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Game Preview: COL @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Colorado Rockies, 20-34, 5th, 10 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (29, RHP, 7-3, 2.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)             76.2  70  27  24  22  35  5    2.82      
 2007 (8-7)            166   178  87  76  44  61 15    4.12      
 2006 (9-15)           212.2 242 107 100  55  92 17    4.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  50.2  50  17  15  14  23  3    2.66   56 
 2008-05-25    NYM   W   9     4   1   1   1   3  0     118   77 
 2008-05-20    SFG   L   7    10   4   4   0   3  1      91   44 
 2008-05-15   @ARI   L   5    10   5   5   4   6  1      91   29 
 2008-05-09   @SDP   W   7     3   1   1   4   1  0     100   64 
 2008-05-04    LAD   W   7.2   9   2   2   0   2  1     109   55 
 2008-04-29   @SFG   W   7    10   2   0   2   3  0     107   54 
 2008-04-24    CHC   W   8     4   2   2   3   5  0      97   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      3-1  29    29  10   7   8  10  2    2.17   56 
 2008-04-24    CHC   W   8     4   2   2   3   5  0      97   68 
 2007-08-10    CHC   L   6     8   5   2   3   4  1     105   43 
 2006-08-11    CHC   W   8    10   2   2   1   1  1     107   54 
 2005-08-20    CHC   W   7     7   1   1   1   0  0      81   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:    8-20   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  15-28   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  7-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29  @CHC  L   4-8       20-34  5th 10.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @PHI  L   1-6       20-33  4th 10.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @PHI  L   4-7       20-32  4th 10.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @PHI  L   5-20      20-31  3rd 10.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   NYM  W   4-1       20-30  3rd 10.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   NYM  L   2-9       19-30  4th 10.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   NYM  W   6-5 (13)  19-29  4th 10.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 21   SFG  L   2-3 (10)  18-29  4th 10.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20   SFG  L   5-6       18-28  3rd 10.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 19   SFG  W   4-3       18-27  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Chicago Cubs, 33-21, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 5-4, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             62    62  36  36  21  58 10    5.23      
 2007 (15-8)           207   181  91  88  55 174 28    3.83      
 2006 (15-13)          181.2 179  98  87  81 160 28    4.31      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  43.1  37  17  17  14  44  6    3.53   57 
 2008-05-25   @PIT  ND   6    10   4   4   2   2  3     101   36 
 2008-05-19   @HOU   W   5.1   4   2   2   2   6  0      96   56 
 2008-05-14    SDP   W   6     6   4   4   1  11  0     102   54 
 2008-05-09    ARI   W   7     3   1   1   2  10  1     104   75 
 2008-05-03   @STL   W   7     6   3   3   1   4  2     112   56 
 2008-04-27   @WSN   L   6     4   2   2   2   7  0     108   61 
 2008-04-22    NYM   W   6     4   1   1   4   4  0     107   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      2-1  13.2  17  11  10  12  11  2    6.59   41 
 2007-08-09   @COL   W   6     5   2   2   5   5  1     127   54 
 2007-06-26    COL   W   6     6   4   4   5   5  1     113   44 
 2006-05-21   @COL   L   1.2   6   5   4   2   1  0      68   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-8    Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  21-14   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 11-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29   COL  W   8-4       33-21  1st  1.5 up
 53 Wed, May 28   LAD  W   2-1 (10)  32-21  1st  1.5 up
 52 Tue, May 27   LAD  W   3-1       31-21  1st  1.5 up
 51 Mon, May 26   LAD  W   3-1       30-21  1st  0.5 up
 50 Sun, May 25  @PIT  L   5-6 (11)  29-21  1st    Tied
 49 Sat, May 24  @PIT  L   4-5 (14)  29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Fri, May 23  @PIT  W  12-3       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 21  @HOU  L   3-5       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 46 Tue, May 20  @HOU  L   2-4       28-18  1st  2.0 up
 45 Mon, May 19  @HOU  W   7-2       28-17  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 29, 2008 CHC  8  COL  4        W:Michael Wuertz (1-1), L: Matt Herges (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 COL  4  CHC  2        W:Aaron Cook (3-1), L: Kevin Hart (2-1), S: Brian Fuentes (1)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 CHC  7 @COL  6 (10)   W:Kerry Wood (2-0), L: Kip Wells (1-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)

