Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Dunn struck out (called) Pena flied out to right field LaRue grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 0 2 4 0 Cincinnati 1 0 1 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (5), Lee (29) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 24

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Murton singled to right field Williams grounded out to second, unassisted, Murton to second Hairston flied out to the track in left field, Murton held second Walker popped out to shortstop 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 0 2 4 0 Cincinnati 1 1 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (5), Lee (29)

We're on a streak of 8 consecutive quality starts. Williams needs to settle down and make it number 9 !! Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Lopez singled to center field Aurilia flied out to right field Casey singled to right field, Lopez to third Griffey flied out to left field, Lopez scored, Casey held first Randa grounded into a FC, 5-4, Casey out at second 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 3 0 Cincinnati 1 1 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (5), Lee (29) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Williams 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston struck out swinging Walker homered to right field Lee homered to left field Ramirez walked Barrett doubled down the left field line, Ramirez to third Burnitz popped out (foul) to the catcher Perez struck out (called) 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 3 0 Cincinnati . 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (5), Lee(29)

Good call !!! It is now ! Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/03 - 07/17 27 6 8 1 0 0 9 3 10 4 0.296 0.500 0.333 0.833

CUBS are 6-0 when attendance is less than 24,000. CUBS are 14-5 when they score in the first inning,... 32-40 when they don't CUBS are 22-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 24-35 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Yeah but I'm not just talking about walks. Barrett just isn't as good of a hitter in the 8 spot as he is higher in the lineup. When he's hitting 8th he often chases a bad pitch, when he's higher he waits for a pitch he can drive. I think Murton will maintain his approach anywhere in the lineup, which is always a positive. Yeah.... but is he hitting better because he's higher in the order.... or is he higher in the order cause he's hitting better ?? :shrug: Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS batting 4th 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0.667 0.800 1.000 1.800 batting 5th 23 5 9 1 1 1 15 6 6 1 0.391 0.517 0.652 1.169 batting 6th 33 2 12 3 0 2 21 9 1 5 0.364 0.382 0.636 1.019 batting 7th 33 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 4 5 0.121 0.216 0.152 0.368 batting 8th 150 18 37 9 0 6 64 24 7 16 0.247 0.290 0.427 0.717 batting 9th 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.500 0.600 0.500 1.100 season 246 28 66 15 1 9 110 39 20 29 0.268 0.331 0.447 0.778

Girls are weird. The voice of experience has spoken !! :wink:

Wheelimus, I pretty much agree with your assessment. I took the liberty of inserting these blocks of data into your original post. Many times, searching for trends with data that is tied to calendar months can produce results that are misleading. Thanx for a well thought out and articulated post.

Is that right? Prior 8 IP 0 ER Wood 6 IP 1 ER Maddux 8 IP 2 ER Zambrano 8 IP 0 ER Total 30 Innings 3 ER, for a 0.90 ERA. :shock: .... and if you add Maddux's start a week ago today in Florida, you come up with 38 innings, 3 ER for a 0.71 starters' ERA over 5 games.

Cubs.com says that they have a 1.37 ERA over the 6-1 streak. 8 runs in 52+ innings. Hmm, I guess the broadcasters was a little bit off. Still, that's not too bad. At some point during today's game, when they made that calculation..... the CUBS' ERA for the 4 game series with Pittsburgh may very well have been 1.18. At the completion of the 4th game, however, it was down to 1.00 for the 4 game series. 07/14 - 07/17 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 36.0 19 7 4 10 26 2 2.50 6.50 0.50 0.81 1.00 For the 6 games that include this Pittsburgh series, and the last 2 games of the Marlins series before the ASG..... the CUBS' were 5-1, and their pitching line is....... 07/09 - 07/17 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 54.0 31 11 8 11 35 4 1.83 5.83 0.67 0.78 1.33 If you include the first game of the Marlins series, then we're 6-1 for those seven games, and the pitching line is...... 07/08 - 07/17 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 63.0 39 17 14 20 44 6 2.86 6.29 0.86 0.94 2.00 For the season, we are now down to 4.23 as this line shows..... 04/04 - 07/17 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 808.3 753 401 380 326 700 107 3.63 7.79 1.19 1.33 4.23

Why? I would love for the Cubs to be as successful as the Marlins. Oh, I don't know about that....... 1876 thru 2005 World Series team W L pct PA W L Chicago Cubs 9756 9208 0.514 14 2 8 Florida Marlins 880 997 0.469 2 2 0

Cincinnati here we come !! Here's your worthless stats of the day for Monday..... CUBS are 7-5 on Mondays CUBS are 3-2 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 21-21 at night. CUBS are 22-23 on the road. CUBS are 15-15 in games that open a series CUBS are 4-3 in games openning a road trip CUBS are 16-7 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 30-38 when he doesn't CUBS are 27-18 when they've won the previous game.... 18-27 after a loss CUBS are 37-13 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't CUBS are 15-29 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 31-16 when they don't CUBS are 38-18 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 8-27 when they don't CUBS are 24-16 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 22-29 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 29-14 when they score first,.... 17-31 when they don't CUBS are 14-5 when they score in the first inning,... 32-40 when they don't CUBS are 0-5 in games with CubmanPi's girlfriend in the stands. CUBS are 36-30 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 10-15 when they k 8 or more times. CUBS are 23-15 when they steal a base, 23-30 when they don't CUBS are 22-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 24-35 when they don't CUBS are 37-16 when they score 4 runs or more, 9-29 when they don't CUBS are 35-3 when they give up 3 runs or less, 11-42 when they don't CUBS are 1-2 when Williams starts Williams is 2 of 3 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.05.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.59 R/G overall.... 3.33 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.28 HR/G overall.... 1.67 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams..... 04/04 - 07/17 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 94 10 19 2 2 5 40 10 7 15 0.202 0.257 0.426 0.683 CUBS overall 3142 418 859 186 13 116 1419 400 234 538 0.273 0.324 0.452 0.775 Williams' last 3 starts..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 3 game totals 22.0 16 9 9 8 14 4 314 3.27 5.73 1.64 1.09 3.68 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 15.0 11 5 5 7 11 3 226 4.20 6.60 1.80 1.20 3.00 Day 9.0 5 4 4 2 5 1 111 2.00 5.00 1.00 0.78 4.00 Nite 13.0 11 5 5 6 9 3 203 4.15 6.23 2.08 1.31 3.46 season totals 22.0 16 9 9 8 14 4 314 3.27 5.73 1.64 1.09 3.68 CUBS season series with 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 - Williams 93 Tue 07/19 @ Cincinnati N - Prior 94 Wed 07/20 @ Cincinnati N - Wood 95 Thu 07/21 @ Cincinnati - Maddux 112 Mon 08/08 Cincinnati N - Williams 113 Tue 08/09 Cincinnati - Prior 114 Wed 08/10 Cincinnati - Wood 144 Mon 09/12 Cincinnati N - Wood 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 Cedeno 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Lee 20 9 11 1 0 5 27 13 1 2 0.550 0.545 1.350 1.895 Patterson 21 6 9 1 0 3 19 4 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.905 1.333 Burnitz 17 4 7 2 0 2 15 5 1 0 0.412 0.421 0.882 1.303 Barrett 18 2 7 2 1 1 14 3 0 2 0.389 0.389 0.778 1.167 Grieve 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Hairston 19 7 7 2 0 0 9 0 2 2 0.368 0.500 0.474 0.974 Dubois 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 Macias 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.429 0.500 0.429 0.929 Ramirez 19 3 5 0 0 2 11 5 2 2 0.263 0.333 0.579 0.912 Perez 21 4 6 0 1 1 11 6 1 3 0.286 0.348 0.524 0.872 Hollandsworth 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.133 0.133 0.133 0.267 Garciaparra 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Cinci 185 40 62 9 2 15 120 39 9 22 0.335 0.378 0.649 1.027 overall 3142 418 859 188 14 115 1420 400 234 537 0.273 0.327 0.452 0.779 CUBS' pitchers against Cincinnati..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Remlinger 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Ohman 1.3 2 0 0 2 1 0 25 13.50 6.75 0.00 3.00 0.00 Hawkins 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Prior 13.0 10 3 2 4 16 1 204 2.77 11.08 0.69 1.08 1.38 Rusch 3.3 2 1 1 0 2 0 39 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.60 2.70 Bartosh 3.3 2 1 1 4 2 0 70 10.80 5.40 0.00 1.80 2.70 Wood 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 2 95 3.00 9.00 3.00 1.67 7.50 Novoa 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 9.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 9.00 Dempster 5.3 8 6 6 5 7 1 97 8.44 11.81 1.69 2.44 10.13 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 1.0 2 3 2 1 2 0 25 9.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 18.00 Fox 0.3 1 3 3 3 0 1 30 81.00 0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00 vs. Cinci 44.0 48 32 29 28 47 6 790 5.73 9.61 1.23 1.73 5.93 overall 808.3 753 401 379 326 700 108 13316 3.63 7.79 1.20 1.33 4.22 Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Ohman in to pitch (4th), Macias in at rf (9th) for the CUBS Ward grounded out to short, 6-3 Castillo singled to right center field Mitre in to pitch for the CUBS Cota singled off the left field wall, Castillo to third Hill, pinch hitting for White, doubled down the right field line, Castillo scored, Cota to third Duffy grounded out to the pitcher, unassisted, runner holding 2nd & 3rd Lawton grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 CUBS 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 x 8 15 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (7-4) S: none L: Wells (6-10) T: 2:48 A: 39,391 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 ), Burnitz (15), Ramirez (21) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 8.0 5 1 0 4 4 0 95 Ohman 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 06 Mitre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 09

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING White in to pitch for Pittsburgh Walker flied out to center field Lee grounded out to first, unassisted Burnitz doubled to the wall in right center field Ramirez popped out to first base 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 CUBS 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 8 15 1 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 ), Burnitz (15), Ramirez (21)

Thanks for the update, and I was at church and taking Britt to a job interview. We went to Barnes and Noble too, which could have caused me to miss the whole game. After about 25 minutes, I started complaining and pointed out that none of these books are showing the Cubs game, so we should probably get going. :) Well, it seems to me...... you can dress her up in a CUBS jersey and a CUBS cap.... but if she's causing you to miss games, then she's a bad influence on you, no? ..but...but...she just registered on nsbb too! (hasn't posted yet tho) And I explained the whole thing about missing Cubs games, and she's on her last warning before she spends a coule days in the stocks. Ok, then..... seems like you do have the situation under control. I'll shut up now.

Thanks for the update, and I was at church and taking Britt to a job interview. We went to Barnes and Noble too, which could have caused me to miss the whole game. After about 25 minutes, I started complaining and pointed out that none of these books are showing the Cubs game, so we should probably get going. :) Well, it seems to me...... you can dress her up in a CUBS jersey and a CUBS cap.... but if she's causing you to miss games, then she's a bad influence on you, no?

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Sanchez grounded out to short, 6-3 Bay walked Mackowiak grounded into a DP, 4-3, Bay out at second 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 CUBS 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 8 14 1 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 ), Burnitz (15), Ramirez (21) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 8.0 5 1 0 4 4 0 95

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Mackowiak grounded out to short, 6-3 Ward struck out (called) Castillo singled down the right field line Cota flied out to center field 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Hairston grounded out to short, 6-3 Walker singled to center field Lee singled to left center field, Walker to third Burnitz singled to right field, Walker scored, Lee to second Ramirez singled to center field, Lee scored, Burnitz to third Hollandsworth walked Perez grounded into a FC, 5-2, Burnitz out at home, Ramirez to third, Hollandsworth to second Barrett singled to right field, Ramirez scored, Hollandsworth to third, Perez to second Zambrano doubled to center field, Hollandsworth and Perez scored, Barrett to third Meadows in to pitch for Pittsburgh Hairston popped out (foul) to the catcher 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Walker struck out (called) Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Burnitz homered to left center field Ramirez blooped a double down the right field line Hollandsworth walked Perez popped out to second base 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Ramirez homered to left field Hollandsworth singled to right field Perez doubled down the right field line, Hollandsworth to third Barrett struck out swinging Zambrano struck out swinging Hairston flied out to left field 1 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base .... and just where have you been all afternoon, young man ??? Hmmm ???

That's something I've been working on. Will have something up in a day or two.

I'll fix that. Thanx !

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Cota struck out swinging J Wilson struck out swinging Duffy walked Lawton grounded out 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 CUBS 1 0 5 1 0 0 7 11 1 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 ), Burnitz (15) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 5 1 0 3 4 0 86

I don't doubt your stats, but when was the last time the Cubs threw more than 17 pitchers in an inning? Talk about killing your bullpen! Date Opponent Pit IP Fri 07/08 @ Florida 164 8 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 167 8 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 167 8

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Walker popped out to left field Lee grounded out to third, 5-3 Burnitz 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 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 CUBS 1 0 5 1 0 0 7 11 1 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 ), Burnitz (15) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.0 5 1 0 2 2 0 70