Fred Hornkohl

I got him down for this line..... AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lawton 34 2 8 2 0 0 10 3 1 4 0.235 0.257 0.294 0.551

*whew* I was worried that yesterday's game would lead to Dusty plugging Macias and Perez in the one and two holes. What I find hilarious is that we have an over .500 record in both one-run and two-run games. That's pretty funny. The world is just full of interesting and funny anomalies, no? Team record by leadoff hitter W L pct 1. Macias 2 0 1.000 2. Patterson 14 13 0.519 3. Hairston 27 27 0.500 4. Perez 11 11 0.500 5. Lawton 1 7 0.125 6. Gerut 0 1 0.000 7. Murton 0 1 0.000 Totals 55 60 0.478 edit: or how about this one..... Team record by cleanup hitter W L pct 1. Barrett 1 0 1.000 2. Burnitz 27 23 0.540 3. Ramirez 24 31 0.436 4. Lee 3 5 0.375 5. Dubois 0 1 0.000 Totals 55 60 0.478

Brian.... yes, indeed he did. If you'll look back up to the original post, under the heading "Zambrano's last five starts.....", you'll find that the 4th line stat shown is Zambrano's other start against St. Louis on 22 July 05.

At one time, it was 45 ABs for a position player, and 45 IP for a pitcher. It may very well have changed, though.

Worthless stats of the day....... CUBS are 7-10 on Fridays CUBS are 4-2 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 29-32 in the day time. CUBS are 28-29 at home. CUBS are 19-10 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-49 when he doesn't CUBS are 22-16 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 33-44 when they don't CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 23-38 after a loss CUBS are 15-10 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 11-22 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 43-19 when they get a quality start,... 12-41 when they don't CUBS are 19-39 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 36-21 when they don't CUBS are 18-16 in one run games, 8-7 in two run games. CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 22-45 when they don't CUBS are 16-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-55 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 61-39 in the first inning..... outscored 44-37 in the 9th CUBS are 12-11 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 15 of 23 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.44.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.09 CUBS score 4.46 R/G overall.... 4.43 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 0.83 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 08/11 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 818 102 227 55 6 19 351 99 57 138 0.278 0.327 0.429 0.756 CUBS overall 3980 513 1081 236 17 141 1774 491 302 652 0.272 0.326 0.446 0.772 Zambrano's last five starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/07 vs. Mets 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80 9.00 6.00 0.00 2.33 6.00 08/02 vs. Phila 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 104 1.13 4.50 0.00 0.63 0.00 07/27 vs. S.F. 7.3 11 3 3 4 4 0 120 4.91 4.91 0.00 2.05 3.68 07/22 vs. St. L 9.0 3 1 1 0 12 1 118 0.00 12.00 1.00 0.33 1.00 07/17 vs. Pitts 8.0 5 1 0 4 4 0 95 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.13 0.00 5 game totals 35.3 27 9 6 12 26 1 517 3.06 6.62 0.25 1.10 1.53 Zambrano's earlier start vs. St. Louis..