Fred Hornkohl

That's what I told my nephew the last time we faced him... :cry: I don't know.... last time we put up double digit runs was Thur 16 Aug against the Reds when we beat 'em 12-4. In the 14 games since then (8-6), the CUBS have been putting up an average of 3.43 R/G with a team OPS of .669. Their high output is 6 runs in the Friday game against Arizona a week ago, and their low is 1, which was achieved 4 different times. I sure hope facing Woody Williams is antidote for whatever's ailing us !!! The only other alternative may be electro shock therapy ???? Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !! Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... CUBS are 7-12 on Sundays CUBS are 5-6 vs. Houston CUBS are 30-28 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 17-18 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 33-35 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 20-23 in games that end a series CUBS are 39-33 in day games CUBS are 36-33 at home CUBS are 55-44 against right handers CUBS are 33-28 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 50-18 when they get a quality start.... 19-47 when they don't CUBS are 26-38 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 43-27 when they don't CUBS are 52-24 when they score first in the game.... 17-41 when they don't CUBS are 30-20 when they score in the first inning.... 39-45 when they don't CUBS are 58-41 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 11-24 when they do CUBS are 58-25 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-40 when they don't CUBS are 54-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 15-55 when they don't CUBS are 59-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-34 when they get outhit.... and 5-12 when the hits are even CUBS are 8-8 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 61-57 when he doesn't CUBS are 24-11 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 46-54 when he doesn't CUBS are 18-20 in one run games.... 12-12 in two run games CUBS are 49-42 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 18-23 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 45-20 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 24-45 when they don't CUBS are 27-20 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 42-45 when they don't CUBS are 52-37 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 17-28 when he doesn't CUBS are 24-28 when Barrett starts... 3-9 when Blanco starts... 17-8 when K. Hill starts... 6-3 when Bowen starts.... 2-0 when Soto starts.... 17-17 when Kendall starts CUBS are on a pace to win 83 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 740 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 131 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 491 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1064 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 92 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 120 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 97 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.57 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.75 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.363 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 32.9% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS bullpen has an ERA of 1.65 over the last 15 games (9-6) CUBS have committed 9 errors in their last 13 games CUBS pitchers have given up 10 or more hits in 1 of their last 15 games CUBS have 6 quality starts in their last 11 games CUBS have scored first in 34 of their last 63 games (37-26) CUBS have hit 2 triples in their last 34 games.... both in the same game CUBS have been CS 4 times in their last 27 games CUBS have executed 6 sac bunts in their last 29 games CUBS have hit 3 sac flies in their last 31 games CUBS have been HBP 10 times in their last 62 games CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 39 of their last 60 games CUBS have caught 7 base runners stealing in their last 64 games CUBS opponents have stolen 8 bases in their last 6 games CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in 31 of their last 55 games CUBS on 01 September..... Year W L Pct Place GB Lead 2007 69 65 .515 1st ---- 1.5 2006 