Fred Hornkohl

Taveras popped out (foul) to to the catcher

Biggio homered to left field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded out to third, 5-3 Walker flied out to center field Lee 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 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Clemens 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15

Walker flied out to center field

Pierre grounded out to third, 5-3

Curbs ?? As in "kicked to the". [sigh]

Curbs ??

For all you finite mathematics fans out there......... 1991 thru 2005 World Series team W L pct PA W L Chicago Cubs 1138 1224 0.482 2 0 0 Atlanta Braves 1431 931 0.606 14 1 4 The probability of Atlanta losing any random game is 0.394 while the probability of the CUBS losing a game is 0.518. Therefore....... p(Atlanta losing 7 straight) = 0.394 ^ 7 = 0.0014739 p(CUBS losing 7 straight) = 0.518 ^ 7 = 0.0100071 In conclusion, the CUBS are 6.79 times more likely to lose 7 games in a row than the Atlanta Braves are. Go CUBS !!

They came close though, and that's what counts. Close only counts in horsehoes. :wink: Don't forget about hand grenades and suicide bombing. .... and atom bombs, no?

Worthless stats of the day for Monday....... CUBS are 7-3 on Mondays CUBS are 1-5 vs. Houston CUBS are 19-20 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 7-11 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 10-18 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 12-15 in games that start a series CUBS are 4-2 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 17-21 at night CUBS are 16-26 on the road CUBS are 20-13 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 20-10 when they get a quality start.... 10-41 when they don't CUBS are 12-37 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 18-14 when they don't CUBS are 24-24 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 6-27 when they do CUBS are 22-18 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 8-33 when they don't CUBS are 22-15 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 8-37 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 60 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 662 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 144 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 382 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.09 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.64 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 0.352 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.7% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 1 GIDP's in their last 6 games CUBS have 6 SB in their last 16 games CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 15 games.... 5 sac bunts in their last 20 games CUBS have 28 home runs in their last 25 games CUBS have drawn 38 BBs in their last 20 games..... 52 BBs in their last 26 games CUBS have 3 sac flys in their last 16 games CUBS are 2-2 when Marmol starts Marmol is 2 of 4 in quality starts Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 1.50 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00 CUBS score 4.09 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Marmol pitches CUBS hit 0.89 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Marmol pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marmol..... 04/03 - 07/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marmol 145 20 43 8 1 6 71 19 7 29 0.297 0.327 0.490 0.816 CUBS overall 2767 331 730 123 22 72 1113 310 191 430 0.264 0.314 0.402 0.716 Marmol's pitching lines (1-2)..... 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 Home 12.3 10 5 5 4 12 1 183 2.92 8.76 0.73 1.14 3.65 Road 15.7 11 8 8 7 16 2 274 4.02 9.19 1.15 1.15 4.60 Day 20.3 13 6 6 7 22 2 310 3.10 9.74 0.89 0.98 2.66 Nite 7.7 8 7 7 4 6 1 147 4.70 7.04 1.17 1.57 8.22 season totals 28.0 21 13 13 11 28 3 457 3.54 9.00 0.96 1.14 4.18 Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Totals 02 Jul 01 Jul 30 Jun 29 Jun 28 Jun 27 Jun 26 Jun vs CWS vs CWS vs CWS vs Milw vs Milw vs Milw vs Milw pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 21 1.0 21 0.3 20 2.3 62 Eyre 0.3 7 0.7 20 1.0 11 0.7 12 0.3 5 3.0 55 Howry 1.3 25 1.3 23 1.0 15 1.0 32 0.3 3 5.0 98 Ohman 1.0 19 1.0 19 Novoa 1.0 13 2.0 34 0.3 2 3.3 49 Aardsma 1.0 18 1.0 18 Williamson 0.3 7 2.0 25 2.3 32 Totals 3.0 52 3.0 64 3.0 45 3.3 42 2.7 65 1.0 28 2.0 37 18.0 333 CUBS' season series vs. Houston (1-5) ....... 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 - Marmol 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston - Prior 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N - Marshall 92 Tue 07/18 Houston N - Marmol 93 Wed 07/19 Houston N - Prior 94 Thu 07/20 Houston - Marshall 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 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667 Mabry 8 1 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 Nevin 14 2 6 2 0 1 11 2 0 2 0.429 0.429 0.786 1.214 Barrett 22 2 8 1 0 1 12 2 1 3 0.364 0.375 0.545 0.920 Bynum 9 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Pierre 22 1 7 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 0.318 0.423 0.318 0.741 Jones 20 2 4 0 0 2 10 4 0 10 0.200 0.190 0.500 0.690 Walker 15 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.267 0.353 0.333 0.686 Cedeno 22 3 4 0 2 0 8 0 0 3 0.182 0.182 0.364 0.545 Ramirez 24 0 6 1 0 0 7 2 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.292 0.542 Perez 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.222 0.222 0.222 0.444 Murton 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.143 0.200 0.143 0.343 Womack 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.071 0.000 0.071 totals vs. Houst 205 17 53 8 3 5 82 17 9 25 0.259 0.290 0.400 0.690 season totals 2767 331 730 118 22 72 1108 309 191 428 0.264 0.314 0.400 0.714 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 40 4.50 4.50 0.00 2.00 0.00 Marmol 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 41 0.00 13.50 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 Novoa 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 9.00 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 3.0 4 2 1 2 5 0 77 6.00 15.00 0.00 2.00 3.00 Guzman 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 31 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.00 4.50 Marshall 11.0 11 6 6 7 6 2 172 5.73 4.91 1.64 1.64 4.91 Maddux 7.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 0.00 1.29 0.00 1.57 6.43 Ohman 2.3 3 3 3 0 0 0 18 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.29 11.57 totals vs. Houst 52.0 49 22 18 17 32 3 826 2.94 5.54 0.52 1.27 3.12 season totals 712.7 692 425 395 330 606 113 12115 4.17 7.65 1.43 1.43 4.99 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 06/18 - 07/02 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pagan 6 2 3 0 0 2 9 3 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.500 2.000 Barrett 13 3 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 2 0.385 0.385 0.615 1.000 Bynum 8 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Perez 31 4 12 3 0 1 18 6 1 4 0.387 0.406 0.581 0.987 Jones 52 4 19 6 0 2 31 9 1 7 0.365 0.377 0.596 0.974 Blanco 39 7 12 3 1 2 23 8 1 5 0.308 0.325 0.590 0.915 Pierre 59 6 19 2 2 1 28 5 2 5 0.322 0.365 0.475 0.840 Ramirez 55 6 14 1 1 4 29 12 4 9 0.255 0.295 0.527 0.822 Lee 32 7 9 2 0 1 14 3 4 12 0.281 0.361 0.438 0.799 Walker 36 6 12 2 0 0 14 4 5 2 0.333 0.405 0.389 0.794 Murton 26 7 8 1 0 0 9 2 2 4 0.308 0.357 0.346 0.703 Nevin 49 4 10 0 0 3 19 4 4 13 0.204 0.264 0.388 0.652 Mabry 10 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0.200 0.333 0.300 0.633 Cedeno 48 6 9 2 0 0 11 1 1 7 0.188 0.220 0.229 0.449 Womack 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 14 game totals 488 67 142 23 4 19 230 63 28 85 0.291 0.331 0.471 0.803 season totals 2767 331 730 118 22 72 1108 309 191 428 0.264 0.314 0.400 0.714 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 06/18 - 07/02 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Aardsma 4.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 66 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Ohman 4.7 3 1 1 3 6 1 77 5.79 11.57 1.93 1.29 1.93 Eyre 5.7 5 2 2 0 7 2 91 0.00 11.12 3.18 0.88 3.18 Howry 7.0 7 4 4 4 8 2 131 5.14 10.29 2.57 1.57 5.14 Maddux 20.3 24 13 13 1 14 6 274 0.44 6.20 2.66 1.23 5.75 Zambrano 20.0 19 13 13 8 16 3 333 3.60 7.20 1.35 1.35 5.85 Marmol 12.0 9 8 8 6 11 1 203 4.50 8.25 0.75 1.25 6.00 Novoa 8.0 10 7 6 1 8 5 128 1.13 9.00 5.63 1.38 6.75 Marshall 15.7 21 13 12 8 11 3 286 4.60 6.32 1.72 1.85 6.89 Williamson 2.3 3 2 2 0 2 1 32 0.00 7.71 3.86 1.29 7.71 Prior 15.0 23 16 15 6 15 5 280 3.60 9.00 3.00 1.93 9.00 Dempster 5.3 10 12 8 5 6 2 128 8.44 10.13 3.38 2.81 13.50 14 game totals 120.0 135 91 84 44 108 31 2029 3.30 8.10 2.33 1.49 6.30 season totals 712.7 692 425 395 330 606 113 12115 4.17 7.65 1.43 1.43 4.99 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/02 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 30 76 0.283 Perez 18 54 0.250 Ramirez 34 113 0.231 Jones 29 98 0.228 Barrett 22 76 0.224 Blanco 13 45 0.224 Lee 9 36 0.200 Pagan 2 10 0.167 Murton 18 94 0.161 Cedeno 19 108 0.150 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pierre 11 88 0.111 Nevin 5 43 0.104 Mabry 4 35 0.103 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 237 1010 0.190 Go CUBS !!

CUBS saw 3.19 P/PA in this game. We don't need no stinkin' patience !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dye singled to left field Pierzynski popped out (foul) to first base Gload, pinch hitting for Politte, singled to left field, Dye to second Mackowiak singled to left field, Dye to third, Gload to second Uribe flied out to right field, Dye scored, Gload to third, Mackowiak holding first Crede grounded into a FC, 4-6, Mackowiak out at second 1 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E white sox 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 1 11 14 2 CUBS 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 x 15 20 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (7-3) S: Howry (2) L: Buehrle (9-5) T: 2:53 A: 40,919 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (9), Zambrano (3), Perez (2), Pagan (1 & 2) white sox: Uribe (10), Thome (27), Crede (16), Iguchi (9) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.0 7 7 7 3 6 2 112 Novoa 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 Williamson 0.3 2 2 2 0 1 1 07 Eyre 0.3 1 1 1 0 1 0 07 Howry 1.3 3 1 1 0 0 0 25

Uribe flied out to right field, Dye scored, Gload to third, Mackoewiak holding first

Mackowiak singled to left field, Dye to third, Gload to second

Gload, pinch hitting for Politte, singled to left field, Dye to second

Pierzynski popped out (foul) to first base

CUBS are 27-4 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

Dye singled to left field

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Lee struck out swinging Ramirez flied out to right field Barrett singled to left field Pagan homered to center field, Barrett scored Walker blooped a single to right center field Perez grounded into a FC, 6-4, Walker out at second 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E white sox 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 10 11 2 CUBS 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 15 20 0 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (9), Zambrano (3), Perez (2), Pagan (1 & 2) white sox: Uribe (10), Thome (27), Crede (16), Iguchi (9)

Walker blooped a single to right center field

Pagan homered to center field, Barrett scored

Barrett singled to left field

Ramirez flied out to right field

Lee struck out swinging

CUBS are 21-4 when they lead after 7 innings Go CUBS !!