Fred Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Laredo, TX !!! Is this an anomaly, or what ???? 04/05 - 04/18 SB CS Theriot 4 0 Byrd 1 0 Fukudome 1 0 D Lee 1 1 Soriano 1 0 CUBS 8 1 CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..68 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .702 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .216 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .500 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1215 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 .108 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 ..95 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .149 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..54 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 4.33 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.90 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 18.7 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .371 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 36.4 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .250 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .317 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .424 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .742 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 Wells vs. NY Mets last year (0-1)............ Wells 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 09/06 vs. Mets 6.0 7 2 1 0 2 1 94 59 0.63 15.7 10 6 0.63 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.00 1.50 1.17 1.50 season totals 165.3 166 67 58 46 104 14 2543 1595 0.63 15.4 215 167 0.56 0 0 0.00 2.50 5.66 0.76 1.28 3.16 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week............. Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Totals 18 Apr 17 Apr 16 Apr 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst vs Milw vs Milw no game vs Milw pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Berg 2.0 39 0.3 2 2.3 41 Caridad Grabow 1.0 10 1.0 19 2.0 29 Marmol 1.3 25 1.0 14 1.0 15 1.0 10 4.3 64 Marshall 1.0 13 1.0 15 1.0 29 3.0 57 Russell 1.0 6 0.3 1 0.7 16 2.0 23 Samardzjia 2.0 35 1.0 12 3.0 47 Gray 2.0 28 1.0 15 3.0 43 Totals 2.3 38 6.0 88 2.0 24 4.0 83 2.7 33 2.7 38 19.7 304 CUBS season series vs. New York this year (0-0).......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .13 Mon 04/19 @ New York N - Wells Niese .14 Tue 04/20 @ New York N - Zambrano Pelfrey .15 Wed 04/21 @ New York N - Silva Perez .16 Thu 04/22 @ New York N - Gorzelanny Santana 135 Fri 09/03 New York - Gorzelanny Parnell 136 Sat 09/04 New York - Zambrano Santana 137 Sun 09/05 New York - Dempster Maine CUBS season series vs. New York last year (3-3)........... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 126 Fri 08/28 New York 5- 2 Lilly Misch 127 Sat 08/29 New York 11- 4 Dempster Parnell 128 Sun 08/30 New York 1- 4 Zambrano Figueroa 133 Fri 09/04 @ New York N 2- 6 Zambrano Parnell 134 Sat 09/05 @ New York 5- 3 Harden Figueroa 135 Sun 09/06 @ New York 2- 4 Wells Pelfrey CUBS did not face Niese last year. CUBS hitters vs NY Mets last year....... vs. Mets AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Soriano 3 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.000 3.25 6.0 0.000 1.000 Bradley 22 6 10 4 0 0 2 3 4 0.455 0.538 0.636 1.175 0.556 4.00 7.5 0.084 0.500 Baker 13 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.462 0.563 0.538 1.101 0.462 3.88 3.9 0.101 0.500 D Lee 20 3 7 0 0 2 4 1 4 0.350 0.381 0.650 1.031 0.357 4.38 5.0 0.031 0.143 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 3.33 0.7 0.000 0.000 Scales 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.286 3.00 1.1 0.089 0.000 Fox 10 2 2 1 0 1 5 0 5 0.200 0.200 0.600 0.800 0.250 3.40 1.2 0.000 0.364 Fuld 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 0.250 0.400 0.333 0.733 0.300 3.93 1.6 0.150 0.000 Soto 14 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 0.214 0.313 0.357 0.670 0.250 3.25 1.6 0.098 0.200 K. Hill 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.375 0.625 0.333 3.63 0.8 0.000 0.167 Fontenot 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.286 0.333 0.286 0.619 0.400 4.11 0.7 0.048 0.333 Ramirez 25 3 5 1 0 1 6 0 5 0.200 0.200 0.360 0.560 0.211 3.60 1.8 0.000 0.313 Fukudome 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522 0.308 4.15 1.2 0.078 0.000 Theriot 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.182 0.182 0.182 0.364 0.267 3.95 0.7 0.000 0.000 Miles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Hoffpauir 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.40 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Mets AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs Stokes 15 6 7 2 0 1 6 2 1 0.467 0.529 0.800 1.329 0.462 3.41 6.4 0.063 0.417 vs Dressens 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 0.000 3.57 1.1 0.119 0.000 vs Broadway 10 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 3 0.400 0.417 0.500 0.917 0.571 3.92 2.1 0.017 0.333 vs Parnell 48 8 14 3 0 1 8 5 9 0.292 0.358 0.417 0.775 0.342 4.11 7.2 0.067 0.226 vs Feliciano 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 0.333 3.00 0.5 0.000 0.000 vs Takahashi 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.200 0.333 0.400 0.733 0.200 3.67 0.7 0.133 0.500 vs Figueroa 50 5 13 1 0 2 5 4 18 0.260 0.327 0.400 0.727 0.367 4.07 6.5 0.067 0.167 vs Rodriguez 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.200 0.273 0.300 0.573 0.286 3.45 0.8 0.073 0.091 vs Misch 26 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 0.231 0.286 0.269 0.555 0.250 3.50 2.0 0.055 0.111 vs Pelfrey 29 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 5 0.172 0.200 0.241 0.441 0.208 3.50 1.4 0.028 0.077 vs. Mets AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs. starters 153 15 38 7 0 3 15 12 34 0.248 0.307 0.353 0.660 0.302 3.89 16.6 0.059 0.169 vs. relievers 50 11 16 6 0 2 11 5 9 0.320 0.386 0.560 0.946 0.359 3.54 10.8 0.066 0.265 vs Left 35 2 8 3 0 0 2 2 3 0.229 0.289 0.314 0.604 0.250 3.47 3.2 0.061 0.167 vs Right 168 24 46 10 0 5 24 15 40 0.274 0.335 0.423 0.758 0.333 3.86 23.8 0.061 0.204 Home 98 17 30 6 0 2 17 9 19 0.306 0.373 0.429 0.801 0.364 3.92 15.7 0.067 0.283 Road 105 9 24 7 0 3 9 8 24 0.229 0.283 0.381 0.664 0.269 3.68 11.3 0.055 0.115 Day 166 24 45 11 0 5 24 13 34 0.271 0.330 0.428 0.757 0.315 3.84 23.4 0.059 0.247 Nite 37 2 9 2 0 0 2 4 9 0.243 0.317 0.297 0.614 0.321 3.63 3.5 0.074 0.071 Leading off 50 8 13 3 0 1 1 2 12 0.260 0.288 0.380 0.668 0.324 3.62 5.5 0.028 0.000 Pinch hitting 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 0.200 3.56 0.2 0.097 0.000 bases loaded 8 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 0.125 0.125 0.500 0.625 0.000 3.50 0.5 0.000 0.182 bases empty 114 15 32 7 0 1 1 12 26 0.281 0.354 0.368 0.723 0.356 3.98 14.9 0.074 0.000 runners on 89 11 22 6 0 4 25 5 17 0.247 0.292 0.449 0.741 0.265 3.56 11.7 0.044 0.200 RISP 43 5 10 1 0 2 16 3 10 0.233 0.277 0.395 0.672 0.258 3.64 4.7 0.044 0.219 Game tied 69 8 18 2 0 3 12 7 13 0.261 0.329 0.420 0.749 0.283 3.66 9.5 0.068 0.265 CUBS leading 41 4 9 4 0 1 4 2 12 0.220 0.267 0.390 0.657 0.286 3.89 4.3 0.047 0.158 CUBS trailing 93 14 27 7 0 1 10 8 18 0.290 0.353 0.398 0.751 0.351 3.86 13.1 0.063 0.173 Close score 185 22 47 11 0 5 22 15 39 0.254 0.313 0.395 0.708 0.298 3.80 22.9 0.059 0.193 Early (1-3) 69 5 17 3 0 0 5 6 19 0.246 0.307 0.290 0.597 0.340 3.84 6.1 0.060 0.156 Middle (4-6) 70 11 18 3 0 3 11 4 13 0.257 0.316 0.429 0.744 0.278 3.75 9.5 0.059 0.258 Late (7th on) 64 10 19 7 0 2 10 7 11 0.297 0.361 0.500 0.861 0.333 3.81 11.6 0.064 0.190 Extra Innings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Mets AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% totals vs Mets 203 26 54 13 0 5 26 17 43 0.266 0.327 0.404 0.731 0.316 3.80 26.8 0.061 0.200 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 NY Mets last year............ vs. Mets 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 Marmol 2.3 0 0 0 2 4 0 49 31 0.63 21.0 0 3 0.00 2 0 0.00 7.71 15.43 0.00 0.86 0.00 Marshall 4.3 3 0 0 0 5 0 57 40 0.70 13.2 7 1 0.88 2 0 0.00 0.00 10.38 0.00 0.69 0.00 Gorzelanny 2.7 0 0 0 1 1 0 31 18 0.58 11.6 5 2 0.71 3 0 0.00 3.38 3.38 0.00 0.38 0.00 Berg 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 1.00 6.0 2 0 1.00 1 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Guzman 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 20 0.74 13.5 1 3 0.25 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wells 6.0 7 2 1 0 2 1 94 59 0.63 15.7 10 6 0.63 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.00 1.50 1.17 1.50 Harden 5.0 7 2 1 1 10 1 102 73 0.72 20.4 3 2 0.60 0 0 0.00 1.80 18.00 1.80 1.60 1.80 Lilly 7.3 6 2 2 2 2 0 98 67 0.68 13.4 14 6 0.70 0 0 0.00 2.45 2.45 0.00 1.09 2.45 Heilman 2.7 3 1 1 0 2 0 43 25 0.58 16.1 2 4 0.33 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.75 0.00 1.13 3.38 Zambrano 9.3 14 5 4 3 10 1 171 112 0.65 18.3 11 6 0.65 0 0 0.00 2.89 9.64 0.96 1.82 3.86 Dempster 6.0 8 4 4 2 7 0 106 65 0.61 17.7 7 3 0.70 0 0 0.00 3.00 10.50 0.00 1.67 6.00 Grabow 2.0 5 3 3 2 1 0 45 24 0.53 22.5 2 3 0.40 3 2 0.67 9.00 4.50 0.00 3.50 13.50 Gregg 1.3 6 4 4 1 2 0 45 28 0.62 33.8 1 0 1.00 2 1 0.50 6.75 13.50 0.00 5.25 27.00 tot vs. Mets 52.0 59 23 20 14 49 3 874 568 0.65 16.8 65 39 0.63 13 3 0.23 2.42 8.48 0.52 1.40 3.46 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' percentage of baserunners driven in.............. 04/05 - 04/18 BDI LOB RBI% Fukudome 5 10 0.333 D Lee 5 13 0.278 Byrd 6 20 0.231 Theriot 4 14 0.222 Nady 3 12 0.200 Ramirez 5 23 0.179 Soriano 2 10 0.167 Fontenot 1 5 0.167 Tracy 1 5 0.167 Soto 1 6 0.143 Baker 1 7 0.125 K Hill 0 8 0.000 Colvin 0 9 0.000 CUBS 35 152 0.187 Go CUBS!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

