MIL @ CHC, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 83-67, 2nd, 8 GB, tied for WC	SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 15-8, 2.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-8) 224.1 199 75 70 55 225 18 2.81 2007 (19-7) 241 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21 2006 (12-11) 192.2 182 83 69 44 172 17 3.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 54 47 9 8 10 59 3 1.33 69 2008-09-10 CIN ND 7 8 3 3 1 8 1 113 56 2008-09-05 SDP ND 7 5 1 1 2 9 0 106 70 2008-08-31 @PIT W 9 1 0 0 3 11 0 117 93 2008-08-24 PIT ND 6 8 1 1 0 5 0 96 57 2008-08-18 HOU W 9 11 3 2 2 9 2 130 62 2008-08-13 @SDP W 7 9 1 1 1 8 0 114 62 2008-08-08 WSN W 9 5 0 0 1 9 0 103 85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 9 17 13 12 4 5 1 12.00 24 2008-07-28 CHC ND 6.2 9 4 3 2 3 1 124 43 2006-06-21 CHC L 2.1 8 9 9 2 2 0 65 5
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-31 Road: 39-36 ExtrInn:11-7 vsRHP: 52-48 vsLHP: 31-19 1-Run: 28-14 vsEast: 16-19 vsCntrl:40-27 vsWest: 20-13 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Sun, Sep 14 @PHI L 1-6 83-67 2nd 7.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 @PHI L 3-7 83-66 2nd 7.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @PHI L 3-7 83-65 2nd 6.0 gb 147 Thu, Sep 11 @PHI L 3-6 83-64 2nd 5.5 gb 146 Wed, Sep 10 CIN W 4-3 83-63 2nd 4.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 9 CIN L 4-5 (11) 82-63 2nd 4.5 gb 144 Mon, Sep 8 CIN L 4-5 82-62 2nd 4.5 gb 143 Sun, Sep 7 SDP L 1-10 82-61 2nd 4.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 SDP W 1-0 82-60 2nd 4.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 SDP W 3-2 (11) 81-60 2nd 4.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 90-58, 1st, 8 up	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 15-6, 3.02) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-6) 190.2 157 71 64 74 173 13 3.02 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 45 47 17 17 16 47 2 3.40 55 2008-09-09 @STL ND 7 7 3 3 2 6 1 103 55 2008-09-03 HOU L 7 8 3 3 3 7 1 110 53 2008-08-28 PHI ND 6 8 4 4 4 7 0 114 43 2008-08-23 WSN W 7.1 8 1 1 1 4 0 111 61 2008-08-17 @FLA W 6 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 62 2008-08-10 STL W 6.2 6 2 2 3 6 0 113 57 2008-08-04 HOU L 5 5 2 2 1 7 0 75 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 4-0 32.2 26 10 9 15 28 1 2.48 59 2008-07-30 @MIL W 7 5 1 1 1 9 0 111 71 2008-04-30 MIL W 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 106 48 2008-04-03 MIL W 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 63 2005-05-04 @MIL ND 6.2 6 3 3 5 6 1 107 51 2003-07-11 @MIL W 7 8 1 1 2 7 0 107 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 51-24 Road: 39-34 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 62-44 vsLHP: 28-14 1-Run: 21-21 vsEast: 18-10 vsCntrl:43-29 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 148 Mon, Sep 15 @HOU W 6-1 90-58 1st 8.0 up 147 Sun, Sep 14 @HOU W 5-0 89-58 1st 7.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 11 @STL W 3-2 88-58 1st 5.5 up 145 Wed, Sep 10 @STL W 4-3 87-58 1st 4.5 up 144 Tue, Sep 9 @STL L 3-4 86-58 1st 4.5 up 143 Sun, Sep 7 @CIN L 3-4 86-57 1st 4.0 up 142 Sat, Sep 6 @CIN W 14-9 86-56 1st 4.0 up 141 Fri, Sep 5 @CIN L 2-10 85-56 1st 4.0 up 140 Wed, Sep 3 HOU L 0-4 85-55 1st 4.5 up 139 Tue, Sep 2 HOU L 7-9 (11) 85-54 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 31, 2008 CHC 11 @MIL 4 W:Rich Harden (6-2), L: David Bush (5-9), S: none Wed, Jul 30, 2008 CHC 7 @MIL 2 W:Ryan Dempster (12-4), L: Manny Parra (9-4), S: none Tue, Jul 29, 2008 CHC 7 @MIL 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (12-4), L: Ben Sheets (10-4), S: none Mon, Jul 28, 2008 CHC 6 @MIL 4 W:Chad Gaudin (7-4), L: Salomon Torres (5-3), S: Carlos Marmol (5) Thu, May 01, 2008 MIL 4 @CHC 3 W:Brian Shouse (2-0), L: Kerry Wood (2-1), S: Eric Gagne (9) Wed, Apr 30, 2008 CHC 19 MIL 5 W:Ryan Dempster (4-0), L: Jeff Suppan (1-1), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIL 10 @CHC 7 W:Ben Sheets (4-0), L: Jason Marquis (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (8) Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CHC 6 MIL 3 W:Ryan Dempster (1-0), L: David Bush (0-1), S: Kerry Wood (1) Wed, Apr 02, 2008 MIL 8 @CHC 2 W:Jeff Suppan (1-0), L: Ted Lilly (0-1), S: none Mon, Mar 31, 2008 MIL 4 @CHC 3 (10) W:Eric Gagne (1-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-1), S: David Riske (1) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 6-4; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; 2006 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - CHC leads 85-79

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 5.50

ATL 4.63

SDP 3.92

RA/G

TOR 3.83

NYY 4.59

TEX 5.91

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .465

D. Mientkiewicz .370

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .650

F. Tatis .487

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.115

B. Abreu .845

T. Pena .387

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

A. Cook 4.00

C. Silva 6.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Lester 6.57

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 22.Hart
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 11/.455 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/2.200 606/437 .290/.335/.564/.899 .913/.894 .810 97/.741 14/4 35/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/.517 1/.000 5/1.100 3/.000 1/no AB 8/.821 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 5/1.100 452/331 .246/.335/.505/.840 .984/.789 .965 84/.849 16/5 25/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 18/.856 7/.971 262/237 .231/.341/.312/.653 .570/.662 .704 43/.704 3/1 1/

27.Dillon G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/52 .214/.337/.300/.637 1.156/.346 .775 4/.000 1/0 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP 13/1.433 2/.000 8/.393 2/1.000 1/2.000 6/.833 3/2.334 ··· ··· 26/.980 3/.666 394/304 .287/.378/.427/.805 .680/.840 .739 37/.981 8/3 6/

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .667/.667/.667/1.333 2.000/.000 2.000 3/1.333 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 14/.468 1/5.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.000 13/.581 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 639/425 .265/.365/.482/.847 .731/.907 .798 99/.631 3/2 30/

24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/1.000/1.500 /1.500 2/1.500 0/0 0/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.833 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 47/45 .175/.261/.200/.461 2.000/.407 .577 5/.000 3/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 18/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 15/.419 ··· ··· 14/1.203 8/.125 432/265 .226/.292/.400/.692 .915/.556 .610 63/.615 4/6 15/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/.071 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 7/.429 ··· ··· 7/.286 10/.200 578/414 .278/.339/.480/.819 1.006/.749 .852 105/.936 2/1 24/

1.Hart G/S/vP 12/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 6/.750 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 6/.533 606/434 .276/.312/.480/.791 .843/.771 .862 98/.593 23/6 20/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 8/.393 ··· ··· 9/1.181 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 245/158 .301/.340/.498/.838 1.001/.747 .820 29/.899 3/1 8/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 41/1.061 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.375 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 41/.444 6/1.300 539/393 .248/.330/.328/.659 .665/.656 .674 88/.721 7/3 2/

47.Lamb* G/S/vP 8/.679 1/.000 5/1.200 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 9/.333 ··· ··· 8/1.643 2/1.500 264/233 .234/.277/.322/.599 .263/.645 .712 8/.393 0/1 1/

40.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .200/.200/.400/.600 .000/.750 .000 5/.600 0/0 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 68/47 .311/.382/.443/.825 .569/.927 .833 8/.393 2/0 1/

10.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

50.Salome G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 14/.651 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 13/.508 10/.775 ··· ··· 6/.500 9/.821 536/370 .233/.340/.387/.727 .821/.686 .800 82/.808 19/5 12/

IP 190.2 32.0 86.0 3.0 20.1 66.0 82.0 23.1 1.0 60.0 40.1 TOTAL .253/.325/.435/.759 .823/.735 .752 .730 105/36 190/96

ERA-K/9

3.02/8.2

3.94/10.7

3.87/7.3

0.00/3.0

7.97/7.1

5.45/7.1

2.63/12.0

2.31/8.1

0.00/0.0

3.45/11.2

4.02/5.8

3.79/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (51-39-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 792/.222 141/.246 359/.256 12/.182 110/.326 286/.305 328/.136 100/.209 4/.000 251/.220 173/.270 .240 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Gwynn
Dillon 137/0/0/9
0/0/144/7
0/107/0/3
17/36/14/1
1/6/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .636 .764 .704 .523 .936 .865 .509 .559 .250 .643 .745 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.669 67/.840 168/.675 5/1.000 42/1.227 115/.894 149/.640 44/.385 2/.000 118/.630 63/.734 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.606 74/.698 191/.731 7/.143 68/.770 171/.846 179/.401 56/.697 2/.500 133/.653 110/.750 .688

