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Game Preview: CHC @ MIL, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @Miller Park

Chicago Cubs, 63-44, 1st, 3 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 11-4, 2.99)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-4)           138.2 105  53  46  57 117 11    2.99      
 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  44    39  17  17  20  36  2    3.48   55 
 2008-07-25    FLA  ND   6     2   1   1   6   6  0     110   64 
 2008-07-20   @HOU   W   8     6   0   0   1   7  0     104   76 
 2008-07-13    SFG   L   6.2   7   4   4   3   6  0     118   47 
 2008-07-08    CIN   W   7     2   1   1   4   5  0     103   70 
 2008-07-02   @SFG  ND   6     5   2   2   2   7  1      91   59 
 2008-06-27   @CHW   L   2.1   7   8   8   3   1  1      71    9 
 2008-06-22    CHW   W   8    10   1   1   1   4  0     103   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      3-1  30.2  28  14  12  17  24  1    3.52   52 
 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 
 2003-05-16   @MIL   L   5     7   5   4   3   5  0      91   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-14   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  43-33   vsLHP:  20-11   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl:25-19   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @ARI  L   0-2       58-41  1st  2.0 up
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @HOU  W   9-0       58-40  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Milwaukee Brewers, 60-47, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 9-3, 3.72)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-3)            113.2 114  51  47  54  92  9    3.72      
 2007 (0-1)             26.1  25  13  11  12  26  1    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45    36  13  12  22  36  0    2.40   58 
 2008-07-25    HOU   L   6     8   3   3   2   5  0      96   47 
 2008-07-20   @SFG   W   7.2   7   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-11    CIN  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   6  0      93   48 
 2008-07-03   @ARI  ND   6     4   0   0   3   4  0     100   65 
 2008-06-28   @MIN   W   7     2   0   0   4   6  0     112   75 
 2008-06-22    BAL   W   5     5   3   3   6   1  0      90   40 
 2008-06-17    TOR   W   7     4   0   0   4   5  0     108   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      0-0   3     3   3   3   3   3  0    9.00   41 
 2007-08-30   @CHC  ND   3     3   3   3   3   3  0      59   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-21   Road:   28-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  38-35   vsLHP:  22-12   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:28-20   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Jul 29   CHC  L   1-7       60-47  2nd  3.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   CHC  L   4-6       60-46  2nd  2.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   HOU  L   6-11      60-45  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26   HOU  W   6-4       60-44  1st    Tied
103 Fri, Jul 25   HOU  L   1-3       59-44  2nd  1.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @STL  W   4-3       59-43  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @STL  W   3-0       58-43  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   4-3       57-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @STL  W   6-3 (10)  56-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @SFG  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 CHC  5  MIL  4        W:Carlos Marmol (4-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-12), S: Ryan Dempster (23)
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 MIL  6 @CHC  1        W:Ben Sheets (11-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-11), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; 2006 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - CHC leads 83-79

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  5.62

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.57

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .369

C. Hart  .285

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Werth  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

J. Crede  .474

T. Pena  .201

OPS

A. Pujols  1.077

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

O. Perez  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Parra*
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.572 3/1.334 75/43 .300/.338/.386/.724 .902/.596 .613 11/.900 0/0 2/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/.000 159/77 .278/.342/.375/.717 .672/.765 .627 15/.867 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.953 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 7/.762 3/.333 407/293 .273/.369/.430/.800 .818/.793 .744 91/.672 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.555 4/2.750 1/.000 5/1.200 15/1.217 2/2.500 279/239 .236/.327/.430/.757 .514/.800 .704 57/.861 2/1 11/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 3/2.500 2/1.000 195/178 .283/.380/.530/.910 .543/.942 .947 60/1.225 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 430/324 .280/.383/.409/.793 .769/.800 .649 86/.673 9/4 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 260/154 .279/.348/.412/.759 .864/.689 .782 51/.878 4/4 5/
25.Lee G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.500 16/.393 7/1.000 2/1.500 20/.926 4/.000 482/368 .298/.359/.495/.854 .931/.831 .840 106/.809 5/2 17/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/no AB 16/1.071 11/.819 6/.000 1/.000 22/.703 5/1.267 441/339 .277/.374/.497/.871 .665/.936 .657 100/.802 2/2 18/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 7/.000 1/.000 8/1.625 8/.000 266/187 .284/.331/.551/.882 1.170/.761 .749 34/.904 9/1 17/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 405/305 .275/.353/.494/.847 .924/.822 .827 88/.728 0/0 17/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.650 7/.619 448/336 .317/.390/.375/.765 .743/.773 .704 108/.790 16/10 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 71/65 .250/.366/.433/.800 .900/.790 .661 19/.655 0/0 2/
IP 113.2 27.1 38.1 32.2 36.1 56.2 81.1 TOTAL .279/.355/.443/.798 .797/.798 .725 .776 60/25 121/63
ERA-K/9 3.72/7.3 6.26/7.6 5.40/7.8 4.13/6.1 2.23/6.2 2.86/6.2 4.65/6.9 4.06/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 497/.265 127/.280 172/.291 139/.242 144/.215 238/.243 352/.272 .260  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Ward
57/0/0/4
0/11/92/4
21/50/0/3
0/71/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/22/0
5/0/3/0
OPS .730 .894 .846 .723 .605 .653 .790 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.656 66/.795 76/1.003 63/.856 70/.471 107/.660 168/.605 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.745 61/1.003 96/.721 76/.614 74/.738 131/.646 184/.958 .747
Home 284/.660 68/.831 91/.990 68/.912 77/.421 107/.561 205/.649 .714
Last 28d days 114/.616 31/.773 33/1.229 36/.762 32/.656 47/.706 51/.450
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 7/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/4/2 115/51/31
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·· X··X···· ·o·oX··· X·o····o ·X·o·o·o o···X···
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 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
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 13/1.203 ··· ··· 1/no AB 141/127 .250/.333/.605/.938 .000/1.052 1.174 40/.601 1/0 12/
8.Braun G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 5/.200 2/3.000 ··· 457/337 .303/.341/.596/.938 .966/.927 1.086 99/1.274 9/3 29/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 6/.666 5/1.100 8/.821 2/.000 6/1.000 1/3.000 294/223 .230/.320/.471/.791 .920/.751 .649 90/.878 8/4 15/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 9/1.334 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 162/145 .237/.340/.324/.663 .494/.684 .665 23/.570 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 10/1.575 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 5/1.000 3/2.334 7/.714 ··· 318/236 .290/.381/.413/.794 .677/.832 .811 60/.809 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 11/.293 ··· 9/.722 1/no AB 6/1.000 13/.581 5/1.200 1/.000 456/311 .275/.371/.488/.859 .756/.908 1.002 106/.900 2/0 20/
2.Hall G/S/vP 15/.400 ··· 9/1.158 ··· 4/1.250 15/.419 5/2.550 ··· 334/222 .230/.294/.424/.719 1.046/.558 .905 71/.974 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/.091 ··· 3/2.167 1/.000 5/.400 7/.429 2/1.000 ··· 396/288 .294/.356/.487/.844 .932/.812 .769 104/1.048 2/1 15/
1.Hart G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.750 5/.400 5/.933 1/.000 432/314 .285/.326/.499/.825 .799/.835 .726 94/.736 16/4 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 8/.393 9/1.181 3/.000 ··· ··· 172/104 .292/.327/.478/.806 .938/.716 .813 35/.647 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 38/1.096 ··· 3/.333 ··· 9/.375 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 379/280 .248/.332/.326/.659 .657/.660 .601 90/.495 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 54/42 .314/.352/.451/.803 .697/.832 .756 8/.536 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP 14/.651 ··· 5/.600 ··· 12/.450 10/.775 1/.000 ··· 396/284 .223/.329/.381/.710 .775/.685 .595 87/.785 15/4 9/
IP 138.2 18.1 11.0 73.1 51.0 58.1 32.0 5.0 TOTAL .255/.326/.441/.766 .813/.749 .783 .822 74/26 140/69
ERA-K/9 2.99/7.6 2.45/11.8 4.91/11.5 3.31/6.9 5.29/6.9 3.70/12.2 4.22/7.9 3.60/10.8 3.84/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (35-27-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.208 80/.239 49/.286 303/.254 221/.304 239/.155 138/.242 19/.167 .244  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
102/0/0/7
0/0/103/4
0/69/0/2
6/30/12/0
OPS .613 .726 .871 .678 .883 .576 .777 .488 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 278/.661 39/.745 27/.835 150/.663 89/.869 102/.772 42/.928 8/.125 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 293/.567 41/.705 22/.909 153/.693 132/.892 137/.431 96/.713 11/.727 .690
Road 217/.656 49/.625 28/1.009 148/.736 103/.858 103/.660 91/.863 5/.900 .744
Last 28d days 136/.565 32/.612 / 49/.628 48/.987 56/.815 47/.691 19/.488
HR/SB/CS 11/7/3 3/1/0 1/3/0 7/1/3 10/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/1/0 114/57/24
Usage ····X··· ···o·ooo ········ ·XXX·o·o ·X··XoX· ·X·X·XX· ···X···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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