ARI @ CHC, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

Arizona Diamondbacks, 23-13, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-1, 5.40) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 8.1 8 5 5 2 12 0 5.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-1 4 8 5 5 2 5 0 11.25 29 2008-05-05 PHI L 4 8 5 5 2 5 0 92 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-7 Road: 9-6 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 15-8 vsLHP: 8-5 1-Run: 4-5 vsEast: 3-4 vsCntrl: 3-4 vsWest: 17-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Fri, May 9 @CHC L 1-3 23-13 1st 3.5 up 35 Thu, May 8 PHI W 8-3 23-12 1st 3.5 up 34 Wed, May 7 PHI L 4-5 22-12 1st 3.0 up 33 Tue, May 6 PHI W 6-4 22-11 1st 3.0 up 32 Mon, May 5 PHI L 4-11 21-11 1st 3.0 up 31 Sun, May 4 NYM L 2-5 21-10 1st 4.0 up 30 Sat, May 3 NYM W 10-4 21-9 1st 4.0 up 29 Fri, May 2 NYM L 2-7 20-9 1st 4.0 up 28 Wed, Apr 30 HOU W 8-7 20-8 1st 5.5 up 27 Tue, Apr 29 HOU L 4-6 19-8 1st 5.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:19-11
Chicago Cubs, 20-15, 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 4-1, 2.72) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 43 26 20 13 20 29 3 2.72 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 43 26 20 13 20 29 3 2.72 57 2008-05-05 @CIN L 6 4 5 0 1 7 1 83 60 2008-04-30 MIL W 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 106 48 2008-04-25 @WSN ND 7 4 3 2 3 5 1 108 61 2008-04-20 PIT W 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 94 46 2008-04-15 CIN W 6 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 44 2008-04-09 @PIT ND 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 78 2008-04-03 MIL W 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 0-3 24 36 28 28 13 20 4 10.50 31 2005-04-06 @ARI L 3.2 9 7 7 3 7 0 82 19 2003-06-22 @ARI ND 5 7 4 4 3 2 1 91 36 2002-08-20 @ARI ND 5 7 3 3 2 3 0 81 42 2002-08-15 ARI L 6 8 6 6 1 6 3 99 37 2001-04-23 @ARI L 4.1 5 8 8 4 2 0 97 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-6 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 13-12 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:14-10 vsWest: 2-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Fri, May 9 ARI W 3-1 20-15 2nd 1.0 gb 34 Wed, May 7 @CIN L 0-9 19-15 2nd 2.5 gb 33 Tue, May 6 @CIN W 3-0 19-14 2nd 2.5 gb 32 Mon, May 5 @CIN L 3-5 18-14 2nd 2.5 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @STL L 3-5 18-13 2nd 1.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @STL W 9-3 18-12 2nd 0.5 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @STL L 3-5 (11) 17-12 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Thu, May 1 MIL L 3-4 17-11 2nd 0.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 MIL W 19-5 17-10 1st Tied 26 Tue, Apr 29 MIL L 7-10 16-10 1st Tied Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 CHC 3 ARI 1 W:Ted Lilly (3-4), L: Danny Haren (4-2), S: Kerry Wood (6) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 ARI 5 CHC 4 W:Edgar Gonzalez (6-2), L: Jason Marquis (10-8), S: Jose Valverde (40) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 ARI 3 CHC 1 W:Doug Davis (11-11), L: Ted Lilly (13-7), S: Jose Valverde (39) Fri, Aug 24, 2007 CHC 6 @ARI 2 W:Sean Marshall (7-6), L: Micah Owings (6-7), S: Ryan Dempster (21) Sun, Jul 22, 2007 ARI 3 @CHC 0 W:Yusmeiro Petit (2-2), L: Sean Marshall (4-4), S: Jose Valverde (30) Sat, Jul 21, 2007 ARI 3 @CHC 2 W:Juan Cruz (4-1), L: Bobby Howry (5-5), S: Jose Valverde (29) Fri, Jul 20, 2007 CHC 6 ARI 2 W:Jason Marquis (7-5), L: Brandon Webb (8-8), S: none Thu, Aug 03, 2006 CHC 7 ARI 3 W:Juan Mateo (1-0), L: Enrique Gonzalez (3-3), S: none Thu, Aug 03, 2006 ARI 10 @CHC 2 W:Juan Cruz (4-6), L: Carlos Marmol (4-5), S: none Tue, Aug 01, 2006 CHC 9 ARI 3 W:Rich Hill (1-4), L: Claudio Vargas (8-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 1-0; 2007 - ARI won 4-2; 2006 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 46-31

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 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (5.61 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 44.Fox
G/S/vB 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 32.Lieber
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP 4/.833 3/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 1/.000 5/.833 6/.933 4/.250 60/34 .140/.250/.140/.390 .498/.309 .278 40/.400 1/0 0/

22.Byrnes G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/1.400 7/.629 ··· 3/.667 155/106 .225/.290/.373/.664 .801/.601 .603 107/.552 4/2 3/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 7/1.285 4/1.250 ··· 2/2.500 132/94 .274/.336/.521/.857 .771/.891 .796 97/.838 1/0 4/

