Fred Hornkohl

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING Lawton grounded out to second, 4-3 Sanchez popped out to second base Bay 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 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 3 3 0 0 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 75

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING Meadows in to pitch for Pittsburgh Walker grounded out to first, 3-1 Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Burnitz lined 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 3 3 0 0 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20)

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING Castillo singled to center field Doumit grounded out to second, 4-3, Castillo to second J Wilson grounded into a FC, 6-5, Castillo out at third Redman, pinch hitting for Fogg, struck out (called) 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 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 3 3 0 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 5.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 66

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Barrett grounded out to second, 4-3 Wood grounded out to third, 5-3 Hairston 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 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 3 3 0 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20)

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Bay struck out swinging C Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 Ward flied out to center 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 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 3 3 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 4.0 1 1 1 0 4 1 53

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Walker popped out to second base Lee singled to left field Burnitz singled to right field, Lee to third Ramirez homered to left field, Lee and Burnitz scored Hollandsworth grounded out to second, 4-3 Perez lined out to second base 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 3 3 6 7 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7), CUBS: Ramirez (20)

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Fogg struck out swinging Lawton struck out (called) Sanchez flied out to center 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 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 3 3 4 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 3.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 40

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Burnitz doubled off the wall in left center field Ramirez grounded out to third, 5-3, Burnitz holding second Hollandsworth lined out to second base Perez singled to right field, Burnitz scored Barrett singled to left field, Perez to third Wood doubled off the wall in left center field, Perez and Barrett scored Hairston grounded out to third, 5-3 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 1 1 1 0 CUBS 0 3 3 4 1 Home runs: Pittsburgh: Castillo (7)

I don't know that I'd draw that inferrence based on 12 AB's between 2 players, ..... but what the hell do I know ??

Gee, Dad.... you mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings ?? :wink:

What is that ?? .... like Italian crap ??

Ongoing joke. Once Roast started the Game Threads saying that the team is awful, they started winning. Not wanting to mess with a good thing, he continued to do so, and others joined in. ah, thanks. :D try making it above .500 to stay, idiots. By George, I think he's got it !! :wink:

Beernuts hasn't been stroking the ball the way you'd like him to for the last 3 weeks..... but with that walk total, he sure isn't hurting the program. Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 05/01 92 15 28 7 2 5 54 17 6 20 0.304 0.337 0.587 0.924 05/02 - 06/01 106 11 23 3 0 3 35 13 8 16 0.217 0.272 0.330 0.602 06/02 - 06/22 73 16 27 7 0 4 46 12 7 12 0.370 0.425 0.630 1.055 06/23 - 07/14 58 9 13 2 0 2 21 6 14 11 0.224 0.375 0.362 0.737 Overall 329 51 91 19 2 14 156 48 35 59 0.277 0.343 0.474 0.817

Personally, I subscribe to the theory that the offense is complacent and overly confident when Kerry pitches.