Sun, Aug 12, 2007 COL  6  CHC  3        W:Matt Herges (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: Manuel Corpas (9)
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 COL 15  CHC  2        W:Josh Fogg (7-7), L: Rich Hill (6-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 CHC  6 @COL  2        W:Jason Marquis (9-7), L: Aaron Cook (8-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 09, 2007 CHC 10 @COL  2        W:Ted Lilly (13-5), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 CHC  6  COL  4        W:Carlos Zambrano (9-6), L: Jason Hirsh (3-7), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 CHC  8  COL  5        W:Ted Lilly (6-4), L: Rodrigo Lopez (4-1), S: Will Ohman (1)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 CHC 10  COL  9        W:Bobby Howry (4-4), L: Brian Fuentes (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 2-1; 2007 - CHC won 5-2; 2006 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 70-64

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  5.63

LAD  4.47

SDP  3.55

RA/G

TOR  3.55

FLA  4.65

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Hermida  .266

R. Weeks  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .500

K. Millar  .330

K. Greene  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .758

E. Encarnacion  .422

J. Bartlett  .286

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Loney  .756

F. Sanchez  .574

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

J. Suppan  3.93

B. Bonser  6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Colorado Rockies Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
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
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 8/1.550 ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 9/.333 5/1.933 4/.250 5/.650 223/186 .322/.350/.500/.850 1.507/.724 .825 98/.828 0/0 8/
10.Baker G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 77/55 .188/.234/.261/.495 .195/.600 .446 45/.508 0/0 0/
17.Helton* G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.500 23/.820 ··· 26/.755 4/.250 23/.348 3/.333 238/184 .281/.408/.398/.806 .591/.871 .760 109/.820 0/0 4/
21.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/30 .233/.283/.256/.538 .494/.562 .590 44/.547 1/1 0/
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 92/80 .272/.348/.494/.842 .900/.832 .857 50/.709 0/0 3/
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 5/.600 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 17/1.042 2/1.000 83/76 .250/.349/.319/.669 .000/.735 .752 46/.517 7/1 0/
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 72/65 .239/.271/.343/.615 .000/.674 .317 72/.615 0/0 0/
25.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 25/19 .292/.320/.458/.778 .000/1.032 .722 25/.778 1/0 1/
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 6/.583 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.933 3/2.000 5/1.000 121/90 .320/.405/.505/.910 1.196/.815 .942 70/.961 4/1 3/
24.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 21/20 .316/.381/.526/.907 /.876 1.121 21/.907 0/0 0/
18.Sullivan* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 12/.614 3/.666 2/.000 4/1.000 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/
3.Taveras G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.666 6/.334 3/.333 7/.429 184/144 .245/.313/.294/.607 .532/.629 .583 79/.503 20/1 0/
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 134/101 .223/.262/.331/.592 .681/.563 .545 54/.489 0/4 2/
IP 62.0 0.1 4.0 28.0 27.0 34.0 28.2 26.0 TOTAL .256/.328/.387/.714 .709/.715 .664 .725 46/13 38/30
ERA-K/9 5.23/8.4 0.00/30.0 0.00/11.2 4.82/7.4 3.33/5.3 1.59/13.0 3.14/10.0 3.12/5.2 3.57/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (15-1-1)
 Torrealba (33-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.254 3/.500 15/.143 125/.322 117/.315 128/.124 113/.190 107/.229 .243  Taveras