55 79 .410 5th 17.5 ---- 2005 63 70 .474 4th 21.5 ---- 2003 70 66 .515 3rd 1.5 ---- 2001 76 59 .563 2nd 3.0 ---- 1998 77 62 .554 2nd 10.0 ---- 1989 75 59 .560 1st ---- 2.5 1984 81 54 .600 1st ---- 5.0 1969 83 52 .615 1st ---- 4.5 1945 76 47 .618 1st ---- 1.5 1938 68 56 .548 2nd 7.0 ---- 1935 78 51 .605 3rd 1.5 ---- 1932 75 51 .595 1st ---- 7.5 1929 84 41 .672 1st ---- 11.5 1918 83 44 .654 1st ---- 10.5 1910 80 37 .684 1st ---- 10.0 1908 71 48 .597 3rd 1.5 ---- 1907 89 33 .730 1st ---- 17.5 1906 93 31 .750 1st ---- 13.0 CUBS are 12-14 when Hill starts Hill is 15 of 27 in quality starts Hill has 3 consecutive quality start(s) Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.39.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's 1.71.... to Bowen it's 7.36.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 3.95 CUBS score 4.57 R/G overall.... 3.04 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.81 HR/G overall.... 0.46 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/02 - 09/01 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 876 79 203 50 3 12 295 72 88 190 0.232 0.302 0.337 0.639 CUBS overall 4670 612 1254 281 23 108 1905 578 406 880 0.269 0.328 0.408 0.736 Composite scoring in games started by Hill......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 16 4 8 9 5 6 13 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 Opponents 14 5 10 14 17 13 11 13 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 106 Hill's starts this year (8-7) Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/06 vs. Milw 7.0 1 1 1 0 6 1 78 0.00 7.71 1.29 0.14 1.29 04/14 vs. Cincy 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 5.14 6.43 0.00 1.00 0.00 04/19 vs. Atla 8.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 111 3.38 7.88 0.00 0.88 0.00 04/24 vs. Milw 6.7 6 4 4 3 5 2 108 4.05 6.75 2.70 1.35 5.40 04/30 vs. Pitts 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 103 1.29 7.71 0.00 1.00 2.57 05/05 vs. Wash 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 94 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.17 1.50 05/11 vs. Phila 5.0 4 5 5 3 7 2 85 5.40 12.60 3.60 1.40 9.00 05/16 vs. Mets 6.0 7 4 4 4 6 1 113 6.00 9.00 1.50 1.83 6.00 05/22 vs. S.D. 6.0 6 5 5 2 8 4 99 3.00 12.00 6.00 1.33 7.50 05/27 vs. L.A. 6.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 66 3.00 4.50 0.00 0.83 0.00 06/02 vs. Atla 7.0 4 3 1 1 6 0 97 1.29 7.71 0.00 0.71 1.29 06/07 vs. Atla 8.0 3 1 1 1 11 1 108 1.13 12.38 1.13 0.50 1.13 06/12 vs. Seatt 6.7 8 3 3 1 4 1 83 1.35 5.40 1.35 1.35 4.05 06/17 vs. S.D. 3.0 5 5 5 1 1 3 52 3.00 3.00 9.00 2.00 15.00 06/23 vs. CWS 5.7 6 1 1 2 6 0 105 3.18 9.53 0.00 1.41 1.59 06/29 vs. Milw 3.0 5 5 5 2 5 1 92 6.00 15.00 3.00 2.33 15.00 07/04 vs. Wash 6.0 10 6 6 1 6 2 104 1.50 9.00 3.00 1.83 9.00 07/16 vs. S.F. 8.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 95 2.25 3.38 1.13 0.75 2.25 07/21 vs. Ariz 6.0 6 2 1 4 6 0 115 6.00 9.00 0.00 1.67 1.50 07/27 vs. Cincy 5.0 6 2 2 3 8 1 104 5.40 14.40 1.80 1.80 3.60 08/01 vs. Phila 4.7 8 4 3 3 5 1 96 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.36 5.79 08/06 vs. Houst 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 101 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.71 1.29 08/11 vs. Colo 5.7 9 7 7 2 4 1 89 3.18 6.35 1.59 1.94 11.12 08/17 vs. St. L 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 1 115 2.57 9.00 1.29 0.71 1.29 08/22 vs. S.F. 7.0 6 2 2 1 10 0 115 1.29 12.86 0.00 1.00 2.57 08/28 vs. Milw 7.0 7 3 3 0 9 0 105 0.00 11.57 0.00 1.00 3.86 Home 72.0 65 33 29 24 60 10 1147 3.00 7.50 1.25 1.24 3.63 Road 89.3 74 37 37 27 94 14 1381 2.72 9.47 1.41 1.13 3.73 Day 56.7 51 24 21 20 49 7 935 3.18 7.78 1.11 1.25 3.34 Nite 104.7 88 46 45 31 105 17 1593 2.67 9.03 1.46 1.14 3.87 Home Day 39.0 32 17 14 15 34 5 660 3.46 7.85 1.15 1.21 3.23 April 35.7 20 7 7 11 29 3 495 2.78 7.32 0.76 0.87 1.77 May 29.0 26 15 15 12 28 7 457 3.72 8.69 2.17 1.31 4.66 June 33.3 31 18 16 8 33 6 537 2.16 8.91 1.62 1.17 4.32 July 25.0 26 12 11 10 23 4 418 3.60 8.28 1.44 1.44 3.96 August 38.3 36 18 17 10 41 4 621 2.35 9.63 0.94 1.20 3.99 totals vs. Houst 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 101 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.71 1.29 last 5 starts 33.7 28 