Fred Hornkohl

Duncan struck out swinging

Wilson singled to center field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre singled to right field Bynum singled to right center field , Pierre took thirrd on a fielding error, E8 Bynum stole second base Ramirez struck out swinging Jones walked Pierre scored on a wild pitch, Bynum to third, Jones to second Barrett grounded out to second, 4-3 , Bynum scored, Jones to third Mabry struck out (called) 2 runs 2 hits 1 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 2 0 St. Louis 0 0 1 Home runs: CUBS: none St. Louis: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Walrond 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Weaver 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 26

CUBS are 40-17 when they score first in the game.... 14-58 when they don't CUBS are 26-16 when they score in the first inning.... 28-59 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Barrett grounded out to second, 4-3 , Bynum scored, Jones to third

Pierre scored on a wild pitch, Bynum to third, Jones to second

CUBS have drawn more than 1 walk in only 3 of their last 10 games. Go CUBS !!

Jones walked

CUBS have scored in the first inning of 1 out of their last 8 games. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 30-28 when they steal a base.... 24-46 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Ramirez struck out swinging

Bynum stole second base

Bynum singled to right center field , Pierre took thirrd on a fielding error, E8

Pierre singled to right field

That's true. The .355 figure that I quoted would rank, in my opinion, in the low end of what is acceptable for lead off, don't you think ?

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The fact that he is leading the league in hits since June 24th means he has made the adjustments that were needed to be made. He is getting on base more, and is making things happen at the top of the order. He had a hot streak like any other player. His .345/.380/.496/.876 line in July was great, but he's not going to continue that, as evidenced by his return to mediocrity with a .299/.336/.411/.747 August line. I think he stands a real good chance to keep putting up numbers like he has over the last 3 months......... 05/27 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pierre 354 41 110 21 10 1 154 23 19 14 0.311 0.355 0.435 0.790 ..... which, while not great numbers, are in keeping with his career numbers, and are a whole lot better than "an abysmal offensive player". By the way, TMT, I really do miss your AB by AB updates of Juan's OPS in the game threads. :wink: Again though, that's buoyed by his July. When you look at his numbers month by month, it's pretty apparent what the anomaly is, especially considering how poorly he did last year. I purposefully DON'T look at month by month stats. Months are completely arbitrary and incorrigible. Players don't start and/or stop playing well by the turn of a page on a calendar. When you limit your time series analysis to month by month statistics, chances are you will end with a very distorted picture of what's going on.

The fact that he is leading the league in hits since June 24th means he has made the adjustments that were needed to be made. He is getting on base more, and is making things happen at the top of the order. He had a hot streak like any other player. His .345/.380/.496/.876 line in July was great, but he's not going to continue that, as evidenced by his return to mediocrity with a .299/.336/.411/.747 August line. I think he stands a real good chance to keep putting up numbers like he has over the last 3 months......... 05/27 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pierre 354 41 110 21 10 1 154 23 19 14 0.311 0.355 0.435 0.790 ..... which, while not great numbers, are in keeping with his career numbers, and are a whole lot better than "an abysmal offensive player". By the way, TMT, I really do miss your AB by AB updates of Juan's OPS in the game threads. :wink:

CUBS are 0-5 when Bynum starts at 2b Go CUBS !!

Thanx, Bruce. 04/03 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pierre 550 65 155 28 12 1 210 25 28 33 0.282 0.324 0.382 0.706 Bynum 88 10 23 2 3 2 37 6 2 28 0.261 0.286 0.420 0.706 Ramirez 480 74 138 30 3 31 267 85 40 54 0.288 0.349 0.556 0.905 Jones 430 51 118 24 0 21 205 64 22 90 0.274 0.313 0.477 0.790 Barrett 350 54 112 23 3 16 189 49 33 38 0.320 0.384 0.540 0.924 Mabry 168 13 37 8 1 4 59 17 21 39 0.220 0.313 0.351 0.664 Murton 343 53 102 14 2 9 147 47 31 46 0.297 0.357 0.429 0.786 Cedeno 427 37 101 10 5 5 136 31 14 82 0.237 0.263 0.319 0.581 Walrond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Lineups totals 2836 357 786 139 29 89 1250 324 191 410 0.277 0.328 0.441 0.768 Team totals 4416 541 1173 213 34 129 1841 504 311 705 0.266 0.317 0.417 0.734

Who's the third? I'm guessing Mateo.

it's been quite a run........ Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/01 vs. Ariz 8.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 109 1.13 6.75 1.13 0.88 3.38 08/06 vs. Pitts 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 1 103 2.57 11.57 1.29 1.00 1.29 08/11 vs. Colo 4.7 6 6 6 5 2 1 96 9.64 3.86 1.93 2.36 11.57 08/15 vs. Houst 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 08/21 vs. Phila 6.0 5 5 2 3 6 2 112 4.50 9.00 3.00 1.33 3.00 08/26 vs. St. L 7.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 93 0.00 2.57 1.29 0.57 1.29 August totala 34.7 27 16 13 11 28 6 541 2.86 7.27 1.56 1.10 3.38 season totals 50.3 52 39 36 29 38 11 875 5.19 6.79 1.97 1.61 6.44

Right you are...... and here they are in order of appearance.... CUBS are 18-10 when Zambrano starts CUBS are 3-6 when Rusch starts CUBS are 10-13 when Maddux starts CUBS are 9-10 when Marshall starts CUBS are 0-2 when Williams starts CUBS are 0-6 when Guzman starts CUBS are 3-7 when Hill starts CUBS are 1-3 when Wood starts CUBS are 0-1 when Ryu starts CUBS are 7-6 when Marmol starts CUBS are 1-8 when Prior starts CUBS are 2-2 when Mateo starts CUBS are 1-1 when O'Malley starts CUBS are 0-0 when Walrond starts

