Fred Hornkohl

Murton grounded an IF single to second base

CUBS are 16-13 when they score first in the game.... 5-12 when they don't CUBS are 7-4 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 14-21 when they don't Go CUBS !!

DeRosa homered to right field

Ramirez homered to right field

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre flied out to right field Abreu struck out swinging Garciaparra 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 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Los Angeles: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hendrickson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Abreu struck out swinging

Pierre flied out to right field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Soriano grounded out to second, 4-3 Pagan lined out to left center field Lee flied out to deep center field 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 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Los Angeles: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hendrickson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Pagan lined out to left center field

Soriano grounded out to second, 4-3

As mentioned already, Theriot has not been doing well lately, while Izturis has. CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 05/11 - 05/25 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Izturis 45 3 16 2 0 0 18 2 2 2 0.356 0.383 0.400 0.783 0.372 Theriot 47 6 10 2 1 0 14 1 5 8 0.213 0.288 0.298 0.586 0.256

04/02 - 05/25 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Soriano 168 27 50 15 2 4 81 13 12 39 0.298 0.352 0.482 0.834 0.368 Pagan 32 10 10 1 1 2 19 4 2 8 0.313 0.353 0.594 0.947 0.364 Lee 159 26 59 19 0 3 87 27 19 29 0.371 0.448 0.547 0.995 0.441 Ramirez 172 25 50 7 2 11 94 35 15 27 0.291 0.346 0.547 0.892 0.291 DeRosa 121 15 31 9 2 4 56 21 19 29 0.256 0.362 0.463 0.825 0.307 Murton 93 14 26 5 0 1 34 8 9 15 0.280 0.343 0.366 0.709 0.325 Blanco 29 3 6 2 0 0 8 2 2 4 0.207 0.250 0.276 0.526 0.240 Izturis 113 9 30 7 0 0 37 5 9 8 0.265 0.325 0.327 0.653 0.286 Zambrano 22 3 5 1 0 1 9 2 0 7 0.227 0.227 0.409 0.636 0.286 Totals 909 132 267 66 7 26 425 117 87 166 0.294 0.359 0.468 0.827 0.336

I always kinda liked Todd Wellemeyer. [sigh] now, I have to hate him.

Hey !! Leave my wife out of this !! :wink:

because they don't like morning baseball in LA? That's the worst excuse I've ever heard !! :wink:

It's time for baseball now !! Why aren't they starting this game until 3:00 ????

You're just thumbing your nose at the Gods, aren't ya ????

CUBS are 13-13 in day games CUBS are 8-12 at night Play more day games !!

Since this thread was started the Brewers have dropped 10 of 15 games. If they play .500 ball from this point forward, they will finish with 85 wins. Will that be enough ?? The CUBS' magic number against the Brewers is down to 122 !!! Go CUBS !!

Bill Mazeroski says Hi !!

Is it too early to start reporting............... CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 122 St. Louis 116 Houston 115 Pittsburgh 115 Cincinnati 111

