PIT @ CHC, Saturday, May 17, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 20-22, 5th, 6 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 49 61 24 22 18 16 1 4.04 2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53 2006 (10-15) 215.1 255 116 107 68 117 17 4.47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 51 21 20 17 15 1 4.15 46 2008-05-12 ATL W 6 5 0 0 5 3 0 102 60 2008-05-06 SFG W 7.1 8 3 3 3 3 0 104 50 2008-05-01 @WSN ND 7 5 2 2 2 1 0 85 58 2008-04-25 PHI L 6 9 6 6 2 2 1 107 30 2008-04-20 @CHC L 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24 2008-04-14 @LAD ND 6 8 4 3 2 0 0 94 40 2008-04-09 CHC ND 7 8 1 1 1 6 0 116 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-2 28.2 39 14 12 8 17 3 3.77 46 2008-04-20 @CHC L 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24 2008-04-09 CHC ND 7 8 1 1 1 6 0 116 62 2007-09-22 @CHC L 4 9 5 4 3 4 3 84 27 2007-04-30 CHC ND 6.2 8 2 2 2 4 0 98 52 2006-09-06 @CHC ND 7 6 1 0 0 3 0 103 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-8 Road: 8-14 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 13-12 vsLHP: 7-10 1-Run: 7-6 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl: 6-9 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Fri, May 16 @CHC L 4-7 20-22 5th 6.0 gb 41 Thu, May 15 @STL W 11-5 20-21 4th 5.0 gb 40 Wed, May 14 @STL L 1-5 19-21 5th 5.0 gb 39 Tue, May 13 @STL W 8-4 (10) 19-20 5th 4.0 gb 38 Mon, May 12 ATL L 1-8 18-20 5th 5.0 gb 37 Mon, May 12 ATL W 5-0 18-19 5th 5.0 gb 36 Sat, May 10 ATL W 5-2 17-19 4th 5.0 gb 35 Fri, May 9 ATL W 3-2 16-19 5th 5.0 gb 34 Thu, May 8 SFG W 5-4 15-19 5th 6.0 gb 33 Wed, May 7 SFG W 3-1 14-19 5th 7.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 26-16, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 6-1, 2.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-1) 62 53 14 14 16 43 4 2.03 2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95 2006 (16-7) 214 162 91 81 115 210 20 3.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 48.1 43 12 12 15 31 3 2.23 60 2008-05-12 SDP W 7 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 56 2008-05-06 @CIN W 8 3 0 0 3 3 0 113 76 2008-05-01 MIL ND 6.1 7 1 1 2 3 1 111 56 2008-04-26 @WSN W 7 5 0 0 4 5 0 114 68 2008-04-21 NYM W 7 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 65 2008-04-16 CIN W 7 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 57 2008-04-11 @PHI L 6 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-3 26.1 20 15 12 17 26 2 4.10 52 2007-09-23 PIT W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 93 69 2007-09-08 @PIT W 6 2 1 1 5 8 0 112 67 2007-07-08 @PIT L 7 4 3 3 3 5 1 122 59 2007-05-10 PIT L 6 7 6 4 2 6 1 117 42 2006-09-04 PIT L 1.1 4 5 4 4 1 0 43 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 18-7 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 17-12 vsLHP: 9-4 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:15-10 vsWest: 7-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Fri, May 16 PIT W 7-4 26-16 1st 2.5 up 41 Thu, May 15 SDP W 4-0 25-16 1st 1.5 up 40 Wed, May 14 SDP W 8-5 24-16 1st 1.0 up 39 Tue, May 13 SDP L 3-4 23-16 1st 1.0 up 38 Mon, May 12 SDP W 12-3 23-15 1st 1.0 up 37 Sun, May 11 ARI W 6-4 22-15 1st Tied 36 Sat, May 10 ARI W 7-2 21-15 2nd 1.0 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 16, 2008 CHC 7 PIT 4 W:Sean Gallagher (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (3-4), S: Kerry Wood (9) Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHC 13 PIT 6 W:Ryan Dempster (3-0), L: Zach Duke (0-1), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 CHC 13 PIT 1 W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-2), S: none Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHC 3 PIT 2 W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Ian Snell (2-1), S: Kerry Wood (4) Thu, Apr 10, 2008 CHC 7 @PIT 3 W:Jon Lieber (2-1), L: Matt Morris (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 09, 2008 CHC 6 @PIT 4 (15) W:Kevin Hart (2-0), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: Sean Marshall (1) Mon, Apr 07, 2008 CHC 10 @PIT 8 (12) W:Jon Lieber (1-1), L: Evan Meek (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1) Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CHC 8 PIT 0 W:Carlos Zambrano (17-13), L: Tom Gorzelanny (14-9), S: none Sat, Sep 22, 2007 CHC 9 PIT 5 W:Rich Hill (10-8), L: Zach Duke (3-8), S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHC 13 PIT 8 W:Scott Eyre (2-1), L: Franquelis Osoria (0-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 7-0; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1189-1123

