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Game Preview: COL @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Colorado Rockies, 20-35, 5th, 10 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Glendon Rusch (33, LHP, 1-2, 6.41)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             19.2  22  15  14  11  12  2    6.41      
 2006 (3-8)             66.1  86  57  55  33  59 21    7.46      
 2005 (9-8)            145.1 175  79  73  53 111 14    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  28.2  34  27  27  13  25 10    8.48   40 
 2006-07-09   @MIL   W   5     4   2   2   2   5  1      84   54 
 2006-06-16    DET   L   1.2   6   4   4   0   2  1      54   29 
 2006-06-08   @CIN   L   3.2   7   5   5   1   5  3      78   31 
 2006-06-03   @STL   W   5     4   3   3   2   5  0      90   50 
 2006-04-29    MIL   L   2.2   6   7   7   3   0  4      81   15 
 2006-04-22   @STL   L   4.2   2   3   3   4   3  0      95   47 
 2006-04-16   @PIT   W   6     5   3   3   1   5  1      88   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      3-2  31.1  44  15  15   8  21  2    4.31   47 
 2003-05-12    CHC   L   3.1  13   8   8   2   2  0      84    2 
 2003-05-07   @CHC   L   8    10   2   2   2   3  0     115   55 
 2002-09-02   @CHC   W   6     8   2   2   2   6  1     121   52 
 2002-08-28    CHC   W   7     7   1   1   0   6  0     112   65 
 2002-05-17    CHC   W   7     6   2   2   2   4  1      93   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:    8-21   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  15-28   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  7-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, May 30  @CHC  L   9-10      20-35  5th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Chicago Cubs, 34-21, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 6-2, 2.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-2)             70.1  48  27  20  29  56  4    2.56      
 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         3-2  46.1  34  18  12  18  40  3    2.33   60 
 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 
 2008-05-15    SDP   W   8.1   6   0   0   1  12  0     116   82 
 2008-05-10    ARI  ND   6     3   2   2   3   7  0     118   62 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      2-2  25.1  28  27  27  16  18  5    9.59   36 
 2003-04-30   @COL  ND   1.1   1   7   7   6   1  0      50   19 
 2001-08-17   @COL   L   4.2   7   9   9   2   1  2      84   13 
 2001-05-20    COL   L   5     9   6   6   1   4  3      91   28 
 2000-04-09    COL   W   7.1   5   3   3   3   9  0     115   62 
 1999-09-25    COL   W   7     6   2   2   4   3  0     113   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-8    Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  22-14   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, May 30   COL  W  10-9       34-21  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2008 CHC 10  COL  9        W:Scott Eyre (2-0), L: Manuel Corpas (0-3), S: Kerry Wood (13)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-1; 2007 - CHC won 5-2; 2006 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 71-64

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  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Colorado Rockies Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.09 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
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 11/.273 5/1.933 5/.200 5/.650 228/189 .315/.342/.488/.830 1.424/.712 .791 99/.798 0/0 8/
10.Baker G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 81/57 .233/.272/.356/.628 .471/.687 .707 47/.737 0/0 0/
17.Helton* G/S/vP 20/1.215 2/.500 23/.820 ··· 28/.696 4/.250 24/.333 3/.333 243/187 .279/.403/.408/.811 .670/.855 .773 110/.811 0/0 5/
21.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/33 .250/.294/.313/.607 .551/.636 .706 49/.618 1/1 0/
20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 96/82 .282/.354/.541/.895 1.405/.810 .951 54/.815 0/0 4/
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 12/.733 ··· 5/.600 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 17/1.042 2/1.000 84/77 .247/.345/.315/.660 .000/.725 .727 45/.435 7/1 0/
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 76/66 .254/.284/.352/.636 .222/.695 .401 73/.620 0/0 0/
25.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 26/20 .280/.308/.440/.748 .000/.979 .684 26/.748 1/0 1/
