Fred Hornkohl

I thought about staying home today and doing pbp of the game here..... but then I thought better of it, and headed into the city to see my grandson. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/BABY028.jpg Here we are watching the CUBS at my son's place, and having a real good time...... http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/BABY029.jpg ..... until the bottom of the 9th, that is.

Barry Bonds' godfather Willie Mays broke in with the Giants in 1951. Could that be what they're talking about ?

They didn't address that on the pregame show.

They just announced that Walrond will be brought up to start tomorrow.

Hatred of the Yankees and their resources date back to 1920's and their purchase of Babe Ruth. I can't speak for that -- I've only been around since the 70's. But you did speak to that. That is why I corrected you. I thought we were discussing current haters, not my deceased ancestors. Then you need to be more precise with your use of the Queen's English, no? :wink:

Hatred of the Yankees and their resources date back to 1920's and their purchase of Babe Ruth. I can't speak for that -- I've only been around since the 70's. But you did speak to that. That is why I corrected you.

Nominate me for Chairman of the Federal Reserve instead. That's where the real power is !! :wink: If you are fluent in Greenspan-ese I would take you over Bernake any day. Go Fred !! Come to think of it..... I'd take a poke in the eye with a sharp stick over Bernacke.

Hell.... I saw Williams, Santo and Banks play for the CUBS at Wrigley in the 60's with crowds that numbered in the hundreds !!

Space was tight in the paper for today, but Dusty lamented a number of "questionable calls" on Pierre's attempted steals and that catchers have been throwing it "right on the toe" to nab Pierre. I recall a couple of CS in the last week or so where Santo was convinced that he was safe. It doesn't much matter, though. Over time, I belive things even out.

Hatred of the Yankees and their resources date back to 1920's and their purchase of Babe Ruth.

Nominate me for Chairman of the Federal Reserve instead. That's where the real power is !! :wink:

