Fred Hornkohl

Murton AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/03 - 04/30 77 12 22 4 1 2 34 16 10 13 0.286 0.368 0.442 0.809 05/01 - 05/31 84 13 24 3 0 2 33 4 8 12 0.286 0.358 0.393 0.751 06/02 - 06/30 66 8 16 0 0 0 16 1 4 11 0.242 0.286 0.242 0.528 07/01 - 07/31 49 9 18 2 1 0 22 7 6 4 0.367 0.429 0.449 0.878 08/01 - 08/30 82 12 26 5 0 5 46 22 6 8 0.317 0.364 0.561 0.925 09/01 - 09/30 92 15 31 7 1 4 52 10 11 16 0.337 0.425 0.565 0.990 10/01 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 04/03 - 10/01 454 70 138 21 3 13 204 60 45 64 0.304 0.372 0.449 0.821

Give me a break. Dusty started Murton 122 times in left field last season. That's more than 75% of the time !! By "young guy", I wasn't just referring to Murton. And besides, when Murton was struggling last year, thats exactly what Dusty did. He barely played him and gave him scattered at bats. Nice attempt at a save there...... but there were only 3 instances all season where Murton did not start for more than 2 consecutive games. Twice he sat for 3 games in a row, and once for 4. The kid got over 500 PAs last year. Now..... you wanna talk about Cedeno ??

Give me a break. Dusty started Murton 122 times in left field last season. That's more than 75% of the time !! Honest question. Do you know how many times he got yanked for a defensive sub or in a double switch? That would take a lot of digging, game by game. I'm afraid I'm just not that curious.

Give me a break. Dusty started Murton 122 times in left field last season. That's more than 75% of the time !!

For the record..... Dusty started Murton in left field 122 times last season. That's over 75% of the time.

Following your home town team, eh? :wink:

Early as it is, this is interesting. Meanwhile, I'll be away for a week starting tomorrow morning - Go Cubs! It'd be great to be above .500 when I get back. Even more interesting...... through 4 or 5 innings today (I forget which) the CUBS had seen 4.25 P/PA...... then they rallied to finish at 3.61 P/PA on the day.

Now, boys and girls, here's a data set thta's interesting, informative, and relevant to the current discussion for you to look at. 04/02 - 04/14 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Murton 16 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0.250 0.294 0.250 0.544 0.333 Floyd 25 4 8 2 0 0 10 2 1 2 0.320 0.346 0.400 0.746 0.348 Now, it's all right to go "oooo" and "aaaahh", but don't even think about trying to make a statistical inference from this data set. OK?

You didn't make it last year, either, eh? crap, forgot about that. I just remember being in the area most of the season and never missing when the Cubs came to town. the stupid schedulers put them on the wrong side of the country the wrong half of the year for two years in a row now. Don't ya just hate when that happens ??

You didn't make it last year, either, eh?

