Fred Hornkohl

CUBS are 15-7 when they take 4 or more walks, 27-37 when they don't Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Gonzalez grounded out to short, 6-3 Leiter grounded out to second, 4-3 Pierre 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 CUBS 0 0 3 3 5 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 31

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Hairston doubled down the left field line. Walker hit a bloop single to center field, Hairston holding second Lee struck out swinging Ramirez flied out (foul) to right field, Hairston to third Barrett walked, Walker to second Burnitz walked, Hairston scored, Walker to third, Barrett to second Perez singled to left field, Walker & Barrett scored, Burnitz to second Hollandsworth flied out to center field 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 3 3 5 0 Florida 0 0 0 1 0

CUBS are 27-13 when they score first,.... 15-31 when they don't Go CUBS !!

NS... I'm not really in the habit of supporting Dusty's lineup decisions.... but the stats show that the decision to play Hollandsworth and Burnitz is a reasonable one. Not a right decision or a wrong decision .... but a reasonable decision. When you start making statements like "[whoever] couldn't do any worse......", well, that is NOT reasonable. After all, Murton did NOT do anything yesterday........ 07/09 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sure, I know it's only 1 game..... but guess what ? Today is only 1 game, too !!

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Cabrera struck out swinging, 2-3 LoDuca grounded out to short, 6-3 Conine doubled to center field Lowell flied out to center 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 2 0 Florida 0 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24

Patterson would have had that one ! :wink:

Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/05 - 07/08 14 2 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 1 0.357 0.438 0.643 1.080 Yeah, but Burnitz has been terrible in his career against Leiter. I'll give you that, but look at Leiter's numbers this year. This ain't the Leiter that Berrnuts has struggled against in the past.

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Perez singled to left field Hollandsworth struck out swinging Maddux flied out into a DP, 9-3, Perez out at first 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 Florida 0 0 0 0

Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/05 - 07/08 14 2 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 1 0.357 0.438 0.643 1.080

Moved Perez up to 7th, and put Holla 8th to protect him. See what a difference that makes ?? :wink:

This may have a lot to do with it...... Hollandsworth AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 06/01 - 07/08 97 14 35 8 1 4 57 20 4 10 0.361 0.379 0.588 0.966 Overall 201 17 56 13 2 5 88 29 14 36 0.279 0.326 0.438 0.763

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre flied out to left field Castillo grounded out to second, 4-3 Delgado 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 CUBS 0 0 1 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09

He's definitely seeing the ball well right now. Here's an interesting breakdown for you........ Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 04/24 54 3 9 2 0 2 17 6 2 5 0.167 0.207 0.315 0.522 04/25 - 06/10 113 15 42 10 1 5 69 22 5 11 0.372 0.408 0.611 1.019 06/11 - 07/04 59 4 7 2 0 2 15 8 4 10 0.119 0.172 0.254 0.426 07/05 - 07/09 10 3 4 1 0 0 5 2 5 1 0.400 0.625 0.500 1.125 Overall 236 25 62 15 1 9 106 38 16 27 0.263 0.318 0.449 0.767

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston struck out swinging Walker flied out to center field Lee walked Ramirez singled to left field, Lee to second Barrett walked, Lee to third, Ramirez to second Burnitz popped out to second base 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 Florida . 0 0 0

Barrett is 4 for his last 10 with a double & 4 walks. Go CUBS !!

Leiter's got no control. He'll walk us all day long if we'll just give him a chance !!

.... and Hairston swings at a breaking ball at his shoes for strike three. Here we go.

Well.... you did see Mitre's shutout of these Marlins last month, no? Heh, yeah, but then saw Maddux the next day. I saw Zambrano earlier in the year in St. Louis, but most of the Cubs games I see on TV, Maddux is pitching. It's all about perspective, Mizzou. Think of it this way.... you never had to watch Bob Buhl, Cal Koonce, or Ernie Broglio pitch, eh?

Well.... you did see Mitre's shutout of these Marlins last month, no?

My, but we're impatient tonight. What happened to your hot date, anyway ?? :wink: When the wife found out, it all went to the crapper! Women just have no sense of humor at all [sigh]

OK.... back by popular demand.... here's your worthless stats of the day for Sunday..... CUBS are 8-5 on Sundays CUBS are 3-2 vs. Florida CUBS are 22-24 in the day time. CUBS are 20-24 on the road. CUBS are 15-13 in games that end a series CUBS are 3-3 in games ending a road trip CUBS are 33-12 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 27-13 when they score first,.... 15-31 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they score in the first inning,... 29-39 when they don't CUBS are 9-9 when Maddux starts Maddux is 10 of 18 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.28.... pitching to Blanco it's 4.36 CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 5.06 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.27 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 thru 07/09 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 646 91 186 44 1 27 313 86 49 102 0.288 0.345 0.485 0.830 CUBS overall 2959 384 797 168 13 109 1318 368 217 516 0.269 0.323 0.445 0.768 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/05 vs. Atla 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 0 86 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 7.50 06/30 vs. Milw 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 88 1.80 3.60 1.80 2.20 10.80 06/25 vs. CWS 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 88 0.00 9.00 3.00 0.83 3.00 06/20 vs. Milw 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 98 4.50 3.00 1.50 1.67 4.50 06/15 vs. Flor 3.7 8 7 7 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 2.73 17.18 5 game totals 26.7 38 23 23 7 19 5 429 2.36 6.41 1.69 1.69 7.76 Maddux's splits..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 49.7 58 31 29 9 29 7 703 1.63 5.26 1.27 1.35 5.26 Road 58.0 66 32 31 11 40 9 860 1.71 6.21 1.40 1.33 4.81 Day 64.3 77 40 37 10 34 10 925 1.40 4.76 1.40 1.35 5.18 Nite 43.3 47 23 23 10 35 6 638 2.08 7.27 1.25 1.32 4.78 season total 107.7 124 63 60 20 69 16 1563 1.67 5.77 1.34 1.34 5.02 CUBS' hitters vs. Florida..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 15 5 7 3 0 2 16 4 1 4 0.467 0.529 1.067 1.596 Walker 17 5 9 2 0 1 14 4 1 1 0.529 0.556 0.824 1.379 Burnitz 21 5 9 2 0 2 17 6 2 3 0.429 0.478 0.810 1.288 Murton 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 Ramirez 21 2 8 3 0 2 17 6 0 4 0.381 0.381 0.810 1.190 Barrett 15 5 5 1 0 1 9 7 4 1 0.333 0.476 0.600 1.076 Hairston 17 3 7 1 1 0 10 4 0 1 0.412 0.412 0.588 1.000 Macias 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 Greenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Hollandsworth 10 3 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 0.300 0.300 0.500 0.800 Dubois 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.500 Patterson 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0.182 0.250 0.182 0.432 Perez 20 3 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 0.150 0.143 0.250 0.393 Cedeno 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Flor 181 37 61 19 1 8 106 36 11 27 0.337 0.379 0.586 0.964 overall 2959 385 797 171 14 107 1317 368 217 515 0.269 0.323 0.445 0.768 CUBS' pitchers vs. Florida..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Mitre 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 99 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 34 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Ohman 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wood 7.7 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 1.17 4.70 1.17 0.91 2.35 Zambrano 7.0 6 3 3 6 7 1 120 7.71 9.00 1.29 1.71 3.86 Remlinger 4.0 2 3 3 1 3 1 62 2.25 6.75 2.25 0.75 6.75 Bartosh 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 9.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Koronka 4.3 7 6 6 3 1 0 83 6.23 2.08 0.00 2.31 12.46 Maddux 3.7 8 7 7 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 2.73 17.18 Hill 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 29 0.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 18.00 Wellemeyer 1.3 3 3 3 0 1 2 20 0.00 6.75 13.50 2.25 20.25 Wuertz 1.0 5 3 3 2 0 1 37 18.00 0.00 9.00 7.00 27.00 Borowski 0.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 27.00 vs. Flor 45.0 50 32 32 16 29 8 723 3.20 5.80 1.60 1.47 6.40 overall 763.3 728 392 373 316 670 105 12642 3.73 7.90 1.24 1.37 4.40 Go CUBS !!

My, but we're impatient tonight. What happened to your hot date, anyway ?? :wink:

Watching the pathetic display in Atlanta has cost me my faith. Watching, hell. You gave up and went home half way through that pathetic display !!! :wink: I would've seen 3/4 of it, but weather had other plans. BTW...I tried to reach you on your cell before we left Wednesday to let you have the row ones, but I kept getting your voice mail. Yeah, my loving wife failed to pay my cell phone bill. I was off the air until Thursday morning. Good help is so hard to find, no?

Watching the pathetic display in Atlanta has cost me my faith. Watching, hell. You gave up and went home half way through that pathetic display !!! :wink: