Fred Hornkohl

Iguchi blooped a single to right field

Podsednik lined out to third base

CUBS are 14-5 when they score first in the game.... 3-18 when they don't CUBS are 10-3 when they score in the first inning.... 7-20 when they don't Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded an IF single to third Hairston sacrificed to the catcher, safe at second on a throwing error, E2, Pierre to third Walker flied out to center field, Pierre scored, Hairston holding saecond Barrett grounded out to third, 5-3, Hairston holding second Ramirez walked Murton struck out swinging 1 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 1 1 1 0 white sox . 0 0 1

Ramirez walked

Barrett grounded out to third, 5-3, Hairston holding second

Walker flied out to center field, Pierre scored, Hairston holding saecond

Hairston sacrificed to the catcher, safe at second on a throwing error, E2, Pierre to third

Pierre grounded an IF single to third

Speaking of going yard, when was the last time the Cubs hit a homerun? It seems like it's been a while. Gotta love that small ball... Bynum's home run on Wednesday is the only one we've had in the last 7 games.

Brasky.... it's not a question of if; only when, how often, and how outrageously !! :wink:

Just once, I want to see a Cubs starting player that's not indispensable go on the DL rather than a star. Pierre, Mabry, even Cedeno would fall under that category. or Angel Pagan ??

As they say.... no harm, no foul. :wink:

Whoa, come on now. A bad manager, yes. A rotten human being, no. Yeah, I actually what I have seen of Baker's personality. I think he'd be a great guy to hang out and conversate with. Horrible, horrible manager, though. Conversate ???? You're beginning to sound like Dusty, dude !! :wink:

Worthless stats of the day for Friday............. CUBS are 3-3 on Fridays CUBS are 0-0 vs. white sox CUBS are 6-4 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 10-12 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 8-6 in games that start a series CUBS are 2-1 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 7-14 in day games CUBS are 7-13 on the road CUBS are 8-18 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 0-1 with sbrin84, nilodnayr, Mark_R, sethuel1, Brian, & Hornkohl sitting in the left field bleachers. :shock: CUBS are on a pace to win 69 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 612 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 109 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 437 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are drving in 18.4% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.342 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are 5-3 when Maddux starts Maddux is 6 of 8 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.79.... pitching to Blanco it's 1.35 CUBS score 3.78 R/G overall.... 4.13 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 0.68 HR/G overall.... 0.88 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/03 - 05/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 261 33 73 13 3 7 113 29 21 29 0.280 0.330 0.433 0.763 CUBS overall 1320 151 326 57 10 27 484 138 108 213 0.247 0.305 0.367 0.672 Maddux's last 5 starts (2-2)..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/23 vs. St. L 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 93 1.29 5.14 0.00 0.86 0.00 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 5 game totals 29.0 36 15 14 5 22 2 410 1.55 6.83 0.62 1.41 4.34 season totals 49.3 46 18 17 9 36 3 670 1.64 6.57 0.55 1.11 3.10 Maddux's starts against white sox last year (1-1)...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/20 vs. CWS 7.0 9 4 3 0 1 1 95 0.00 1.29 1.29 1.29 3.86 06/25 vs. CWS 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 88 0.00 9.00 3.00 0.83 3.00 totals vs. CWS 13.0 14 6 5 0 7 3 183 0.00 4.85 2.08 1.08 3.46 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. white sox last year (3-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 39 Fri 05/20 Chicago (AL) 1- 5 Maddux 40 Sat 05/21 Chicago (AL) 3- 5 Zambrano 41 Sun 05/22 Chicago (AL) 4- 3 Prior 72 Fri 06/24 @ Chicago (AL) 2-12 Mitre 73 Sat 06/25 @ Chicago (AL) 6- 2 Maddux 74 Sun 06/26 @ Chicago (AL) 2- 0 Prior CUBS' season series vs. white sox ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 41 Fri 05/19 @ Chicago (AL) - 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) - CUBS' offense vs. white sox last year..... vs. white sox AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Wilson 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 Dubois 10 2 3 0 0 2 9 4 0 4 0.300 0.300 0.900 1.200 Hairston 17 2 7 3 0 0 10 2 0 2 0.412 0.444 0.588 1.033 Patterson 24 3 7 1 0 1 11 2 1 7 0.292 0.320 0.458 0.778 Walker 9 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0.333 0.364 0.333 0.697 Ramirez 20 1 4 0 0 1 7 4 3 3 0.200 0.333 0.350 0.683 Lee 21 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 1 4 0.238 0.333 0.286 0.619 Blanco 17 3 3 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 0.176 0.176 0.412 0.588 Hollandsworth 14 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 4 0.143 0.200 0.357 0.557 Burnitz 20 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 5 5 0.150 0.320 0.200 0.520 Grieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Perez 24 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.167 0.200 0.167 0.367 Barrett 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 Macias 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. white sox 192 18 42 8 0 6 68 18 14 39 0.219 0.288 0.354 0.642 season totals 5585 704 1505 313 23 190 2434 676 417 910 0.269 0.324 0.436 0.759 CUBS' pitchers vs. white sox last year...... vs. white sox IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 108 3.86 10.29 0.00 0.57 0.00 Borowski 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 4.50 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Williams 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 23 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Ohman 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Prior 15.0 7 3 3 1 10 3 197 0.60 6.00 1.80 0.53 1.80 Maddux 13.0 14 6 5 0 7 3 183 0.00 4.85 2.08 1.08 3.46 Remlinger 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17 0.00 18.00 9.00 1.00 9.00 Mitre 4.7 7 7 7 4 2 1 93 7.71 3.86 1.93 2.36 13.50 Hawkins 0.7 1 1 1 0 0 1 17 0.00 0.00 13.50 1.50 13.50 Wellemeyer 3.0 6 5 5 2 4 2 68 6.00 12.00 6.00 2.67 15.00 Wuertz 0.7 3 3 3 0 1 0 22 0.00 13.50 0.00 4.50 40.50 vs. white sox 53.0 44 27 26 12 42 11 806 2.04 7.13 1.87 1.06 4.42 season totals 1439.3 1357 714 671 576 1255 186 23680 3.60 7.85 1.16 1.34 4.20 Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 5-16 CUBS have been outscored 115 (5.48 R/G) to 55 (2.62 R/G) CUBS have hit 9 home runs while allowing 24 CUBS are driving in 13.1% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.2% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.247 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.404 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 162 times, compared to 129 last year Percentage of baserunners driven in thru 18 May BDI LOB PCT Restovich 1 02 0.333 Walker 17 37 0.315 Lee 7 17 0.292 Barrett 14 43 0.246 Murton 15 49 0.234 Perez 7 25 0.219 Jones 11 43 0.204 Cedeno 10 50 0.167 Ramirez 13 60 0.167 Blanco 2 12 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Bynum 2 14 0.125 Pagan 1 08 0.111 Mabry 2 22 0.083 Pierre 2 46 0.042 Theriot 0 00 0.000 Team 111 490 0.185 Go CUBS !!