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........ CUBS are 10-10 on Sundays CUBS are 11-7 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 36-31 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 3-12 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 32-42 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 17-24 in games that end a series CUBS are 28-35 at night CUBS are 27-39 on the road CUBS are 2-3 when ESPN broadcasts the game CUBS are 35-53 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 47-17 when they score at least 4 runs.... 7-58 when they don't CUBS are 34-14 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-60 when they don't CUBS are 42-38 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 12-37 when they do CUBS are 40-17 when they score first in the game.... 14-58 when they don't CUBS are 26-16 when they score in the first inning.... 28-59 when they don't CUBS are 34-16 when they get a quality start.... 20-59 when they don't CUBS are 17-55 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 37-20 when they don't CUBS are 42-26 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 12-49 when he doesn't CUBS have 22 GIDP's in their last 36 games.... 5 GIDP's in their last 9 games CUBS have 32 SB in their last 43 games...... 3 SB in their last 10 games CUBS have 25 sac bunts in their last 41 games...... 3 sac bunts in their last 9 games CUBS have 85 home runs in their last 73 games..... 52 home runs in their last 39 games CUBS have drawn 111 BBs in their last 44 games..... 20 BBs in their last 14 games CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 64 games CUBS have 16 errors in their last 32 games...... 11 errors in their last 15 games CUBS have allowed 53 HR in their last 47 games CUBS have hit 32 batters in their last 53 games CUBS have 11 quality starts in their last 35 games.... 20 quality starts in their last 47 games CUBS are 0-0 when Walrond starts This will be Walrond's first major league appearance CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Totals 26 Aug 25 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 20 Aug at St. L at St. L va Phil va Phil va Phil va Phil vs St. L pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 14 1.0 14 Eyre Howry 1.0 18 1.0 23 1.0 18 1.0 17 4.0 76 Ohman 0.7 10 1.0 22 0.3 7 2.0 39 Novoa 0.7 12 1.0 14 1.7 26 Wuertz 2.0 22 1.0 21 1.0 9 4.0 52 Aardsma 1.3 17 0.7 21 1.7 18 3.7 56 Rusch 0.7 21 0.7 21 Ryu 2.0 28 2.0 28 Guzman Totals 1.7 30 3.0 45 2.0 28 3.0 45 4.3 94 3.0 45 2.0 25 19.0 312 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (11-7) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis 1- 4 Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis 7- 3 Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N 5- 4 Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N 8- 5 Rusch 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis 6- 9 Maddux 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N 5- 4 Hill 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis 6- 5 Marmol 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis 4- 2 Maddux 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis 6- 3 Zambrano 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis 3-11 Marmol 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis 5- 4 Zambrano 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis 3- 5 Mateo 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N 0- 2 Mateo 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis 1- 2 Hill 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis N - Waldron CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year..... vs. St. L AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 10 4 4 0 0 2 10 2 2 2 0.400 0.500 1.000 1.500 Barrett 54 11 22 5 0 5 42 13 5 6 0.407 0.467 0.778 1.244 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Cedeno 62 5 22 4 2 1 33 7 3 6 0.355 0.385 0.532 0.917 Ramirez 66 11 18 3 1 4 35 14 10 4 0.273 0.377 0.530 0.907 Pagan 21 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 1 2 0.381 0.409 0.429 0.838 Jones 67 7 18 3 0 3 30 8 7 17 0.269 0.338 0.448 0.786 Pierre 77 9 23 3 4 0 34 6 4 2 0.299 0.341 0.442 0.783 Walker 37 4 10 1 0 1 14 7 8 2 0.270 0.400 0.378 0.778 Bynum 14 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 Mabry 27 2 6 1 0 1 10 5 3 5 0.222 0.290 0.370 0.661 Nevin 24 4 4 0 0 2 10 6 1 6 0.167 0.192 0.417 0.609 Murton 55 4 12 2 0 0 14 2 4 10 0.218 0.271 0.255 0.526 Perez 29 5 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0.241 0.241 0.276 0.517 Hairston 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Blanco 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0.083 0.267 0.083 0.350 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Theriot 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Izturis 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Totals vs. St. L 616 79 169 28 7 19 268 72 53 89 0.274 0.334 0.435 0.769 season totals 4416 541 1173 213 34 129 1841 504 311 705 0.266 0.317 0.417 0.734 CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year...... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 84 3.60 12.60 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ohman 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 99 3.00 10.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 8.3 6 0 0 2 9 0 111 2.16 9.72 0.00 0.96 0.00 Howry 10.0 7 2 2 2 10 1 174 1.80 9.00 0.90 0.90 1.80 Zambrano 19.0 15 6 4 11 16 1 329 5.21 7.58 0.47 1.37 1.89 Maddux 24.3 23 8 8 5 11 1 340 1.85 4.07 0.37 1.15 2.96 Mateo 12.0 17 6 5 4 7 2 197 3.00 5.25 1.50 1.75 3.75 Dempster 10.7 12 5 5 6 5 0 171 5.06 4.22 0.00 1.69 4.22 Hill 10.3 10 5 5 3 3 2 176 2.61 2.61 1.74 1.26 4.35 Marmol 10.3 10 7 5 7 8 1 199 6.10 6.97 0.87 1.65 4.35 Novoa 12.3 13 6 6 2 6 2 171 1.46 4.38 1.46 1.22 4.38 Marshall 10.7 12 6 6 2 6 1 160 1.69 5.06 0.84 1.31 5.06 Rusch 10.3 8 6 6 6 8 0 192 5.23 6.97 0.00 1.35 5.23 Williamson 4.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 75 4.50 15.75 0.00 2.25 9.00 Aardsma 7.0 13 11 10 2 3 4 131 2.57 3.86 5.14 2.14 12.86 Willliams 3.3 8 7 7 3 1 1 76 8.10 2.70 2.70 3.30 18.90 Totals vs. St. L 163.7 169 79 73 61 114 16 2685 3.35 6.27 0.88 1.41 4.01 season totals 1144.0 1120 660 605 545 943 169 19452 4.29 7.42 1.33 1.46 4.76 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 08/12 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Nevin 29 6 12 0 0 3 21 7 0 5 0.414 0.414 0.724 1.138 Ramirez 59 13 21 6 0 4 39 9 3 9 0.356 0.397 0.661 1.058 Barrett 36 6 8 1 0 3 18 4 5 4 0.222 0.317 0.500 0.817 Murton 46 7 13 1 0 3 23 10 0 6 0.283 0.283 0.500 0.783 Jones 47 6 12 2 0 2 20 7 4 12 0.255 0.327 0.426 0.752 Blanco 17 1 5 2 0 0 7 1 1 3 0.294 0.333 0.412 0.745 Pierre 66 5 19 3 3 0 28 3 2 3 0.288 0.309 0.424 0.733 Pagan 27 3 6 1 1 1 12 3 1 5 0.222 0.250 0.444 0.694 Theriot 16 2 4 2 0 0 6 3 0 3 0.250 0.294 0.375 0.669 Bynum 15 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0.267 0.267 0.400 0.667 Izturis 27 1 7 1 0 0 8 3 1 3 0.259 0.286 0.296 0.582 Mabry 34 0 7 2 1 0 11 1 1 9 0.206 0.229 0.324 0.552 Perez 20 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Cedeno 45 2 6 0 0 1 9 2 2 7 0.133 0.170 0.200 0.370 Coats 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 14 game totals 516 56 131 23 5 17 215 53 20 89 0.254 0.286 0.417 0.702 season totals 4416 541 1173 213 34 129 1841 504 311 705 0.266 0.317 0.417 0.734 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 08/12 - 08/26 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 0.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 0.00 Ryu 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 28 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 6.3 4 1 1 5 3 0 116 7.11 4.26 0.00 1.42 1.42 Zambrano 22.0 16 4 4 10 18 1 332 4.09 7.36 0.41 1.18 1.64 Hill 15.0 10 6 3 3 11 3 233 1.80 6.60 1.80 0.87 1.80 Wuertz 9.0 8 2 2 3 8 0 119 3.00 8.00 0.00 1.22 2.00 Howry 8.7 7 2 2 3 8 1 148 3.12 8.31 1.04 1.15 2.08 O'Malley 12.7 10 3 3 7 4 0 185 4.97 2.84 0.00 1.34 2.13 Mateo 17.0 21 8 7 5 9 2 275 2.65 4.76 1.06 1.53 3.71 Ohman 4.3 4 2 2 1 5 0 70 2.08 10.38 0.00 1.15 4.15 Novoa 8.0 9 5 5 4 2 2 114 4.50 2.25 2.25 1.63 5.63 Guzman 11.7 15 8 8 6 12 2 217 4.63 9.26 1.54 1.80 6.17 Aardsma 7.7 11 7 7 2 5 3 127 2.35 5.87 3.52 1.70 8.22 Marmol 8.0 11 10 9 8 1 2 166 9.00 1.13 2.25 2.38 10.13 Rusch 0.7 3 3 3 0 0 0 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 40.50 14 game totals 133.7 133 61 56 57 88 16 2167 3.84 5.93 1.08 1.42 3.77 season totals 1144.0 1120 660 605 545 943 169 19452 4.29 7.42 1.33 1.46 4.76 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 08/26 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Theriot 4 9 0.308 Blanco 21 58 0.266 Walker 34 105 0.245 Ramirez 54 179 0.232 Murton 38 128 0.229 Perez 22 83 0.210 Barrett 33 126 0.208 Jones 43 169 0.203 Izturis 5 20 0.200 Nevin 17 78 0.179 Mabry 13 68 0.160 Pagan 8 44 0.154 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 24 140 0.146 Cedeno 26 174 0.130 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Bynum 4 29 0.121 Womack 1 14 0.067 Coats 0 0 0.000 CUBS 375 1613 0.189 Avoid the http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/400113.jpg Walrond (0-0) 0.00 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/213711.jpg Weaver (5-13) 6.11 XM 187