Fred Hornkohl

That almost worries me. If the Cubs like him, there must be something wrong with him. Vance can correct me if I'm wrong since he's been on the Freddie bandwgn for a long time, but I think they interviewed him before they hired Dusty. That is correct.

Probably something like this........ 06/10 - 08/13 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 211 36 67 11 2 18 136 44 20 28 0.318 0.381 0.645 1.025

Worthless stats of the day for Monday........ CUBS are 8-5 on Mondays CUBS are 4-8 vs. Houston CUBS are 32-27 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 9-16 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 18-29 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 16-22 in games that start a series CUBS are 26-31 at night CUBS are 24-37 on the road CUBS are 30-46 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 1-3 when CSN+ broadcasts the game CUBS are 35-22 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 14-46 when they don't CUBS are 13-35 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 22-13 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 14-20 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 16-17 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 33-51 when they don't CUBS are 39-24 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-45 when he doesn't CUBS are 36-47 when Barrett starts.... 13-21 when Blanco starts CUBS are 31-33 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are on a pace to win 68 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 688 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 408 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to commit 96 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year CUBS are scoring 4.25 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 0.358 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.1% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 14 GIDP's in their last 24 games.... 23 GIDP's in their last 42 games CUBS have 27 SB in their last 31 games CUBS have 19 sac bunts in their last 29 games...... 25 sac bunts in their last 51 games CUBS have 70 home runs in their last 61 games..... 37 home runs in their last 27 games CUBS have drawn 94 BBs in their last 32 games CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 52 games CUBS have 6 errors in their last 20 games CUBS have allowed 39 HR in their last 35 games CUBS have hit 25 batters in their last 41 games CUBS have 4 quality starts in theie last 23 games.... 13 quality starts in their last 35 games CUBS are 15-10 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 16 of 25 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.61 ... pitching to Blanco it's 3.40 CUBS score 4.25 R/G overall.... 5.40 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.97 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 08/13 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 848 135 223 43 5 31 369 131 71 145 0.263 0.322 0.435 0.757 CUBS overall 3975 497 1067 199 30 114 1668 472 295 627 0.268 0.321 0.420 0.741 Zambrano's pitching lines (12-5)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 5 5 5 5 2 105 9.64 9.64 3.86 2.57 9.64 04/08 vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 04/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 4 3 8 2 103 4.50 12.00 3.00 1.17 6.00 04/18 vs. L.A. 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 04/24 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 3 12 1 114 3.86 15.43 1.29 1.29 3.86 04/30 vs. Milw 4.0 8 7 7 5 5 1 103 11.25 11.25 2.25 3.25 15.75 05/05 vs. S.D. 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 05/10 vs. S.F. 8.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 110 5.63 6.75 0.00 1.25 1.13 05/16 vs. Wash 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 05/21 vs. CWS 7.0 4 4 4 3 9 3 113 3.86 11.57 3.86 1.00 5.14 05/26 vs. Atla 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 8.10 10.80 0.00 1.20 2.70 05/31 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 101 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 06/05 vs. Houst 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 06/10 vs. Cincy 7.7 4 1 1 6 4 1 126 7.04 4.70 1.17 1.30 1.17 06/15 vs. Houst 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 2.57 6.43 0.00 1.00 1.29 06/21 vs. Clev 6.0 6 2 2 3 2 0 101 4.50 3.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 06/27 vs. Milw 8.0 6 4 4 2 8 1 120 2.25 9.00 1.13 1.00 4.50 07/02 vs. CWS 6.0 7 7 7 3 6 2 112 4.50 9.00 3.00 1.67 10.50 07/07 vs. Milw 6.0 5 1 1 3 6 0 112 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 1.50 07/15 vs. Mets 6.0 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 07/20 vs. Houst 8.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 123 4.50 11.25 0.00 0.75 1.13 07/25 vs. Mets 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 1.29 7.71 2.57 1.29 6.43 07/30 vs. St. L 6.0 5 2 2 5 5 0 110 7.50 7.50 0.00 1.67 3.00 08/04 vs. Pitts 6.0 9 5 5 3 6 1 117 4.50 9.00 1.50 2.00 7.50 08/09 vs. Milw 4.7 5 6 4 4 4 1 109 7.71 7.71 1.93 1.93 7.71 Home 90.7 69 43 40 49 99 9 1570 4.86 9.83 0.89 1.30 3.97 Road 72.0 53 26 24 40 63 9 1222 5.00 7.88 1.13 1.29 3.00 Day 81.3 64 43 40 49 87 11 1453 5.42 9.63 1.22 1.39 4.43 Nite 81.3 58 26 24 40 75 7 1339 4.43 8.30 0.77 1.20 2.66 totals vs. Houst 23.0 8 2 2 8 23 0 356 3.13 9.00 0.00 0.70 0.78 season totals 162.7 122 69 64 89 162 18 2792 4.92 8.96 1.00 1.30 3.54 Zambrano's starts against Houston last year (1-1)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/17 vs. Houst 8.3 3 2 1 3 10 0 116 3.24 10.80 0.00 0.72 1.08 09/24 vs. Houst 6.3 9 6 6 1 4 2 94 1.42 5.68 2.84 1.58 8.53 09/30 vs. Houst 7.0 4 1 1 3 8 1 116 3.86 10.29 1.29 1.00 1.29 totals vs. Houst 21.7 16 9 8 7 22 3 326 2.91 9.14 1.25 1.06 3.32 season totals 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Sun Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Mon Totals 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 Aug 09 Aug 08 Aug 07 Aug at Colo at Colo at Colo at Milw at Milw at Milw no game pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 21 1.0 20 2.0 41 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 4.0 59 5.3 82 3.3 75 5.0 70 3.3 44 3.7 61 24.7 391 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 - 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 23 4 8 2 0 2 16 5 3 8 0.348 0.423 0.696 1.119 Barrett 41 5 15 3 0 2 24 5 6 5 0.366 0.438 0.585 1.023 Bynum 9 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Pierre 46 3 15 2 1 0 19 1 3 0 0.326 0.380 0.413 0.793 Perez 23 1 8 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0.348 0.348 0.435 0.783 Walker 27 3 6 2 0 1 11 3 2 0 0.222 0.276 0.407 0.683 Jones 39 5 8 1 0 3 18 5 1 17 0.205 0.220 0.462 0.681 Lee 18 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 6 0.278 0.381 0.278 0.659 Murton 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 0.200 0.304 0.200 0.504 Pagan 12 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 5 0.167 0.231 0.250 0.481 Cedeno 36 4 6 0 2 0 10 0 0 9 0.167 0.167 0.278 0.444 Ramirez 47 1 8 1 0 1 12 3 0 5 0.170 0.170 0.255 0.426 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 totals vs. Houst 393 32 97 17 4 11 155 32 25 68 0.247 0.292 0.394 0.687 season totals 3975 497 1067 194 30 114 1663 462 294 625 0.268 0.321 0.418 0.740 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 4.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 63 4.50 6.75 0.00 1.00 0.00 Eyre 3.7 3 0 0 2 2 0 77 4.91 4.91 0.00 1.36 0.00 Aardsma 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 23.0 8 2 2 8 23 0 356 3.13 9.00 0.00 0.70 0.78 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 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 Marmol 12.3 11 5 5 13 10 2 241 9.49 7.30 1.46 1.95 3.65 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 104.0 87 43 38 48 72 8 1707 4.15 6.23 0.69 1.30 3.29 season totals 1027.3 1009 614 564 503 865 155 17600 4.41 7.58 1.36 1.47 4.94 CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games...... 08/03 - 08/13 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 23 3 10 4 0 2 20 9 3 1 0.435 0.500 0.870 1.370 Theriot 11 3 6 1 0 0 7 3 0 1 0.545 0.545 0.636 1.182 Pagan 22 8 9 2 1 1 16 4 1 2 0.409 0.417 0.727 1.144 Ramirez 38 11 13 3 0 3 25 9 3 4 0.342 0.395 0.658 1.053 Blanco 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.667 0.833 Pierre 42 6 13 2 0 0 15 1 2 0 0.310 0.356 0.357 0.713 Mabry 21 2 5 1 0 1 9 4 1 5 0.238 0.273 0.429 0.701 Barrett 31 3 8 3 0 0 11 2 1 1 0.258 0.324 0.355 0.678 Jones 30 3 5 0 0 2 11 4 3 8 0.167 0.242 0.367 0.609 Cedeno 28 2 7 0 0 1 10 4 0 5 0.250 0.250 0.357 0.607 Nevin 18 4 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 10 0.222 0.364 0.222 0.586 Izturis 34 2 8 1 0 0 9 4 4 4 0.235 0.316 0.265 0.580 Perez 10 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0.200 0.273 0.300 0.573 10 game totals 332 49 94 19 1 11 148 48 24 49 0.283 0.337 0.446 0.783 season totals 3975 497 1067 194 30 114 1663 462 294 625 0.268 0.321 0.418 0.740 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 08/03 - 08/13 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 86 1.80 7.20 0.00 1.00 0.00 Novoa 6.3 2 1 1 4 4 0 85 5.68 5.68 0.00 0.95 1.42 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 5.7 5 2 2 2 4 1 92 3.18 6.35 1.59 1.24 3.18 Ohman 4.7 3 2 2 3 5 0 80 5.79 9.64 0.00 1.29 3.86 Hill 11.7 11 7 7 7 11 2 199 5.40 8.49 1.54 1.54 5.40 Prior 8.7 9 9 7 7 6 1 161 7.27 6.23 1.04 1.85 7.27 Zambrano 10.7 14 11 9 7 10 2 226 5.91 8.44 1.69 1.97 7.59 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 Guzman 2.7 9 7 7 2 1 1 68 6.75 3.38 3.38 4.13 23.63 10 game totals 95.0 99 67 60 59 73 15 1707 5.59 6.92 1.42 1.66 5.68 season totals 1027.3 1009 614 564 503 865 155 17600 4.41 7.58 1.36 1.47 4.94 04/03 - 08/13 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 4 4 0.500 Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 20 51 0.282 Walker 34 105 0.245 Izturis 4 13 0.235 Ramirez 50 170 0.227 Murton 32 114 0.219 Perez 22 80 0.216 Barrett 32 118 0.213 Jones 38 149 0.203 Mabry 13 58 0.183 Nevin 13 68 0.160 Pagan 6 34 0.150 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 22 128 0.147 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 25 163 0.133 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Womack 1 14 0.067 CUBS 348 1476 0.191 Go CUBS !!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg Zambrano (12-5) 3.57 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/400061.jpg Oswalt (9-7) 3.27

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Helton popped out to shallow left field Atkins popped out to shallow right field Holliday singled to center field Holliday stole second base Hawpe struck out swinging 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 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 12 0 Colorado 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 7 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Novoa (2-0) S: Dempster (23) L: Corpas (0-1) T: 2:59 A: 35,408 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (28 ) Colorado: Atkins (19) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 5.0 5 6 6 8 1 1 106 Novoa 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 28 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 Colorado IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Kim 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 87 Ramirez 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Martin 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14 Corpas 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 King 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Fuentes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Holliday stole second base

Holliday singled to center field

Atkins popped out to shallow right field

Helton popped out to shallow left field

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Fuentes in to pitch for Colorado Izturis flied out to center field Jones grounded out to second, 4-3 Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3 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 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 12 0 Colorado 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (28 ) Colorado: Atkins (19) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 5.0 5 6 6 8 1 1 106 Novoa 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 28 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 Colorado IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Kim 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 87 Ramirez 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Martin 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14 Corpas 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 King 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Fuentes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Jones grounded out to second, 4-3

Izturis flied out to center field

Fuentes in to pitch for Colorado

CUBS are 46-4 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Barmes grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Freeman, pinch hitting for King, struck out swinging Caroll 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 4 0 0 0 1 3 8 12 0 Colorado 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (28 ) Colorado: Atkins (19) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 5.0 5 6 6 8 1 1 106 Novoa 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 28 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 Colorado IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Kim 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 87 Ramirez 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Martin 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14 Corpas 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 King 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 9

Freeman, pinch hitting for King, struck out swinging

Barmes grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Howry in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Jones struck out swinging Ramirez singled to center field Corpas in to pitch for Colorado Nevin, pinch hitting for Mabry, singled to right field , Ramirez to second Ramirez to third, Nevin took second on a wild pitch Barrett walked Theriot, pinch hitting for Novoa, doubled to left field , Ramirez, Nevin & Barrett scored Perez singled to left field , Theriot to third King in to pitch for Colorado Pagan struck out swinging Pierre flied out to left center field 3 runs 4 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 8 12 0 Colorado 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 7 6 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (28 ) Colorado: Atkins (19) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 5.0 5 6 6 8 1 1 106 Novoa 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 27 Colorado IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Kim 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 87 Ramirez 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Martin 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14 Corpas 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 King 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 9

Pagan struck out swinging

King in to pitch for Colorado

Perez singled to left field , Theriot to third

Theriot, pinch hitting for Novoa, doubled to left field , Ramirez, Nevin & Barrett scored

Barrett walked