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday.............. CUBS are 0-1 on Sundays CUBS are 2-3 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 4-6 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 1-1 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 1-2 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 0-3 in games that end a series CUBS are 2-6 in day games CUBS are 1-3 at home CUBS are 4-5 against right handers CUBS are 2-2 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 4-2 when they get a quality start.... 0-4 when they don't CUBS are 1-3 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 3-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-2 when they score first in the game.... 0-4 when they don't CUBS are 1-1 when they score in the first inning.... 3-5 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 0-3 when they do CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 697 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 81 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 454 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1069 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 97 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 113 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 113 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.30 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.67 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 20.1% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.344 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 27.7% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS are 1-1 when Lilly starts Lilly is 2 of 2 in quality starts Lilly's ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.77.... Lilly hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.30 R/G overall.... 3.50 R/G when Lilly pitches CUBS hit 0.50 HR/G overall.... 0.00 HR/G when Lilly pitches CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 04/02 - 04/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 66 7 16 2 0 0 18 6 9 13 0.242 0.333 0.273 0.606 CUBS overall 346 43 94 20 1 5 131 40 28 66 0.272 0.330 0.379 0.708 Lilly's starts this year (1-0) 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 season totals 13.0 9 4 4 2 14 0 191 1.38 9.69 0.00 0.85 2.77 CUBS bullpen load during the last week Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Totals 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr 11 Apr 10 Apr 09 Apr 08 Apr vs Cincy vs Cincy no game no game vs Houst vs Houst @ Milw pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 2.0 31 1.0 21 3.0 52 Dempster 1.0 10 1.0 8 2.0 18 Eyre 1.0 21 1.0 10 1.0 28 3.0 59 Guzman 3.0 40 3.0 40 Howry 1.0 20 1.0 9 1.0 25 3.0 54 Ohman 0.0 9 1.0 8 1.0 17 Wuertz 1.0 11 1.0 14 1.0 16 3.0 41 Totals 2.0 30 5.0 81 4.0 50 3.0 47 4.0 73 18.0 281 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati (2-3) this year..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 1 Mon 04/02 @ Cincinnati 1- 5 Zambrano Harang 2 Wed 04/04 @ Cincinnati N 4- 1 Lilly Arroyo 3 Thu 04/05 @ Cincinnati 2- 5 Marquis Lohse 9 Fri 04/13 Cincinnati 5- 6 Zambrano Harang 10 Sat 04/14 Cincinnati 7- 0 Hill Arroyo 11 Sun 04/15 Cincinnati - Lilly Lohse 102 Fri 07/27 @ Cincinnati N - Marquis Milton 103 Sat 07/28 @ Cincinnati N - Miller Belisle 104 Sun 07/29 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang 119 Tue 08/14 Cincinnati N - Zambrano Harang 120 Wed 08/15 Cincinnati N - Hill Arroyo 121 Thu 08/16 Cincinnati - Lilly Lohse 151 Mon 09/17 Cincinnati N - Lilly Lohse 152 Tue 09/18 Cincinnati N - Marquis Milton 153 Wed 09/19 Cincinnati N - Miller Belisle 160 Thu 09/27 @ Cincinnati N - Hill Arroyo 161 Fri 09/28 @ Cincinnati N - Lilly Belisle 162 Sat 09/29 @ Cincinnati - Marquis Lohse CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS DeRosa 11 1 5 0 0 1 8 3 2 2 0.455 0.538 0.727 1.266 Ramirez 13 2 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0.538 0.538 0.615 1.154 Theriot 11 1 5 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 0.455 0.455 0.455 0.909 Lee 20 2 6 2 0 0 8 4 3 6 0.300 0.391 0.400 0.791 Izturis 17 0 5 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0.294 0.333 0.412 0.745 Soriano 21 2 6 2 0 0 8 1 2 4 0.286 0.348 0.381 0.729 Ward 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.000 0.667 0.000 0.667 Floyd 13 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.308 0.308 0.308 0.615 Murton 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.250 0.333 0.250 0.583 Jones 19 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 0.211 0.318 0.211 0.529 Barrett 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 0.176 0.333 0.176 0.510 Blanco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 CUBS 170 19 49 8 0 2 63 18 18 34 0.288 0.356 0.371 0.727 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Hill 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 5.14 6.43 0.00 1.00 0.00 Cotts 3.7 2 0 0 0 3 0 60 0.00 7.36 0.00 0.55 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 24 4.50 13.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 1 4 0 20 6.75 27.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 25 27.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Guzman 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Lilly 7.0 3 1 1 1 9 0 101 1.29 11.57 0.00 0.57 1.29 Marquis 6.0 4 1 1 2 1 0 82 3.00 1.50 0.00 1.00 1.50 Howry 3.7 4 2 1 1 3 0 54 2.45 7.36 0.00 1.36 2.45 Eyre 2.0 2 2 2 2 5 1 43 9.00 22.50 4.50 2.00 9.00 Zambrano 9.0 12 11 11 9 4 2 179 9.00 4.00 2.00 2.33 11.00 CUBS 43.0 31 17 16 24 39 3 686 5.02 8.16 0.63 1.28 3.35 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/02 - 04/14 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 4 3 0.571 Blanco 1 1 0.500 Lee 8 16 0.333 DeRosa 5 13 0.278 Barrett 5 15 0.250 Ramirez 4 14 0.222 Izturis 2 12 0.143 Floyd 2 15 0.118 Cedeno 1 9 0.100 Soriano 1 11 0.083 Murton 0 4 0.000 Jones 0 12 0.000 Ward 0 3 0.000 CUBS 35 139 0.201 Go CUBS !!!

Saturday 14 April 2007 Cincinnati @ CUBS 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 7 9 0 Cincinnati ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Freel cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dunn lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conine 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Griffey rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Encarnacion 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castro ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross c 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coutlangus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hatteberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saarloos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 30 0 6 0 4 9 17 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot 3b 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lee 1b 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Barrett c 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Floyd lf 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 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 Cedeno 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Izturis ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hill p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 27 7 9 7 5 4 10 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Arroyo 6.7 8 6 2 3 4 0 104 Coutlangus 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Santos 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Saarloos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 totals 8.0 9 7 2 5 4 0 130 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Hill 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 Howry 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 20 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 totals 9.0 6 0 0 4 9 0 125 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none W: Hill S: none L: Arroyo T: 2:26 A: 38,598

Cincinnati CUBS P/PA 3.68 3.61 RBI% 0.00 0.41 R/BR 0.00 0.50 BA 0.200 0.333 OBP 0.294 0.452 SLG 0.200 0.370 OPS 0.494 0.822 ERA 2.25 0.00 BB/9 5.63 4.00 K/9 4.50 8.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Conine grounded out to second, 4-3 Griffey singled to center field Encarnacion struck out swinging Griffey took second base on defensice indifference Castro struck out swinging 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 x 7 9 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Hill S: none L: Arroyo T: 2:26 A: 38,598 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Arroyo 6.7 8 6 2 3 4 0 104 Coutlangus 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Santos 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Saarloos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hill 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 Howry 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 20 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10

Griffey took second base on defensice indifference

Encarnacion struck out swinging

Griffey singled to center field

Conine grounded out to second, 4-3

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Saarloos in to pitch for Cincinnati Cedeno flied out to right field Izturis flied out to center field Murton 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 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 7 9 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Arroyo 6.7 8 6 2 3 4 0 104 Coutlangus 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Santos 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Saarloos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hill 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 Howry 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 20

Izturis flied out to center field

Cedeno flied out to right field

Cincinnati CUBS P/PA 3.83 3.64 RBI% 0.00 0.41 R/BR 0.00 0.50 BA 0.192 0.375 OBP 0.300 0.500 SLG 0.192 0.417 OPS 0.492 0.917 ERA 2.25 0.00 BB/9 5.63 4.50 K/9 4.50 7.88

Saarloos in to pitch for Cincinnati

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Ross grounded an IF single to shortstop Hatteberg, pinch hitting for Santos, flied out to left field (foul) Freel singled to right field , Ross to second Phillips struck out swinging Dunn struck out (called) 0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 9 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: none CUBS: none Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Arroyo 6.7 8 6 2 3 4 0 104 Coutlangus 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Santos 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hill 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 95 Howry 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 20