Fred Hornkohl

For what it's worth Geovany Soto has started 16 of the last 19 games for the CUBS. That projects out to 136 starts over a whole season. Now you can call me crazy if you want to, Lord knows it's been done before, but I think 136 starts is a real good level of playing time for your starting catcher.

The starters have performed well to date, but I don't think it would surprise many on here if a couple of guys fell off a cliff soon. This staff could go from being a very good staff statistically to being a very bad staff statistically pretty quickly. While I don't realistically expect Carlos Silva to continue pitching all season the way he has these first two months, I don't expect him to "fall off a cliff" either. The extreme outcomes rarely occur, and reality generally falls somewhere in between. Suppose, for the sake of your argument, that Carlos Silva and Tom Gorzelanny did both fall off of your proverbial cliff. Just how much time do think would elapse before they are replaced by some combination of Zambrano, Marshall, and a couple of the minor leaguers who almost ready for the big show ?? The resulting decline, statistically speaking, is not from very good to very bad, but more likely, from very good to good.

Do you really want an answer here, or is this intended to be rhetorical ?

Yes, here we go again. CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 4 1- 3 2 0.500 19.3 399 20.6 4.8 99.8 7.45 3.75 Dempster 8 2- 6 6 0.750 56.7 859 15.2 7.1 107.4 3.49 3.88 Wells 8 5- 3 5 0.625 48.0 751 15.6 6.0 93.9 4.13 5.00 Silva 8 7- 1 6 0.750 48.3 704 14.6 6.0 88.0 3.17 6.88 Gorzelanny 8 2- 6 5 0.625 46.7 766 16.4 5.8 95.8 3.09 3.63 Lilly 5 2- 3 3 0.600 31.0 450 14.5 6.2 90.0 4.35 3.60 CUBS 41 19-22 27 0.659 250.0 3929 15.7 6.1 95.8 3.89 4.59 This rotation is giving you a quality start 2 out of every 3 games. Take a minute and match up the guys with losing records against the run support they've received, and you'll realize that while the CUBS do have some problems, the starting rotation has not been among them. What team in the majors has more quality starts than we do ???

OMG you are one of THOSE Cubs fans. Going to a baseball game is supposed to be an act of reverence and a time for calm reflection. What in the hell have you been smoking ??? How in the hell can you people not tell hes joking? How in the hell can you not tell I'm joking ???

The better question is.... are they allowed to do 5 in a row ???? The last time the CUBS won 5 in a row....... Moyer had a hand in that, too !! Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .93 Wed 07/22/09 @ Philadelphia 10- 5 Zambrano Moyer .94 Fri 07/24/09 Cincinnati 8- 5 Wells Harang .95 Sat 07/25/09 Cincinnati 5- 3 Hart Cueto .96 Sun 07/26/09 Cincinnati 5- 2 Harden Owings .97 Mon 07/27/09 Houston N 5- 1 Zambrano Rodriguez

OMG you are one of THOSE Cubs fans. Going to a baseball game is supposed to be an act of reverence and a time for calm reflection. What in the hell have you been smoking ???

You a pretty good judge of insanity, are ya ?

We were similarly concerned about your ability to make quality posts on NSBB at the age of 20..... but look how well that turned out !!! :wink: so you're saying castro is going to be a HOFer imb, you're a legend in your own mind !! :wink:

