Fred Hornkohl

CUBS are 12-4 when they score first in the game.... 3-16 when they don't CUBS are 9-2 when they score in the first inning.... 6-18 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Jones singled to center field, Cedeno scored, Ramirez to third

Ramirez singled to center field, Cedeno to third

Walker popped out to shallow center field

Cedeno blooped a single to right field

Pierre flied out to shallow left field

CUBS are 11-8 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-12 when they do Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Roberts struck out swinging Cameron doubled down the left field line Giles grounded out to second, 4-3, Cameron to second Piazza grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 1 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 09

Giles grounded out toi second, 4-3, Cameron to second

Cameron doubled down the left field line

Roberts struck out swinging

Hairston is finally starting to hit. I hope it occurs to Dusty to play him some in right field against lefties.

yep, it's on the Transactions page. OK... should've checked before I posted. Sorry

Roberts, lf Cameron, cf Giles, rf Piazza, c Greene, ss Castilla, 3b Gonzalez, 1b Barfield, 2b Young, p Pierre, cf Cedeno, ss Walker, 1b Ramirez, 3b Jones, rf Hairston, lf Perez, 2b Blanco, c Maddux, p

Don't know if it's been reported yet, but I just heard on WGN that the CUBS have called up Ryu and sent Guzman back down.

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday......... CUBS are 1-4 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-5 vs. San Diego CUBS are 2-1 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-10 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 7-11 in day games CUBS are 8-7 at home CUBS are 11-4 when they get a quality start.... 4-16 when they don't CUBS are 6-16 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 9-4 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 2-15 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 69 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 629 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 120 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 18.8% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.351 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are 10-8 when they get at least 8 hits..... 5-12 when they don't CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't CUBS are 6-5 when they execute a sac bunt.... 9-15 when they don't CUBS are 14-13 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-7 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 10-19 when they don't CUBS are 9-3 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 6-17 when they don't CUBS are 10-6 when the opponent GIDPs.... 5-14 when they don't CUBS are 6-2 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 9-18 when they don't CUBS are 0-7 when the opponent triples.... 15-13 when they don't CUBS are 2-8 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 13-12 when they don't CUBS are 1-8 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 14-12 when they don't CUBS are 4-9 when they hit an opposing batter.... 11-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when Maddux starts Maddux is 5 of 7 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.79.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.00 CUBS score 3.89 R/G overall.... 4.29 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 0.74 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/03 - 05/12 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 228 30 66 12 3 7 105 27 18 23 0.289 0.337 0.461 0.798 CUBS overall 1156 136 287 49 10 26 434 125 94 196 0.248 0.306 0.375 0.681 Maddux's last 5 starts (3-2)..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/17 vs. L.A. 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 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 5 game totals 29.7 35 15 15 4 25 2 424 1.21 7.58 0.61 1.31 4.55 season totals 42.0 42 17 17 8 33 3 597 1.71 7.07 0.64 1.19 3.64 Maddux's start against San Diego last year (1-0)...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/04 vs. S.D. 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 1 89 1.50 6.00 1.50 1.50 4.50 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. 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 - Maddux 37 Sun 05/14 San Diego - Hill CUBS' offense during the last 10 games..... 05/03 - 05/12 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Jones 31 3 11 1 0 2 18 6 2 7 0.355 0.394 0.581 0.975 Barrett 26 1 7 0 1 1 12 1 5 3 0.269 0.387 0.462 0.849 Hairston 20 1 6 2 0 0 8 1 2 5 0.300 0.364 0.400 0.764 Ramirez 45 6 11 4 0 2 21 5 1 4 0.244 0.255 0.467 0.722 Murton 29 5 8 0 0 0 8 0 4 5 0.276 0.382 0.276 0.658 Perez 20 1 6 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 0.300 0.318 0.300 0.618 Cedeno 39 2 11 0 1 0 13 1 0 10 0.282 0.282 0.333 0.615 Pierre 42 2 9 1 1 0 12 0 4 4 0.214 0.283 0.286 0.568 Theriot 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Mabry 16 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0.188 0.278 0.188 0.465 Bynum 15 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 0.133 0.188 0.267 0.454 Walker 31 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 2 5 0.129 0.176 0.161 0.338 Blanco 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.000 0.111 0.000 0.111 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 10 game totals 339 25 81 10 4 5 114 24 26 59 0.239 0.294 0.336 0.630 season totals 1156 136 287 48 10 26 433 125 94 195 0.248 0.306 0.375 0.680 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 05/03 - 05/12 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 15.0 9 1 1 8 16 0 217 4.80 9.60 0.00 1.13 0.60 Ohman 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 92 1.50 10.50 0.00 1.00 1.50 Eyre 4.7 5 1 1 1 4 1 84 1.93 7.71 1.93 1.29 1.93 Williamson 4.7 3 1 1 2 3 0 75 3.86 5.79 0.00 1.07 1.93 Novoa 4.0 5 1 1 3 2 0 82 6.75 4.50 0.00 2.00 2.25 Dempster 3.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 43 3.00 12.00 0.00 1.33 3.00 Howry 5.0 5 3 3 0 2 2 76 0.00 3.60 3.60 1.00 5.40 Rusch 7.3 9 6 5 4 4 0 136 4.91 4.91 0.00 1.77 6.14 Guzman 7.3 8 7 7 9 8 0 187 11.05 9.82 0.00 2.32 8.59 Hill 10.0 14 10 10 5 5 3 167 4.50 4.50 2.70 1.90 9.00 Marshall 9.7 12 10 10 8 8 0 178 7.45 7.45 0.00 2.07 9.31 Maddux 8.7 19 12 12 2 9 2 155 2.08 9.35 2.08 2.42 12.46 10 game totals 85.3 97 54 53 44 72 8 1492 4.64 7.59 0.84 1.65 5.59 season totals 306.0 284 175 163 154 262 42 5241 4.53 7.71 1.24 1.43 4.79 Go CUBS !!!

That makes him 5 for 8 on the season in the #2 spot. He really saved us today! :lol: I'd say he did what was asked of him..... now, if you could say that about Guzman and Rusch....... well, ..... never mind.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Embree in to pitch for San Diego Theriot, pinch hitting for Dempster, walked Pierre doubled to left center field, Theriot to third Perez popped out (foul) to second base, Theriot scored, Pierre to third Cedeno struck out swinging Ramirez popped out (foul) to first base 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0 10 14 0 CUBS 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 11 3 W: Sweeney (2-0) S: none L: Rusch (1-5) T: 3:26 A: 39,245 Home runs: San Diego: Gonalez (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Guzman 3.0 3 2 2 5 4 0 87 Rusch 1,7 7 6 5 1 0 0 40 Williamson 1.3 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 Eyre 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Howry 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17

That makes him 5 for 8 on the season in the #2 spot.

Cedeno struck out swinging

Perez popped out (foul) to second base, Theriot scored

Pierre doubled to left center field, Theriot to third

That's 2 walks on the day for the CUBS. [sigh]

Theriot, pinch hitting for Dempster, walked

Rusch is the pitcher of record.