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Barrett struck out swinging, Ramirez stole second

Ramirez singled to center field

Lee struck out swinging

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Lowe lined out to first base Furcal flied out to left center field Lofton doubled to the left field corner Drew flied out to center field 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 53

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Ledee grounded out to second, 4-3 Mueller walked Mueller thrown out trying to steal, 2-6 Loney hit by pitch Navarro flied out to right center field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Zambrano struck out swinging Pierre struck out (called) Walker 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 CUBS 0 0 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 40

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Barrett popped out to second base Jones doubled down the right field line Murton grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3, Jones to third Perez 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 CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0

Murton grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3, Jones to third

Jones doubled down the right field line

Barrett popped out to second base

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Furcal grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Lofton flied out to left field Drew walked Kent lined out to right 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 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23

Drew walked

Lofton flied out to left field

Furcal grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre flied out to left field Walker struck out swinging Lee walked Lee stole second base Ramirez grounded out to first, 3-1 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 0 0 Los Angeles . 0 0 0

Lee stole second base

Lee walked

Walker struck out swinging

Pierre flied out to left field

If Neifi's in it, I'll take a stab at him! Oh I'm too funny. Don't quit your day job, eh? :wink: My lineup guess........... Pierre Walker Lee Ramirez Barrett Jones Murton Cedeno Zambrano Nothing exotic, no surprises.

I can't wait another 4 hours. Let's start the game now !!

I had Maddux down for 86 pitches in the second game (got the numbers from ESPN, I think)...... but like you said, consistency is a beautiful thing !! Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/07 vs. St. L 6.3 4 1 1 2 1 1 87 2.84 1.42 1.42 0.95 1.42 04/12 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 86 3.00 10.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/17 vs. L.A. 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 totals 20.3 10 3 3 4 14 1 260 1.77 6.20 0.44 0.69 1.33

04/03 - 04/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 8.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 121 3.38 5.63 0.00 0.63 0.00 Eyre 6.7 2 1 0 5 5 0 107 6.75 6.75 0.00 1.05 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 5.40 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.00 Williamson 6.3 4 2 1 3 9 0 95 4.26 12.79 0.00 1.11 1.42 Howry 5.7 4 1 1 1 5 1 90 1.59 7.94 1.59 0.88 1.59 Willliams 5.0 5 3 2 5 2 1 86 9.00 3.60 1.80 2.00 3.60 Wuertz 2.7 5 2 2 1 3 2 65 3.38 10.13 6.75 2.25 6.75 Ohman 2.7 5 7 7 2 3 2 44 6.75 10.13 6.75 2.63 23.63 totals 38.7 28 16 13 21 32 6 624 4.89 7.45 1.40 1.27 3.03 This is one very formidable bullpen crew !! It goes a long way to explaining why the CUBS have outscored their opponents 20-6 in the 7-8-9th innings combined.

CUBS have been getting early leads this year. They've scored in the first inning in 7 of their 12 games so far. A trend that I hope will continue for a good long while !!

The Dow Jones has him fired up :) Indeed !! Dow Jones closed up 195 pts !!! 19 of my 20 stocks closed up at least 1%..... then there's Krispy Kreme ..... off 0.25. Look's like that new CEO isn't such a hotshot afterall. Oh well. Hell, even Tribune Co closed up 0.04 !! Only thing that could top off a day like this is a shutout by Zambrano !!! Go CUBS !!

Here are some worthless stats of the day for Tuesday........ CUBS are 15-9 on Tuesdays CUBS are 4-2 vs. Los Angeles CUBS are 38-38 at night. CUBS are 41-39 on the road. CUBS are 11-12 when they've won their previous 2 games CUBS are 26-9 when they score in the first inning,... 53-74 when they don't CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-43 when they do CUBS are 50-22 when they make at least 10 hits, 28-60 when they don't. CUBS are 36-18 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 43-64 when they don't CUBS are 20-13 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 22 of 33 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.27.... pitching to Blanco 3.47 CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 4.79 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 0.94 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano....... 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS overall 5585 703 1506 322 23 194 2456 674 419 920 0.270 0.324 0.440 0.764 CUBS w/Zambrano 1163 158 328 76 9 32 518 153 82 192 0.282 0.333 0.445 0.778 Zambrano's last three starts (0-1)..... 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 overall 16.7 15 12 9 12 18 4 319 6.48 9.72 2.16 1.62 4.86 Zambrano vs. Los Angeles last year (no decision)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/31 vs. L.A. 8.0 1 1 0 2 9 0 124 2.25 10.13 0.00 0.38 0.00 CUBS' season series vs. Los Angeles...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 12 Mon 04/17 @ Los Angeles N 4- 1 Maddux 13 Tue 04/18 @ Los Angeles N - Zambrano 14 Wed 04/19 @ Los Angeles N - Marshall 145 Tue 09/12 Los Angeles N - 146 Wed 09/13 Los Angeles N - 147 Thu 09/14 Los Angeles - CUBS' offense this season........ 04/03 - 04/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 9 2 5 0 0 1 8 2 0 1 0.556 0.556 0.889 1.444 Walker 33 9 15 2 1 2 25 8 2 2 0.455 0.472 0.758 1.230 Lee 38 10 12 4 0 3 25 10 11 5 0.316 0.451 0.658 1.109 Barrett 38 7 12 2 0 3 23 14 2 3 0.316 0.341 0.605 0.947 Murton 44 8 13 2 1 2 23 9 5 6 0.295 0.367 0.523 0.890 Cedeno 44 4 16 5 1 0 23 3 0 5 0.364 0.364 0.523 0.886 Hairston 16 4 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 4 0.375 0.412 0.438 0.849 Ramirez 37 6 7 1 0 2 14 5 5 5 0.189 0.302 0.378 0.681 Pierre 50 9 13 1 1 0 16 2 2 4 0.260 0.288 0.320 0.608 Pagan 19 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 0.263 0.263 0.316 0.579 Perez 16 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.313 0.563 Jones 22 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 3 7 0.091 0.192 0.227 0.420 Blanco 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 Bynum 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 totals 410 70 116 21 4 14 187 62 32 66 0.283 0.333 0.456 0.789 CUBS' pitchers this season..... 04/03 - 04/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 8.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 121 3.38 5.63 0.00 0.63 0.00 Eyre 6.7 2 1 0 5 5 0 107 6.75 6.75 0.00 1.05 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 5.40 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.00 Maddux 20.3 10 3 3 4 14 1 260 1.77 6.20 0.44 0.69 1.33 Williamson 6.3 4 2 1 3 9 0 95 4.26 12.79 0.00 1.11 1.42 Howry 5.7 4 1 1 1 5 1 90 1.59 7.94 1.59 0.88 1.59 Willliams 11.0 9 5 3 9 5 1 180 7.36 4.09 0.82 1.64 2.45 Zambrano 16.7 15 12 9 12 18 4 319 6.48 9.72 2.16 1.62 4.86 Rusch 15.0 16 11 11 4 11 7 270 2.40 6.60 4.20 1.33 6.60 Wuertz 2.7 5 2 2 1 3 2 65 3.38 10.13 6.75 2.25 6.75 Marshall 9.3 9 8 8 2 4 2 144 1.93 3.86 1.93 1.18 7.71 Ohman 2.7 5 7 7 2 3 2 44 6.75 10.13 6.75 2.63 23.63 totals 106.0 82 52 45 47 82 20 1711 3.99 6.96 1.70 1.22 3.82 CUBS have outscored the opponents 15-6 in the first inning CUBS have outscored the opponents 8-0 in the ninth inning CUBS are 6-1 when they don't give up a run in the first inning CUBS are 6-1 when they throw fewer than 17 pitches per inning CUBS are 8-0 when the opponent's starter throws less than 6-1/3 inning CUBS #1 & #2 hitters have scored 27 of the teams' 70 runs (38.7%) CUBS are 7-1 when one of Zambrano, Maddux, or Marshall start the game CUBS are 6-0 when they lead after 6 innings CUBS are on a pace to score 945 runs and win 108 games Michael Barrett is on a pace to drive in 189 runs Ronny Cedeno is on a pace to make 216 hits. Barrett & Lee are on a pace to hit 41 HRs Derrek Lee is on a pace to draw 149 walks Todd Walker is on a pace to strike out 27 times Greg Maddux is on a pace to win 32 games :shock: Go CUBS !!