Fred Hornkohl

Bay grounded into a FC, 5-4, Sanchez out at second

CUBS are 42-39 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 12-39 when they do Go CUBS !!

Sanchez grounded into a FC, 5-4, Bautista out at second

Yeah.... should have been called an error.

Bautista singled to center field , Duffy scored

Duffy grounded an IF single to shortstop , safe at second on a throwing error, E6

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre flied out to left field Theriot blooped a single to right field Ramirez blooped a single to center field , Theriot to third Nevin grounded an IF single to third base , Theriot scored, Ramirez to second Jones grounded an IF single to first base , Ramirez to third, Nevin to second Barrett popped out (foul) to the catcher Murton singled to left field , Ramirez & Nevin scored, Jones to second Cedeno struck out swinging 3 runs 5 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 3 3 5 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Pittsburgh: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Mateo 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Santos 1.0 5 3 3 0 1 0 34

Murton worked the count there for 8 pitches. Good job !!

Murton singled to left field , Ramirez & Nevin scored, Jones to second

Barrett popped out (foul) to the catcher

Jones grounded an IF single to first base , Ramirez to third, Nevin to second

CUBS are 40-20 when they score first in the game.... 14-58 when they don't CUBS are 26-18 when they score in the first inning.... 28-60 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Nevin grounded an IF single to third base , Theriot scored, Ramirez to second

Ramirez blooped a single to center field , Theriot to third

Theriot blooped a single to right field

Pierre flied out to left field

Did anybody hear when was the last time the CUBS made 4 errors in a game ?? I know it has to go back before 2004, but I don't know how far back.

I think it's something like 6-10. Don't really want to know, eh? edit: I did look it up. It's 9-14.

04/03 - 08/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pierre 563 69 160 28 12 2 218 28 30 33 0.284 0.328 0.387 0.715 Theriot 45 9 12 4 1 0 18 4 5 7 0.267 0.353 0.400 0.753 Ramirez 491 78 142 31 3 31 272 86 43 55 0.289 0.353 0.554 0.907 Nevin 176 25 46 4 0 12 86 29 16 50 0.261 0.321 0.489 0.810 Jones 436 53 120 24 0 22 210 66 25 92 0.275 0.318 0.482 0.799 Barrett 364 54 115 25 3 16 194 53 33 40 0.316 0.378 0.533 0.911 Murton 353 54 105 14 2 9 150 48 33 47 0.297 0.359 0.425 0.784 Cedeno 432 38 102 10 5 5 137 31 14 83 0.236 0.262 0.317 0.579 Mateo 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Lineup totals 2866 380 802 140 26 97 1285 345 199 412 0.280 0.331 0.448 0.779 Team totals 4524 559 1199 217 34 131 1877 519 326 723 0.265 0.317 0.415 0.732

Now the full lineup........... CUBS Pierre, cf Theriot, 2b Ramirez, 3b Nevin, 1b Jones, rf Barrett, c Murton, lf Cedeno, ss Mateo, p Pittsburgh Duffy, cf Bautista, 3b Sanchez, ss Bay, lf Burnitz, rf Nady, 1b Doumit, c Castillo, 2b Santos, p

According to Baker on the pregame show....... CUBS Pierre, cf Theriot, 2b Ramirez, 3b Nevin, 1b Jones, rf Barrett, c Murton, lf Cedeno, ss Mateo, p

I'm not disagreeing with you here, but merely giving you a hyperbole alert. Remember that Lee made 3 outs last night and left 3 men on base.

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday......... CUBS are 8-11 on Wednesdays CUBS are 5-5 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 36-34 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 1-3 when they've lost their last 5 game(s) in a row CUBS are 32-44 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 17-25 in games that end a series CUBS are 4-5 in games that end a road trip CUBS are 26-40 in day games CUBS are 27-42 on the road CUBS are 28-23 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 35-56 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 34-17 when they get a quality start.... 20-61 when they don't CUBS are 17-55 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 37-23 when they don't CUBS are 42-29 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 12-49 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 686 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 161 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 401 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.23 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.68 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.4% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.359 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.3% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 25 GIDP's in their last 39 games.... 8 GIDP's in their last 12 games CUBS have 35 SB in their last 46 games...... 6 SB in their last 13 games CUBS have 27 sac bunts in their last 44 games...... 5 sac bunts in their last 12 games CUBS have 86 home runs in their last 75 games..... 53 home runs in their last 41 games CUBS have drawn 126 BBs in their last 47 games..... 35 BBs in their last 17 games CUBS have 22 errors in their last 35 games...... 17 errors in their last 18 games CUBS have allowed 55 HR in their last 50 games CUBS have hit 34 batters in their last 56 games CUBS have 12 quality starts in their last 38 games.... 21 quality starts in their last 50 games CUBS are 2-2 when Mateo starts Mateo is 0 of 4 in quality starts Mateo's ERA pitching to Barrett is 1.80 ... pitching to Blanco it's 4.24 CUBS score 4.23 R/G overall.... 4.50 R/G when Mateo pitches CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Mateo pitches CUBS' offensive support of Mateo..... 04/03 - 08/28 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 964 154 260 46 6 36 426 149 76 163 0.270 0.325 0.442 0.767 CUBS overall 4480 553 1189 220 35 131 1872 525 320 716 0.265 0.317 0.418 0.735 Mateo's pitching lines (1-2)..... Mateo IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/03 vs. Ariz 5.0 6 3 2 3 2 0 88 5.40 3.60 0.00 1.80 3.60 08/15 vs. Houst 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 78 1.80 3.60 0.00 1.00 3.60 08/20 vs. St. L 7.0 7 4 4 3 5 2 101 3.86 6.43 2.57 1.43 5.14 08/25 vs. St. L 5.0 10 2 1 1 2 0 96 1.80 3.60 0.00 2.20 1.80 Home 12.0 13 7 6 6 7 2 189 4.50 5.25 1.50 1.58 4.50 Road 12.0 16 6 3 4 5 0 204 3.00 3.75 0.00 1.67 2.25 Day 14.0 15 9 6 8 8 2 219 5.14 5.14 1.29 1.64 3.86 Nite 10.0 14 4 3 2 4 0 174 1.80 3.60 0.00 1.60 2.70 season totals 24.0 29 13 9 10 12 2 393 3.75 4.50 0.75 1.63 3.38 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Totals 29 Aug 28 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug at Pitts at Pitts at St. L at St. L at St. L va Phil va Phil pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 