Some worthless stats of the day for Thursday......... CUBS are 0-3 on Thursdays CUBS are 2-0 vs. Washington CUBS are 2-1 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 6-10 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 4-9 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-13 in day games CUBS are 10-9 at home CUBS are 12-11 when the temperature is under 65 degrees CUBS are 13-5 when they get a quality start.... 4-17 when they don't CUBS are 14-5 when they score first in the game.... 3-17 when they don't CUBS are 10-3 when they score in the first inning.... 7-19 when they don't CUBS are 13-10 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-12 when they do CUBS are 16-11 when their pitchers average 18 pitches per inning or less..... 1-11 when they don't CUBS are 14-5 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 3-17 when he doesn't CUBS have not allowed an extra base hit in their last 2 games CUBS have only GIDP'd once in their last 4 games CUBS have allowed 1 sac fly in their last 8 games CUBS hitters have drawn at least 1 BB in each of their last 7 games CUBS are on a pace to win 71 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 615 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 112 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 440 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are drving in 18.6% 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 Kerry Wood is making his first start of the season. Last year, he had no starts against Washington. His totals from last year (3-4)....... 04/04 - 10/02 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wood 66.0 52 32 31 26 77 14 1056 3.55 10.50 1.91 1.18 4.23 CUBS' season series vs. Washington ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 38 Tue 05/16 Washington N 4- 0 Zambrano 39 Wed 05/17 Washington N 5- 0 Marshall 40 Thu 05/18 Washington - Wood 95 Fri 07/21 @ Washington N - 96 Sat 07/22 @ Washington N - 97 Sun 07/23 @ Washington - CUBS' offense during the last 10 games..... 05/07 - 05/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 6 2 2 0 1 1 7 2 0 2 0.333 0.333 1.167 1.500 Jones 30 4 11 2 0 2 19 7 1 3 0.367 0.387 0.633 1.020 Barrett 26 1 8 2 0 1 13 1 3 1 0.308 0.379 0.500 0.879 Hairston 19 1 7 2 0 0 9 2 1 3 0.368 0.400 0.474 0.874 Walker 29 3 7 2 0 0 9 6 6 4 0.241 0.361 0.310 0.671 Ramirez 36 5 8 4 0 1 15 6 1 2 0.222 0.237 0.417 0.654 Perez 20 2 5 1 0 0 6 3 1 1 0.250 0.273 0.300 0.573 Murton 27 6 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 3 0.185 0.290 0.185 0.476 Mabry 18 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Pierre 44 4 9 1 0 0 10 0 1 3 0.205 0.222 0.227 0.449 Cedeno 39 4 7 0 1 0 9 2 1 12 0.179 0.200 0.231 0.431 Theriot 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Blanco 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 10 game totals 324 35 77 15 2 5 111 32 21 42 0.238 0.285 0.343 0.627 season totals 1282 148 314 55 10 27 470 135 106 206 0.245 0.304 0.367 0.670 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 05/07 - 05/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 4.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 58 0.00 11.25 0.00 0.75 0.00 Zambrano 16.0 9 1 1 7 14 0 232 3.94 7.88 0.00 1.00 0.56 Williamson 4.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 57 2.25 11.25 0.00 0.75 2.25 Eyre 3.7 4 1 1 1 4 1 62 2.45 9.82 2.45 1.36 2.45 Howry 4.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 57 0.00 6.75 2.25 1.25 4.50 Maddux 11.0 13 8 7 3 7 1 143 2.45 5.73 0.82 1.45 5.73 Hill 11.3 12 8 8 8 8 1 190 6.35 6.35 0.79 1.76 6.35 Dempster 5.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 72 1.80 10.80 1.80 1.40 7.20 Marshall 9.7 10 9 9 9 8 0 188 8.38 7.45 0.00 1.97 8.38 Rusch 5.3 9 6 5 4 3 0 110 6.75 5.06 0.00 2.44 8.44 Guzman 7.3 8 7 7 9 8 0 187 11.05 9.82 0.00 2.32 8.59 Ryu 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 27 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 9.00 Novoa 3.7 5 5 4 5 3 1 82 12.27 7.36 2.45 2.73 9.82 10 game totals 86.0 87 53 50 50 76 6 1465 5.23 7.95 0.63 1.59 5.23 season totals 342.0 305 188 174 171 296 44 5780 4.50 7.79 1.16 1.39 4.58 Go CUBS !! http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

Last time the CUBS had back to back shutouts....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 74 Sun 06/26 @ Chicago (AL) 2- 0 Prior 75 Tue 06/28 Milwaukee N 2- 0 Zambrano June of 2005.

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Eyre in to pitch for the CUBS Vidro struck out (called) Johnson struck out (called) Anderson 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 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 CUBS 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 5 9 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Marshall (3-1) S: none L: Day (2-4) T: 2:39 A: 39,757 Home runs: CUBS: Bynum (1) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 6.0 1 0 0 4 6 0 100 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Williamson 1,0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14

Johnson struck out (called)

Vidro struck out (called)

Eyre in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Stanton in to pitch for Washington Cedeno grounded out to short, 6-3 Theriot, pinch hitting for Williamson, grounded out to third, 5-3 Pierre grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 CUBS 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 0 Home runs: CUBS: Bynum (1)

Theriot, pinch hitting for Williamson, grounded out to third, 5-3

Cedeno grounded out to short, 6-3

Stanton in to pitch for Washington