 Podsednik
 Sullivan
 Smith
 Spilborghs
0/42/0/1
4/19/0/0
0/1/1/0
0/0/6/0
8/7/12/0
OPS .768 1.167 .414 .894 .880 .424 .541 .657 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.936 2/.500 9/.000 46/.952 38/1.247 51/.616 50/.520 40/.680 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.716 1/2.000 6/1.100 79/.860 79/.707 77/.298 63/.553 67/.642 .667
Home 126/.657 3/1.167 9/.556 72/1.055 30/.784 82/.399 66/.548 57/.568 .669
Last 28d days 130/.751 3/1.167 15/.414 62/.713 51/1.053 57/.412 56/.436 48/.562
HR/SB/CS 10/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/2/2 50/28/12
Usage ····X··· X······· ····oo·· ·X·Xoo·· ····oX·· o·X·XX·· X·oX·Xo· X····X··
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB
41.Arias
G/S/vB
35.Buchholz
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
34.Herges
G/S/vB
45.Newman*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.500 ··· 35/21 .313/.371/.313/.684 .813/.596 .618 14/.571 0/0 0/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 93/47 .321/.402/.444/.847 .643/1.053 .955 40/.603 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 10/.700 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 206/138 .308/.400/.453/.853 .970/.796 1.027 89/.862 3/0 4/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 15/1.677 ··· 5/1.800 3/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 8/1.458 ··· 128/106 .167/.244/.211/.455 .279/.492 .285 42/.418 2/1 1/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 81/74 .246/.350/.406/.756 .533/.773 .652 34/.812 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 226/166 .305/.409/.426/.835 .821/.840 1.049 105/.697 4/2 2/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .417/.462/.583/1.045 .000/1.136 1.000 13/1.045 1/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 174/102 .262/.343/.356/.699 .819/.615 .716 76/.711 2/3 2/
25.Lee G/S/vP 14/.900 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 12/.717 ··· 248/177 .292/.351/.544/.895 .989/.858 .906 118/.682 3/2 13/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.000 1/.000 5/.600 2/2.500 7/1.571 1/.000 11/.573 ··· 225/158 .301/.418/.522/.939 .814/.996 .928 97/.933 1/1 9/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 178/122 .287/.331/.543/.874 1.098/.765 1.032 113/1.097 3/0 11/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 209/147 .299/.392/.559/.952 1.099/.891 .918 102/.863 0/0 9/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 8/.000 1/no AB 3/.833 3/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 230/166 .317/.402/.387/.789 .868/.759 .900 114/.718 9/8 1/
IP 76.2 11.1 29.1 27.1 21.2 28.0 29.2 8.2 TOTAL .284/.366/.442/.808 .845/.793 .876 .786 32/16 57/35
ERA-K/9 2.82/4.1 3.18/4.0 1.84/6.8 5.60/4.6 2.91/7.9 3.54/8.0 3.64/7.6 9.35/6.2 4.94/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (4-1-1)
 Soto (24-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.251 47/.238 112/.167 124/.298 91/.238 121/.265 128/.265 49/.366 .272  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Edmonds
 Johnson
 DeRosa
 Hoffpauir
0/2/50/3
38/0/0/2
0/33/0/1
10/36/0/1
12/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .690 .700 .431 .831 .669 .739 .730 1.128 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.667 16/.717 51/.343 60/.772 18/.284 47/.731 64/.548 14/1.349 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.720 31/.688 61/.507 64/.881 73/.771 74/.744 64/.915 35/1.054 .821
Road 163/.830 23/.269 53/.399 58/.640 40/.623 63/.697 72/.667 33/1.040 .781
Last 28d days 143/.754 47/.700 49/.447 56/.829 38/.923 62/.766 59/.859 32/1.308
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 1/1/0 0/5/1 3/1/0 1/2/1 1/2/2 2/0/2 3/1/0 51/48/9
Usage ····X··· o·XX·X·· X·o···X· o·Xo··o· ······o· ·X·X··X· Xo·X···· ···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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