Fred Hornkohl

Last time the CUBS opponents made 3 sac bunts in a game.... Sun 22 Apr 2012 (3 sac) in a 4-3 loss to Cincinnati at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

Last time the CUBS allowed 11 BBs in a game.... Sun 26 Sep 2010 (11 BBs) in a 8-7 loss to St. Louis at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

Does DeJesus have any magic left ??

CUBS are 11-6 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-12 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Last time the CUBS opponents hit 3 GIDPs in a game.... Fri 23 Sep 2011 (3 GIDP) in a 5-1 win at St. Louis Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 0-6 when they allow 7 or more runs.... Go CUBS !!

Are you [expletive] kidding me ????

Last time the CUBS allowed 10 BBs in a game.... Sat 18 Jun 2011 (10 BBs) in a 4-3 loss to NY Yankees at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

Last time the CUBS allowed 9 BBs in a game.... Thu 14 Jul 2011 (9 BBs) in a 6-3 loss to Miami at Wrigley Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 1-13 when they allow 5 runs or more.... Go CUBS !!

Last time the CUBS scored 7 runs in a game....... Fri 13 Apr 2012 in a 9-5 win at St. Louis. Go CUBS !!!

Last time the CUBS scored 6 runs in a game...... Sat 21 Apr 2012 in a 6-1 win over Cincinnati at Wrigley. Go CUBS !!

Imagine that !!

Last time the CUBS hit 2 triples in a game.... Sun 11 Sep 2011 (2 3b) in a 10-6 win at NY Mets Go CUBS !!

Oh, hell yes !!!

CUBS have stolen 2 bases in their last 9 games..... and been CS 5 times CUBS have not made an error in their last 3 games CUBS pitchers have allowed more than 6 hits in a game only once in their last 8 games CUBS pitchers have not allowed more than 4 BBs in a game in their last 13 games CUBS pitchers have not surrendered 2 HRs in a game in their last 19 games CUBS are averaging 2.4 runs scored per game over their last 5 games.... and have won 3 of 5 CUBS are 118-108 (0.522) vs. Milwaukee CUBS are 55-54 (0.505) vs. Milwaukee on the road CUBS are 16-12 (0.571) vs. Milwaukee on Fri CUBS are 13-17 (0.433) vs. Milwaukee in May CUBS are 8-9 (0.471) vs. Milwaukee in May on the road CUBS are 1-3 (0.250) vs. Milwaukee on Fri in May CUBS are 0-2 (0.000) vs. Milwaukee on Fri in May on the road CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Milwaukee on 11 May CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Milwaukee on 11 May on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Milwaukee on Fri 11 May CUBS are 1-2 (0.333) vs. Milwaukee in Game No 33 CUBS are 2-1 (0.667) vs. Milwaukee in Road Game No 17 CUBS are 9-6 (0.600) vs. Milwaukee on Fri on the road Gam# Date Opponent Score 089 Fri 07/10/1998 @ Milwaukee N 5- 6 009 Fri 04/16/1999 @ Milwaukee 9- 4 078 Fri 06/30/2000 @ Milwaukee N 7- 4 052 Fri 06/01/2001 @ Milwaukee N 4- 3 039 Fri 05/17/2002 @ Milwaukee N 2- 6 141 Fri 09/05/2003 @ Milwaukee N 4- 2 086 Fri 07/07/2006 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 004 Fri 04/06/2007 @ Milwaukee N 9- 3 159 Fri 09/26/2008 @ Milwaukee N 1- 5 004 Fri 04/10/2009 @ Milwaukee 3- 4 029 Fri 05/08/2009 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 017 Fri 04/23/2010 @ Milwaukee N 8- 1 141 Fri 09/10/2010 @ Milwaukee N 4- 0 007 Fri 04/08/2011 @ Milwaukee N 7- 4 132 Fri 08/26/2011 @ Milwaukee N 2- 5 033 Fri 05/11/2012 @ Milwaukee N Go CUBS !!! © 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl

We're not interested in your sex life. Please keep it to yourself. Thanx

Damn, CT..... you're getting good at this !! :wink: Go CUBS !!

This is Sveum's 22nd unique lineup in 29 games. eta: This will be Reed Johnson's first start in LF The CUBS are 2-5 when Johnson starts in CF or RF Go CUBS !!

You know, every time you proclaim that the game will get rained out...... it doesn't.

