Fred Hornkohl

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Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 10-11 on Fridays CUBS are 3-1 vs. San Francisco CUBS are 35-31 at night. CUBS are 36-35 on the road. CUBS are 38-30 when they've won the previous game.... 29-41 after a loss CUBS are 3-7 when they've won their previous 3 games CUBS are 20-17 in one run games, 12-13 in two run games. CUBS are 45-17 when they score first,.... 24-54 when they don't CUBS are 22-6 when they score in the first inning,... 47-65 when they don't CUBS are 56-36 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 13-35 when they do CUBS are 56-26 when they score 4 runs or more, 13-45 when they don't CUBS are 52-9 when they give up 3 runs or less, 17-62 when they don't CUBS are 5-7 when Williams starts Williams is 6 of 12 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.50.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.50 R/G overall.... 4.33 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.58 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams..... 04/04 - 09/08 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 409 52 106 20 2 19 187 52 28 69 0.259 0.308 0.457 0.766 CUBS overall 4845 630 1331 291 21 172 2180 604 368 778 0.275 0.329 0.450 0.779 Williams' last five starts..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 09/04 vs. Pitts 7.3 4 0 0 2 5 0 95 2.45 6.14 0.00 0.82 0.00 08/29 vs. L.A. 1.7 5 6 5 3 0 0 45 16.20 0.00 0.00 4.80 27.00 08/23 vs. Atla 7.7 3 1 1 3 5 1 112 3.52 5.87 1.17 0.78 1.17 08/13 vs. St. L 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 1 113 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.33 4.50 08/08 vs. Cincy 5.3 7 7 7 3 2 2 84 5.06 3.38 3.38 1.88 11.81 5 game totals 28.0 23 17 16 15 19 4 449 4.82 6.11 1.29 1.36 5.14 Williams' H/R & D/N splits..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 33.0 31 22 21 18 22 6 564 4.91 6.00 1.64 1.48 5.73 Road 39.0 33 16 14 14 23 4 600 3.23 5.31 0.92 1.21 3.23 Day 33.7 27 12 11 15 25 3 546 4.01 6.68 0.80 1.25 2.94 Nite 38.3 37 26 24 17 20 7 618 3.99 4.70 1.64 1.41 5.63 season totals 72.0 64 38 35 32 45 10 1164 4.00 5.63 1.25 1.33 4.38 CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 99 Mon 07/25 San Francisco N 3- 2 Hill 100 Tue 07/26 San Francisco N 2- 3 Maddux 101 Wed 07/27 San Francisco 4- 3 Zambrano 140 Thu 09/08 @ San Francisco N 5- 3 Zambrano 141 Fri 09/09 @ San Francisco N - Williams 142 Sat 09/10 @ San Francisco - Prior 143 Sun 09/11 @ San Francisco - Rusch CuBS' hitters vs. San Frwancisco..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 8 0 6 1 0 0 7 1 3 0 0.750 0.818 0.875 1.693 Barrett 13 4 5 1 0 2 12 4 1 2 0.385 0.429 0.923 1.352 Cedeno 10 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0.500 0.545 0.500 1.045 Garciaparra 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 Walker 15 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.267 0.353 0.333 0.686 Lee 18 2 5 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0.278 0.350 0.278 0.628 Macias 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Ramirez 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.182 0.308 0.182 0.490 Hairston 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.182 0.308 0.182 0.490 Burnitz 16 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 0.188 0.263 0.188 0.451 Perez 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Gerut 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hollandsworth 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. S.F. 146 14 41 4 0 3 54 13 14 21 0.281 0.350 0.370 0.720 overall 4845 630 1330 286 21 170 2168 605 366 768 0.275 0.329 0.447 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. San Francsico..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 41 0.00 6.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Remlinger 2.7 3 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00 3.38 0.00 1.13 0.00 Novoa 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 35 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Mitre 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 9.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Wuertz 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 13.50 0.00 1.50 0.00 Maddux 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 89 2.25 3.38 0.00 1.25 2.25 Hill 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 3.60 9.00 1.80 1.40 3.60 Zambrano 14.3 17 6 6 7 10 1 245 4.40 6.28 0.63 1.67 3.77 Rusch 1.3 3 1 1 0 3 0 34 0.00 20.25 0.00 2.25 6.75 vs. S.F. 38.0 41 11 11 12 27 2 597 2.84 6.39 0.47 1.39 2.61 overall 1242.7 1173 627 593 499 1091 165 20473 3.61 7.90 1.20 1.35 4.29 Go CUBS !!!

The record clearly speaks for itself. 1991 thru 2004 World Series team W L pct PA W L Atlanta Braves 1341 859 0.610 13 1 4 New York Yankees 1273 926 0.579 10 4 2 San Francisco Giants 1179 1024 0.535 4 0 1 Boston Red Sox 1179 1023 0.535 5 1 0 Seattle Mariners 1143 1056 0.520 4 0 0 St. Louis Cardinals 1163 1037 0.529 5 0 1 Houston Astros 1166 1037 0.529 5 0 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 1153 1049 0.524 3 0 0 Oakland A's 1153 1048 0.524 5 0 0 Chicago White Sox 1150 1049 0.523 2 0 0 Cleveland Indians 1149 1050 0.523 6 0 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 575 559 0.507 3 1 0 Toronto Blue Jays 1109 1082 0.506 3 2 0 Texas Rangers 1100 1102 0.500 3 0 0 Cincinnati Reds 1092 1111 0.496 0 0 0 Anaheim Angels 1083 1129 0.490 2 1 0 Minnesota Twins 1074 1124 0.489 4 1 0 Baltimore Orioles 1071 1128 0.487 2 0 0 New York Mets 1064 1133 0.484 2 0 1 Chicago Cubs 1059 1141 0.481 2 0 0 Washington Nationals 1059 1142 0.481 0 0 0 Philadelphia Phillies 1058 1155 0.478 1 0 1 San Diego Padres 1055 1150 0.478 2 0 1 Florida Marlins 880 997 0.469 2 2 0 Colorado Rockies 882 999 0.469 1 0 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 1029 1170 0.468 2 0 0 Milwaukee Brewers 1000 1200 0.455 0 0 0 Kansas City Royals 995 1204 0.452 0 0 0 Detroit Tigers 938 1263 0.426 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Devilrays 451 680 0.399 0 0 0

CUBS are 36-30 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 32-41 when they don't