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 5.83

OAK 4.44

SDP 3.40

RA/G

CLE 3.50

LAA 4.48

TEX 5.51

A. Pujols .347

R. Zimmerman .244

OBP

A. Pujols .492

R. Zimmerman .277

SLG

C. Utley .655

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

C. Crawford .680

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Mussina 3.99

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

J. Weaver 6.20

J. Garland 2.01

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 44.Fox
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

19.Bautista G/S/vP 16/.404 3/2.000 ··· 8/.686 6/.400 7/.821 2/.000 6/.733 146/104 .228/.296/.386/.682 1.037/.548 .773 80/.830 1/1 4/

38.Bay G/S/vP 41/1.375 3/.667 4/.500 9/.778 7/1.285 3/.333 11/.727 13/1.218 177/124 .271/.401/.500/.901 .877/.909 .815 110/.913 4/0 9/

10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 76/61 .176/.253/.206/.459 .564/.433 .465 58/.472 0/0 0/

37.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/ 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 3.000/ 3.000 1/3.000 0/0 0/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 5/1.200 18/.466 ··· ··· 1/.000 71/40 .299/.324/.343/.667 .667/.667 .661 46/.644 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 24/.450 8/.125 3/.000 5/.650 17/1.286 2/.500 10/.900 5/.600 155/105 .191/.290/.316/.606 .610/.605 .558 104/.680 1/0 4/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 15/.867 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 7/1.071 4/3.333 3/.333 5/.600 192/124 .303/.389/.612/1.002 .894/1.060 1.084 113/.932 4/3 11/

18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 84/49 .219/.277/.274/.551 .451/.625 .394 39/.742 1/1 0/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.143 2/.500 8/1.357 15/.933 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 72/61 .238/.333/.365/.698 .282/.776 .688 42/.720 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP 22/1.059 8/1.214 1/2.000 12/.432 5/.600 5/.650 8/1.583 10/.522 176/121 .323/.392/.510/.902 .955/.877 .991 107/.824 1/0 5/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 18/.349 2/.000 ··· 8/.000 6/.334 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 79/50 .225/.291/.282/.573 .630/.541 .544 50/.543 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.533 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 66/47 .222/.246/.254/.500 .541/.484 .493 19/.594 2/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 28/.368 7/.286 1/no AB 9/1.194 8/.000 5/.400 7/.429 9/.555 176/125 .244/.276/.317/.593 .728/.536 .610 118/.636 0/0 1/

IP 62.0 2.0 3.1 20.2 21.1 26.0 21.2 20.0 TOTAL .250/.323/.392/.715 .770/.692 .716 .734 14/6 40/39

ERA-K/9

2.03/6.2

0.00/4.5

5.40/2.7

6.53/5.7

3.80/4.6

1.04/12.1

3.74/8.3

3.60/5.0

3.71/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Paulino (14-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 246/.232 8/.250 14/.200 96/.352 94/.311 94/.118 85/.184 81/.216 .240 Nady
Michaels
Bay
Mientkiewicz
McLouth 0/0/40/4
16/1/7/3
40/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/39/2/0