Greetings to all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Saturday......... CUBS are 6-1 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 2-4 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 7-6 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 13-11 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 13-13 in day games CUBS are 11-13 on the road CUBS are 3-7 against lefties CUBS are 3-1 when FOX broadcasts the game CUBS are 17-7 when they get a quality start.... 4-18 when they don't CUBS are 8-14 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 13-11 when they don't CUBS are 16-13 when they score first in the game.... 5-12 when they don't CUBS are 8-10 when they score in the first inning.... 13-15 when they don't CUBS are 18-11 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-14 when they don't CUBS are 17-4 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 0-7 when the hits are even CUBS are 19-18 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-7 when they do CUBS are on a pace to win 74 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 771 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 141 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 507 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1095 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 88 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 81 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.76 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.71 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 19.7% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.366 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.8% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS have not hit a home run in their last 4 games CUBS have not committed an error in their last 5 games CUBS have hit 6 triples in their last 7 games after hitting none in their previous 16 games CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 18 games CUBS have GIDP'd 5 times in their last 10 games CUBS have not been hit by a pitch in their last 16 games CUBS have allowed 3 triples in their last 28 games CUBS have caught 1 baserunner stealing in their last 21 games CUBS have turned at least 1 DP in 14 of their last 19 games CUBS are 4-6 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 3 of 10 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.07.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.55 CUBS score 4.76 R/G overall.... 5.60 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.87 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/02 - 05/25 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 361 56 104 27 4 10 169 52 37 65 0.288 0.351 0.468 0.819 CUBS overall 1647 219 446 105 10 40 691 208 144 311 0.271 0.331 0.420 0.751 Zambrano's starts this year (4-4) Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/02 vs. Cincy 5.0 6 5 5 5 2 2 92 9.00 3.60 3.60 2.20 9.00 04/07 vs. Milw 7.0 5 3 3 2 6 2 109 2.57 7.71 2.57 1.00 3.86 04/13 vs. Cincy 4.0 6 6 6 4 2 0 87 9.00 4.50 0.00 2.50 13.50 04/18 vs. Atla 6.0 8 5 5 5 6 2 113 7.50 9.00 3.00 2.17 7.50 04/23 vs. Milw 5.3 5 2 2 3 7 1 103 5.06 11.81 1.69 1.50 3.38 04/28 vs. St. L 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 1 113 0.00 2.57 1.29 1.00 1.29 05/04 vs. Wash 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 104 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 05/10 vs. Pitts 6.0 7 6 4 2 6 1 117 3.00 9.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 05/15 vs. Mets 8.0 6 1 1 3 3 1 116 3.38 3.38 1.13 1.13 1.13 05/20 vs. CWS 6.7 6 7 7 4 5 1 117 5.40 6.75 1.35 1.50 9.45 Home 28.0 30 25 23 16 24 4 528 5.14 7.71 1.29 1.64 7.39 Road 33.0 32 15 15 15 19 8 543 4.09 5.18 2.18 1.42 4.09 Day 41.7 43 32 30 20 27 8 739 4.32 5.83 1.73 1.51 6.48 Nite 19.3 19 8 8 11 16 4 332 5.12 7.45 1.86 1.55 3.72 last 5 starts 33.7 32 19 17 12 20 5 567 3.21 5.35 1.34 1.31 4.54 season totals 61.0 62 40 38 31 43 12 1071 4.57 6.34 1.77 1.52 5.61 Zambrano's starts vs. Los Angeles last year (ND)....... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/18 vs. L.A. 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 season totals 99.3 83 51 46 39 90 16 1637 3.53 8.15 1.45 1.23 4.17 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week........ Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Totals 25 May 24 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 May 19 May @ L.A. @ S.D. @ S.D. @ S.D. no game vs. CWS 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 0.3 4 1.3 11 Eyre 1.0 28 1.0 28 Howry 0.0 12 1.0 12 1.0 19 2.0 43 Ohman 0.0 8 0.3 2 0.3 16 0.7 26 Wuertz 1.0 6 0.7 13 0.7 3 2.3 22 Marmol 1.7 17 1.0 19 1.0 11 3.7 47 Guzman 1.0 10 1.7 21 2.7 31 Totals 3.7 53 2.0 19 1.0 15 2.0 25 2.3 59 3.0 49 14.0 220 CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles this year (0-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 46 Fri 05/25 @ Los Angeles N 8- 9 Lilly Lowe 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles - Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Tomko 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 during the last 14 games...... 05/11 - 05/25 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 57 10 19 2 1 4 35 16 2 7 0.333 0.356 0.614 0.970 0.326 DeRosa 28 6 8 3 1 0 13 4 7 6 0.286 0.429 0.464 0.893 0.364 Murton 30 4 10 0 0 1 13 4 4 8 0.333 0.412 0.433 0.845 0.429 Soriano 56 10 15 3 2 1 25 6 8 12 0.268 0.359 0.446 0.806 0.326 Pagan 29 8 8 1 1 1 14 3 2 7 0.276 0.323 0.483 0.805 0.333 Lee 28 4 8 2 0 1 13 6 2 3 0.286 0.333 0.464 0.798 0.292 Ward 19 4 5 3 0 0 8 4 3 4 0.263 0.364 0.421 0.785 0.333 Izturis 45 3 16 2 0 0 18 2 2 2 0.356 0.383 0.400 0.783 0.372 Floyd 27 2 8 1 0 0 9 5 3 5 0.296 0.367 0.333 0.700 0.364 Barrett 49 5 12 3 0 2 21 5 2 10 0.245 0.269 0.429 0.698 0.270 Theriot 47 6 10 2 1 0 14 1 5 8 0.213 0.288 0.298 0.586 0.256 Jones 36 2 7 3 0 0 10 6 0 8 0.194 0.189 0.278 0.467 0.250 Blanco 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.000 last 14 games 492 69 131 26 6 11 202 66 41 99 0.266 0.321 0.411 0.732 0.314 season totals 1647 219 446 105 10 40 691 208 143 311 0.271 0.331 0.420 0.751 0.313 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 05/11 - 05/25 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 Cherry 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 9.00 9.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Wuertz 5.3 1 1 1 5 3 0 69 8.44 5.06 0.00 1.13 1.69 Marshall 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 2.57 10.29 1.29 0.86 2.57 Eyre 2.7 5 1 1 1 1 0 47 3.38 3.38 0.00 2.25 3.38 Guzman 13.0 16 5 5 4 12 1 180 2.77 8.31 0.69 1.54 3.46 Lilly 19.3 15 9 9 7 14 2 289 3.26 6.52 0.93 1.14 4.19 Zambrano 14.7 12 8 8 7 8 2 233 4.30 4.91 1.23 1.30 4.91 Marquis 18.0 17 10 10 7 10 2 267 3.50 5.00 1.00 1.33 5.00 Hill 17.0 17 14 14 9 21 7 297 4.76 11.12 3.71 1.53 7.41 Ohman 3.3 4 3 3 1 5 0 69 2.70 13.50 0.00 1.50 8.10 Dempster 3.7 4 5 5 2 2 0 63 4.91 4.91 0.00 1.64 12.27 Cotts 5.0 9 8 8 2 1 1 90 3.60 1.80 1.80 2.20 14.40 Howry 5.3 11 9 9 2 4 2 113 3.38 6.75 3.38 2.44 15.19 last 14 games 119.0 118 75 75 52 93 18 1888 3.93 7.03 1.36 1.43 5.67 season totals 418.0 372 193 187 160 331 48 6653 3.44 7.13 1.03 1.27 4.03 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 05/25 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 54 0.239 Theriot 14 47 0.230 Pagan 2 8 0.200 Blanco 2 9 0.182 Jones 15 69 0.179 Barrett 17 80 0.175 Murton 7 36 0.163 Soriano 9 52 0.148 Pie 3 21 0.125 Izturis 5 47 0.096 Cedeno 2 21 0.087 Fontenot 0 0 0.000 CUBS 168 686 0.197 Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Sulphur Springs, TX !! Worthless stats of the day for Friday............... CUBS are 4-3 on Fridays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 2-3 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 4-8 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 8-12 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 5-11 in games that start a series CUBS are 8-11 at night CUBS are 11-12 on the road CUBS are 18-17 against right handers CUBS are 9-8 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 8-7 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 17-7 when they get a quality start.... 4-17 when they don't CUBS are 8-13 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 13-11 when they don't CUBS are 16-13 when they score first in the game.... 5-11 when they don't CUBS are 8-10 when they score in the first inning.... 13-14 when they don't CUBS are 18-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-14 when they don't CUBS are 17-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-20 when they don't CUBS are 19-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-8 when they get outhit.... and 0-7 when the hits are even CUBS are 19-17 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-7 when they do CUBS are 17-14 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 4-10 when they don't CUBS are 18-15 when they get at least 8 hits..... 2-9 when they don't CUBS are 4-12 when they steal a base.... 17-12 when they don't CUBS are 7-2 when they execute a sac bunt.... 14-22 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 16-20 when they don't CUBS are 7-4 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 14-20 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 16-21 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 9-19 when they don't CUBS are 6-11 when the opponent steals a base.... 15-13 when they don't CUBS are 4-9 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 17-15 when they don't CUBS are 10-14 when the opponent GIDPs.... 11-10 when they don't CUBS are 1-4 when the opponent triples.... 20-20 when they don't CUBS are 2-10 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 19-14 when they don't CUBS are 2-6 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 19-18 when they don't CUBS are 6-10 when they hit an opposing batter.... 15-14 when they don't CUBS have hit 6 triples in their last 6 games after hitting none in their previous 16 games CUBS have not been caught stealing in their last 15 games CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 17 games CUBS have GIDP'd 3 times in their last 9 games CUBS have not been hit by a pitch in their last 15 games CUBS have allowed 3 triples in their last 27 games CUBS have not caught a baserunner stealing in their last 20 games CUBS have turned at least 1 DP in 13 of their last 18 games CUBS are 5-4 when Lilly starts Lilly is 8 of 9 in quality starts Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.70.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.57 CUBS score 4.69 R/G overall.... 4.22 R/G when Lilly pitches CUBS hit 0.89 HR/G overall.... 0.56 HR/G when Lilly pitches CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 04/02 - 05/24 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 335 38 93 16 1 5 126 36 25 64 0.278 0.331 0.376 0.708 CUBS overall 1609 211 433 100 10 40 673 201 140 303 0.269 0.330 0.418 0.748 Lilly's starts this year (4-2) 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 Home 40.0 31 13 12 7 34 2 607 1.58 7.65 0.45 0.95 2.70 Road 20.3 15 7 6 3 20 1 295 1.33 8.85 0.44 0.89 2.66 Day 41.0 27 12 11 7 36 2 605 1.54 7.90 0.44 0.83 2.41 Nite 19.3 19 8 7 3 18 1 297 1.40 8.38 0.47 1.14 3.26 last 5 starts 34.3 31 13 11 5 24 2 510 1.31 6.29 0.52 1.05 2.88 season totals 60.3 46 20 18 10 54 3 902 1.49 8.06 0.45 0.93 2.69 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week........ Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 24 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 May 19 May 18 May @ S.D. @ S.D. @ S.D. no game vs. CWS vs. CWS 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 0.3 4 1.0 16 2.3 27 Eyre 1.0 28 1.0 28 Howry 1.0 12 1.0 19 1.0 12 3.0 43 Ohman 0.3 2 0.3 16 0.7 18 Wuertz 0.7 13 0.7 3 1.3 16 Cherry Marmol 1.0 19 1.0 11 2.0 30 Guzman 1.7 21 1.7 21 Totals 2.0 19 1.0 15 2.0 25 2.3 59 3.0 49 2.0 28 12.3 195 CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles this year (0-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 46 Fri 05/25 @ Los Angeles N - Lilly Lowe 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles - Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles - Hill Tomko 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' season series vs. Los Angeles last year (4-2) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 12 Mon 04/17 @ Los Angeles N 4- 1 Maddux 13 Tue 04/18 @ Los Angeles N 1- 2 Zambrano 14 Wed 04/19 @ Los Angeles N 5- 4 Marshall 145 Tue 09/12 Los Angeles N 9- 8 Marshall 146 Wed 09/13 Los Angeles N 0- 6 Guzman 147 Thu 09/14 Los Angeles 6- 5 Miller CUBS hitters vs. Los Angeles last year..... vs. L.A. AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Coats 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Pagan 5 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.800 1.200 Cedeno 11 3 5 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0.455 0.538 0.455 0.993 Walker 12 1 4 0 0 1 7 3 0 3 0.333 0.308 0.583 0.891 Theriot 9 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.333 0.455 0.333 0.788 Ramirez 23 2 7 0 0 1 10 5 1 2 0.304 0.333 0.435 0.768 Murton 20 3 6 1 0 0 7 2 3 3 0.300 0.391 0.350 0.741 Bynum 7 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 Blanco 11 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.273 0.333 0.364 0.697 Izturis 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Moore 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Jones 21 2 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 7 0.286 0.318 0.333 0.652 Pierre 27 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 4 0.259 0.259 0.296 0.556 Perez 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Lee 19 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 0.211 0.238 0.211 0.449 Barrett 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Mabry 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Soto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hairston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Reyes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. L.A. 212 25 58 5 1 2 71 24 10 45 0.274 0.307 0.335 0.642 season totals 5586 715 1495 266 45 166 2349 667 394 926 0.268 0.319 0.421 0.739 CUBS pitchers vs. Los Angeles last year...... vs. L.A. IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 1.7 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 5.40 5.40 0.00 0.60 0.00 Howry 3.7 2 0 0 1 2 0 65 2.45 4.91 0.00 0.82 0.00 Eyre 3.3 2 0 0 1 2 0 54 2.70 5.40 0.00 0.90 0.00 Dempster 3.0 1 1 0 0 3 0 52 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Ryu 2.3 1 0 0 1 4 0 38 3.86 15.43 0.00 0.86 0.00 Walrond 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Maddux 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 Zambrano 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 Miller 5.0 1 2 2 3 3 1 81 5.40 5.40 1.80 0.80 3.60 Marshall 8.7 8 9 5 7 6 2 165 7.27 6.23 2.08 1.73 5.19 Ohman 3.0 3 2 2 2 5 0 61 6.00 15.00 0.00 1.67 6.00 Aardsma 2.7 1 2 2 5 1 0 68 16.88 3.38 0.00 2.25 6.75 Guzman 4.0 8 5 5 4 1 1 81 9.00 2.25 2.25 3.00 11.25 Marmol 0.3 3 3 3 0 0 1 11 0.00 0.00 27.00 9.00 81.00 totals vs. L.A. 55.7 39 26 21 30 41 5 949 4.85 6.63 0.81 1.24 3.40 season totals 1439.0 1402 838 766 691 1256 210 24704 4.32 7.86 1.31 1.45 4.79 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 05/17 - 05/24 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Ramirez 27 5 13 2 1 2 23 7 1 4 0.481 0.500 0.852 1.352 0.524 DeRosa 17 3 6 2 1 0 10 2 2 4 0.353 0.421 0.588 1.009 0.462 Pagan 18 6 5 0 1 1 10 3 2 4 0.278 0.350 0.556 0.906 0.308 Barrett 22 3 5 1 0 2 12 2 2 5 0.227 0.292 0.545 0.837 0.200 Ward 7 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.400 Soriano 26 4 7 0 2 0 11 3 4 7 0.269 0.367 0.423 0.790 0.368 Lee 13 2 2 0 0 1 5 4 2 2 0.154 0.267 0.385 0.651 0.100 Murton 16 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 0.250 0.294 0.250 0.544 0.400 Theriot 26 4 5 0 1 0 7 1 1 2 0.192 0.222 0.269 0.491 0.208 Floyd 12 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.250 0.417 0.200 Izturis 20 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.222 Blanco 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 Jones 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0.067 0.063 0.067 0.129 0.077 Fontenot 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 7 games 239 33 57 7 6 7 97 31 17 53 0.238 0.288 0.406 0.694 0.279 season totals 1609 211 433 100 10 40 673 201 139 303 0.269 0.330 0.418 0.748 0.310 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 05/17 - 05/24 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 2.7 0 0 0 2 2 0 30 6.75 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Ohman 2.3 1 0 0 1 4 0 41 3.86 15.43 0.00 0.86 0.00 Marmol 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 30 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Eyre 1.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 31 9.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 Guzman 6.7 6 1 1 2 6 0 96 2.70 8.10 0.00 1.20 1.35 Marshall 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 2.57 10.29 1.29 0.86 2.57 Howry 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 43 0.00 6.00 3.00 0.67 3.00 Lilly 7.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 106 2.57 7.71 1.29 1.14 3.86 Marquis 13.0 12 6 6 4 9 1 179 2.77 6.23 0.69 1.23 4.15 Hill 6.0 6 5 5 2 8 4 99 3.00 12.00 6.00 1.33 7.50 Zambrano 6.7 6 7 7 4 5 1 117 5.40 6.75 1.35 1.50 9.45 Dempster 2.7 3 5 5 2 2 0 53 6.75 6.75 0.00 1.88 16.88 Cotts 0.3 3 3 3 1 0 1 12 27.00 0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00 last 7 games 60.3 53 33 33 24 54 10 942 3.58 8.06 1.49 1.28 4.92 season totals 410.0 360 184 178 154 328 47 6525 3.38 7.20 1.03 1.25 3.91 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 05/24 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 5 9 0.357 Lee 22 58 0.275 Floyd 16 44 0.267 Ramirez 24 72 0.250 DeRosa 16 52 0.235 Theriot 14 47 0.230 Pagan 2 8 0.200 Blanco 2 9 0.182 Barrett 16 77 0.172 Jones 14 68 0.171 Murton 7 34 0.171 Pie 3 21 0.125 Soriano 7 51 0.121 Izturis 5 44 0.102 Cedeno 2 21 0.087 Fontenot 0 0 0.000 CUBS 161 669 0.194 Go CUBS !!

He has hit quite a few "almosts" though. The power will come around eventually, I'm not too worried about. I'm glad he's out of the leadoff spot though, I think that will help boost his numbers and help him out with a little more protection. Don't look now, but it appears he's back there.

Mmmmmmmm...... dandelion wine !!!