Home 495/.620 65/.919 196/.729 5/.650 49/.861 156/.899 182/.427 69/.487 4/.250 123/.531 91/.713 .695

Last 28d days 120/.780 35/.920 19/1.415 12/.523 5/1.000 33/.708 59/.493 43/.728 / 49/.890 9/.730

HR/SB/CS 13/10/4 7/1/0 10/1/3 0/0/0 2/3/0 12/4/0 9/3/1 0/4/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/4/3 151/75/35

Usage ······X· ········ ········ ········ ········ o······· o···X·X· o···o··· ········ ····oX·· ········

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 16.Torres
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 7/.971 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 7/.572 4/1.000 112/60 .279/.318/.394/.712 .807/.634 .824 16/.400 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 204/98 .280/.340/.366/.705 .697/.715 .815 29/.678 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.953 5/1.600 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.762 4/.250 564/405 .282/.375/.477/.852 .866/.847 .942 93/.972 6/0 20/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 6/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.644 ··· 4/2.750 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 15/1.217 2/2.500 376/327 .233/.347/.473/.820 .469/.876 .819 52/.835 2/1 18/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/2.500 2/1.000 255/233 .294/.385/.518/.903 .770/.915 .861 36/.934 2/0 9/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.334 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 556/413 .261/.361/.379/.740 .731/.743 .832 60/.597 11/4 9/

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.750/1.250 2.000/1.000 4/1.250 0/0 0/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/49 .319/.373/.447/.819 .000/.854 1.000 12/.350 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 26/.888 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.821 ··· 9/.476 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 345/193 .300/.355/.427/.782 .855/.724 .757 48/.489 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 4/1.000 12/.955 ··· ··· 8/.500 2/.000 17/.368 9/.778 2/1.500 ··· 20/.926 5/.000 655/500 .294/.362/.464/.826 .973/.783 .844 101/.831 8/2 19/

27.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 75/63 .227/.307/.288/.595 .350/.639 .546 5/.933 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/.664 12/.250 ··· ··· 16/1.071 2/.000 12/.750 8/.536 1/.000 ··· 22/.703 6/1.334 608/466 .280/.372/.496/.868 .693/.922 1.009 101/.738 2/2 24/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 35/1.250 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.291 8/.625 7/.000 2/.500 ··· 8/1.625 9/.000 460/331 .289/.350/.552/.902 1.160/.802 .924 110/.903 19/2 28/

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 542/405 .288/.365/.506/.872 .927/.853 .886 84/.903 0/0 22/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 4/1.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.650 7/.619 616/463 .307/.386/.362/.748 .751/.747 .776 98/.648 21/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 8/.750 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 101/91 .221/.327/.384/.710 .522/.732 .766 15/.481 0/0 3/

IP 224.1 21.1 15.2 12.1 39.1 96.0 52.2 42.1 50.1 24.0 74.0 102.1 TOTAL .279/.356/.444/.800 .812/.796 .848 .764 84/31 170/93

ERA-K/9

2.81/9.0

5.48/3.8

3.45/9.7

4.38/2.9

6.41/7.3

4.31/7.1

4.10/7.9

5.31/5.7

2.86/5.9

3.38/11.2

2.68/6.0

4.13/7.8

3.90/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Hill (0-0-0)
Soto (65-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 909/.238 96/.314 64/.230 54/.292 180/.282 418/.252 225/.250 193/.287 208/.233 104/.173 311/.233 437/.263 .257 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Pie
Edmonds
DeRosa
Ward
Hoffpauir
Cedeno 98/0/0/8
0/12/128/5
24/72/4/3
0/32/0/1
0/97/0/1
27/0/33/0
5/0/3/0
4/0/3/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .634 .892 .725 .769 .926 .737 .728 .849 .649 .633 .619 .758 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.574 34/.720 23/1.300 26/.885 91/.881 197/.825 99/.876 79/.953 101/.481 42/.611 148/.661 208/.641 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 672/.656 62/.984 41/.400 28/.668 89/.970 221/.659 126/.616 114/.777 107/.817 62/.648 163/.581 229/.865 .718

Road 353/.577 40/1.067 26/.888 22/.427 75/.815 205/.691 103/.621 89/.610 99/.851 56/.637 150/.684 187/.951 .749

Last 28d days 112/.521 9/.583 9/.611 14/.670 37/.940 37/.591 34/.376 29/1.387 41/.697 8/1.000 51/.588 53/.563

HR/SB/CS 18/12/3 4/1/1 4/1/0 1/0/1 11/0/0 10/5/3 6/4/1 6/2/2 5/1/1 2/2/2 3/1/2 18/5/2 157/67/43

Usage ·····X·· ·Xo····· ··X····· ·Xo····· ·o····X· ·Xo···X· ·X···oo· ········ ·o····X· ······o· ·····XoX ··X·X·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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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 15-8, 2.81)

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 15-6, 3.02)

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