Fred Hornkohl

Giles walked

Cameron struck out swinging

Young flied out to left field

And PIAZZA and his weenie arm was behind the dish. Right !! I didn't mention Piazza by name.... but he's what I was talking about !!

It just sunk into my thick cranium a while ago..... the CUBS had 10 men reach base yesterday, and only 1 SB. That was Maddux, who did it by surprising the Padres, and no pitch was even thrown. What the heck are they thinking ???

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday...... CUBS are 3-2 on Sundays CUBS are 0-6 vs. San Diego CUBS are 0-2 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-11 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 4-8 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-12 in day games CUBS are 8-8 at home CUBS are 6-16 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 13-5 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 2-16 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 68 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 626 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 117 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 18.7% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.350 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are 0-2 when Hill starts Hill is 0 of 2 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.50.... pitching to Blanco it's 11.25 CUBS score 3.86 R/G overall.... 0.50 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.72 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/03 - 05/13 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 65 1 13 0 1 1 18 1 4 17 0.200 0.246 0.277 0.523 CUBS overall 1189 139 294 50 10 26 442 127 97 202 0.247 0.305 0.372 0.677 Hill's previous starts (0-2)..... 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 overall 10.0 14 10 10 5 5 3 167 4.50 4.50 2.70 1.90 9.00 CUBS' season series vs. San Diego ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 28 Fri 05/05 @ San Diego N 0- 1 Zambrano 29 Sat 05/06 @ San Diego N 1- 2 Marshall 30 Sun 05/07 @ San Diego 3- 6 Guzman 31 Mon 05/08 @ San Diego N 3- 8 Maddux 35 Fri 05/12 San Diego 5-10 Guzman 36 Sat 05/13 San Diego 3- 4 Maddux 37 Sun 05/14 San Diego - Hill CUBS' offense during the last 7 games..... 05/04 - 05/13 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Jones 32 3 11 1 0 2 18 7 1 7 0.344 0.364 0.563 0.926 Barrett 24 1 6 0 1 1 11 1 3 3 0.250 0.333 0.458 0.792 Hairston 23 1 7 2 0 0 9 2 2 5 0.304 0.360 0.391 0.751 Ramirez 44 6 11 3 0 2 20 5 2 4 0.250 0.277 0.455 0.731 Murton 25 5 7 0 0 0 7 0 4 5 0.280 0.400 0.280 0.680 Perez 20 2 6 1 0 0 7 3 1 1 0.300 0.318 0.350 0.668 Cedeno 38 3 9 0 1 0 11 1 0 12 0.237 0.237 0.289 0.526 Theriot 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Pierre 43 2 8 1 1 0 11 0 3 4 0.186 0.239 0.256 0.495 Bynum 14 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 0.143 0.200 0.286 0.486 Mabry 16 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0.188 0.278 0.188 0.465 Walker 29 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 3 4 0.138 0.212 0.172 0.385 Blanco 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.077 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 7 game totals 339 27 78 10 4 5 111 25 23 62 0.230 0.280 0.327 0.607 season totals 1189 139 294 49 10 26 441 127 97 201 0.247 0.305 0.371 0.676 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 05/07 - 05/13 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 Williamson 2.3 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 0.00 7.71 0.00 0.43 0.00 Zambrano 8.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 110 5.63 6.75 0.00 1.25 1.13 Novoa 2.7 4 1 1 3 2 0 59 10.13 6.75 0.00 2.63 3.38 Eyre 2.7 4 1 1 1 1 1 48 3.38 3.38 3.38 1.88 3.38 Maddux 11.0 13 8 7 3 7 1 143 2.45 5.73 0.82 1.45 5.73 Hill 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 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 Howry 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 30 0.00 4.50 4.50 1.50 9.00 Dempster 4.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 63 2.25 11.25 2.25 1.75 9.00 Marshall 3.7 9 9 9 5 2 0 88 12.27 4.91 0.00 3.82 22.09 7 game totals 59.0 73 44 42 34 46 5 1025 5.19 7.02 0.76 1.81 6.41 season totals 315.0 291 179 166 155 266 43 5340 4.43 7.60 1.23 1.42 4.74 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ thru 13 May BDI LOB PCT Restovich 1 02 0.333 Lee 7 17 0.292 Walker 13 33 0.283 Barrett 14 38 0.269 Murton 15 46 0.246 Perez 6 19 0.240 Jones 11 38 0.224 Cedeno 8 42 0.160 Ramirez 9 52 0.148 Blanco 2 12 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Bynum 2 14 0.125 Pagan 1 08 0.111 Mabry 2 21 0.087 Pierre 2 39 0.049 Theriot 0 00 0.000 Team 101 438 0.187 Go CUBS !!!

CUBS are gonna square off against the Padres one more time. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/454535.jpg Hensley (1-2) 4.73 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/448179.jpg Hill (0-2) 9.00 It's time to stop the bleeding !! Go CUBS !!

On second thought, when we aren't playing San Diego, we're a .500 team...... oh, never mind !!

Shoot..... we'd have to get a whole lot better to be mediocre !!

30 May 2005 in Los Angeles. Maddux started that game, and the CUBS ended up winning, 5-3.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Hoffman in to pitch for San Diego Mabry, pinch hitting for Dempster, grounded out to third, 5-3 Pierre popped out to second base Cedeno 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 San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 2 CUBS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 W: Meredith (1-0) S: Hoffman (7) L: Dempster (0-1) T: 2:17 A: 40,095 Home runs: San Diego: Piazza (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 7.3 4 1 0 1 3 0 73 Eyre 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 Dempster 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1 20

Pierre popped out to second base

Mabry, pinch hitting for Dempster, grounded out to third, 5-3

Don't know off hand. That one would take a while to look up.

Hoffman in to pitch for San Diego

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Cameron blooped a single to shallow center field Giles singled to right field, Cameron to third Piazza homered to left field, Cameron & Giles scored Greene popped out to second base Castilla struck out swinging Gonzalez popped out (foul) to third base 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 2 CUBS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 1 Home runs: San Diego: Piazza (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 7.3 4 1 0 1 3 0 73 Eyre 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 Dempster 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1 20

Castilla struck out swinging

Greene popped out to second base

Piazza homered to left field, Cameron & Giles scored

Giles singled to right field, Cameron to third

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Cameron blooped a single to shallow center field

CUBS are 15-0 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Meredith in to pitch for San Diego Jones grounded an IF single to shortstop Jones took second base on an errant pickoff throw, E1 Hairston sacrificed, 2-4, Jones to third Perez lined out to first base, Jones holding third Blanco struck out swinging 0 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 CUBS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 1

Blanco has driven in 2 of 12 baserunners this year (0.167) Go CUBS !!

Perez lined out to first base, Jones holding third