Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Hollandsworth flied out to left field Perez struck out swinging Barrett 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 2 1 0 3 4 1 St. Louis 0 0 2 2 4 0 Home runs: CUBS: Burnitz (17)

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Nunez walked Rodriguez doubled to left center field, Nunez scored Luna pinch runs for Rodrigues Edmonds struck out swinging Mabry safe at first on a fielding error, E4, Luna scored Grudzielanek grounded into a FC, 5-4, Mabry out at second Taguchi grounded into a FC, 6-4, Grudzielanek out at second 2 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 1 3 4 1 St. Louis 0 0 2 2 4 0 Home runs: CUBS: Burnitz (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 3.0 4 2 1 2 1 0 63

I think he has grown out of that nickname Never !! Beernuts is my main man !!

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Walker popped out to center field Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Burnitz homered to right field Ramirez flied out to the wall in right center field 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 1 3 4 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 3 0 Home runs: CUBS: Burnitz (17)

BEERNUTS !!

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Mabry flied out to left field Grudzielanek grounded an IF single to shortstop Taguchi singled to right field, Grudzielanek to third Mahoney sacrificed to the pitcher, 1-3, Taguchi to second, Grudzielanek holding third Morris walked Eckstein grounded into a FC, 5-4, Morris out at second 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 2 2 3 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 3 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 41

That thing was by him before he could blink. He doesn't look too agile to me. Grrrr, shut up McCarver! Shut up Buck! They certainly are getting in their digs on the Cubs. Good grief, boys and girls.... ya don't have to listen to them Bozos !! Just turn the sound down and tune your radio to Pat & Ron !!!

Now, that is cruel and unusual !!! :wink:

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Ramirez singled to right center field Hollandsworth doubled down the right field line, Ramirez to third Perez grounded out to second, 4-3, Ramirez scored, Hollandsworth to third Barrett singled to left field, Hollandsworth scored Williams struck out swinging Hairston grounded into a FC, 6-4, Barrett out at 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 2 2 3 0 St. Louis 0 0 1 0

CUBS are 30-14 when they score first,.... 18-34 when they don't Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Eckstein grounded out to third, 5-3 Nunez flied out to left field Rodriguez doubled to left center field Edmonds flied out to 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 St. Louis 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16

Pujols out with s strained left shoulder.

Hahaha. Sometimes I regret having the game on mute. Sometimes. I actually don't mind Buck that much. Relative to the other STL broacasters, anyway. Buck isn't all that bad.... it's McCarver that I can't stand.

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston struck out swinging Walker struck out swinging Lee walked Burnitz lined out to 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 CUBS 0 0 0 0 St. Louis . 0 0 0

Pat Hughes is reading off a lineup that include Pujols. Wonder if TLR has changed his mind ? Now Pat is saying that Pujols has been scratched.

Your favorite what ?

If you go back to 07/07 he's 3-29. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playerId=3141 Duly noted. Thanx. Hollandsworth AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/07 - 07/22 29 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 0.103 0.206 0.103 0.309

Does this include last night? I guess not since it was posted before the game started. :oops: CERA is pretty worthless because the opponents are different and pitchers have different stuff on different days, the wind could be blowing in vs out and Blanco's sample is too small. I would also argue that Baker picks and chooses what opponents to hide Blanco in the lineup as opposed to Barrett who's in there against the better teams. All valid points. That's kind of why I said.......

Hollandsworth is having a real rough stretch at the plate, too. Hollandsworth AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/09 - 07/22 26 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 0.115 0.233 0.115 0.349

Team record by starting left fielder W L pct 1. Hollandsworth 23 31 0.426 2. Dubois 20 15 0.571 3. Grieve 1 0 1.000 4. Murton 4 2 0.667 Totals 48 48 0.500

Yet another example of Baker as a member of the "Ol'e Boys Club" blindly following traditional baseball thinking and not using common sense or numbers. Ramirez hits righties and lefties well while Burnitz does not even come close to Aram whether it's against lefties or righties. There is absolutely no INTELLIGENT reason why Burnitz should be batting ahead of Ramirez. While Ramirez is clearly a better hitter than Burnitz, I really don't see why it's a problem putting Burnitz in the 4th spot against right handers. Burnitz has a very attractive 0.380 OBP when he's hitting 4th, and Ramirez seems to be driving in runs at the same rate whether he's hitting 4th behind Lee or 5th behind Burnitz. I just don't see a problem here. Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS batting 4th 159 30 45 9 0 6 72 19 25 23 0.283 0.380 0.453 0.833 batting 5th 106 18 32 6 1 5 55 17 6 19 0.302 0.333 0.519 0.852 Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS batting 4th 168 28 52 16 0 13 107 34 17 22 0.310 0.373 0.637 1.010 batting 5th 156 23 51 6 0 11 90 33 11 17 0.327 0.375 0.577 0.952

Worthless stats for the day..... CUBS are 7-8 on Saturdays CUBS are 1-2 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 25-25 in the day time. CUBS are 24-22 at home. CUBS are 29-19 when they've won the previous game.... 18-29 after a loss CUBS are 2-3 when they've lost their previous 3 games CUBS are 5-9 when the attendance is greater than 42,000 CUBS' pitchers have hit safely in 8 of the last 9 games CUBS are 2-2 when Williams starts Williams is 2 of 4 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.39.... Williams has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.63 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.31 HR/G overall.... 2.25 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams..... 04/04 - 07/22 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 138 19 37 4 2 9 72 19 10 19 0.268 0.315 0.522 0.837 CUBS overall 3333 444 918 201 15 126 1527 426 250 556 0.275 0.330 0.458 0.788 Williams' previous starts..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/18 vs. Cincy 6.7 6 4 4 1 3 1 104 1.35 4.05 1.35 1.05 5.40 07/07 vs. Atla 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 102 3.00 4.50 1.50 1.67 4.50 07/02 vs. Wash 7.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 88 1.29 3.86 1.29 0.86 5.14 06/21 vs. Milw 7.0 3 2 2 4 6 2 101 5.14 7.71 2.57 1.00 2.57 4 game totals 26.7 22 13 13 8 15 5 395 2.70 5.06 1.69 1.13 4.39 Williams' splits..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 7.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 88 1.29 3.86 1.29 0.86 5.14 Road 21.7 17 9 9 8 14 4 330 3.32 5.82 1.66 1.15 3.74 Day 9.0 5 4 4 2 5 1 111 2.00 5.00 1.00 0.78 4.00 Nite 19.7 17 9 9 7 12 4 307 3.20 5.49 1.83 1.22 4.12 season totals 28.7 22 13 13 9 17 5 418 2.83 5.34 1.57 1.08 4.08 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 - Williams 98 Sun 07/24 @ St. Louis N - 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 - Wood 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N - Williams 148 Fri 09/16 St. Louis - Prior 149 Sat 09/17 St. Louis - Wood 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 12 2 6 3 0 0 9 1 2 1 0.500 0.571 0.750 1.321 Hairston 12 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0.417 0.417 0.417 0.833 Hollandsworth 12 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0.250 0.357 0.333 0.690 Blanco 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Barrett 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Ramirez 12 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0.167 0.286 0.250 0.536 Burnitz 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Perez 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.214 0.214 0.214 0.429 Patterson 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Walker 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gerut 1 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. 111 4 28 6 1 0 36 4 10 17 0.252 0.314 0.324 0.638 overall 3333 444 918 200 15 124 1520 426 250 555 0.275 0.329 0.456 0.786 CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 95 4.50 6.00 0.00 1.17 1.50 Fox 0.7 2 2 2 0 1 1 15 0.00 13.50 13.50 3.00 27.00 Hawkins 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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 Rusch 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.00 6.75 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 vs. St. L. 27.3 18 7 7 4 21 4 392 1.32 6.91 1.32 0.80 2.30 overall 852.7 797 428 406 342 742 117 13970 3.61 7.83 1.23 1.34 4.29 Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE ELEVENTH INNING Mitre in to pitch for the CUBS Mabry, pinch hitting for Mahoney, tripled to left field, Luna pinch running Taguchi grounded out to short, 6-3, Luna holding third Eckstein bunted to the pitcher, Luna scoring 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 W: Reyes (3-1) S: none L: Mitre (2-5) T: 2:48 A: 49,840 Home runs: St. Louis: Rodriguez (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 9.0 3 1 1 0 12 1 118 Rusch 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Mitre 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10

BOTTOM OF THE ELEVENTH INNING Mitre in to pitch for the CUBS Mabry, pinch hitting for Mahoney, tripled to left field, Luna punch running Taguchi grounded out to short, 6-3, Luna holding third Eckstein bunted to the pitcher, Luna scoring 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 W: Reyes S: none L: Mitre T: 2:49 A: 49,840 Home runs: St. Louis: Rodriguez (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 9.0 3 1 1 0 12 1 118 Rusch 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Mitre 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10

CUBS are 2-10 when the opponents triple, 46-37 when they don't. Go CUBS !!