Fred Hornkohl

Actually, it's Calexico, down below the Salton Sea.... but I'm pretty sure I'll be over in Metro LA to reload Monday afternoon. Heh, I used to live in El Centro for a year or so. Enjoy the 115+ degree heat. :) Yeah.... I've seen more than my fair share of extreme heat the last 3 weeks. What're ya gonna do ?? edit: come to think of it.... you ever been to Minot, ND in January ?? No, but with my affinity for really cold weather, I'm guessing I wish I had. I was there one night years ago when your spit would freeze before it hit the ground. They tell me that doesn't happen until it gets about 40 below. Whatever, I don't ever want to experience that again !!

Actually, it's Calexico, down below the Salton Sea.... but I'm pretty sure I'll be over in Metro LA to reload Monday afternoon. Heh, I used to live in El Centro for a year or so. Enjoy the 115+ degree heat. :) Yeah.... I've seen more than my fair share of extreme heat the last 3 weeks. What're ya gonna do ?? edit: come to think of it.... you ever been to Minot, ND in January ??

Actually, it's Calexico, down below the Salton Sea.... but I'm pretty sure I'll be over in Metro LA to reload Monday afternoon.

Up to the minute CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 55 Cincinnati 52 Houston 48 Milwaukee 48 Pittsburgh 36 Go CUBS !!

"All the gold in California is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else's name..........", no?

that's legal in the states? wow...missed my calling. The term that Balsa is looking for here is Lumper, not humper. Lumper services are the scourge of the transportation industry. The are set up and operate similarly to ManPower and other temp labor outlets in that they pay the workers near minimum wage without benefits, and charge the customer a really significant markup. Typically 300% or more. On those rare occaisions when I get a load that is not palletized and must be hand loaded or unloaded, I will check to see if there are lumper services available, and if so, I will use them as I am able to pass the cost on to my customer. If there are no lumper services available, I might call ManPower and use them, but failing that, I will refuse the load. I don't finger print freight for anybody for any reason. Balsa, if you're really serious about getting into a job along these lines, I'll make some inquiries for you, but I don't think you would be happy with the situation. I think you could get a part time job with United Parcel Service doing the same kind of work for a little more money. In any case, let me know if you're really interested, and I'll check around.

Funny you should ask..... I'm sitting at a loading dock right now in Alsip, IL waiting to get loaded for beautiful Waxahachie, TX !! Believe it or not, I've been to Waxahatchie. So, what route are you taking there? Are you coming through Little Rock through Texarkana or going through Oklahoma? Well.... I would have gone through Memphis / Little Rock / Texarkana, but the damned load got canceled. Now, I'm sitting back at the house calling other brokers on the phone to see if I can strike a a better deal. Failing that, I'll be going into the city in the morning to pick up a load for Los Angeles for Monday.

Funny you should ask..... I'm sitting at a loading dock right now in Alsip, IL waiting to get loaded for beautiful Waxahachie, TX !! Uhh, I wouldn't advise drinking before a long trip to Texas... [sigh] Perspective is everything in life. Some of us consider East Texas to be a short trip, eh?

Dusty's head imploded on Thursady 03 August in the second game of DH when he used this starting lineup........ Pierre, cf Theriot, 2b Ramirez, 3b Nevin, 1b Pagan, rf Murton, lf Blanco, c Cedeno, ss Mateo, p The CUBS won 7-3.

Funny you should ask..... I'm sitting at a loading dock right now in Alsip, IL waiting to get loaded for beautiful Waxahachie, TX !!