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 5/.933 4/2.083 5/1.000 126/93 .318/.405/.523/.928 1.114/.864 .970 74/1.005 4/1 4/
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 2/.000 ··· 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 4/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 8/.500 6/.334 3/.333 7/.429 188/146 .246/.311/.293/.605 .556/.619 .580 79/.497 20/1 0/
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 134/101 .223/.262/.331/.592 .681/.563 .545 50/.479 0/4 2/
IP 70.1 0.1 4.1 28.0 30.2 35.0 29.2 26.0 TOTAL .258/.328/.394/.721 .739/.717 .679 .741 46/13 41/31
ERA-K/9 2.56/7.2 0.00/30.0 0.00/12.6 4.82/7.4 3.52/5.0 1.54/13.4 3.03/9.7 3.12/5.2 3.61/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.189 3/.500 16/.133 125/.322 133/.315 131/.121 116/.186 107/.229 .245  Taveras
 Baker
 Spilborghs
 Podsednik
 Sullivan
 Smith
0/43/0/1
0/0/1/0
9/7/12/0
4/20/0/0
0/1/2/0
0/0/6/0
OPS .540 1.167 .388 .894 .903 .414 .538 .657 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.561 2/.500 10/.000 46/.952 43/1.242 54/.579 51/.509 40/.680 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.522 1/2.000 6/1.100 79/.860 90/.744 77/.298 65/.556 67/.642 .678
Home 185/.564 3/1.167 10/.500 72/1.055 46/.883 85/.384 69/.542 57/.568 .683
Last 28d days 138/.552 3/1.167 16/.388 53/.741 52/1.152 60/.390 56/.459 42/.475
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 7/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/2/2 53/28/12
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o····oo· ··X·Xoo· X····oX· oo·X·XX· oX·oX·Xo ·X····X·
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 7/.143 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.500 ··· 37/23 .353/.405/.441/.847 .813/.867 .929 15/.867 0/0 1/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 97/51 .306/.385/.424/.809 .643/.963 .868 43/.510 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 8/1.750 ··· 10/.700 4/1.833 3/.666 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 210/142 .309/.397/.469/.866 .970/.815 1.043 88/.923 3/0 5/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 54/.610 ··· 5/1.800 4/1.667 4/.500 2/.500 8/1.458 ··· 132/110 .186/.260/.263/.522 .279/.573 .467 46/.608 2/1 2/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 86/79 .247/.353/.397/.750 .533/.766 .653 36/.759 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 230/170 .311/.415/.446/.860 .821/.873 1.089 104/.795 4/2 3/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .467/.500/.667/1.167 .000/1.248 1.286 16/1.167 1/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 174/102 .262/.343/.356/.699 .819/.615 .716 73/.723 2/3 2/
25.Lee G/S/vP 24/1.113 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 12/.717 ··· 251/180 .297/.355/.546/.900 .989/.866 .916 115/.693 3/2 13/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/.700 1/.000 5/.600 2/2.500 7/1.571 1/.000 11/.573 ··· 225/158 .301/.418/.522/.939 .814/.996 .928 94/.932 1/1 9/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 183/127 .284/.328/.533/.860 1.098/.750 .998 112/1.078 3/0 11/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 211/149 .296/.389/.553/.942 1.099/.878 .900 99/.835 0/0 9/
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.833 3/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 230/166 .317/.402/.387/.789 .868/.759 .900 108/.761 9/8 1/
IP 19.2 11.1 30.1 27.1 21.2 28.2 29.2 8.2 TOTAL .285/.367/.448/.815 .845/.802 .886 .807 32/16 61/36
ERA-K/9 6.41/5.5 3.18/4.0 1.78/6.8 6.59/4.6 2.91/7.9 3.45/8.2 3.64/7.6 9.35/6.2 5.04/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 92/.278 47/.238 116/.170 127/.318 91/.238 123/.260 128/.265 49/.366 .275  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Edmonds
 Johnson
 DeRosa
 Hoffpauir
0/2/51/3
39/0/0/2
0/34/0/1
10/36/0/1
12/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .780 .700 .434 .899 .669 .726 .730 1.128 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.714 16/.717 53/.330 62/.837 18/.284 48/.713 64/.548 14/1.349 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.813 31/.688 63/.524 65/.952 73/.771 75/.733 64/.915 35/1.054 .823
Road 27/.825 23/.269 57/.407 61/.798 40/.623 65/.673 72/.667 33/1.040 .795
Last 28d days 24/.836 47/.700 53/.452 53/.865 38/.923 60/.720 59/.859 30/1.208
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/5/1 4/1/0 1/2/1 1/2/2 2/0/2 3/1/0 55/48/9
Usage ·o·XX·X· oX·o···X oo·Xo··o ·······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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