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/20 vs. St. L 8.7 5 1 1 1 3 1 118 1.04 3.12 1.04 0.69 1.04 Zambrano's splits..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 70.3 49 20 19 31 58 4 1117 3.97 7.42 0.51 1.14 2.43 Road 79.7 66 39 36 34 76 8 1316 3.84 8.59 0.90 1.26 4.07 Day 69.3 49 17 16 33 62 4 1114 4.28 8.05 0.52 1.18 2.08 Nite 80.7 66 42 39 32 72 8 1319 3.57 8.03 0.89 1.21 4.35 season totals 150.0 115 59 55 65 134 12 2433 3.90 8.04 0.72 1.20 3.30 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 - Zambrano 117 Sat 08/13 St. Louis - Williams 118 Sun 08/14 St. Louis N - Prior 137 Mon 09/05 @ St. Louis - Williams 138 Tue 09/06 @ St. Louis N - Prior 139 Wed 09/07 @ St. Louis N - Hill 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N - Williams 148 Fri 09/16 St. Louis - Prior 149 Sat 09/17 St. Louis - Hill 150 Sun 09/18 St. Louis - Maddux CUBS' hitters vs. St. Louis..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 20 8 9 3 0 3 21 7 8 1 0.450 0.607 1.050 1.657 Blanco 8 1 5 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0.625 0.625 1.000 1.625 Ramirez 24 6 10 2 0 2 18 6 3 2 0.417 0.500 0.750 1.250 Barrett 16 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 4 3 0.313 0.450 0.375 0.825 Patterson 12 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0.333 0.385 0.417 0.801 Hollandsworth 21 1 5 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 0.238 0.304 0.381 0.685 Hairston 21 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 0 4 0.286 0.286 0.381 0.667 Macias 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Perez 28 3 6 1 0 1 10 5 0 2 0.214 0.214 0.357 0.571 Garciaparra 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Burnitz 20 1 3 0 0 1 6 2 2 3 0.150 0.227 0.300 0.527 Walker 14 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.143 0.143 0.214 0.357 Gerut 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Murton 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 223 29 62 13 2 8 103 27 20 30 0.278 0.340 0.462 0.802 overall 3980 514 1081 235 18 139 1769 492 302 649 0.272 0.326 0.444 0.771 CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Rusch 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 5.40 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hawkins 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 17.7 8 2 2 1 15 2 236 0.51 7.64 1.02 0.51 1.02 Dempster 8.0 7 2 2 5 4 0 133 5.63 4.50 0.00 1.50 2.25 Wuertz 2.7 0 1 1 1 2 0 37 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.38 3.38 Prior 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 3 108 4.50 3.00 4.50 1.33 4.50 Maddux 9.0 12 4 4 0 5 1 114 0.00 5.00 1.00 1.33 4.00 Williams 6.0 7 4 3 3 3 0 105 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.67 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 Remlinger 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. St. L 55.3 47 20 19 14 34 8 825 2.28 5.53 1.30 1.10 3.09 overall 1022.0 982 527 498 422 880 141 16895 3.72 7.75 1.24 1.37 4.39 Go CUBS !!!

Yesterday right about 1:00, I got behind the wheel, pulled out on I-287, and set the old XM to CUBS' game. Ahhh.... leaving New Jersey and CUBS baseball, I mean, can it get any better than that ????? I got all the way out to Bloomsbury, which is almost to the PA line.... and I needed to stop for some fuel & gatorade, so I pulled into a station there and the score of the game was 1-1. Can you imagine my dismay when I got back behind the wheel..... and saw that the score was now 8-1 ??? :shock: Oh well, that's my CUBS. Now for your worthless stats of the day for Thursday...... CUBS are 2-10 on Thursdays CUBS are 3-2 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 28-32 in the day time. CUBS are 27-29 at home. CUBS are 18-18 in games that open a series CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-38 after a loss CUBS are 1-0 when they've lost their previous 8 games CUBS haven't scored a first inning run since Mon 18 July vs. Cincinnati (23 games ago) CUBS opponents have scored first in 17 of the last 22 games. CUBS hitters' walk rate for the season is 0.076, over the last 8 games, it's 0.049 CUBS have hit 5 home runs in the last 14 games CUBS made 51 errors in 86 games (0.593) through 09 July. Since then, they have made 26 errors in 27 games. (0.963). CUBS are 10-14 when Maddux starts Maddux is 14 of 24 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.98.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.72 CUBS score 4.40 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.25 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux...... 04/04 - 08/10 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 862 114 245 54 2 30 393 107 71 132 0.284 0.344 0.456 0.800 CUBS overall 3941 502 1065 232 17 139 1748 482 298 649 0.270 0.325 0.444 0.768 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/06 vs. Mets 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 99 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.86 2.57 07/31 vs. Ariz 4.0 8 6 6 1 1 1 68 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 13.50 07/26 vs. S.F. 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 89 2.25 3.38 0.00 1.25 2.25 07/21 vs. Cincy 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 71 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.80 5.40 07/16 vs. Pitts 8.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 101 1.13 6.75 1.13 0.75 2.25 5 game totals 32.0 34 16 15 6 19 4 428 1.69 5.34 1.13 1.25 4.22 Maddux's splits..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 69.7 79 42 39 13 39 9 961 1.68 5.04 1.16 1.32 5.04 Road 78.0 83 37 36 13 52 11 1128 1.50 6.00 1.27 1.23 4.15 Day 96.3 107 54 50 14 53 14 1362 1.31 4.95 1.31 1.26 4.67 Nite 51.3 55 25 25 12 38 6 727 2.10 6.66 1.05 1.31 4.38 season totals 147.7 162 79 75 26 91 20 2089 1.58 5.55 1.22 1.27 4.57 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 - Maddux 116 Fri 08/12 St. Louis - Zambrano 117 Sat 08/13 St. Louis - Williams 118 Sun 08/14 St. Louis N - Prior 137 Mon 09/05 @ St. Louis - Williams 138 Tue 09/06 @ St. Louis N - Prior 139 Wed 09/07 @ St. Louis N - Hill 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N - Williams 148 Fri 09/16 St. Louis - Prior 149 Sat 09/17 St. Louis - Hill 150 Sun 09/18 St. Louis - Maddux CUBS' hitters vs. St. Louis..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 8 1 5 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0.625 0.625 1.000 1.625 Lee 16 5 7 3 0 1 13 3 7 1 0.438 0.609 0.813 1.421 Ramirez 20 5 7 1 0 2 14 4 3 2 0.350 0.435 0.700 1.135 Hollandsworth 20 1 5 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 0.250 0.318 0.400 0.718 Hairston 21 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 0 4 0.286 0.286 0.381 0.667 Barrett 13 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 0.231 0.333 0.231 0.564 Burnitz 20 1 3 0 0 1 6 2 2 3 0.150 0.227 0.300 0.527 Perez 23 1 4 0 0 1 7 5 0 2 0.174 0.174 0.304 0.478 Walker 14 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.143 0.143 0.214 0.357 Patterson 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Gerut 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Murton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Garciaparra 2 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 Macias 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. St. L 184 18 46 9 2 6 77 18 16 27 0.250 0.310 0.418 0.728 overall 3908 501 1058 230 18 136 1732 481 297 643 0.271 0.325 0.443 0.769 CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Rusch 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 5.40 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.00 Hawkins 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 17.7 8 2 2 1 15 2 236 0.51 7.64 1.02 0.51 1.02 Dempster 8.0 7 2 2 5 4 0 133 5.63 4.50 0.00 1.50 2.25 Wuertz 2.7 0 1 1 1 2 0 37 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.38 3.38 Prior 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 3 108 4.50 3.00 4.50 1.33 4.50 Williams 6.0 7 4 3 3 3 0 105 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.67 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 Remlinger 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. St. L 46.3 35 16 15 14 29 7 711 2.72 5.63 1.36 1.06 2.91 overall 1004.0 964 515 486 412 864 139 16602 3.69 7.75 1.25 1.37 4.36 Go CUBS !!