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Worthless stats of the day for Friday............ CUBS are 7-12 on Fridays CUBS are 10-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 35-27 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 0-1 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 21-29 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 17-22 in games that start a series CUBS are 3-5 in games that open a home stand CUBS are 24-37 in day games CUBS are 25-31 at home CUBS are 28-19 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 33-46 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 45-16 when they score at least 4 runs.... 7-52 when they don't CUBS are 33-11 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 18-56 when they don't CUBS are 47-13 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-48 when they get outhit.... and 5-6 when the hits are even CUBS are 40-17 when they score first in the game.... 12-51 when they don't CUBS are 25-15 when they score in the first inning.... 27-53 when they don't CUBS are 42-34 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 10-34 when they do CUBS are on a pace to win 70 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 687 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 405 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.24 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 0.356 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.0% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 17 GIDP's in their last 27 games.... 26 GIDP's in their last 45 games CUBS have 29 SB in their last 34 games CUBS have 22 sac bunts in their last 32 games...... 28 sac bunts in their last 54 games CUBS have 75 home runs in their last 64 games..... 42 home runs in their last 30 games CUBS have drawn 99 BBs in their last 35 games CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 55 games CUBS have 6 errors in their last 23 games...... 0 errors in their last 6 games CUBS have allowed 39 HR in their last 38 games CUBS have hit 28 batters in their last 44 games CUBS have 6 quality starts in theie last 26 games.... 15 quality starts in their last 38 games CUBS are 7-5 when Marmol starts Marmol is 4 of 12 in quality starts Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.79 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00 CUBS score 4.24 R/G overall.... 4.33 R/G when Marmol pitches CUBS hit 0.99 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Marmol pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marmol..... 04/03 - 08/16 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marmol 417 52 117 22 7 12 189 51 25 76 0.281 0.324 0.453 0.777 CUBS overall 4106 509 1097 201 31 119 1717 484 300 651 0.267 0.320 0.418 0.738 Marmol's pitching lines (4-5)..... Marmol IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/11 vs. Cincy 6.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 99 4.50 10.50 1.50 0.83 1.50 06/17 vs. Detr 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 86 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 06/23 vs. Minn 5.7 6 7 7 4 3 1 106 6.35 4.76 1.59 1.76 11.12 06/28 vs. Milw 6.3 3 1 1 2 8 0 97 2.84 11.37 0.00 0.79 1.42 07/03 vs. Houst 4.3 5 4 4 7 1 2 90 14.54 2.08 4.15 2.77 8.31 07/08 vs. Milw 6.0 3 1 1 5 4 0 103 7.50 6.00 0.00 1.33 1.50 07/18 vs. Houst 6.0 4 1 1 6 6 0 110 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.67 1.50 07/23 vs. Wash 3.7 6 5 5 4 2 2 70 9.82 4.91 4.91 2.73 12.27 07/28 vs. St. L 5.3 3 3 2 7 5 0 111 11.81 8.44 0.00 1.88 3.38 08/03 vs. Ariz 5.0 7 7 7 3 2 1 97 5.40 3.60 1.80 2.00 12.60 08/08 vs. Milw 5.3 4 3 3 4 3 2 98 6.75 5.06 3.38 1.50 5.06 08/13 vs. Colo 5.0 5 6 6 8 1 1 106 14.40 1.80 1.80 2.60 10.80 Home 28.7 24 16 15 20 25 2 501 6.28 7.85 0.63 1.53 4.71 Road 40.0 34 27 27 35 27 9 741 7.88 6.08 2.03 1.73 6.08 Day 39.3 34 27 26 29 32 6 694 6.64 7.32 1.37 1.60 5.95 Nite 29.3 24 16 16 26 20 5 548 7.98 6.14 1.53 1.70 4.91 season totals 68.7 58 43 42 55 52 11 1242 7.21 6.82 1.44 1.65 5.50 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 17 Aug 16 Aug 15 Aug 14 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug no game at Houst at Houst at Houst at Colo at Colo at Colo pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 3.0 53 1.0 11 1.0 21 5.0 85 Eyre 0.7 16 1.0 25 1.7 41 Howry 1.0 18 0.7 5 1.0 10 1.0 25 3.7 58 Ohman 0.7 11 0.3 1 1.0 12 Novoa 2.0 28 2.0 28 2.0 38 6.0 94 Wuertz 0.3 12 1.7 22 0.3 12 2.3 46 Aardsma 0.7 12 2.3 34 3.0 46 Hill 2.0 28 2.0 28 Guzman 3.0 54 3.0 54 Totals 1.0 18 13.0 219 1.0 11 4.0 59 5.3 82 3.3 75 27.7 464 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (10-3) ....... 