Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre bunted out to third base, 5-3 Cedeno struck out swinging Walker grounded an IF single to second base Barrett grounded into a FC, 5-4, Walker out at second 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 1 0 white sox . 0 0 0

Walker grounded an IF single to second base

Cedeno struck out swinging

Pierre bunted out to third base, 5-3

Quality !! 04/03 - 05/20 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Rusch 32.0 34 27 26 16 21 11 630 4.50 5.91 3.09 1.56 7.31 Willliams 12.3 15 12 10 11 5 2 233 8.03 3.65 1.46 2.11 7.30 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Guzman 18.0 20 16 14 16 20 2 378 8.00 10.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 totals 81.7 92 75 70 58 57 20 1585 6.39 6.28 2.20 1.84 7.71

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday........ CUBS are 3-3 on Sundays CUBS are 0-2 vs. white sox CUBS are 0-3 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 10-14 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 4-10 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-16 in day games CUBS are 7-15 on the road CUBS are 13-5 when they get a quality start.... 4-20 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when they score first in the game.... 3-19 when they don't CUBS are 10-4 when they score in the first inning.... 7-21 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-13 when they do CUBS are 14-3 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-22 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-21 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-16 when they get outhit.... and 1-3 when the hits are even CUBS are 8-20 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 0-4 (2 run scored) in games without an extra base hit CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 586 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 104 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 424 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are 5-4 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 6 of 9 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.93.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.25 CUBS score 3.62 R/G overall.... 4.56 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.64 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 05/20 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 300 41 67 16 1 6 103 38 32 57 0.223 0.299 0.343 0.642 CUBS overall 1381 152 337 57 10 27 495 139 110 220 0.244 0.301 0.358 0.660 Zambrano's last 5 starts (2-1)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 5 game totals 34.0 27 11 11 18 41 2 556 4.76 10.85 0.53 1.32 2.91 season totals 56.7 46 24 21 35 62 6 987 5.56 9.85 0.95 1.43 3.34 Zambrano's start against white sox last year (ND)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/21 vs. CWS 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 108 3.86 10.29 0.00 0.57 0.00 season total 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 CUBS' season series vs. white sox ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 41 Fri 05/19 @ Chicago (AL) 1- 6 Maddux 42 Sat 05/20 @ Chicago (AL) 0- 7 Hill 43 Sun 05/21 @ Chicago (AL) - Zambrano 79 Fri 06/30 Chicago (AL) - 80 Sat 07/01 Chicago (AL) - 81 Sun 07/02 Chicago (AL) - Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 5-18 (0.217) CUBS have been outscored 128 (5.57 R/G) to 56 (2.43 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 6 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have lost all 14 games in which the opponent scored first CUBS have hit 9 home runs while allowing 27 CUBS are driving in 12.7% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.9% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.243 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.408 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 169 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 05/20 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 20 2 6 0 2 1 13 3 1 7 0.300 0.333 0.650 0.983 Jones 72 6 23 4 0 3 36 9 3 12 0.319 0.355 0.500 0.855 Barrett 52 2 15 2 1 1 22 1 9 4 0.288 0.403 0.423 0.826 Ramirez 82 10 21 7 0 3 37 9 6 6 0.256 0.311 0.451 0.762 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Walker 73 3 18 5 0 0 23 8 10 10 0.247 0.329 0.315 0.644 Cedeno 87 6 23 0 1 1 28 5 2 17 0.264 0.278 0.322 0.600 Murton 67 8 16 1 0 0 17 4 8 13 0.239 0.329 0.254 0.583 Pierre 95 9 19 2 1 0 23 0 6 9 0.200 0.255 0.242 0.497 Hairston 46 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 8 0.196 0.229 0.239 0.468 Perez 48 3 9 1 0 0 10 4 3 2 0.188 0.231 0.208 0.439 Mabry 34 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 8 0.147 0.237 0.147 0.384 Theriot 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 Blanco 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.037 0.129 0.037 0.166 23 game totals 751 56 172 26 5 9 235 51 59 112 0.229 0.288 0.313 0.601 season totals 1381 152 337 56 10 27 494 139 110 219 0.244 0.301 0.358 0.659 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 05/20 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 10.3 8 3 3 0 6 2 141 0.00 5.23 1.74 0.77 2.61 Zambrano 27.0 21 8 8 15 29 1 442 5.00 9.67 0.33 1.33 2.67 Eyre 11.3 8 4 4 7 15 2 202 5.56 11.91 1.59 1.32 3.18 Ohman 11.7 11 5 5 4 10 1 185 3.09 7.71 0.77 1.29 3.86 Marshall 23.0 17 11 11 13 19 0 368 5.09 7.43 0.00 1.30 4.30 Williamson 10.3 6 5 5 6 12 0 170 5.23 10.45 0.00 1.16 4.35 Dempster 8.0 6 4 4 1 10 1 97 1.13 11.25 1.13 0.88 4.50 Novoa 13.0 13 10 7 9 13 1 277 6.23 9.00 0.69 1.69 4.85 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 Wood 5.0 5 4 4 0 6 3 71 0.00 10.80 5.40 1.00 7.20 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 23 game totals 200.3 199 128 121 108 181 27 3440 4.85 8.13 1.21 1.53 5.44 season totals 367.0 329 206 192 186 315 51 6213 4.56 7.72 1.25 1.40 4.71 Go CUBS !!