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday..... CUBS are 9-8 on Wednesdays CUBS are 5-6 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 28-31 in the day time. CUBS are 27-28 at home. CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-37 after a loss CUBS are 1-1 when they've lost their previous 7 games CUBS are 18-10 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-49 when he doesn't CUBS are 22-16 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 32-43 when they don't CUBS are 1-2 when Hill starts Hill is 1 of 3 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.03.... Hill has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.43 R/G overall.... 3.33 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/04 - 08/09 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 104 10 28 5 0 3 42 8 4 15 0.269 0.300 0.404 0.704 CUBS overall 3908 501 1058 231 17 138 1737 480 297 646 0.271 0.326 0.444 0.770 Hill's previous 3 starts..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/05 vs. Mets 1.3 7 7 7 2 1 0 50 13.50 6.75 0.00 6.75 47.25 07/30 vs. Ariz 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 104 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 07/25 vs. S.F. 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 3.60 9.00 1.80 1.40 3.60 3 game totals 12.3 17 11 11 6 10 2 252 4.38 7.30 1.46 1.86 8.03 Hill's splits..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 12.0 13 6 6 4 11 2 231 3.00 8.25 1.50 1.42 4.50 Road 6.0 7 8 8 5 8 0 124 7.50 12.00 0.00 2.00 12.00 Day 7.3 8 5 5 3 7 1 141 3.68 8.59 1.23 1.50 6.14 Nite 10.7 12 9 9 6 12 1 214 5.06 10.13 0.84 1.69 7.59 season totals 18.0 20 14 14 9 19 2 355 4.50 9.50 1.00 1.61 7.00 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 13 Mon 04/18 @ Cincinnati N 6- 7 Wood 14 Tue 04/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 1 Prior 19 Mon 04/25 Cincinnati N 10- 6 Prior 20 Tue 04/26 Cincinnati N 9-11 Zambrano 21 Wed 04/27 Cincinnati 8- 7 Dempster 92 Mon 07/18 @ Cincinnati N 9- 4 Williams 93 Tue 07/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 3 Prior 94 Wed 07/20 @ Cincinnati N 3- 9 Wood 95 Thu 07/21 @ Cincinnati 6- 9 Maddux 112 Mon 08/08 Cincinnati N 4- 9 Williams 113 Tue 08/09 Cincinnati 3- 8 Prior 114 Wed 08/10 Cincinnati - Hill 144 Mon 09/12 Cincinnati N - Hill 145 Tue 09/13 Cincinnati N - Maddux 146 Wed 09/14 Cincinnati N - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. Cincinnati..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 47 14 20 4 0 7 45 18 3 4 0.426 0.451 0.957 1.408 Murton 10 2 6 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 0.600 0.692 0.600 1.292 Patterson 25 7 10 1 0 3 20 4 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.800 1.200 Barrett 32 3 13 4 1 1 22 5 3 4 0.406 0.444 0.688 1.132 Ramirez 44 7 13 2 0 6 33 13 5 3 0.295 0.367 0.750 1.117 Walker 29 4 11 1 0 3 21 7 0 0 0.379 0.379 0.724 1.103 Grieve 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Dubois 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 Burnitz 42 8 14 3 0 2 23 7 3 4 0.333 0.370 0.548 0.917 Hairston 34 10 11 3 0 0 14 1 2 4 0.324 0.425 0.412 0.837 Perez 36 5 10 1 2 1 18 6 1 4 0.278 0.316 0.500 0.816 Lawton 9 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.444 0.778 Macias 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.333 0.400 0.333 0.733 Cedeno 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 Garciaparra 13 3 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 0.154 0.214 0.385 0.599 Blanco 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522 Hollandsworth 24 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.083 0.120 0.083 0.203 Gerut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Cinci 404 72 129 22 3 25 232 71 25 44 0.319 0.365 0.574 0.940 overall 3908 501 1058 230 18 136 1732 481 297 643 0.271 0.325 0.443 0.769 CUBS' pitchers vs. Cincinnati..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Hawkins 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Ohman 4.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 81 9.00 11.25 2.25 2.00 2.25 Prior 26.7 25 9 8 6 35 3 429 2.03 11.81 1.01 1.16 2.70 Bartosh 3.3 2 1 1 4 2 0 70 10.80 5.40 0.00 1.80 2.70 Maddux 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 71 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.80 5.40 Remlinger 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 44 6.00 3.00 0.00 2.00 6.00 Rusch 7.7 6 6 6 3 5 1 120 3.52 5.87 1.17 1.17 7.04 Wood 10.0 12 8 8 3 10 5 174 2.70 9.00 4.50 1.50 7.20 Williams 12.0 13 11 11 4 5 3 188 3.00 3.75 2.25 1.42 8.25 Novoa 4.3 3 4 4 3 3 0 84 6.23 6.23 0.00 1.38 8.31 Mitre 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 9.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Dempster 7.7 13 10 9 8 10 1 159 9.39 11.74 1.17 2.74 10.57 Leicester 1.7 2 3 2 3 2 0 38 16.20 10.80 0.00 3.00 10.80 Zambrano 4.7 7 6 6 3 5 1 104 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.14 11.57 Wuertz 2.3 4 4 3 1 6 1 47 3.86 23.14 3.86 2.14 11.57 Williamson 0.3 1 2 2 1 0 0 12 27.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 54.00 Fox 0.3 1 3 3 3 0 1 30 81.00 0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00 vs. Cinci 96.0 108 74 70 49 97 20 1695 4.59 9.09 1.88 1.64 6.56 overall 1004.0 964 515 486 412 864 139 16602 3.69 7.75 1.25 1.37 4.36 Go CUBS !!

