Fred Hornkohl

Worthless stats of the day for Friday...... CUBS are 5-5 on Fridays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Detroit CUBS are 1-2 vs. the ALC Division CUBS are 2-3 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 13-23 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 11-11 in games that start a series CUBS are 11-23 in day games CUBS are 12-17 at home CUBS are 5-22 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 7-18 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 11-7 when Pierre steals a base.... 15-32 when he dosen't CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 643 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 127 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 on a pace to ground into 164 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are scoring 3.97 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.62 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.2% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.347 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.8% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 6 SB in their last 9 games CUBS have 3 sac bunts in their last 10 games CUBS have 3 errors in their last 10 games CUBS have 3 triples in their last 15 games CUBS have 7 home runs in their last 9 games CUBS have drawn 4 BBs in their last 4 games..... 18 BBs in their last 10 games Juan Pierre has made 2 hits in 4 of his last 5 games. CUBS are 282-269 when Dusty Baker manages the team..... 9,579-9,061 when he doesn't. CUBS are 2-5 when Rusch starts Rusch is 10 of 14 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.31 ... pitching to Blanco it's 8.78 CUBS score 3.97 R/G overall.... 3.86 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 0.78 HR/G overall.... 1.29 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/03 - 06/15 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 237 27 58 9 1 9 96 27 14 27 0.245 0.290 0.405 0.695 CUBS overall 2211 258 570 95 18 51 854 241 157 335 0.258 0.309 0.386 0.696 Rusch's previous starts (2-5)..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/05 vs. Cincy 4.0 6 4 4 2 2 2 85 4.50 4.50 4.50 2.00 9.00 04/11 vs. Cincy 5.0 5 4 4 1 4 4 97 1.80 7.20 7.20 1.20 7.20 04/16 vs. Pitts 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 88 1.50 7.50 1.50 1.00 4.50 04/22 vs. St. L 4.7 2 3 3 4 3 0 95 7.71 5.79 0.00 1.29 5.79 04/29 vs. Milw 2.7 6 7 7 3 0 4 81 10.13 0.00 13.50 3.38 23.63 06/03 vs. St. L 5.0 4 3 3 2 5 0 90 3.60 9.00 0.00 1.20 5.40 Home 13.3 24 21 19 6 13 10 301 4.05 8.78 6.75 2.25 12.83 Road 32.3 27 18 18 14 28 6 592 3.90 7.79 1.67 1.27 5.01 Day 37.7 42 34 32 17 34 13 742 4.06 8.12 3.11 1.57 7.65 Nite 8.0 9 5 5 3 7 3 151 3.38 7.88 3.38 1.50 5.63 season totals 45.7 51 39 37 20 41 16 893 3.94 8.08 3.15 1.55 7.29 CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week...... Thu Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 15 Jun 14 Jun 13 Jun 12 Jun 11 Jun 10 Jun 09 Jun vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst no game at Cincy at Cincy at Cincy pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 11 1.0 17 1.0 35 3.0 63 Eyre 0.7 21 1.0 25 1.0 26 2.7 72 Howry 1.0 29 1.0 15 0.3 11 1.7 23 4.0 78 Ohman 1.0 16 0.3 5 1.3 21 Novoa 0.3 1 1.0 15 1.0 12 2.3 28 Aardsma 1.0 15 0.7 26 1.7 41 Guzman 2.0 31 2.0 31 Rusch Totals 2.0 51 2.0 26 5.0 77 3.0 68 1.3 28 3.7 84 17.0 334 CUBS' season series vs. Detroit (0-0)....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 66 Fri 06/16 Detroit - Rusch 67 Sat 06/17 Detroit - Marmol 68 Sun 06/18 Detroit - Marshall CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 06/08 - 06/15 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.667 0.667 1.000 1.667 Nevin 19 3 8 2 0 2 16 4 0 4 0.421 0.421 0.842 1.263 Barrett 24 3 9 1 0 1 13 5 2 3 0.375 0.407 0.542 0.949 Bynum 10 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0.300 0.364 0.500 0.864 Perez 16 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 2 0.313 0.294 0.563 0.857 Cedeno 21 4 6 0 1 1 11 3 1 5 0.286 0.318 0.524 0.842 Womack 12 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 1 1 0.250 0.308 0.500 0.808 Ramirez 23 1 7 3 0 0 10 3 1 3 0.304 0.360 0.435 0.795 Mabry 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 Pierre 31 3 9 1 0 0 10 2 1 2 0.290 0.313 0.323 0.635 Walker 22 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0.227 0.292 0.273 0.564 Murton 20 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0.200 0.273 0.200 0.473 Jones 27 3 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 10 0.148 0.143 0.259 0.402 7 game totals 245 28 68 11 2 7 104 28 12 40 0.278 0.310 0.424 0.735 season totals 2211 258 570 91 18 51 850 240 157 333 0.258 0.310 0.384 0.694 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 06/08 - 06/15 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 14.7 9 2 2 8 9 1 233 4.91 5.52 0.61 1.16 1.23 Marmol 6.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 99 4.50 10.50 1.50 0.83 1.50 Howry 4.7 5 2 1 1 7 0 87 1.93 13.50 0.00 1.29 1.93 Guzman 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 31 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.00 4.50 Aardsma 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 1 51 9.00 4.50 4.50 1.50 4.50 Novoa 3.7 3 2 2 3 1 0 69 7.36 2.45 0.00 1.64 4.91 Maddux 12.3 15 7 7 0 3 2 156 0.00 2.19 1.46 1.22 5.11 Dempster 3.0 3 2 2 3 2 0 63 9.00 6.00 0.00 2.00 6.00 Ohman 3.3 3 3 3 0 4 0 47 0.00 10.80 0.00 0.90 8.10 Eyre 2.7 5 3 3 3 1 1 72 10.13 3.38 3.38 3.00 10.13 Marshall 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 88 9.00 2.25 2.25 2.75 11.25 Rusch 3.7 7 5 5 1 5 3 78 2.45 12.27 7.36 2.18 12.27 7 game totals 62.0 61 34 33 29 42 10 1074 4.21 6.10 1.45 1.45 4.79 season totals 574.7 533 320 297 280 479 80 9749 4.39 7.50 1.25 1.41 4.65 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/15 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Lee 7 17 0.292 Walker 26 66 0.283 Barrett 22 70 0.239 Perez 13 43 0.232 Blanco 6 21 0.222 Nevin 3 11 0.214 Jones 22 82 0.212 Ramirez 25 95 0.208 Cedeno 17 83 0.170 Murton 16 82 0.163 Bynum 4 24 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Pierre 7 67 0.095 Mabry 3 30 0.091 Womack 1 13 0.071 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 189 800 0.191 Go CUBS !!

