Fred Hornkohl

Piazza blooped a single to right field, Roberts scored, Giles to third

Giles walked

CUBS are 4-8 when they hit an opposing batter.... 11-11 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Cameron flied out to deep right field, Roberts to third

Roberts stole second base

Roberts hit by pitch

Here's the Padres' lineup: Roberts, LF Cameron, CF Giles, RF Piazza, C Greene, SS Castilla, 3B Gonzalez, 1B Barfield, 2B Williams, P

Yeah, point well taken. I was just thinking about lunch myself. :wink:

Yes, it is. 04/03 - 05/11 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 1122 131 276 44 10 26 418 120 92 186 0.246 0.304 0.373 0.677

I suspect that Jones is sitting today because of his groin. Either it's bothering him, or Dusty is just being a little cautious due to the rain. Or the crowd. Don't look now, CiNY, but suddenly Mr Jones is the 3rd best hitter on your team, and #1 is on the shelf. 04/03 - 05/11 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 44 11 14 4 0 3 27 10 12 7 0.318 0.448 0.614 1.062 Barrett 89 11 26 4 1 5 47 19 10 9 0.292 0.366 0.528 0.894 Jones 95 10 25 4 0 6 47 16 5 22 0.263 0.304 0.495 0.799 Walker 105 12 31 4 1 2 43 14 12 13 0.295 0.364 0.410 0.774 Murton 108 15 30 4 1 2 42 17 15 18 0.278 0.371 0.389 0.760 Cedeno 120 9 36 6 3 1 51 9 4 17 0.300 0.323 0.425 0.748 Ramirez 119 19 26 6 0 6 50 14 13 11 0.218 0.299 0.420 0.719

I suspect that Jones is sitting today because of his groin. Either it's bothering him, or Dusty is just being a little cautious due to the rain.

Worthless stats of the day for Friday.......... CUBS are 3-2 on Fridays CUBS are 0-4 vs. San Diego CUBS are 6-3 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-9 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 7-5 in games that start a series CUBS are 2-0 in games that open a home stand CUBS are 7-10 in day games CUBS are 8-6 at home CUBS are 12-4 when they score first in the game.... 3-15 when they don't CUBS are 9-1 when they score in the first inning.... 6-18 when they don't CUBS are 11-8 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-11 when they do CUBS are 12-2 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-17 when they don't CUBS are 10-5 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-15 when they don't CUBS are 1-0 when Neifi Perez bats second CUBS are on a pace to win 71 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 624 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 124 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 438 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to commit 86 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year CUBS are 14-11 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't CUBS are 9-3 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 6-16 when they don't CUBS are 0-3 when Guzman starts Guzman is 0 of 3 in quality starts Guzman's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.10.... pitching to Blanco it's 5.40 CUBS score 3.73 R/G overall.... 2.67 R/G when Guzman pitches CUBS hit 0.76 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Guzman pitches CUBS' offensive support of Guzman..... 04/03 - 05/11 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Guzman 93 8 17 2 0 2 25 7 8 16 0.183 0.262 0.269 0.531 CUBS overall 1122 131 276 44 10 26 418 120 92 187 0.246 0.304 0.373 0.677 Guzman's last 3 starts (0-2)..... Guzman IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/26 vs. Flor 5.0 6 3 3 4 5 1 87 7.20 9.00 1.80 2.00 5.40 05/02 vs. Pitts 5.7 6 6 4 3 7 1 104 4.76 11.12 1.59 1.59 6.35 05/07 vs. S.D. 4.3 5 5 5 4 4 0 100 8.31 8.31 0.00 2.08 10.38 overall 15.0 17 14 12 11 16 2 291 6.60 9.60 1.20 1.87 7.20 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 - Guzman 36 Sat 05/13 San Diego - Maddux 37 Sun 05/14 San Diego - Hill CUBS' offense vs. San Diego..... vs. S.D. AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500 0.667 0.500 1.167 Ramirez 20 3 6 1 0 2 13 3 1 1 0.300 0.318 0.650 0.968 Cedeno 13 0 5 0 1 0 7 1 0 2 0.385 0.385 0.538 0.923 Jones 16 1 5 0 0 1 8 2 1 4 0.313 0.353 0.500 0.853 Murton 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0.273 0.385 0.273 0.657 Walker 12 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.250 0.308 0.333 0.641 Barrett 15 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 0.200 0.294 0.333 0.627 Hairston 13 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.231 0.286 0.231 0.516 Perez 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Pierre 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.056 0.105 0.056 0.161 Bynum 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Restovich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals va. S.D. 141 7 31 2 2 3 46 7 10 22 0.220 0.275 0.326 0.601 season totals 1122 131 276 44 10 26 418 120 92 186 0.246 0.304 0.373 0.677 CUBS' pitchers vs. San Diego...... vs. S.D. IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 3.7 2 0 0 3 3 0 70 7.36 7.36 0.00 1.36 0.00 Ohman 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 35 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Eyre 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 0.00 10.80 0.00 0.60 0.00 Marshall 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 90 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Howry 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 37 0.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00 Novoa 1.7 3 1 1 2 1 0 51 10.80 5.40 0.00 3.00 5.40 Williamson 1.3 1 1 1 2 1 0 30 13.50 6.75 0.00 2.25 6.75 Dempster 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 Guzman 4.3 5 5 5 4 4 0 100 8.31 8.31 0.00 2.08 10.38 Maddux 3.7 9 7 7 2 4 1 70 4.91 9.82 2.45 3.00 17.18 totals vs. S.D. 35.3 35 17 17 19 34 2 638 4.84 8.66 0.51 1.53 4.33 season totals 297.0 270 165 154 147 254 41 5053 4.45 7.70 1.24 1.40 4.67 Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Accardo in to pitch for San Francisco Ramirez singled to center field Mabry grounded out to third, 5-3, Ramirez to second Ohman grounded an IF single to third, Ramirez to third on a throwing error, E5 Blanco flied out to left center field, Ramirez scored Hairston singled to right field, Ohman to third Bynum struck out swinging 1 runs, 3 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 8 0 San Francisco 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 x 9 11 1 W: Wright (3-3) S: none L: Marshall (2-1) T: 2:36 A: 38,132 Home runs: none pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 3.7 9 9 9 5 2 0 88 Novoa 2.3 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 Williamson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09

Hairston singled to right field, Ohman to third

Blanco flied out to left center field, Ramirez scored

Ohman grounded an IF single to third, Ramirez to third on a throwing error, E5

Mabry grounded out to third, 5-3, Ramirez to second

Ramirez singled to center field

Accardo in to pitch for San Francisco

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Vizquel flied out to the wall in left field Niekro struck out swinging Bonds flied out to left center field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 San Francisco 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 11 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 3.7 9 9 9 5 2 0 88 Novoa 2.3 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 Williamson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09

Niekro struck out swinging

Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Vizquel flied out to the wall in left field

CUBS are 0-4 when they trail by 7 or more runs after 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Hairston doubled off the third base bag Bynum tripled to left field, Hairston scored Cedeno grounded out to second, 4-3, Bynum scored Kline in to pitch for San Francisco Pierre grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Theriot flied out to right center field 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 San Francisco 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 11 0

Kline in to pitch for San Francisco