CHC @ CHW, Friday, June 27, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 49-30, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 9-2, 2.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-2) 102.2 76 37 30 38 85 9 2.63 2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73 2006 (1-9) 75 77 47 40 36 67 5 4.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 41 15 15 14 37 6 2.98 57 2008-06-22 CHW W 8 10 1 1 1 4 0 103 61 2008-06-17 @TBR ND 5 6 1 1 2 6 1 104 55 2008-06-11 ATL W 9 4 2 2 0 11 1 119 82 2008-06-05 @LAD ND 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 82 45 2008-05-31 COL W 5 3 3 3 4 7 2 93 52 2008-05-26 LAD W 7 7 1 1 3 3 0 117 59 2008-05-20 @HOU L 6 6 4 4 2 5 1 109 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 8 10 1 1 1 4 0 1.13 61 2008-06-22 CHW W 8 10 1 1 1 4 0 103 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-10 Road: 16-20 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 33-22 vsLHP: 16-8 1-Run: 12-11 vsEast: 7-4 vsCntrl:18-15 vsWest: 18-5 IL: 6-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 79 Thu, Jun 26 BAL L 4-11 49-30 1st 4.5 up 78 Wed, Jun 25 BAL W 7-4 49-29 1st 4.5 up 77 Tue, Jun 24 BAL L 5-7 48-29 1st 3.5 up 76 Sun, Jun 22 CHW W 7-1 48-28 1st 4.5 up 75 Sat, Jun 21 CHW W 11-7 47-28 1st 3.5 up 74 Fri, Jun 20 CHW W 4-3 46-28 1st 3.5 up 73 Thu, Jun 19 @TBR L 3-8 45-28 1st 3.5 up 72 Wed, Jun 18 @TBR L 4-5 45-27 1st 3.5 up 71 Tue, Jun 17 @TBR L 2-3 45-26 1st 3.5 up 70 Sun, Jun 15 @TOR W 7-4 45-25 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:20-10
Chicago White Sox, 43-35, 1st, ½ up	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 6-6, 3.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 97.2 94 45 43 26 56 7 3.96 2007 (10-17) 189 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44 46 24 23 10 28 5 4.70 49 2008-06-21 @CHC L 3.1 10 9 9 2 1 3 72 3 2008-06-15 COL L 6.2 7 4 3 2 4 1 100 48 2008-06-10 @DET L 6 13 6 6 1 1 0 98 22 2008-06-05 KCR W 7 4 1 1 2 3 0 100 66 2008-05-30 @TBR ND 7 5 1 1 3 5 0 101 65 2008-05-25 LAA ND 8 3 2 2 0 10 1 107 78 2008-05-20 CLE W 6 4 1 1 0 4 0 99 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 31 38 22 22 5 15 7 6.39 42 2008-06-21 @CHC L 3.1 10 9 9 2 1 3 72 3 2007-06-24 CHC L 7 10 2 2 0 3 1 106 52 2006-05-21 CHC ND 7.1 6 4 4 0 4 2 98 54 2005-06-25 CHC L 6.1 8 6 6 2 3 1 105 34 2005-05-21 @CHC W 7 4 1 1 1 4 0 78 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-11 Road: 19-24 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 28-23 vsLHP: 15-12 1-Run: 7-9 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:21-11 vsWest: 6-6 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 79 Thu, Jun 26 @LAD W 2-0 43-35 1st 0.5 up 78 Wed, Jun 25 @LAD L 0-5 42-35 1st 0.5 up 77 Tue, Jun 24 @LAD W 6-1 42-34 1st 1.5 up 76 Sun, Jun 22 @CHC L 1-7 41-34 1st 1.5 up 75 Sat, Jun 21 @CHC L 7-11 41-33 1st 2.5 up 74 Fri, Jun 20 @CHC L 3-4 41-32 1st 3.5 up 73 Thu, Jun 19 PIT W 13-8 41-31 1st 4.5 up 72 Wed, Jun 18 PIT W 8-2 40-31 1st 4.5 up 71 Tue, Jun 17 PIT W 16-5 39-31 1st 4.5 up 70 Sun, Jun 15 COL L 3-5 38-31 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 22, 2008 CHC 7 CHW 1 W:Ryan Dempster (9-2), L: Javier Vazquez (7-6), S: none Sat, Jun 21, 2008 CHC 11 CHW 7 W:Jason Marquis (6-3), L: Jose Contreras (6-6), S: Kerry Wood (19) Fri, Jun 20, 2008 CHC 4 CHW 3 W:Kerry Wood (4-1), L: Scott Linebrink (2-2), S: none Sun, Jun 24, 2007 CHC 3 @CHW 0 W:Sean Marshall (4-2), L: Jose Contreras (5-8), S: Bobby Howry (2) Sat, Jun 23, 2007 CHC 2 @CHW 1 W:Michael Wuertz (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: Bobby Howry (1) Fri, Jun 22, 2007 CHC 5 @CHW 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (8-6), L: Mark Buehrle (4-4), S: none Sun, May 20, 2007 CHW 10 @CHC 6 W:Nick Masset (2-1), L: Carlos Zambrano (4-4), S: none Sat, May 19, 2007 CHC 11 CHW 6 W:Bobby Howry (1-3), L: David Aardsma (2-1), S: none Fri, May 18, 2007 CHC 6 CHW 3 W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-1), S: Ryan Dempster (9) Sun, Jul 02, 2006 CHC 15 CHW 11 W:Carlos Zambrano (7-3), L: Mark Buehrle (9-5), S: Bobby Howry (2) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-0; 2007 - CHC won 5-1; 2006 - CHW won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 33-30

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC 5.49

OAK 4.51

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.60

TEX 5.64

C. Jones .394

T. Hunter .282

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

Y. Molina .353

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .705

B. Abreu .456

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.154

T. Hunter .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 2.08

T. Redding 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

J. Francis 6.22

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 46.Masset
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 61/37 .293/.328/.345/.673 .723/.640 .571 26/.654 0/0 1/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/67 .277/.352/.366/.718 .566/.857 .667 33/.373 3/1 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.000 4/.750 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 298/212 .287/.380/.434/.815 .890/.785 .668 92/.729 3/0 8/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 2/2.500 17/2.209 ··· 9/.730 1/5.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 200/173 .236/.322/.414/.735 .493/.775 .654 72/1.258 2/1 7/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 125/114 .248/.333/.413/.746 .425/.772 .810 44/.727 2/0 3/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 320/242 .299/.404/.440/.845 .760/.872 .624 94/.868 7/3 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 14/.594 7/1.229 3/1.000 10/.875 1/5.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 353/264 .290/.354/.502/.856 .963/.820 .812 105/.758 4/2 15/

19.Murton G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/12 .240/.269/.240/.509 .220/.833 .393 11/.545 0/0 0/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/2.333 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 38/37 .273/.342/.394/.736 2.000/.699 .667 32/.888 2/1 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.992 19/1.090 3/.000 15/.734 ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 1/no AB 328/246 .302/.405/.525/.931 .774/.984 .780 103/.911 1/1 14/

18.Soto G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 296/217 .277/.365/.504/.869 1.033/.809 .859 87/.679 0/0 12/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 328/243 .317/.391/.376/.767 .841/.742 .658 98/.719 13/8 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 38/33 .250/.447/.429/.876 1.100/.841 .350 4/1.417 0/0 1/

IP 97.2 35.2 30.1 31.0 26.2 32.1 4.0 29.2 TOTAL .284/.363/.445/.808 .826/.801 .714 .806 49/21 89/53

ERA-K/9

3.96/5.2

3.28/13.1

2.08/5.6

1.45/7.8

2.36/8.8

3.34/7.5

2.25/6.8

2.43/10.9

3.44/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (7-3-1)
Soto (30-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 406/.253 161/.222 117/.243 117/.188 107/.230 138/.254 15/.267 117/.152 .244 Fukudome
Patterson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward
Murton 0/6/69/3
8/1/0/1
0/52/0/1
0/1/0/0
15/0/11/0
1/0/1/0
6/0/2/0

OPS .664 .679 .614 .535 .614 .730 .667 .459 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.771 48/.695 58/.667 56/.408 56/.551 53/.873 7/1.143 56/.454 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.556 113/.672 59/.560 61/.646 51/.683 85/.645 8/.250 61/.464 .654

Home 187/.598 74/.600 60/.632 59/.527 46/.736 67/.985 8/.625 57/.444 .661

Last 28d days 135/.840 58/.770 31/.713 26/.615 30/.467 34/.678 15/.667 42/.451

HR/SB/CS 7/15/1 4/11/1 1/4/0 3/1/0 2/2/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 64/78/15

Usage ·····X·· o···X·Xo o···X··· o·o···oX ·o···o·· ·o···X·· ·····X·o Xo····oo

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 32.Lieber
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 119/80 .221/.254/.372/.626 .522/.677 .723 51/.608 2/1 3/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 33/.802 3/1.667 ··· 2/2.000 19/.269 ··· ··· 11/.384 ··· 355/257 .273/.326/.370/.695 .770/.668 .786 116/.824 12/2 6/

24.Crede G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/.286 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 274/209 .270/.343/.512/.855 .338/1.017 .991 83/.917 0/3 15/

23.Dye G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB 9/.944 19/.662 9/.958 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 306/219 .296/.346/.546/.893 .802/.925 1.030 104/1.002 1/2 17/

44.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/34 .317/.359/.417/.776 1.038/.546 .681 23/.654 0/0 1/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 66/45 .279/.313/.311/.624 .929/.475 .842 19/.833 0/1 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/1.194 1/5.000 2/.000 15/.833 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 6/1.167 ··· 279/211 .297/.335/.430/.764 .633/.807 .724 91/.760 1/0 5/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 323/235 .280/.393/.522/.916 .820/.949 .934 104/.756 5/3 17/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 187/130 .295/.321/.426/.747 .824/.712 .721 94/.948 3/2 4/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 313/225 .232/.346/.380/.726 .662/.748 .821 99/.889 1/2 8/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 11/.364 13/1.058 6/2.833 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 ··· 273/201 .228/.352/.469/.821 1.012/.748 .762 70/.972 1/0 14/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/1.000 8/.125 ··· 4/.000 5/1.800 3/1.666 ··· 143/114 .214/.270/.344/.613 .538/.633 .601 15/.800 0/0 3/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 24/21 .364/.417/.636/1.053 .000/1.213 .571 18/1.431 2/0 1/

IP 102.2 8.2 11.0 38.1 38.1 46.0 13.1 39.2 34.1 TOTAL .263/.336/.434/.770 .718/.789 .827 .849 29/16 102/53

ERA-K/9

2.63/7.4

4.15/10.3

4.91/11.5

4.70/7.5

3.05/4.7

2.93/12.9

5.40/8.1

2.50/11.1

2.62/5.8

3.77/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (21-4-0)
Pierzynski (57-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 419/.203 40/.258 49/.286 168/.314 164/.299 179/.125 63/.283 155/.182 146/.256 .246 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson
Wise 5/42/10/3
75/0/0/2
0/10/0/1
0/0/71/1
1/42/2/0
2/7/1/0

OPS .594 .879 .871 .861 .843 .477 .880 .532 .712 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.592 22/.810 27/.835 64/.851 58/1.099 78/.775 27/.818 72/.572 54/.736 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.596 18/.919 22/.909 104/.865 106/.706 101/.258 36/.929 83/.497 92/.695 .680

Road 147/.604 23/1.076 28/1.009 68/.786 101/.854 74/.552 33/.952 67/.568 70/.764 .748

Last 28d days 132/.709 37/.854 34/1.090 43/.766 47/.755 51/.621 22/.840 42/.508 39/.865

HR/SB/CS 9/3/2 2/0/0 1/3/0 6/1/0 7/0/0 4/3/1 2/2/0 1/0/0 3/3/2 77/37/15

Usage ····X··· X·o····· o······o o···oXo· X·X····X ·Xo··X·X ··X····· ·o···oo· X·X·····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: CHC @ CHW, 4:05pm, Friday, June 27, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 9-2, 2.63)

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 6-6, 3.96)

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