Fred Hornkohl

What happened? Pitch hit the knob of Ramirez' bat.

Ramirez grounded out to third, 5-3

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre walked Cedeno struck out swinging Pierre thrown out trying to steal, 2-6 Walker grounded out to second, 4-3 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 Florida . 0 0 0

Pierre thrown out trying to steal, 2-6

Cedeno struck out swinging

Pierre walked :shock:

Come on.... Perez has started 1 out the last 8 games. Aren't you kind of stretching a point here ?

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday...... CUBS are 4-3 on Wednesdays CUBS are 2-3 vs. Florida CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 11-15 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 5-10 in games that end a series CUBS are 1-2 in games that end a road trip CUBS are 8-16 in day games CUBS are 8-17 on the road CUBS are 9-22 without Derrek Lee CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 590 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 119 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 407 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 169 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are drving in 18.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.340 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are 5-4 when Maddux starts Maddux is 6 of 9 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.76.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.79 CUBS score 3.64 R/G overall.... 3.78 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 0.73 HR/G overall.... 0.78 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/03 - 05/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 289 34 75 13 3 7 115 30 23 31 0.260 0.310 0.398 0.708 CUBS overall 1483 164 359 59 12 33 541 151 113 240 0.242 0.298 0.365 0.663 Maddux's last 5 starts (1-3)..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/28 vs. Milw 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 89 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 05/03 vs. Ariz 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 0.00 9.00 1.80 2.00 9.00 05/08 vs. S.D. 3.7 9 7 7 2 4 1 70 4.91 9.82 2.45 3.00 17.18 05/13 vs. S.D. 7.3 4 1 0 1 3 0 73 1.23 3.68 0.00 0.68 0.00 05/19 vs. CWS 5.7 9 6 6 5 1 1 96 7.94 1.59 1.59 2.47 9.53 5 game totals 27.7 40 21 20 9 19 3 413 2.93 6.18 0.98 1.77 6.51 season totals 55.0 55 24 23 14 37 4 766 2.29 6.05 0.65 1.25 3.76 Maddux's start against Florida last year (1-2)...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/15 vs. Flor 3.7 8 7 7 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 2.73 17.18 07/10 vs. Flor 8.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 98 0.00 3.38 0.00 0.50 0.00 08/27 vs. Flor 9.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 102 1.00 2.00 0.00 0.67 2.00 totals vs. Flor 20.7 17 9 9 3 8 1 269 1.31 3.48 0.44 0.97 3.92 season totals 225.0 239 112 106 36 136 29 3098 1.44 5.44 1.16 1.22 4.24 CUBS' season series vs. Florida ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 18 Mon 04/24 Florida N 6- 3 Zambrano 19 Tue 04/25 Florida N 3- 1 Marshall 20 Wed 04/26 Florida 5- 7 Guzman 44 Mon 05/22 @ Florida N 1- 9 Marshall 45 Tue 05/23 @ Florida N 4- 5 Wood 46 Wed 05/24 @ Florida - Maddux Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 6-20 (0.231) CUBS have been outscored 146 (5.62 R/G) to 68 (2.62 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 6 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have lost all 15 games in which the opponent scored first CUBS have hit 15 home runs while allowing 31 CUBS are driving in 13.2% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.9% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.258 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.407 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS are seeing 3.53 P/PA, compared to their opponents' 3.87 and the CUBS' 3.63 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 168 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 05/23 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 22 2 6 0 2 1 13 3 1 8 0.273 0.333 0.591 0.924 Barrett 63 5 18 2 3 2 32 3 9 6 0.286 0.384 0.508 0.891 Ramirez 94 13 25 7 0 6 50 12 6 8 0.266 0.314 0.532 0.846 Jones 84 7 26 4 0 4 42 11 3 15 0.310 0.341 0.500 0.841 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Walker 85 4 20 6 0 0 26 9 10 12 0.235 0.309 0.306 0.615 Murton 76 11 18 1 0 1 22 5 9 14 0.237 0.326 0.289 0.615 Cedeno 99 6 26 0 1 1 31 7 2 21 0.263 0.275 0.313 0.588 Pierre 108 10 23 3 1 0 28 0 6 10 0.213 0.261 0.259 0.520 Perez 49 3 9 1 0 0 10 4 3 2 0.184 0.226 0.204 0.430 Hairston 53 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 9 0.170 0.214 0.208 0.422 Mabry 40 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 0.125 0.239 0.125 0.364 Theriot 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Blanco 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.036 0.125 0.036 0.161 26 game totals 853 68 194 28 7 15 281 63 62 132 0.227 0.284 0.329 0.614 season totals 1483 164 359 58 12 33 540 151 113 239 0.242 0.298 0.364 0.662 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 05/23 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 11.3 9 3 3 1 7 2 163 0.79 5.56 1.59 0.88 2.38 Eyre 13.3 8 4 4 7 19 2 232 4.73 12.83 1.35 1.13 2.70 Zambrano 34.0 25 12 12 18 38 4 555 4.76 10.06 1.06 1.26 3.18 Ohman 13.0 12 5 5 4 11 1 207 2.77 7.62 0.69 1.23 3.46 Williamson 12.0 6 5 5 9 13 0 198 6.75 9.75 0.00 1.25 3.75 Novoa 14.7 14 10 7 9 13 1 305 5.52 7.98 0.61 1.57 4.30 Dempster 9.7 9 6 6 3 10 1 127 2.79 9.31 0.93 1.24 5.59 Marshall 26.3 24 18 18 17 21 1 435 5.81 7.18 0.34 1.56 6.15 Wood 10.0 7 7 7 5 9 4 157 4.50 8.10 3.60 1.20 6.30 Maddux 27.7 40 21 20 9 19 3 413 2.93 6.18 0.98 1.77 6.51 Guzman 18.0 20 16 14 16 20 2 378 8.00 10.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 Rusch 12.3 16 13 12 8 7 4 265 5.84 5.11 2.92 1.95 8.76 Ryu 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 27 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 9.00 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Aardsma 2.3 4 3 3 3 2 2 60 11.57 7.71 7.71 3.00 11.57 Wuertz 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 46 18.00 9.00 0.00 5.00 18.00 26 game totals 226.0 221 146 139 128 203 32 3912 5.10 8.08 1.27 1.54 5.54 season totals 392.7 351 224 210 206 337 56 6685 4.72 7.72 1.28 1.42 4.81 Percentage of baserunners driven in thru 23 May BDI LOB PCT Restovich 1 02 0.333 Walker 19 43 0.306 Lee 7 17 0.292 Barrett 15 49 0.234 Murton 15 55 0.214 Jones 12 46 0.207 Perez 7 29 0.194 Cedeno 12 53 0.185 Ramirez 12 63 0.160 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Bynum 2 14 0.125 Pagan 1 08 0.111 Blanco 2 17 0.105 Mabry 2 24 0.077 Pierre 2 50 0.038 Theriot 0 02 0.000 Team 118 535 0.181 http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg R.I.P. CUBS !!

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BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Helms, pinch hitting for Kensing, singled to center field Aguila pinch running for Helms Ramirez walked, Aguila to second Uggla sacrificed, 2-4, Aguila to third, Ramirez to second Cabrera walked (intentionally) Willingham grounded into a FC, 3-2, Aguila out at home Jacobs doubled to left center field, Ramirez & Canbrera scored 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 W: Kensing (1-1) S: none L: Dempster (0-2) T: 2:49 A: 10,979 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (6), Murton (3) - Florida: Cabrera (7) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 5.0 2 3 3 5 3 1 86 Ohman 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 09 Williamson 0.7 0 0 0 2 1 0 16 Howry 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 09 Eyre 1.3 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 Dempster 0.7 2 2 2 2 0 0 16

Willingham grounded into a FC, 3-2, Aguila out at home

CUBS are 0-10 when they allow 6 or more walks. Go CUBS !!

Cabrera walked (intentionally)

Uggla sacrificed, 2-4, Aguila to third, Ramirez to second

Ramirez walked, Aguila to second

Aguila pinch running for Helms

Helms, pinch hitting for Kensing, singled to center field

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

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TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Kensing in to pitch for Florida Ramirez struck out swinging Murton grounded out to third, 5-3 Jones 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 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 Florida 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (6), Murton (3) - Florida: Cabrera (7)

His metabolism did. no stuff, Sherlock !! :wink:

Murton grounded out to third, 5-3

Froemming should have retired years ago.

Ramirez struck out swinging

CUBS are 18-1 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!