Thanx !! :wink:

Anybody know what XM channel this game is on ???

Greetings one and all from beautiful Hope, AR !!! (no, I'm not going to make any cheap Bill Clinton jokes.) The CUBS sure seem to like their home cooking !!! (No, I don't want hear how bad the Brewers and the Astros are !!) On this homestand, the CUBS offense has put up this line........... 04/12 - 04/16 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% CUBS 136 29 46 11 1 8 29 14 27 0.338 0.399 0.610 1.009 0.376 3.93 33.1 0.060 0.288 How 'bout that 1.009 team OPS !!!! The CUBS have banged out double digit hits in 4 consecutive games for the first time since last August......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 108 Sat 08/08 @ Colorado N 6- 5 Dempster Marquis 109 Sun 08/09 @ Colorado 5-11 Wells Hammel 110 Mon 08/10 @ Colorado N 5-11 Gorzelanny De La Rosa 111 Tue 08/11 Philadelphia N 3- 4 Harden Happ CUBS have at least 4 doubles in 2 consecutive games for the first time since 2008 ........... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 155 Mon 09/22 @ New York N 9- 5 Marquis Niese 156 Tue 09/23 @ New York N 2- 6 Marshall Santana Yesterday's 6 run 7th inning was the CUBS largest single inning output since they exploded for 7 runs in the first inning last year.............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 137 Tue 09/08 @ Pittsburgh N 9- 4 Dempster Duke And how 'bout that starting rotation, anchored by our aces Gorzelanny & Silva ????? 04/05 - 04/16 IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Gorzelanny 6.3 4 1 0 2 7 0 98 62 0.63 15.5 8 3 0.73 2.84 9.95 0.00 0.95 0.00 Silva 13.0 8 3 1 0 8 0 162 113 0.70 12.5 14 17 0.45 0.00 5.54 0.00 0.62 0.69 Wells 12.3 16 4 4 3 8 0 201 128 0.64 16.3 17 11 0.61 2.19 5.84 0.00 1.54 2.92 Dempster 12.3 10 6 6 6 14 1 209 118 0.56 16.9 15 7 0.68 4.38 10.22 0.73 1.30 4.38 Zambrano 13.3 20 15 14 7 17 4 280 169 0.60 21.0 15 8 0.65 4.73 11.48 2.70 2.03 9.45 Totals 57.3 58 29 25 18 54 5 950 590 0.62 16.6 69 46 0.60 2.83 8.48 0.78 1.33 3.92 CUBS were 2-0 last year, and 2-2 in 2008 with Phil Cuzzi behind home plate.............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .31 Sun 05/10 @ Milwaukee 4- 2 Marshall Suppan .60 Sun 06/14 Minnesota 3- 2 Lilly Baker Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N 3- 5 Dempster Perez .44 Sun 05/18 Pittsburgh 4- 3 Marquis Dumatrait 111 Sat 08/02 Pittsburgh 5- 1 Lilly Maholm 156 Tue 09/23 @ New York N 2- 6 Marshall Santana Season series against Houston this year (1-0) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .10 Fri 04/16 Houston 7- 2 Silva Paulino .11 Sat 04/17 Houston - Gorzelanny Oswalt .12 Sun 04/18 Houston - Dempster Rodriguez .55 Fri 06/04 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino .56 Sat 06/05 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt .57 Sun 06/06 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez .94 Mon 07/19 Houston N - Silva Norris .95 Tue 07/20 Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino .96 Wed 07/21 Houston - Zambrano Oswalt 100 Mon 07/26 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 101 Tue 07/27 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 102 Wed 07/28 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez 138 Mon 09/06 Houston - Wells Myers 139 Tue 09/07 Houston N - Silva Norris 140 Wed 09/08 Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 160 Fri 10/01 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 161 Sat 10/02 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 162 Sun 10/03 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez Last year against the Astros (11-6).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..1 Mon 04/06 @ Houston N 4- 2 Zambrano Oswalt ..2 Tue 04/07 @ Houston N 2- 3 Dempster Rodriguez ..3 Wed 04/08 @ Houston N 11- 6 Lilly Moehler .27 Wed 05/06 @ Houston N 6- 3 Harden Hampton .28 Thu 05/07 @ Houston N 8- 5 Lilly Ortiz .35 Sat 05/16 Houston 5- 4 Wells Oswalt .36 Sun 05/17 Houston 5- 6 Harden Moehler .55 Tue 06/09 @ Houston N 7- 1 Lilly Moehler .56 Wed 06/10 @ Houston N 1- 2 Zambrano Rodriguez .57 Thu 06/11 @ Houston 1- 2 Dempster Ortiz .97 Mon 07/27 Houston N 5- 1 Zambrano Rodriguez .98 Tue 07/28 Houston N 6-11 Dempster Oswalt .99 Wed 07/29 Houston 12- 0 Wells Hampton 100 Thu 07/30 Houston 12- 3 Hart Ortiz 129 Mon 08/31 Houston N 3- 5 Harden Oswalt 130 Tue 09/01 Houston N 4- 1 Wells Moehler 131 Wed 09/02 Houston 2- 0 Lilly Paulino CUBS hitters against Oswalt last year............... vs Oswalt AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Hoffpauir 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.667 0.667 1.667 2.333 0.500 4.67 3.3 0.000 0.500 Fuld 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 3.00 1.0 0.000 0.000 Baker 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 0.667 1.333 0.667 4.00 1.3 0.000 0.000 Soriano 7 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.857 1.286 0.333 2.43 2.6 0.000 0.000 K. Hill 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 4.33 0.7 0.000 0.500 Theriot 9 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.444 0.400 0.556 0.956 0.444 3.27 2.0 -0.044 0.400 Soto 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.500 0.833 0.333 2.83 1.0 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.143 0.143 0.571 0.714 0.000 3.14 0.6 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 0.500 4.86 0.9 0.000 0.000 D Lee 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.143 3.30 0.2 0.089 0.250 Fukudome 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.143 4.20 0.1 0.000 0.000 Bradley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.143 0.000 4.86 0.0 0.143 0.000 Scales 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Fox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.67 0.0 0.000 0.000 tot vs Oswalt 82 8 20 4 0 3 8 2 14 0.244 0.259 0.402 0.661 0.262 3.64 8.5 0.015 0.132 tot vs Houst 606 94 161 34 5 25 92 77 129 0.266 0.348 0.462 0.810 0.301 3.88 97.4 0.082 0.199 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 bullpen load during the last week............ Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Totals 16 Apr 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr 11 Apr 10 Apr vs Houst vs Milw vs Milw no game vs Milw @ Cincy @ Cincy pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Berg 0.3 2 0.3 2 Caridad 0.3 10 0.3 10 Grabow 1.0 10 1.0 19 0.3 18 1.0 14 3.3 61 Marmol 1.0 14 1.0 15 1.0 10 1.0 13 4.0 52 Marshall 1.0 29 0.7 12 1.7 41 Russell 0.3 1 0.7 16 0.3 2 1.3 19 Samardzjia 2.0 35 1.0 12 3.0 47 Gray 1.0 15 1.0 15 Totals 2.0 24 4.0 83 2.7 33 2.7 38 1.7 42 2.0 27 15.0 247 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 155 Pittsburgh 153 Cincinnati 152 Milwaukee 152 Houston 149 Go CUBS !!!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

When is the last time a Cubs catcher had a triple? Last year Soto had a triple and Koyie Hill had two.

Koyie Hill's triple was the first by a CUB this season. Go CUBS !!

Yeti..... I see you lurking out there !! I should point out that I'm sitting in Bardstown, KY..... which is just 10 miles down the road from Clermont, where they make that Jimbly Beam stuff. Should I pick you up some ??

CUBS hitters vs. Paulino last year........... vs Paulino AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Soriano 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0.000 5.00 4.0 0.000 1.000 Theriot 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.000 1.00 2.0 0.000 0.000 D Lee 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.500 0.667 2.000 2.667 0.000 4.67 2.7 0.167 0.500 Ramirez 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 6.00 1.0 0.000 1.000 Miles 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 9.00 1.0 0.000 0.000 Gathright 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 1.00 1.0 0.000 0.000 Blanco 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 1.000 3.33 1.0 0.000 0.000 Hoffpauir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 7.00 0.0 1.000 0.000 Fukudome 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.333 4.50 0.5 0.167 0.000 Fontenot 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 5.33 0.0 0.333 1.000 K. Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Bradley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.33 0.0 0.000 0.000 Soto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Fox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Baker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 tot vs. Paulino 27 6 9 2 0 2 6 4 8 0.333 0.419 0.630 1.049 0.412 4.44 7.1 0.086 0.286 tot vs. Houst 606 94 161 34 5 25 92 77 129 0.266 0.348 0.462 0.810 0.301 3.88 97.4 0.082 0.199 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. Houston last year............ vs. Houst AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Ramirez 42 9 18 2 0 4 13 5 5 0.429 0.489 0.762 1.251 0.424 4.09 15.7 0.061 0.360 D Lee 54 14 18 5 0 5 13 14 15 0.333 0.464 0.704 1.167 0.382 3.72 17.6 0.130 0.267 Hoffpauir 22 2 8 2 1 1 4 3 3 0.364 0.440 0.682 1.122 0.389 4.00 6.6 0.076 0.273 Blanco 15 3 5 2 0 1 3 1 4 0.333 0.375 0.667 1.042 0.400 3.67 3.8 0.042 0.286 Soriano 65 16 19 3 0 7 14 8 13 0.292 0.370 0.662 1.031 0.267 3.64 15.9 0.078 0.219 Gathright 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.500 1.00 0.5 0.000 0.000 Fuld 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.500 3.50 0.5 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 52 12 16 4 1 1 9 11 11 0.308 0.422 0.481 0.903 0.375 4.44 10.5 0.114 0.333 Fontenot 45 7 12 3 1 2 8 4 9 0.267 0.320 0.511 0.831 0.294 4.22 7.4 0.053 0.214 Soto 30 2 9 1 0 1 3 2 4 0.300 0.382 0.433 0.816 0.320 3.29 5.0 0.082 0.095 Fox 15 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 6 0.200 0.235 0.467 0.702 0.250 3.65 1.6 0.035 0.250 Baker 19 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 4 0.263 0.300 0.368 0.668 0.333 3.95 2.1 0.037 0.000 Theriot 63 7 15 6 0 0 7 8 10 0.238 0.319 0.333 0.653 0.283 3.78 6.7 0.081 0.226 Bradley 59 10 11 0 0 2 6 8 12 0.186 0.290 0.288 0.578 0.200 4.51 4.9 0.103 0.103 Johnson 20 3 4 0 1 0 5 2 4 0.200 0.273 0.300 0.573 0.250 3.64 1.6 0.073 0.455 Miles 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.214 0.267 0.286 0.552 0.231 3.25 1.1 0.052 0.000 K. Hill 32 2 6 1 0 0 4 4 8 0.188 0.270 0.219 0.489 0.250 3.62 1.9 0.083 0.200 Scales 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.100 0.250 0.100 0.350 0.143 4.92 0.3 0.150 0.000 Freel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.50 0.0 0.000 0.000 tot vs. houst 606 94 161 34 5 25 92 77 129 0.266 0.348 0.462 0.810 0.301 3.88 97.4 0.082 0.199 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 against Houston last year............. vs. Houst 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 Grabow 1.7 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 17 0.61 16.8 1 2 0.33 1 0 0.00 5.40 10.80 0.00 0.60 0.00 Atkins 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 0.81 10.5 3 3 0.50 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wells 20.7 17 1 0 7 9 0 301 189 0.63 14.6 35 17 0.67 0 0 0.00 3.05 3.92 0.00 1.16 0.00 Marmol 10.0 5 0 0 3 12 0 169 111 0.66 16.9 9 9 0.50 1 0 0.00 2.70 10.80 0.00 0.80 0.00 Heilman 8.0 8 1 1 4 7 0 139 82 0.59 17.4 10 7 0.59 8 5 0.63 4.50 7.88 0.00 1.50 1.13 Zambrano 21.0 11 3 3 9 13 1 304 181 0.60 14.5 29 18 0.62 0 0 0.00 3.86 5.57 0.43 0.95 1.29 Lilly 25.7 19 7 7 5 17 5 381 244 0.64 14.8 20 40 0.33 0 0 0.00 1.75 5.96 1.75 0.94 2.45 Marshall 3.3 3 1 1 1 2 1 51 30 0.59 15.3 7 1 0.88 4 0 0.00 2.70 5.40 2.70 1.20 2.70 Samardzija 3.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 44 28 0.64 14.7 6 3 0.67 0 0 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 1.67 3.00 Cotts 2.3 2 1 1 1 2 0 46 26 0.57 19.7 2 3 0.40 3 0 0.00 3.86 7.71 0.00 1.29 3.86 Guzman 4.7 4 2 2 2 5 1 76 47 0.62 16.3 4 4 0.50 2 0 0.00 3.86 9.64 1.93 1.29 3.86 Dempster 18.0 22 9 8 3 12 2 282 187 0.66 15.7 16 24 0.40 0 0 0.00 1.50 6.00 1.00 1.39 4.00 Hart 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 102 65 0.64 17.0 5 9 0.36 0 0 0.00 3.00 6.00 3.00 1.33 4.50 Patton 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 25 16 0.64 12.5 3 1 0.75 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 4.50 0.50 4.50 Gregg 7.7 12 5 5 2 9 2 140 89 0.64 18.3 8 6 0.57 4 2 0.50 2.35 10.57 2.35 1.83 5.87 Harden 18.0 19 12 12 12 20 3 309 187 0.61 17.2 16 17 0.48 0 0 0.00 6.00 10.00 1.50 1.72 6.00 Ascanio 3.7 2 3 3 2 4 0 50 31 0.62 13.6 4 2 0.67 0 0 0.00 4.91 9.82 0.00 1.09 7.36 Stevens 2.3 2 2 2 3 3 0 51 26 0.51 21.9 1 3 0.25 0 0 0.00 11.57 11.57 0.00 2.14 7.71 Fox 0.3 2 3 3 1 0 0 17 8 0.47 51.0 1 0 1.00 0 0 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 81.00 totals vs Houst 160.3 140 55 53 59 123 18 2536 1581 0.62 15.8 180 169 0.52 23 7 0.30 3.31 6.90 1.01 1.24 2.98 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 These numbers are looking more reasonable every day............. CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..72 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .720 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .270 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .558 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1260 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 .126 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 ..72 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .162 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..72 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 4.44 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.86 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 17.6 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .374 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 34.7 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .247 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .324 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .435 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .759 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS' season series vs Houston this year (0-0)............... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .10 Fri 04/16 Houston - Silva Paulino .11 Sat 04/17 Houston - Gorzelanny Oswalt .12 Sun 04/18 Houston - Dempster Rodriguez .55 Fri 06/04 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino .56 Sat 06/05 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt .57 Sun 06/06 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez .94 Mon 07/19 Houston N - Silva Norris .95 Tue 07/20 Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino .96 Wed 07/21 Houston - Zambrano Oswalt 100 Mon 07/26 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 101 Tue 07/27 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 102 Wed 07/28 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez 138 Mon 09/06 Houston - Wells Myers 139 Tue 09/07 Houston N - Silva Norris 140 Wed 09/08 Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 160 Fri 10/01 @ Houston N - Gorzelanny Paulino 161 Sat 10/02 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 162 Sun 10/03 @ Houston - Dempster Rodriguez CUBS season series vs Houston last year (11-6)................ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..1 Mon 04/06 @ Houston N 4- 2 Zambrano Oswalt ..2 Tue 04/07 @ Houston N 2- 3 Dempster Rodriguez ..3 Wed 04/08 @ Houston N 11- 6 Lilly Moehler .27 Wed 05/06 @ Houston N 6- 3 Harden Hampton .28 Thu 05/07 @ Houston N 8- 5 Lilly Ortiz .35 Sat 05/16 Houston 5- 4 Wells Oswalt .36 Sun 05/17 Houston 5- 6 Harden Moehler .55 Tue 06/09 @ Houston N 7- 1 Lilly Moehler .56 Wed 06/10 @ Houston N 1- 2 Zambrano Rodriguez .57 Thu 06/11 @ Houston 1- 2 Dempster Ortiz .97 Mon 07/27 Houston N 5- 1 Zambrano Rodriguez .98 Tue 07/28 Houston N 6-11 Dempster Oswalt .99 Wed 07/29 Houston 12- 0 Wells Hampton 100 Thu 07/30 Houston 12- 3 Hart Ortiz 129 Mon 08/31 Houston N 3- 5 Harden Oswalt 130 Tue 09/01 Houston N 4- 1 Wells Moehler 131 Wed 09/02 Houston 2- 0 Lilly Paulino CUBS' bullpen load during the last week.............. Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr 11 Apr 10 Apr 09 Apr vs Milw vs Milw no game vs Milw @ Cincy @ Cincy @ Cincy pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Berg 0.3 2 1.0 7 1.3 9 Caridad 0.3 10 1.0 30 1.3 40 Grabow 1.0 19 0.3 18 1.0 14 2.3 51 Marmol 1.0 15 1.0 10 1.0 13 3.0 38 Marshall 1.0 29 0.7 12 1.7 41 Russell 0.3 1 0.7 16 0.3 2 1.3 19 Samardzjia 2.0 35 1.0 12 3.0 47 Gray 1.0 15 1.0 15 Totals 4.0 83 2.7 33 2.7 38 1.7 42 2.0 27 2.0 37 15.0 260 Here's an interesting factoid I came across.............. 04/05 - 04/15 RBI 0 outs 5 1 out 10 2 outs 24 totals 39 CUBS' propensity for driving in baserunners................. 04/05 - 04/15 BDI LOB RBI% Fukudome 4 7 0.364 D Lee 3 7 0.300 Nady 3 7 0.300 Fontenot 1 3 0.250 Theriot 3 9 0.250 Soto 1 3 0.250 Byrd 4 18 0.182 Baker 1 5 0.167 Tracy 1 5 0.167 Ramirez 3 21 0.125 Soriano 0 10 0.000 K Hill 0 4 0.000 Colvin 0 7 0.000 CUBS 24 112 0.176 Go CUBS !!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Louisville, KY !!! Andy is among the missing today, so he will start tomorrow... win, lose, or draw. We've got the Houston Astros (1-8) coming to call on our CUBS fresh on the heels of their first victory of the season yesterday in St. Louis. http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/28871.jpg Felipe Paulino (0-0) ERA = 7.20, WHIP = 1.60 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/5056.jpg Carlos Silva (0-0) ERA = 1.50, WHIP = 0.50 Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Nashville, TN !!! It was great to see the CUBS score 4 runs in their last at bat to come from behind and win. Although the CUBS had scored 4 runs in their last at bat 3 times last year, none of them were come from behind wins. One game they lost, one game broke a tie, and one game they were already leading. The last time they scored 4 or more runs in their last AB to come from behind and win was in 2008, when they scored 5 in the 8th to beat the Phillies........ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 134 Thu 08/28 Philadelphia N 6- 4 Dempster Hamels It was great to see them score in the 8th inning on another level, too. Prior to yesterday's game, the CUBS had scored only 2 of their 27 runs scored after the 5th inning !!! That practice has got to stop. On the other side of the ledger, the CUBS have now allowed a total of 41 runs in 8 games. 21 of the 41 runs allowed (half) have come in the 7th & 8th inning !! Late innings have just been brutal. The Milwaukee Brewers' pitching staff is just what the doctor ordered for a slumping offense.......... 04/05 - 04/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS first 6 gm 188 18 37 3 0 8 64 17 20 47 0.197 0.283 0.340 0.623 CUBS next 2 gm 68 16 25 3 0 4 40 16 7 14 0.368 0.429 0.588 1.017 CUBS overall 256 34 62 6 0 12 104 33 27 61 0.242 0.322 0.406 0.728 .... as the CUBS put 100 points on their team OPS in just 2 games. Meantime, the CUBS are seeing a good amount of pitches.......... 04/05 - 04/14 P PA P/PA D Lee 129 29 4.45 Ramirez 158 36 4.39 Nady 57 14 4.07 Theriot 144 36 4.00 Soto 87 22 3.95 Colvin 55 14 3.93 Soriano 109 28 3.89 Fukudome 102 27 3.78 Fontenot 70 19 3.68 Tracy 22 6 3.67 K Hill 25 7 3.57 Baker 37 11 3.36 Byrd 93 29 3.21 CUBS 1144 296 3.86 These numbers are right in line with the last 3 years. Last years' CUBS team against Suppan................. vs Suppan AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Soriano 7 2 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0.286 0.444 1.143 1.587 0.000 5.11 3.6 0.159 0.400 Scales 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 0.667 1.333 0.667 3.67 1.3 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 1 0.333 0.667 0.667 1.333 0.400 4.50 2.7 0.333 0.200 D Lee 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.167 0.375 0.667 1.042 0.000 3.63 1.5 0.208 0.000 Miles 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.500 5.33 0.7 0.000 0.000 K. Hill 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.250 0.400 0.500 0.900 0.250 3.20 0.8 0.150 0.333 Bradley 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 0.286 3.63 0.8 0.089 0.200 Fontenot 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.143 0.250 0.286 0.536 0.200 3.75 0.5 0.107 0.000 Fox 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.200 3.33 0.3 0.133 0.000 Hoffpauir 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.333 5.25 0.3 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.250 3.60 0.2 0.000 0.000 Theriot 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 0.143 3.33 0.2 0.097 0.000 Baker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 3.33 0.0 0.333 0.000 Soto 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 3.67 0.0 0.167 0.000 Fuld 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.33 0.0 0.000 0.000 CUBS 82 11 17 3 1 3 9 14 10 0.207 0.343 0.378 0.721 0.203 3.90 10.6 0.136 0.143 The season series with the Brewers............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..7 Mon 04/12 Milwaukee 9- 5 Dempster Davis ..8 Wed 04/14 Milwaukee 7- 6 Wells Bush ..9 Thu 04/15 Milwaukee - Zambrano Suppan .17 Fri 04/23 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Davis .18 Sat 04/24 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Bush .19 Sun 04/25 @ Milwaukee - Silva Suppan .58 Tue 06/08 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Davis .59 Wed 06/09 @ Milwaukee N - Silva Bush .60 Thu 06/10 @ Milwaukee - Gorzelanny Suppan 106 Mon 08/02 Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 107 Tue 08/03 Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 108 Wed 08/04 Milwaukee - Wells Davis 141 Fri 09/10 @ Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 142 Sat 09/11 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 143 Sun 09/12 @ Milwaukee - Wells Davis Go CUBS !!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

Randy Wells had 3 starts against Milwaukee last year (1-1).......... Wells IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/08 vs. Milw 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 84 51 0.61 16.8 5 5 0.50 3.60 9.00 0.00 1.40 0.00 09/17 vs. Milw 4.0 5 5 5 5 4 1 80 43 0.54 20.0 2 5 0.29 11.25 9.00 2.25 2.50 11.25 09/22 vs. Milw 6.0 7 1 1 0 5 1 89 56 0.63 14.8 6 7 0.46 0.00 7.50 1.50 1.17 1.50 totals vs. Milw 15.0 17 6 6 7 14 2 253 150 0.59 16.9 13 17 0.43 4.20 8.40 1.20 1.60 3.60 season totals 165.3 166 67 58 46 104 14 2543 1595 0.63 15.4 215 167 0.56 2.50 5.66 0.76 1.28 3.16 CUBS' hitters against Bush last year............ vs Bush AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Scales 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.000 4.00 3.0 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 11 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 3 0.545 0.545 1.000 1.545 0.714 3.36 6.0 0.000 0.667 Baker 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.667 3.50 1.0 0.000 0.333 Theriot 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.444 0.545 0.444 0.990 0.444 3.00 2.2 0.101 0.000 Bradley 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.250 0.333 0.625 0.958 0.200 3.78 1.7 0.083 0.000 Fontenot 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.200 0.500 0.200 0.700 0.333 4.00 0.5 0.300 0.000 Hoffpauir 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.250 3.40 0.4 0.000 0.400 Soriano 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.200 0.167 0.400 0.567 0.200 2.67 0.3 -0.033 1.000 D Lee 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.143 0.250 0.286 0.536 0.143 3.75 0.5 0.107 0.333 Fox 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.250 3.50 0.3 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.200 4.00 0.2 0.000 0.500 K. Hill 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.250 3.63 0.1 0.000 0.000 Miles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Soto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 CUBS 79 15 22 5 1 2 11 7 15 0.278 0.341 0.443 0.784 0.323 3.58 11.9 0.062 0.281 CUBS' hitters against Milwaukee last year.............. vs. Milw AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Freel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 3.00 1.0 0.000 0.000 D Lee 52 12 16 4 0 6 23 10 7 0.308 0.422 0.731 1.153 0.256 3.78 16.0 0.114 0.567 Scales 23 3 9 3 1 0 3 0 7 0.391 0.391 0.609 1.000 0.563 3.91 5.5 0.000 0.250 Gathright 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 6.00 0.0 1.000 0.000 Bradley 40 5 11 1 0 3 7 8 8 0.275 0.431 0.525 0.956 0.276 3.86 9.1 0.156 0.200 Fukudome 60 11 19 6 2 1 9 9 11 0.317 0.397 0.533 0.931 0.375 4.05 12.7 0.081 0.267 Fontenot 47 8 16 6 0 0 3 9 11 0.340 0.439 0.468 0.907 0.444 3.96 9.6 0.098 0.176 Ramirez 36 5 9 0 0 3 8 4 2 0.250 0.357 0.500 0.857 0.194 4.12 6.4 0.107 0.227 K. Hill 26 2 7 3 0 1 4 2 8 0.269 0.345 0.500 0.845 0.353 3.17 4.5 0.076 0.188 Theriot 61 16 20 3 0 0 2 14 6 0.328 0.461 0.377 0.838 0.364 3.51 10.6 0.133 0.069 Johnson 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.333 3.13 1.1 0.089 0.000 Baker 23 5 8 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.348 0.375 0.348 0.723 0.471 3.63 3.0 0.027 0.167 Fox 30 5 6 1 0 2 4 2 4 0.200 0.273 0.433 0.706 0.167 3.97 3.5 0.073 0.125 Soriano 38 5 7 1 0 3 8 3 7 0.184 0.238 0.447 0.685 0.143 4.19 4.0 0.054 0.263 Hoffpauir 22 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 6 0.182 0.250 0.409 0.659 0.200 3.96 2.3 0.068 0.190 Fuld 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.200 0.273 0.300 0.573 0.222 4.73 0.8 0.073 0.000 Soto 43 4 8 0 0 2 5 3 10 0.186 0.234 0.326 0.560 0.194 3.51 3.3 0.048 0.097 Blanco 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.250 3.75 0.3 0.000 0.000 Miles 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.250 0.417 0.200 3.92 0.5 0.000 0.000 Taguchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 9.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Milw 574 93 154 33 3 23 87 72 108 0.268 0.356 0.456 0.812 0.296 3.80 93.2 0.088 0.202 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' season series vs. Milwaukee (1-0)............ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..7 Mon 04/12 Milwaukee 9- 5 Dempster Davis ..8 Wed 04/14 Milwaukee - Wells Bush ..9 Thu 04/15 Milwaukee - Silva Suppan .17 Fri 04/23 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Davis .18 Sat 04/24 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Bush .19 Sun 04/25 @ Milwaukee - Silva Suppan .58 Tue 06/08 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Davis .59 Wed 06/09 @ Milwaukee N - Silva Bush .60 Thu 06/10 @ Milwaukee - Gorzelanny Suppan 106 Mon 08/02 Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 107 Tue 08/03 Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 108 Wed 08/04 Milwaukee - Wells Davis 141 Fri 09/10 @ Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 142 Sat 09/11 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 143 Sun 09/12 @ Milwaukee - Wells Davis Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Monroe, LA !!! Well, the CUBS won their home opener !!! In the process, they broke their string of 5 consecutive quality starts. Just in case anybody cares, the last time the CUBS strung together 6 QS in a row........ last year they had 8 in a row !! .... and all on the road. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .50 Tue 06/02 @ Atlanta N 5- 6 Wells Kawakami .51 Wed 06/03 @ Atlanta N 3- 2 Lilly Lowe .52 Fri 06/05 @ Cincinnati N 2- 1 Zambrano Owings .53 Sat 06/06 @ Cincinnati N 3- 4 Dempster Volquez .54 Sun 06/07 @ Cincinnati 6- 3 Wells Arroyo .55 Tue 06/09 @ Houston N 7- 1 Lilly Moehler .56 Wed 06/10 @ Houston N 1- 2 Zambrano Rodriguez .57 Thu 06/11 @ Houston 1- 2 Dempster Ortiz Yesterday's 13 hits was a season high for the CUBS, and the first time since last fall when they got 14 hits against ...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 145 Thu 09/17 Milwaukee 4- 7 Wells Bush The 5 runs that the CUBS scored in the third was also a season high, and the first time since they scored 5 runs in the 6th inning last year against........ (who else)....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 143 Tue 09/15 Milwaukee N 13- 7 Zambrano Gallardo The CUBS 4 stolen bases was their most since 2008 when they had 6 in one game ................. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .59 Tue 06/03 @ San Diego N 9- 6 Marquis Ledezma Some of the numbers are improving................ CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..69 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .625 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .255 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .532 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1319 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 .116 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 ..46 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .116 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..69 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 3.86 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.92 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 14.6 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .355 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 30.0 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .223 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .303 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .388 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .691 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/05 - 04/12 P PA P/PA Ramirez 138 31 4.45 D Lee 129 29 4.45 Nady 43 10 4.30 Theriot 130 31 4.19 Colvin 49 12 4.08 Fukudome 87 22 3.95 Soriano 97 25 3.88 Soto 69 18 3.83 K Hill 25 7 3.57 Baker 32 9 3.56 Fontenot 60 17 3.53 Tracy 17 5 3.40 Byrd 79 25 3.16 CUBS 1003 257 3.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/05 - 04/12 BDI LOB RBI% Nady 3 3 0.500 D Lee 3 7 0.300 Baker 1 4 0.200 Fukudome 1 4 0.200 Byrd 3 15 0.167 Ramirez 3 18 0.143 Theriot 1 6 0.143 Fontenot 0 2 0.000 Colvin 0 6 0.000 Soto 0 2 0.000 K Hill 0 4 0.000 Soriano 0 9 0.000 Tracy 0 5 0.000 CUBS 15 88 0.146 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 158 Cincinnati 157 Milwaukee 156 Pittsburgh 156 Houston 153 Go CUBS !!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful McDonough, GA !! The CUBS have now put up 5 consecutive quality starts (2-3). Last time they did that....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .73 Mon 06/29 @ Pittsburgh N 3- 1 Harden Duke .74 Tue 06/30 @ Pittsburgh N 0- 3 Lilly Ohlendorf .75 Wed 07/01 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 1 Wells Vazquez .76 Thu 07/02 Milwaukee N 9- 5 Dempster McClung .77 Fri 07/03 Milwaukee 2- 1 Zambrano Suppan June/July of last season. ..... and, how 'bout that offense !!! 04/05 - 04/11 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs. starters 103 11 22 2 0 4 10 14 26 0.214 0.314 0.350 0.664 0.247 4.07 11.3 0.100 0.115 vs. relievers 64 2 10 0 0 2 2 3 19 0.156 0.206 0.250 0.456 0.186 3.75 3.3 0.050 0.000 vs Left 16 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0.125 0.125 0.313 0.438 0.100 2.88 0.6 0.000 0.000 vs Right 172 17 35 3 0 7 16 20 42 0.203 0.294 0.343 0.637 0.228 3.96 17.4 0.091 0.115 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Road 188 18 37 3 0 8 17 20 47 0.197 0.282 0.340 0.622 0.218 3.88 18.0 0.085 0.107 Day 91 10 15 2 0 5 10 12 24 0.165 0.262 0.352 0.614 0.161 3.74 8.4 0.097 0.135 Nite 97 8 22 1 0 3 7 8 23 0.227 0.300 0.330 0.630 0.268 4.01 9.6 0.073 0.085 Leading off 47 5 9 0 0 2 2 5 13 0.191 0.296 0.319 0.615 0.219 4.07 4.4 0.105 0.000 Pinch hitting 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.143 3.50 0.2 0.089 0.000 bases loaded 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.50 0.0 0.000 0.077 bases empty 119 12 24 2 0 5 5 13 32 0.202 0.296 0.345 0.641 0.232 3.99 12.1 0.095 0.000 runners on 69 6 13 1 0 3 12 7 15 0.188 0.256 0.333 0.590 0.196 3.71 5.9 0.068 0.107 RISP 34 3 8 0 0 3 12 5 6 0.235 0.317 0.500 0.817 0.200 3.83 5.4 0.082 0.164 Game tied 59 8 14 2 0 3 9 8 18 0.237 0.329 0.424 0.752 0.289 4.03 8.2 0.091 0.188 CUBS leading 71 2 10 0 0 1 2 8 15 0.141 0.247 0.183 0.430 0.164 3.86 3.2 0.106 0.027 CUBS trailing 58 8 13 1 0 4 6 4 14 0.224 0.274 0.448 0.722 0.225 3.74 7.1 0.050 0.133 Close score 178 16 35 2 0 7 15 20 43 0.197 0.286 0.326 0.612 0.219 3.86 16.6 0.089 0.098 Early (1-3) 66 8 15 3 0 3 8 7 19 0.227 0.307 0.409 0.716 0.273 3.91 8.3 0.079 0.132 Middle (4-6) 61 8 13 0 0 3 7 8 9 0.213 0.310 0.361 0.671 0.204 3.79 6.8 0.097 0.143 Late (7th on) 61 2 9 0 0 2 2 5 19 0.148 0.224 0.246 0.470 0.175 3.94 3.4 0.076 0.000 Extra Innings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Totals 188 18 37 3 0 8 17 20 47 0.197 0.282 0.340 0.622 0.218 3.88 18.0 0.085 0.107 Seems like they're equally bad in just about all situations !!! The season series against Milwaukee.............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..7 Mon 04/12 Milwaukee - Dempster Davis ..8 Wed 04/14 Milwaukee - Wells Bush ..9 Thu 04/15 Milwaukee - Silva Suppan .17 Fri 04/23 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Davis .18 Sat 04/24 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Bush .19 Sun 04/25 @ Milwaukee - Silva Suppan .58 Tue 06/08 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Davis .59 Wed 06/09 @ Milwaukee N - Silva Bush .60 Thu 06/10 @ Milwaukee - Gorzelanny Suppan 106 Mon 08/02 Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 107 Tue 08/03 Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 108 Wed 08/04 Milwaukee - Wells Davis 141 Fri 09/10 @ Milwaukee N - Zambrano Gallardo 142 Sat 09/11 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 143 Sun 09/12 @ Milwaukee - Wells Davis ..... and last year against Milwaukee (10-7)............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..4 Fri 04/10 @ Milwaukee 3- 4 Harden Looper ..5 Sat 04/11 @ Milwaukee N 6- 5 Zambrano Bush ..6 Sun 04/12 @ Milwaukee N 8- 5 Dempster Suppan .29 Fri 05/08 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 Wells Bush .30 Sat 05/09 @ Milwaukee N 6-12 Dempster Gallardo .31 Sun 05/10 @ Milwaukee 4- 2 Marshall Suppan .76 Thu 07/02 Milwaukee N 9- 5 Dempster McClung .77 Fri 07/03 Milwaukee 2- 1 Zambrano Suppan .78 Sat 07/04 Milwaukee 2-11 Harden Looper .79 Sun 07/05 Milwaukee 8- 2 Lilly Burns 142 Mon 09/14 Milwaukee N 2- 0 Dempster Suppan 143 Tue 09/15 Milwaukee N 13- 7 Zambrano Gallardo 144 Wed 09/16 Milwaukee N 5- 9 Harden Looper 145 Thu 09/17 Milwaukee 4- 7 Wells Bush 149 Mon 09/21 @ Milwaukee N 10- 2 Gorzelanny Looper 150 Tue 09/22 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Wells Bush 151 Wed 09/23 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 Samardzija Narveson Go CUBS !!!

FWIW he had amazing college numbers, but many don't think he has the kind of stuff to be very good at the big league level. Now that I've said that I imagine he 3 hits us. When you're only averaging 6 hits a game...... getting 3 hit just isn't such a big deal, eh? True, hopefully all three leave the yard again. And hopefully he walks some guys in front of them. Hey.... that works for me !!! ;)

FWIW he had amazing college numbers, but many don't think he has the kind of stuff to be very good at the big league level. Now that I've said that I imagine he 3 hits us. When you're only averaging 6 hits a game...... getting 3 hit just isn't such a big deal, eh?

The top two things everyone already knew. We are hitting home runs but they are almost all solo shots. However, the third stat is very surprising to me. Basically we are being patient and seeing pitches. This is somewhat alarming to me because it means we are being patient at the plate but not hitting still. What I find alarming is that you think you can use html functions like bold inside a literal code block. :scratch:

04/05 - 04/10 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Theriot 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.150 0.143 0.150 0.293 0.200 3.95 0.4 -0.007 0.167 Fukudome 16 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 2 0.313 0.353 0.563 0.915 0.308 4.00 3.2 0.040 0.200 D Lee 16 3 5 0 0 1 2 4 4 0.313 0.476 0.500 0.976 0.364 4.62 3.8 0.164 0.250 Ramirez 19 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 0.158 0.190 0.316 0.506 0.182 4.43 1.1 0.033 0.200 Byrd 15 2 2 0 0 2 4 1 2 0.133 0.188 0.533 0.721 0.000 3.31 1.5 0.054 0.286 Soriano 17 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0.176 0.176 0.412 0.588 0.167 4.12 1.2 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.385 0.385 0.385 0.769 0.417 3.62 1.9 0.000 0.000 Soto 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.200 4.20 0.2 0.089 0.000 Totals 125 14 27 2 0 6 13 8 29 0.216 0.265 0.376 0.641 0.233 4.07 12.4 0.049 0.171

Greetings one and all from beautiful West Monroe, LA !!! Quality starts are highly overrated !!! The CUBS now have 4 consecutive quality starts, but they're 2-2 in those 4 games. The last time the CUBS had 4 consecutive quality starts......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 130 Tue 09/01 Houston N 4- 1 Wells Moehler 131 Wed 09/02 Houston 2- 0 Lilly Paulino 132 Thu 09/03 Chicago (AL) N 0- 5 Dempster Torres 133 Fri 09/04 @ New York N 2- 6 Zambrano Parnell Last year, and they won 2 out of those 4 games, too. I just love small sample sizes. Did you know that the........... CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..65 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .551 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .259 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .389 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1231 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 ..32 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 ..65 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .130 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..97 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 3.40 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.97 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 13.8 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .362 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 31.3 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .204 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .272 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .369 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .641 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS season series against Cincinnati (1-1)...... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..4 Fri 04/09 @ Cincinnati N 4- 5 Silva Bailey ..5 Sat 04/10 @ Cincinnati 4- 3 Zambrano Harang ..6 Sun 04/11 @ Cincinnati - Gorzelanny Leake .30 Fri 05/07 @ Cincinnati N - Gorzelanny Leake .31 Sat 05/08 @ Cincinnati N - Zambrano Harang .32 Sun 05/09 @ Cincinnati - Dempster Cueto .79 Thu 07/01 Cincinnati - Silva Bailey .80 Fri 07/02 Cincinnati - Gorzelanny Leake .81 Sat 07/03 Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang .82 Sun 07/04 Cincinnati - Dempster Cueto 109 Fri 08/06 Cincinnati - Silva Bailey 110 Sat 08/07 Cincinnati - Gorzelanny Leake 111 Sun 08/08 Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang 129 Fri 08/27 @ Cincinnati N - Silva Bailey 130 Sat 08/28 @ Cincinnati N - Gorzelanny Leake 131 Sun 08/29 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano Harang CUBS season series vs. Cincinnati last year (10-5).......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .12 Tue 04/21 Cincinnati N 7- 2 Harden Owings .13 Wed 04/22 Cincinnati N 0- 3 Lilly Cueto .14 Thu 04/23 Cincinnati 1- 7 Zambrano Harang .52 Fri 06/05 @ Cincinnati N 2- 1 Zambrano Owings .53 Sat 06/06 @ Cincinnati N 3- 4 Dempster Volquez .54 Sun 06/07 @ Cincinnati 6- 3 Wells Arroyo .94 Fri 07/24 Cincinnati 8- 5 Wells Harang .95 Sat 07/25 Cincinnati 5- 3 Hart Cueto .96 Sun 07/26 Cincinnati 5- 2 Harden Owings 104 Mon 08/03 @ Cincinnati N 4- 2 Wells Harang 105 Tue 08/04 @ Cincinnati N 6- 3 Gorzelanny Cueto 106 Wed 08/05 @ Cincinnati N 0- 4 Harden Lehr 139 Fri 09/11 Cincinnati 6- 4 Harden Lehr 140 Sat 09/12 Cincinnati 5- 7 Wells Cueto 141 Sun 09/13 Cincinnati 5- 2 Lilly Bailey Go CUBS !!

Believe it or don't.... I just hauled a truckload of this stuff up to Minnesota on Monday.

3.52 P/PA is not a good approach.

[yawn] Red Sox win 9-7.

Neil Diamond's voice is gone.

care to revise this statement? :wink: No, to be honest, I'm still pretty bored.

How prophetic was that ????

God, this is a boring game.