Home runs: Houston: C Lee (2) CUBS: D Lee (2) Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 6.7 10 6 6 1 0 0 92 Villareal 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Wright 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 Geary 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 Brocail 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 5.3 7 5 4 1 2 0 81 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 Howry 0.3 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

Johnson singled to left field , Cedeno scored

Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3 , Cedeno to second

Cedeno blooped a single to right field

Theriot struck out swinging

Brocail in to pitch for Houston

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Erstad singled to right field C Lee doubled to left field , Erstad to third Tejada grounded out to second, 4-3 , Erstad scored, C Lee to third Blum, pinch hitting for Wigginton, singled to center field , C Lee scored Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS Loretta flied out to right field Ausmus grounded out to third, 5-3 2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 7 12 1 CUBS 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 8 12 1 Home runs: Houston: C Lee (2) CUBS: D Lee (2) Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 6.7 10 6 6 1 0 0 92 Villareal 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Wright 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 Geary 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 5.3 7 5 4 1 2 0 81 Hart 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 Howry 0.3 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 Marmol 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

Loretta flied out to right field

Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS

Blum, pinch hitting for Wigginton, singled to center field , C Lee scored