Ok, I had to read that a few times for it to make sense... it makes some sense that the individual player's average of driving in runners can go up, especially if you're getting fewer team-wide runners on base. It would be interesting to see where we rank in the league at these 2 metrics, as well as our metrics compared to some of the worst Cubs teams in history. Here's your current NL runs per baserunner ....... team R/BR Atlanta 0.397 NY Mets 0.394 Los Angeles 0.388 Arizona 0.388 Philadelphia 0.386 Milwaukee 0.381 Cincinnati 0.378 St. Louis 0.377 San Francisco 0.371 Florida 0.368 Colorado 0.367 Pittsburgh 0.366 Houston 0.360 Washington 0.360 CUBS 0.348 San Diego 0.348 Surprised ? The calculation for % of baserunners driven in requires LOB totals, and I haven't found those published anywhere, so I can only give you what I have for the CUBS, which is currently at 19.3%. I would guestimate the league average to be in the 21 - 23% range.

Fred, Not doubting your stats, but aren't those some sort of an anomaly? How can you be driving in more of the runners on base, but scoring fewer runs per baserunner? I must be missing something. It's late, and my brain is fried. The anomaly is explained by the the fact that % of baserunners driven in is using the sum of individual LOB totals. That is, if Pierre leads off with a walk, and is LOB as Walker, Ramirez & Barret all fail to drive him in, then each of Walker, Ramirez & Barrett has left 1 man on base, and that sums to 3, when only 1 man was actually left on base. This is a bit counter intuitive, but it is the only way that such a metric can be used to measure individual players and compare them to a team total. The second calculation, runners per baseruner, is using acutal baserunners (H+BB+HBP) measured teamwide, and has no application to individual players, but is great for comparing team vs. team. I'm really gratified that you picked up on that anomaly. Not only does it show that you're a smart guy, but it also tells me that somebody is actually reading this stuff !! :wink:

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday...... CUBS are 0-5 on Thursdays CUBS are 1-4 vs. Houston CUBS are 18-16 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 2-5 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 13-22 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 6-15 in games that end a series CUBS are 11-22 in day games CUBS are 12-16 at home CUBS are 16-9 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 648 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 127 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 395 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 165 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are scoring 4.00 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.61 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.3% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.349 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.6% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 5 GIDP's in their last 7 games CUBS have 2 SB in their last 8 games CUBS have 2 sac bunts in their last 9 games CUBS have 2 errors in their last 9 games CUBS have 2 triple in their last 14 games CUBS have 6 home runs in their last 8 games CUBS have drawn 3 BBs in their last 3 games..... 17 BBs in their last 9 games CUBS have 4 sac flys in their last 9 games CUBS are 8-6 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 10 of 14 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.13 ... pitching to Blanco it's 2.25 CUBS score 4.00 R/G overall.... 4.79 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.78 HR/G overall.... 1.07 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 06/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 483 67 117 23 3 15 191 64 40 83 0.242 0.302 0.395 0.698 CUBS overall 2179 256 562 94 17 50 840 239 156 333 0.258 0.310 0.385 0.695 Zambrano's previous starts (5-3)..... 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 Home 43.7 32 21 18 26 52 5 778 5.36 10.72 1.03 1.33 3.71 Road 48.3 29 12 12 29 45 6 799 5.40 8.38 1.12 1.20 2.23 Day 42.3 33 25 22 28 48 8 781 5.95 10.20 1.70 1.44 4.68 Nite 49.7 28 8 8 27 49 3 796 4.89 8.88 0.54 1.11 1.45 totals vs. Houst 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 season totals 92.0 61 33 30 55 97 11 1577 5.38 9.49 1.08 1.26 2.93 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 Thu Totals 14 Jun 13 Jun 12 Jun 11 Jun 10 Jun 09 Jun 08 Jun vs Houst vs Houst no game at Cincy at Cincy at Cincy at Cincy pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 11 1.0 17 1.0 35 3.0 63 Eyre 1.0 25 1.0 26 2.0 51 Howry 1.0 15 0.3 11 1.7 23 0.7 9 3.7 58 Ohman 1.0 16 0.3 5 2.0 26 3.3 47 Novoa 1.0 15 1.0 12 1.3 41 3.3 68 Aardsma 1.0 15 0.7 26 0.3 10 2.0 51 Guzman 2.0 31 2.0 31 Rusch 3.7 78 3.7 78 Totals 2.0 26 5.0 77 3.0 68 1.3 28 3.7 84 8.0 164 23.0 447 CUBS' season series vs. Houston (1-4)....... 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 - Zambrano 82 Mon 07/03 @ Houston N - 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston - 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N - 92 Tue 07/18 Houston N - 93 Wed 07/19 Houston N - 94 Thu 07/20 Houston - 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 7 1 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 0.571 0.571 0.857 1.429 Nevin 13 2 6 2 0 1 11 2 0 2 0.462 0.462 0.846 1.308 Barrett 19 2 7 1 0 1 11 1 1 3 0.368 0.400 0.579 0.979 Bynum 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Ramirez 20 0 6 1 0 0 7 2 0 1 0.300 0.300 0.350 0.650 Cedeno 19 3 4 0 2 0 8 0 0 3 0.211 0.211 0.421 0.632 Pierre 19 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0.263 0.364 0.263 0.627 Jones 16 1 3 0 0 1 6 3 0 9 0.188 0.176 0.375 0.551 Walker 11 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.182 0.308 0.182 0.490 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 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.091 0.000 0.091 totals vs. Houst 173 15 45 7 2 4 68 15 8 23 0.260 0.295 0.393 0.688 season totals 2179 256 562 90 17 50 836 238 156 331 0.258 0.310 0.384 0.694 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 Marmol 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 41 0.00 13.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Howry 2.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 48 9.00 18.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Aardsma 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Eyre 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 3.7 7 4 1 2 0 1 75 4.91 0.00 2.45 2.45 2.45 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 43.0 40 19 16 14 25 3 668 2.93 5.23 0.63 1.26 3.35 season totals 565.7 524 317 295 277 472 80 9591 4.41 7.51 1.27 1.42 4.69 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/14 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Lee 7 17 0.292 Walker 26 64 0.289 Barrett 21 69 0.233 Perez 13 43 0.232 Nevin 3 10 0.231 Blanco 6 21 0.222 Jones 22 81 0.214 Ramirez 25 93 0.212 Cedeno 17 82 0.172 Murton 16 82 0.163 Bynum 4 24 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Pierre 7 66 0.096 Womack 1 10 0.091 Mabry 3 30 0.091 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 188 788 0.193 Go CUBS !! 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And we still lost two of the three games. Yeah, yeah, yeah...... but how's this for correlation ?? Team record by number of walks allowed CUBS are 1-2 when they allow 0 walks CUBS are 3-1 when they allow 1 walks CUBS are 8-3 when they allow 2 walks CUBS are 2-3 when they allow 3 walks CUBS are 6-8 when they allow 4 walks CUBS are 3-5 when they allow 5 walks CUBS are 1-6 when they allow 6 walks CUBS are 1-5 when they allow 7 walks CUBS are 0-1 when they allow 8 walks CUBS are 0-2 when they allow 9 walks CUBS are 1-1 when they allow 10 walks CUBS are 0-1 when they allow 11 walks