Greetings one and all from beautiful Oklahoma City, OK !!! CUBS have made double digit hits in 4 of their last 5 games CUBS hit 5 doubles on Sun for the first time since Wed 21 Sept 2011 in a 7-1 win over Milwaukee at Wrigley CUBS 7 BBs on Sun was a season high, and the most since Tue 27 Sept 2011 in a 6-2 win at San Diego Samardzija on Sun was the first CUBS batter hit by a pitch in their last 12 games CUBS were caught stealing 2 times in the game Sun for the first time since Mon 19 Sept 2011 in a 5-2 win over Milwaukee at Wrigley CUBS pitchers have not surrendered more than 6 hits in any of their last 5 games CUBS win on Sunday was only the second time this season they won a game in which the opponents scored first CUBS are 1217-1021 (0.544) vs. Atlanta CUBS are 678-450 (0.601) vs. Atlanta at home CUBS are 130-107 (0.549) vs. Atlanta on Mon CUBS are 71-45 (0.612) vs. Atlanta on Mon at home CUBS are 239-185 (0.564) vs. Atlanta in May CUBS are 141-84 (0.627) vs. Atlanta in May at home CUBS are 24-25 (0.490) vs. Atlanta on Mon in May CUBS are 14-13 (0.519) vs. Atlanta on Mon in May at home CUBS are 9-1 (0.900) vs. Atlanta on 07 May Gam# Date Opponent Score 015 Sat 05/07/1904 Boston 6- 5 019 Tue 05/07/1912 Boston 9- 4 020 Sun 05/07/1933 @ Boston 11- 2 021 Sun 05/07/1933 @ Boston 5- 2 019 Thu 05/07/1936 Boston 9- 8 019 Sat 05/07/1938 Boston 5- 4 016 Fri 05/07/1954 @ Milwaukee N 3- 0 023 Tue 05/07/1974 Atlanta 3- 2 022 Sat 05/07/1977 Atlanta 11- 4 025 Mon 05/07/1990 Atlanta N 8- 9 030 Mon 05/07/2012 Atlanta N CUBS are 6-1 (0.857) vs. Atlanta on 07 May at home CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Atlanta on Mon 07 May CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Atlanta on Mon 07 May at home CUBS are 11-8 (0.579) vs. Atlanta in Game No 30 CUBS are 13-9 (0.591) vs. Atlanta in Home Game No 17 CUBS are 4-2 (0.667) on Mon 07 May at home Gam# Date Opponent Score 005 Mon 05/07/1883 Detroit Wolverines 0- 7 023 Mon 05/07/1917 Pittsburgh 4- 1 024 Mon 05/07/1928 Philadelphia 7- 4 019 Mon 05/07/1934 Philadelphia 2- 0 026 Mon 05/07/1984 San Francisco 10- 7 025 Mon 05/07/1990 Atlanta N 8- 9 030 Mon 05/07/2012 Atlanta N Go CUBS !!! © 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Canton, TX !!! http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5181.png&w=350&h=254 Aaron Harang (1-2) ERA = 5.72, WHIP = 1.55 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30515.png&w=350&h=254 Travis Wood (11-10 career) ERA = 4.18, WHIP = 1.29 We have an all points bulletin out for CT. Assuming he doesn't elude us for an entire day, we'll slot him into his regular turn for Monday's game Go CUBS !!! ..... and remember..... if the CUBS don't win this one...... BLAME IT ON CT !!!

