Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Perez struck out swinging Ramirez flied out to 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 Washington 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Washington: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Armas 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11

Perez struck out swinging

Pierre grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Ramirez has been hitting the ball well for quite a while now. It's not like he just woke up, as some have suggested. 05/20 - 07/22 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 214 27 64 12 2 15 125 41 13 25 0.299 0.348 0.584 0.932

Excellent.....right on pace to lose 100. Go Cubs!!! Half empty or half full ??

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday.......... CUBS are 7-8 on Sundays CUBS are 2-3 vs. Washington CUBS are 5-12 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 3-9 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 24-35 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 11-20 in games that end a series CUBS are 16-33 in day games CUBS are 20-31 on the road CUBS are 9-31 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 18-37 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are on a pace to win 62 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 667 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 149 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 403 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.11 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.69 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.350 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 31.2% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 9 GIDP's in their last 21 games CUBS have 13 SB in their last 10 games CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 8 games...... 9 sac bunts in their last 30 games CUBS have 44 home runs in their last 40 games..... 11 home runs in their last 6 games CUBS have drawn 38 BBs in their last 11 games CUBS have 6 sac flys in their last 31 games CUBS have allowed 12 HR in their last 14 games CUBS have hit 13 batters in their last 20 games CUBS are 4-3 when Marmol starts Marmol is 4 of 7 in quality starts Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.82 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00 CUBS score 4.11 R/G overall.... 4.14 R/G when Marmol pitches CUBS hit 0.92 HR/G overall.... 1.14 HR/G when Marmol pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marmol..... 04/03 - 07/22 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marmol 243 29 69 12 3 8 111 28 11 53 0.284 0.315 0.457 0.772 CUBS overall 3275 395 869 158 25 88 1341 373 239 529 0.265 0.317 0.409 0.727 Marmol's pitching lines (3-3)..... 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 Home 18.3 14 6 6 10 18 1 293 4.91 8.84 0.49 1.31 2.95 Road 26.0 19 13 13 19 21 4 467 6.58 7.27 1.38 1.46 4.50 Day 20.3 13 6 6 7 22 2 310 3.10 9.74 0.89 0.98 2.66 Nite 24.0 20 13 13 22 17 3 450 8.25 6.38 1.13 1.75 4.88 season totals 44.3 33 19 19 29 39 5 760 5.89 7.92 1.02 1.40 3.86 CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week...... Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Mon Sun Totals 22 Jul 21 Jul 20 Jul 19 Jul 18 Jul 17 Jul 16 Jul at Wash at Wash vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst no game vs N.Y. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 20 1.0 12 2.0 32 Eyre 0.3 3 1.0 25 0.7 12 2.0 40 Howry 0.7 23 1.0 12 0.7 8 2.3 43 Ohman 1.3 21 0.7 10 1.3 24 3.3 55 Novoa 1.7 34 0.3 10 0.3 29 2.3 73 Rusch 2.7 38 2.0 33 4.7 71 Wuertz Totals 3.0 55 4.7 84 1.0 20 2.0 37 2.3 32 3.7 86 16.7 314 CUBS' season series vs. Washington (2-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 38 Tue 05/16 Washington N 4- 0 Zambrano 39 Wed 05/17 Washington N 5- 0 Marshall 40 Thu 05/18 Washington 3- 5 Wood 95 Fri 07/21 @ Washington N 6- 7 Prior 96 Sat 07/22 @ Washington N 3- 7 Marshall 97 Sun 07/23 @ Washington - Marmol CUBS hitters vs. Washington this year..... vs. Wash AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 2 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 Ramirez 15 4 7 1 0 4 20 8 0 0 0.467 0.467 1.333 1.800 Barrett 17 2 8 2 0 0 10 0 2 2 0.471 0.526 0.588 1.115 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Walker 14 1 4 2 0 0 6 5 5 0 0.286 0.474 0.429 0.902 Jones 19 2 6 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 0.316 0.381 0.421 0.802 Nevin 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Mabry 12 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 3 1 0.167 0.333 0.417 0.750 Pierre 24 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 2 0.292 0.280 0.333 0.613 Murton 15 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0.267 0.313 0.267 0.579 Hairston 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Cedeno 17 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 0.176 0.250 0.235 0.485 Perez 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.091 0.091 0.091 0.182 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pagan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Theriot 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Wash 172 21 49 10 0 6 77 20 14 18 0.285 0.339 0.448 0.786 season totals 3275 395 868 153 25 88 1335 362 238 527 0.265 0.317 0.408 0.725 CUBS pitchers vs. Washington this year...... vs. Wash IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Rusch 2.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 38 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 2.3 0 0 0 2 5 0 39 7.71 19.29 0.00 0.86 0.00 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marshall 10.0 7 2 2 4 8 1 165 3.60 7.20 0.90 1.10 1.80 Novoa 3.0 6 1 1 2 0 0 68 6.00 0.00 0.00 2.67 3.00 Ohman 3.0 3 2 2 0 3 2 52 0.00 9.00 6.00 1.00 6.00 Wood 5.0 5 4 4 0 6 3 71 0.00 10.80 5.40 1.00 7.20 Prior 3.3 4 4 4 3 2 0 76 8.10 5.40 0.00 2.10 10.80 Williamson 2.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 43 9.00 4.50 0.00 2.50 13.50 Howry 2.7 11 7 7 5 6 0 42 16.88 20.25 0.00 6.00 23.63 totals vs. Wash 43.0 44 23 23 21 42 6 725 4.40 8.79 1.26 1.51 4.81 season totals 842.7 820 494 454 398 716 128 14339 4.25 7.65 1.37 1.45 4.85 CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games...... 06/17 - 07/22 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Barrett 59 14 26 7 0 2 39 7 8 7 0.441 0.507 0.661 1.168 Bynum 8 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Ramirez 116 17 35 6 1 10 73 23 10 17 0.302 0.357 0.629 0.986 Blanco 52 8 16 5 1 3 32 11 2 9 0.308 0.333 0.615 0.949 Mabry 24 4 5 3 0 1 11 4 8 5 0.208 0.424 0.458 0.883 Pierre 129 15 45 8 3 1 62 7 4 6 0.349 0.375 0.481 0.856 Theriot 9 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 0.222 0.300 0.556 0.856 Perez 62 7 21 6 0 1 30 8 1 8 0.339 0.349 0.484 0.833 Jones 109 13 34 11 0 3 54 14 3 21 0.312 0.330 0.495 0.826 Murton 57 12 19 1 1 0 22 8 6 8 0.333 0.391 0.386 0.777 Pagan 33 4 7 1 0 3 17 4 2 7 0.212 0.257 0.515 0.772 Nevin 75 7 17 0 0 5 32 12 9 22 0.227 0.310 0.427 0.736 Walker 79 8 20 5 0 2 31 9 9 7 0.253 0.326 0.392 0.718 Lee 71 10 17 4 0 1 24 4 11 25 0.239 0.341 0.338 0.679 Womack 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Cedeno 93 9 15 3 0 0 18 3 3 23 0.161 0.194 0.194 0.387 30 game totals 1033 134 292 61 7 35 472 119 79 190 0.283 0.335 0.457 0.792 season totals 3275 395 868 153 25 88 1335 362 238 527 0.265 0.317 0.408 0.725 CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games...... 06/17 - 07/22 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 11.7 9 2 2 2 15 2 218 1.54 11.57 1.54 0.94 1.54 Ohman 12.3 5 3 3 6 13 3 199 4.38 9.49 2.19 0.89 2.19 Zambrano 40.0 29 17 17 19 39 3 671 4.28 8.78 0.68 1.20 3.83 Aardsma 4.7 4 2 2 2 4 0 89 3.86 7.71 0.00 1.29 3.86 Rusch 10.7 10 5 5 7 11 1 192 5.91 9.28 0.84 1.59 4.22 Marmol 34.3 28 18 18 26 26 4 592 6.82 6.82 1.05 1.57 4.72 Maddux 40.3 45 24 23 4 26 7 552 0.89 5.80 1.56 1.21 5.13 Marshall 32.0 40 22 19 12 19 7 541 3.38 5.34 1.97 1.63 5.34 Dempster 12.3 14 13 9 7 14 3 236 5.11 10.22 2.19 1.70 6.57 Novoa 15.0 27 18 11 4 9 8 274 2.40 5.40 4.80 2.07 6.60 Williamson 7.0 10 6 6 2 5 2 112 2.57 6.43 2.57 1.71 7.71 Prior 24.3 31 24 22 13 24 5 465 4.81 8.88 1.85 1.81 8.14 Howry 14.3 25 15 15 10 21 2 260 6.28 13.19 1.26 2.44 9.42 30 game totals 259.0 277 169 152 114 226 47 4401 3.96 7.85 1.63 1.51 5.28 season totals 842.7 820 494 454 398 716 128 14339 4.25 7.65 1.37 1.45 4.85 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/22 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 33 97 0.254 Perez 20 61 0.247 Blanco 15 46 0.246 Barrett 27 92 0.227 Jones 33 118 0.219 Ramirez 38 146 0.207 Murton 24 103 0.189 Nevin 10 52 0.161 Lee 10 57 0.149 Mabry 6 37 0.140 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 20 136 0.128 Pierre 13 102 0.113 Pagan 2 17 0.105 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 274 1210 0.185 Avoid the broom !! http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg Go CUBS !!

Thank you for those kind words !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Cordero in to pitch for Washington Walker flied out to center field Barrett flied out to left field Pierre singled to right field Lee, pinch hitting for Novoa, flied out to 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 Washington 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 x 7 13 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (20 & 21) Washington: Kearns (17), Escobar (3) W: Hernandez (7-8) S: none L: Williamson (2-3) T: 3:18 A: 38,021 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 Williamson 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 32 Ohman 1.3 1 1 1 0 2 1 21 Novoa 1.7 3 1 1 1 0 0 34 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hernandez 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 2 106 Bowie 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Rauch 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 Cordero 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7

Pierre singled to right field

Barrett flied out to left field

Walker flied out to center field

Cordero in to pitch for Washington

CUBS are 0-31 when they trail by 4 runs or more at the end of the 8th inning. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Fick flied out to center field Dorta, pinch hitting for Rauch, lined out to third base Soriano doubled to right field Lopez doubled to right field , Soriano scored Zimmerman flied out to right field 1 runs 2 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 Washington 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 7 13 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (20 & 21) Washington: Kearns (17), Escobar (3) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 Williamson 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 32 Ohman 1.3 1 1 1 0 2 1 21 Novoa 1.7 3 1 1 1 0 0 34 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hernandez 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 2 106 Bowie 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Rauch 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11

Lopez doubled to right field , Soriano scored

Soriano doubled to right field

Dorta, pinch hitting for Rauch, lined out to third base

Fick flied out to center field

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Pagan, pinch hitting for Mabry, flied out to deep left field Jones grounded out to first, 3-1 Rauch in to pitch for Washington Nevin singled to left field Cedeno 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 Washington 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 6 11 0 Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (20 & 21) Washington: Kearns (17), Escobar (3) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 Williamson 1.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 32 Ohman 1.3 2 2 2 0 2 1 21 Novoa 0.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hernandez 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 2 106 Bowie 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Rauch 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11

Nevin singled to left field

Quit ?? ..... or never started ??

Rauch in to pitch for Washington

Jones grounded out to first, 3-1

Pagan, pinch hitting for Mabry, flied out to deep left field

CUBS are 1-36 when they trail by 3 runs or more at the end of the 7th inning. Go CUBS !!