Fred Hornkohl

Play Ball, already !!!

Screw these 3:00 starts !! It's time for baseball now !! Somebody call L.A. and tell 'em to get this show on the road !! When I get to be king this crap is gonna stop !! [/grumble]

CUBS win the division with an 82-80 record !!! Go CUBS !! 80-82. We have to play a whole lot better to get above and stay above .500 CUBS have only been outscored in the 7th inning (37-36) and the 10th inning (3-1). Go CUBS !!!

CUBS win the division with an 82-80 record !!! Go CUBS !!

Right you are. Murton 2006 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 218 39 73 17 1 7 113 36 24 26 0.335 0.408 0.518 0.927 Road 236 31 65 4 2 6 91 24 21 38 0.275 0.337 0.386 0.723 overall 454 70 138 21 3 13 204 60 45 64 0.304 0.372 0.449 0.821

We're getting closer............ CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 120 St. Louis 115 Pittsburgh 114 Houston 113 Cincinnati 109

I was on the road Friday night listening to Vin Scully do the CUBS/Dodgers game. I always enjoy Scully. One of the many things he pointed out during the game was the extreme home / road splits of Cesar Izturis. I haven't paid much attention to H/R splits lately, so this got me to thinking. Taking the team as a whole, the splits are surprisingly similar......... 04/02 - 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Home 797 108 218 43 5 21 334 103 68 151 0.274 0.334 0.419 0.753 0.315 Road 885 115 238 63 5 21 374 109 75 168 0.269 0.327 0.423 0.750 0.312 When you break it down, player by player, you get some really wild results....... 04/02 - 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP RC Barrett Home 76 10 24 4 0 6 46 15 7 15 0.316 0.369 0.605 0.974 0.327 17.0 Barrett Road 80 4 16 3 0 1 22 9 5 13 0.200 0.241 0.275 0.516 0.227 5.3 DeRosa Home 56 6 12 5 0 1 20 9 10 15 0.214 0.343 0.357 0.700 0.275 6.9 DeRosa Road 69 10 20 4 2 4 40 13 9 15 0.290 0.372 0.580 0.952 0.320 14.9 Izturis Home 47 4 7 1 0 0 8 1 5 4 0.149 0.245 0.170 0.415 0.163 2.0 Izturis Road 70 6 25 6 0 0 31 4 4 4 0.357 0.392 0.443 0.835 0.379 12.1 Jones Home 79 8 20 3 0 0 23 7 5 10 0.253 0.294 0.291 0.585 0.290 6.8 Jones Road 69 8 17 6 1 1 28 9 4 10 0.246 0.297 0.406 0.703 0.276 8.3 Lee Home 79 13 28 6 0 3 43 17 11 15 0.354 0.446 0.544 0.990 0.410 19.2 Lee Road 84 13 31 13 0 0 44 10 8 14 0.369 0.430 0.524 0.954 0.443 18.9 Murton Home 44 6 8 3 0 0 11 2 2 6 0.182 0.217 0.250 0.467 0.211 2.4 Murton Road 53 9 20 3 0 1 26 6 7 9 0.377 0.450 0.491 0.941 0.442 11.7 Ramirez Home 75 11 22 3 2 5 44 14 8 15 0.293 0.357 0.587 0.944 0.309 15.7 Ramirez Road 101 15 30 4 0 7 55 22 7 13 0.297 0.343 0.545 0.887 0.284 18.8 Soriano Home 72 12 22 5 1 1 32 7 3 20 0.306 0.351 0.444 0.795 0.412 11.2 Soriano Road 100 15 29 10 1 3 50 7 9 21 0.290 0.349 0.500 0.849 0.342 17.4 Blanco Home 14 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 0.286 0.375 0.357 0.732 0.333 1.9 Blanco Road 19 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0.158 0.150 0.211 0.361 0.188 0.6 Floyd Home 51 6 13 1 0 1 17 8 3 10 0.255 0.296 0.333 0.630 0.300 5.0 Floyd Road 44 6 14 3 0 1 20 10 4 6 0.318 0.388 0.455 0.842 0.351 7.8 Theriot Home 79 11 27 2 1 0 31 9 4 6 0.342 0.373 0.392 0.766 0.370 11.6 Theriot Road 63 11 13 5 0 0 18 5 10 13 0.206 0.315 0.286 0.601 0.260 5.7 Ward Home 17 4 6 2 0 0 8 3 4 4 0.353 0.476 0.471 0.947 0.462 3.8 Ward Road 17 2 4 2 0 0 6 2 6 4 0.235 0.435 0.353 0.788 0.308 2.6 Cedeno Home 21 1 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 7 0.095 0.136 0.286 0.422 0.077 0.8 Cedeno Road 10 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0.100 0.100 0.400 0.500 0.000 0.4 Pie Home 29 2 8 3 0 0 11 2 0 5 0.276 0.276 0.379 0.655 0.333 3.0 Pie Road 20 4 3 0 1 1 8 2 1 5 0.150 0.190 0.400 0.590 0.143 1.5 Pagan Home 12 5 5 0 1 1 10 2 2 2 0.417 0.500 0.833 1.333 0.444 5.0 Pagan Road 24 5 5 1 0 1 9 2 0 8 0.208 0.208 0.375 0.583 0.267 1.9 I noticed that Lee, Ramirez and Soriano were all pretty close, and that didn't surprise me. But after that..... wow !! I realize that there are some pretty small sample sizes here, and that over time a lot of this disparity should disappear, but you've got some definite "homers" and "roadies" here !! In spite of the inherent risk of drawing inferences here, I could sure make a case for sitting Izturis for Theriot and Jones for Pagan come tomorrow. Love to hear your opinions.