7.Hammock G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 24/14 .190/.292/.238/.530 .633/.452 .452 12/.523 0/0 0/

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 6/1.000 14/.928 6/.333 3/.000 5/1.000 131/86 .274/.333/.462/.795 .795/.795 .727 86/.764 2/0 3/

34.Jackson G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 6/1.334 2/.000 5/.600 136/92 .333/.419/.564/.983 1.049/.952 .907 105/1.021 3/0 5/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 28/22 .346/.393/.462/.854 .833/.859 .697 28/.854 0/0 0/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 42/30 .368/.405/.500/.905 .871/.919 .522 36/.799 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 144/96 .242/.319/.445/.765 .779/.757 .625 101/.623 4/0 7/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 38/34 .353/.421/.647/1.068 .500/1.141 1.169 31/1.026 0/1 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 6/.000 102/66 .277/.392/.482/.874 .909/.851 .590 71/1.081 0/0 2/

10.Upton G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 144/99 .333/.396/.548/.943 .892/.967 .716 101/.863 0/1 6/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 165/114 .248/.339/.490/.829 1.007/.754 .971 114/.794 3/0 9/

IP 43.0 1.2 4.0 16.1 21.1 22.0 18.0 16.0 TOTAL .271/.345/.459/.804 .819/.798 .712 .780 18/4 42/23

ERA-K/9

2.72/6.1

/0.0

10.80/5.3

4.50/2.2

6.61/6.1

3.80/4.6

1.23/11.9

4.00/8.5

4.50/5.6

3.82/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hammock (6-1-0)
Montero (4-0-0)
Snyder (15-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.172 / 7/.333 17/.333 77/.357 94/.311 81/.137 70/.175 68/.246 .243 Young
Salazar
Upton
Burke
Byrnes 0/34/0/2
4/1/3/2
0/0/35/1
2/0/0/0
33/1/0/0

OPS .523 1.167 .908 .996 .923 .418 .548 .740 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.497 / 3/2.333 9/1.194 31/1.081 32/1.304 32/.647 31/.381 25/.675 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.543 / 4/.000 8/.571 46/.938 62/.729 49/.274 39/.673 43/.778 .691

Home 98/.607 / / / 38/1.168 26/.829 51/.368 36/.576 31/.719 .700

Last 28d days 127/.612 / 7/1.167 17/.908 52/.966 56/1.089 54/.355 46/.501 42/.974

HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 // 1/1/0 1/0/1 3/0/0 6/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 38/19/11

Usage ····X··· ····o··X ··X··X·· ··X····X ··X····X o·····X· o··oo··o ··o····X

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.66 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 52.Medders
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/15 .350/.435/.350/.785 1.196/.564 .701 18/.900 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 64/36 .345/.429/.509/.938 .793/1.057 1.234 54/.956 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 140/103 .268/.388/.411/.799 .658/.851 1.070 101/.775 2/0 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 68/61 .281/.388/.456/.844 .533/.874 .744 56/.760 1/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/120 .320/.413/.453/.866 .906/.856 1.163 104/.836 3/2 1/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/77 .260/.342/.298/.640 .681/.616 .707 97/.580 1/2 0/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 9/1.194 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.567 ··· 163/125 .322/.399/.587/.986 1.177/.931 1.164 113/.953 2/1 9/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 67/57 .217/.284/.283/.567 .200/.636 .536 44/.660 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 22/.540 6/1.133 2/1.000 4/.000 11/.182 ··· 142/109 .272/.408/.509/.917 .996/.892 .955 95/.942 0/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 13/.322 1/.000 1/.000 8/.875 ··· 96/76 .191/.240/.337/.577 .616/.567 .320 45/.602 3/0 3/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/104 .333/.434/.623/1.057 1.080/1.049 1.019 93/1.099 0/0 6/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 7/.000 ··· 148/116 .321/.395/.412/.807 .882/.786 .872 109/.895 8/6 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 30/27 .136/.367/.318/.685 1.167/.633 1.067 20/.950 0/0 1/

IP 8.1 13.2 16.0 17.0 15.1 19.1 11.2 TOTAL .278/.368/.433/.802 .800/.803 .896 .818 25/12 35/25

ERA-K/9

5.40/13.0

1.98/11.2

2.25/6.8

2.65/3.7

4.11/7.6

0.93/9.3

2.31/3.1

3.54/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (15-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 36/.250 58/.182 64/.226 72/.190 65/.262 80/.164 48/.171 .229 Fukudome
Soriano
Pie
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/32/3
20/0/0/2
0/26/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
8/23/0/0

OPS .649 .664 .605 .551 .718 .475 .612 .662

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.881 26/.557 30/.372 30/.594 31/.637 46/.424 19/.325 .635

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 15/.343 32/.747 34/.809 42/.521 34/.790 34/.544 29/.823 .683

Road / 32/.517 33/.773 28/.608 25/.628 38/.334 17/.584 .591

Last 28d days 36/.649 41/.802 46/.399 55/.460 46/.759 55/.491 41/.693

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 0/5/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 27/25/4

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

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: ARI @ CHC, 3:40pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-1, 5.40)

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 4-1, 2.72)

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