Fred Hornkohl

How badly have they been outscored after 2 outs in an inning?? Now that, I don't have...... and I don't think I want to know :wink:

CUBS have now been outscored in the 5th inning 98-54. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING Rodriguez grounded out to third, 5-3 Diaz struck out (called) Suppan singled to center field Eckstein singled to left field, Suppan to second Nunez singled to left field, Suppan scored, Eckstein to third, Nunez to second onthe throw Pujols walked (intentionally) Eckstein scored on a wild pitch, Nunez out at home, 2-6-1, Pujols to second 2 runs, 3 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 0 2 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 87

Definitely a negative correlation, just not a strong one. I think it goes more to the issue of higher pitch counts, but I haven't done the researh. There's an idea for all those cold lonely winter nights, eh?

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Edmonds struck out swinging Walker popped out to second base Grudzielanek grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING Walker walked Walker thrown out trying to steal, 2-4 Blanco struck out (called) Patterson popped out to short 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 0 2 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 4.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 66

no offense, but I'm to the point now where I think no strike out by Mark Prior is beautiful. he will never return to the dominant pitcher we saw two years ago if he doesn't start pitching to some contact and stop pitching the count full after getting ahead early. his infatuation with striking guys out is absurd. on pace to yet again not make it into the seventh. CUBS are 44-38 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 21-32 when they K more than 8 times. Interesting, do you think that stat means something or is it just plain freaky? When you graph oppenents strikeouts vs. CUBS winning pct... it doesn't appear to be a stron correlation..... so, I guess I'd vote for freaky.

no offense, but I'm to the point now where I think no strike out by Mark Prior is beautiful. he will never return to the dominant pitcher we saw two years ago if he doesn't start pitching to some contact and stop pitching the count full after getting ahead early. his infatuation with striking guys out is absurd. on pace to yet again not make it into the seventh. CUBS are 44-38 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 21-32 when they K more than 8 times.

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Cedeno flied out to right field Lee singled to center field Burnitz grounded into a FC, 4-6, Lee out at second Garciaparra flied out to left 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 0 2 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0

It's about time to score some runs !! CUBS have outscored their opponents 93-67 in the 4th inning. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Suppan flied out to right field Eckstein doubled down the right field line Nunez struck out swinging Pujols flied out to shallow 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 53

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Patterson struck out swinging Prior grounded out to short, 6-3 Hairston struck out swinging 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 St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Walker grounded out to first, 3-1 Grudzielanek popped out (foul) to the catcher Rodriguez walked Diaz struck out swinging, 2-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 37

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Burnitz grounded out to second, 4-3 Garciaparra doubled to the wall in left center field Walker flied out to center field Blanco flied out to right 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 1 0 St. Louis 0 0 1 0

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Eckstein popped out (foul) to the catcher Nunez grounded out to second, 4-3 Pujols singled to center field Edmonds 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 CUBS 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17

We saw a grand total of 7 pitches that inning. (2.3 P/PA) That's not gonna cut it.

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston grounded out to third, 5-3 Cedeno popped out to shortstop Lee 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 St. Louis . 0 0 0

Why? B/C CPatt's a major liability offensively. He is clearly not big league material. An absolute joke @ the plate. Yeah..... what he said. 06/03 - 09/04 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 180 16 29 4 3 2 45 9 10 55 0.161 0.205 0.250 0.455 Murton 66 8 22 2 1 2 32 5 8 12 0.333 0.400 0.485 0.885

CUBS are 43-55 when Barrett catches, 23-15 when Blanco starts. 07/16 - 09/04 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 48 7 18 3 0 3 30 13 6 7 0.375 0.436 0.625 1.061 Go CUBS !!!

When is the last time Prior's appeared to have all his pitches working? It seems like every post game recently is "I did what I could because I didn't have my ______-ball today." I'm guessing it would be this one...... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/14 vs. Pitts 8.0 2 1 0 3 10 0 115 3.38 11.25 0.00 0.63 0.00 The CUBS won that game 5-1.

Not according to Hendry. But then again, what does he know? :wink: Yeah.... wasn't he the same guy that told us Sammy would be playing right field for us this year ???

Matty Mo got pushed back to Tuesday.

watch out now! fred, i don't want to get my hopes up. Baseball teams gotta play 'em one at a time. Fans can cheer for 'em the same way. I got my hopes up for tomorrow !! :wink:

Looks like it's gonna get a whole lot tighter before anything get decided..... team W L Pct GB Philadelphia 73 64 0.533 --- Florida 72 64 0.529 0.5 Houston 72 64 0.529 0.5 Washington 71 66 0.518 2.0 NY Mets 70 66 0.515 2.5 Milwaukee 67 70 0.489 6.0 CUBS 66 70 0.485 6.5 Cincinnati 63 73 0.463 9.5 San Francisco 62 73 0.459 10.0 Los Angeles 61 75 0.449 11.5 CUBS (Prior) @ St. Louis (Suppan) NY Mets (Trachsel) @ Atlanta (Thomson) Florida (Valdez) @ Washington (Hernandez) Houston (Pettitte) @ Philadelphia (Myers) Milwaukee (Ohka) @ Cincinnati (Claussen) San Francisco (Hennessey) @ Los Angeles (Penny)

Worthless stats of the day for Monday...... CUBS are 7-10 on Mondays CUBS are 6-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 34-39 in the day time. CUBS are 33-34 on the road. CUBS are 21-22 in games that open a series CUBS are 36-29 when they've won the previous game.... 28-41 after a loss CUBS are 3-6 when they've won their previous 3 games CUBS are 41-17 when they score first,.... 25-53 when they don't CUBS are 20-6 when they score in the first inning,... 46-64 when they don't CUBS are 54-35 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 12-35 when they do CUBS are 15-7 when Prior starts Prior is 17 of 22 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco 3.70 CUBS score 4.51 R/G overall.... 4.77 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.41 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS' offensive support of Prior..... 04/04 - 09/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 737 105 204 49 3 31 352 101 66 105 0.277 0.340 0.478 0.818 CUBS overall 4706 614 1290 285 20 169 2122 588 358 763 0.274 0.329 0.451 0.780 Prior's last five starts..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/30 vs. L.A. 6.0 8 3 3 0 7 2 94 0.00 10.50 3.00 1.33 4.50 08/24 vs. Atla 6.7 4 3 3 4 7 0 132 5.40 9.45 0.00 1.20 4.05 08/19 vs. Colo 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 1 118 3.00 15.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 08/14 vs. St. L 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 1 123 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.83 4.50 08/09 vs. Cincy 7.0 8 3 3 0 11 2 117 0.00 14.14 2.57 1.14 3.86 5 game totals 31.7 32 14 14 10 42 6 584 2.84 11.94 1.71 1.33 3.98 Prior's previous starts vs. St. Louis..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/14 vs. St. L 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 1 123 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.83 4.50 07/24 vs. St. L 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 3 108 4.50 3.00 4.50 1.33 4.50 total vs. St. L 12.0 12 6 6 7 9 4 231 5.25 6.75 3.00 1.58 4.50 Prior's H/R & D/N splits..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 85.3 66 28 26 25 100 11 1376 2.64 10.55 1.16 1.07 2.74 Road 52.7 49 32 31 20 54 12 913 3.42 9.23 2.05 1.31 5.30 Day 93.3 71 42 40 31 108 14 1551 2.99 10.41 1.35 1.09 3.86 Nite 44.7 44 18 17 14 46 9 738 2.82 9.27 1.81 1.30 3.43 season totals 138.0 115 60 57 45 154 23 2289 2.93 10.04 1.50 1.16 3.72 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 - 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 Blanco 11 1 6 0 0 1 9 2 1 0 0.545 0.583 0.818 1.402 Lee 32 9 12 5 0 3 26 8 8 4 0.375 0.500 0.813 1.313 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 Lawton 14 2 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0.357 0.357 0.571 0.929 Garciaparra 15 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0.333 0.375 0.400 0.775 Macias 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 Patterson 23 4 6 1 0 1 10 3 1 2 0.261 0.292 0.435 0.726 Hollandsworth 23 1 6 3 0 0 9 0 2 2 0.261 0.320 0.391 0.711 Perez 31 3 8 1 0 1 12 6 1 2 0.258 0.281 0.387 0.668 Hairston 21 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 0 4 0.286 0.286 0.381 0.667 Walker 25 3 7 1 0 0 8 0 1 5 0.280 0.308 0.320 0.628 Burnitz 32 2 7 1 0 1 11 2 2 4 0.219 0.265 0.344 0.608 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 Fontenot 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. St. L. 326 40 96 19 2 12 155 38 24 43 0.294 0.347 0.475 0.822 overall 4706 614 1289 280 21 167 2112 589 356 753 0.274 0.328 0.449 0.777 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 Novoa 2.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 34 3.38 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Rusch 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Ohman 1.7 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 5.40 5.40 0.00 0.60 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 4.3 1 1 1 2 4 0 70 4.15 8.31 0.00 0.69 2.08 Dempster 10.0 11 4 3 5 6 0 169 4.50 5.40 0.00 1.60 2.70 Maddux 9.0 12 4 4 0 5 1 114 0.00 5.00 1.00 1.33 4.00 Prior 12.0 12 6 6 7 9 4 231 5.25 6.75 3.00 1.58 4.50 Williams 12.0 11 7 6 7 10 1 218 5.25 7.50 0.75 1.50 4.50 Fox 0.7 2 2 2 0 1 1 15 0.00 13.50 13.50 3.00 27.00 Mitre 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 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. 82.3 72 30 28 28 64 10 1320 3.06 7.00 1.09 1.21 3.06 overall 1207.7 1142 615 581 489 1064 161 19903 3.64 7.93 1.20 1.35 4.33 Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS C Wilson struck out swinging Ward struck out swinging Wigginton struck out swinging 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Williams (5-7) S: Dempster (22) L: Wells (7-15) T: 2:32 A: 23,204 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 7.3 4 0 0 2 5 1 1 95 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 05 Novoa 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15