Fred Hornkohl

All things in due time, eh? :wink:

Nah, man, the kid can throw a Complete game, 1 hit shut out of the Cubs, RIGHT NOW, man. That's completely ridiculous. You don't know if he's left-handed or not yet. :wink: He might be left handed...... his father is !! :wink:

CUBS are 1-0 on days when Hornkohl's grandkids are born !! http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/BABY016.jpg Ryne was born Monday at 08:06 am and weighed in at 6 lbs 8 oz. Baby, Mom and Dad, and 2 sets of grandparents all doing well.

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday........ CUBS are 7-10 on Tuesdays CUBS are 5-8 vs. Houston CUBS are 33-27 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 1-5 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 19-29 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 27-31 at night CUBS are 25-37 on the road CUBS are 15-36 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 31-46 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 44-16 when they score at least 4 runs.... 6-52 when they don't CUBS are 32-11 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 17-56 when they don't CUBS are 47-13 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-48 when they get outhit.... and 4-6 when the hits are even CUBS are 40-34 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 10-34 when they do CUBS are 31-13 when they get a quality start.... 19-55 when they don't CUBS are 16-49 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 34-19 when they don't CUBS are 38-17 when they score first in the game.... 12-51 when they don't CUBS are 24-15 when they score in the first inning.... 26-53 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 69 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 158 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 406 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 3.68 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.5% 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 31.9% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 14 GIDP's in their last 25 games.... 23 GIDP's in their last 43 games CUBS have 28 SB in their last 32 games CUBS have 19 sac bunts in their last 30 games...... 25 sac bunts in their last 52 games CUBS have 71 home runs in their last 62 games..... 38 home runs in their last 28 games CUBS have drawn 95 BBs in their last 33 games CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 53 games CUBS have 6 errors in their last 21 games CUBS have allowed 39 HR in their last 36 games CUBS have hit 26 batters in their last 42 games CUBS have 5 quality starts in theie last 24 games.... 14 quality starts in their last 36 games CUBS are 1-0 when Mateo starts Mateo is 0 of 1 in quality starts Mateo's ERA pitching to Blanco is 3.60 ... Mateo hasn't pitched to Barrett CUBS score 4.24 R/G overall.... 7.00 R/G when Mateo pitches CUBS hit 0.97 HR/G overall.... 0.00 HR/G when Mateo pitches CUBS' offensive support of Mateo..... 04/03 - 08/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Mateo 34 7 12 4 0 0 16 7 2 4 0.353 0.389 0.471 0.859 CUBS overall 4012 500 1077 199 30 115 1681 475 296 632 0.268 0.321 0.419 0.740 Mateo's pitching lines (1-0)..... 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 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Sun Sun Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Totals 13 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 Aug 09 Aug 08 Aug at Colo at Colo at Colo at Colo at Milw at Milw at Milw pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 11 1.0 21 1.0 20 3.0 52 Eyre 1.0 25 0.7 16 5 1.7 46 Howry 1.0 10 1.0 25 1.0 13 1.0 10 4.0 58 Ohman 0.3 1 1.0 17 1.0 6 2.3 24 Novoa 2.0 28 2.0 38 1.3 9 5.3 75 Wuertz 1.7 22 0.3 12 0.3 5 0.3 12 2.7 51 Aardsma 2.3 34 1.0 10 1.0 14 0.3 8 4.7 66 Mateo 2.0 30 2.0 30 Totals 1.0 11 4.0 59 5.3 82 3.3 75 5.0 70 3.3 44 3.7 61 25.7 402 CUBS' season series vs. Houston (4-8) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N 8- 0 Zambrano 57 Tue 06/06 @ Houston N 1- 4 Wood 58 Wed 06/07 @ Houston 0- 1 Marshall 63 Tue 06/13 Houston N 2- 9 Marshall 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N 4- 5 Maddux 65 Thu 06/15 Houston 2- 3 Zambrano 82 Mon 07/03 @ Houston N 2- 7 Marmol 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston 2- 7 Prior 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N 1- 0 Marshall 92 Tue 07/18 Houston N 4- 2 Marmol 93 Wed 07/19 Houston N 2- 4 Maddux 94 Thu 07/20 Houston 4- 1 Zambrano 118 Mon 08/14 @ Houston N 3- 0 Zambrano 119 Tue 08/15 @ Houston N - Mateo 120 Wed 08/16 @ Houston - Hill CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year..... vs. Houst AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 3 1 2 1 0 1 6 1 1 0 0.667 0.750 2.000 2.750 Mabry 8 1 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0.500 0.556 0.750 1.306 Nevin 27 5 11 2 0 3 22 8 3 8 0.407 0.467 0.815 1.281 Barrett 45 5 15 3 0 2 24 5 6 6 0.333 0.404 0.533 0.937 Bynum 9 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Perez 28 2 10 2 0 0 12 0 0 2 0.357 0.357 0.429 0.786 Pierre 51 3 16 2 1 0 20 1 3 1 0.314 0.364 0.392 0.756 Walker 27 3 6 2 0 1 11 3 2 0 0.222 0.276 0.407 0.683 Lee 18 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 6 0.278 0.381 0.278 0.659 Jones 42 5 8 1 0 3 18 5 2 17 0.190 0.222 0.429 0.651 Murton 24 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 3 0.208 0.296 0.208 0.505 Pagan 12 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 5 0.167 0.231 0.250 0.481 Ramirez 51 2 10 1 0 1 14 3 0 6 0.196 0.196 0.275 0.471 Cedeno 40 4 7 0 2 0 11 0 0 9 0.175 0.175 0.275 0.450 Womack 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.071 0.000 0.071 Theriot 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Izturis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 430 35 107 17 4 12 168 35 26 73 0.249 0.292 0.391 0.683 season totals 4012 500 1077 194 30 115 1676 465 295 630 0.268 0.321 0.418 0.739 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 5.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 74 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.00 0.00 Aardsma 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Eyre 3.7 3 0 0 2 2 0 77 4.91 4.91 0.00 1.36 0.00 Zambrano 31.0 12 2 2 15 28 0 477 4.35 8.13 0.00 0.87 0.58 Wood 3.7 7 4 1 2 0 1 75 4.91 0.00 2.45 2.45 2.45 Howry 6.0 5 3 2 2 8 0 117 3.00 12.00 0.00 1.17 3.00 Marshall 18.0 17 6 6 10 8 2 274 5.00 4.00 1.00 1.50 3.00 Marmol 12.3 11 5 5 13 10 2 241 9.49 7.30 1.46 1.95 3.65 Guzman 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 31 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.00 4.50 Prior 6.0 4 4 3 4 7 0 109 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.33 4.50 Maddux 14.0 18 8 8 0 4 1 192 0.00 2.57 0.64 1.29 5.14 Williamson 1.7 1 1 1 0 1 1 22 0.00 5.40 5.40 0.60 5.40 Novoa 2.7 3 2 2 0 1 0 40 0.00 3.38 0.00 1.13 6.75 Ohman 4.3 4 4 4 1 1 1 51 2.08 2.08 2.08 1.15 8.31 Rusch 1.0 3 3 3 3 2 0 37 27.00 18.00 0.00 6.00 27.00 totals vs. Houst 113.0 91 43 38 56 77 8 1839 4.46 6.13 0.64 1.30 3.03 season totals 1036.3 1013 614 564 511 870 155 17732 4.44 7.56 1.35 1.47 4.90 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 07/31 - 08/14 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 12 3 7 2 0 0 9 4 1 1 0.583 0.615 0.750 1.365 Murton 32 5 13 4 0 3 26 11 3 2 0.406 0.457 0.813 1.270 Ramirez 53 14 17 3 0 5 35 13 4 9 0.321 0.373 0.660 1.033 Pagan 30 9 11 3 1 1 19 5 1 4 0.367 0.375 0.633 1.008 Nevin 24 5 8 0 0 1 11 5 4 11 0.333 0.429 0.458 0.887 Blanco 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.667 0.833 Barrett 47 5 14 4 0 1 21 4 2 3 0.298 0.353 0.447 0.800 Pierre 61 7 18 4 0 0 22 3 3 2 0.295 0.338 0.361 0.699 Jones 43 5 8 0 0 3 17 6 7 9 0.186 0.300 0.395 0.695 Mabry 33 3 8 2 0 1 13 4 2 7 0.242 0.286 0.394 0.680 Cedeno 37 2 10 0 0 1 13 4 0 7 0.270 0.289 0.351 0.641 Izturis 43 4 10 2 0 0 12 4 5 4 0.233 0.313 0.279 0.592 Perez 27 3 7 1 0 0 8 0 1 1 0.259 0.286 0.296 0.582 14 game totals 474 67 136 26 1 17 215 66 34 70 0.287 0.340 0.454 0.793 season totals 4012 500 1077 194 30 115 1676 465 295 630 0.268 0.321 0.418 0.739 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 07/31 - 08/14 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 97 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Novoa 7.3 2 1 1 5 5 0 102 6.14 6.14 0.00 0.95 1.23 Howry 6.3 5 1 1 2 8 0 98 2.84 11.37 0.00 1.11 1.42 Aardsma 7.7 7 2 2 2 8 1 125 2.35 9.39 1.17 1.17 2.35 Mateo 7.0 8 5 2 5 3 0 118 6.43 3.86 0.00 1.86 2.57 Wuertz 6.7 5 2 2 2 7 1 108 2.70 9.45 1.35 1.05 2.70 Zambrano 18.7 18 11 9 14 15 2 347 6.75 7.23 0.96 1.71 4.34 Hill 19.7 17 10 10 8 17 3 308 3.66 7.78 1.37 1.27 4.58 Prior 13.7 15 15 13 10 11 4 267 6.59 7.24 2.63 1.83 8.56 Marmol 15.3 16 16 16 15 6 4 301 8.80 3.52 2.35 2.02 9.39 Eyre 3.3 6 4 4 2 3 3 68 5.40 8.10 8.10 2.40 10.80 Ohman 5.7 7 7 7 5 7 0 111 7.94 11.12 0.00 2.12 11.12 Rusch 2.0 4 4 4 1 2 3 44 4.50 9.00 13.50 2.50 18.00 Guzman 2.7 9 7 7 2 1 1 68 6.75 3.38 3.38 4.13 23.63 14 game totals 122.0 123 85 78 75 97 22 2162 5.53 7.16 1.62 1.62 5.75 season totals 1036.3 1013 614 564 511 870 155 17732 4.44 7.56 1.35 1.47 4.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 08/14 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 4 4 0.500 Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 20 51 0.282 Walker 34 105 0.245 Ramirez 50 171 0.226 Izturis 4 14 0.222 Murton 32 117 0.215 Perez 22 81 0.214 Barrett 32 122 0.208 Jones 38 151 0.201 Mabry 13 58 0.183 Nevin 15 69 0.179 Pagan 6 34 0.150 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 22 129 0.146 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 25 163 0.133 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Womack 1 14 0.067 CUBS 350 1490 0.190 Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/462940.jpg Mateo (1-0) 2.57 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/112388.jpg Clemens (4-4) 2.24

