PIT @ CHC, Friday, August 1, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 50-58, 6th, 14½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05 2006 (2-1) 42.2 40 20 18 11 16 6 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 32.1 43 25 23 11 12 6 6.40 40 2007-08-14 BAL L 3 5 5 5 4 1 1 74 26 2007-04-28 BOS ND 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 46 2007-04-21 @BOS L 4.1 9 7 7 2 1 1 89 16 2006-09-30 TOR ND 6.2 5 4 2 0 3 1 78 55 2006-09-19 @TOR W 6.1 10 3 3 3 1 0 99 39 2006-09-14 TBD ND 5 6 4 4 1 5 2 68 43 2006-09-02 MIN L 7 6 2 2 1 1 1 97 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-26 Road: 18-32 ExtrInn:10-3 vsRHP: 37-41 vsLHP: 13-17 1-Run: 19-15 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:23-25 vsWest: 9-12 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 108 Wed, Jul 30 COL L 4-7 50-58 6th 14.0 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 COL W 6-4 50-57 5th 13.0 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 COL W 8-4 49-57 6th 13.0 gb 105 Sun, Jul 27 SDP L 1-3 48-57 6th 13.0 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 SDP L 6-9 48-56 5th 12.0 gb 103 Fri, Jul 25 SDP L 5-6 48-55 5th 12.0 gb 102 Thu, Jul 24 SDP W 9-1 48-54 5th 12.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @HOU W 8-7 47-54 5th 12.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @HOU W 8-2 46-54 5th 12.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @HOU W 9-3 45-54 6th 13.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Chicago Cubs, 65-44, 1st, 5 up	SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 6-6, 4.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 111.1 117 61 58 44 62 12 4.69 2007 (12-9) 191.2 190 111 98 76 109 22 4.60 2006 (14-16) 194.1 221 136 130 75 96 35 6.02 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44 40 24 24 16 26 6 4.91 50 2008-07-27 FLA ND 6 9 6 6 3 6 3 103 33 2008-07-22 @ARI L 6 5 3 3 2 3 1 89 51 2008-07-11 SFG ND 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 81 73 2008-07-01 @SFG L 7 4 2 2 3 5 0 98 63 2008-06-26 BAL L 4 7 7 7 3 3 0 86 20 2008-06-21 CHW W 7 8 5 5 1 4 2 93 44 2008-06-14 @TOR W 7 4 1 1 2 1 0 78 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 24.2 33 20 19 10 16 4 6.93 39 2008-05-24 @PIT ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 2 1 85 41 2008-05-18 PIT W 6 4 3 2 1 3 1 94 56 2008-04-19 PIT W 6 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 62 2007-09-21 PIT ND 2.2 8 7 7 2 1 0 54 13 2007-07-06 @PIT L 4.2 8 6 6 3 3 2 89 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-14 Road: 26-30 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 44-33 vsLHP: 21-11 1-Run: 15-17 vsEast: 9-6 vsCntrl:27-19 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 109 Thu, Jul 31 @MIL W 11-4 65-44 1st 5.0 up 108 Wed, Jul 30 @MIL W 7-2 64-44 1st 4.0 up 107 Tue, Jul 29 @MIL W 7-1 63-44 1st 3.0 up 106 Mon, Jul 28 @MIL W 6-4 62-44 1st 2.0 up 105 Sun, Jul 27 FLA W 9-6 61-44 1st 1.0 up 104 Sat, Jul 26 FLA L 2-3 (12) 60-44 1st Tied 103 Fri, Jul 25 FLA L 2-3 60-43 1st 1.0 up 102 Thu, Jul 24 FLA W 6-3 60-42 1st 1.0 up 101 Wed, Jul 23 @ARI W 10-6 59-42 1st 1.0 up 100 Tue, Jul 22 @ARI L 2-9 58-42 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, May 25, 2008 PIT 6 CHC 5 (11) W:Damaso Marte (4-0), L: Jon Lieber (2-3), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 PIT 5 CHC 4 (14) W:John Grabow (4-1), L: Michael Wuertz (0-1), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT 3 W:Carlos Zambrano (7-1), L: Zach Duke (2-3), S: none Sun, May 18, 2008 CHC 4 PIT 3 W:Jason Marquis (2-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Kerry Wood (10) Sat, May 17, 2008 PIT 7 @CHC 6 W:Damaso Marte (3-0), L: Carlos Marmol (1-1), S: Matt Capps (10) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 9-3; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1192-1125

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

TEX 5.60

LAA 4.64

WSN 3.69

RA/G

OAK 3.81

CLE 4.65

TEX 5.91

C. Jones .369

V. Wells .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

A. Huff .359

T. Pena .171

SLG

L. Berkman .621

N. Markakis .478

T. Pena .198

OPS

A. Pujols 1.076

C. Coste .823

T. Pena .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.37

J. Weaver 4.11

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.84

J. Lester 6.20

K. Rogers 3.40

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 19/.743 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 10/.508 8/.700 3/.666 ··· 347/255 .251/.326/.419/.745 .902/.692 .836 70/.653 1/1 12/

37.Chavez G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 80/66 .240/.275/.333/.608 .890/.549 .448 13/.801 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 17/.953 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 282/221 .333/.376/.556/.931 .963/.922 .756 97/.823 2/0 12/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 143/94 .295/.331/.333/.664 .692/.649 .605 27/.431 0/0 0/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 22/.984 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.333 7/3.024 7/1.000 ··· 480/350 .279/.358/.535/.893 .680/.972 .916 105/.922 13/3 22/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 4/1.417 4/1.750 4/1.167 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 203/139 .231/.292/.368/.660 .491/.739 .612 38/.748 1/1 5/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 8/.700 4/.250 7/1.143 2/.000 9/1.194 ··· ··· ··· 227/195 .283/.383/.377/.760 .603/.786 .723 61/.863 0/0 1/

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 17/10 .154/.235/.231/.466 .619/.343 1.000 16/.500 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/111 .252/.291/.388/.679 1.049/.549 .648 33/.797 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 31/.645 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 11/.964 7/.762 2/1.000 ··· 426/334 .243/.267/.336/.603 .773/.555 .675 70/.762 0/1 7/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 38/.427 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· 4/.500 2/no AB 10/.733 ··· 236/190 .276/.325/.341/.666 .608/.678 .566 88/.569 2/2 0/

IP 111.1 19.1 11.1 74.1 52.0 58.1 32.2 5.0 TOTAL .264/.327/.420/.747 .743/.748 .744 .787 30/10 115/72

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.0

2.79/11.7

7.15/11.2

3.27/6.9

5.19/6.9

3.70/12.2

4.13/8.0

3.60/10.8

3.82/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (10-8-2)
Doumit (36-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.272 84/.239 53/.326 306/.252 225/.300 239/.155 141/.244 19/.167 .243 McLouth
Michaels
Mientkiewicz
Pearce 4/102/2/4
21/7/31/4
0/0/9/1
1/0/4/0

OPS .759 .756 .921 .671 .874 .576 .782 .488 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.802 40/.879 28/.804 151/.659 91/.849 102/.772 42/.928 8/.125 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.727 44/.654 25/1.059 155/.684 134/.890 137/.431 99/.722 11/.727 .686

Home 257/.848 31/.892 21/.702 155/.624 118/.904 136/.515 47/.619 14/.357 .698

Last 28d days 81/.748 32/.719 4/1.500 48/.591 49/1.002 49/.624 50/.709 19/.488

HR/SB/CS 12/8/1 4/1/0 1/3/0 7/1/3 10/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/1/0 116/57/25

Usage ····X··· ·X···o·o X······· ·o·XXX·o X··X··Xo ···X·X·X o····X·· ··X·X·X·

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Karstens
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 48.Beam
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 80/44 .293/.329/.387/.716 .885/.582 .846 16/.800 0/0 2/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 7/.572 ··· 3/.000 160/77 .283/.346/.379/.725 .689/.765 .860 16/.938 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.367 416/299 .271/.369/.425/.793 .826/.780 .859 92/.657 3/0 11/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.111 ··· 1/no AB 283/243 .241/.333/.457/.790 .514/.839 .838 52/.914 2/1 13/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 196/179 .287/.383/.539/.922 .543/.955 .874 57/1.221 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.833 439/329 .282/.382/.418/.800 .738/.821 .952 86/.750 10/4 8/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 265/156 .286/.352/.416/.768 .858/.707 .737 52/.903 4/4 5/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 13/.481 493/376 .291/.353/.484/.837 .919/.813 .869 108/.740 5/2 17/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 8/1.786 ··· 16/.804 451/346 .274/.375/.493/.868 .645/.939 1.097 106/.828 2/2 18/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 12/1.227 5/.000 1/3.000 7/1.262 277/193 .291/.343/.562/.905 1.215/.772 1.015 45/1.041 10/1 18/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.400 ··· 4/.833 409/309 .278/.355/.497/.852 .924/.828 .871 83/.756 0/0 17/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.971 ··· 6/.900 459/342 .319/.393/.380/.773 .798/.764 .826 110/.842 16/11 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 72/66 .246/.361/.426/.787 .900/.777 .975 19/.655 0/0 2/

IP 37.2 24.2 35.1 1.1 53.2 30.2 53.1 TOTAL .279/.356/.445/.801 .802/.801 .875 .799 62/26 125/63

ERA-K/9

/0.0

3.35/6.2

4.74/3.3

4.33/6.6

0.00/0.0

3.19/7.5

5.58/7.3

4.05/6.4

5.25/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (9-5-2)
Soto (48-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 157/.238 103/.222 166/.267 4/.333 231/.232 146/.240 242/.248 .290 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward 59/0/0/5
0/11/94/4
21/51/0/3
0/72/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/22/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .703 .751 .806 .667 .684 .685 .728 .829

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 52/.597 42/.897 45/.532 2/1.000 57/.604 61/.801 90/.819 .831

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 105/.752 61/.654 121/.920 2/.000 174/.711 85/.605 152/.675 .829

Road / 67/.824 31/.534 79/.756 / 112/.648 63/.615 98/.813 .877

Last 28d days / 59/.798 82/.697 51/.599 4/.667 48/.758 30/.752 53/.905

HR/SB/CS // 3/2/0 4/2/0 4/4/0 0/0/0 8/3/2 2/2/0 4/3/1 128/69/27

Usage ··oX···X ·X···X·· ··o··o·o ·oo····· ··X·X·o· ··oo·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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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, August 1, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 6-6, 4.69)

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