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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Wrigley Field

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

BA

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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