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Thursday............. Disclaimer: The following data are timely, accurate, and relevant but, in most cases, of insufficient sample size to warrant drawing any statistical inference. Accordingly, no such statistical inference or causal relationship is herein stated, implied, inferred, suggested, hinted at, or equivocated. The data contained herein, when read by the user, will not adversely impact the quality of the human environment. No animals were harmed, or trees destroyed, in the compilation of these data. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. CUBS are 1-4 on Thursdays CUBS are 8-9 in May CUBS are 1-0 vs. Philadelphia CUBS are 5-9 vs. NL East CUBS are 0-1 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-9 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 6-7 in games that end a series CUBS are 1-4-0 in road series CUBS have won 1 consecutive series CUBS are 2-1 in series sweeps CUBS are 10-10 in day games CUBS are 8-12 on the road CUBS are 14-14 against right handers CUBS are 14-14 when they get a quality start.... 5-8 when they don't CUBS are 9-14 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-8 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when they score first in the game.... 5-16 when they don't CUBS are 4-5 when they score in the first inning.... 15-17 when they don't CUBS are 19-11 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 0-11 when they do CUBS are 18-5 when they score 4 runs or more.... 1-17 when they don't CUBS are 13-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 6-15 when they don't CUBS are 12-9 when they outhit the opponent.... 6-11 when they get outhit.... 1-2 when the hits are even CUBS are 3-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 16-17 when he doesn't CUBS are 5-8 in one run games .... 3-6 in two runs games CUBS are 6-7 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-15 when it's less than 70 CUBS are 16-12 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 3-10 when they don't CUBS are 7-8 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 12-14 when they don't CUBS are 12-9 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 7-13 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-11 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 4-11 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-18 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 4-4 when they wear alternate blues CUBS are 8-8 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..75 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .743 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .158 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .557 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1122 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 ..71 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 .134 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .126 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..51 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 4.59 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.83 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 18.5 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .356 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 32.4 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .268 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .338 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .418 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .756 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS are 16-11 when they get at least 8 hits .... 3-11 when they don't CUBS are 17-18 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-4 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they steal a base.... 9-20 when they don't CUBS are 8-9 when they execute a sac bunt.... 11-13 when they don't CUBS are 10-10 when they GIDP.... 9-12 when they don't CUBS are 9-13 when they commit one or more errors.... 10-9 when they don't CUBS are 17-18 when they hit at least one double.... 2-4 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they hit at least one triple.... 14-21 when they don't CUBS are 8-3 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 11-19 when they don't CUBS are 7-7 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 12-15 when they don't CUBS are 9-8 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 10-14 when they don't CUBS are 7-10 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 12-12 when they don't CUBS are 5-12 when the opponent steals a base.... 14-10 when they don't CUBS are 4-11 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 15-11 when they don't CUBS are 13-8 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 6-14 when they don't CUBS are 10-11 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 9-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when the opponent triples.... 14-18 when they don't CUBS are 1-7 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 18-15 when they don't CUBS are 1-7 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 18-15 when they don't CUBS are 6-8 when they hit an opposing batter.... 13-14 when they don't CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 26 of their last 29 games CUBS have Kd more than 9 times three times in their last 34 games CUBS have hit at least 2 doubles in 7 of their last 8 games CUBS have hit 2 HR in their last 9 games CUBS have been caught stealing twice in their last 36 games CUBS have committed 1 error in their last 6 games CUBS have allowed at least 1 HR in 15 of their last 20 games CUBS opponents have committed 6 errors in their last 7 games CUBS were 1-1 with Bill Hohn behind the plate last year, 0-1 in 2008.... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .35 Sat 05/16 Houston 5- 4 Wells Oswalt .61 Wed 06/17 Chicago (AL) 1- 4 Dempster Danks Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .60 Wed 06/04 @ San Diego N 1- 2 Lilly Maddux CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 4 1- 3 2 0.500 19.3 399 20.6 4.8 99.8 7.45 3.75 Dempster 8 2- 6 6 0.750 56.7 859 15.2 7.1 107.4 3.49 3.88 Wells 8 5- 3 5 0.625 48.0 751 15.6 6.0 93.9 4.13 5.00 Silva 8 7- 1 6 0.750 48.3 704 14.6 6.0 88.0 3.17 6.88 Gorzelanny 8 2- 6 5 0.625 46.7 766 16.4 5.8 95.8 3.09 3.63 Lilly 5 2- 3 3 0.600 31.0 450 14.5 6.2 90.0 4.35 3.60 CUBS 41 19-22 27 0.659 250.0 3929 15.7 6.1 95.8 3.89 4.59 CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 4 years........ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ERA 4.781 4.041 3.919 3.854 4.190 IP 1430.7 1447.7 1460.7 1445.3 363.0 H 1396 1340 1337 1331 351 R 834 690 678 672 193 ER 760 650 636 619 169 BB 687 573 556 586 128 K 1250 1211 1271 1272 330 HR 210 165 162 156 36 BB/9 4.32 3.56 3.43 3.65 3.17 K/9 7.86 7.53 7.83 7.92 8.18 HR/9 1.32 1.03 1.00 0.97 0.89 WHIP 1.46 1.32 1.30 1.33 1.32 # Pit 24619 23515 24105 24097 5940 #P/IP 17.2 16.2 16.5 16.7 16.4 CUBS are 2-6 when Dempster starts Dempster is 6 of 8 (0.750) in quality starts Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s) CUBS score 4.59 R/G overall.... 3.88 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 0.98 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS have scored first in 3 of Dempster's 8 starts CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Dempster's 8 starts Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning of 3 (5 runs total) of his 8 starts CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 04/05 - 05/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Dempster 272 31 71 12 2 8 111 28 24 56 0.261 0.323 0.408 0.731 CUBS overall 1393 188 374 74 7 40 582 182 141 284 0.268 0.338 0.418 0.756 Composite scoring in games started by Dempster......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 3 1 10 5 5 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Opponents 5 4 0 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Dempster's starts this year (2-4) Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/07 vs. Atla 6.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 95 57 0.60 15.8 7 2 0.78 3.00 13.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/12 vs. Milw 6.3 7 5 5 4 5 1 114 61 0.54 18.0 8 5 0.62 5.68 7.11 1.42 1.74 7.11 04/18 vs. Houst 7.7 4 1 1 2 8 0 120 75 0.63 15.7 8 6 0.57 2.35 9.39 0.00 0.78 1.17 04/23 vs. Milw 7.7 7 1 1 1 4 0 111 69 0.62 14.5 13 5 0.72 1.17 4.70 0.00 1.04 1.17 04/28 vs. Wash 8.0 4 3 3 1 6 2 98 62 0.63 12.3 10 8 0.56 1.13 6.75 2.25 0.63 3.38 05/04 vs. Pitts 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 107 73 0.68 15.3 7 6 0.54 1.29 9.00 2.57 1.29 3.86 05/09 vs. Cincy 7.0 6 5 5 3 7 1 113 72 0.64 16.1 8 6 0.57 3.86 9.00 1.29 1.29 6.43 05/15 vs. Pitts 7.0 4 3 3 5 9 0 123 73 0.59 17.6 6 6 0.50 6.43 11.57 0.00 1.29 3.86 Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 29.0 19 12 12 12 28 3 455 271 0.60 15.7 32 25 0.56 3.72 8.69 0.93 1.07 3.72 Road 27.7 24 10 10 7 27 3 426 271 0.64 15.4 35 19 0.65 2.28 8.78 0.98 1.12 3.25 Day 36.0 25 17 17 15 35 4 568 343 0.60 15.8 40 31 0.56 3.75 8.75 1.00 1.11 4.25 Nite 20.7 18 5 5 4 20 2 313 199 0.64 15.1 27 13 0.68 1.74 8.71 0.87 1.06 2.18 Road Day 7.0 6 5 5 3 7 1 113 72 0.64 16.1 8 6 0.57 3.86 9.00 1.29 1.29 6.43 April 35.7 25 11 11 10 32 3 538 324 0.60 15.1 46 26 0.64 2.52 8.07 0.76 0.98 2.78 May 21.0 18 11 11 9 23 3 343 218 0.64 16.3 21 18 0.54 3.86 9.86 1.29 1.29 4.71 Season total 56.7 43 22 22 19 55 6 881 542 0.62 15.5 67 44 0.60 3.02 8.74 0.95 1.09 3.49 Dempster's start(s) vs. Philadelphia last year (0-1)..... Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/13 vs. Phila 7.0 8 6 6 2 8 2 110 74 0.67 15.7 5 7 0.42 0 0 0.00 2.57 10.29 2.57 1.43 7.71 season totals 200.0 196 94 81 65 172 20 3159 1981 0.63 15.8 238 178 0.57 0 0 0.00 2.93 7.74 0.90 1.31 3.65 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Thurs Totals 19 May 18 May 17 May 16 May 15 May 14 May 13 May @ Phlla vs Colo vs Colo vs Pitts vs Pitts vs Pitts no game pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Berg Caridad 0.0 4 0.3 13 0.3 17 Grabow 1.0 14 0.7 26 1.0 8 1.0 13 3.7 61 Gray Marmol 1.0 28 1.7 25 1.0 15 1.0 16 4.7 84 Marshall 1.0 12 2.0 21 1.0 14 0.7 16 4.7 63 Russell 1.0 21 1.0 17 2.0 38 Zambrano 0.3 2 1.0 14 1.0 35 2.3 51 Totals 2.3 44 3.0 51 4.3 72 2.0 29 2.0 24 4.0 94 17.7 314 CUBS' season series vs. Philadelphia this year (1-0) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .41 Wed 05/19 @ Philadelphia N 4- 1 Gorzelanny Moyer .42 Thu 05/20 @ Philadelphia - Dempster Blanton .90 Thu 07/15 Philadelphia N - Silva Blanton .91 Fri 07/16 Philadelphia - Gorzelanny Halladay .92 Sat 07/17 Philadelphia - Dempster Hamels .93 Sun 07/18 Philadelphia - Lilly Happ CUBS' season series vs. Philadelphia in 2009 (1-5)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .91 Mon 07/20 @ Philadelphia N 1-10 Lilly Lopez .92 Tue 07/21 @ Philadelphia N 1- 4 Harden Blanton .93 Wed 07/22 @ Philadelphia 10- 5 Zambrano Moyer 111 Tue 08/11 Philadelphia N 3- 4 Harden Happ 112 Wed 08/12 Philadelphia N 5-12 Samardzija Martinez 113 Thu 08/13 Philadelphia 1- 6 Dempster Lee Composite scoring vs. Philadelphia last year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 0 1 2 5 5 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Opponents 5 2 3 16 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 41 CUBS hitters vs. Blanton last year..... vs Blanton AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Fukudome 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.500 3.33 0.7 0.000 1.000 D Lee 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 3.67 0.7 0.000 0.000 Soriano 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 3.33 0.3 0.000 0.000 Theriot 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 4.33 0.3 0.000 0.000 K. Hill 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 6.67 0.3 0.000 0.000 Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 4.33 0.0 0.333 0.000 Fontenot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 totals vs Blanton 25 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 5 0.200 0.231 0.280 0.511 0.250 3.88 1.6 0.031 0.083 totals vs Phila 221 21 49 9 0 0 20 24 52 0.222 0.303 0.262 0.565 0.290 3.74 17.6 0.081 0.157 season totals 5486 707 1397 292 29 161 678 592 1185 0.255 0.331 0.406 0.738 0.299 3.82 738.8 0.077 0.172 CUBS hitters vs. Philadelphia last year..... vs. Phila AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Blanco 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667 0.500 2.00 