Looking at his stats once again...... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/04 - 05/06 15.3 18 4 4 10 11 0 296 5.87 6.46 0.00 1.83 2.35 05/07 - 06/23 62.3 62 25 23 22 43 5 1031 3.18 6.21 0.72 1.35 3.32 06/24 - 07/24 9.7 16 12 11 3 8 3 209 2.79 7.45 2.79 1.97 10.24 07/25 - 08/08 10.0 13 5 5 5 15 1 186 4.50 13.50 0.90 1.80 4.50 season totals 97.3 109 46 43 40 77 9 1722 3.70 7.12 0.83 1.53 3.98 The second line is Rusch's time in the starting rotation. Since returning to the bullpen, Rusch had a really crappy month where everyone noticed he had no movement on his pitches and he really got hit hard. Was this just trouble in readjusting to being a reliever again ? I don't know. The last 2 weeks have been better.

Like a day off. Derrek (Fred back me up with some stats bud...) agrees. Ya mean like this ??? Lee AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/20 - 08/08 68 8 16 3 0 2 25 7 13 9 0.235 0.358 0.368 0.726

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday..... CUBS are 10-6 on Tuesdays CUBS are 5-5 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 28-30 in the day time. CUBS are 27-27 at home. CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-36 after a loss CUBS are 0-2 when they've lost their previous 6 games CUBS are 15-9 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 43-18 when they get a quality start,... 11-40 when they don't CUBS are 19-37 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 35-21 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when Prior starts Prior is 12 of 17 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.58 CUBS score 4.45 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS' offensive support of Prior..... 04/04 - 08/08 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 570 85 156 37 3 26 277 81 54 78 0.274 0.343 0.486 0.829 CUBS overall 3874 498 1050 229 17 137 1724 477 297 640 0.271 0.326 0.445 0.771 Prior's last five starts..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/04 vs. Phila 4.3 6 6 6 3 7 3 100 6.23 14.54 6.23 2.08 12.46 07/29 vs. Ariz 7.3 7 3 3 2 8 0 119 2.45 9.82 0.00 1.23 3.68 07/24 vs. St. L 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 3 108 4.50 3.00 4.50 1.33 4.50 07/19 vs. Cincy 6.7 7 3 3 2 8 0 108 2.70 10.80 0.00 1.35 4.05 07/14 vs. Pitts 8.0 2 1 0 3 10 0 115 3.38 11.25 0.00 0.63 0.00 5 game totals 32.3 27 16 15 13 35 6 550 3.62 9.74 1.67 1.24 4.18 Prior's earlier starts vs. Cincinnati..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/19 vs. Cincy 7.0 4 1 0 2 6 0 98 2.57 7.71 0.00 0.86 0.00 04/25 vs. Cincy 6.0 6 2 2 2 10 1 106 3.00 15.00 1.50 1.33 3.00 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 59.7 39 16 14 17 68 6 910 2.56 10.26 0.91 0.94 2.11 Road 46.7 44 30 29 18 44 11 795 3.47 8.49 2.12 1.33 5.59 Day 73.7 54 34 32 25 80 11 1184 3.05 9.77 1.34 1.07 3.91 Nite 32.7 29 12 11 10 32 6 521 2.76 8.82 1.65 1.19 3.03 season totals 106.3 83 46 43 35 112 17 1705 2.96 9.48 1.44 1.11 3.64 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 13 Mon 04/18 @ Cincinnati N 6- 7 Wood 14 Tue 04/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 1 Prior 19 Mon 04/25 Cincinnati N 10- 6 Prior 20 Tue 04/26 Cincinnati N 9-11 Zambrano 21 Wed 04/27 Cincinnati 8- 7 Dempster 92 Mon 07/18 @ Cincinnati N 9- 4 Williams 93 Tue 07/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 3 Prior 94 Wed 07/20 @ Cincinnati N 3- 9 Wood 95 Thu 07/21 @ Cincinnati 6- 9 Maddux 112 Mon 08/08 Cincinnati N 4- 9 Williams 113 Tue 08/09 Cincinnati - Prior 114 Wed 08/10 Cincinnati - Hill 144 Mon 09/12 Cincinnati N - Hill 145 Tue 09/13 Cincinnati N - Maddux 146 Wed 09/14 Cincinnati N - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. Cincinnati..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 43 14 19 3 0 7 43 18 3 4 0.442 0.468 1.000 1.468 Patterson 21 6 9 1 0 3 19 4 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.905 1.333 Murton 10 2 6 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 0.600 0.692 0.600 1.292 Ramirez 40 7 13 2 0 6 33 13 5 3 0.325 0.400 0.825 1.225 Walker 25 4 10 1 0 3 20 7 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.800 1.200 Barrett 31 3 13 4 1 1 22 5 3 3 0.419 0.457 0.710 1.167 Burnitz 38 8 14 3 0 2 23 7 3 2 0.368 0.405 0.605 1.010 Grieve 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Dubois 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 Hairston 34 10 11 3 0 0 14 1 2 4 0.324 0.425 0.412 0.837 Macias 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.375 0.444 0.375 0.819 Perez 36 5 10 1 2 1 18 6 1 4 0.278 0.316 0.500 0.816 Cedeno 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 Blanco 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Lawton 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Garciaparra 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 Hollandsworth 24 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.083 0.120 0.083 0.203 Gerut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Cinci 370 69 121 20 3 24 219 68 25 38 0.327 0.376 0.592 0.968 overall 3874 498 1050 228 18 135 1719 478 297 637 0.271 0.326 0.444 0.770 CUBS' pitchers vs. Cincinnati..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 3.0 3 0 0 4 3 0 63 12.00 9.00 0.00 2.33 0.00 Hawkins 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Prior 19.7 17 6 5 6 24 1 312 2.75 10.98 0.46 1.17 2.29 Bartosh 3.3 2 1 1 4 2 0 70 10.80 5.40 0.00 1.80 2.70 Maddux 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 71 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.80 5.40 Remlinger 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 44 6.00 3.00 0.00 2.00 6.00 Rusch 7.7 6 6 6 3 5 1 120 3.52 5.87 1.17 1.17 7.04 Wood 10.0 12 8 8 3 10 5 174 2.70 9.00 4.50 1.50 7.20 Williams 12.0 13 11 11 4 5 3 188 3.00 3.75 2.25 1.42 8.25 Novoa 4.3 3 4 4 3 3 0 84 6.23 6.23 0.00 1.38 8.31 Mitre 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 9.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Dempster 7.0 10 8 8 8 9 1 140 10.29 11.57 1.29 2.57 10.29 Leicester 1.7 2 3 2 3 2 0 38 16.20 10.80 0.00 3.00 10.80 Wuertz 2.3 4 4 3 1 6 1 47 3.86 23.14 3.86 2.14 11.57 Zambrano 4.7 7 6 6 3 5 1 104 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.14 11.57 Fox 0.3 1 3 3 3 0 1 30 81.00 0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00 vs. Cinci 87.0 95 66 63 48 83 17 1529 4.97 8.59 1.76 1.64 6.52 overall 995.0 951 507 479 411 850 136 16436 3.72 7.69 1.23 1.37 4.33 Since 22 July the CUBS are 6-11. They've been outscored 81-55, and 13-0 in the first inning. They've been out-homered 20-11. 07/22 - 08/08 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 581 55 141 31 3 11 211 52 52 90 0.243 0.307 0.363 0.670 Oppt 601 81 160 36 2 20 260 78 69 121 0.266 0.343 0.433 0.776 07/22 - 08/08 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 153.0 160 81 75 69 121 20 4.06 7.12 1.18 1.50 4.41 Oppt 156.7 141 55 51 52 90 11 2.99 5.17 0.63 1.23 2.93 Go CUBS !!