..... or consider this little bit of cherry-picked data The CUBS are 7-5 over the last 2 weeks.......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .15 Sat 04/21 Cincinnati 6- 1 Maholm Leake .16 Sun 04/22 Cincinnati 3- 4 Wells Cueto .17 Mon 04/23 St. Louis N 3- 2 Garza Garcia .18 Tue 04/24 St. Louis N 3- 2 Samardzija Wainright .19 Wed 04/25 St. Louis 1- 5 Volstad Lynn .20 Fri 04/27 @ Philadelphia N 5- 1 Maholm Halladay .21 Sat 04/28 @ Philadelphia N 2- 5 Wells Blanton .22 Sun 04/29 @ Philadelphia 5- 1 Garza Kendrick .23 Mon 04/30 @ Philadelphia N 4- 6 Volstad Worley .24 Wed 05/02 @ Cincinnati N 3- 1 Samardzija Arroyo .25 Thu 05/03 @ Cincinnati 3- 4 Dempster Bailey .26 Fri 05/04 Los Angeles 5- 4 Maholm Billingsley 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 7 6 1 6 3 4 3 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 Opponents 5 0 4 7 0 6 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 04/21 - 05/04 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 107.3 74 36 31 43 85 5 3.61 7.13 0.42 1.09 2.60 Oppt 107.3 107 43 40 32 89 10 2.68 7.46 0.84 1.30 3.35 04/21 - 05/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 407 43 107 24 4 10 169 41 32 89 0.263 0.318 0.415 0.734 Oppt 382 36 74 20 2 5 113 33 43 85 0.194 0.283 0.296 0.579 If only........ Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 10-5 when Dempster, Volstad and/or Wells don't start...... 0-11 when they do. Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Tallulah, LA !!! The CUBS have hit at least one HR in each of their last 5 games........ first time since (10 games)...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 110 Tue 08/02/11 @ Pittsburgh N 11- 6 Wells Correia 111 Wed 08/03/11 @ Pittsburgh N 1- 0 Garza Morten 112 Thu 08/04/11 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 6 Lopez McDonald 113 Fri 08/05/11 Cincinnati 4- 3 Dempster Leake 114 Sat 08/06/11 Cincinnati 11- 4 Zambrano Cueto 115 Sun 08/07/11 Cincinnati 7- 8 Wells Arroyo 116 Tue 08/09/11 Washington N 1- 3 Garza Wang 117 Wed 08/10/11 Washington N 4- 2 Lopez Detwiler 118 Thu 08/11/11 Washington 4- 3 Dempster Zimmerman 119 Fri 08/12/11 @ Atlanta 4-10 Zambrano Minor On Wed & Thur the CUBS had at least 2 HRs in consecutive games...... first time since........ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 119 Fri 08/12/11 @ Atlanta 4-10 Zambrano Minor 120 Sat 08/13/11 @ Atlanta 8- 4 Wells Lowe The CUBS have double digit hits in their last 3 games...... first time since (4 games)......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 119 Fri 08/12/11 @ Atlanta 4-10 Zambrano Minor 120 Sat 08/13/11 @ Atlanta 8- 4 Wells Lowe 121 Sun 08/14/11 @ Atlanta 6- 5 Garza Beachy 122 Mon 08/15/11 @ Houston N 4- 3 Lopez Sosa CUBS pitchers have not allowed multiple HRs in any of their last 14 games........... first time since (18 games)........ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .25 Fri 04/29/11 @ Arizona N 4- 2 Zambrano Galarraga .26 Sat 04/30/11 @ Arizona N 5- 3 Garza Kennedy .27 Sun 05/01/11 @ Arizona 3- 4 Coleman Hudson .28 Mon 05/02/11 @ Los Angeles N 2- 5 Russell Kershaw .29 Tue 05/03/11 @ Los Angeles N 4- 1 Dempster Billingsley .30 Wed 05/04/11 @ Los Angeles 5- 1 Zambrano Lilly .31 Fri 05/06/11 Cincinnati 4- 5 Garza Volquez .32 Sat 05/07/11 Cincinnati 3- 2 Coleman Arroyo .33 Sun 05/08/11 Cincinnati 0- 2 Dempster Cueto .34 Tue 05/10/11 St. Louis N 4- 6 Zambrano Carpenter .35 Wed 05/11/11 St. Louis N 11- 4 Garza Westbrook .36 Thu 05/12/11 St. Louis 1- 9 Coleman Garcia .37 Fri 05/13/11 San Francisco 11- 4 Dempster Bumgarner .38 Sat 05/14/11 San Francisco N 0- 3 Davis Vogelsong .39 Mon 05/16/11 @ Cincinnati N 4- 7 Zambrano Bailey .40 Tue 05/17/11 @ Cincinnati N 5- 7 Garza Volquez .41 Wed 05/18/11 @ Florida N 7- 5 Dempster Nolasco .42 Thu 05/19/11 @ Florida N 5- 1 Coleman Volstad CUBS are 1-0 (1.000) vs. Los Angeles on Sat 05 May Gam# Date Opponent Score 029 Sat 05/05/2001 Los Angeles 20- 1 028 Sat 05/05/2012 Los Angeles Go CUBS !!! © 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl