6 Number of runs Cubs scored

37% Percentage of games this season (23 of 62) in which the Cubs have scored 6 or more runs

45% Percentage of games last season (73 of 161) in which the Cubs scored 6 or more runs

4 Number of runs Cubs scored in Thursday’s 8th inning

1 Number of other times this season the Cubs have scored that many runs in an 8th inning

3 Number of games in which the Cubs have trailed entering the 8th inning but gone on to win. (Team’s record in those games is 3-25, .107)

8 Number of games last year in which the Cubs trailed going into the 8th but still won. (Cubs’ record in those games last year was 8-49, .140)

.250 Cubs’ batting average (2-for-8) with runners in scoring position yesterday.

.227 Cubs’ batting average with RISP so far in 2009; ranks last in NL.

.278 Cubs’ batting average with RISP in 2008; ranked first in NL.

2 Number of hits Alfonso Soriano had in yesterday’s victory, including the game-winning hit in the last of the 9th.

35 Number of games last season (out of 109 played) in which Soriano had 2 or more hits in 2008.

14 Number of games this season (out of 60 played) in which Alfonso Soriano has collected 2 or more hits.

25 Number of games Alfonso Soriano went in between 2-hit performances—last one was on May 17th v. the Astros—but maybe yesterday was a start.