Fred Hornkohl

Jones grounded out to second, 4-3

Nevin homered to left field, Walker scored

I don't believe they've ever scored more than 26.

CUBS are 8-20 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 18-22 when they don't Go CUBS !!

You bet !!

CUBS are 8-1 when they score 8 runs or more. Go CUBS !!

Pierre doubled with the bases loaded, 2 scored, Bynum cut down at third. Then Pierre got picked off/caught stealing between 2nd & 3rd. Inning over.

Well.... at least they scored a couple of runs before they imploded. Go CUBS !!

What's with all these hits ?? Who are these guys ???

The trip to New Orleans, then on to Los Angeles got scrubbed. Went to pick up the first load this morning, and they said "Who?", "What?", "When?". By the time the dust had settled, I'd waisted the whole day, and got nothing to show for it. They found me another load going to Memphis, but it doesn't pickup till morning. [sigh] Just out of curiosity, are you a truck driver? Yes, I own a small truck line..... Red Lion Cartage, Ltd. I've been off the road since December, just going back out now.

Wild horses, as they say....... btw, got your letter today !!

The trip to New Orleans, then on to Los Angeles got scrubbed. Went to pick up the first load this morning, and they said "Who?", "What?", "When?". By the time the dust had settled, I'd waisted the whole day, and got nothing to show for it. They found me another load going to Memphis, but it doesn't pickup till morning. [sigh]

The reports of my departure have been greatly exagerated. I am home and lurking in the game thread tonight. Further.... it has come to my attention that ...... CUBS are 21-22 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 5-20 when they don't CUBS are 9-9 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 18-32 when they don't CUBS are 10-4 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 16-38 when they don't CUBS are 7-8 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 19-34 when they don't CUBS are 5-14 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 21-28 when they don't CUBS are 7-21 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above Go CUBS !!

Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 6-2 on Mondays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Cleveland CUBS are 1-5 vs. the ALC Division CUBS are 1-1 when they've lost their last 6 game(s) in a row CUBS are 13-26 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 11-12 in games that start a series CUBS are 3-2 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 15-16 at night CUBS are 14-22 on the road CUBS are 16-11 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 17-37 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 12-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 14-32 when he doesn't CUBS are 11-7 when Pierre steals a base.... 15-35 when he dosen't CUBS are 22-19 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-23 when they do CUBS are 21-11 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 5-31 when they don't CUBS are 21-20 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are on a pace to win 62 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 636 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 133 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 391 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 3.93 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.63 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 18.7% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.345 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.2% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 10 GIDP's in their last 11 games CUBS have 6 SB in their last 12 games CUBS have 4 sac bunts in their last 13 games CUBS have 12 home runs in their last 12 games CUBS have drawn 11 BBs in their last 7 games..... 25 BBs in their last 13 games CUBS are 7-6 when Marshall starts Marshall is 7 of 13 in quality starts Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.82 ... Marshall hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 3.93 R/G overall.... 3.62 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.82 HR/G overall.... 0.54 HR/G when Marshall pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/03 - 06/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 451 47 123 15 4 7 167 40 34 69 0.273 0.328 0.370 0.698 CUBS overall 2309 267 593 99 18 56 896 250 164 347 0.257 0.309 0.388 0.697 Marshall's previous starts (3-5)..... Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/09 vs. St. L 4.3 4 4 4 1 2 1 65 2.08 4.15 2.08 1.15 8.31 04/14 vs. Pitts 5.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 79 1.80 3.60 1.80 1.20 7.20 04/19 vs. L.A. 5.0 2 2 2 3 4 1 86 5.40 7.20 1.80 1.00 3.60 04/25 vs. Flor 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 96 2.57 9.00 0.00 0.57 0.00 05/01 vs. Pitts 7.3 4 1 1 1 5 0 90 1.23 6.14 0.00 0.68 1.23 05/06 vs. S.D. 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 90 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 05/11 vs. S.F. 3.7 9 9 9 5 2 0 88 12.27 4.91 0.00 3.82 22.09 05/17 vs. Wash 6.0 1 0 0 4 6 0 100 6.00 9.00 0.00 0.83 0.00 05/22 vs. Flor 3.3 7 7 7 4 2 1 67 10.80 5.40 2.70 3.30 18.90 05/27 vs. Atla 6.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 93 3.00 3.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 06/02 vs. St. L 6.3 8 2 2 1 4 0 95 1.42 5.68 0.00 1.42 2.84 06/07 vs. Houst 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 84 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 1.29 06/13 vs. Houst 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 88 9.00 2.25 2.25 2.75 11.25 Home 34.7 25 12 12 14 23 2 532 3.63 5.97 0.52 1.13 3.12 Road 36.3 38 26 26 20 25 4 589 4.95 6.19 0.99 1.60 6.44 Day 22.7 21 12 12 14 15 1 365 5.56 5.96 0.40 1.54 4.76 Nite 48.3 42 26 26 20 33 5 756 3.72 6.14 0.93 1.28 4.84 season totals 71.0 63 38 38 34 48 6 1121 4.31 6.08 0.76 1.37 4.82 CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week...... Sun Sat Fri Thu Wed Tue Mon Totals 18 Jun 17 Jun 16 Jun 15 Jun 14 Jun 13 Jun 12 Jun vs Detr vs Detr vs Detr vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst no game pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 17 1.0 11 2.0 28 Eyre 0.7 8 0.7 21 1.3 29 Howry 0.7 18 1.0 29 1.0 15 2.7 62 Ohman 1.0 13 1.0 13 0.7 19 1.0 16 3.7 61 Novoa 3.3 54 0.3 2 0.3 1 1.0 15 5.0 72 Aardsma 0.7 23 1.0 18 1.0 15 2.7 56 Guzman 5.3 96 2.0 31 7.3 127 Rusch 1.7 54 1.7 54 Totals 5.3 84 3.0 62 9.0 189 2.0 51 2.0 26 5.0 77 26.3 489 CUBS' season series vs. Cleveland (0-0)....