ESPN is still showing Nolasco as Monday's starter.

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner. Nope this is the winner: Even got the "couldn't care less" part right. dammit. Damn it.

Haha, Fred and his stats... someone mail this to Aramis please! Bruce? ;) Meh, it's probably more due to the fact that he hits better at home, and more of the day games are at home. Honestly, the more night games the Cubs can play, the better by me. I hate being the only club to play during the day on a Tuesday, and missing the game because I have to do silly things like put food on my table. Day baseball during the week sucks. Good for ARam. I hope all the Cubs keep complaining. Let's get out of the damn dark ages for change. He seems to prefer the daylight, whether it's at home or on the road.......... Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Home Day 62 10 19 2 2 4 37 12 5 12 0.306 0.358 0.597 0.955 0.326 Home Nite 13 1 3 1 0 1 7 2 3 3 0.231 0.353 0.538 0.891 0.222 Road Day 40 5 12 1 0 3 22 10 4 3 0.300 0.364 0.550 0.914 0.265 Road Nite 61 10 18 3 0 4 33 12 3 10 0.295 0.328 0.541 0.869 0.298 season totals 176 26 52 7 2 12 99 36 15 28 0.295 0.349 0.563 0.911 0.294

Here's some worthless stats of the day for Sunday........... CUBS are 2-4 on Sundays CUBS are 1-1 vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 3-4 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 4-9 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 8-13 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 7-9 in games that end a series CUBS are 2-2 in games that end a road trip CUBS are 14-13 in day games CUBS are 12-13 on the road CUBS are 4-7 against lefties CUBS are 9-9 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 18-7 when they get a quality start.... 4-18 when they don't CUBS are 8-14 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 14-11 when they don't CUBS are 17-13 when they score first in the game.... 5-12 when they don't CUBS are 8-10 when they score in the first inning.... 14-15 when they don't CUBS are 20-18 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-7 when they do CUBS are 19-11 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-14 when they don't CUBS are 18-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-21 when they don't CUBS are 19-9 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-8 when they get outhit.... and 1-7 when the hits are even CUBS are 3-0 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 19-25 when he doesn't CUBS are 2-11 in one run games.... 5-4 in two run games CUBS are 9-7 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 18-15 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 4-10 when they don't CUBS have not committed an error in their last 6 games CUBS have not been hit by a pitch in their last 17 games CUBS have caught 1 baserunner stealing in their last 22 games CUBS have turned at least 1 DP in 15 of their last 20 games CUBS are 4-5 when Hill starts Hill is 5 of 9 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.38.... Hill hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.74 R/G overall.... 