OPS .628 .625 .885 1.004 .923 .370 .565 .653 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.651 5/.000 6/1.167 36/1.191 32/1.304 38/.573 39/.502 30/.557 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.604 3/1.667 8/.429 60/.893 62/.729 56/.239 46/.611 51/.711 .678

Home 160/.634 8/.625 7/.429 57/1.122 26/.829 64/.310 51/.595 44/.569 .675

Last 28d days 140/.568 8/.625 14/.885 56/.933 46/1.065 47/.219 46/.616 46/.537

HR/SB/CS 4/2/5 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 42/19/11

Usage ····X··· ···oo·X· ·····X·· X···X·o· ········ ··X··Xoo ooX··o·o ···X·o··

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.83 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 52.Osoria
G/S/vB 56.Salas
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/19 .320/.393/.320/.713 1.056/.551 .618 16/.745 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 21/.829 ··· 4/1.667 6/.666 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 73/39 .333/.417/.476/.893 .686/1.080 1.057 60/.924 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 5/.450 163/115 .293/.401/.444/.845 .896/.823 1.077 100/.734 2/0 4/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 10/.200 2/1.000 4/.250 9/.111 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 107/87 .181/.264/.234/.498 .308/.544 .285 57/.471 2/1 1/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 72/65 .267/.380/.433/.814 .533/.839 .697 42/.954 1/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 178/136 .322/.424/.463/.887 .883/.888 1.122 106/.880 3/2 2/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 7/1.514 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 3/1.334 ··· 3/.333 144/91 .258/.343/.331/.673 .673/.672 .745 99/.592 1/2 1/

25.Lee G/S/vP 27/.908 3/1.000 8/.875 3/.666 3/1.334 8/.375 ··· 10/.422 192/142 .302/.370/.552/.922 1.021/.888 1.002 114/.793 3/1 10/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/1.085 3/.333 9/1.301 7/2.071 4/1.750 10/1.200 ··· 13/.641 171/125 .286/.409/.500/.909 .891/.916 .931 97/1.028 1/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 17/1.262 ··· 7/.286 3/.000 6/1.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 125/92 .265/.304/.521/.825 1.206/.684 .910 64/1.108 3/0 8/

18.Soto G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 6/1.833 ··· 2/2.000 160/117 .328/.431/.619/1.051 1.266/.971 1.018 98/1.130 0/0 8/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 17/.879 ··· 5/1.200 5/.933 5/1.300 5/.400 ··· 4/1.000 179/134 .329/.410/.413/.823 .975/.773 .883 113/.849 9/7 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 34/31 .200/.412/.400/.812 1.167/.778 1.219 20/1.264 0/0 1/

IP 49.0 4.0 18.2 18.2 20.2 30.1 2.0 18.0 TOTAL .286/.373/.449/.823 .866/.807 .907 .852 28/13 46/26

ERA-K/9

4.04/2.9

4.50/9.0

2.41/5.3

1.45/7.7

4.35/10.4

5.04/3.3

4.50/9.0

3.00/4.0

4.95/5.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.303 21/.267 73/.232 77/.208 83/.218 135/.331 12/.375 82/.203 .286 Fukudome
Soriano
Edmonds
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/39/3
27/0/0/2
0/27/0/1
12/0/3/0
1/0/1/0
10/29/0/0

OPS .772 .917 .568 .524 .521 .885 .920 .639 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.705 5/.000 34/.925 20/.358 29/.427 47/.903 4/.500 33/.580 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.781 16/1.300 39/.262 57/.583 54/.572 88/.876 8/1.071 49/.668 .812

Road 108/.790 12/.597 29/.644 46/.579 44/.548 71/.887 12/.920 40/.488 .837

Last 28d days 140/.771 21/.917 43/.579 38/.687 55/.444 77/.875 12/.920 48/.854

HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 36/24/10

Usage ····X··· ·XX·X··· ·X·o··o· ·o·o···o ·o·XX··X Xo··X·o· ··XX···· ···oX··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: PIT @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.04)

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 6-1, 2.03)

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