1.3 0.167 0.000 Baker 14 1 8 2 0 0 3 2 3 0.571 0.625 0.714 1.339 0.727 4.19 6.3 0.054 0.429 Theriot 25 3 10 0 0 0 3 3 5 0.400 0.464 0.400 0.864 0.500 3.86 4.6 0.064 0.300 Fuld 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 0.500 2.20 0.8 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 18 2 5 2 0 0 1 2 5 0.278 0.350 0.389 0.739 0.385 3.65 2.5 0.072 0.143 Ramirez 11 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 0.182 0.400 0.273 0.673 0.200 3.53 1.2 0.218 0.167 D Lee 20 3 3 2 0 0 1 7 5 0.150 0.370 0.250 0.620 0.200 4.74 1.9 0.220 0.063 Bradley 19 2 5 1 0 0 3 1 3 0.263 0.300 0.316 0.616 0.313 3.40 1.8 0.037 0.250 Soriano 27 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.259 0.250 0.259 0.509 0.333 3.18 1.8 -0.009 0.200 Fox 13 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.231 0.250 0.231 0.481 0.300 3.75 0.8 0.019 0.429 Johnson 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.111 0.273 0.111 0.384 0.200 4.27 0.3 0.162 0.250 K. Hill 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.118 0.167 0.118 0.284 0.167 4.28 0.3 0.049 0.000 Soto 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.000 0.182 0.000 0.182 0.000 4.09 0.0 0.182 0.000 Fontenot 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.36 0.0 0.000 0.000 Miles 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.25 0.0 0.000 0.333 Hoffpauir 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.20 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Phila AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs Moyer 22 5 8 1 0 0 4 3 3 0.364 0.440 0.409 0.849 0.421 3.28 4.0 0.076 0.235 vs Lidge 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0.300 0.533 0.300 0.833 0.429 3.75 1.6 0.233 0.250 vs Martinez 21 3 7 2 0 0 3 1 5 0.333 0.348 0.429 0.776 0.438 4.30 3.1 0.014 0.188 vs Happ 22 2 7 1 0 0 2 4 3 0.318 0.407 0.364 0.771 0.368 3.70 3.3 0.089 0.125 vs Durbin 20 5 5 1 0 0 4 4 3 0.250 0.375 0.300 0.675 0.294 3.67 2.3 0.125 0.444 vs Walker 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.333 2.33 0.3 0.000 0.000 vs Lopez 23 1 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0.217 0.308 0.261 0.569 0.278 3.73 1.8 0.090 0.067 vs Lee 28 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 8 0.214 0.290 0.250 0.540 0.300 3.81 2.0 0.076 0.059 vs Blanton 25 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 5 0.200 0.231 0.280 0.511 0.250 3.88 1.6 0.031 0.083 vs Madson 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.100 0.182 0.100 0.282 0.200 4.18 0.2 0.082 0.000 vs Eyre 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.100 0.167 0.100 0.267 0.125 4.17 0.2 0.067 0.100 vs Park 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.000 0.045 0.000 0.045 0.000 3.50 0.0 0.045 0.000 vs Condrey 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.83 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Phila AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs. starters 141 13 38 8 0 0 12 14 29 0.270 0.335 0.326 0.662 0.339 3.78 15.4 0.066 0.129 vs. relievers 80 8 11 1 0 0 8 10 23 0.138 0.247 0.150 0.397 0.193 3.67 3.0 0.110 0.235 vs Left 82 8 22 3 0 0 8 11 16 0.268 0.347 0.305 0.652 0.333 3.69 8.7 0.079 0.133 vs Right 139 13 27 6 0 0 12 13 36 0.194 0.276 0.237 0.513 0.262 3.77 9.1 0.081 0.179 Home 109 9 25 4 0 0 9 12 28 0.229 0.301 0.266 0.567 0.309 3.78 8.7 0.071 0.148 Road 112 12 24 5 0 0 11 12 24 0.214 0.305 0.259 0.564 0.273 3.70 8.8 0.090 0.167 Day 69 11 19 3 0 0 10 13 16 0.275 0.393 0.319 0.712 0.358 3.85 8.6 0.117 0.185 Nite 152 10 30 6 0 0 10 11 36 0.197 0.257 0.237 0.494 0.259 3.68 9.3 0.060 0.137 Leading off 56 10 13 4 0 0 0 4 12 0.232 0.295 0.304 0.599 0.295 3.77 5.0 0.063 0.000 Pinch hitting 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.100 0.091 0.200 0.291 0.143 3.91 0.2 -0.009 0.200 bases loaded 8 1 4 1 0 0 9 1 2 0.500 0.417 0.625 1.042 0.667 4.08 2.1 -0.083 0.429 bases empty 119 12 27 6 0 0 0 12 22 0.227 0.313 0.277 0.591 0.278 3.57 10.3 0.087 0.000 runners on 102 9 22 3 0 0 20 12 30 0.216 0.291 0.245 0.536 0.306 3.93 7.3 0.075 0.159 RISP 49 4 16 2 0 0 19 8 14 0.327 0.400 0.367 0.767 0.457 3.74 7.2 0.073 0.241 Game tied 90 6 17 2 0 0 2 9 23 0.189 0.277 0.211 0.488 0.254 3.62 5.3 0.088 0.053 CUBS leading 33 6 9 2 0 0 9 9 6 0.273 0.422 0.333 0.756 0.333 4.16 4.6 0.149 0.225 CUBS trailing 98 9 23 5 0 0 9 6 23 0.235 0.276 0.286 0.562 0.307 3.67 7.7 0.041 0.184 Close score 137 14 31 7 0 0 11 17 33 0.226 0.323 0.277 0.600 0.298 3.73 12.3 0.097 0.153 Early (1-3) 64 3 14 3 0 0 3 10 16 0.219 0.329 0.266 0.595 0.292 3.84 5.6 0.110 0.071 Middle (4-6) 72 10 22 5 0 0 9 4 11 0.306 0.338 0.375 0.713 0.361 3.60 9.1 0.032 0.196 Late (7th on) 85 8 13 1 0 0 8 10 25 0.153 0.255 0.165 0.420 0.217 3.77 3.6 0.102 0.205 Extra Innings 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.045 0.087 0.045 0.132 0.067 3.30 0.1 0.042 0.000 totals vs Phila 221 21 49 9 0 0 20 24 52 0.222 0.303 0.262 0.565 0.290 3.74 17.6 0.081 0.157 season totals 5486 707 1397 292 29 161 678 592 1185 0.255 0.331 0.406 0.738 0.299 3.82 738.8 0.077 0.172 CUBS pitchers vs. Philadelphia last year...... vs. Phila IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Berg 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 27 16 0.59 13.5 3 2 0.60 0 0 0.00 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 0.00 Stevens 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 16 0.67 12.0 2 3 0.40 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Heilman 2.7 0 0 0 1 2 0 41 25 0.61 15.4 1 5 0.17 2 0 0.00 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.38 0.00 Grabow 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1.00 9.0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0.00 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Guzman 5.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 73 51 0.70 14.6 9 4 0.69 2 0 0.00 1.80 3.60 1.80 0.40 1.80 Harden 14.0 6 3 3 4 12 2 203 128 0.63 14.5 8 21 0.28 0 0 0.00 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.71 1.93 Marmol 3.7 1 1 1 4 5 0 78 43 0.55 21.3 0 6 0.00 0 0 0.00 9.82 12.27 0.00 1.36 2.45 Gregg 3.3 1 1 1 1 3 1 46 29 0.63 13.8 2 5 0.29 2 0 0.00 2.70 8.10 2.70 0.60 2.70 Zambrano 6.7 10 5 4 3 7 0 114 73 0.64 17.1 6 6 0.50 0 0 0.00 4.05 9.45 0.00 1.95 5.40 Dempster 7.0 8 6 6 2 8 2 110 74 0.67 15.7 5 7 0.42 0 0 0.00 2.57 10.29 2.57 1.43 7.71 Marshall 4.0 7 5 5 4 5 2 102 56 0.55 25.5 3 4 0.43 5 4 0.80 9.00 11.25 4.50 2.75 11.25 Lilly 4.0 8 9 7 2 6 2 96 61 0.64 24.0 2 2 0.50 0 0 0.00 4.50 13.50 4.50 2.50 15.75 Samardzija 5.0 9 10 10 2 4 2 102 59 0.58 20.4 6 5 0.55 0 0 0.00 3.60 7.20 3.60 2.20 18.00 totals vs Phila 59.7 53 41 38 25 57 12 1019 634 0.62 17.1 47 70 0.40 14 4 0.29 3.77 8.60 1.81 1.31 5.73 season totals 1446.3 1331 672 619 586 1272 168 24093 15515 0.64 16.7 1542 1445 0.52 218 60 0.28 3.65 7.92 1.05 1.33 3.85 CUBS' last 21 games (9-12).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .21 Tue 04/27 Washington N 1- 3 Gorzelanny Hernandez .22 Wed 04/28 Washington 2- 3 Dempster Atilano .23 Thu 04/29 Arizona 5-13 Lilly Kennedy .24 Fri 04/30 Arizona 11- 5 Wells Lopez .25 Sat 05/01 Arizona 7- 5 Silva Haren .26 Sun 05/02 Arizona 10- 5 Gorzelanny Jackson .27 Tue 05/04 @ Pittsburgh N 2- 3 Dempster Maholm .28 Wed 05/05 @ Pittsburgh N 2- 4 Lilly Morton .29 Thu 05/06 @ Pittsburgh N 1-11 Wells Burress .30 Fri 05/07 @ Cincinnati N 14- 7 Silva Bailey .31 Sat 05/08 @ Cincinnati N 2-14 Gorzelanny Harang .32 Sun 05/09 @ Cincinnati 3- 5 Dempster Leake .33 Mon 05/10 Florida N 2- 4 Lilly Robertson .34 Tue 05/11 Florida N 2- 3 Wells Nolasco .35 Wed 05/12 Florida 4- 3 Silva Volstad .36 Fri 05/14 Pittsburgh 6-10 Gorzelanny Burress .37 Sat 05/15 Pittsburgh 3- 4 Dempster Maholm .38 Sun 05/16 Pittsburgh 4- 3 Lilly Ohlendorf .39 Mon 05/17 Colorado N 4- 2 Wells Cook .40 Tue 05/18 Colorado N 6- 2 Silva Chacin .41 Wed 05/19 @ Philadelphia N 4- 1 Gorzelanny Moyer Composite scoring during the last 21 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 10 9 11 11 10 9 12 18 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 95 Opponents 18 10 7 18 10 5 16 11 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 CUBS hitters during the last 21 games...... 04/27 - 05/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Byrd 80 14 25 8 0 4 10 2 10 0.313 0.356 0.563 0.919 0.318 3.40 16.0 0.044 0.143 Soriano 67 14 23 7 0 5 16 5 18 0.343 0.389 0.672 1.061 0.409 3.96 17.5 0.046 0.289 Tracy 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.444 0.500 0.444 0.944 0.571 4.20 2.0 0.056 0.333 Castro 44 6 16 1 1 1 9 5 4 0.364 0.429 0.500 0.929 0.385 3.41 9.4 0.065 0.320 Fukudome 60 10 18 4 1 2 9 13 10 0.300 0.425 0.500 0.925 0.333 4.10 12.7 0.125 0.250 Soto 54 9 13 3 0 2 5 14 13 0.241 0.397 0.407 0.804 0.282 4.43 8.7 0.156 0.125 Fontenot 44 4 13 3 0 1 9 3 3 0.295 0.354 0.432 0.786 0.300 3.58 6.7 0.059 0.276 Nady 23 1 5 3 0 0 6 3 6 0.217 0.321 0.348 0.669 0.294 4.25 2.6 0.104 0.429 Colvin 25 6 6 0 0 1 4 2 10 0.240 0.286 0.360 0.646 0.357 3.89 2.6 0.046 0.130 Theriot 80 9 24 1 0 0 4 1 8 0.300 0.317 0.313 0.630 0.333 3.31 7.9 0.017 0.154 D Lee 85 9 20 5 0 0 6 9 17 0.235 0.305 0.294 0.599 0.294 4.01 7.6 0.070 0.125 Baker 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0.231 0.333 0.231 0.564 0.375 3.80 1.0 0.103 0.100 Ramirez 74 9 14 2 0 1 9 7 12 0.189 0.253 0.257 0.510 0.213 3.90 4.8 0.064 0.174 K Hill 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.067 0.067 0.067 0.133 0.091 3.67 0.1 0.000 0.100 last 21 games 710 95 190 38 2 17 91 67 134 0.268 0.335 0.399 0.734 0.309 3.76 94.8 0.067 0.188 season totals 1393 188 374 73 7 40 182 144 284 0.268 0.340 0.417 0.757 0.312 3.83 197.3 0.071 0.185 CUBS pitchers during the last 21 games...... 04/27 - 05/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% IR IRS IRS% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marshall 11.3 1 1 1 4 13 0 157 102 0.65 13.9 13 8 0.62 5 0 0.00 3.18 10.32 0.00 0.44 0.79 Marmol 10.0 6 2 2 8 21 1 223 127 0.57 22.3 5 4 0.56 5 1 0.20 7.20 18.90 0.90 1.40 1.80 Russell 6.7 8 6 2 1 6 2 123 80 0.65 18.5 18 17 0.51 3 2 0.67 1.35 8.10 2.70 1.35 2.70 Gorzelanny 31.7 32 12 12 12 34 2 523 318 0.61 16.5 25 33 0.43 0 0 0.00 3.41 9.66 0.57 1.39 3.41 Dempster 29.0 22 14 14 10 29 5 441 280 0.63 15.2 31 26 0.54 0 0 0.00 3.10 9.00 1.55 1.10 4.34 Silva 22.3 31 13 13 7 15 5 365 243 0.67 16.3 33 18 0.65 0 0 0.00 2.82 6.04 2.01 1.70 5.24 Lilly 25.0 27 17 16 5 13 5 372 254 0.68 14.9 22 39 0.36 0 0 0.00 1.80 4.68 1.80 1.28 5.76 Wells 22.7 24 16 15 5 20 3 363 238 0.66 16.0 27 20 0.57 0 0 0.00 1.99 7.94 1.19 1.28 5.96 Zambrano 7.0 12 5 5 1 7 1 144 88 0.61 20.6 7 5 0.58 3 3 1.00 1.29 9.00 1.29 1.86 6.43 Caridad 1.3 1 3 1 2 1 0 39 20 0.51 29.3 1 2 0.33 0 0 0.00 13.50 6.75 0.00 2.25 6.75 Gray 4.3 6 6 4 3 3 0 85 49 0.58 19.6 7 3 0.70 0 0 0.00 6.23 6.23 0.00 2.08 8.31 Berg 6.0 6 6 6 6 3 1 106 56 0.53 17.7 8 6 0.57 0 0 0.00 9.00 4.50 1.50 2.00 9.00 Grabow 7.7 12 9 8 4 7 0 148 95 0.64 19.3 9 7 0.56 0 0 0.00 4.70 8.22 0.00 2.09 9.39 last 21 games 185.0 188 110 99 68 172 25 3089 1950 0.63 16.7 206 188 0.52 16 6 0.38 3.31 8.37 1.22 1.38 4.82 season totals 360.0 351 193 171 128 327 37 5919 3718 0.63 16.4 407 349 0.54 48 17 0.35 3.20 8.18 0.93 1.33 4.28 CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/05 - 05/19 P PA P/PA Soto 546 126 4.33 D Lee 775 181 4.28 Ramirez 673 167 4.03 Soriano 567 141 4.02 Fukudome 540 135 4.00 Colvin 277 70 3.96 Nady 244 62 3.94 Tracy 94 24 3.92 Baker 225 60 3.75 K Hill 134 36 3.72 Fontenot 354 96 3.69 Theriot 607 174 3.49 Byrd 580 167 3.47 Castro 167 49 3.41 CUBS 6077 1585 3.83 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/05 - 05/19 BDI LOB RBI% Castro 8 17 0.320 Fukudome 15 37 0.288 Soriano 16 45 0.262 Fontenot 11 33 0.250 Theriot 14 47 0.230 Nady 9 31 0.225 Byrd 18 67 0.212 Ramirez 16 80 0.167 Tracy 2 11 0.154 D Lee 13 75 0.148 Soto 6 36 0.143 Colvin 6 39 0.133 K Hill 2 19 0.095 Baker 2 39 0.049 CUBS 142 625 0.185 Fecal League Standings Team W L Pct GB Baltimore 13 28 0.317 --- Houston 14 26 0.350 1.5 Seattle 14 25 0.359 2.0 Milwaukee 15 25 0.375 2.5 Kansas City 16 25 0.390 3.0 Cleveland 15 23 0.395 3.5 Arizona 16 24 0.400 3.5 white sox 16 23 0.410 4.0 Pittsburgh 18 22 0.450 5.5 LA Angels 19 23 0.452 5.5 CUBS 19 22 0.463 6.0 NY Mets 19 22 0.463 6.0 Colorado 19 21 0.475 6.5 Atlanta 20 20 0.500 7.5 Oakland 20 20 0.500 7.5 Go CUBS !!! http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/broom.jpg © 2010, Fred W. 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This series has not been modified in any way. They're playing 'em just the way the schedulers laid 'em out.

Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 6 F Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5 F Colorado 3 Houston 7 F Florida 5 9 St. Louis 0

Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 6 F Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5 F Colorado 3 Houston 7 8 Florida 4 St. Louis 0 8

Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 6 F Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5 F Colorado 3 Houston 3 7 Florida 2 St. Louis 0 6

Wednesday 19 May 2010 CUBS @ Philadelphia 18:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 6 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Theriot 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castro ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byrd cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soriano lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baker rf 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colvin rf-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nady ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gorzelanny p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K Hill c 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 4 6 4 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Victorino cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Polanco 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Werth rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rollins ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ibanez lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruiz c 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Moyer p 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Francisco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 1 5 1 3 8 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Gorzelanny 6.7 3 0 0 2 5 0 102 Grabow 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 14 Zambrano 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 totals 9.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 146 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Moyer 7.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 109 Durbin 1.3 1 2 2 2 2 0 28 Romero 0.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 totals 9.0 6 4 4 3 11 0 149 W:Gorzelanny (2-4) S:Marmol (7) L:Moyer (5-3) T: 2:50 A: 45,140 Home runs: CUBS: none Philadelphia: none http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 6 8 Cincinnati 4 9 Atlanta 4 Colorado 2 Houston 3 6 Florida 0 St. Louis 0 5

CUBSPhiladelphia P/PA 4.14 3.95 RBI% 0.29 0.06 R/BR 0.40 0.10 BA 0.188 0.156 OBP 0.278 0.270 SLG 0.219 0.188 OPS 0.497 0.458 ERA 1.00 4.00 BB/9 3.00 3.00 K/9 8.00 11.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Marmol in to pitch for the CUBS Rollins lined out to second base Ibanez walked Ruiz hit by pitch , Ibanez to second Gload, pinch hitting for Romero, struck out swinging Victorino struck out swinging 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 6 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W:Gorzelanny (2-3) S:Marmol L:Moyer T: 2:51 A: 45,140 Home runs: CUBS: none Philadelphia: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 6.7 3 0 0 2 5 0 102 Grabow 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 14 Zambrano 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Moyer 7.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 109 Durbin 1.3 1 2 2 2 2 0 28 Romero 0.7 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Gload, pinch hitting for Romero, struck out swinging

Last time the CUBS hit 2 batters in a game.... Fri 23 Apr 10 (2 HBP) in an 8-1 win at Milwaukee Go CUBS !!

Ruiz hit by pitch , Ibanez to second

Colvin was already in the game. He's not pinch hitting here I know, but he should have been pinch hit for With who? That's with whom !!

Ibanez walked

Rollins lined out to second base

Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 6 7 Cincinnati 4 9 Atlanta 4 Colorado 2 6 Houston 3 Florida 0 5 St. Louis 0