Fred Hornkohl

"Attention.... attention please.... Have you pencils and scorecards ready, and I will give you the correct starting lineups for today's ballgame."... P. Pieper Hairston, cf Cedeno, ss Lee, 1b Garciaparra, 3b Burnitz, rf Murton, lf Walker, 2b Blanco, c Zambrano, p McLouth, cf Sanchez, 2b Bay, lf Mackowiak, 3b C Wilson, rf Doumit, c Eldred, 1b J Wilson, ss Williams, p edit: here's the line on your starters..... 04/04 - 09/02 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Hairston 327 43 86 20 2 4 122 28 25 37 0.263 0.332 0.373 0.705 Cedeno 65 10 19 2 0 1 24 5 4 9 0.292 0.333 0.369 0.703 Lee 487 104 169 42 2 39 332 94 70 82 0.347 0.430 0.682 1.112 Garciaparra 123 18 32 5 0 5 52 15 7 16 0.260 0.304 0.423 0.726 Burnitz 501 73 133 28 2 20 225 70 49 82 0.265 0.329 0.449 0.778 Murton 61 7 20 2 1 1 27 4 8 11 0.328 0.400 0.443 0.843 Walker 330 45 101 22 2 9 154 34 26 31 0.306 0.358 0.467 0.824 Blanco 123 10 29 5 0 4 46 20 8 17 0.236 0.278 0.374 0.652 Zambrano 64 6 16 4 2 1 27 5 1 19 0.250 0.262 0.422 0.683

Worthless stats of the day..... CUBS are 8-13 on Saturdays CUBS are 9-3 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 32-39 in the day time. CUBS are 31-34 on the road. CUBS are 39-17 when they score first,.... 25-53 when they don't CUBS are 19-6 when they score in the first inning,... 45-64 when they don't CUBS are 53-35 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 11-35 when they do CUBS are 53-25 when they score 4 runs or more, 11-45 when they don't CUBS are 48-9 when they give up 3 runs or less, 16-61 when they don't CUBS are 15-12 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 19 of 27 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.00.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.12 CUBS score 4.50 R/G overall.... 4.67 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 0.93 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 09/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 954 126 270 63 7 25 422 122 65 158 0.283 0.332 0.442 0.774 CUBS overall 4635 603 1270 277 20 166 2085 578 353 753 0.274 0.328 0.450 0.778 Zambrano's last five starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 08/07 vs. Mets 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80 9.00 6.00 0.00 2.33 6.00 5 game totals 33.3 22 11 8 9 33 2 518 2.43 8.91 0.54 0.93 2.16 Zambrano's previous starts vs. Pittsburgh..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/17 vs. Pitts 8.0 5 1 0 4 4 0 95 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.13 0.00 04/15 vs. Pitts 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 3 108 3.00 7.50 4.50 1.33 7.50 Zamrano's D/N & H/R 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 88.0 69 41 37 37 86 8 1432 3.78 8.80 0.82 1.20 3.78 Day 83.3 61 20 19 36 73 5 1318 3.89 7.88 0.54 1.16 2.05 Nite 97.0 72 46 42 35 92 9 1553 3.25 8.54 0.84 1.10 3.90 season totals 180.3 133 66 61 71 165 14 2871 3.54 8.23 0.70 1.13 3.04 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 10 Fri 04/15 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 8 Zambrano 11 Sat 04/16 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 3 Dempster 12 Sun 04/17 @ Pittsburgh 4- 2 Maddux 17 Sat 04/23 Pittsburgh 3- 4 Maddux 18 Sun 04/24 Pittsburgh 5- 2 Wood 37 Tue 05/17 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 3 Prior 38 Wed 05/18 @ Pittsburgh 3- 2 Rusch 88 Thu 07/14 Pittsburgh 5- 1 Prior 89 Fri 07/15 Pittsburgh 11- 1 Wood 90 Sat 07/16 Pittsburgh 0- 3 Maddux 91 Sun 07/17 Pittsburgh 8- 2 Zambrano 134 Fri 09/02 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 3 Maddux 135 Sat 09/03 @ Pittsburgh - Zambrano 136 Sun 09/04 @ Pittsburgh - Williams 157 Tue 09/27 Pittsburgh N - Prior 158 Wed 09/28 Pittsburgh - Rusch CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Grieve 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Perez 37 8 20 7 0 2 33 8 2 1 0.541 0.550 0.892 1.442 Hollandsworth 15 2 6 0 1 0 8 1 4 3 0.400 0.550 0.533 1.083 Walker 21 3 8 1 0 1 12 3 2 3 0.381 0.435 0.571 1.006 Fontenot 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Lee 44 7 15 4 0 3 28 8 2 7 0.341 0.362 0.636 0.998 Ramirez 37 8 10 3 0 3 22 8 5 6 0.270 0.357 0.595 0.952 Cedeno 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.429 0.857 Garciaparra 13 3 3 1 0 1 7 4 2 0 0.231 0.294 0.538 0.833 McClain 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Burnitz 44 6 10 2 1 2 20 5 7 7 0.227 0.333 0.455 0.788 Dubois 16 1 3 1 0 1 7 3 1 6 0.188 0.235 0.438 0.673 Barrett 31 4 7 1 0 1 11 3 4 2 0.226 0.306 0.355 0.660 Hairston 43 6 10 2 0 1 15 7 2 2 0.233 0.283 0.349 0.631 Blanco 10 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 Patterson 27 6 6 0 0 1 9 1 1 9 0.222 0.250 0.333 0.583 Macias 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.250 0.300 0.250 0.550 Murton 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 vs. Pitts 398 59 117 26 2 16 195 59 37 56 0.294 0.352 0.490 0.842 overall 4635 603 1269 272 21 164 2075 579 351 743 0.274 0.328 0.448 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 5.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 73 3.60 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Mitre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Bartosh 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rusch 11.0 10 2 2 8 10 0 187 6.55 8.18 0.00 1.64 1.64 Prior 15.0 9 4 3 4 16 2 216 2.40 9.60 1.20 0.87 1.80 Wood 11.0 5 3 3 3 13 1 151 2.45 10.64 0.82 0.73 2.45 Dempster 10.3 10 3 3 5 6 1 158 4.35 5.23 0.87 1.45 2.61 Maddux 27.0 19 9 8 2 18 1 349 0.67 6.00 0.33 0.78 2.67 Zambrano 14.0 11 6 5 6 9 3 203 3.86 5.79 1.93 1.21 3.21 Fox 2.7 3 1 1 2 5 0 49 6.75 16.88 0.00 1.88 3.38 Hawkins 4.0 3 2 2 3 2 1 60 6.75 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Novoa 1.7 2 1 1 0 2 0 26 0.00 10.80 0.00 1.20 5.40 Remlinger 2.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 48 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.13 6.75 Ohman 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 9.00 vs. Pitts 107.0 84 34 31 35 88 9 1553 2.94 7.40 0.76 1.11 2.61 overall 1189.7 1132 610 576 483 1045 161 19647 3.65 7.91 1.22 1.36 4.36 Go CUBS !!!!

My god, we've only lead 11 times after 8 innings? Sorry.... that should have read "when they lead by 1 run after 8 innings". Big difference !! CUBS are 46-0 when they lead by 2 runs or more after 8 innings.

You are, of course, correct, Selectively ignoring certain parts of a player's performance is the key to determining how good or bad they are. Btw,.... did you notice what happens to Neifi Perez' stat line when you remove that horrible 5 weeks slump (06 Jun thru 09 July) he was in ??? AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 347 38 113 24 2 9 168 43 12 27 0.326 0.350 0.484 0.834 He really did save us, eh?

Yes, for this season, anyway.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Wigginton grounded out to third, 5-3 J Wilson singled to left field Redman flied out to left field, J Wilson holding first Sanchez blooped a single to center field, J Wilson to second Mackowiak singled to left field, J Wilson thrown out trying to score, 7-2, Sanchez to second 0 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 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 12 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 12 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Maddux (11-11) S: Dempster (21) L: Fogg (6-10) T: 2:58 A: 24,976 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 75 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 Novoa 0.7 2 1 1 0 2 0 19 Dempster 1.3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14

CUBS are 47-9 when they give up 3 runs or less, 16-61 when they don't Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Gonzalez in to pitch for Pittsburgh McClain walked Patterson bunted to first base for an IF single, McClain to second Meadows in to pitch for Pittsburgh Blanco sacrificed, 5-4, McClain to third, Patterson to second Hairston singled to left field, McClain and Patterson scored Perez singled to right center field, Hairston to third Walker walked, Perez to second Garciaparra flied out to right field, Hairston scored, Perez to third, Walker to second Burnitz walked (intentionally) Dempster grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 3 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 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 12 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14)

How 'bout a granny for Dempster ??? or am I getting greedy here ?

10 pitch AB and a walk for Walker !!

I gave up on CBS a long time ago. Have pretty good luck with mlb.com Gameday, tho.

Can't say for sure... you may be right. I do know that none of 'em were Dempster's !!

CUBS are 41-21 when they make at least 10 hits, 21-49 when they don't. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 8-3 when they lead after 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

Here comes the Hornkohl jinx :D Man.... I am just not having a good night here !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Novoa in to pitch for the CUBS Mackowiak struck out swinging Bay doubled off the third base bag. Ward, pinch hitting for Grabow, struck out swinging Doumit doubled to right center field, Bay scored Dempster in to pitch (6th), Blanco in to catch (9th) for the CUBS Eldred flied out to left field 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 75 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 Novoa 0.7 2 1 1 0 2 0 19 Dempster 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 01

Four CUBS pitchers..... 7-2/3 innings pitched...... each with at least 2 strikeouts, (13 k's total)..... and ZERO walks !!! Gotta love it !!

yeah.... that's the story of the 2005 CUBS.... coulda, shoulda, woulda !!

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Garciaparra grounded out to third, 5-3 Burnitz popped out to shortstop Barrett 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 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 2 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14)

Couple of nights ago, all the CUBS pitchers names began with W and they came in an walked a lot of people..... tonight, they're striking out a lot of people. I think I like it better this way !!

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Williamson in to pitch for the CUBS Eldred struck out swinging Wigginton struck out swinging, 2-3 J Wilson singled to center field Redman singled to center field, J Wilson to second J Wilson took third, Redman took second on a wild pitch Sanchez grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 2 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 75 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15

He started the 6th and gave up 4 straight hits and 2 runs and got 0 outs. Oh I see. I just looked at his stat line and it looked great, so I was a bit confused. Thanks! Come on, Mizzou..... get yer head in the game !!! :wink:

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Murton, pinch hitting for Wuertz, grounded out to second, 4-3 Hairston grounded out to short, 6-3 Perez singled to right field Grabow in to pitch (4th), Redman in cf (9th) for Pittsburgh Perez stole second base, took third on a throwing error, E2 Walker flied out to center field 0 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14)

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING J Wilson grounded an IF single to short McLouth, pinch hitting for Torres, grounded an IF single to second Sanchez singled to right field, J Wilson scored, McLouth to second Mackowiak singled to right field, McLouth scored, Sanchez to second Wuertz (9th) in to pitch for the CUBS Sanchez took third, Mackowiak took second on a wild pitch Bay struck out (called) J Wilson struck out swinging Doumit struck out swinging 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 8 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (5), Barrett (14) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 75 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14

Sorry for the delay..... I lost my internet connection there for a minute. :evil: Garciaparra AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 08/05 - 08/31 68 11 23 4 0 4 39 8 3 7 0.338 0.370 0.574 0.943