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 - Marmol 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - Zambrano 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - Mateo 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 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 43 9 20 4 0 4 36 12 4 4 0.465 0.521 0.837 1.358 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Cedeno 46 5 20 4 2 1 31 6 1 3 0.435 0.447 0.674 1.121 Jones 49 5 15 2 0 3 26 7 5 12 0.306 0.370 0.531 0.901 Pagan 12 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0.417 0.462 0.417 0.878 Ramirez 48 8 13 1 1 2 22 11 8 4 0.271 0.386 0.458 0.844 Mabry 15 2 4 0 0 1 7 5 3 2 0.267 0.368 0.467 0.835 Walker 37 4 10 1 0 1 14 7 8 2 0.270 0.400 0.378 0.778 Pierre 56 8 16 3 2 0 23 6 4 2 0.286 0.344 0.411 0.755 Bynum 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Blanco 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.167 0.375 0.167 0.542 Murton 40 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 4 9 0.200 0.273 0.225 0.498 Perez 23 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.217 0.217 0.261 0.478 Hairston 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Nevin 15 3 1 0 0 1 4 3 1 4 0.067 0.118 0.267 0.384 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. St. L. 448 67 134 19 5 15 208 61 45 60 0.299 0.365 0.464 0.830 season totals 4106 509 1097 196 31 119 1712 474 299 649 0.267 0.320 0.417 0.737 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 4.3 3 0 0 2 5 0 73 4.15 10.38 0.00 1.15 0.00 Wuertz 3.3 2 0 0 1 5 0 56 2.70 13.50 0.00 0.90 0.00 Howry 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 119 1.29 9.00 0.00 0.71 1.29 Zambrano 12.0 9 4 2 9 10 0 221 6.75 7.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 Marmol 7.3 4 3 2 7 8 0 139 8.59 9.82 0.00 1.50 2.45 Novoa 9.3 8 3 3 2 5 0 127 1.93 4.82 0.00 1.07 2.89 Maddux 24.3 23 8 8 5 11 1 340 1.85 4.07 0.37 1.15 2.96 Dempster 10.3 11 4 4 3 5 0 154 2.61 4.35 0.00 1.35 3.48 Aardsma 4.3 7 5 4 2 2 1 88 4.15 4.15 2.08 2.08 8.31 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 Willliams 3.3 8 7 7 3 1 1 76 8.10 2.70 2.70 3.30 18.90 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 totals vs. St. L 119.0 116 55 51 50 88 5 1987 3.78 6.66 0.38 1.39 3.86 season totals 1063.3 1034 620 570 523 885 155 18156 4.43 7.49 1.31 1.46 4.82 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 08/03 - 08/16 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 14 3 7 2 0 0 9 4 0 1 0.500 0.533 0.643 1.176 Murton 36 4 13 4 0 3 26 12 3 3 0.361 0.410 0.722 1.132 Ramirez 56 14 18 4 0 3 31 9 4 11 0.321 0.381 0.554 0.935 Pagan 32 9 9 2 1 1 16 4 2 4 0.281 0.314 0.500 0.814 Pierre 64 8 21 4 1 0 27 1 3 4 0.328 0.368 0.422 0.790 Barrett 46 4 13 3 0 1 19 4 4 3 0.283 0.365 0.413 0.778 Blanco 9 1 2 0 0 1 5 3 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.556 0.778 Nevin 28 5 7 0 0 1 10 4 4 13 0.250 0.344 0.357 0.701 Jones 43 5 8 0 0 3 17 7 6 11 0.186 0.300 0.395 0.695 Cedeno 39 3 9 0 0 2 15 5 0 5 0.231 0.250 0.385 0.635 Izturis 47 3 12 1 0 0 13 5 5 4 0.255 0.327 0.277 0.604 Mabry 33 2 6 1 0 1 10 4 2 9 0.182 0.229 0.303 0.532 Perez 23 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0.217 0.250 0.261 0.511 14 game totals 498 63 134 23 2 16 209 62 35 80 0.269 0.326 0.420 0.746 season totals 4106 509 1097 196 31 119 1712 474 299 649 0.267 0.320 0.417 0.737 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 08/03 - 08/16 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 9.0 6 0 0 3 6 0 150 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 O'Malley 8.0 5 0 0 6 2 0 109 6.75 2.25 0.00 1.38 0.00 Novoa 8.3 3 1 1 6 4 0 113 6.48 4.32 0.00 1.08 1.08 Howry 8.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 121 2.25 10.13 0.00 0.88 1.13 Aardsma 8.3 7 2 2 2 9 1 137 2.16 9.72 1.08 1.08 2.16 Mateo 12.0 12 7 4 6 5 0 196 4.50 3.75 0.00 1.50 3.00 Zambrano 18.7 18 11 9 14 15 2 347 6.75 7.23 0.96 1.71 4.34 Hill 13.7 12 7 7 7 14 2 227 4.61 9.22 1.32 1.39 4.61 Wuertz 6.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 104 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.67 6.00 Ohman 5.3 5 4 4 3 5 0 91 5.06 8.44 0.00 1.50 6.75 Prior 8.7 9 9 7 7 6 1 161 7.27 6.23 1.04 1.85 7.27 Eyre 4.0 8 4 4 2 4 3 84 4.50 9.00 6.75 2.50 9.00 Marmol 15.3 16 16 16 15 6 4 301 8.80 3.52 2.35 2.02 9.39 Guzman 5.7 11 7 7 3 4 1 122 4.76 6.35 1.59 2.47 11.12 14 game totals 131.0 124 73 66 79 93 15 2263 5.43 6.39 1.03 1.55 4.53 season totals 1063.3 1034 620 570 523 885 155 18156 4.43 7.49 1.31 1.46 4.82 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 08/16 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 4 5 0.444 Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 20 52 0.278 Walker 34 105 0.245 Izturis 5 16 0.238 Murton 34 118 0.224 Ramirez 50 174 0.223 Perez 22 82 0.212 Barrett 32 123 0.206 Jones 40 154 0.206 Mabry 13 62 0.173 Nevin 15 73 0.170 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 22 133 0.142 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Pagan 6 39 0.133 Cedeno 25 165 0.132 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Womack 1 14 0.067 CUBS 355 1524 0.189 Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150302.jpg Marquis (12-11) 5.71 Vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/461791.jpg Marmol (5-5) 5.50