14 14 7 36 3 525 1.87 9.62 0.80 1.04 3.74 season totals 161.3 139 70 66 51 154 24 2528 2.85 8.59 1.34 1.18 3.68 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tues Mon Sun Totals 01 Sep 31 Aug 30 Aug 29 Aug 28 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug vs. Hous vs. Hous vs. Milw vs. Milw vs. Milw no game @ Ariz pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 16 1.0 21 1.0 12 3.0 49 Eyre 1.0 13 0.7 7 1.7 20 Howry 1.0 11 1.0 10 1.0 22 1.0 26 4.0 69 Wuertz 2.3 47 1.0 12 3.3 59 Marmol 0.3 4 2.0 29 1.7 25 4.0 58 Wood 2.0 34 1.0 21 3.0 55 Totals 2.3 31 5.3 94 4.0 60 2.7 40 2.0 34 2.7 51 19.0 310 CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (5-6)..... 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 - Hill Williams 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N - Marquis Albers 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N - Hill Patton 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N - Zambrano Rodriguez CUBS' season series vs. Houston last year (7-8) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N 8- 0 Zambrano 57 Tue 06/06 @ Houston N 1- 4 Wood 58 Wed 06/07 @ Houston 0- 1 Marshall 63 Tue 06/13 Houston N 2- 9 Marshall 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N 4- 5 Maddux 65 Thu 06/15 Houston 2- 3 Zambrano 82 Mon 07/03 @ Houston N 2- 7 Marmol 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston 2- 7 Prior 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N 1- 0 Marshall 92 Tue 07/18 Houston N 4- 2 Marmol 93 Wed 07/19 Houston N 2- 4 Maddux 94 Thu 07/20 Houston 4- 1 Zambrano 118 Mon 08/14 @ Houston N 3- 0 Zambrano 119 Tue 08/15 @ Houston N 8- 6 Mateo 120 Wed 08/16 @ Houston 1- 0 O'Malley CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year..... vs. Houst AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Ward 5 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.600 0.600 0.800 1.400 0.600 Murton 13 1 5 0 0 1 8 1 1 3 0.385 0.429 0.615 1.044 0.444 Lee 38 5 11 2 0 2 19 9 8 12 0.289 0.413 0.500 0.913 0.375 Ramirez 31 4 11 1 0 1 15 8 2 4 0.355 0.394 0.484 0.878 0.385 Theriot 37 6 13 2 0 1 18 3 2 5 0.351 0.385 0.486 0.871 0.387 Barrett 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.333 Pagan 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.500 0.700 0.143 Patterson 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Floyd 21 1 6 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 0.316 Soriano 28 5 6 1 0 1 10 3 1 8 0.214 0.267 0.357 0.624 0.263 Izturis 10 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.200 0.385 0.200 0.585 0.200 DeRosa 40 3 9 1 0 0 10 1 3 11 0.225 0.295 0.250 0.545 0.310 Monroe 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 0.200 K Hill 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 0.167 Jones 35 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 3 0.200 0.216 0.229 0.445 0.219 Kendall 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.111 0.333 0.111 0.444 0.111 Fontenot 21 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 0.190 0.190 0.238 0.429 0.286 Soto 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 0.250 Pie 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bowen 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 368 39 91 11 0 8 126 35 31 83 0.247 0.310 0.342 0.653 0.300 season totals 4671 610 1254 276 23 107 1897 577 405 870 0.268 0.328 0.406 0.734 0.311 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 4.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 59 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wood 3.7 2 0 0 1 3 0 65 2.45 7.36 0.00 0.82 0.00 Guzman 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 40 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 Eyre 2.7 2 0 0 3 3 0 57 10.13 10.13 0.00 1.88 0.00 Gallagher 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 9.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Ohman 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 R Hill 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 101 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.71 1.29 Dempster 4.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 45 4.50 6.75 2.25 1.00 2.25 Lilly 14.0 10 4 4 2 12 0 196 1.29 7.71 0.00 0.86 2.57 Zambrano 20.3 14 8 7 7 21 2 356 3.10 9.30 0.89 1.03 3.10 Howry 5.