CUBS Houston P/PA 3.18 3.67 BA 0.270 0.148 OBP 0.289 0.361 SLG 0.351 0.222 OPS 0.641 0.583

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Ausmus, popped out (foul) to shortstop Lamb, pinch hitting for Springer, walked Taveras grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Lamb out at second 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (13-5) S: Dempster (24) L: Oswalt (9-8) T: 2:29 A: 37,260 Home runs: CUBS: Nevin (10) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 8.0 4 0 0 7 5 0 121 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 82 Qualls 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20 Springer 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19

Lamb, pinch hitting for Springer, walked

Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Ausmus, popped out (foul) to shortstop

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Springer in to pitch for Houston Cedeno singled to center field Cedeno stole second base Izturis, pinch hitting for Zambrano, grounded out to first, 3-1 Pierre popped out to first base Perez popped out to shallow left field 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Home runs: CUBS: Nevin (10) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 4 0 0 7 5 0 121 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 82 Qualls 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20 Sprigner 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19

Pierre popped out to first base

Izturis, pinch hitting for Zambrano, grounded out to first, 3-1

Cedeno stole second base

How is that possible when Dempster has blow what 6 saves? Did the Cubs get the lead in the top of the 9th at home 2 times that Demp blew it? I'm pretty sure we lost all 6 games he blew A blown save is not necessarily a loss, is it ?

Cedeno singled to center field

Springer in to pitch for Houston

CUBS are 47-4 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Huff walked Ensberg popped out (foul) to first base Scott grounded into a FC, 3-6, Huff out at second Everett flied out to deep right center field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Home runs: CUBS: Nevin (10) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 4 0 0 7 5 0 121 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 82 Qualls 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20

Scott grounded into a FC, 3-6, Huff out at second

Ensberg popped out (foul) to first base

Huff walked

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Qualls in to pitch for Houston Perez singled to right field Barrett grounded out to third, 5-3 , Perez to second Ramirez flied out to shallow right field Jones walked (intentionally) Nevin singled to center field , Perez scored, Jones to third Murton struck out swinging 1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Home runs: CUBS: Nevin (10) Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 4 0 0 6 5 0 110 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 82 Qualls 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20

Nevin singled to center field , Perez scored, Jones to third

Jones walked (intentionally)