How's this for positive ???? CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 56 Cincinnati 53 Houston 48 Milwaukee 48 Pittsburgh 36

CUBS Houston P/PA 3.39 3.34 RBI% 0.00 0.00 R/BR 0.17 0.00 BA 0.143 0.156 OBP 0.200 0.289 SLG 0.286 0.156 OPS 0.486 0.446

Wednesday 16 August 2006 CUBS @ Houston 13:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Pierre cf 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Theriot 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barrett c 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nevin 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 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 Pagan rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O'Malley p 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 28 1 4 1 1 7 9 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Houston ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Taveras cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Huff ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burke 2b-ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Berkman 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Everett ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biggio ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lamb ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Munson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pettitte p 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 0 5 0 6 3 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit O'Malley 8.0 5 0 0 6 2 0 109 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 totals 9.0 5 0 0 6 3 0 127 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Pettitte 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 105 totals 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 105 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (14) Houston: none W: O'Malley (1-0) S: Howry (4) L: Pettitte (11-13) T: 2:19 A: 38,989

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Howry in (5th) to pitch, Mabry in (9th) at 1b for the CUBS Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Pettitte, lined out to shortstop Huff, pinch hitting for Taveras, struck out swinging Burke grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 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 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: O'Malley (1-0) S: Howry (4) L: Pettitte (11-13) T: 2:18 A: 38,989 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (14) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT O'Malley 8.0 5 0 0 6 2 0 109 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Pettitte 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 105

Huff, pinch hitting for Taveras, struck out swinging

Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Pettitte, lined out to shortstop

Howry in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Barrett struck out swinging Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3 Nevin flied out to right 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (14) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT O'Malley 8.0 5 0 0 6 2 0 109 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Pettitte 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 105

Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3

Barrett struck out swinging

Through 8 innings......... CUBS Houston P/PA 3.36 3.11 RBI% 0.00 0.00 R/BR 0.17 0.00 BA 0.160 0.172 OBP 0.222 0.314 SLG 0.320 0.172 OPS 0.542 0.487

CUBS are 48-4 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!