3.44 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.89 HR/G overall.... 0.78 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/02 - 05/26 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 298 31 75 17 0 7 113 29 31 59 0.252 0.323 0.379 0.702 CUBS overall 1682 223 456 106 10 42 708 212 144 319 0.271 0.331 0.421 0.752 Hill's starts this year (4-4) 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 Home 19.7 15 5 5 8 14 2 297 3.66 6.41 0.92 1.17 2.29 Road 39.0 28 17 17 13 40 8 589 3.00 9.23 1.85 1.05 3.92 Day 13.0 9 1 1 5 9 0 189 3.46 6.23 0.00 1.08 0.69 Nite 45.7 34 21 21 16 45 10 697 3.15 8.87 1.97 1.09 4.14 last 5 starts 30.0 29 17 17 11 31 7 494 3.30 9.30 2.10 1.33 5.10 season totals 58.7 43 22 22 21 54 10 886 3.22 8.28 1.53 1.09 3.38 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week........ Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Totals 26 May 25 May 24 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 May @ L.A. @ L.A. @ S.D. @ S.D. @ S.D. no game vs. CWS pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 0.3 12 0.3 12 Dempster 1.0 7 1.0 7 0.3 4 2.3 18 Eyre 1.0 28 1.0 28 Howry 0.0 12 1.0 12 1.0 24 Ohman 0.3 4 0.0 8 0.3 2 0.7 14 Wuertz 1.0 6 0.7 13 1.7 19 Marmol 1.7 17 1.0 19 2.7 36 Guzman 1.0 10 1.7 21 2.7 31 Totals 1.3 11 3.7 53 2.0 19 1.0 15 2.0 25 2.3 59 12.3 182 CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles this year (1-1)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 46 Fri 05/25 @ Los Angeles N 8- 9 Lilly Lowe 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Wolf 138 Mon 09/03 Los Angeles - Hill Penny 139 Tue 09/04 Los Angeles N - Marshall Lowe 140 Wed 09/05 Los Angeles N - Marquis Hendrickson 141 Thu 09/06 Los Angeles - Lilly Tomko CUBS hitters vs. Los Angeles this year..... vs. L.A. AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Floyd 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.500 0.750 0.500 1.250 0.500 Jones 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 0.500 Murton 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0.400 0.500 0.600 1.100 0.500 DeRosa 8 2 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 0.250 0.333 0.750 1.083 0.167 Ramirez 9 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.286 Soriano 9 2 4 1 0 0 5 3 0 3 0.444 0.444 0.556 1.000 0.667 Barrett 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 0.667 Izturis 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 0.375 Lee 9 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.444 0.667 0.250 Blanco 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.333 Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pagan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. L.A. 73 12 23 6 0 2 35 11 4 16 0.315 0.351 0.479 0.830 0.382 season totals 1682 223 456 106 10 42 708 212 143 319 0.271 0.330 0.421 0.751 0.313 CUBS pitchers vs. Los Angeles this year...... vs. L.A. IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 1.7 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.20 0.00 Dempster 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Guzman 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 9.