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Game Preview: PHI @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Philadelphia Phillies, 73-61, 2nd, 1 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 6-12, 4.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-12)           165   184  91  87  50  89 18    4.75      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  38    39  17  17  15  27  6    4.03   51 
 2008-08-24    LAD  ND   6     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   57 
 2008-08-19    WSN  ND   5     8   4   4   1   3  1      91   37 
 2008-08-13   @LAD  ND   5     9   4   4   3   6  2      97   36 
 2008-08-08    PIT  ND   7     1   0   0   2   7  0     105   80 
 2008-08-02   @STL   W   7     4   1   1   2   5  1     106   68 
 2008-07-27    ATL  ND   2     3   2   2   1   1  0      30   42 
 2008-07-22   @NYM  ND   6     8   5   5   3   1  2     109   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC    Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-29   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  48-43   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  23-21
 vsEast: 28-23   vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Thu, Aug 28  @CHC  L   4-6       73-61  2nd  1.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   NYM  L   3-6       73-60  2nd  0.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   NYM  W   8-7 (13)  73-59  1st  0.5 up
131 Mon, Aug 25   LAD  W   5-0       72-59  2nd  0.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   LAD  W   5-2 (11)  71-59  2nd  0.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   LAD  W   9-2       70-59  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   LAD  W   8-1       69-59  2nd  2.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   WSN  L   3-4       68-59  2nd  2.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   WSN  W   4-0       68-58  2nd  1.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   WSN  W   5-4       67-58  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Chicago Cubs, 84-50, 1st, 6½ up

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 9-2, 2.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-2)            126    85  30  28  45 162 11    2.00      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  43.2  23   9   8  11  60  6    1.65   69 
 2008-08-24    WSN   W   7     2   1   1   0  11  1     109   80 
 2008-08-19    CIN   W   7     2   0   0   0  10  0      94   83 
 2008-08-13   @ATL   W   5     2   0   0   5   2  0      92   60 
 2008-08-05    HOU  ND   5.2   8   5   4   1   8  2      93   42 
 2008-07-31   @MIL   W   7     6   1   1   0   9  1     105   70 
 2008-07-26    FLA  ND   5     2   1   1   3  10  1      87   66 
 2008-07-21   @ARI   L   7     1   1   1   2  10  1     112   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      1-0   8     2   0   0   1  11  0    0.00   88 
 2008-06-26    PHI   W   8     2   0   0   1  11  0      95   88 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   50-19   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  57-38   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 17-8    vsCntrl:38-23   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Thu, Aug 28   PHI  W   6-4       84-50  1st  6.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 27  @PIT  W   2-0       83-50  1st  6.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @PIT  W  14-9       82-50  1st  5.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 25  @PIT  W  12-3       81-50  1st  5.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 24   WSN  W   6-1       80-50  1st  4.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 23   WSN  W   9-2       79-50  1st  4.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 22   WSN  L   5-13      78-50  1st  4.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 21   CIN  W   3-2       78-49  1st  5.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 20   CIN  L   1-2       77-49  1st  5.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-0       77-48  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:24-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 CHC  6  PHI  4        W:Bobby Howry (6-4), L: Chad Durbin (5-3), S: Kerry Wood (28)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CHC  6 @PHI  5 (10)   W:Kerry Wood (1-0), L: Rudy Seanez (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (1)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 PHI  7  CHC  1        W:Cole Hamels (2-1), L: Ted Lilly (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 PHI  5  CHC  3        W:Brett Myers (1-1), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-1), S: Brad Lidge (2)

Thu, Aug 02, 2007 PHI 10 @CHC  6        W:J.D. Durbin (4-2), L: Sean Marshall (5-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 CHC  5  PHI  4        W:Ryan Dempster (2-3), L: Brett Myers (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 CHC  7  PHI  3        W:Jason Marquis (8-6), L: Adam Eaton (9-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 PHI  4 @CHC  1        W:Cole Hamels (12-5), L: Ted Lilly (11-5), S: Brett Myers (7)
Sun, May 13, 2007 CHC  4 @PHI  1        W:Ted Lilly (3-2), L: Jon Lieber (1-2), S: Ryan Dempster (8)
Sat, May 12, 2007 PHI 11  CHC  7        W:Antonio Alfonseca (2-1), L: Bobby Howry (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - PHI won 4-3; 2006 - PHI won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1201-1075

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  5.54

FLA  4.62

WSN  3.76

RA/G

TOR  3.88

SFG  4.60

TEX  6.00

BA

C. Jones  .359

N. Punto  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .636

J. Hardy  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

E. Hinske  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
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
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 5/.600 224/146 .222/.306/.303/.609 .723/.551 .637 40/.517 9/2 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.667 4/2.250 ··· 16/1.105 545/387 .258/.378/.533/.911 .992/.879 1.088 107/.639 0/0 30/
27.Coste G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· 264/186 .283/.333/.463/.796 1.011/.708 .702 61/.704 0/1 9/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 194/188 .298/.335/.459/.794 .533/.801 .687 51/.846 3/1 6/
7.Feliz G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 9/.583 4/.500 4/.500 10/1.267 ··· 6/.666 392/268 .256/.303/.421/.724 .882/.650 .735 25/.671 0/0 13/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.453 ··· 2/.000 584/364 .228/.320/.483/.804 .624/.916 .748 114/.728 1/1 36/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 18/1.007 498/361 .268/.335/.434/.769 .806/.755 .700 122/.739 36/2 9/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 301/238 .222/.321/.291/.612 .734/.581 .626 48/.725 1/1 3/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 8/.625 1/.000 10/1.100 ··· 3/.000 97/46 .200/.269/.259/.528 .442/.626 .425 13/.077 3/0 0/
26.Utley* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 588/367 .290/.378/.554/.932 .881/.962 .949 116/.881 11/1 31/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 515/352 .286/.349/.441/.790 .872/.752 .707 103/.766 29/9 11/
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 366/232 .275/.372/.498/.870 .970/.806 .865 92/.934 13/1 18/
IP 126.0 27.1 85.0 61.0 73.0 46.0 17.1 55.2 TOTAL .254/.332/.435/.767 .798/.753 .756 .713 107/20 178/79
ERA-K/9 2.00/11.6 3.62/10.9 3.92/7.3 5.31/7.1 2.71/12.0 3.52/8.4 1.04/9.4 2.59/11.0 3.75/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (37-11-1)
 Ruiz (57-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.189 120/.248 356/.255 263/.304 291/.130 190/.234 67/.177 225/.200 .241  Burrell
 Werth
 Victorino
 Taguchi
 Dobbs
 Bruntlett
130/0/0/12
24/30/62/7
0/112/4/6
36/1/11/0
3/0/4/0
12/0/6/0
OPS .569 .763 .705 .875 .506 .737 .465 .574 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.591 59/.796 167/.666 105/.885 129/.690 53/.821 26/.237 107/.558 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.549 61/.733 189/.739 158/.868 162/.361 137/.705 41/.608 118/.587 .690
Home 315/.566 49/.884 193/.731 139/.882 170/.460 68/.563 47/.417 113/.502 .691
Last 28d days 94/.502 36/.776 50/.918 38/.883 52/.241 49/.606 48/.455 43/.476
HR/SB/CS 11/5/6 5/1/0 10/1/3 12/3/0 8/3/1 8/2/2 0/3/1 1/1/0 140/68/33
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ··o···X· o··o··o· ·Xo·Xo·o o·o··X·· ··o·X··· XoXo···X
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB
52.Castro*
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 105/56 .278/.320/.402/.722 .816/.644 .846 25/.746 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/no AB 185/89 .272/.332/.361/.692 .657/.732 .785 25/.490 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 12/.917 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/.167 2/.000 6/.167 3/.333 511/364 .291/.382/.490/.872 .904/.859 .951 95/1.210 5/0 18/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 9/1.000 20/.255 5/.000 ··· 5/.000 346/300 .235/.345/.474/.819 .473/.877 .840 63/.959 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 231/210 .295/.382/.535/.917 .703/.937 .875 35/.887 2/0 9/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 527/393 .266/.366/.391/.757 .720/.770 .849 88/.541 11/4 9/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 11/1.545 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 319/177 .312/.368/.450/.819 .906/.750 .800 54/1.052 5/6 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 3/3.500 13/.231 3/.333 1/no AB 10/.700 592/447 .294/.363/.470/.833 .986/.785 .863 99/.804 8/2 18/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 3/.000 14/.793 4/.000 4/.750 5/1.467 549/417 .283/.383/.519/.902 .722/.960 1.072 98/1.057 2/2 24/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/1.222 ··· 5/.900 1/.000 6/.666 4/.750 7/1.404 6/.667 6/.666 394/277 .293/.348/.545/.892 1.205/.763 .959 117/.864 16/2 22/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 491/366 .285/.367/.507/.874 .920/.858 .862 82/.986 0/0 20/
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/2.000 562/418 .313/.392/.368/.760 .769/.757 .789 103/.703 20/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 9/1.666 4/.500 1/.000 5/.400 94/85 .215/.330/.392/.722 .583/.738 .743 22/.505 0/0 3/
IP 165.0 59.1 74.0 19.0 54.2 68.1 51.2 35.1 TOTAL .282/.359/.452/.811 .822/.807 .864 .857 79/31 156/80
ERA-K/9 4.75/4.9 /0.0 3.49/4.6 2.19/6.7 4.26/10.9 2.30/11.8 3.56/6.5 2.26/7.7 3.82/6.1 3.88/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (10-10-3)
 Soto (58-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.280 / 263/.310 303/.242 78/.246 233/.199 282/.259 220/.189 157/.250 .260  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 DeRosa
 Ward
 Cedeno
84/0/0/6
0/11/118/5
24/66/2/3
0/89/0/1
27/0/27/0
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .767 .817 .634 .713 .567 .703 .619 .685 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 363/.690 / 121/.861 130/.718 41/.669 131/.710 131/.729 98/.348 78/.654 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.848 / 142/.780 173/.571 37/.758 102/.379 151/.681 122/.853 79/.715 .727
Road 244/.847 / 127/.909 119/.660 39/.991 105/.457 125/.729 98/.674 73/.758 .769
Last 28d days 127/.712 / 54/.879 64/.795 25/.290 41/.773 56/.713 34/.467 10/.700
HR/SB/CS 18/1/1 // 5/3/3 3/3/4 1/4/0 2/7/0 6/6/1 4/8/2 1/6/1 134/94/29
Usage ····X··· ··XX···X o·X·X·Xo ·XX··oo· ·oo·o··· o·X·X·oo o·XXX··o ·oo··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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