CHC @ NYM, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 95-61, 1st, 9½ up	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 14-6, 3.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-6) 184 169 80 77 68 128 17 3.77 2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95 2006 (16-7) 214 162 91 81 115 210 20 3.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 37.1 39 32 32 21 30 7 7.71 41 2008-09-19 STL L 1.2 6 8 8 3 1 1 45 9 2008-09-14 @HOU W 9 0 0 0 1 10 0 110 96 2008-09-02 HOU ND 5 5 3 3 3 3 0 86 45 2008-08-26 @PIT ND 4.1 8 6 6 4 3 0 98 22 2008-08-21 CIN W 7 6 1 1 4 4 1 105 61 2008-08-15 @FLA ND 6 4 5 5 5 6 1 119 45 2008-08-09 STL L 4.1 10 9 9 1 3 4 88 9 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 4-0 33 24 10 10 17 25 4 2.73 59 2008-04-21 NYM W 7 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 65 2007-08-03 NYM ND 5 2 1 1 7 5 1 91 57 2007-05-15 @NYM W 8 6 1 1 3 3 1 116 66 2006-07-25 @NYM W 7 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 46 2006-07-15 NYM W 6 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 55-26 Road: 40-35 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 65-46 vsLHP: 30-15 1-Run: 24-21 vsEast: 19-11 vsCntrl:47-31 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 156 Tue, Sep 23 @NYM L 2-6 95-61 1st 9.5 up 155 Mon, Sep 22 @NYM W 9-5 95-60 1st 10.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 STL W 5-1 94-60 1st 10.0 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 STL W 5-4 93-60 1st 10.0 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 STL L 6-12 92-60 1st 9.0 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIL W 7-6 (12) 92-59 1st 9.0 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 MIL L 2-6 91-59 1st 8.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 MIL W 5-4 91-58 1st 9.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:18-12
New York Mets, 87-70, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC	SP: Oliver Perez (26, LHP, 10-7, 4.10) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-7) 184.1 157 93 84 97 168 23 4.10 2007 (15-10) 177 153 90 70 79 174 22 3.56 2006 (3-13) 112.2 129 90 82 68 102 20 6.55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 41.2 37 24 22 24 37 4 4.75 50 2008-09-19 @ATL ND 6 6 4 3 3 6 0 109 49 2008-09-14 ATL ND 7 4 2 2 3 8 0 111 66 2008-09-09 WSN ND 3.1 8 7 7 2 3 1 73 17 2008-09-03 @MIL W 6.2 5 2 2 5 5 1 117 56 2008-08-29 @FLA ND 6 3 2 1 5 4 1 113 59 2008-08-24 HOU ND 6.1 4 4 4 1 8 1 111 56 2008-08-19 ATL ND 6.1 7 3 3 5 3 0 114 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 26.2 32 17 17 17 29 7 5.74 45 2005-04-15 CHC ND 6 7 5 5 4 6 2 101 40 2004-09-22 CHC L 7 3 1 1 3 8 0 111 72 2004-09-15 @CHC L 5.2 10 6 6 4 5 4 109 26 2004-05-28 CHC ND 6.1 7 3 3 4 7 1 90 50 2003-09-21 CHC L 1.2 5 2 2 2 3 0 50 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-30 Road: 41-40 ExtrInn: 9-8 vsRHP: 53-50 vsLHP: 34-20 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 39-30 vsCntrl:19-19 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Tue, Sep 23 CHC W 6-2 87-70 2nd 1.5 gb 156 Mon, Sep 22 CHC L 5-9 86-70 2nd 2.5 gb 155 Sun, Sep 21 @ATL L 6-7 86-69 2nd 1.5 gb 154 Sat, Sep 20 @ATL L 2-4 86-68 2nd 0.5 gb 153 Fri, Sep 19 @ATL W 9-5 86-67 1st 0.5 up 152 Thu, Sep 18 @WSN W 7-2 85-67 2nd 0.5 gb 151 Wed, Sep 17 @WSN W 9-7 84-67 2nd 0.5 gb 150 Tue, Sep 16 @WSN L 0-1 83-67 2nd 0.5 gb 149 Mon, Sep 15 @WSN L 2-7 83-66 1st 0.5 up 148 Sun, Sep 14 ATL L 4-7 83-65 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 23, 2008 NYM 6 CHC 2 W:Johan Santana (15-7), L: Chad Gaudin (9-5), S: Luis Ayala (9) Mon, Sep 22, 2008 CHC 9 @NYM 5 W:Jason Marquis (11-9), L: Jonathon Niese (1-1), S: Kerry Wood (33) Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CHC 8 NYM 1 W:Ted Lilly (1-3), L: Nelson Figueroa (1-1), S: none Mon, Apr 21, 2008 CHC 7 NYM 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (3-1), L: John Maine (1-2), S: none Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYM 8 @CHC 3 W:Tom Glavine (10-6), L: Jason Marquis (8-7), S: none Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CHC 6 NYM 2 W:Ted Lilly (12-5), L: John Maine (12-6), S: none Fri, Aug 03, 2007 NYM 6 @CHC 2 W:Guillermo Mota (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (2-4), S: none Thu, May 17, 2007 NYM 6 CHC 5 W:Ambiorix Burgos (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (1-2), S: none Wed, May 16, 2007 NYM 8 CHC 1 W:Jorge Sosa (3-0), L: Rich Hill (4-3), S: none Tue, May 15, 2007 CHC 10 @NYM 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (4-3), L: John Maine (5-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHC leads 336-335

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 5.49

MIL 4.65

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.82

HOU 4.62

TEX 6.02

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Cora .367

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .631

H. Blalock .490

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

N. Johnson .846

T. Pena .385

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

J. Beckett 4.03

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Jurrjens 6.64

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 56.Ayala
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 44.Knight
G/S/vB 32.Muniz
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 73.Rincon*
G/S/vB 50.Sanchez
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 35.Smith
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 10/.650 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 119/62 .279/.316/.387/.704 .806/.613 .608 18/.471 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 223/108 .276/.338/.365/.702 .668/.741 .604 41/.693 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/1.333 5/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 590/422 .283/.374/.472/.846 .858/.842 .773 87/.728 6/0 20/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 9/1.194 3/1.000 2/1.000 12/1.833 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 391/341 .236/.344/.477/.821 .459/.878 .821 45/.833 2/1 19/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 270/248 .287/.382/.504/.886 .770/.896 .935 40/.819 2/0 9/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 576/426 .261/.361/.380/.740 .730/.743 .656 54/.570 11/4 9/

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .167/.167/.250/.417 2.000/.273 .833 13/.417 0/0 0/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/58 .321/.387/.446/.834 .500/.858 .778 23/.611 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 360/198 .306/.361/.428/.789 .874/.720 .833 49/.553 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 15/.945 8/.125 4/1.167 14/.547 14/1.015 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 684/519 .292/.361/.466/.827 .972/.783 .816 100/.793 8/2 20/

27.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .231/.214/.308/.522 .500/.536 .600 14/.522 0/0 0/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/74 .247/.314/.338/.652 .350/.697 .654 16/1.009 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.781 7/1.429 ··· 11/1.434 7/.762 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 632/485 .287/.377/.515/.891 .704/.949 .733 91/.824 2/2 26/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 11/.473 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 11/1.000 2/.000 ··· 489/350 .283/.346/.540/.885 1.133/.786 .844 103/.867 19/3 29/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 561/419 .286/.364/.505/.869 .915/.853 .859 74/.816 0/1 23/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 641/482 .301/.380/.355/.735 .757/.727 .736 87/.562 21/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 7/.679 1/.000 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 112/102 .221/.330/.389/.720 .522/.740 .652 18/.708 0/0 3/

IP 184.1 72.1 53.0 44.1 75.1 12.0 23.1 3.2 3.1 57.2 55.1 60.2 30.0 TOTAL .278/.354/.444/.798 .813/.793 .757 .719 84/33 177/96

ERA-K/9

4.10/8.2

5.47/5.9

4.08/8.3

4.67/7.1

5.26/9.6

5.25/7.5

5.40/6.2

2.45/7.3

2.70/8.2

4.37/6.9

3.25/5.2

3.71/7.6

3.30/6.9

4.05/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Hill (1-0-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 801/.232 320/.284 234/.279 208/.271 352/.260 57/.298 100/.267 13/.154 12/.182 250/.233 236/.257 259/.224 120/.266 .254 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Pie
Hoffpauir
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward 105/0/0/10
0/12/134/6
24/75/6/3
0/101/0/1
0/37/0/1
7/0/3/0
1/1/0/0
27/0/37/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .722 .769 .785 .753 .794 .723 .786 .308 .432 .675 .736 .667 .728 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.533 151/.792 116/.561 83/.980 148/.987 28/1.014 39/1.002 5/.000 8/.125 112/.628 110/.516 57/.946 58/.942 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 608/.783 169/.750 118/1.014 125/.604 204/.656 29/.443 61/.652 8/.500 4/1.000 138/.713 126/.930 202/.590 62/.537 .694

Home 374/.693 185/.705 118/.751 131/.679 177/.728 34/.668 42/.613 8/.500 3/.000 128/.697 106/.603 126/.624 49/.782 .675

Last 28d days 130/.736 45/.878 25/.733 27/1.007 24/1.323 31/.695 / 13/.308 12/.432 25/.675 27/.755 38/.562 58/.717

HR/SB/CS 23/8/1 7/1/1 7/0/0 3/3/0 10/2/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 6/4/0 6/2/2 4/6/2 5/1/0 156/61/28

Usage ····X··· oX····o· o·o·ooo· ·o··o··· ·oX·o·o· ······X· ········ ·X·o···· ·oo·o·X· ·o······ ··oo·oo· ··o··Xoo ··o·X·X·

New York Mets Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

38.Zambrano
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

45.Marshall*
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

Last 28d

SB/CS

HR/E

9.Anderson* G/S/vP

···

···

147/145

.215/.255/.281/.537

.000/.544

.469

10/.311

2/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP

···

···

684/482

.280/.370/.497/.868

.990/.817

.893

106/1.080

21/3

26/

40.Cancel G/S/vP

···

48/24

.222/.255/.311/.566

1.097/.083

.605

17/.450

1/2

1.Castillo# G/S/vP

···

···

···

358/261

.246/.356/.306/.663

.679/.665

.675

59/.536

17/2

11.Castro G/S/vP

···

···

···

150/83

.248/.313/.453/.766

.774/.759

.820

9/.778

0/0

10.Chavez* G/S/vP

···

···

···

295/255

.269/.308/.332/.640

.506/.661

.711

6/.367

6/1

19.Church* G/S/vP

···

···

339/226

.281/.349/.450/.799

.733/.833

.855

90/.615

2/2

12/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP

···

···

664/451

.273/.355/.522/.877

.810/.910

.893

106/1.103

1/1

37/

3.Easley G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

344/225

.271/.322/.373/.694

.707/.687

.606

36/.727

0/0

6.Evans G/S/vP

···

2/.500

···

116/40

.264/.310/.415/.725

.931/.339

.593

22/.995

0/0

22.Martinez G/S/vP

4/.000

1/no AB

···

1/no AB

···

.000/.000/.000/.000

.000/

.000

1/.000

0/0

29.Molina G/S/vP

···

8/6

.143/.250/.143/.393

.000/.533

.393

0/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP

···

1/2.000

1/no AB

···

1/.000

···

132/120

.342/.424/.509/.933

1.278/.902

.973

64/.931

0/2

4.Reyes# G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

118/94

.215/.257/.243/.500

.348/.540

.426

18/.118

2/0

7.Reyes# G/S/vP

···

···

739/513

.300/.361/.483/.845

.827/.855

.842

115/.807

52/15

16/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP

···

···

···

378/291

.258/.342/.371/.713

.491/.779

.726

61/.833

0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

306/184

.297/.369/.484/.853

.809/.880

.954

43/.812

3/0

11/

5.Wright G/S/vP

···

···

714/519

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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 7:10pm, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 14-6, 3.77)

SP: Oliver Perez (26, LHP, 10-7, 4.10)

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