Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Perez struck out swinging Zambrano struck out swinging Pierre doubled off the right field wall Walker flied out to shallow left field 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 1 0

Pierre doubled off the right field wall

Zambrano struck out swinging

Perez struck out swinging

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Dunn flied out to left field Hatteberg walked Kearns struck out swinging Ross grounded into a FC, 6-4, Hatteberg out at second 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 24

Kearns struck out swinging

Hatteberg walked

Dunn flied out to left field

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Nevin flied out to right field Ramirez doubled to left field Murton flied out to center field Jones struck out swinging 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati 0 0 1 0

Murton flied out to center field

Ramirez doubled to left field

Nevin flied out to right field

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Lopez flied out (foul) to left field Phillips struck out (called) Griffey doubled to left field Aurilia popped out (foul) to first base 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 08

Griffey doubled to left field

Phillips struck out (called)

Lopez flied out to left field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre struck out swinging Walker grounded out to second, 4-3 Barrett popped out (foul) to first base 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 Cincinnati . 0 0 0

Walker grounded out to second, 4-3

Pierre struck out swinging

Murton has started 54 of 60 games for crying out loud. What do you want ?? http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/Hyperbole.jpg

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday....... CUBS are 2-7 on Saturdays CUBS are 5-5 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 16-14 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 7-9 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 10-15 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 15-14 at night CUBS are 12-22 on the road CUBS are 15-8 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 16-9 when they get a quality start.... 8-27 when they don't CUBS are 9-27 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 15-9 when they don't CUBS are 21-7 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-29 when they don't CUBS are 16-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-29 when they don't CUBS are 19-9 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 5-27 when he doesn't CUBS are 19-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-24 when they get outhit.... and 1-4 when the hits are even CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 640 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 122 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 397 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 167 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are drving in 19.3% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.348 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.5% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS are 7-6 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 9 of 13 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.36 ... pitching to Blanco it's 2.25 CUBS score 3.95 R/G overall.... 4.85 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.75 HR/G overall.... 1.08 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 06/09 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 448 63 108 21 3 14 177 60 34 73 0.241 0.296 0.395 0.691 CUBS overall 2033 237 519 87 16 45 773 220 147 304 0.255 0.308 0.380 0.688 Zambrano's previous starts (4-3)..... 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 Home 43.7 32 21 18 26 52 5 778 5.36 10.72 1.03 1.33 3.71 Road 40.7 25 11 11 23 41 5 673 5.09 9.07 1.11 1.18 2.43 Day 42.3 33 25 22 28 48 8 781 5.95 10.20 1.70 1.44 4.68 Nite 42.0 24 7 7 21 45 2 670 4.50 9.64 0.43 1.07 1.50 totals vs. Cincy 16.7 15 12 11 11 19 5 309 5.94 10.26 2.70 1.56 5.94 season totals 84.3 57 32 29 49 93 10 1451 5.23 9.92 1.07 1.26 3.09 Zambrano's starts against Cincinnati last year (ND)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/26 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 6 6 3 5 1 104 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.14 11.57 09/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 3 3 3 9 2 116 4.50 13.50 3.00 1.00 4.50 totals vs. Cincy 10.7 10 9 9 6 14 3 220 5.06 11.81 2.53 1.50 7.59 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...... Fri Thu Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Totals 09 Jun 08 Jun 07 Jun 06 Jun 05 Jun 04 Jun 03 Jun at Cincy at Cincy at Houst at Houst at Houst at St. L at St. L pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 35 1.0 35 Eyre 1.0 26 0.3 3 1.0 13 2.3 42 Howry 1.7 23 0.7 9 1.0 33 0.3 5 3.7 70 Ohman 2.0 26 0.3 2 1.0 9 0.3 6 3.7 43 Williamson 0.7 20 0.7 20 Novoa 1.3 41 3.0 33 4.3 74 Aardsma 0.3 10 0.7 7 0.7 18 1.7 35 Marmol 2.0 41 2.0 28 4.0 69 Totals 3.7 84 4.3 86 1.0 10 4.3 89 1.0 9 3.0 52 4.0 58 21.3 388 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/03 @ Cincinnati 16- 7 Zambrano 2 Wed 04/05 @ Cincinnati 6- 8 Rusch 6 Tue 04/11 Cincinnati 2- 9 Rusch 7 Wed 04/12 Cincinnati 4- 1 Maddux 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati 3- 8 Zambrano 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati 7- 3 Wood 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N 8- 3 Maddux 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N 2- 3 Zambrano 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N 1- 7 Rusch 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N 6- 5 Maddux 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - Marmol 148 Fri 09/15 Cincinnati - 149 Sat 09/16 Cincinnati - 150 Sun 09/17 Cincinnati - 154 Fri 09/22 @ Cincinnati N - 155 Sat 09/23 @ Cincinnati - 156 Sun 09/24 @ Cincinnati - 157 Mon 09/25 @ Cincinnati - CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 Lee 13 4 4 3 0 1 10 5 8 2 0.308 0.545 0.769 1.315 Walker 32 9 14 3 0 1 20 8 3 1 0.438 0.486 0.625 1.111 Murton 35 7 13 2 0 3 24 6 1 1 0.371 0.405 0.686 1.091 Blanco 10 2 4 1 0 0 5 4 1 2 0.400 0.455 0.500 0.955 Womack 18 2 6 1 0 1 10 1 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Barrett 28 3 7 2 0 1 12 6 1 4 0.250 0.267 0.429 0.695 Hairston 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Pagan 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Ramirez 32 3 7 3 0 1 13 5 2 3 0.219 0.265 0.406 0.671 Jones 26 5 5 1 0 2 12 7 0 5 0.192 0.185 0.462 0.647 Cedeno 34 5 10 1 0 0 11 0 1 8 0.294 0.314 0.324 0.638 Pierre 43 8 10 2 2 0 16 2 1 3 0.233 0.250 0.372 0.622 Perez 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Bynum 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.000 0.091 0.000 0.091 totals vs. Cincy 344 55 97 23 2 11 157 50 19 48 0.282 0.319 0.456 0.775 season totals 2033 237 519 83 16 45 769 219 147 302 0.255 0.308 0.378 0.687 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Aardsma 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 36 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 85 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Howry 5.7 6 1 1 1 5 1 91 1.59 7.94 1.59 1.24 1.59 Dempster 5.3 3 1 1 5 7 0 106 8.44 11.81 0.00 1.50 1.69 Maddux 17.0 14 6 6 2 10 2 216 1.06 5.29 1.06 0.94 3.18 Williamson 2.3 2 2 1 3 3 0 55 11.57 11.57 0.00 2.14 3.86 Eyre 7.0 8 5 4 6 6 1 136 7.71 7.71 1.29 2.00 5.14 Zambrano 16.7 15 12 11 11 19 5 309 5.94 10.26 2.70 1.56 5.94 Willliams 3.0 3 3 2 4 1 1 63 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.33 6.00 Novoa 2.7 2 2 2 5 1 0 71 16.88 3.38 0.00 2.63 6.75 Rusch 12.7 18 13 13 4 11 9 260 2.84 7.82 6.39 1.74 9.24 Ohman 5.7 6 7 7 2 7 2 82 3.18 11.12 3.18 1.41 11.12 totals vs. Cincy 88.0 82 54 49 47 78 21 1538 4.81 7.98 2.15 1.47 5.01 season totals 529.7 490 298 276 261 452 75 8989 4.43 7.68 1.27 1.42 4.69 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/09 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 26 57 0.313 Lee 7 17 0.292 Jones 21 65 0.244 Blanco 6 21 0.222 Ramirez 24 88 0.214 Barrett 18 67 0.212 Perez 11 41 0.212 Nevin 1 4 0.200 Murton 16 73 0.180 Cedeno 15 80 0.158 Bynum 4 24 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Mabry 3 29 0.094 Womack 1 10 0.091 Pierre 5 64 0.072 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 174 733 0.192 Go CUBS !!

CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 115 Cincinnati 114 Houston 108 Milwaukee 107 Pittsburgh 100

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BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Dunn walked Ross, pinch hitting for Mercker, singled to center field, Dunn to second Valentin walked, Dunn to third, Ross to second McCracken pinch running for Valentin at first Freel walked, Dunn scored, Ross to third, McCracken to second Lopez struck out (called) Phillips lined out to third base Griffey grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 12 0 Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 8 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Maddux (7-5) S: Dempster (10) L: Ramirez (2-5) T: 3:11 A: 41,064 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (19), Hatteberg (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.3 4 2 2 0 2 2 66 Eyre 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 26 Howry 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 Dempster 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 35

Phillips lined out to third base