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday......... CUBS are 8-12 on Saturdays CUBS are 11-6 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 36-30 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 18-14 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 32-41 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 26-39 in day games CUBS are 27-38 on the road CUBS are 3-4 when FOX broadcasts the game CUBS are 35-52 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 20-17 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 34-57 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 68 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 683 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 162 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 394 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to steal 113 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 133 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are on a pace to commit 100 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year CUBS are scoring 4.22 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.67 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.3% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.357 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.5% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 20 GIDP's in their last 35 games.... 3 GIDP's in their last 8 games CUBS have 32 SB in their last 42 games...... 3 SB in their last 9 games CUBS have 25 sac bunts in their last 40 games...... 3 sac bunts in their last 8 games CUBS have 84 home runs in their last 72 games..... 51 home runs in their last 38 games CUBS have drawn 110 BBs in their last 43 games..... 19 BBs in their last 13 games CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 63 games CUBS have 16 errors in their last 31 games...... 11 errors in their last 14 games CUBS have allowed 52 HR in their last 46 games CUBS have hit 32 batters in their last 52 games CUBS have 10 quality starts in theie last 34 games.... 19 quality starts in their last 46 games The CUBS 4 doubles Friday night was the most in a game since they hit 4 on Thurs 03 Aug in a 7-3 win (Mateo) over Arizona. CUBS are 3-6 when Hill starts Hill is 3 of 9 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 6.81 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.30 CUBS score 4.22 R/G overall.... 3.11 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 1.00 HR/G overall.... 1.11 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/03 - 08/25 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 305 28 83 17 2 10 134 26 12 47 0.272 0.301 0.439 0.740 CUBS overall 4388 540 1172 218 35 128 1844 513 311 702 0.267 0.318 0.420 0.738 Hill's pitching lines (3-6)..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 05/09 vs. S.F. 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 05/14 vs. S.D. 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 05/20 vs. CWS 4.0 5 7 7 5 2 2 87 11.25 4.50 4.50 2.50 15.75 07/27 vs. St. L 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 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 08/21 vs. Phila 6.0 5 5 2 3 6 2 112 4.50 9.00 3.00 1.33 3.00 Home 29.7 26 16 13 14 26 5 497 4.25 7.89 1.52 1.35 3.94 Road 20.7 26 23 23 15 12 6 378 6.53 5.23 2.61 1.98 10.02 Day 16.3 14 11 11 12 15 3 280 6.61 8.27 1.65 1.59 6.06 Nite 34.0 38 28 25 17 23 8 595 4.50 6.09 2.12 1.62 6.62 season totals 50.3 52 39 36 29 38 11 875 5.19 6.79 1.97 1.61 6.44 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Totals 25 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug at St. L va Phil va Phil va Phil va Phil vs St. L vs St. L pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 14 0.3 17 1.3 31 Eyre Howry 1.0 23 1.0 18 1.0 17 1.0 21 4.0 79 Ohman 0.7 10 1.0 22 0.3 7 0.3 6 2.3 45 Novoa 1.0 14 1.0 14 Wuertz 2.0 22 1.0 21 1.0 9 1.3 15 5.3 67 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 Totals 3.0 45 2.0 28 3.0 45 4.3 94 3.0 45 2.0 25 3.0 59 20.3 341 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (11-6) ....... 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 N - Hill 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis N - 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 51 11 22 5 0 5 42 13 5 4 0.431 0.491 0.824 1.315 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Bynum 10 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 Cedeno 59 5 22 4 2 1 33 7 3 5 0.373 0.403 0.559 0.963 Ramirez 63 11 18 3 1 4 35 14 10 4 0.286 0.392 0.556 0.947 Pagan 20 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 1 2 0.400 0.429 0.450 0.879 Jones 65 7 18 3 0 3 30 8 6 16 0.277 0.338 0.462 0.800 Pierre 73 9 22 3 4 0 33 6 4 2 0.301 0.346 0.452 0.798 Walker 37 4 10 1 0 1 14 7 8 2 0.270 0.400 0.378 0.778 Mabry 27 2 6 1 0 1 10 5 3 5 0.222 0.290 0.370 0.661 Murton 52 4 12 2 0 0 14 2 4 10 0.231 0.286 0.269 0.555 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 Nevin 21 3 2 0 0 1 5 5 1 6 0.095 0.130 0.238 0.369 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 588 78 166 28 7 18 262 71 52 84 0.282 0.343 0.446 0.788 season totals 4388 540 1170 213 34 128 1835 503 310 700 0.267 0.318 0.418 0.736 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 Wuertz 8.3 6 0 0 2 9 0 111 2.16 9.72 0.00 0.96 0.00 Ohman 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 99 3.00 10.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Eyre 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 84 3.60 12.60 0.00 1.20 0.00 Zambrano 19.0 15 6 4 11 16 1 329 5.21 7.58 0.47 1.37 1.89 Howry 9.0 5 2 2 1 9 1 156 1.00 9.00 1.00 0.67 2.00 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 Novoa 11.7 11 5 5 2 6 2 159 1.54 4.63 1.54 1.11 3.86 Dempster 10.7 12 5 5 6 5 0 171 5.06 4.22 0.00 1.69 4.22 Marmol 10.3 10 7 5 7 8 1 199 6.10 6.97 0.87 1.65 4.35 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 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 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 155.0 161 77 71 60 111 15 2562 3.48 6.45 0.87 1.43 4.12 season totals 1135.3 1112 658 603 544 940 168 19329 4.31 7.45 1.33 1.46 4.78 CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games...... 07/25 - 08/25 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 116 25 42 10 1 9 81 25 10 17 0.362 0.420 0.698 1.118 Murton 74 12 25 6 0 5 46 19 5 6 0.338 0.380 0.622 1.001 Bynum 11 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 0.364 0.364 0.545 0.909 Theriot 27 5 10 3 0 0 13 4 1 4 0.370 0.414 0.481 0.895 Barrett 84 12 23 7 0 5 45 10 6 7 0.274 0.344 0.536 0.880 Blanco 29 3 9 3 0 1 15 7 2 4 0.310 0.355 0.517 0.872 Pagan 66 14 21 4 1 2 33 8 4 8 0.318 0.352 0.500 0.852 Pierre 133 15 39 8 5 0 57 9 9 4 0.293 0.343 0.429 0.771 Jones 100 11 24 3 0 5 42 14 9 21 0.240 0.309 0.420 0.729 Walker 20 3 4 1 0 1 8 2 3 1 0.200 0.304 0.400 0.704 Nevin 59 11 15 0 0 3 24 10 4 21 0.254 0.297 0.407 0.704 Mabry 69 5 15 3 1 2 26 9 6 18 0.217 0.276 0.377 0.653 Cedeno 89 6 20 0 0 3 29 8 2 15 0.225 0.250 0.326 0.576 Perez 47 5 12 2 0 0 14 1 1 1 0.255 0.271 0.298 0.569 Izturis 60 4 14 2 0 0 16 5 5 6 0.233 0.292 0.267 0.559 Coats 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 30 game totals 1044 136 285 56 8 37 468 132 68 163 0.273 0.322 0.448 0.770 season totals 4388 540 1170 213 34 128 1835 503 310 700 0.267 0.318 0.418 0.736 CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games...... 07/25 - 08/25 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 Howry 15.0 9 3 3 3 13 1 237 1.80 7.80 0.60 0.80 1.80 Wuertz 17.3 13 4 4 6 19 1 254 3.12 9.87 0.52 1.10 2.08 O'Malley 12.7 10 3 3 7 4 0 185 4.97 2.84 0.00 1.34 2.13 Dempster 15.0 15 4 4 10 8 0 277 6.00 4.80 0.00 1.67 2.40 Novoa 16.0 13 6 6 8 8 2 242 4.50 4.50 1.13 1.31 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 43 22 20 23 39 5 769 4.53 7.69 0.99 1.45 3.94 Hill 31.0 29 19 16 14 27 6 531 4.06 7.84 1.74 1.39 4.65 Eyre 7.0 11 4 4 2 8 3 127 2.57 10.29 3.86 1.86 5.14 Aardsma 13.3 15 8 8 3 11 4 220 2.03 7.43 2.70 1.35 5.40 Prior 19.3 15 15 13 15 14 4 370 6.98 6.52 1.86 1.55 6.05 Guzman 11.7 15 8 8 6 12 2 217 4.63 9.26 1.54 1.80 6.17 Ohman 11.7 12 9 9 7 15 0 215 5.40 11.57 0.00 1.63 6.94 Marmol 23.7 25 23 21 22 11 5 472 8.37 4.18 1.90 1.99 7.99 Rusch 4.3 12 8 8 2 2 3 105 4.15 4.15 6.23 3.23 16.62 30 game totals 275.7 273 150 137 138 210 38 4726 4.51 6.86 1.24 1.49 4.47 season totals 1135.3 1112 658 603 544 940 168 19329 4.31 7.45 1.33 1.46 4.78 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 08/25 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 38 126 0.232 Perez 22 83 0.210 Barrett 33 126 0.208 Jones 43 169 0.203 Izturis 5 20 0.200 Nevin 17 77 0.181 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 28 0.125 Womack 1 14 0.067 Coats 0 0 0.000 CUBS 375 1609 0.189 Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/448179.jpg Hill (3-6) 6.44 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/112020.jpg Carpenter (12-6) 3.05 This game will also be on XM 187.

