Fred Hornkohl

Theriot grounded out to third, 5-3

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Huff flied out to left field Scott grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Ausmus lined out to right field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS 1 1 3 0 Home runs: Houston: none CUBS: none Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Pettite 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 26 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25

Scott grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Yep, fixed it already !! :wink:

Huff flied out to left field

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded out to first, unassisted Perez doubled to left field Barrett singled to center field , Perez scored Ramirez flied out to right field Nevin walked , Barrett to second Murton grounded an IF single to third base , Barrett to third, Nevin to secvond Jones struck out (called) 1 runs 3 hits 0 errors 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 CUBS 1 1 3 0 Home runs: Houston: none CUBS: none Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Pettite 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 26 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17

Murton grounded an IF single to third base , Barrett to third, Nevin to secvond

Nevin walked , Barrett to second

CUBS are 27-15 when they score first in the game.... 9-42 when they don't CUBS are 15-13 when they score in the first inning.... 21-44 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Ramirez flied out to right field

Barrett singled to center field , Perez scored

Perez doubled to left field

Pierre grounded out to first, unassisted

CUBS are 29-28 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 7-29 when they do Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Burke struck out swinging Lamb flied out to left center field Berkman popped out to to shortstop 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: Houston: none CUBS: none Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Pettite 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17

Lamb flied out to left center field

Burke struck out swinging

It'd be nice to field a decent team for any pitcher, no?

I'm not sure I agree with you here, although it's all a matter of degrees. I don't have any numbers to back this up, but I think you are already seeing a decline in the attendance on the rooftops. That's just my observation from the 3 games I've been to thus far. If this team continues to play as bad as it has for another 2 or 3 years, I believe you would see a very serious decline in attendance. It will never drop to the 700,000 level of the early 60's when we last played this poorly, but I think a drop from 3.1 million down to say 2.5 million would be huge. I certainly hope none of this comes to pass, as I don't think I could handle 2-3 more years of this level of play. I'm merely stating that it could happen.

For those curious: The 1 win was the 14-inning marathon against STL on 6/2. I'll edit this post when I find the one win when down by 3 after 7. Edit - Otis, you were right, the 1 win when down by 3 or more after 7 came against Florida on 4/24 and the 6-run eighth inning. I confess I didn't pay that much attention since it was also the night of the Bulls' Game 2 :D Correct on both counts.

Next time that happens, you just send me a PM, ok?

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday....... CUBS are 0-8 on Thursdays CUBS are 3-8 vs. Houston CUBS are 24-24 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 12-13 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 23-34 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 10-20 in games that end a series CUBS are 2-4 in games that close out a home stand CUBS are 15-33 in day games CUBS are 16-28 at home CUBS are 8-31 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 17-35 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 25-13 when they get a quality start.... 11-44 when they don't CUBS are 31-12 when they score at least 4 runs.... 5-45 when they don't CUBS are 24-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-46 when they don't CUBS are 29-28 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 7-29 when they do CUBS are 27-15 when they score first in the game.... 9-42 when they don't CUBS are 15-13 when they score in the first inning.... 21-44 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 665 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 141 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 402 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 have 9 GIDP's in their last 18 games CUBS have 9 SB in their last 7 games CUBS have 8 sac bunts in their last 27 games.... 10 sac bunts in their last 32 games CUBS have 37 home runs in their last 37 games CUBS have drawn 30 BBs in their last 8 games CUBS have 5 sac flys in their last 28 games CUBS have allowed 10 HR in their last 11 games CUBS have hit 10 batters in their last 17 games CUBS are 12-8 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 14 of 20 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.36 ... pitching to Blanco it's 2.93 CUBS score 4.11 R/G overall.... 5.70 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.87 HR/G overall.... 1.20 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 07/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 629 72 170 34 6 11 249 65 48 91 0.270 0.321 0.396 0.717 CUBS overall 3144 380 838 150 25 80 1278 358 229 503 0.267 0.318 0.406 0.725 Zambrano's pitching lines (9-3)..... 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 Home 70.7 53 35 32 37 78 8 1220 4.71 9.93 1.02 1.27 4.08 Road 60.3 40 15 15 35 53 6 1012 5.22 7.91 0.90 1.24 2.24 Day 61.3 48 35 32 37 66 10 1103 5.43 9.68 1.47 1.39 4.70 Nite 69.7 45 15 15 35 65 4 1129 4.52 8.40 0.52 1.15 1.94 totals vs. Houst 15.0 6 1 1 4 13 0 233 2.40 7.80 0.00 0.67 0.60 season totals 131.0 93 50 47 72 131 14 2232 4.95 9.00 0.96 1.26 3.23 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 week...... Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Totals 18 Jul 18 Jul 17 Jul 16 Jul 15 Jul 14 Jul 13 Jul vs Houst vs Houst no game vs N.Y. vs N.Y. vs N.Y. no game pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 12 1.0 12 2.0 24 Eyre 1.0 25 0.7 12 1.0 22 2.7 59 Howry 1.0 12 0.7 8 1.0 13 2.7 33 Ohman 1.3 24 0.7 9 2.0 33 Novoa 0.3 29 1.0 14 1.3 43 Williamson 0.7 10 0.3 4 1.0 14 Rusch 2.0 33 2.0 33 Totals 2.0 37 3.0 42 3.7 86 3.0 47 2.0 27 13.7 239 CUBS' season series vs. Houston (2-7) ....... 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 - Zambrano 118 Mon 08/14 @ Houston N - 119 Tue 08/15 @ Houston N - 120 Wed 08/16 @ Houston - 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 21 4 8 2 0 2 16 5 1 6 0.381 0.409 0.762 1.171 Barrett 38 4 13 3 0 1 19 3 5 5 0.342 0.409 0.500 0.909 Bynum 9 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Pierre 42 2 14 2 1 0 18 1 3 0 0.333 0.391 0.429 0.820 Perez 19 0 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 0.368 0.368 0.421 0.789 Jones 35 5 8 1 0 3 18 5 1 15 0.229 0.243 0.514 0.758 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 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 Murton 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0.176 0.263 0.176 0.440 Ramirez 43 0 7 1 0 0 8 2 0 3 0.163 0.163 0.186 0.349 Womack 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.071 0.000 0.071 Theriot 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 363 28 91 16 4 9 142 28 21 59 0.251 0.292 0.391 0.683 season totals 3175 382 843 147 25 81 1283 349 230 509 0.266 0.318 0.404 0.722 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 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 43 3.00 9.00 0.00 0.67 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 15.0 6 1 1 4 13 0 233 2.40 7.80 0.00 0.67 0.60 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 95.0 84 42 37 43 62 8 1564 4.07 5.87 0.76 1.34 3.51 season totals 817.7 786 475 435 380 692 126 13880 4.18 7.62 1.39 1.43 4.79 CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games...... 07/05 - 07/19 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 0.333 0.429 0.833 1.262 Nevin 11 3 3 0 0 2 9 6 3 3 0.273 0.429 0.818 1.247 Barrett 32 9 16 6 0 0 22 4 4 3 0.500 0.556 0.688 1.243 Mabry 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 0.200 0.556 0.400 0.956 Walker 28 2 8 3 0 2 17 4 2 4 0.286 0.333 0.607 0.940 Murton 21 5 8 0 1 0 10 5 2 3 0.381 0.417 0.476 0.893 Ramirez 36 5 11 3 0 1 17 4 6 6 0.306 0.419 0.472 0.891 Perez 19 2 7 1 0 0 8 2 0 3 0.368 0.368 0.421 0.789 Blanco 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0.200 0.333 0.400 0.733 Pierre 44 5 14 3 0 0 17 1 1 1 0.318 0.333 0.386 0.720 Jones 37 6 9 4 0 0 13 4 0 9 0.243 0.243 0.351 0.595 Pagan 21 2 3 1 0 1 7 0 2 5 0.143 0.217 0.333 0.551 Lee 31 3 5 2 0 0 7 0 5 10 0.161 0.278 0.226 0.504 Cedeno 26 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 9 0.154 0.179 0.154 0.332 10 game totals 341 47 97 26 2 7 148 36 31 67 0.284 0.346 0.434 0.780 season totals 3175 382 843 147 25 81 1283 349 230 509 0.266 0.318 0.404 0.722 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 07/05 - 07/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 5.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 116 3.60 10.80 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ohman 2.7 0 0 0 2 3 0 45 6.75 10.13 0.00 0.75 0.00 Dempster 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 88 1.50 12.00 1.50 0.67 1.50 Marmol 12.0 7 2 2 11 10 0 213 8.25 7.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 Howry 5.7 3 1 1 1 6 0 84 1.59 9.53 0.00 0.71 1.59 Zambrano 12.0 8 3 3 7 13 0 215 5.25 9.75 0.00 1.25 2.25 Rusch 7.0 6 2 2 3 7 1 117 3.86 9.00 1.29 1.29 2.57 Williamson 2.7 4 1 1 0 3 1 36 0.00 10.13 3.38 1.50 3.38 Marshall 12.3 13 7 5 4 6 3 190 2.92 4.38 2.19 1.38 3.65 Maddux 20.0 21 11 10 3 12 1 278 1.35 5.40 0.45 1.20 4.50 Novoa 3.7 10 8 2 1 0 3 74 2.45 0.00 7.36 3.00 4.91 10 game totals 89.0 79 36 27 35 74 10 1456 3.54 7.48 1.01 1.28 2.73 season totals 817.7 786 475 435 380 692 126 13880 4.18 7.62 1.39 1.43 4.79 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/19 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Perez 20 59 0.253 Blanco 15 45 0.250 Walker 32 97 0.248 Jones 33 112 0.228 Barrett 26 90 0.224 Ramirez 37 138 0.211 Murton 23 103 0.183 Lee 10 56 0.152 Nevin 9 51 0.150 Mabry 6 36 0.143 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 20 133 0.131 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pierre 12 101 0.106 Pagan 2 17 0.105 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 268 1182 0.185 Go CUBS !!

I've been going to ball games at Wrigley Field for 50 years now. Granted, it's more fun when we win, but I always enjoy the experience. Am I supposed to give that up so that somebody else can make a political statement ?? I don't think so.

Hardnett ?? For shame, Vance !! Oh well. It's called typing with a 2-year-old in your lap. All right, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt and retracting my chastisement. I truly hope to have that same handicap 2 years from now. :wink:

My pleasure !! :wink: