CHC @ NYM, Thursday, September 25, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 96-61, 1st, 9½ up	SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 10-2, 2.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-2) 142 94 35 32 56 177 11 2.03 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 4-0 40.2 23 11 9 17 46 3 1.99 63 2008-09-18 MIL ND 5 1 1 1 6 7 0 115 62 2008-09-11 @STL W 6 5 2 2 1 3 0 86 56 2008-08-29 PHI ND 5 3 2 1 4 5 0 100 56 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 55-26 Road: 41-35 ExtrInn:10-6 vsRHP: 65-46 vsLHP: 31-15 1-Run: 24-21 vsEast: 20-11 vsCntrl:47-31 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Wed, Sep 24 @NYM W 9-6 (10) 96-61 1st 9.5 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
New York Mets, 87-71, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 5-6, 5.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 103 120 65 63 40 78 18 5.50 2007 (3-1) 28 33 11 8 7 32 0 2.57 2006 (9-8) 132.2 108 72 66 39 137 19 4.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41 53 26 26 13 33 5 5.71 44 2008-09-20 @ATL L 6 9 4 4 3 7 0 116 42 2008-09-15 @WSN L 6 8 4 4 4 3 0 108 39 2008-09-07 PHI L 4 7 6 6 1 1 1 74 24 2008-08-31 @FLA W 6 7 2 2 1 4 0 101 53 2008-08-26 @PHI ND 5 7 5 5 2 8 2 110 39 2008-08-21 ATL ND 7 7 4 4 1 6 1 100 52 2008-08-16 @PIT W 7 8 1 1 1 4 1 95 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 30.2 32 19 19 11 45 2 5.58 51 1997-06-08 CHC ND 6.2 6 4 4 3 13 0 121 56 1996-06-08 @CHC L 5 9 6 6 0 8 0 89 33 1996-05-06 CHC W 7 6 2 2 1 10 0 66 1995-07-25 @CHC L 5 4 6 6 3 6 2 93 38 1995-07-19 CHC W 7 7 1 1 4 8 0 124 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-31 Road: 41-40 ExtrInn: 9-9 vsRHP: 53-51 vsLHP: 34-20 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 39-30 vsCntrl:19-20 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 158 Wed, Sep 24 CHC L 6-9 (10) 87-71 2nd 1.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 24, 2008 CHC 9 @NYM 6 (10) W:Bobby Howry (7-4), L: Luis Ayala (2-10), S: Kerry Wood (34) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 4-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHC leads 337-335

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 5.54

COL 4.65

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.83

MIN 4.59

TEX 6.01

C. Jones .365

C. Barmes .294

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .469

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .185

SLG

A. Pujols .631

N. Markakis .490

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

M. Joyce .851

T. Pena .391

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

J. Beckett 4.03

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Shields 6.73

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Martinez
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 122/63 .289/.325/.395/.720 .813/.636 .642 17/.706 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 228/111 .269/.330/.356/.686 .656/.719 .580 43/.659 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 593/422 .285/.376/.481/.857 .894/.842 .795 86/.777 6/0 21/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 16/.775 4/.750 2/1.000 12/1.833 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 392/342 .235/.343/.476/.819 .459/.875 .817 46/.813 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 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 579/428 .260/.359/.377/.736 .725/.740 .649 56/.548 11/4 9/

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/13 .154/.154/.231/.385 2.000/.250 .714 14/.385 0/0 0/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 63/59 .333/.397/.456/.853 .500/.878 .808 24/.675 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 22/.723 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 4/1.500 365/201 .308/.361/.428/.789 .863/.729 .832 50/.583 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.472 4/1.167 14/.547 14/1.015 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· 2/.500 ··· 690/522 .293/.364/.467/.830 .973/.787 .823 102/.838 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 ··· 8/1.875 ··· 11/1.434 7/.762 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 ··· 638/488 .289/.381/.521/.902 .708/.962 .757 93/.919 2/2 27/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 44/.415 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 11/1.000 3/.000 1/3.000 495/353 .285/.347/.540/.888 1.135/.788 .850 105/.865 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 ··· 4/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 647/485 .304/.381/.356/.737 .769/.727 .742 89/.584 22/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 4/.250 7/.679 1/.000 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 113/103 .219/.327/.385/.713 .522/.732 .639 19/.669 0/0 3/

IP 103.0 74.1 53.0 44.1 75.1 12.0 23.1 4.2 3.2 58.1 55.1 61.1 31.0 TOTAL .278/.355/.444/.799 .815/.794 .761 .739 85/33 179/96

ERA-K/9

5.50/6.8

5.69/5.9

4.08/8.3

4.67/7.1

5.26/9.6

5.25/7.5

5.40/6.2

1.93/5.7

2.45/7.3

4.32/6.8

3.25/5.2

3.67/7.5

3.48/6.7

4.08/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (12-10-3)
Hill (2-0-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.295 329/.286 234/.279 208/.271 352/.260 57/.298 100/.267 16/.133 13/.167 254/.238 236/.257 263/.226 126/.278 .255 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Pie
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward
Hoffpauir 106/0/0/10
0/12/135/6
25/76/6/3
0/38/0/1
0/101/0/1
1/1/0/0
27/0/38/0
5/0/3/0
7/0/3/0

OPS .855 .780 .785 .753 .794 .723 .786 .321 .397 .681 .736 .669 .750 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.876 154/.775 116/.561 83/.980 148/.987 28/1.014 39/1.002 6/.000 9/.111 113/.622 110/.516 57/.946 60/.944 .776

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.832 175/.784 118/1.014 125/.604 204/.656 29/.443 61/.652 10/.522 4/1.000 141/.727 126/.930 206/.594 66/.582 .699

Home 169/.719 194/.726 118/.751 131/.679 177/.728 34/.668 42/.613 11/.473 4/.000 132/.706 106/.603 130/.630 55/.827 .681

Last 28d days 101/.883 51/.975 23/.803 27/1.007 24/1.323 31/.695 / 16/.321 13/.397 29/.720 27/.755 41/.603 59/.747

HR/SB/CS 18/14/2 8/2/1 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 5/1/0 158/62/28

Usage ····X··· XoX····o ·o·o·ooo ··o··o·· ··oX·o·o ·······X ········ o·X·o··· o·oo·o·X X·o····· ···oo·oo X··o··Xo o··o·X·X

New York Mets Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.16 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

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

···

···

148/146

.215/.260/.281/.542

.000/.550

.482

11/.384

2/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP

···

···

689/486

.280/.372/.497/.869

.993/.817

.895

106/1.072

24/3

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

···

···

···

359/262

.245/.355/.305/.660

.679/.663

.670

55/.527

17/2

11.Castro G/S/vP

···

···

···

152/85

.245/.309/.446/.755

.774/.740

.797

11/.636

0/0

10.Chavez* G/S/vP

···

···

···

296/256

.269/.310/.332/.642

.506/.663

.716

7/.486

6/1

19.Church* G/S/vP

···

···

···

344/230

.277/.344/.443/.787

.726/.817

.825

91/.555

2/2

12/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP

···

···

669/455

.274/.357/.528/.886

.806/.925

.911

106/1.062

1/1

38/

3.Easley G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

344/225

.271/.322/.373/.694

.707/.687

.606

35/.749

0/0

6.Evans G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

2/.500

···

117/40

.262/.308/.411/.719

.918/.339

.584

22/.995

0/0

22.Martinez G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

···

4/3

.333/.500/.667/1.167

.000/1.667

1.167

4/1.167

0/0

29.Molina G/S/vP

···

8/6

.143/.250/.143/.393

.000/.533

.393

0/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP

···

···

137/125

.339/.423/.517/.940

1.278/.911

.986

65/.957

0/2

4.Reyes# G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

1/.000

···

121/96

.218/.259/.245/.504

.333/.550

.439

21/.206

2/0

7.Reyes# G/S/vP

···

···

745/519

.300/.361/.481/.842

.827/.852

.837

116/.776

52/15

16/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

380/293

.257/.340/.369/.709

.491/.773

.717

59/.828

0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP

···

1/3.000

···

1/.000

···

10/.500

···

306/184

.297/.369/.484/.853

.809/.880

.954

43/.812

3/0

11/

5.Wright G/S/vP

···

···

···

719/524

.300/.387/.536/.923

1.193/.829

1.059

111/1.036

15/5

33/

142.0

34.0

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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 25, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 10-2, 2.03)

SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 5-6, 5.50)

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