Fred Hornkohl

Perez grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Pierre flied out to center field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Biggio flied out to the track in left center field Burke homered to left field Lane walked Berkman struck out swinging Wilson grounded into a FC, 5-4, Lane out at second 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 1 1 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 Home runs: Houston: Burke (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18

Berkman struck out swinging

Lane walked

Gotta play the hot hand, dude. Yeah.... Neifi's has a hell of a week !! :wink: 06/05 - 06/11 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 9 3 3 1 0 1 7 3 0 2 0.333 0.300 0.778 1.078

Burke homered to left field

Biggio flied out to the track in left center field

Yes, that's the result of zero walks and 1 sac fly.

I wouldn't argue the point with you, as stated, but at the same time, I defy you to name somebody on our roster that hits right handed and has outproduced Neifi hitting in the second slot. Now, that's pathetic, no? Murton has a .333 OBP in the 2-hole. Yes, that's true. I was only measuring by OPS, and you can make a valid argument that OBP is a better measure of a #2 hitter. batting 2nd AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 23 4 7 1 0 0 8 2 0 1 0.304 0.292 0.348 0.639 Murton 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0.273 0.333 0.273 0.606 Cedeno 92 5 23 1 2 1 31 5 2 19 0.250 0.266 0.337 0.603

I wouldn't argue the point with you, as stated, but at the same time, I defy you to name somebody on our roster that hits right handed and has outproduced Neifi hitting in the second slot. Now, that's pathetic, no? And we thought our 1and2 were fixed when Pierre got here. Are we eternally doomed at the 1 and 2 spot? Dare I say. . . . . . CURSED!!? ::GASP!!:: Consider this....... Neifi Perez IS your average CUBS #2 hitter....... batting 2nd AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 23 4 7 1 0 0 8 2 0 1 0.304 0.292 0.348 0.639 totals 255 30 68 6 3 3 89 16 9 40 0.267 0.289 0.349 0.638

I wouldn't argue the point with you, as stated, but at the same time, I defy you to name somebody on our roster that hits right handed and has outproduced Neifi hitting in the second slot. Now, that's pathetic, no?

Lineups for both sides........ Biggio, 2b Burke, cf Lane, rf Berkman, 1b Wilson, lf Ausmus, c Bruntlett, 3b Everett, ss Pettitte, p Pierre, cf Perez, 2b Barrett, c Ramirez, 3b Nevin, 1b Murton, lf Jones, rf Cedeno, ss Marshall, p

He's obviously doing it for shock value or something. No one is that dumb Well.... I'm shocked. batting 2nd AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 23 4 7 1 0 0 8 2 0 1 0.304 0.292 0.348 0.639 Cedeno 92 5 23 1 2 1 31 5 2 19 0.250 0.266 0.337 0.603

I really like Murton and I want to see him succeed, but I would take issue with the assertion that Murton has demonstrated an ability to get hits under pressure. He's driven in 17.4% of the runners on base when he bats compared to the team average of 19.4%. Some of his splits..... 04/03 - 06/11 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 194 29 54 7 1 4 75 20 19 30 0.278 0.347 0.387 0.734 Nobody on base 122 3 41 5 0 3 54 3 11 18 0.336 0.391 0.451 0.842 Runners on 72 26 13 2 1 1 20 17 8 12 0.181 0.277 0.278 0.555 Scoring position 47 19 10 2 1 1 17 17 7 7 0.213 0.321 0.362 0.683 Scor pos / 2 outs 23 6 5 0 0 1 8 8 4 3 0.217 0.333 0.348 0.681

Now, who didn't see that coming ?? :wink:

Just fooling around with the database here..... Murton and Walker sure are glad to be home. But how 'bout the rest of these guys ?? Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 68 9 21 4 0 3 34 14 5 4 0.309 0.364 0.500 0.864 Road 115 16 34 4 3 5 59 15 14 17 0.296 0.372 0.513 0.885 Cedeno AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 91 10 25 4 1 1 34 6 5 16 0.275 0.309 0.374 0.683 Road 128 11 39 3 3 1 51 13 4 21 0.305 0.326 0.398 0.724 Jones AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 78 11 21 5 0 5 41 18 4 10 0.269 0.321 0.526 0.847 Road 117 12 35 3 0 6 56 14 5 29 0.299 0.325 0.479 0.804 Murton AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 79 14 28 5 0 2 39 11 9 9 0.354 0.427 0.494 0.921 Road 115 15 28 2 1 2 38 9 10 21 0.243 0.307 0.330 0.638 Pierre AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 108 14 23 5 1 0 30 3 4 9 0.213 0.248 0.278 0.526 Road 153 19 39 6 2 0 49 3 9 14 0.255 0.305 0.320 0.625 Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 82 10 18 6 0 1 27 8 7 7 0.220 0.281 0.329 0.610 Road 140 19 37 8 1 9 74 26 11 12 0.264 0.333 0.529 0.862 Walker AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 77 10 26 5 0 1 34 11 15 5 0.338 0.441 0.442 0.882 Road 128 17 33 4 1 2 45 18 11 13 0.258 0.312 0.352 0.664 CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Home 855 104 221 47 4 17 327 94 67 118 0.258 0.316 0.382 0.698 Road 1252 146 319 39 12 32 478 138 87 200 0.255 0.306 0.382 0.688 Lord, I hate off days !!

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday...... CUBS are 3-6 on Tuesdays CUBS are 1-2 vs. Houston CUBS are 18-14 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 0-2 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 12-15 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 11-10 in games that start a series CUBS are 2-2 in games that open a home stand CUBS are 15-14 at night CUBS are 12-14 at home CUBS are 16-8 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 18-9 when they get a quality start.... 8-27 when they don't CUBS are 11-27 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 15-9 when they don't CUBS are 19-9 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 7-27 when he doesn't CUBS are 23-7 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-29 when they don't CUBS are 18-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-29 when they don't CUBS are 21-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-24 when they get outhit.... and 1-4 when the hits are even CUBS are 21-17 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are on a pace to win 68 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 653 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 128 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 4.03 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.60 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.5% 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 28.7% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS are 7-5 when Marshall starts Marshall is 7 of 12 in quality starts Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.43 ... Marshall hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.03 R/G overall.... 3.75 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.79 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Marshall pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/03 - 06/11 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 413 45 112 12 4 6 150 38 33 61 0.271 0.330 0.363 0.693 CUBS overall 2107 250 540 90 16 49 809 233 154 320 0.256 0.310 0.384 0.694 Marshall's previous starts (3-4)..... 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 Home 30.7 18 7 7 10 22 1 444 2.93 6.46 0.29 0.91 2.05 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 44.3 35 21 21 16 32 4 668 3.25 6.50 0.81 1.15 4.26 season totals 67.0 56 33 33 30 47 5 1033 4.03 6.31 0.67 1.28 4.43 CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week...... Mon Sun Sat Fri Thu Wed Tue Totals 12 Jun 11 Jun 10 Jun 09 Jun 08 Jun 07 Jun 06 Jun no game at Cincy at Cincy at Cincy at Cincy at Houst at Houst pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 17 1.0 35 2.0 52 Eyre 1.0 25 1.0 26 0.3 3 1.0 13 3.3 67 Howry 0.3 11 1.7 23 0.7 9 1.0 33 3.7 76 Ohman 0.3 5 2.0 26 0.3 2 2.7 33 Novoa 1.0 12 1.3 41 2.3 53 Aardsma 0.7 26 0.3 10 0.7 7 1.7 43 Marmol 2.0 41 2.0 41 Guzman Totals 3.0 68 1.3 28 3.7 84 4.3 86 1.0 10 4.3 89 17.7 365 CUBS' season series vs. Houston ....... 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 - Marshall 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N - ? 65 Thu 06/15 Houston - Maddux 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 5 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.600 0.600 0.800 1.400 Jones 9 1 3 0 0 1 6 2 0 4 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Barrett 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 0.200 0.273 0.500 0.773 Pierre 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.200 0.385 0.200 0.585 Ramirez 12 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.333 0.583 Murton 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Cedeno 11 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0.182 0.182 0.364 0.545 Walker 10 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 Bynum 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Nevin 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Womack 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 101 9 23 3 1 3 37 9 6 10 0.228 0.278 0.366 0.644 season totals 2107 250 540 86 16 49 805 232 154 318 0.256 0.310 0.382 0.692 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 Eyre 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Ohman 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Howry 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 33 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Aardsma 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marshall 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 84 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 1.29 Wood 3.7 7 4 1 2 0 1 75 4.91 0.00 2.45 2.45 2.45 totals vs. Houst 25.0 17 5 2 9 18 2 387 3.24 6.48 0.72 1.04 0.72 season totals 547.7 501 303 281 272 465 79 9310 4.47 7.64 1.30 1.41 4.62 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 05/28 - 06/11 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 9 1 4 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 0.444 0.500 0.667 1.167 Mabry 10 0 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0.400 0.455 0.500 0.955 Jones 54 10 17 2 0 4 31 12 3 11 0.315 0.351 0.574 0.925 Barrett 47 8 15 1 0 2 22 7 7 8 0.319 0.411 0.468 0.879 Cedeno 47 9 16 1 1 1 22 6 3 6 0.340 0.380 0.468 0.848 Murton 46 8 15 2 0 1 20 1 2 5 0.326 0.367 0.435 0.802 Womack 39 4 13 1 0 1 17 2 2 3 0.333 0.366 0.436 0.802 Nevin 21 3 5 0 0 2 11 4 1 4 0.238 0.273 0.524 0.797 Ramirez 56 4 15 5 0 1 23 10 3 5 0.268 0.317 0.411 0.727 Perez 25 7 6 1 1 1 12 7 0 2 0.240 0.231 0.480 0.711 Walker 52 11 13 1 0 1 17 7 9 1 0.250 0.361 0.327 0.688 Pierre 62 8 16 4 1 0 22 4 4 4 0.258 0.324 0.355 0.678 Bynum 19 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0.211 0.250 0.211 0.461 Hairston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 14 game totals 521 77 149 23 3 15 223 72 38 68 0.286 0.339 0.428 0.767 season totals 2107 250 540 86 16 49 805 232 154 318 0.256 0.310 0.382 0.692 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 05/28 - 06/11 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 8.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 91 1.13 11.25 0.00 0.50 0.00 Marmol 10.0 5 1 1 3 13 1 168 2.70 11.70 0.90 0.80 0.90 Zambrano 21.7 9 3 3 11 18 2 353 4.57 7.48 0.83 0.92 1.25 Howry 6.7 7 1 1 4 8 0 145 5.40 10.80 0.00 1.65 1.35 Wood 9.7 12 6 2 3 4 1 160 2.79 3.72 0.93 1.55 1.86 Marshall 13.3 12 3 3 4 9 1 179 2.70 6.08 0.68 1.20 2.03 Dempster 6.7 6 2 2 3 6 0 122 4.05 8.10 0.00 1.35 2.70 Novoa 8.7 5 4 4 8 7 2 161 8.31 7.27 2.08 1.50 4.15 Aardsma 5.7 6 4 3 3 3 1 115 4.76 4.76 1.59 1.59 4.76 Eyre 7.7 14 6 5 4 6 2 165 4.70 7.04 2.35 2.35 5.87 Maddux 16.0 20 11 11 2 3 2 206 1.13 1.69 1.13 1.38 6.19 Rusch 12.7 17 12 11 4 19 5 251 2.84 13.50 3.55 1.66 7.82 Williamson 1.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 25 9.00 18.00 0.00 5.00 27.00 Ryu 1.3 7 6 6 0 0 4 28 0.00 0.00 27.00 5.25 40.50 14 game totals 129.0 127 62 55 51 108 21 2169 3.56 7.53 1.47 1.38 3.84 season totals 547.7 501 303 281 272 465 79 9310 4.47 7.64 1.30 1.41 4.62 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/11 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 26 63 0.292 Lee 7 17 0.292 Nevin 2 6 0.250 Perez 13 41 0.241 Barrett 21 67 0.239 Blanco 6 21 0.222 Jones 21 75 0.219 Ramirez 24 89 0.212 Cedeno 17 80 0.175 Murton 16 76 0.174 Bynum 4 24 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Womack 1 10 0.091 Mabry 3 30 0.091 Pierre 6 65 0.085 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 183 758 0.194 Go CUBS !!

Or..... as we used to say in the trucking industry....... Don't back-off..... Don't slack-off..... Don't jack-..... uh...... knife, yeah !! that's it, don't jack-knife !!

I'm taking full credit. There is no credit on NSBB.... only cash, check, or paypal !! :wink:

Quite true. This is the whole basis for the "Worthless stats of the day" bit, you know ?? The point of this exercise is not to show that Perez is better than Ramirez, but rather to make an editorial comment on the fact that somebody thinks Perez saying that he's not as good as Ramirez is even newsworthy !!

No, no, no. We need to keep Barrett in the #3 spot; at least until DLee comes back !! Team record by third hitter W L pct Barrett 6 5 0.545 Cedeno 0 1 0.000 Lee 9 5 0.643 Murton 1 0 1.000 Walker 10 25 0.286 Totals 26 36 0.419

Perspective is everything, I guess. :wink: Team record by starting third baseman W L pct Ramriez 24 35 0.407 Perez 2 1 0.667 Totals 26 36 0.419 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/11 BDI LOB RBI% Perez 13 41 0.241 Ramirez 24 89 0.212

Are you )&)(*&_(_(_&(^_*&^ing kidding me? MARSHALL is starting on Tuesday... Yeah, it's Wednesday!! Why don't the Cubs understand that Rusch is the type of guy that ruins any momentum you have. He is a winning streak killer!! I don't know. I just can't figure it out. CUBS are 2-5 when Rusch starts CUBS are 0-2 when Williams starts CUBS are 0-4 when Guzman starts CUBS are 0-4 when Hill starts CUBS are 0-1 when Ryu starts

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Novoa in to pitch for the CUBS Ross grounded out to short, 6-3 Olmedo, pinch hitting for White, flied out to left field Freel 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 2 0 2 5 0 9 12 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Marmol (1-0) S: none L: Milton (4-3) T: 2:51 A: 27,250 Home runs: Cincinnati: Ross (7), Phillips (7), Dunn (20) CUBS: Perez (1), Nevin (11), Cedeno (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marmol 6.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 99 Aardsma 0.7 1 1 1 1 0 1 26 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 Eyre 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 25 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12