Fred Hornkohl

For the record, it's........ Eckstein, ss Ankiel, cf Pujols, 1b Encarnacion, rf Ludwick, lf Molina, c Miles, 2b Piniero, p Ryan, 3b End of the second, it's 1-0 Houston.

Naturally, I can't find the quote anywhere, but I definitely recall reading that Soriano prefers leading off because he sees more fastballs there. I'm working now, so don't have time to search for it, but I recall Soriano saying he'd play any position and hit anywhere in the order to help the team. That is true. As others have mentioned, he also expressed a preference for hitting leadoff.

Look for Jacque Jones in the 8th spot.

He's as good as we've got........ He's easily the best hitting pitcher we have, but he's not that good of a hitter (which is the statement stitchface made). That's very true, but I don't think it's any stretch of the imagination at all to infer the unstated "for a pitcher".

We're clearly not dealing with the same Soriano here. Remember, a good chunk of that 52-44 was in early summer when everyone was clicking. Remember half of that 52-44 was prior to 03 June when everyone was not clicking. Team record by leadoff hitter CUBS are 17-23 when Soriano hits in the leadoff spot Soriano has surely shown he can be productive hitting leadoff....... batting 1st AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Soriano 416 69 127 29 4 18 218 41 21 87 0.305 0.342 0.524 0.866 0.350 Theriot 140 30 44 13 1 1 62 11 10 16 0.314 0.358 0.443 0.800 0.350 Pie 15 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 5 0.133 0.188 0.333 0.521 0.200 Don't overreact to 2 games coming back off the DL. Soriano will be fine.