Tribune isn't doing so well these days. It closed today at 36.58. It's 52 week high is 44.32, 52 week low is 34.53. It's been in a pretty steady decline since a high in the low 50's back in Feb 04. Throughout '02 & '03 the stock hovered in the 40's.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Keisler in to pitch for Cincinnati Garciaparra singled to left center field Barrett singled to third base, Garciaparra to second Burnitz singled to right field, Garciaparra scored, Barret to third Murton grounded into a FC, 6-4, Barrett scored, Burnitz out at second Perez, pinch hitting for Ohman, popped out to second base Lawton singled to right field, Murton scored Lawton took second base on defense indifference Walker singled down the right field line, Lawton scored Coffey in to pitch for Cincinnati Lee singled to right field, Walker to second Ramirez grounded into a FC, 5 unassisted, Walker out at third 4 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 W: Claussen (7-8 ) S: none L: Williams (3-5) T: 2:33 A: 39,965 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.3 7 7 7 5 2 2 2 84 Rusch 1.7 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 26 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11

.... facing Cy Claussen, of course !! :wink:

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Dunn struck out (called) Casey flied out to center field Aurilia grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.3 7 7 7 5 2 2 2 84 Rusch 1.7 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 26 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Shackelford in to pitch for Cincinnati Lawton struck out swinging Walker blooped a single to left field Lee flied out to right field Ramirez popped 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 Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24)

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Wood in to pitch for the CUBS Lopez lined out to shortstop Freel flied out to right field Griffey 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 Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.3 7 7 7 5 2 2 2 84 Rusch 1.7 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 26 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Burnitz struck out swinging Murton grounded out to third, 5-3 Cedeno, pinch hitting for Rusch, 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 Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24)

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Casey doubled to right field Aurilia flied out to right field, Casey to third Kearns walked (intentionally) Valentin grounded into a FC, 6-4, Kearns out at second, Casey scored Claussen struck out (called) 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 9 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.3 7 7 7 5 2 2 2 84 Rusch 1.7 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 26

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Lee walked Ramirez grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3, Lee to second Garciaparra grounded out to third, 5-3, Lee holding second Barrett struck out swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 8 8 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24)

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING Kearns homered to left center field Valentin walked Claussen bunted into a FC, 1-6, Valentin out at second Lopez walked, Claussen to second Rusch in to pitch for the CUBS Freel struck out swinging Griffey homred to left center field, Claussen & Lopez scored Dunn popped out to second base 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 8 8 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33), Kearns ( 8 ), Griffey (24) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.3 7 7 7 5 2 2 2 84 Rusch 0.7 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 13

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING Murton walked Williams sacrificed, 1-4, Murton to second Lawton flied out to center field, Murton to third Walker grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 6 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33)

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING Griffey popped out (foul) to the catcher. Dunn flied out to left field Casey hit by pitch Aurilia grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 0 4 6 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 1 2 70

Cardinals ahead of Milwaukee, 4-2 in the 4th.

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Ramirez flied out to left field Garciaparra grounded out to third, 5-3 Barrett walked Burnitz flied out to the wall in right field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 2 2 0 4 6 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Dunn (33)

Barrett walks again. At least Burnitz won't be able to GIDP again :wink: