Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston grounded out to third, 5-3 Walker struck out swinging Lee homered to left center field Burnitz flied out to left field 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 CUBS 1 1 1 0 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (28 )

Wells threw more pitches to Hairston than Zambrano did in the whole first inning. This is a good sign !! Be patient !!

CUBS are 29-22 when the opponents GIDP, 16-23 when they don't Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Lawton singled to right field Redman flied out to left field, Lawton holding first Bay grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Lawton out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 08

After 7 consecutive quality starts..... it's your turn now, Carlos. Go get 'em !!

I've made no statistical inferences, or made any claims of predictive ablility, either stated or implied. Remember, the name of this bit is "Worthless Stats of the Day". I know you didn't, I didn't really mean anything by it. I just couldn't help but laugh when I saw the chart and thought that when reading through the game thread. BTW: Your posts are routinely a highlight of the thread. I was telling my girlfriend about you just now as I was reading along, but I don't think she shares my amusement. I think I'll mock her now and defend your honor. Now she's hitting me with a pillow...I think my laughing at her isn't helping the situation. Oops, now she's switching to a sandal...gotta go. :lol: Enjoy !! :wink:

I've made no statistical inferences, or made any claims of predictive ablility, either stated or implied. Remember, the name of this bit is "Worthless Stats of the Day".

It should be noted that the CUBS are 0-5 when they do not score.

Sure enough. Starting LF W L pct Hollandsworth 21 29 0.420 Dubois 20 15 0.571 Grieve 1 0 1.000 Murton 3 1 0.750

All this reverse psychology negativity is highly overrated. Here's what I've got for worthless stats of the day for Sunday..... CUBS are 9-5 on Sundays CUBS are 7-3 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 24-24 in the day time. CUBS are 23-22 at home. CUBS are 16-13 in games that end a series CUBS are 4-2 in games ending a homestand CUBS are 30-22 from Sun thru Wed, 15-23 on Thur, Fri & Sat. CUBS are 27-18 when they've won the previous game.... 17-27 after a loss CUBS are 7-4 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 36-13 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't CUBS are 15-29 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 30-16 when they don't CUBS are 37-18 when they throw less than 17 pitchers per inning.... 8-27 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 28-14 when they score first,.... 17-31 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they score in the first inning,... 32-40 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 43-35 in the first inning..... outscored 33-24 in the 9th CUBS are 35-30 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, 22-30 when they don't CUBS are 17-13 when they execute a sac bunt, 28-32 when they don't CUBS are 19-25 when they GIDP, 26-20 when they don't CUBS are 20-24 when they commit an error, 25-21 when they don't CUBS are 21-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 24-35 when they don't CUBS are 8-18 when they hit an opposing batter, 37-27 when they don't CUBS are 20-15 when Dubois starts in left field, 25-30 when he doesn't CUBS are 32-34 when Barrett catches, 14-10 when Blanco starts. CUBS are 9-9 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 11 of 18 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.52.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.00 CUBS score 4.56 R/G overall.... 4.78 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 0.94 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 07/16 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 642 86 180 41 5 17 282 83 36 113 0.280 0.319 0.439 0.758 CUBS overall 3103 410 844 182 13 113 1391 392 232 533 0.272 0.323 0.448 0.771 Zambrano's last five starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/08 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 6 7 1 120 7.71 9.00 1.29 1.71 3.86 07/03 vs. Wash 7.0 6 2 2 3 7 0 120 3.86 9.00 0.00 1.29 2.57 06/28 vs. Milw 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 115 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 06/22 vs. Milw 1.7 7 8 8 1 2 1 51 5.40 10.80 5.40 4.80 43.20 06/17 vs. Yanks 6.3 9 6 6 6 3 0 116 8.53 4.26 0.00 2.37 8.53 5 game totals 30.0 31 19 19 19 25 2 522 5.70 7.50 0.60 1.67 5.70 Zambrano's is right where he belongs; at home in the day time..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 55.0 33 16 16 23 50 4 902 3.76 8.18 0.65 1.02 2.62 Road 59.7 55 34 33 30 58 7 1014 4.53 8.75 1.06 1.42 4.98 Day 54.0 33 13 13 25 54 4 899 4.17 9.00 0.67 1.07 2.17 Nite 60.7 55 37 36 28 54 7 1017 4.15 8.01 1.04 1.37 5.34 season totals 114.7 88 50 49 53 108 11 1916 4.16 8.48 0.86 1.23 3.85 The season series; CUBS 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 - Zambrano 134 Fri 09/02 @ Pittsburgh N - Wood 135 Sat 09/03 @ Pittsburgh - Maddux 136 Sun 09/04 @ Pittsburgh - Zambrano 157 Tue 09/27 Pittsburgh N - Williams 158 Wed 09/28 Pittsburgh - Prior 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 28 6 16 5 0 2 27 8 2 1 0.571 0.581 0.964 1.545 Walker 12 1 4 1 0 1 8 2 1 1 0.333 0.385 0.667 1.051 Fontenot 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Lee 39 5 13 4 0 2 23 7 2 7 0.333 0.357 0.590 0.947 Hollandsworth 13 1 4 0 1 0 6 1 2 3 0.308 0.438 0.462 0.899 Cedeno 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.429 0.857 Ramirez 32 6 7 2 0 2 15 6 5 5 0.219 0.324 0.469 0.793 Hairston 33 5 9 2 0 1 14 5 2 2 0.273 0.333 0.424 0.758 Burnitz 35 5 7 1 1 1 13 3 6 7 0.200 0.317 0.371 0.689 Dubois 16 1 3 1 0 1 7 3 1 6 0.188 0.235 0.438 0.673 Garciaparra 9 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.222 0.333 0.333 0.667 Blanco 10 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 Macias 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.250 0.300 0.250 0.550 Patterson 23 5 4 0 0 1 7 1 1 8 0.174 0.208 0.304 0.513 Barrett 23 3 4 1 0 0 5 1 4 1 0.174 0.286 0.217 0.503 Murton 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 vs. Pitts 322 44 90 21 2 11 148 44 32 50 0.280 0.343 0.460 0.803 overall 3103 410 844 184 14 112 1392 392 232 533 0.272 0.326 0.449 0.775 CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 4.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 59 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.25 0.00 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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 Maddux 22.0 14 7 6 2 12 1 364 0.82 4.91 0.41 0.73 2.45 Wood 11.0 5 3 3 3 13 1 151 2.45 10.64 0.82 0.73 2.45 Dempster 9.0 7 3 3 5 6 1 144 5.00 6.00 1.00 1.33 3.00 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 Remlinger 2.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 48 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.13 6.75 Zambrano 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 3 108 3.00 7.50 4.50 1.33 7.50 vs. Pitts 89.0 64 29 27 31 71 9 1396 3.13 7.18 0.91 1.07 2.73 overall 799.3 745 399 378 322 696 108 13206 3.63 7.84 1.22 1.33 4.26 Go CUBS !!

Soul.... I think you're overstating your case on this point. These totals through 6 games hardly constitute playing on a "regular basis". 07/08 - 07/16 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Cedeno 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.400 0.333 0.733 Murton 12 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0.250 0.333 0.333 0.667 Greenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000

..... or, as we used to say in the Navy, "Up your periscope, boy !!"

34-3 :cry: [sigh]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Mesa in to pitch for Pittsburgh Walker singled to right field Lee popped out to shortstop Ramirez flied out to center field Grieve, pinch hitting for Murton, singled to left field, Walker to second Burnitz grounded out to first, 3-1 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 W: Duke (2-0) S: Mesa (22) L: Maddux (8-7) T: 2:17 A: 39,790 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 8.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 1 101 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07

Come on, Beernuts !!!

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TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Novoa in to pitch for the CUBS Castillo grounded out to second, 4-3 Cota popped out to second base J Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 8.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 1 101 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07

4 DP's in one game is a new season high for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Perez, ppinch hitting for Blanco, grounded out to third, 5-3 Barrett, pinch hitting for Maddux, walked Hairston grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Barrett 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17)

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Bay grounded out to third, 5-3 Redman grounded out to first, 3-1 Ward popped out to shortstop 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 8.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 1 101

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Murton grounded an IF single to second base Burnitz popped out (foul) to first base Cedeno grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Murton out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17)

CUBS are 34-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 11-42 when they don't Come on, boys... let's get it in gear !! Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Castillo struck out (called) Cota grounded out to second, 4-3 J Wilson walked Duke grounded to second base, safe at first on a fielding error, E4, J Wilson to second Lawton doubled to left field, J Wilson scored, Duke to third Mackowiak grounded out to third, 5-3 1 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Bay (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 7.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 1 87

That's 7 lead off hitters retired in 7 innings by Maddux.

This is pretty frustrating to watch.