Greetings one and all from Algonquin, IL !! Worthless stats of the day for Thursday........... CUBS are 8-7 on Thursdays CUBS are 8-6 vs. Milwaukee CUBS are 28-27 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 17-17 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 34-29 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 19-23 in games that end a series CUBS are 29-32 at night CUBS are 34-32 at home CUBS are 12-20 against lefties CUBS are 32-27 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 49-18 when they get a quality start.... 18-46 when they don't CUBS are 25-37 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 42-27 when they don't CUBS are 52-24 when they score first in the game.... 15-40 when they don't CUBS are 30-20 when they score in the first inning.... 37-44 when they don't CUBS are 56-41 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 11-23 when they do CUBS are 56-25 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-39 when they don't CUBS are 53-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 14-54 when they don't CUBS are 57-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-34 when they get outhit.... and 5-12 when the hits are even CUBS are 23-11 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 44-53 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-20 in one run games.... 12-12 in two run games CUBS are 48-41 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-23 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 44-20 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 23-44 when they don't 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 744 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 129 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 94 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 96 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.60 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 19.3% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.365 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.0% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS haven't drawn more than 3 BBs in any of their last 12 games CUBS have committed 7 errors in their last 10 games CUBS have not homered in 7 of their last 8 games CUBS have 5 quality starts in their last 8 games CUBS have scored first in 34 of their last 59 games (35-25) CUBS have hit 2 triples in their last 31 games.... both in the same game CUBS have been CS 3 times in their last 24 games CUBS have executed 5 sac bunts in their last 26 games CUBS have hit 3 sac flies in their last 28 games CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 37 of their last 57 games CUBS have caught 6 base runners stealing in their last 61 games CUBS are 14-13 when Lilly starts Lilly is 16 of 27 in quality starts Lilly has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.53.... to Blanco it's 4.50.... to K. Hill it's 2.66.... to Bowen it's 2.86.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 5.31 CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 5.26 R/G when Lilly pitches CUBS hit 0.79 HR/G overall.... 0.70 HR/G when Lilly pitches CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 04/02 - 08/29 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 980 142 287 63 5 19 417 134 77 192 0.293 0.347 0.426 0.773 CUBS overall 4573 602 1229 279 23 104 1866 569 397 860 0.269 0.328 0.408 0.736 Composite scoring in games started by Lilly......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 14 11 23 22 23 18 19 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 Opponents 11 14 20 10 11 9 12 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 111 Lilly's starts this year (13-7) 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 Home 97.7 87 45 43 25 78 14 1536 2.30 7.19 1.29 1.15 3.96 Road 70.7 61 30 29 21 62 9 1095 2.67 7.90 1.15 1.16 3.69 Day 82.7 63 29 28 15 68 8 1234 1.63 7.40 0.87 0.94 3.05 Nite 85.7 85 46 44 31 72 15 1397 3.26 7.56 1.58 1.35 4.62 Home Nite 30.0 33 22 21 12 26 8 514 3.60 7.80 2.40 1.50 6.30 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 30.7 29 17 17 11 29 7 522 3.23 8.51 2.05 1.30 4.99 totals vs. Milw 12.0 14 8 7 1 5 3 189 0.75 3.75 2.25 1.25 5.25 last 5 starts 30.7 29 17 17 11 29 7 522 3.23 8.51 2.05 1.30 4.99 season totals 168.3 148 75 72 46 140 23 2631 2.46 7.49 1.23 1.15 3.85 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Totals 29 Aug 28 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug vs. Milw vs. Milw no game @ Ariz @ Ariz @ Ariz @ S.F. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 12 0.3 4 1.3 16 Eyre 0.7 7 0.3 2 0.7 5 1.7 14 Howry 1.0 22 1.0 26 1.0 23 1.0 12 4.0 83 Wuertz 1.0 12 1.0 21 0.7 19 2.7 52 Marmol 1.7 25 1.0 16 2.7 41 Wood 1.0 21 0.7 16 1.0 19 2.7 56 Totals 2.7 40 2.0 34 2.7 51 2.0 39 3.0 62 2.7 36 15.0 262 CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee this year (8-6)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 4 Fri 04/06 @ Milwaukee N 9- 3 Hill Bush 5 Sat 04/07 @ Milwaukee 6- 3 Zambrano Sheets 6 Sun 04/08 @ Milwaukee 4- 9 Miller Capuano 19 Mon 04/23 Milwaukee N 4- 5 Zambrano Vargas 20 Tue 04/24 Milwaukee N 1- 4 Hill Suppan 21 Wed 04/25 Milwaukee 9- 3 Lilly Sheets 55 Mon 06/04 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Marquis Bush 56 Tue 06/05 @ Milwaukee N 5- 7 Lilly Vargas 57 Wed 06/06 @ Milwaukee 6- 2 Zambrano Suppan 78 Fri 06/29 Milwaukee 6- 5 Hill Gallardo 79 Sat 06/30 Milwaukee 4-13 Marshall Sheets 80 Sun 07/01 Milwaukee 5- 1 Marquis Bush 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 - Marshall Parra CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee last year (8-8) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 21 Fri 04/28 Milwaukee 6- 2 Maddux 22 Sat 04/29 Milwaukee 2-16 Rusch 23 Sun 04/30 Milwaukee 0- 9 Zambrano 75 Mon 06/26 Milwaukee N 0- 6 Maddux 76 Tue 06/27 Milwaukee N 5- 8 Zambrano 77 Wed 06/28 Milwaukee 6- 3 Marmol 78 Thu 06/29 Milwaukee 4- 5 Prior 85 Thu 07/06 @ Milwaukee N 0- 2 Maddux 86 Fri 07/07 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Zambrano 87 Sat 07/08 @ Milwaukee N 3- 1 Marmol 88 Sun 07/09 @ Milwaukee 11- 4 Rusch 112 Tue 08/08 @ Milwaukee N 6- 3 Marmol 113 Wed 08/09 @ Milwaukee N 3- 6 Zambrano 114 Thu 08/10 @ Milwaukee 6- 8 Prior 158 Tue 09/26 Milwaukee N 14- 6 Marshall 159 Wed 09/27 Milwaukee N 3- 2 Hill CUBS hitters vs. Milwaukee this year..... vs. Milw AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Kendall 7 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.571 1.000 0.429 Lee 58 8 23 7 0 1 33 11 3 11 0.397 0.429 0.569 0.998 0.478 Pie 30 7 11 4 0 1 18 3 1 4 0.367 0.387 0.600 0.987 0.400 Floyd 33 6 11 3 0 1 17 8 2 7 0.333 0.389 0.515 0.904 0.400 Ramirez 50 7 14 3 1 3 28 12 6 6 0.280 0.339 0.560 0.899 0.268 Ward 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 0.333 0.556 0.333 0.889 0.667 Barrett 25 4 9 1 0 0 10 5 3 5 0.360 0.429 0.400 0.829 0.450 Theriot 33 9 10 5 0 0 15 4 3 2 0.303 0.361 0.455 0.816 0.323 DeRosa 50 5 14 4 1 1 23 10 4 15 0.280 0.345 0.460 0.805 0.382 Soriano 60 8 17 6 0 1 26 3 1 14 0.283 0.295 0.433 0.728 0.356 Cedeno 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0.143 0.143 0.571 0.714 0.000 Fontenot 13 2 3 0 1 0 5 2 0 2 0.231 0.231 0.385 0.615 0.273 Pagan 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.250 Jones 42 5 8 1 0 0 9 2 3 5 0.190 0.261 0.214 0.475 0.216 Murton 10 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.200 0.273 0.200 0.473 0.250 Izturis 26 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 4 0.154 0.185 0.231 0.416 0.182 Blanco 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.167 0.143 0.167 0.310 0.200 K Hill 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 Bowen 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monroe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Milw 505 72 140 37 3 9 210 66 35 101 0.277 0.326 0.416 0.742 0.332 season totals 4574 600 1229 274 23 103 1858 568 396 850 0.269 0.328 0.406 0.734 0.311 CUBS pitchers vs. Milwaukee this year...... vs. Milw IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 7.3 5 0 0 1 8 0 112 1.23 9.82 0.00 0.82 0.00 Dempster 6.0 0 0 0 2 4 0 67 3.00 6.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Marmol 4.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 48 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.25 0.00 Petrick 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Cotts 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marquis 12.3 11 3 2 4 8 2 189 2.92 5.84 1.46 1.22 1.46 Ohman 4.7 3 1 1 0 4 1 65 0.00 7.71 1.93 0.64 1.93 Cherry 4.3 4 2 1 1 3 1 65 2.08 6.23 2.08 1.15 2.08 Wuertz 9.0 8 4 4 3 10 2 146 3.00 10.00 2.00 1.22 4.00 Zambrano 25.3 24 13 12 9 28 4 443 3.20 9.95 1.42 1.30 4.26 R Hill 23.7 19 13 13 5 25 4 383 1.90 9.51 1.52 1.01 4.94 Lilly 12.0 14 8 7 1 5 3 189 0.75 3.75 2.25 1.25 5.25 Guzman 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 33 0.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 Eyre 6.3 13 7 7 5 7 1 142 7.11 9.95 1.42 2.84 9.95 Miller 4.0 9 6 6 2 0 2 71 4.50 0.00 4.50 2.75 13.50 Marshall 2.0 7 7 6 2 2 0 48 9.00 9.00 0.00 4.50 27.00 totals vs. Milw 127.0 123 66 61 35 116 20 2062 2.48 8.22 1.42 1.24 4.32 season totals 1173.3 1080 556 522 469 969 139 19094 3.60 7.43 1.07 1.32 4.00 CUBS' last 7 games (3-4).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 125 Wed 08/22 @ San Francisco N 4- 2 Hill Zito 126 Thu 08/23 @ San Francisco 1- 4 Zambrano Cain 127 Fri 08/24 @ Arizona N 6- 2 Marshall Owings 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 Composite scoring during the last 7 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 5 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Opponents 2 4 3 5 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 08/22 - 08/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Fontenot 7 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0.429 0.556 0.571 1.127 0.429 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 Murton 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.429 0.857 0.500 Jones 28 3 10 2 0 0 12 3 1 5 0.357 0.379 0.429 0.808 0.435 Ward 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.500 Floyd 20 2 5 1 0 1 9 1 0 0 0.250 0.286 0.450 0.736 0.211 DeRosa 23 3 7 2 0 0 9 1 1 6 0.304 0.333 0.391 0.725 0.412 Kendall 25 3 8 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 0.320 0.320 0.400 0.720 0.364 Lee 28 3 7 0 0 1 10 3 1 5 0.250 0.276 0.357 0.633 0.273 Theriot 28 3 6 3 0 0 9 1 3 2 0.214 0.290 0.321 0.612 0.231 Ramirez 25 0 5 2 0 0 7 6 2 3 0.200 0.241 0.280 0.521 0.227 Pie 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 Monroe 10 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.300 0.500 0.250 Soriano 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.125 Fox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 7 games 238 22 62 16 0 2 84 18 13 38 0.261 0.299 0.353 0.652 0.303 season totals 4574 600 1229 274 23 103 1858 568 396 850 0.269 0.328 0.406 0.734 0.311 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 08/22 - 08/29 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 4.7 2 0 0 3 7 0 82 5.79 13.50 0.00 1.07 0.00 Howry 4.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 83 4.50 20.25 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 2.3 0 0 0 0 3 0 25 0.00 11.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 Eyre 1.7 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.00 Marshall 6.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 72 1.50 7.50 1.50 0.50 1.50 Lilly 6.0 4 2 2 0 8 1 85 0.00 12.00 1.50 0.67 3.00 R Hill 14.0 13 5 5 1 19 0 220 0.64 12.21 0.00 1.00 3.21 Wood 2.7 3 1 1 1 1 0 47 3.38 3.38 0.00 1.50 3.38 Wuertz 2.7 2 1 1 4 5 0 61 13.50 16.88 0.00 2.25 3.38 Zambrano 11.7 15 10 9 5 10 1 217 3.86 7.71 0.77 1.71 6.94 Marquis 5.3 6 5 5 3 3 2 95 5.06 5.06 3.38 1.69 8.44 last 7 games 61.0 52 25 24 20 70 5 1001 2.95 10.33 0.74 1.18 3.54 season totals 1173.3 1080 556 522 469 969 139 19094 3.60 7.43 1.07 1.32 4.00 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 08/29 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 12 32 0.273 Kendall 14 39 0.264 Ramirez 62 174 0.263 DeRosa 53 158 0.251 Floyd 34 114 0.230 Lee 52 178 0.226 Jones 44 164 0.212 Blanco 4 15 0.211 Fontenot 25 98 0.203 Theriot 35 143 0.197 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Pie 17 77 0.181 Fox 1 5 0.167 Soto 1 5 0.167 Soriano 26 138 0.159 K Hill 10 58 0.147 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Murton 11 81 0.120 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 6 0.000 CUBS 465 1944 0.193 Wild Card Race Team W L Pct GB San Diego 72 59 0.550 --- Philadelphia 70 62 0.530 2.5 Los Angeles 70 63 0.526 3.0 Atlanta 69 65 0.515 4.5 CUBS 67 64 0.511 5.0 Colorado 68 65 0.511 5.0 Milwaukee 66 66 0.500 6.5 St. Louis 64 65 0.496 7.0 Cincinnati 61 72 0.459 12.0 Pittsburgh 59 73 0.447 13.5 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 31 Milwaukee 30 Cincinnati 24 Pittsburgh 23 Houston 22 Go CUBS !!! .

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/448159.jpg Parra (0-1) 3.09 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150404.jpg Lilly (13-7) 3.85 Pinch hitting for Roast..... assuming he'll be ready for tomorrow !! Go CUBS !!

He's as good as we've got........ 04/02 - 08/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Zambrano 67 8 17 1 0 2 24 5 0 23 0.254 0.254 0.358 0.612 0.357 Miller 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.250 Marquis 59 9 9 3 0 1 15 4 1 20 0.153 0.167 0.254 0.421 0.211 R Hill 50 0 7 2 0 0 9 5 1 28 0.140 0.157 0.180 0.337 0.318 Lilly 60 5 8 0 0 0 8 4 1 26 0.133 0.148 0.133 0.281 0.235 Marshall 27 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 12 0.074 0.107 0.111 0.218 0.133 Guzman 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Totals 274 22 44 7 0 3 60 18 4 111 0.161 0.173 0.219 0.392 0.256

The question came up........... Team record by leadoff hitter CUBS are 52-44 when Soriano hits in the leadoff spot CUBS are 14-18 when Theriot hits in the leadoff spot CUBS are 1-2 when Pie hits in the leadoff spot

Wednesday 29 August 2007 Milwaukee @ CUBS 19:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 11 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 Milwaukee ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Weeks 2b 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gross rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Braun 3b 4 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McClung p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenkins lf 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hart cf-rf 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Estrada c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Counsell ss-3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheets p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dillon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 36 6 11 6 2 8 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Floyd rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jones cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 34 1 9 1 2 3 22 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Sheets 6.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 86 Shouse 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 McClung 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Turnbow 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 totals 9.0 9 1 1 2 3 0 136 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Zambrano 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 Eyre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 totals 9.0 11 6 5 2 8 0 154 Home runs: Milwaukee: none CUBS: none W: Sheets (11-4) S: none L: Zambrano (14-11) T: 2:47 A: 40,512

Milwaukee CUBS P/PA 4.05 3.68 RBI% 0.35 0.04 R/BR 0.40 0.09 BA 0.306 0.265 OBP 0.375 0.314 SLG 0.444 0.294 OPS 0.819 0.608 ERA 1.00 5.00 BB/9 2.00 2.00 K/9 3.00 8.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Cordero in to pitch for Milwaukee Jones singled to right field Kendall grounded out to third, 5-3 , Jones to second Ward, pinch hitting for Wuertz, called out on strikes Soriano flied out to left field 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 11 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 W: Sheets (11-4) S: none L: Zambrano (14-11) T: 2:48 A: 40,512 Home runs: Milwaukee: none CUBS: none Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Sheets 6.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 86 Shouse 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 McClung 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Turnbow 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 Eyre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

Ward, pinch hitting for Wuertz, called out on strikes

Kendall grounded out to third, 5-3 , Jones to second

Jones singled to right field

Cordero in to pitch for Milwaukee

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS Fielder flied out to center field Hall lined out to third base Jenkins grounded out to first, 3-1 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 11 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Home runs: Milwaukee: none CUBS: none Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Sheets 6.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 86 Shouse 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 McClung 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Turnbow 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 Eyre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

Hall lined out to third base

Fielder flied out to center field

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

CUBS are 0-10 when they trail by 5 runs or more at the end of 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Turnbow in to pitch for Milwaukee D Lee lined out to right field Ramirez walked Ramirez took second on a wild pitch Floyd grounded out to first, unassisted , Ramirez to third DeRosa popped out to shallow right field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Milwaukee 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 11 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Home runs: Milwaukee: none CUBS: none Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Sheets 6.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 86 Shouse 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 McClung 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Turnbow 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 Eyre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21

Floyd grounded out to first, unassisted , Ramirez to third

Ramirez took second on a wild pitch

Ramirez walked