Fred Hornkohl

CUBS are 14-15 (.483) when they score 4 runs or more.... 5-15 (.250) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 4-2 (.667) when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 15-28 (.349) when they don't Go CUBS !!

Samardzija with a nifty 59 pitches through 5 innings. CUBS are 11-6 (.647) when their pitchers average 14 pitches per inning or less.... 8-24 (.250) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 14-16 (.467) when they hit at least 1 HR.... 5-14 (.263) when they don't Go CUBS !!

More RH outfielders. If you have no choice but to start Borbon and Sweeney vs. lefties, something is wrong. Wait.... are you saying we have to get more "right handed" ????

CUBS are 15-17 (.469) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 4-13 (.235) when they do Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 13-10 (.565) when they score first in the game.... 6-20 (.231) when they don't CUBS are 9-11 (.450) when they score in the first inning.... 10-19 (.345) when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 10-10 (.500) when they steal a base.... 9-20 (.310) when they don't Go CUBS !!

Tonight's lineup........... Borbon, cf Castro, ss Rizzo, 1b Soriano, lf Hairston, dh Castillo, c Ransom, 3b Sweeney, rf Barney, 2b Samardzija pitching.

CUBS are 41-49 (0.456) vs. white sox CUBS are 19-26 (0.422) vs. white sox on the road CUBS are 4-8 (0.333) vs. white sox in May CUBS are 1-2 (0.333) vs. white sox in May on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. white sox on Mon in May CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. white sox on Mon in May on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. white sox on 27 May CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. white sox on 27 May on the road CUBS vs. white sox in May............ Gam# Date Opponent Score 039 Fri 05/20/2005 white sox 1- 5 040 Sat 05/21/2005 white sox 3- 5 041 Sun 05/22/2005 white sox 4- 3 041 Fri 05/19/2006 @ white sox 1- 6 042 Sat 05/20/2006 @ white sox 0- 7 043 Sun 05/21/2006 @ white sox 7- 4 040 Fri 05/18/2007 white sox 6- 3 041 Sat 05/19/2007 white sox 11- 6 042 Sun 05/20/2007 white sox 6-10 039 Fri 05/18/2012 white sox 2- 3 040 Sat 05/19/2012 white sox N 4- 7 041 Sun 05/20/2012 white sox 0- 6 050 Mon 05/27/2013 @ white sox N 051 Tue 05/28/2013 @ white sox N 052 Wed 05/29/2013 white sox 053 Thu 05/30/2013 white sox Go CUBS !! did I mention that I really, really hate the white sox ??

CUBS are now 2-24 (.077) when they trail at the end of the 7th inning.... 17-6 (.739) when they don't Go CUBS !!

Who'da thunk it ? :shock:

That "other" standings............. Team W L Pct GB Miami 13 36 0.265 --- Houston 14 35 0.286 1.0 CUBS 18 30 0.375 5.5 NY Mets 19 29 0.396 6.5 Milwaukee 19 28 0.404 7.0 Toronto 20 29 0.408 7.0 Seattle 20 29 0.408 7.0 Minnesota 19 27 0.413 7.5 LA Dodgers 20 27 0.426 8.0 Pittsburgh 30 39 0.435 7.0 LA Angels 22 27 0.449 9.0 Kansas City 21 25 0.457 9.5 San Diego 22 26 0.458 9.5 white sox 23 24 0.489 11.0 Philadelphia 24 25 0.490 11.0 Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 10-8 (0.556) vs. Cincinnati on 26 May ..... Gam# Date Opponent Score 009 Sat 05/26/1877 @ Cincinnati 12- 7 033 Sun 05/26/1907 @ Cincinnati 3- 9 036 Fri 05/26/1916 @ Cincinnati 4- 5 033 Fri 05/26/1922 @ Cincinnati 5- 2 034 Fri 05/26/1922 @ Cincinnati 1- 2 033 Sat 05/26/1923 Cincinnati 5- 4 033 Thu 05/26/1927 Cincinnati 11- 2 032 Sun 05/26/1929 Cincinnati 5- 1 038 Mon 05/26/1930 Cincinnati 2- 6 029 Tue 05/26/1931 @ Cincinnati 7- 2 030 Tue 05/26/1931 @ Cincinnati 9- 6 034 Tue 05/26/1936 Cincinnati 10- 4 042 Sat 05/26/1962 @ Cincinnati 6-11 044 Sat 05/26/1973 @ Cincinnati 2- 0 043 Sat 05/26/1984 Cincinnati 6- 7 042 Mon 05/26/1986 Cincinnati 9- 6 044 Tue 05/26/1987 @ Cincinnati N 2- 3 045 Fri 05/26/1989 Cincinnati 8-10 049 Sun 05/26/2013 @ Cincinnati Go CUBS !!

Today's lineup............ DeJesus, cf Castro, ss Rizzo, 1b Soriano, lf Schierholtz, rf Castillo, c Valbuena, 3b Barney, 2b T Wood, p Dale Sveum has used this lineup 10 times (4-6) always against right handers............ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .14 Thu 04/18 Texas 6- 2 Villanueva Ogando .15 Fri 04/19 @ Milwaukee N 4- 5 Samardzija Estrada .17 Sun 04/21 @ Milwaukee 2- 4 Feldman Peralta .18 Mon 04/22 @ Cincinnati N 4- 5 T Wood Leake .21 Thu 04/25 @ Miami N 4- 3 Jackson Slowey .23 Sat 04/27 @ Miami N 3- 2 T Wood Sanabia .26 Tue 04/30 San Diego N 7-13 Jackson Volquez .29 Fri 05/03 Cincinnati 5- 6 Villanueva Leake .32 Mon 05/06 Texas N 9- 2 Feldman Tepesch .46 Thu 05/23 @ Pittsburgh 2- 4 Jackson Gomez .48 Sat 05/25 @ Cincinnati - T Wood Bailey This lineup has scored 46 runs in 10 games and put up a very respectable .803 OPS........... 04/18 - 05/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 358 46 97 23 1 15 167 44 32 77 0.271 0.337 0.466 0.803 Go CUBS !!

Take 2 valium and call me in the morning, eh?

bukie's return too, eh?

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30870.png&w=350&h=254 Jeremy Hefner (0-4) ERA = 4.61, WHIP = 1.29 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/6384.png&w=350&h=254 Scott Feldman (3-3) ERA = 2.53, WHIP = 1.15 Go CUBS !!

Friday 17 May 2013 NY Mets @ CUBS 13:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Mets 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 1 CUBS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 NY Mets ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Valdespin rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byrd ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wright 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Duda lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ankiel cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harvey p 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rice p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baxter lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 34 3 8 3 1 8 10 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb DeJesus cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castro ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Soriano lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schierholtz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valbuena 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castillo c 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barney 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borbon ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fujikawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 31 2 6 1 0 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 NY Mets IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Harvey 7.3 4 2 2 0 6 0 106 Rice 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Burke 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 totals 9.0 6 2 2 0 6 0 131 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Jackson 6.7 7 3 3 1 4 2 91 Russell 1.3 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 Fujikawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 totals 9.0 8 3 3 1 8 2 127 W: Harvey (5-0) S: Parnell (5) L: Jackson (1-6) T: 2:56 A: 34,890 Home runs: NY Mets: Wright, Murphy CUBS: none

NY Mets CUBS P/PA 3.63 4.09 RBI% 0.09 0.17 R/BR 0.33 0.33 BA 0.235 0.194 OBP 0.257 0.194 SLG 0.441 0.226 OPS 0.698 0.419 ERA 2.00 3.00 BB/9 0.00 1.00 K/9 6.00 8.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Parnell in to pitch for New York Rizzo flied out to right center field Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3 Schierholtz flied out to left field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Mets 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 1 CUBS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 W: Harvey (5-0) S: Parnell (5) L: Jackson (1-6) T: 2:56 A: 34,890 Home runs: NY Mets: Wright, Murphy CUBS: none NY Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Harvey 7.3 4 2 2 0 6 0 106 Rice 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Burke 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Jackson 6.7 7 3 3 1 4 2 91 Russell 1.3 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 Fujikawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12

Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3

Rizzo flied out to right center field

Parnell in to pitch for New York

NY Mets CUBS P/PA 3.63 4.00 RBI% 0.09 0.14 R/BR 0.33 0.33 BA 0.235 0.214 OBP 0.257 0.214 SLG 0.441 0.250 OPS 0.698 0.464 ERA 2.25 3.00 BB/9 0.00 1.00 K/9 6.75 8.00