PIT @ CHC, Saturday, August 2, 2008 Game Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates, 51-58, 5th, 13½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 7-6, 3.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 140 138 62 59 36 96 16 3.79 2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02 2006 (8-10) 176 202 98 93 81 117 19 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 51 40 15 15 11 37 3 2.65 62 2008-07-27 SDP ND 7 4 1 1 3 9 0 115 71 2008-07-22 @HOU W 8 5 1 1 1 5 0 108 72 2008-07-17 @COL L 6 8 5 5 0 7 1 85 43 2008-07-10 NYY W 8 7 2 2 1 4 0 108 63 2008-07-05 @MIL ND 8 4 1 1 1 6 1 102 75 2008-06-30 @CIN ND 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 89 62 2008-06-21 TOR W 7 7 3 3 3 1 0 99 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 3-0 29.1 33 24 23 9 23 6 7.06 43 2008-05-25 CHC ND 8 8 5 5 2 7 1 121 51 2007-09-21 @CHC ND 2 10 7 6 0 3 2 61 13 2007-07-06 CHC W 7 5 4 4 3 5 0 106 53 2007-05-10 @CHC W 7.1 7 4 4 1 4 3 86 51 2006-09-04 @CHC W 5 3 4 4 3 4 0 105 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-26 Road: 19-32 ExtrInn:10-3 vsRHP: 38-41 vsLHP: 13-17 1-Run: 19-15 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:24-25 vsWest: 9-12 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 109 Fri, Aug 1 @CHC W 3-0 51-58 5th 13.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 65-45, 1st, 4 up	SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 10-6, 4.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-6) 134.1 133 70 67 47 124 25 4.49 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 3-1 42.2 44 19 19 13 33 9 4.01 52 2008-07-28 @MIL ND 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 88 49 2008-07-23 @ARI W 6 6 3 3 3 6 1 115 51 2008-07-18 @HOU ND 7 6 1 1 2 6 1 104 65 2008-07-10 CIN L 2.2 6 4 4 2 3 2 63 31 2008-07-05 @STL ND 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 90 54 2008-06-30 @SFG W 8 7 2 2 2 5 0 110 63 2008-06-25 BAL W 7 5 4 4 2 4 2 108 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 29.1 41 17 16 7 18 4 4.91 44 2008-05-25 @PIT ND 6 10 4 4 2 2 3 101 36 2008-04-07 @PIT ND 3.2 7 5 5 2 1 0 80 26 2007-07-07 @PIT W 7.1 8 1 1 1 6 0 106 63 2007-05-08 PIT ND 7 7 2 2 1 4 0 110 58 2007-05-01 @PIT ND 5.1 9 5 4 1 5 1 86 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-15 Road: 26-30 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 44-34 vsLHP: 21-11 1-Run: 15-17 vsEast: 9-6 vsCntrl:27-20 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 110 Fri, Aug 1 PIT L 0-3 65-45 1st 4.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 01, 2008 PIT 3 @CHC 0 W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (6-7), S: John Grabow (1) 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) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 9-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1193-1125

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 5.63

COL 4.66

WSN 3.70

RA/G

OAK 3.80

MIN 4.65

TEX 5.93

C. Jones .369

J. Drew .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. Pedroia .358

T. Pena .171

SLG

L. Berkman .620

C. Tracy .475

T. Pena .198

OPS

A. Pujols 1.065

C. Coste .818

T. Pena .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

S. Olsen 4.04

N. Robertson 6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

J. Lester 6.20

K. Rogers 3.40

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.12 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 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 17/.728 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 10/.508 9/.611 3/.666 ··· 348/256 .250/.325/.418/.742 .902/.689 .831 69/.632 1/1 12/

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

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.929 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 286/224 .333/.378/.553/.931 .947/.926 .759 96/.836 2/0 12/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 143/94 .295/.331/.333/.664 .692/.649 .605 23/.511 0/0 0/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 73/34 .206/.315/.317/.633 .576/.698 .760 34/.494 0/0 2/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 6/1.667 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 3/.333 7/3.024 7/1.000 ··· 484/353 .277/.356/.530/.885 .674/.963 .898 109/.885 13/3 22/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 3/2.500 4/1.750 4/1.167 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 207/143 .238/.301/.389/.690 .491/.781 .676 37/.941 1/1 6/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 12/.650 5/.200 7/1.143 2/.000 9/1.194 1/.000 ··· ··· 232/199 .276/.375/.367/.742 .583/.769 .685 62/.795 0/0 1/

39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 90/67 .284/.333/.444/.778 .664/.812 .822 18/.896 1/1 2/

51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 17/10 .154/.235/.231/.466 .619/.343 1.000 15/.539 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 13/1.218 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/115 .257/.294/.389/.683 1.074/.547 .659 38/.797 2/1 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 16/.438 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 10/.744 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· 4/.500 2/no AB 10/.733 1/.000 240/194 .284/.332/.353/.685 .608/.702 .610 87/.600 2/2 0/

IP 134.1 20.1 11.1 74.1 52.0 59.1 32.2 6.0 TOTAL .264/.327/.420/.747 .742/.748 .743 .788 30/10 116/72

ERA-K/9

4.49/8.3

2.66/11.5

7.15/11.2

3.27/6.9

5.19/6.9

3.64/12.4

4.13/8.0

3.00/12.0

3.81/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 578/.253 88/.240 53/.326 306/.252 225/.300 242/.153 141/.244 23/.143 .244 McLouth
Michaels
Moss
Mientkiewicz
Pearce 4/103/2/4
22/7/31/4
11/0/15/3
0/0/9/1
1/0/4/0

OPS .791 .743 .921 .671 .874 .568 .782 .455 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.888 42/.830 28/.804 151/.659 91/.849 103/.764 42/.928 9/.111 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 442/.761 46/.670 25/1.059 155/.684 134/.890 139/.424 99/.722 14/.670 .689

Home 245/.801 35/.840 21/.702 155/.624 118/.904 139/.503 47/.619 18/.343 .699

Last 28d days 119/.925 35/.713 4/1.500 48/.591 43/1.026 52/.584 50/.709 23/.455

HR/SB/CS 25/9/5 4/1/0 1/3/0 7/1/3 10/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/1/0 117/57/25

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

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 36.Karstens
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 11/.546 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 81/44 .289/.325/.382/.707 .859/.582 .822 17/.750 0/0 2/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 7/.572 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 163/80 .277/.340/.372/.711 .689/.735 .818 19/.789 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 11/.573 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB 4/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 6/.367 417/299 .271/.370/.425/.795 .831/.780 .862 89/.698 3/0 11/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.111 ··· 3/.667 1/no AB 286/246 .240/.337/.455/.792 .514/.841 .842 51/1.000 2/1 13/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 199/182 .288/.383/.535/.918 .543/.949 .867 60/1.189 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.833 443/333 .280/.383/.416/.799 .738/.819 .947 86/.720 10/4 8/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 266/156 .284/.351/.414/.765 .849/.707 .731 49/.962 4/4 5/

25.Lee G/S/vP 21/.881 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 13/.481 497/380 .290/.352/.481/.833 .919/.808 .860 108/.705 5/2 17/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/1.209 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 ··· 8/1.786 ··· 3/1.334 16/.804 455/350 .277/.378/.495/.873 .645/.945 1.103 106/.885 2/2 18/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 16/1.375 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 12/1.227 5/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 7/1.262 281/197 .290/.342/.557/.898 1.215/.766 .999 49/.992 10/1 18/

18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 413/312 .275/.351/.492/.843 .914/.820 .851 83/.625 0/0 17/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 17/.683 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 6/.900 460/343 .318/.392/.379/.771 .798/.762 .822 107/.847 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 140.0 39.0 24.2 36.0 1.1 54.2 30.2 6.0 53.1 TOTAL .279/.356/.443/.799 .800/.798 .870 .793 62/26 125/63

ERA-K/9

3.79/6.2

3.23/6.2

4.74/3.3

4.25/6.5

0.00/0.0

3.13/7.6

5.58/7.3

0.00/3.0

4.05/6.4

5.20/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.260 163/.231 103/.222 167/.265 4/.333 234/.229 146/.240 25/.238 242/.248 .289 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward 60/0/0/5
0/11/95/4
21/52/0/3
0/73/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/22/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .713 .692 .751 .801 .667 .681 .685 .598 .728 .827

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.498 53/.609 42/.897 45/.532 2/1.000 57/.604 61/.801 11/.705 90/.819 .831

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 483/.756 110/.728 61/.654 122/.911 2/.000 177/.706 85/.605 14/.516 152/.675 .825

Road 269/.763 73/.789 31/.534 80/.745 / 115/.642 63/.615 25/.598 98/.813 .871

Last 28d days 142/.571 65/.764 76/.694 52/.586 4/.667 51/.739 30/.752 25/.598 53/.905

HR/SB/CS 16/2/5 3/2/0 4/2/0 4/4/0 0/0/0 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 4/3/1 128/69/27

Usage ·····X·· X··oX··· ··X···X· o··o··o· ··oo···· o··X·X·o ···oo·X· 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, 1:05pm, Saturday, August 2, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 7-6, 3.79)

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 10-6, 4.49)

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