0.3 21 1.0 23 1.3 44 Howry 1.0 16 0.7 19 1.0 18 1.0 23 1.0 18 4.7 94 Ohman 2.0 31 0.3 7 0.7 10 3.0 48 Novoa 1.7 24 0.7 12 2.3 36 Wuertz 1.0 18 1.0 18 2.0 22 4.0 58 Aardsma 1.0 11 2.3 24 1.3 17 4.7 52 Rusch 2.0 55 2.0 55 Ryu 2.0 28 2.0 28 Totals 3.3 66 5.0 109 6.0 92 1.7 30 3.0 45 2.0 28 3.0 45 24.0 415 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh (5-5) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 9 Fri 04/14 @ Pittsburgh N 11- 6 Marshall 10 Sat 04/15 @ Pittsburgh N 1- 2 Williams 11 Sun 04/16 @ Pittsburgh 7- 3 Rusch 24 Mon 05/01 Pittsburgh N 2- 1 Marshall 25 Tue 05/02 Pittsburgh 0- 8 Guzman 109 Fri 08/04 Pittsburgh 0- 6 Zambrano 110 Sat 08/05 Pittsburgh 7- 5 Prior 111 Sun 08/06 Pittsburgh 6- 1 Hill 131 Mon 08/28 @ Pittsburgh N 6-11 Guzman 132 Tue 08/29 @ Pittsburgh N 6- 7 Zambrano 133 Wed 08/30 @ Pittsburgh - Mateo 137 Mon 09/04 Pittsburgh - 138 Tue 09/05 Pittsburgh N - 139 Wed 09/06 Pittsburgh N - 140 Thu 09/07 Pittsburgh - CUBS hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year..... vs. Pitts AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 17 4 8 1 1 1 14 3 1 1 0.471 0.500 0.824 1.324 Ramirez 35 10 15 6 0 1 24 3 7 3 0.429 0.535 0.686 1.221 Pagan 17 3 6 1 0 1 10 3 2 4 0.353 0.400 0.588 0.988 Murton 31 4 10 2 1 1 17 8 4 6 0.323 0.400 0.548 0.948 Lee 21 3 8 1 0 0 9 6 1 0 0.381 0.391 0.429 0.820 Cedeno 30 2 10 1 0 1 14 6 0 4 0.333 0.333 0.467 0.800 Hairston 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 Pierre 39 8 9 0 0 1 12 3 3 1 0.231 0.302 0.308 0.610 Izturis 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0.273 0.273 0.273 0.545 Barrett 33 2 6 2 0 0 8 5 2 4 0.182 0.270 0.242 0.513 Jones 17 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 5 0.118 0.250 0.176 0.426 Mabry 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 0.231 0.167 0.397 Bynum 15 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.133 0.188 0.200 0.388 Theriot 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.222 0.000 0.222 Nevin 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.000 0.222 0.000 0.222 Perez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Restovich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Pitts 328 46 85 16 2 6 123 41 31 57 0.259 0.329 0.375 0.704 season totals 4524 559 1199 217 34 131 1877 519 326 723 0.265 0.317 0.415 0.732 CUBS pitchers vs. Pittsburgh this year...... vs. Pitts IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Williamson 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Ohman 3.7 0 0 0 1 7 0 52 2.45 17.18 0.00 0.27 0.00 Novoa 4.0 3 2 0 1 3 0 57 2.25 6.75 0.00 1.00 0.00 Hill 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 1 103 2.57 11.57 1.29 1.00 1.29 Willliams 6.0 4 2 1 4 3 0 94 6.00 4.50 0.00 1.33 1.50 Howry 4.7 3 1 1 1 2 0 72 1.93 3.86 0.00 0.86 1.93 Eyre 3.3 1 1 1 3 2 1 53 8.10 5.40 2.70 1.20 2.70 Aardsma 3.0 2 1 1 2 2 1 58 6.00 6.00 3.00 1.33 3.00 Prior 5.7 5 3 2 3 5 1 103 4.76 7.94 1.59 1.41 3.18 Marshall 12.3 9 5 5 2 7 1 169 1.46 5.11 0.73 0.89 3.65 Dempster 7.0 9 4 3 2 4 0 118 2.57 5.14 0.00 1.57 3.86 Rusch 8.0 10 4 4 3 7 1 143 3.38 7.88 1.13 1.63 4.50 Zambrano 13.0 16 10 8 4 13 1 228 2.77 9.00 0.69 1.54 5.54 Wuertz 1.7 4 2 2 0 2 2 40 0.00 10.80 10.80 2.40 10.80 Guzman 8.7 16 14 12 5 12 2 197 5.19 12.46 2.08 2.42 12.46 totals vs. Pitts 90.0 88 50 41 33 81 11 1506 3.30 8.10 1.10 1.34 4.10 season totals 1171.7 1162 688 629 559 971 171 19992 4.29 7.46 1.31 1.47 4.83 CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games...... 07/29 - 08/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 115 27 41 11 0 8 76 22 13 17 0.357 0.427 0.661 1.088 Murton 79 12 25 5 0 5 45 20 6 7 0.316 0.365 0.570 0.934 Barrett 89 11 24 8 0 4 44 13 6 8 0.270 0.337 0.494 0.831 Nevin 53 9 16 0 0 3 25 10 4 19 0.302 0.345 0.472 0.817 Jones 92 12 22 3 0 6 43 16 13 24 0.239 0.340 0.467 0.807 Lee 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Theriot 32 6 10 3 0 0 13 4 3 4 0.313 0.389 0.406 0.795 Blanco 26 3 7 2 0 1 12 4 2 4 0.269 0.321 0.462 0.783 Pagan 67 13 19 4 1 2 31 8 3 9 0.284 0.310 0.463 0.773 Pierre 133 17 39 6 4 1 56 8 8 4 0.293 0.338 0.421 0.759 Bynum 28 4 7 3 0 0 10 1 2 8 0.250 0.300 0.357 0.657 Mabry 67 4 14 3 1 1 22 6 5 16 0.209 0.260 0.328 0.589 Cedeno 87 6 19 0 0 3 28 8 2 14 0.218 0.244 0.322 0.566 Izturis 60 4 14 2 0 0 16 5 5 6 0.233 0.292 0.267 0.559 Perez 41 4 9 1 0 0 10 0 1 1 0.220 0.238 0.244 0.482 Walker 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Coats 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 30 game totals 1044 136 277 52 6 34 443 129 74 168 0.265 0.318 0.424 0.743 season totals 4524 559 1199 217 34 131 1877 519 326 723 0.265 0.317 0.415 0.732 CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games...... 07/29 - 08/29 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ryu 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 28 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Maddux 6.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 84 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.83 1.50 Wuertz 17.0 14 4 4 5 21 1 251 2.65 11.12 0.53 1.12 2.12 O'Malley 12.7 10 3 3 7 4 0 185 4.97 2.84 0.00 1.34 2.13 Novoa 15.7 13 5 5 7 6 2 225 4.02 3.45 1.15 1.28 2.87 Hill 34.7 27 16 13 11 28 6 541 2.86 7.27 1.56 1.10 3.38 Mateo 24.0 29 13 9 10 12 2 393 3.75 4.50 0.75 1.63 3.38 Zambrano 45.7 42 22 18 23 40 3 779 4.53 7.88 0.59 1.42 3.55 Dempster 14.3 17 7 6 10 8 0 270 6.28 5.02 0.00 1.88 3.77 Howry 15.7 13 7 7 5 14 2 258 2.87 8.04 1.15 1.15 4.02 Aardsma 16.3 15 8 8 4 13 4 254 2.20 7.16 2.20 1.16 4.41 Ohman 12.3 11 9 9 8 18 0 226 5.84 13.14 0.00 1.54 6.57 Eyre 5.0 9 4 4 2 5 3 101 3.60 9.00 5.40 2.20 7.20 Prior 13.7 15 15 13 10 11 4 267 6.59 7.24 2.63 1.83 8.56 Marmol 18.3 22 20 19 15 6 5 361 7.36 2.95 2.45 2.02 9.33 Guzman 14.7 25 16 16 8 17 3 310 4.91 10.43 1.84 2.25 9.82 Rusch 4.7 12 8 8 3 4 3 120 5.79 7.71 5.79 3.21 15.43 Walrond 2.7 7 6 5 3 1 0 68 10.13 3.38 0.00 3.75 16.88 30 game totals 275.3 288 164 148 131 215 38 4721 4.28 7.03 1.24 1.52 4.84 season totals 1171.7 1162 688 629 559 971 171 19992 4.29 7.46 1.31 1.47 4.83 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 08/29 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Theriot 4 10 0.286 Blanco 21 58 0.266 Walker 34 105 0.245 Ramirez 55 185 0.229 Murton 39 132 0.228 Barrett 37 136 0.214 Perez 22 83 0.210 Jones 44 170 0.206 Izturis 5 20 0.200 Nevin 17 78 0.179 Lee 13 62 0.173 Mabry 13 69 0.159 Pierre 26 142 0.155 Pagan 8 48 0.143 Bynum 5 33 0.132 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 26 177 0.128 Womack 1 14 0.067 Coats 0 0 0.000 CUBS 388 1655 0.190 Avoid the http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/462940.jpg Mateo (1-2) 3.38 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/276343.jpg Santos (5-9) 5.59

IMB.... be real careful what you ask for, eh? :wink: