Fred Hornkohl

Walker flied out to left center field

Dick Ellsworth ? 1963. Anything later? I don't think so. Not really sure

Dick Ellsworth ?

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Cota singled to center field Snell sacrificed, 5-4, Cota to second McLouth struck out swinging J Wilson flied out to right 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 3 0 0 3 3 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rusch 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 45

McLouth struck out swinging

Snell sacrificed, 5-4, Cota to second

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Pierre popped out to shortstop Bynum bunted out to the catcher, 2-3 Lee grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 3 0 0 3 3 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1)

Bynum bunted out to the catcher, 2-3

Pierre popped out to shortstop

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Sanchez struck out swinging Burnitz popped out to shortstop Castillo grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 3 0 3 3 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rusch 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 30

Burnitz popped out to shortstop

Sanchez struck out swinging

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Cedeno flied out to the wall in left field Blanco flied out to left field Rusch 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 3 0 3 3 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1)

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING McLouth grounded out to second, 4-3 J Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 Bay walked C Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 3 3 3 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre lined a single to left field Bynum flied out to left field Pierre stole second base Lee grounded out to short, 6-3, Pierre holding second Ramirez singled to left field, Pierre scored Walker homered to right center field, Ramirez scored Murton grounded out to short, 6-3 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 3 3 3 0 Pittsburgh . 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (1)

I believe Dusty said that, with Barrett out, he wanted Walker's power in the 5th spot to backup Lee & Ramirez.

Pierre lined a single to left field

Jones is being held out until we hit Los Angeles, and Mabry is still hurting. He may be available to pinch hit today, but that's it. Jeez we're screwed. We have neifi and barrett and hairston to pinch hit and that's it. (if mabry can't) Good thing Rusch is a pretty good hitter, eh?

Jones is being held out until we hit Los Angeles, and Mabry is still hurting. He may be available to pinch hit today, but that's it.

It will be announced after the game, but it will be a pitcher, according to Santo. Why would it be announced after the game if the pitcher is allowed to pitch in the game? The CUBS AAA team is currently in Round Rock, TX. They couldn't have gotten a player up to the 'Burgh in time to get rested and still be able to play today, so they didn't even try. Perhaps they aren't announcing the player yet because they haven't made up their mind yet. I don't know.

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Worthless stats of the day for Sunday....... CUBS are 17-9 on Sundays CUBS are 11-5 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 41-44 in the day time. CUBS are 41-39 on the road. CUBS are 28-21 in games that end a series CUBS are 39-43 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 65-44 when their starter goes at least 6 innings... 14-39 when he doesn't CUBS are 49-19 when they score first,.... 30-63 when they don't CUBS are 36-18 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 43-64 when they don't CUBS are 10-9 when Rusch starts Rusch is 9 of 19 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.36.... pitching to Blanco 4.05 CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.63 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.11 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch last year...... 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 625 69 155 33 3 21 257 64 55 102 0.248 0.311 0.411 0.722 CUBS overall 5585 703 1506 322 23 194 2456 674 419 920 0.270 0.324 0.440 0.764 Rusch had one start (no decision) against Pittsburgh last year..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/18 vs. Pitts 6.0 4 2 2 6 7 0 99 9.00 10.50 0.00 1.67 3.00 Rusch's two starts (0-2) so far this year...... 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 season totals 9.0 11 8 8 3 6 6 182 3.00 6.00 6.00 1.56 8.00 The season series with Pittsburgh...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 9 Fri 04/14 @ Pittsburgh N 11- 6 Marshall 10 Sat 04/15 @ Pittsburgh N 1- 2 Williams 11 Sun 04/16 @ Pittsburgh - Rusch 24 Mon 05/01 Pittsburgh N - 25 Tue 05/02 Pittsburgh - 109 Fri 08/04 Pittsburgh - 110 Sat 08/05 Pittsburgh - 111 Sun 08/06 Pittsburgh - 131 Mon 08/28 @ Pittsburgh N - 132 Tue 08/29 @ Pittsburgh N - 133 Wed 08/30 @ Pittsburgh - 137 Mon 09/04 Pittsburgh - 138 Tue 09/05 Pittsburgh N - 139 Wed 09/06 Pittsburgh N - 140 Thu 09/07 Pittsburgh - CUBS' offense vs. Pittsburgh....... vs. Pittsburgh AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 6 3 4 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0.667 0.667 1.000 1.667 Murton 8 2 4 2 1 0 8 4 1 2 0.500 0.556 1.000 1.556 Mabry 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Lee 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.429 0.444 0.429 0.873 Hairston 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Ramirez 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.143 0.333 0.286 0.619 Pagan 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Cedeno 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.222 0.222 0.222 0.444 Barrett 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 Pierre 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 Bynum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Pitts 72 12 21 3 2 0 28 10 6 13 0.292 0.350 0.389 0.739 overall 343 59 99 19 4 11 159 52 29 58 0.289 0.342 0.464 0.806 CUBS' pitching vs. Pittsburgh..... vs. Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 32 9.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Williamson 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Willliams 6.0 4 2 1 4 3 0 94 6.00 4.50 0.00 1.33 1.50 Marshall 5.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 79 1.80 3.60 1.80 1.20 7.20 Wuertz 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 2 15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 totals vs. Pitts 17.0 13 8 7 7 9 3 273 3.71 4.76 1.59 1.18 3.71 overall 88.0 72 48 41 45 68 19 1480 4.60 6.95 1.94 1.33 4.19 Go CUBS !!

It will be announced after the game, but it will be a pitcher, according to Santo.

Day after a night game. Sucks, no big suprise. Ah, good call. I didn't even think of that. And I'll bet nobody thought of Barrett going 1 for 8 the last two nights, either.

When Neifi's "on", he's as good an option as you've got, even for the top of the order. Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/01 - 05/15 50 4 7 2 0 1 12 2 2 5 0.140 0.170 0.240 0.410 06/06 - 07/09 121 8 18 3 0 0 21 4 3 14 0.149 0.175 0.174 0.348 09/08 - 10/02 90 6 19 4 0 0 23 5 3 6 0.211 0.234 0.256 0.490 Overall 261 18 44 9 0 1 56 11 8 25 0.169 0.194 0.215 0.409 But when he's off, he's not even a good option to run down to the 7-11 for more toothpicks !!