I'm stunned, shocked, and dumbfounded. Vance needing help to heckle somebody strikes me as somewhat analogous to hell freezing over. :shock:

Hmmm...yeah...that's not true. Sun. 14 San Diego L 9-0 15-22 Hensley (2-2) Hill (0-3) Tue. 16 Washington W 4-0 16-22 Zambrano (2-2) Hernandez (1-5) Wed. 17 Washington W 5-0 17-22 Marshall (3-1) Day (2-4) Thu. 18 Washington L 5-3 17-23 Ortiz (1-4) Wood (0-1) Cordero (4) Fri. 19 at Chicago Sox L 6-1 17-24 Buehrle (5-2) Maddux (5-3) Sat. 20 at Chicago Sox L 7-0 17-25 Garcia (7-1) Hill (0-4) Perspective: The Cubs have 5 wins in their last 23 games...good for a .278 winning percentage. If you check that, you'll find that 5 out of 23 is a .217 winning percentage.

I'd settle for seeing him win one. here's a fun fact...how many runs have the cubs scored in hill's four losses? 1 (that's combined) pretty sure it wouldn't matter much if hill had an era of 8 or 1...the offense is the problem, not rich hill. Here's another fun fact..... if the CUBS had scored 5 runs in every game that Hill pitched........ his record would be...... let's see....... uh....... 0-4 !! The boy is overmatched and he's just not ready for this level of competition yet. Rich Hill would still be a problem, even if the offense were not. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N 0- 6 Hill 32 Tue 05/09 @ San Francisco N 1- 6 Hill 37 Sun 05/14 San Diego 0- 9 Hill 42 Sat 05/20 @ Chicago (AL) 0- 7 Hill Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 05/09 vs. S.F. 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 05/14 vs. S.D. 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 05/20 vs. CWS 4.0 5 7 7 5 2 2 87 11.25 4.50 4.50 2.50 15.75 season totals 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31

How can you not like a guy who put up these stellar numbers over the last 3 weeks ??? 04/26 - 05/20 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.037 0.129 0.037 0.166

The TVLand channel is running an Andy Griffith marathon.

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday....... CUBS are 1-5 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. white sox CUBS are 2-1 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 10-13 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 7-15 in day games CUBS are 7-14 on the road CUBS are 8-19 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 0-3 (2 run scored) in games without an extra base hit CUBS are 14-3 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-21 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-20 when they don't CUBS are 14-5 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-16 when they get outhit.... and 1-3 when the hits are even CUBS are 8-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 9-17 when he doesn't CUBS are 6-5 when Pierre steals a base.... 11-19 when he dosen't CUBS are 13-11 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-13 when they do CUBS are 16-13 when they average 18 pitches per inning or less..... 1-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-6 when they average 4.0 P/PA or greater.... 12-18 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 3-18 when he doesn't CUBS are 0-3 when Hill starts Hill is 0 of 3 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 6.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 11.25 CUBS score 3.70 R/G overall.... 0.33 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.66 HR/G overall.... 0.33 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS have been outscored 21-1 when Hill starts CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/03 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 94 1 15 2 1 1 22 1 5 19 0.160 0.202 0.234 0.436 CUBS overall 1348 152 328 57 10 27 486 139 110 215 0.243 0.301 0.361 0.662 Hill's last 3 starts (0-3)..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 05/09 vs. S.F. 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 05/14 vs. S.D. 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 3 game totals 15.3 18 13 13 10 9 3 257 5.87 5.28 1.76 1.83 7.63 CUBS' season series vs. white sox ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 41 Fri 05/19 @ Chicago (AL) 1- 6 Maddux 42 Sat 05/20 @ Chicago (AL) - Hill 43 Sun 05/21 @ Chicago (AL) - Zambrano 79 Fri 06/30 Chicago (AL) - 80 Sat 07/01 Chicago (AL) - 81 Sun 07/02 Chicago (AL) - Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 5-17 (0.415) CUBS have been outscored 121 (5.50 R/G) to 56 (2.55 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 5 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have hit 9 home runs while allowing 25 CUBS are driving in 13.2% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.5% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.247 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.402 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 155 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS team offense..... 04/26 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 718 56 163 26 5 9 226 51 59 107 0.227 0.288 0.315 0.603 Oppt 735 121 193 43 6 25 323 112 102 174 0.263 0.354 0.439 0.793 CUBS team pitching..... 04/26 - 05/19 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 192.3 193 121 114 101 175 25 4.73 8.19 1.17 1.53 5.33 Oppt 197.0 163 56 48 59 108 9 2.70 4.93 0.41 1.13 2.19 CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 05/19 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 20 2 6 0 2 1 13 3 1 7 0.300 0.333 0.650 0.983 Jones 68 6 22 4 0 3 35 9 3 10 0.324 0.361 0.515 0.876 Barrett 51 2 15 2 1 1 22 1 9 4 0.294 0.410 0.431 0.841 Ramirez 79 10 19 7 0 3 35 9 6 6 0.241 0.291 0.443 0.734 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Walker 69 3 16 5 0 0 21 8 10 9 0.232 0.321 0.304 0.625 Murton 64 8 16 1 0 0 17 4 8 12 0.250 0.342 0.266 0.608 Cedeno 83 6 21 0 1 1 26 5 2 17 0.253 0.267 0.313 0.581 Hairston 43 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 8 0.209 0.244 0.256 0.500 Pierre 91 9 18 2 1 0 22 0 6 8 0.198 0.255 0.242 0.497 Perez 45 3 8 1 0 0 9 4 3 2 0.178 0.224 0.200 0.424 Mabry 33 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 8 0.152 0.243 0.152 0.395 Theriot 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 Blanco 24 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.042 0.143 0.042 0.185 22 game totals 718 56 163 26 5 9 226 51 59 107 0.227 0.288 0.315 0.603 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 05/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 10.3 8 3 3 0 6 2 141 0.00 5.23 1.74 0.77 2.61 Zambrano 27.0 21 8 8 15 29 1 442 5.00 9.67 0.33 1.33 2.67 Eyre 11.3 8 4 4 7 15 2 202 5.56 11.91 1.59 1.32 3.18 Ohman 11.0 11 5 5 3 10 1 174 2.45 8.18 0.82 1.27 4.09 Marshall 23.0 17 11 11 13 19 0 368 5.09 7.43 0.00 1.30 4.30 Williamson 9.7 6 5 5 6 12 0 165 5.59 11.17 0.00 1.24 4.66 Dempster 7.0 6 4 4 1 8 1 84 1.29 10.29 1.29 1.00 5.14 Novoa 11.3 12 10 7 8 11 1 247 6.35 8.74 0.79 1.76 5.56 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 Wood 5.0 5 4 4 0 6 3 71 0.00 10.80 5.40 1.00 7.20 Hill 15.3 18 13 13 10 9 3 257 5.87 5.28 1.76 1.83 7.63 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 Aardsma 2.3 4 3 3 3 2 2 60 11.57 7.71 7.71 3.00 11.57 22 game totals 192.3 193 121 114 101 175 25 3294 4.73 8.19 1.17 1.53 5.33 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 131 Cincinnati 129 Houston 127 Milwaukee 127 Pittsburgh 118 R.I.P. CUBS !!

Thanx for those kind words. Let's hope we all have more fun tomorrow, eh?

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Walker lined out to left field Barrett flied out to the wall in left field Ramirez 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 white sox 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 x 6 10 1 W: Buehrle (5-2) S: none L: Maddux (5-3) T: 2:08 A: 39,301 Home runs: white sox: Thome (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.7 9 6 6 4 1 1 96 Rusch 2.3 1 0 0 1 3 0 43

Barrett flied out to the wall in left field

Walker lined out to left field

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Mackowiak struck out (called) Cintron blooped a single to center field Podsednik struck out (called) Iguchi lined out to shortstop 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 white sox 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 1 Home runs: white sox: Thome (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.7 9 6 6 4 1 1 96 Rusch 2.3 1 0 0 1 3 0 43

Podsednik struck out (called)

Mackowiak struck out (called) Cintron blooped a single to center field

And likely the fasted PBP has to post 2 outs in 1 post. Pathetic. Don't mind me..... I lost my internet connection and I'v reverted back to dialup. Sucks as bad as the CUBS, no?

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Perez lined out to third base Pierre grounded out to third, 5-3 Hairston 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 CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 white sox 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 6 9 1 Home runs: white sox: Thome (17)

Perez lined out to third base Pierre grounded out to third, 5-3

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Konerko struck out (called) Dye walked Pierzynski grounded into a FC, 4-6, Dye out at second Crede popped out to first base 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 white sox 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 6 9 1 Home runs: white sox: Thome (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.7 9 6 6 4 1 1 96 Rusch 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 0 27

Pierzynski grounded into a FC, 4-6, Dye out at second

Dye walked