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 77 0.00 7.20 1.80 1.00 3.60 Marshall 9.0 12 9 6 4 5 2 152 4.00 5.00 2.00 1.78 6.00 Marquis 15.7 17 12 11 8 10 2 254 4.60 5.74 1.15 1.60 6.32 Wuertz 7.7 8 6 6 5 8 2 147 5.87 9.39 2.35 1.70 7.04 totals vs. Houst 97.7 81 43 38 37 81 11 1582 3.41 7.46 1.01 1.21 3.50 season totals 1200.3 1101 569 532 483 994 144 19551 3.62 7.45 1.08 1.32 3.99 CUBS' last 7 games (3-4).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 128 Sat 08/25 @ Arizona 1- 3 Lilly Davis 129 Sun 08/26 @ Arizona 4- 5 Marquis Petit 130 Tue 08/28 Milwaukee N 5- 3 Hill Suppan 131 Wed 08/29 Milwaukee N 1- 6 Zambrano Sheets 132 Thu 08/30 Milwaukee N 5- 4 Lilly Parra 133 Fri 08/31 Houston 1- 6 Marshall Rodriguez 134 Sat 09/01 Houston 4- 3 Marquis Patton 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 3 3 3 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Opponents 4 5 2 6 3 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 08/25 - 09/01 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Murton 9 1 6 0 0 1 9 1 1 2 0.667 0.700 1.000 1.700 0.833 Ward 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.750 0.800 0.750 1.550 1.000 Ramirez 23 3 9 0 0 1 12 5 4 2 0.391 0.464 0.522 0.986 0.400 Lee 27 3 7 0 0 2 13 3 1 5 0.259 0.286 0.481 0.767 0.250 Kendall 19 1 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 3 0.316 0.381 0.368 0.749 0.375 Floyd 13 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0.231 0.286 0.462 0.747 0.167 Soriano 16 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 2 4 0.188 0.278 0.375 0.653 0.182 Monroe 17 1 3 2 0 0 5 0 2 3 0.176 0.263 0.294 0.557 0.214 Fontenot 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.250 Jones 27 2 6 1 0 0 7 3 1 5 0.222 0.250 0.259 0.509 0.273 Theriot 29 2 5 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 0.172 0.226 0.276 0.502 0.179 Blanco 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.500 0.200 DeRosa 22 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 8 0.136 0.208 0.182 0.390 0.214 Pie 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 7 games 231 21 59 9 0 6 86 18 17 43 0.255 0.313 0.372 0.686 0.291 season totals 4671 610 1254 276 23 107 1897 577 405 870 0.268 0.328 0.406 0.734 0.311 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 08/25 - 09/01 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 4.0 1 0 0 1 7 0 58 2.25 15.75 0.00 0.50 0.00 Howry 4.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 69 2.25 11.25 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 3.7 2 1 1 1 2 0 62 2.45 4.91 0.00 0.82 2.45 Marshall 3.7 5 4 1 4 3 1 84 9.82 7.36 2.45 2.45 2.45 R Hill 7.0 7 3 3 0 9 0 105 0.00 11.57 0.00 1.00 3.86 Lilly 11.0 9 5 5 4 14 2 192 3.27 11.45 1.64 1.18 4.09 Wuertz 4.3 4 2 2 4 6 1 89 8.31 12.46 2.08 1.85 4.15 Marquis 12.0 11 7 7 4 8 3 176 3.00 6.00 2.25 1.25 5.25 Dempster 3.0 2 2 2 2 2 1 49 6.00 6.00 3.00 1.33 6.00 Zambrano 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 1.42 8.53 0.00 1.58 7.11 last 7 games 61.0 54 30 26 22 64 8 1020 3.25 9.44 1.18 1.25 3.84 season totals 1200.3 1101 569 532 483 994 144 19551 3.62 7.45 1.08 1.32 3.99 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 09/01 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 13 32 0.289 Ramirez 63 174 0.266 DeRosa 55 165 0.250 Kendall 14 42 0.250 Floyd 34 116 0.227 Lee 52 181 0.223 Jones 45 167 0.212 Fontenot 25 99 0.202 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Theriot 35 148 0.191 Pie 17 77 0.181 Blanco 4 19 0.174 Fox 1 5 0.167 Soto 1 5 0.167 Soriano 26 142 0.155 K Hill 10 58 0.147 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Murton 11 82 0.118 Cedeno 4 31 0.114 Bowen 2 19 0.095 Izturis 8 79 0.092 Moore 0 3 0.000 Patterson 0 4 0.000 Monroe 0 10 0.000 CUBS 470 1983 0.192 Wild Card Race Team W L Pct GB San Diego 75 60 0.556 --- Arizona 76 61 0.555 --- Philadelphia 72 63 0.533 3.0 Los Angeles 70 65 0.519 5.0 CUBS 69 65 0.515 5.5 Colorado 69 66 0.511 6.0 Atlanta 69 67 0.507 6.5 Milwaukee 68 67 0.504 7.0 St. Louis 66 66 0.500 7.5 Cincinnati 62 74 0.456 13.5 San Francisco 61 74 0.452 14.0 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 28 Milwaukee 27 Cincinnati 20 Houston 19 Pittsburgh 18 Go CUBS !!! © 2007, Fred W. Hornkohl

Final score: Cardinals 11 Reds 3

Reds mounting a comeback with a Dunn walk, a Gonzalez double, and a Hatteberg sacrifice fly. 11-3 Cardinals now going to the bottom 8th.

Sterling !

Babe Ankiel with a sac fly...... 11-2 Cardinals.

Molina grounds out as another run scores......... 10-2 Cardinals.

passed ball scores another one...... 9-2 Cardinals now

anyhow... Edmonds singles in another run..... 8-2 now, bases loaded 1 out for the Cardinals.

Is anybody watching the Cardinals game ??? Gameday just showed Ludwick walking on 4 straight pitches in the strike zone !!! What's really going on ???

Babe Ankiel doubles in 2 more for the Cards...... now 7-2

Uff da

Boy.... we got rid of that guy just in the nick of time, huh? :wink:

Hamilton strikes out with 2 men on to end the Reds' 6th. 5-2 Cardinals.

Cantu walks. Reds have men on 1st & 2nd with 2 out, top 6th.

Hatteberg with a one out double in the top of the 6th

Teams usually play like little league teams when playing the Cards. Has this become a joke or do people actually believe crap like this? CUBS commit 0.818 errors per game against St. Louis...... but 0.577 errors per game against the rest of the league. That doesn't sound like a joke to me !!!

I'm actually pretty sure they won't. What could and should happen is Ankiel will get more playing time and hopefully get exposed for the free-swinger that he is. What's with all these posts that say "i'm sure something absurd will happen because it's the cardinals and they have awesome luck". It's pretty lame and tired at this point. Throughout the years the Cardinals have had good teams with good players. Attempting to explain away their success by citing luck is as silly as attempting to explain away the Cubs lack of success by citing bad luck. Luck has very, very little to do with anything. That maybe. But admit that Womack is luck. Nay! What is usually perceived as luck is Tony LaRussa's ability to strategize and provide his players with the best chance for success. It's not like Womack did anything extraordinary in his time there. Played above his head at times? Sure. Happens with a lot of sub-par players. Lucky? Doubt it. Nah, I think Womack was way, way above his career bests in his one year there. Then the next year went right back to being terrible at baseball. This is the definition of luck, no??

Youman is that lefty who owned us right? Indeed.

Saturday 01 September 2007 Houston @ CUBS 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 2 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 0 Houston ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Pence cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burke 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 C Lee lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Loretta ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wigginton 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 Patton p 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Munson c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 3 6 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Monroe rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pie pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kendall c 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jones cf-rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 Fontenot ph 1 0 0 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 Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 30 4 7 3 1 5 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Patton 6.0 3 3 2 1 3 1 92 Sampson 2.0 3 2 1 0 2 1 31 totals 8.0 7 4 3 1 5 2 123 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Marquis 6.7 5 2 2 1 5 1 81 Marmol 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Dempster 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 totals 9.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 112 Home runs: Houston: Scott (16), C Lee (27) CUBS: Ramirez (19), D Lee (16) W: Marquis (11-8) S: Dempster (24) L: Patton (0-2) T: 2:28 A: 40,606 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

Houston CUBS P/PA 3.39 3.84 RBI% 0.14 0.09 R/BR 0.43 0.40 BA 0.188 0.233 OBP 0.212 0.303 SLG 0.406 0.467 OPS 0.618 0.770 ERA 3.38 3.00 BB/9 1.13 1.00 K/9 5.63 5.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Berkman flied out to deep right field C Lee homered to left field Loretta lined out to second base Scott grounded out to short, 6-3 1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 2 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Marquis (11-8) S: Dempster L: Patton (0-2) T: 2:31 A: 40,606 Home runs: Houston: Scott (16), C Lee (27) CUBS: Ramirez (19), D Lee (16) Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Patton 6.0 3 3 2 1 3 1 92 Sampson 2.0 3 2 1 0 2 1 31 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 6.7 5 2 2 1 5 1 81 Marmol 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Dempster 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16

Loretta lined out to second base

CUBS are 6-27 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 62-38 when they don't Go CUBS !!

C Lee homered to left field