Friday 25 August 2006 CUBS @ St. Louis 19:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 1 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Pierre cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bynum 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jones rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barrett c 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mabry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pagan lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mateo p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 totals 30 0 5 0 3 4 11 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 St. Louis ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Miles ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Duncan lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Taguchi lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Encarnacion rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bellliard 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bennett c 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suppan p 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flores p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 36 2 12 2 2 4 28 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Mateo 5.0 10 2 1 1 2 0 96 Wuertz 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 totals 8.0 12 2 1 2 4 0 134 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Suppan 7.7 5 0 0 3 2 0 99 Flores 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Isringhausen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 totals 9.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 118 Home runs: CUBS: none St. Louis: none W: Suppan (10-7) S: Isringhausen (31) L: Mateo (1-2) T: 2:47 A: 46,004 CUBS St. Louis P/PA 3.47 3.35 RBI% 0.00 0.07 R/BR 0.00 0.13 BA 0.167 0.333 OBP 0.242 0.395 SLG 0.300 0.361 OPS 0.542 0.756 ERA 1.13 0.00 WHIP 1.75 0.89 BB/9 2.25 3.00 K/9 4.50 4.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Isringhausen in to pitch for St. Louis Barrett flied out to center field Mabry popped out (foul) to third base Pagan 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 12 1 W: Suppan (10-7) S: Isringhausen L: Mateo (1-2) T: 2:52 A: 46,004 Home runs: CUBS: none St. Louis: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Mateo 5.0 10 2 1 1 2 0 96 Wuertz 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Suppan 7.7 5 0 0 3 2 0 99 Flores 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Isringhausen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14

Mabry popped out (foul) to third base

Barrett flied out to center field

CUBS are 1-53 when they trail by 2 or more runs at the end of 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

CUBS have been shutout 12 times already this season.

Isringhausen in to pitch for St. Louis

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Taguchi grounded out to second, 4-3 Pujols popped out to second base Rolen grounded to shortstop , safe at first on a fielding error, E6 Edmonds struck out swinging 0 runs 0 hits 1 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 1 Home runs: CUBS: none St. Louis: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Mateo 5.0 10 2 1 1 2 0 96 Wuertz 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Suppan 7.7 5 0 0 3 2 0 99 Flores 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5

Rolen grounded to shortstop , safe at first on a fielding error, E6

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Murton, pinch hitting for Wuertz, flied out to center field Pierre grounded out to second, 4-3 Bynum doubled to right field Ramirez walked Jones 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 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 12 1 Home runs: CUBS: none St. Louis: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Mateo 5.0 10 2 1 1 2 0 96 Wuertz 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Suppan 7.7 5 0 0 3 2 0 99 Flores 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5

Flores in to pitch for St. Louis

Why they heck do we wait until the 8th inning before we start taking pitches ???