Fred Hornkohl

Here's your worthless stats of the day for Sunday........ CUBS are 17-9 on Sundays CUBS are 10-6 vs. St. Louis (2-0 this year) CUBS are 38-38 at night. CUBS are 38-43 at home. CUBS are 11-12 when they've won their previous 2 games CUBS are 26-13 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 53-70 when he doesn't CUBS are 28-21 in games that end a series CUBS are 65-44 when their starter goes at least 6 innings... 14-39 when he doesn't CUBS are 42-64 when the opponent's starter goes at least 6 innings.... 37-19 when he doesn't CUBS are 61-29 when they get a quality start,... 18-54 when they don't CUBS are 29-56 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 50-26 when they don't Sean Marshall is making the first start of his career, so there is no history on him to dredge up. CUBS season series with 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 - Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N - Rusch 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis - Maddux 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis - Zambrano 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 - CUBS offense vs. St. Louis (2006)........... vs. St. L AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 7 3 4 0 0 2 10 2 1 1 0.571 0.625 1.429 2.054 Perez 4 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.750 0.750 1.000 1.750 Barrett 6 1 2 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.833 1.167 Cedeno 7 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.714 1.143 Pierre 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 Murton 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167 0.375 0.167 0.542 Jones 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 Ramirez 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 Blanco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pagan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 total vs. St. L 62 8 16 3 0 3 28 7 7 12 0.258 0.333 0.452 0.785 overall 138 30 41 10 1 7 72 28 14 23 0.297 0.357 0.522 0.879 CUBS pitching vs. St. Louis (2006)......... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 Howry 2.3 1 0 0 0 4 0 36 0.00 15.43 0.00 0.43 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 4.50 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Williamson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Maddux 6.3 4 1 1 2 1 1 87 2.84 1.42 1.42 0.95 1.42 total vs. St. L 18.0 9 3 1 7 13 1 275 3.50 6.50 0.50 0.89 0.50 overall 35.0 29 18 13 23 27 6 625 5.91 6.94 1.54 1.49 3.34 Go CUBS !!

Not to worry.... My son will be at the game Sunday, so everything is under control !!

Derrek started off like a house afire last year. It was '04 when he had his typically slow start.

Considering the source...... why no, not at all !! :wink:

Hey Jacque's OBP is climbing already....... 04/04 - 04/08 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Jones 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0.000 0.133 0.000 0.133

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch (7th), Perez in at ss (2nd) for the CUBS Miles grounded out to first, unassisted Spezio walked Eckstein grounded into a FC, 6-4, Spezio out at second Encarnacion, pinch hitting for Taguchi, popped out to second base 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 x 3 7 3 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Howry (1-0) S: Dempster (1) L: Thompson (1-1) T: 2:36 A: 40,182 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (1), Lee (3) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 Williamson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 06 Howry 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14

Eckstein grounded into a FC, 6-4, Spezio out at second

Spezio walked

Miles grounded out to first, unassisted

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Thompson in to pitch (6th), Spezio in lf (9th) for St Louis Lee homered to left field Ramirez struck out swinging Jones walked Murton walked, Jones to second Cedeno grounded into a FC, 5 unassisted, Jones out at third Barrett grounded into a FC, 6-4, Cedeno out at second 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 3 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (1), Lee (3)

Cedeno grounded into a FC, 5 unassisted, Jones out at third

Murton walked, Jones to second

Who are these guys taking all these pitches out of the strikezone ??????

Jones walked

Ramirez struck out swinging

Lee homered to left field

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Ohman in to pitch (2nd), Hairston in at 2b (9th) for the CUBS Edmonds struck out swinging Howry in to pitch for the CUBS Rolen popped out (foul) to first base Schumaker singled to left center field Molina struck out swinging 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 3 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (1) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 Williamson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 06 Howry 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 18

Schumaker singled to left center field

Rolen popped out (foul) to first base

Howry in to pitch for the CUBS

Edmonds struck out swinging

Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Murton singled to left center field Cededno flied out to center field Barrett, pinch hitting for Blanco, homered to left field, Murton scored Pagan, pinch hitting for Williamson, lined out to right field Flores in to pitch for St Louis Pierre walked Walker popped out to shortstop 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 3 Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (1)

Pierre walked

Pagan, pinch hitting for Williamson, lined out to right field