Fred Hornkohl

Whatever they're on..... I wish I had some of it !!

Edmonds flied out to left field

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Jones lined a single to right field Murton popped out to second base Blanco grounded into a DP, 5-4-3, Jones out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0

Murton popped out to second base

Jones lined a single to right field

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Eckstein struck out (called) Luna grounded out to third, 5-3 Pujols walked Rolen struck out swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 2 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 14

Pujols walked

Luna grounded out to third, 5-3

Eckstein struck out (called)

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded out to short, 6-3 Cedeno lined a single to left field Walker lined a single to center field, Cedeno to third, Walker out at second, 8-5-4 Ramirez walked Mabry popped out to shortstop 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 2 0 St. Louis . 0 0 0

Ramirez walked

Walker lined a single to center field, Cedeno to third, Walker out at second, 8-5-4

Cedeno lined a single to left field

Pierre grounded out to short, 6-3

Yes, I know..... but after replacing a couple of TV sets, my wife just lost all sense of humor, you know what I mean ?

Think nerf balls, Tinker. :wink:

My condolences, Bruce.

OK, then.... here's some worthless stats of the day for Saturday CUBS are 0-1 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 1-1 on Saturdays CUBS are 3-1 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 5-4 on the road CUBS are 4-3 at night CUBS are 5-2 when they get a quality start CUBS are 7-1 when they score first CUBS are 1-2 when Rusch starts Rusch is 1 of 3 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.00.... pitching to Blanco 4.50 CUBS score 5.43 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.00 HR/G overall.... 2.00 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/03 - 04/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 105 15 27 6 0 6 51 15 2 14 0.257 0.271 0.486 0.757 CUBS overall 480 76 134 23 4 14 207 68 35 85 0.279 0.326 0.431 0.758 Rusch's previous 3 starts..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/05 vs. Cincy 4.0 6 4 4 2 2 2 85 4.50 4.50 4.50 2.00 9.00 04/11 vs. Cincy 5.0 5 4 4 1 4 4 97 1.80 7.20 7.20 1.20 7.20 04/16 vs. Pitts 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 88 1.50 7.50 1.50 1.00 4.50 totals 15.0 16 11 11 4 11 7 270 2.40 6.60 4.20 1.33 6.60 Rusch's starts vs. St. Louis in 2005..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 09/06 vs. St. L 7.7 4 2 2 1 3 0 109 1.17 3.52 0.00 0.65 2.35 09/16 vs. St. L 6.7 7 3 3 2 4 1 106 2.70 5.40 1.35 1.35 4.05 totals vs. St. L 16.3 13 5 5 3 8 1 241 1.65 4.41 0.55 0.98 2.76 overall 145.0 175 79 73 53 111 14 2562 3.29 6.89 0.87 1.57 4.53 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis - Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis - Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N - 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N - 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis - 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N - 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis - 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis - 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis - 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis - 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis - Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Looper in to pitch for St. Louis Ramirez flied out to shallow right center field Barrett blooped a single to center field Bynum lined a single to left field, Barrett to second Murton popped out into a DP, 5-4, Barrett doubled off second 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 St. Louis 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 x 9 10 0 W: Mulder (2-0) S: none L: Williams (0-2) T: 2:35 A: 41,379 Home runs: St. Louis: Pujols (11), Edmonds (3) - CUBS: Barrett (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 1.3 6 7 7 2 0 1 53 Novoa 2.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 32 Aardsma 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 42 Ohman 0.7 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 Williamson 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 03

Bynum lined a single to left field, Barrett to second

Barrett blooped a single to center field

Ramirez flied out to shallow right center field

Gameday & Pat Hughes agreed that it was 3.

Looper in to pitch for St. Louis

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Bynum in at rf for the CUBS Miles walked Taguchi, pinch hitting for Mulder, struck out (called) Eckstein singled to left field, Miles to second Rodriguez flied out to center field, runners hold Williamson (3rd) in to pitch, Mabry (9th) in at 1b for the CUBS Pujols struck out swinging 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 St. Louis 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 10 0 Home runs: St. Louis: Pujols (11), Edmonds (3) - CUBS: Barrett (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 1.3 6 7 7 2 0 1 53 Novoa 2.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 32 Aardsma 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 42 Ohman 0.7 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 Williamson 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 03