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 69 Mon 06/19 @ Cleveland N - Marshall 70 Tue 06/20 @ Cleveland N - Maddux 71 Wed 06/21 @ Cleveland N - Zambrano CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 06/04 - 06/18 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 16 3 9 2 0 2 17 6 1 1 0.563 0.588 1.063 1.651 Mabry 13 1 5 3 0 0 8 1 1 3 0.385 0.429 0.615 1.044 Nevin 36 4 12 2 0 3 23 6 2 6 0.333 0.368 0.639 1.007 Barrett 38 5 14 1 0 2 21 6 4 6 0.368 0.419 0.553 0.971 Ramirez 52 5 17 6 0 2 29 9 2 3 0.327 0.364 0.558 0.921 Perez 18 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 2 0.278 0.263 0.500 0.763 Bynum 16 1 4 0 1 0 6 0 1 5 0.250 0.294 0.375 0.669 Pierre 55 6 14 1 0 0 15 2 5 3 0.255 0.349 0.273 0.622 Jones 51 6 11 1 0 2 18 5 2 16 0.216 0.241 0.353 0.594 Cedeno 47 6 9 0 2 1 16 5 2 9 0.191 0.224 0.340 0.565 Walker 45 5 10 1 0 0 11 2 5 3 0.222 0.300 0.244 0.544 Womack 28 3 5 0 0 1 8 1 3 3 0.179 0.258 0.286 0.544 Murton 40 3 8 0 0 0 8 0 2 5 0.200 0.238 0.200 0.438 14 game totals 482 52 126 18 3 15 195 52 31 73 0.261 0.310 0.405 0.714 season totals 2309 267 593 95 18 56 892 249 164 345 0.257 0.309 0.386 0.695 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 06/04 - 06/18 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 22.7 10 2 2 10 17 1 359 3.97 6.75 0.40 0.88 0.79 Wood 3.7 7 4 1 2 0 1 75 4.91 0.00 2.45 2.45 2.45 Guzman 7.3 4 2 2 4 9 0 127 4.91 11.05 0.00 1.09 2.45 Marmol 16.0 12 5 5 5 17 2 254 2.81 9.56 1.13 1.06 2.81 Ohman 7.7 5 3 3 2 6 0 100 2.35 7.04 0.00 0.91 3.52 Dempster 4.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 80 6.75 6.75 0.00 1.75 4.50 Marshall 11.0 11 6 6 7 6 2 172 5.73 4.91 1.64 1.64 4.91 Howry 6.3 10 5 4 3 11 0 138 4.26 15.63 0.00 2.05 5.68 Eyre 4.7 7 3 3 3 2 1 99 5.79 3.86 1.93 2.14 5.79 Maddux 17.3 24 13 13 2 3 2 232 1.04 1.56 1.04 1.50 6.75 Novoa 7.3 8 6 6 3 3 4 125 3.68 3.68 4.91 1.50 7.36 Aardsma 5.0 7 6 5 2 2 1 117 3.60 3.60 1.80 1.80 9.00 Rusch 5.3 13 9 9 1 7 4 132 1.69 11.81 6.75 2.63 15.19 Prior 3.7 7 8 7 1 2 4 88 2.45 4.91 9.82 2.18 17.18 14 game totals 122.0 129 74 68 48 88 22 2098 3.54 6.49 1.62 1.45 5.02 season totals 601.7 570 346 322 288 504 90 10258 4.31 7.54 1.35 1.43 4.82 Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 14-35 (0.286) CUBS have been outscored 268 (5.47 R/G) to 171 (3.49 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 7 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have lost 26 of 28 games in which the opponent scored first CUBS have hit 38 home runs while allowing 66 CUBS are driving in 16.6% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.2% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.307 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.401 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 28.0% compared to their opponents' 38.9% and the CUBS 35.8% from last year CUBS are seeing 3.58 P/PA, compared to their opponents' 3.88 and the CUBS' 3.63 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 165 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 06/18 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Nevin 41 6 13 2 0 4 27 8 3 6 0.317 0.364 0.659 1.022 Barrett 135 16 44 5 3 4 67 12 16 16 0.326 0.400 0.496 0.896 Ramirez 185 22 52 15 1 9 96 29 10 14 0.281 0.327 0.519 0.846 Jones 172 20 52 8 0 9 87 26 7 34 0.302 0.331 0.506 0.837 Bynum 52 6 13 0 3 2 25 6 2 18 0.250 0.291 0.481 0.772 Womack 48 5 14 1 0 1 18 2 4 4 0.292 0.346 0.375 0.721 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Blanco 48 3 11 2 0 2 19 9 4 6 0.229 0.283 0.396 0.679 Walker 164 17 42 8 0 1 53 17 19 15 0.256 0.330 0.323 0.653 Murton 144 19 37 4 0 2 47 7 12 21 0.257 0.321 0.326 0.647 Cedeno 179 16 47 1 3 2 60 14 6 33 0.263 0.285 0.335 0.620 Pierre 204 21 48 7 2 0 59 5 13 15 0.235 0.297 0.289 0.587 Mabry 58 2 11 3 0 0 14 1 8 13 0.190 0.299 0.241 0.540 Perez 92 11 19 2 1 1 26 11 3 6 0.207 0.227 0.283 0.509 Hairston 58 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 10 0.155 0.197 0.190 0.386 Theriot 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 49 game totals 1679 171 428 65 13 38 633 161 113 238 0.255 0.306 0.377 0.683 season totals 2309 267 593 95 18 56 892 249 164 345 0.257 0.309 0.386 0.695 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 06/18 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 69.3 41 18 18 37 69 6 1139 4.80 8.96 0.78 1.13 2.34 Marmol 16.0 12 5 5 5 17 2 254 2.81 9.56 1.13 1.06 2.81 Ohman 25.7 20 8 8 8 24 1 376 2.81 8.42 0.35 1.09 2.81 Eyre 24.3 23 10 9 12 29 4 449 4.44 10.73 1.48 1.44 3.33 Howry 23.0 24 10 9 6 21 2 413 2.35 8.22 0.78 1.30 3.52 Wood 19.7 19 13 9 8 13 5 317 3.66 5.95 2.29 1.37 4.12 Dempster 19.3 18 11 10 8 19 1 309 3.72 8.84 0.47 1.34 4.66 Marshall 49.7 50 28 28 27 33 3 795 4.89 5.98 0.54 1.55 5.07 Williamson 13.0 10 8 8 10 15 0 223 6.92 10.38 0.00 1.54 5.54 Guzman 25.3 24 18 16 20 29 2 505 7.11 10.30 0.71 1.74 5.68 Novoa 28.3 27 21 18 18 22 8 553 5.72 6.99 2.54 1.59 5.72 Maddux 56.7 79 43 42 13 27 6 806 2.06 4.29 0.95 1.62 6.67 Aardsma 10.7 13 9 8 6 7 3 231 5.06 5.91 2.53 1.78 6.75 Rusch 27.7 39 29 27 12 29 10 582 3.90 9.43 3.25 1.84 8.78 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Prior 3.7 7 8 7 1 2 4 88 2.45 4.91 9.82 2.18 17.18 Wuertz 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 46 18.00 9.00 0.00 5.00 18.00 Ryu 2.3 8 7 7 2 2 4 55 7.71 7.71 15.43 4.29 27.00 49 game totals 435.0 440 268 251 210 370 66 7485 4.34 7.66 1.37 1.49 5.19 season totals 601.7 570 346 322 288 504 90 10258 4.31 7.54 1.35 1.43 4.82 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/18 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Lee 7 17 0.292 Walker 26 69 0.274 Barrett 22 70 0.239 Perez 13 43 0.232 Blanco 7 26 0.212 Ramirez 26 97 0.211 Jones 22 84 0.208 Nevin 4 16 0.200 Cedeno 18 87 0.171 Murton 16 87 0.155 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Pierre 7 72 0.089 Mabry 3 32 0.086 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 193 840 0.187 Go CUBS !!