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 1.17 9.39 1.17 1.17 2.35 Lilly 4.3 6 5 5 4 2 1 75 8.31 4.15 2.08 2.31 10.38 Ohman 0.3 1 1 1 0 1 0 12 0.00 27.00 0.00 3.00 27.00 Howry 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 inf inf totals vs. L.A. 17.0 22 11 11 7 13 2 264 3.71 6.88 1.06 1.71 5.82 season totals 427.0 382 195 189 161 341 49 6789 3.39 7.19 1.03 1.27 3.98 CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games...... 05/04 - 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Fontenot 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 0.500 Ramirez 88 14 27 4 1 7 54 19 4 16 0.307 0.337 0.614 0.951 0.308 Ward 24 4 8 3 0 0 11 5 3 5 0.333 0.407 0.458 0.866 0.421 Pagan 36 10 10 1 1 2 19 4 2 10 0.278 0.316 0.528 0.844 0.333 DeRosa 46 7 11 4 1 1 20 7 11 11 0.239 0.386 0.435 0.821 0.294 Izturis 59 6 21 3 0 0 24 2 4 2 0.356 0.406 0.407 0.813 0.368 Soriano 88 14 25 4 2 2 39 10 9 23 0.284 0.357 0.443 0.800 0.365 Murton 51 7 15 3 0 1 21 4 5 9 0.294 0.357 0.412 0.769 0.341 Barrett 71 7 19 5 0 3 33 7 4 14 0.268 0.303 0.465 0.767 0.296 Lee 57 6 15 2 0 2 23 8 6 7 0.263 0.344 0.404 0.747 0.271 Floyd 32 2 9 1 0 0 10 6 5 7 0.281 0.378 0.313 0.691 0.360 Theriot 70 7 16 2 1 0 20 5 8 9 0.229 0.308 0.286 0.593 0.262 Jones 58 5 12 5 0 0 17 8 1 11 0.207 0.217 0.293 0.510 0.255 Pie 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.333 Blanco 18 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 0.167 0.211 0.167 0.377 0.200 last 21 games 748 96 200 38 6 19 307 92 64 148 0.267 0.327 0.410 0.737 0.312 season totals 1682 223 456 106 10 42 708 212 143 319 0.271 0.330 0.421 0.751 0.313 CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games...... 05/04 - 05/26 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 3.7 1 0 0 2 3 0 47 4.91 7.36 0.00 0.82 0.00 Marshall 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 2.57 10.29 1.29 0.86 2.57 Eyre 7.0 8 2 2 5 3 0 121 6.43 3.86 0.00 1.86 2.57 Wuertz 6.7 4 2 2 7 4 0 103 9.45 5.40 0.00 1.65 2.70 Guzman 18.0 18 6 6 6 15 1 262 3.00 7.50 0.50 1.33 3.00 Marquis 27.0 20 10 10 7 15 2 377 2.33 5.00 0.67 1.00 3.33 Cherry 5.3 5 2 2 3 6 0 89 5.06 10.13 0.00 1.50 3.38 Lilly 26.3 22 11 11 8 18 2 399 2.73 6.15 0.68 1.14 3.76 Zambrano 34.3 33 20 18 13 26 5 579 3.41 6.82 1.31 1.34 4.72 Ohman 5.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 104 3.60 16.20 0.00 1.40 5.40 Hill 23.0 23 15 15 10 25 7 391 3.91 9.78 2.74 1.43 5.87 Dempster 8.7 9 6 6 4 7 0 139 4.15 7.27 0.00 1.50 6.23 Howry 9.0 14 9 9 3 5 2 163 3.00 5.00 2.00 1.89 9.00 Cotts 8.0 11 9 9 5 7 1 160 5.63 7.88 1.13 2.00 10.13 last 21 games 189.0 177 97 95 77 151 21 3039 3.67 7.19 1.00 1.34 4.52 season totals 427.0 382 195 189 161 341 49 6789 3.39 7.19 1.03 1.27 3.98 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 05/26 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 5 9 0.357 Lee 24 59 0.289 Floyd 16 44 0.267 Ramirez 24 73 0.247 DeRosa 17 55 0.236 Blanco 3 10 0.231 Theriot 14 47 0.230 Jones 15 69 0.179 Barrett 17 80 0.175 Pagan 2 10 0.167 Murton 7 36 0.163 Soriano 10 54 0.156 Pie 3 21 0.125 Izturis 5 48 0.094 Cedeno 2 21 0.087 Fontenot 0 0 0.000 CUBS 170 694 0.197 Go CUBS !!

Play more day games !!! Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Day 102 15 31 3 2 7 59 22 9 15 0.304 0.360 0.578 0.939 0.300 Nite 74 11 21 4 0 5 40 14 6 13 0.284 0.333 0.541 0.874 0.286

Just guessing these numbers have some influence........... 05/04 - 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP DeRosa 46 7 11 4 1 1 20 7 11 11 0.239 0.386 0.435 0.821 0.294 Izturis 59 6 21 3 0 0 24 2 4 2 0.356 0.406 0.407 0.813 0.368 Theriot 70 7 16 2 1 0 20 5 8 9 0.229 0.308 0.286 0.593 0.262

... and here I thought the season was over. Silly me !!!

Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Wolf 49 Mon 05/28 Florida - Marshall Nolasco 50 Tue 05/29 Florida N - Marquis Willis 51 Wed 05/30 Florida N - Lilly Mitre 52 Fri 06/01 Atlanta - Zambrano Davies 53 Sat 06/02 Atlanta - Hill Smoltz 54 Sun 06/03 Atlanta - Marshall Hudson 55 Mon 06/04 @ Milwaukee N - Marquis Suppan 56 Tue 06/05 @ Milwaukee N - Lilly Bush 57 Wed 06/06 @ Milwaukee - Zambrano Vargas 58 Thu 06/07 @ Atlanta N - Hill Smoltz 59 Fri 06/08 @ Atlanta N - Marshall Hudson 60 Sat 06/09 @ Atlanta - Marquis Carlyle 61 Sun 06/10 @ Atlanta - Lilly Davies Happy now ???

Indeed !! Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Tomko 49 Mon 05/28 Florida - Marshall Nolasco 50 Tue 05/29 Florida N - Marquis Willis 51 Wed 05/30 Florida N - Lilly Mitre 52 Fri 06/01 Atlanta - Zambrano Redman 53 Sat 06/02 Atlanta - Hill Smoltz 54 Sun 06/03 Atlanta - Marshall Hudson 55 Mon 06/04 @ Milwaukee N - Marquis Suppan 56 Tue 06/05 @ Milwaukee N - Lilly Bush 57 Wed 06/06 @ Milwaukee - Zambrano Vargas 58 Thu 06/07 @ Atlanta N - Hill Smoltz 59 Fri 06/08 @ Atlanta N - Marshall Hudson 60 Sat 06/09 @ Atlanta - Marquis James 61 Sun 06/10 @ Atlanta - Lilly Redman

You win. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Tomko 49 Mon 05/28 Florida - Marshall Nolasco 50 Tue 05/29 Florida N - Marquis Willis 51 Wed 05/30 Florida N - Lilly Mitre 52 Fri 06/01 Atlanta - Zambrano Redman

Saturday 26 May 2007 CUBS @ Los Angeles 14:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lee 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DeRosa 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Murton rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Blanco c 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Izturis ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ohman 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 35 4 10 4 0 8 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 Los Angeles ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Pierre cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abreu 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garciaparra 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LaRoche lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martin c 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kent ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Betemit 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ethier rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Martinez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lieberthal ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hendrickson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billingsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saenz ph-1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 35 2 10 2 1 10 16 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Zambrano 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Dempster 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 totals 9.0 10 2 2 1 10 1 136 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Hendrickson 5.0 9 4 4 0 4 2 74 Billingsley 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 40 Tomko 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 totals 9.0 10 4 4 0 8 2 133 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (12), DeRosa (5) Los Angeles: Betemit (5) W: Zambrano (5-4) S: Dempster (11) L: Hendrickson (2-2) T: 2:33 A: 48,243

CUBS Los Angeles P/PA 3.69 3.78 RBI% 0.20 0.06 R/BR 0.40 0.18 BA 0.286 0.286 OBP 0.286 0.306 SLG 0.486 0.400 OPS 0.771 0.706 ERA 2.00 4.00 BB/9 1.00 0.00 K/9 10.00 8.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Betemit struck out swinging Ethier singled to right field Lieberthal, pinch hitting for Martinez, singled to left field , Ehtier to second Saenz grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Lieberthal out at second 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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (5-4) S: Dempster (11) L: Hendrickson (2-2) T: 2:33 A: 48,243 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (12), DeRosa (5) Los Angeles: Betemit (5) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Dempster 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hendrickson 5.0 9 4 4 0 4 2 74 Billingsley 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 40 Tomko 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Lieberthal, pinch hitting for Martinez, singled to left field , Ehtier to second

Ethier singled to right field

Betemit struck out swinging

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Tomko in to pitch for Los Angeles Blanco grounded out to second, 4-3 Izturis grounded out to second, 4-3 Ward, pinch hitting for Ohman, 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 CUBS 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (12), DeRosa (5) Los Angeles: Betemit (5) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hendrickson 5.0 9 4 4 0 4 2 74 Billingsley 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 40 Tomko 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19