OK.... here are the worthless stats of the day for Friday..... CUBS are 5-8 on Fridays CUBS are 6-2 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 23-23 in the day time. CUBS are 22-21 at home. CUBS are 26-17 when they've won the previous game.... 17-27 after a loss CUBS are 1-1 when they've won their previous 4 games CUBS are 7-4 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 35-12 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't CUBS are 36-17 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,.... 16-30 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they score in the first inning,... 31-39 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 42-35 in the first inning..... outscored 33-24 in the 9th CUBS are 28-12 when they make at least 10 hits, 16-32 when they don't. CUBS are 16-7 when they take 4 or more walks, 28-37 when they don't CUBS are 20-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 24-34 when they don't CUBS are 7-22 when the opponents steal a base, 37-22 when they don't CUBS are 8-21 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 36-23 when they don't CUBS are 35-16 when they score 4 runs or more, 9-28 when they don't CUBS are 33-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 11-42 when they don't\ CUBS are 3-5 when Wood starts Wood is 2 of 8 in quality starts Wood's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.80.... Wood has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 4.13 R/G when Wood pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 1.38 HR/G when Wood pitches CUBS' offensive support of Wood...... 04/04 - 07/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Wood 274 33 66 14 0 11 113 33 27 56 0.241 0.309 0.412 0.721 CUBS Overall 3033 399 820 178 13 111 1357 381 229 528 0.270 0.322 0.447 0.769 Kerry Wood's last five starts..... Wood IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/09 vs. Flor 7.7 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 1.17 4.70 1.17 0.91 2.35 07/04 vs. Atla 5.0 6 3 3 3 6 1 102 5.40 10.80 1.80 1.80 5.40 06/29 vs. Milw 6.0 2 1 1 2 9 1 91 3.00 13.50 1.50 0.67 1.50 04/30 vs. Houst 3.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 54 6.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 04/24 vs. Pitts 5.0 3 2 2 3 8 0 76 5.40 14.40 0.00 1.20 3.60 5 game totals 26.7 21 11 11 11 33 3 427 3.71 11.14 1.01 1.20 3.71 Kerry's splits..... Wood IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 23.3 18 12 11 12 30 4 381 4.63 11.57 1.54 1.29 4.24 Road 21.7 24 13 13 8 22 4 355 3.32 9.14 1.66 1.48 5.40 Day 23.3 18 12 11 12 30 4 381 4.63 11.57 1.54 1.29 4.24 Nite 21.7 24 13 13 8 22 4 355 3.32 9.14 1.66 1.48 5.40 season totals 45.0 42 25 24 20 52 8 736 4.00 10.40 1.60 1.38 4.80 CUBS vs. Pirates season series..... 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 - Wood 90 Sat 07/16 Pittsburgh - 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Walker 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0.333 0.500 1.333 1.833 Perez 24 4 14 4 0 2 24 6 2 1 0.583 0.593 1.000 1.593 Lee 30 4 11 4 0 2 21 7 2 6 0.367 0.394 0.700 1.094 Hollandsworth 9 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 3 0.333 0.500 0.556 1.056 Fontenot 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Blanco 8 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 Hairston 24 4 7 2 0 0 9 1 2 2 0.292 0.370 0.375 0.745 Ramirez 25 4 5 2 0 1 10 3 5 5 0.200 0.333 0.400 0.733 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 Burnitz 28 3 5 0 1 1 10 3 5 7 0.179 0.303 0.357 0.660 Patterson 23 5 4 0 0 1 7 1 1 8 0.174 0.208 0.304 0.513 Barrett 20 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0.150 0.217 0.200 0.417 Macias 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.143 0.222 0.143 0.365 Murton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Pitts 252 33 66 17 2 9 114 33 29 45 0.262 0.337 0.452 0.789 Overall 3033 399 820 180 14 110 1358 381 229 528 0.270 0.325 0.448 0.773 CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 44 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 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 Prior 15.0 9 4 3 4 16 2 216 2.40 9.60 1.20 0.87 1.80 Rusch 10.0 9 2 2 8 9 0 175 7.20 8.10 0.00 1.70 1.80 Maddux 14.0 9 4 4 1 6 0 173 0.64 3.86 0.00 0.71 2.57 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 Wood 5.0 3 2 2 3 8 0 76 5.40 14.40 0.00 1.20 3.60 Hawkins 4.0 3 2 2 3 2 1 60 6.75 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Zambrano 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 3 108 3.00 7.50 4.50 1.33 7.50 Remlinger 1.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 37 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.80 10.80 vs. Pitts 71.0 55 25 24 29 59 7 1085 3.68 7.48 0.89 1.18 3.04 overall 781.3 736 395 375 320 684 106 12895 3.69 7.88 1.22 1.35 4.32 Go CUBS !!!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch (5th), Hollandsworth in lf (9th) for the CUBS C Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 Ward walked Castillo grounded to shortstop, safe at first on a fielding error, E6, Ward to second Cota grounded into a DP, 6-4-3, Castillo out at second 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x 5 10 3 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Prior (6-3) S: none L: Redman (4-9) T: 2:34 A: 38,902 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 8.0 2 1 0 3 10 0 115 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Torres in to pitch for Pittsburgh Burnitz grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Perez grounded out to short, 6-3 Blanco 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 10 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Redman, pinch hitting for Snell, singled to center field Lawton popped out to second base, Redman holding first Mackowiak struck out swinging Bay popped out (foul) to the catcher 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 10 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 8.0 2 1 0 3 10 0 115

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Lee doubled off the left field wall Lee stole third base Ramirez struck out (called) Lee, attempting to score on a passed ball, thrown out at home, 2-1 Murton popped out to first base 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 10 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

CUBS are 27-12 when they make at least 10 hits, 16-32 when they don't. Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Castillo grounded out to short, 6-3 Cota struck out swinging J Wilson 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 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 7.0 1 1 0 3 9 0 99

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Blanco grounded out to second base, 4-3 Prior struck out (called) Hairston walked Hairston took second on a wild pitch 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 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING Bay struck out swinging C Wilson grounded out to third, 5-3 Ward flied out to left center 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 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 5 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 1 1 0 3 7 0 92

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING Snell in to pitch for Pittsburgh Lee flied out to right field Ramirez doubled to center field Murton grounded out to third, 5-3, Ramirez holding second Burnitz walked Perez popped out to second base 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 0 5 9 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING Cota struck out (called) J Wilson walked Hill, pinch hitting for Redman, popped out to second base Lawton walked, J Wilson to second Mackowiak popped out to center field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 5 8 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 5.0 1 1 0 3 6 0 83