This was the third time this year that the CUBS pitching staff has held the opponent without a walk. No surprise what these 3 games have in common.... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 12 Mon 04/17 @ Los Angeles N 4- 1 Maddux 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N 4- 5 Maddux

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Lidge in to pitch for Houston Murton struck out (called) Cedeno popped out to second base Mabry, pinch hitting for Dempster, 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 Houston 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 CUBS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 1 W: Oswalt (6-3) S: Lidge (17) L: Maddux (7-6) T: 2:30 A: 39,946 Home runs: none pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 7.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11

Cedeno popped out to second base

Murton struck out (called)

Lidge in to pitch for Houston

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Everett popped out to second base Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Qualls, struck out swinging Biggio grounded out to third, 5-3 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 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 CUBS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 7.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11

CUBS are 1-31 when trailing by 1 or more at the end of eight innings, Go CUBS !!

Palmeiro, pinch hitting for Qualls, struck out swinging

Everett popped out to second base

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

AO, please watch the language. That's isn't welcome here.

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Qualls in to pitch for Houston Womack, pinch hitting for Perez, walked Barrett singled down the right field line, Womack to third Nevin grounded an IF single to short, Womack scored, Barrett to second Ramirez grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Nevin out at second, Barrett to third Jones struck out swinging 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 0 CUBS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 1

Ramirez grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Nevin out at second, Barrett to third

Nevin grounded an IF single to short, Womack scored, Barrett to second

CUBS have 6 home runs in their last 7 games Go CUBS !!

Barrett singled down the right field line, Womack to third

Womack, pinch hitting for Perez, walked

Qualls in to pitch for Houston

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Lane struck out swinging Wilson struck out swinging Ausmus grounded out to first, unassisted 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 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 0 CUBS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 9 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 6.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15

Wilson struck out swinging