They only have to go 64-30 (.681) to finish with 90. Piece of cake !!

What a fines series we played..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total CUBS 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 Opponents 11 2 1 2 3 0 0 5 2 26 06/16 - 06/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 98 9 23 4 0 5 42 9 7 12 0.235 0.299 0.429 0.728 Oppt 112 26 37 9 3 10 82 26 8 25 0.330 0.377 0.732 1.109 06/16 - 06/18 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 27.0 37 26 25 8 25 10 2.67 8.33 3.33 1.67 8.33 Oppt 27.0 23 9 9 7 12 5 2.33 4.00 1.67 1.11 3.00 Championship caliber !! Go CUBS !!

Ya know..... this gig just ain't as much fun as it used to be :cry:

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Grilli in to pitch for Detroit Womack grounded out to short, 6-3 Ramirez grounded out to third, 5-3 Nevin homered to left center field Murton grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 12 13 0 CUBS 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 W: Rogers (10-3) S: none L: Prior (0-1) T: 2:36 A: 39,938 Home runs: Detroit: Granderson (10), Guillen (9), Shleton (13 & 14) Wilson (2), Thames (14), Inge (14 & 15) CUBS: Blanco (2), Ramirez (12), Nevin (13) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 3.7 7 8 7 1 2 4 88 Novoa 3.3 5 4 4 0 1 4 54 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17

Nevin homered to left center field

Ramirez grounded out to third, 5-3

Grilli in to pitch for Detroit Womack grounded out to short, 6-3

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Gomez, pinch hitting for Ordonez, singled to left field Santiago, pinch hitting for Guillen, struck out (called) Thames flied out to left center field Shelton flied out to center field 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 12 13 0 CUBS 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 Home runs: Detroit: Granderson (10), Guillen (9), Shleton (13 & 14) Wilson (2), Thames (14), Inge (14 & 15) CUBS: Blanco (2), Ramirez (12) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 3.7 7 8 7 1 2 4 88 Novoa 3.3 5 4 4 0 1 4 54 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17

Thames flied out to left center field

Santiago, pinch hitting for Guillen, struck out (called)

Gomez, pinch hitting for Ordonez, singled to left field