Worthless stats of the day..... CUBS are 3-10 on Thursdays CUBS are 2-1 vs. San Francisco CUBS are 34-31 at night. CUBS are 35-35 on the road. CUBS are 21-23 in games that open a series CUBS are 37-30 when they've won the previous game.... 29-41 after a loss CUBS are 10-9 when they've won their previous 2 games CUBS are 18-30 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 53-24 when they get a quality start,... 15-47 when they don't CUBS are 23-46 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 45-25 when they don't CUBS are 44-17 when they score first,.... 24-54 when they don't CUBS are 21-6 when they score in the first inning,... 47-65 when they don't CUBS are 56-36 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 12-35 when they do CUBS are 16-12 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 19 of 28 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.00.... pitching to Blanco its 3.41 CUBS score 4.50 R/G overall.... 4.82 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 0.96 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 09/07 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 993 135 283 68 7 27 446 130 68 163 0.285 0.335 0.449 0.784 CUBS overall 4809 625 1320 290 20 171 2163 599 365 773 0.274 0.329 0.450 0.779 Zambrano's last five starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 09/03 vs. Pitts 7.7 5 5 5 4 9 0 117 4.70 10.57 0.00 1.17 5.87 08/28 vs. Flor 8.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 108 2.25 6.75 1.13 1.00 3.38 08/22 vs. Atla 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 1 118 0.00 11.25 1.13 0.38 2.25 08/17 vs. Houst 8.3 3 2 1 3 10 0 116 3.24 10.80 0.00 0.72 1.08 08/12 vs. St. L 6.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 1.50 7.50 0.00 1.17 0.00 5 game totals 38.0 23 12 11 10 40 2 555 2.37 9.47 0.47 0.87 2.61 Zambrano's previous start vs. San Francisco...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/27 vs. S.F. 7.3 11 3 3 4 4 0 120 4.91 4.91 0.00 2.05 3.68 Zambrano's splits..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 92.3 64 25 24 34 79 6 1439 3.31 7.70 0.58 1.06 2.34 Road 95.7 74 46 42 41 95 8 1549 3.86 8.94 0.75 1.20 3.95 Day 91.0 66 25 24 40 82 5 1435 3.96 8.11 0.49 1.16 2.37 Nite 97.0 72 46 42 35 92 9 1553 3.25 8.54 0.84 1.10 3.90 season totals 188.0 138 71 66 75 174 14 2988 3.59 8.33 0.67 1.13 3.16 CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 99 Mon 07/25 San Francisco N 3- 2 Hill 100 Tue 07/26 San Francisco N 2- 3 Maddux 101 Wed 07/27 San Francisco 4- 3 Zambrano 140 Thu 09/08 @ San Francisco N - Zambrano 141 Fri 09/09 @ San Francisco N - Williams 142 Sat 09/10 @ San Francisco - Prior 143 Sun 09/11 @ San Francisco - Rusch CUBS' hitters vs. San Francisco..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 6 0 5 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0.833 0.857 1.000 1.857 Barrett 10 3 3 1 0 1 7 2 0 1 0.300 0.300 0.700 1.000 Cedeno 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.400 0.500 0.400 0.900 Hairston 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Walker 14 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.286 0.375 0.357 0.732 Lee 13 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0.308 0.400 0.308 0.708 Burnitz 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0.250 0.333 0.250 0.583 Macias 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Perez 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Ramirez 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.182 0.308 0.182 0.490 Gerut 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Hollandsworth 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. S.F. 110 9 30 3 0 2 39 8 11 16 0.273 0.347 0.355 0.701 overall 4737 618 1296 281 21 167 2120 593 361 756 0.274 0.328 0.448 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. San Francisco...... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Remlinger 2.7 3 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00 3.38 0.00 1.13 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Mitre 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 9.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Novoa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 13.50 0.00 1.50 0.00 Maddux 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 89 2.25 3.38 0.00 1.25 2.25 Hill 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 3.60 9.00 1.80 1.40 3.60 Zambrano 7.3 11 3 3 4 4 0 120 4.91 4.91 0.00 2.05 3.68 Rusch 1.3 3 1 1 0 3 0 34 0.00 20.25 0.00 2.25 6.75 vs. S.F. 29.0 34 8 8 9 19 1 443 2.79 5.90 0.31 1.48 2.48 overall 1233.7 1166 624 590 496 1083 164 20319 3.62 7.90 1.20 1.35 4.30 CUBS have scored first in 4 of their last 5 games. CUBS have won 4 of their last 5 games. Coincidence ?? You know better !! Go CUBS !!

Damn !! I hate when that happens !! :evil:

edit: never mind !

Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 13-7 on Tuesdays CUBS are 6-4 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 32-31 at night. CUBS are 33-35 on the road. CUBS are 36-30 when they've won the previous game.... 28-41 after a loss CUBS are 35-30 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 31-41 when they don't CUBS are 7-10 when attendance greater than 42,000 CUBS are 16-10 when the temperature is 85 degrees or above CUBS are 41-17 when they score first,.... 25-54 when they don't CUBS are 20-6 when they score in the first inning,... 46-65 when they don't CUBS are 54-36 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 12-35 when they do CUBS have been outscored 72-46 in the first inning..... outscored 49-46 in the 9th CUBS are 5-9 when Rusch starts Rusch is 6 of 14 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.71.... Rusch hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.51 R/G overall.... 3.43 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.07 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/04 - 09/05 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 457 48 111 23 2 15 183 44 43 76 0.243 0.308 0.400 0.709 CUBS overall 4737 618 1297 286 20 169 2130 592 363 766 0.274 0.329 0.450 0.779 Rusch's last five starts..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/31 vs. L.A. 2.0 7 7 7 2 3 1 55 9.00 13.50 4.50 4.50 31.50 08/26 vs. Flor 4.7 8 5 4 2 2 0 89 3.86 3.86 0.00 2.14 7.71 08/20 vs. Colo 6.0 7 3 2 1 6 0 93 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 3.00 08/15 vs. Houst 3.3 10 5 5 2 4 1 92 5.40 10.80 2.70 3.60 13.50 06/23 vs. Milw 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 2 103 4.50 3.00 3.00 1.67 6.00 5 game totals 22.0 39 24 22 10 17 4 432 4.09 6.95 1.63 2.23 9.00 Rusch's D/N & H/R splits..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 55.7 72 32 29 21 46 6 1007 3.40 7.44 0.97 1.67 4.69 Road 57.7 69 34 32 26 46 5 1044 4.06 7.18 0.78 1.65 4.99 Day 54.0 73 35 32 30 42 5 1026 5.00 7.00 0.83 1.91 5.33 Nite 59.3 68 31 29 17 50 6 1025 2.58 7.58 0.91 1.43 4.40 season totals 113.3 141 66 61 47 92 11 2051 3.73 7.31 0.87 1.66 4.84 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 15 Wed 04/20 @ St. Louis N 3- 1 Zambrano 16 Thu 04/21 @ St. Louis 0- 4 Dempster 96 Fri 07/22 @ St. Louis N 1- 2 Zambrano 97 Sat 07/23 @ St. Louis 6- 5 Williams 98 Sun 07/24 @ St. Louis N 8- 4 Prior 115 Thu 08/11 St. Louis 11- 4 Maddux 116 Fri 08/12 St. Louis 4- 1 Zambrano 117 Sat 08/13 St. Louis 2- 5 Williams 118 Sun 08/14 St. Louis N 5- 4 Prior 137 Mon 09/05 @ St. Louis 4- 6 Prior 138 Tue 09/06 @ St. Louis N - Rusch 139 Wed 09/07 @ St. Louis N - Maddux 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N - Prior 148 Fri 09/16 St. Louis - Rusch 149 Sat 09/17 St. Louis - Maddux 150 Sun 09/18 St. Louis - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. St. Louis...... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 36 10 13 5 0 3 27 8 9 4 0.361 0.489 0.750 1.239 Blanco 15 2 7 0 0 1 10 2 1 1 0.467 0.500 0.667 1.167 Ramirez 35 7 13 2 0 3 24 9 4 2 0.371 0.450 0.686 1.136 Barrett 24 4 8 3 0 1 14 2 4 4 0.333 0.429 0.583 1.012 Garciaparra 18 1 7 2 0 0 9 0 1 1 0.389 0.450 0.500 0.950 Lawton 14 2 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0.357 0.357 0.571 0.929 Macias 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 Hollandsworth 23 1 6 3 0 0 9 0 2 2 0.261 0.320 0.391 0.711 Perez 32 3 9 1 0 1 13 6 1 2 0.281 0.303 0.406 0.709 Patterson 27 5 7 1 0 1 11 3 1 3 0.259 0.286 0.407 0.693 Hairston 24 1 6 0 1 0 8 1 1 5 0.250 0.280 0.333 0.613 Burnitz 36 2 8 1 0 1 12 4 2 4 0.222 0.263 0.333 0.596 Walker 28 3 7 1 0 0 8 0 2 5 0.250 0.300 0.286 0.586 Cedeno 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Murton 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gerut 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 McClain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. St. L. 357 44 103 20 2 12 163 42 29 46 0.289 0.345 0.457 0.802 overall 4737 618 1296 281 21 167 2120 593 361 756 0.274 0.328 0.448 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis...... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wood 3.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 51 6.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Hawkins 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Koronka 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 23.7 14 2 2 2 20 2 332 0.76 7.61 0.76 0.68 0.76 Wuertz 5.3 1 1 1 2 5 0 81 3.38 8.44 0.00 0.56 1.69 Dempster 10.0 11 4 3 5 6 0 169 4.50 5.40 0.00 1.60 2.70 Ohman 2.3 2 1 1 1 1 1 35 3.86 3.86 3.86 1.29 3.86 Prior 18.0 17 8 8 9 15 4 335 4.50 7.50 2.00 1.44 4.00 Maddux 9.0 12 4 4 0 5 1 114 0.00 5.00 1.00 1.33 4.00 Williams 12.0 11 7 6 7 10 1 218 5.25 7.50 0.75 1.50 4.50 Novoa 2.7 3 3 3 2 0 1 46 6.75 0.00 3.38 1.88 10.13 Mitre 0.7 2 1 1 0 1 0 15 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 13.50 Fox 0.7 2 2 2 0 1 1 15 0.00 13.50 13.50 3.00 27.00 Williamson 0.3 2 2 2 1 1 0 16 27.00 27.00 0.00 9.00 54.00 Remlinger 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. St. L. 90.3 81 36 34 31 72 12 1464 3.09 7.17 1.20 1.24 3.39 overall 1215.7 1151 621 587 492 1072 163 20047 3.64 7.94 1.21 1.35 4.35 Go CUBS !!

Couldn't have said it better myself !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Isringhausen in to pitch for St. Louis Blanco singled to left field Patterson singled to right field, Blanco to second Perez grounded an IF single off the pitcher, Blanco to third, Patterson to second Hairston walked, Blanco scored, Patterson to third, Perez to second Taveras in to pitch for St. Louis Macias, pinch hitting for Cedeno, flied out to center field, Patterson scored, Perez & Hairston held Lee grounded into a DP, 4-3, Hairston out at second 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 7 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 x 6 9 1 W: King (4-2) S: Taveras (4) L: Novoa (3-5) T: 3:01 A: 49,646 Home runs: St. Louis: Pujols (36), Edmonds (25) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 104 Wuertz 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Novoa 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 12 Ohman 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 Mitre 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 05

I just don't get this ????

Oh, Good Lord, don't say that !!! :wink:

CUBS are 0-27 when they trail by 4 runs or more after 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Novoa in to pitch (7th), Perez in at 2b (9th) for the CUBS Eckstein walked Nunez grounded an IF single to shortstop, Eckstein to second Pujols homered to left center field, Eckstein & Nunez scored Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Edmonds homered to left center field Walker grounded out to second, 4-3 Grudzielanek grounded out to third, 5-3 Taguchi singled to center field Diaz hit by pitch, Taguchi to second Mitre in to pitch for the CUBS Luna, pinch hitting for King, struck out swinging 4 runs, 4 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 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 8 1 Home runs: St. Louis: Pujols (36), Edmonds (25) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 104 Wuertz 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Novoa 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 12 Ohman 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 Mitre 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 05

Is Mitre the answer ??? Mitre IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA vs. St. L 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 27.00 overall 55.7 60 36 35 20 33 10 912 3.23 5.34 1.62 1.44 5.66

OK.... let's try Ohman..... Ohman IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA vs. St. L 1.7 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 5.40 5.40 0.00 0.60 0.00 overall 36.3 26 9 9 19 36 5 625 4.71 8.92 1.24 1.24 2.23

Novoa in..... 04/04 - 09/04 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Novoa 36.7 33 14 14 20 36 2 638 4.91 8.84 0.49 1.45 3.44

CUBS are 24-12 when they take 4 or more walks, 41-58 when they don't Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Thompson in to pitch (9th), Taguchi in lf (7th) for St. Louis Hairston hit by pitch Cedeno sacrificed, 5-4, Hairston to second Lee walked (intentionally) King in to pitch for St. Louis Burnitz grounded out to first, unassisted, Hairston to third, Lee to second Garciaparra walked Walker flied out to center field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS Rodriguez struck out swinging Diaz popped out (bunt) to the pitcher Seabol, pinch hitting for Reyes, 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 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 104 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11

I think Wuertz is coming in. 04/04 - 09/04 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 61.3 55 32 28 37 70 4 1114 5.43 10.27 0.59 1.50 4.11

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Reyes in to pitch for St. Louis Blanco popped out to second base Patterson popped out to shortstop McClain, pinch hitting for Prior, flied out to 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 0 2 0 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 1

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Edmonds struck out swinging Walker flied out to center field Grudzielanek flied out to right 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 0 2 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 104

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING Prior grounded out to third, 5-3 Hairston grounded out to third, 5-3 Cedeno walked Lee grounded to third, safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Cedeno to second Cedeno took third, Lee took second on a wild pitch Burnitz singled to right center field, Cedeno & Lee scored Garciaparra singled to center field, Burnitz to second Walker grounded out to short, 6-3 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1

BEERNUTS !!