Fred Hornkohl

Guillen grounded out to third, 5-3

Johnson grounded out to second, 4-3

Seconded. Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/09 - 05/16 27 3 5 3 0 0 8 4 1 2 0.185 0.214 0.296 0.511 yup

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre bunted toward first base for a single Pierre stole second base Murton grounded out to second, 4-3, Pierre to third Walker lined out to second base Barrett grounded to third, safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Pierre scored Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3 1 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Washington 0 0 0 1 CUBS 1 1 1 0

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CUBS are 13-5 when they score first in the game.... 3-17 when they don't CUBS are 9-3 when they score in the first inning.... 7-19 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Barrett grounded to third, safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Pierre scored

Walker lined out to second base

Murton grounded out to second, 4-3, Pierre to third

CUBS are 5-5 when Pierre steals a base.... 11-17 when he dosen't Go CUBS !!

Pierre stole second base

Pierre bunted toward first base for a single

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Soriano grounded out to second, 4-3 Byrd flied out to right center field Vidro lined out to shortstop 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 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Byrd flied out to right center field

Soriano grounded out to second, 4-3

Yeah he has been neifi-esque lately. His average has dipped to .281 and his OBP is probably under .300 by now. Ouch! Fred, how bout some previous 7 day stats for me? Cedeno AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/09 - 05/16 27 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 10 0.148 0.179 0.148 0.327

I don't claim to know what "ace-like" is, or what constitutes "turning the corner", or any of the other cliches & hyperole that one hears from time to time, but here are the numbers. 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 season totals 56.7 46 24 21 35 62 6 987 5.56 9.85 0.95 1.43 3.34 first 6 starts (0-2) 33.7 33 23 20 25 38 6 648 6.68 10.16 1.60 1.72 5.35 last 3 starts (2-0) 23.0 13 1 1 10 24 0 339 3.91 9.39 0.00 1.00 0.39 Personally, I like May Zambrano a whole lot better than April Zambrano.

Just in case anyone was wondering..... the CUBS' magic numbers are: St. Louis 132 Cincinnati 131 Houston 129 Milwaukee 128 Pittsburgh 120

Are we looking at a doubleheader tommorrow ??

Last CUBS winning streak was 24-25 April vs. Florida. [sigh]

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday....... CUBS are 3-3 on Wednesdays CUBS are 1-0 vs. Washington CUBS are 3-7 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 5-10 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 9-9 at night CUBS are 9-9 at home CUBS are 12-5 when they get a quality start.... 4-17 when they don't CUBS are 13-3 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-19 when they don't CUBS are 11-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-18 when they don't CUBS are 13-4 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-15 when they get outhit.... and 1-3 when the hits are even CUBS are 12-16 when Barrett starts.... 4-6 when Blanco starts CUBS are 15-9 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 610 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 111 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 435 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 0.346 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS haven't hit a home run in their last 5 games CUBS have not been caught stealing in their last 14 games CUBS have not GIDP'd in their last 3 games CUBS have committed at least 1 error in each for their last 4 games CUBS hitters have been HBP once in their last 8 games CUBS have not thrown a runner out trying to steal in their last 7 games.... 2 CS in their last 17 games CUBS opponents have committed at least one error in 4 of their last 6 games CUBS pitchers allowed no XHB hits Tuesday night..... 2nd time this season CUBS pitchers have not allowed more than 1 HR in a game in their last 6 games CUBS pitchers have hit 2 batters in their last 10 games CUBS pitchers have 1 shutout on the season.... 2nd time they've allowed no earned runs. CUBS are 5-2 when Marshall starts Marshall is 3 of 7 in quality starts Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.93.... Marshal has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 3.76 R/G overall.... 4.71 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.68 HR/G overall.... 0.43 HR/G when Marshall pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/03 - 05/16 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 235 33 68 7 4 3 92 29 19 44 0.289 0.345 0.391 0.736 CUBS overall 1250 143 305 55 10 26 458 131 102 206 0.244 0.302 0.366 0.669 Marshall's last 5 starts (1-1)..... Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 5 game totals 29.0 20 13 13 14 24 1 450 4.34 7.45 0.31 1.17 4.03 season totals 38.3 29 21 21 16 28 3 594 3.76 6.57 0.70 1.17 4.93 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 - 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 vs. Washington last year..... vs. Wash AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Hollandsworth 13 1 4 2 0 1 9 2 2 4 0.308 0.400 0.692 1.092 Macias 9 0 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 0.444 0.444 0.556 1.000 Lee 26 4 7 0 2 2 17 2 1 5 0.269 0.296 0.654 0.950 Hairston 15 2 4 1 0 1 8 1 1 1 0.267 0.353 0.533 0.886 Dubois 12 2 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 3 0.333 0.385 0.500 0.885 Ramirez 18 3 4 0 0 2 10 4 1 1 0.222 0.263 0.556 0.819 Burnitz 23 6 7 2 0 0 9 1 3 2 0.304 0.385 0.391 0.776 Barrett 16 1 5 0 0 0 5 3 2 2 0.313 0.389 0.313 0.701 Patterson 23 1 5 1 1 0 8 2 1 8 0.217 0.250 0.348 0.598 Blanco 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Cedeno 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Fontenot 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Grieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Walker 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.154 0.214 0.154 0.368 Perez 26 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 0.115 0.179 0.115 0.294 totals vs. Wash 218 22 56 10 3 6 90 19 15 38 0.257 0.314 0.413 0.726 season totals 5585 704 1505 313 23 190 2434 676 417 910 0.269 0.324 0.436 0.759 CUBS' pitchers vs. Washington last year...... vs. Wash IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 4.3 0 0 0 0 8 0 62 0.00 16.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 3.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 40 3.00 15.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Hawkins 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 26 3.86 0.00 0.00 1.29 0.00 Wellemeyer 2.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 34 4.50 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Novoa 2.0 3 0 0 4 4 0 61 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.50 0.00 Bartosh 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mitre 2.3 2 1 1 2 1 1 38 7.71 3.86 3.86 1.71 3.86 Rusch 7.0 11 5 4 3 4 0 144 3.86 5.14 0.00 2.00 5.14 Williams 7.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 88 1.29 3.86 1.29 0.86 5.14 Zambrano 10.3 10 6 6 3 11 0 185 2.61 9.58 0.00 1.26 5.23 Prior 5.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 82 0.00 12.60 1.80 1.20 5.40 Maddux 5.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 68 1.80 3.60 1.80 1.60 7.20 Remlinger 0.7 2 1 1 2 0 0 30 27.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 13.50 totals vs. Wash 55.0 49 25 23 19 48 4 901 3.11 7.85 0.65 1.24 3.76 season totals 1439.3 1357 714 671 576 1255 186 23680 3.60 7.85 1.16 1.34 4.20 Go CUBS !!!

These game threads are so much more fun when the CUBS win...... let's resolve to do this more often, eh?

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Guillen flied out to left center field Church struck out (called) Zimmerman 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 Washnington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 CUBS 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 x 4 9 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (2-2) S: none L: Hernandez (1-5) T: 2:33 A: 39,298 Home runs: none pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09

Church struck out (called)

Guillen flied out to left center field