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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 25, 2008 @PNC Park

Chicago Cubs, 29-20, 1st, Tied

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 5-4, 5.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             56    52  32  32  19  56  7    5.14      
 2007 (15-8)           207   181  91  88  55 174 28    3.83      
 2006 (15-13)          181.2 179  98  87  81 160 28    4.31      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  43.1  33  18  18  15  48  4    3.74   58 
 2008-05-19   @HOU   W   5.1   4   2   2   2   6  0      96   56 
 2008-05-14    SDP   W   6     6   4   4   1  11  0     102   54 
 2008-05-09    ARI   W   7     3   1   1   2  10  1     104   75 
 2008-05-03   @STL   W   7     6   3   3   1   4  2     112   56 
 2008-04-27   @WSN   L   6     4   2   2   2   7  0     108   61 
 2008-04-22    NYM   W   6     4   1   1   4   4  0     107   60 
 2008-04-17    CIN   L   6     6   5   5   3   6  1      94   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-0  23.1  31  13  12   5  16  1    4.63   46 
 2008-04-07   @PIT  ND   3.2   7   5   5   2   1  0      80   26 
 2007-07-07   @PIT   W   7.1   8   1   1   1   6  0     106   63 
 2007-05-08    PIT  ND   7     7   2   2   1   4  0     110   58 
 2007-05-01   @PIT  ND   5.1   9   5   4   1   5  1      86   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-8    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 24  @PIT  L   4-5 (14)  29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Fri, May 23  @PIT  W  12-3       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 21  @HOU  L   3-5       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 46 Tue, May 20  @HOU  L   2-4       28-18  1st  2.0 up
 45 Mon, May 19  @HOU  W   7-2       28-17  1st  2.0 up
 44 Sun, May 18   PIT  W   4-3       27-17  1st  2.0 up
 43 Sat, May 17   PIT  L   6-7       26-17  1st  2.0 up
 42 Fri, May 16   PIT  W   7-4       26-16  1st  2.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   SDP  W   4-0       25-16  1st  1.5 up
 40 Wed, May 14   SDP  W   8-5       24-16  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Pittsburgh Pirates, 23-26, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 2-5, 5.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             53.2  64  32  30  20  38  5    5.03      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  43.1  53  27  25  17  27  3    5.19   44 
 2008-05-20    MIL   L   6.1   9   4   4   2   5  1     111   42 
 2008-05-14   @STL   L   6    11   4   4   3   6  0     107   37 
 2008-05-08    SFG  ND   6     6   4   4   2   4  0     107   46 
 2008-05-03   @WSN   L   5    10   7   7   3   2  1     102   18 
 2008-04-27    PHI   W   9     2   1   1   4   2  0      99   77 
 2008-04-22    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   6  0      93   65 
 2008-04-16   @LAD   L   5    11   6   4   2   2  1      90   25 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      3-0  26.1  32  23  21  10  20  5    7.18   41 
 2007-09-21   @CHC  ND   2    10   7   6   0   3  2      61   13 
 2007-07-06    CHC   W   7     5   4   4   3   5  0     106   53 
 2007-05-10   @CHC   W   7.1   7   4   4   1   4  3      86   51 
 2006-09-04   @CHC   W   5     3   4   4   3   4  0     105   46 
 2006-08-29    CHC  ND   5     7   4   3   3   4  0     113   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-11   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 24   CHC  W   5-4 (14)  23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   CHC  L   3-12      22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   MIL  W   8-4       22-25  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   MIL  L   1-4       21-25  5th  6.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   MIL  L   2-7       21-24  4th  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @CHC  L   3-4       21-23  4th  6.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @CHC  W   7-6       21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16  @CHC  L   4-7       20-22  5th  6.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @STL  W  11-5       20-21  4th  5.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @STL  L   1-5       19-21  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 24, 2008 PIT  5  CHC  4 (14)   W:John Grabow (4-1), L: Michael Wuertz (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-1), L: Zach Duke (2-3), S: none
Sun, May 18, 2008 CHC  4  PIT  3        W:Jason Marquis (2-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Kerry Wood (10)
Sat, May 17, 2008 PIT  7 @CHC  6        W:Damaso Marte (3-0), L: Carlos Marmol (1-1), S: Matt Capps (10)
Fri, May 16, 2008 CHC  7  PIT  4        W:Sean Gallagher (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (3-4), S: Kerry Wood (9)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHC 13  PIT  6        W:Ryan Dempster (3-0), L: Zach Duke (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 CHC 13  PIT  1        W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHC  3  PIT  2        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Ian Snell (2-1), S: Kerry Wood (4)
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 CHC  7 @PIT  3        W:Jon Lieber (2-1), L: Matt Morris (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 CHC  6 @PIT  4 (15)   W:Kevin Hart (2-0), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: Sean Marshall (1)
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 9-2; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1191-1125

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

CHC  5.78

MIN  4.51

SDP  3.33

RA/G

OAK  3.62

KCR  4.57

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .417

F. Sanchez  .250

J. Thome  .205

OBP

C. Jones  .488

A. Rios  .323

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .769

J. Lopez  .393

O. Cabrera  .295

OPS

L. Berkman  1.241

R. Weeks  .711

O. Cabrera  .578

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  1.96

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/20 .296/.367/.296/.663 .944/.522 .727 14/.516 0/0 0/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 5/1.750 7/.572 3/.666 3/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 88/43 .325/.402/.455/.857 .658/1.071 .770 43/.696 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 8/.393 2/no AB 6/.000 3/.666 2/.000 8/.125 2/1.500 6/.367 190/128 .312/.407/.459/.866 .985/.809 .601 91/.889 3/0 4/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 5/.200 9/.111 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 120/98 .170/.252/.217/.469 .279/.514 .565 47/.401 2/1 1/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 75/68 .254/.365/.413/.778 .533/.799 .888 33/1.111 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 205/152 .310/.417/.433/.849 .849/.849 .608 101/.764 4/2 2/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 9/8 .375/.444/.625/1.069 .000/1.214 1.214 9/1.069 0/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.334 2/.000 4/.500 162/96 .259/.342/.360/.701 .779/.649 .667 83/.633 1/2 2/
25.Lee G/S/vP 17/.728 4/.750 10/.700 4/.500 3/1.334 8/.375 2/.000 13/.481 226/162 .299/.363/.539/.902 .915/.896 .859 112/.702 3/1 11/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/1.275 4/.500 10/1.150 8/1.786 4/1.750 10/1.200 1/2.000 16/.804 203/143 .292/.409/.512/.921 .790/.978 .959 91/.841 1/1 8/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 12/1.417 1/.000 10/.800 5/.000 7/.821 4/.500 ··· 7/1.262 154/105 .278/.312/.549/.860 1.154/.719 .662 93/1.078 3/0 10/
18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 5/1.400 4/.250 6/1.833 1/.000 4/.833 192/134 .309/.411/.586/.998 1.185/.920 1.001 98/1.035 0/0 9/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/.817 1/no AB 7/1.142 7/.971 5/1.300 5/.400 2/.000 6/.900 210/153 .315/.392/.391/.784 .894/.743 .673 113/.707 9/8 1/
IP 53.2 7.2 23.2 24.1 23.2 32.2 6.2 22.2 TOTAL .285/.369/.447/.816 .849/.801 .728 .808 30/14 53/29
ERA-K/9 5.03/6.4 9.39/8.2 2.28/5.3 1.48/8.5 4.18/9.5 4.68/3.6 6.75/6.7 3.97/5.2 4.97/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (4-1-1)
 Soto (22-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.306 43/.355 92/.239 100/.204 95/.233 142/.313 32/.357 104/.207 .289  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Edmonds
 DeRosa
 Hoffpauir
 Johnson
0/2/45/3
33/0/0/2
0/30/0/1
12/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
10/33/0/0
OPS .778 1.145 .582 .540 .540 .840 .919 .676 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.572 6/.000 38/.824 24/.432 31/.465 49/.865 8/.833 36/.592 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.824 37/1.383 54/.415 76/.573 64/.576 93/.827 24/.937 68/.713 .829
Home 131/.608 31/1.308 58/.514 52/.525 48/.568 71/.794 18/1.000 54/.805 .769
Last 28d days 143/.767 43/1.145 48/.675 53/.717 48/.375 51/.480 32/.919 51/.710
HR/SB/CS 5/1/3 2/0/0 0/3/1 2/1/1 1/0/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 44/30/12
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· X··o···X X·Xo··o· o·X····o o·oo···· ·X··X·o· X·o···Xo
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB
58.Ascanio
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 14/.594 1/2.000 3/2.000 9/.583 6/.400 8/.700 3/.000 6/.733 158/112 .212/.286/.358/.643 .935/.530 .478 74/.778 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 12/.523 1/2.000 3/.667 9/.778 8/1.375 6/.500 12/.667 15/1.186 208/152 .287/.409/.544/.953 .892/.971 1.119 107/1.050 5/0 12/
10.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 88/71 .175/.241/.200/.441 .620/.399 .459 40/.417 0/0 0/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 9/7 .222/.222/.333/.556 1.500/.286 .250 9/.556 0/0 0/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 2/.000 6/1.334 18/.466 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 84/52 .325/.345/.363/.708 .710/.706 .793 51/.740 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/no AB 10/.100 5/.650 17/1.286 5/.200 11/.818 5/.600 186/131 .224/.306/.370/.676 .549/.727 .709 104/.875 1/0 5/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/3.000 5/1.400 3/.333 8/1.196 6/3.033 4/.500 7/.929 224/152 .316/.401/.617/1.017 .870/1.087 .941 112/1.060 5/3 12/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 94/59 .232/.290/.280/.571 .451/.644 .666 38/.772 1/1 0/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 12/.650 ··· 7/1.143 9/1.194 17/.804 ··· 6/.533 4/.000 95/82 .207/.316/.305/.621 .237/.684 .583 49/.616 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 8/1.214 12/.432 6/.500 6/.533 9/1.635 11/.495 201/143 .320/.383/.517/.900 1.016/.854 .881 99/.870 1/0 7/
26.Paulino G/S/vP 8/2.125 1/3.000 2/.000 9/.111 8/.500 5/.400 5/.400 4/.000 101/70 .207/.267/.261/.528 .587/.503 .535 61/.427 0/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 76/57 .208/.227/.236/.463 .541/.437 .433 25/.541 2/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 7/.286 11/.964 9/.000 6/.666 8/.429 11/.455 209/154 .250/.277/.327/.603 .730/.557 .534 118/.668 0/0 1/
IP 56.0 3.0 3.2 25.1 26.1 30.0 25.2 24.2 TOTAL .252/.321/.393/.714 .756/.699 .715 .755 16/6 47/45
ERA-K/9 5.14/9.0 3.00/3.0 0.00/12.2 5.33/6.8 3.08/5.1 1.50/13.2 3.51/8.8 2.92/5.1 3.69/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (2-0-0)
 Paulino (18-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 241/.239 14/.300 14/.154 113/.327 112/.306 110/.121 101/.182 102/.220 .241  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
 McLouth
0/0/46/5
17/1/8/3
47/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
4/46/2/0
OPS .712 .885 .445 .915 .862 .404 .547 .639 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.866 7/.833 8/.000 40/1.064 37/1.232 44/.615 43/.510 38/.635 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.668 7/.929 6/1.100 73/.834 75/.681 66/.267 58/.568 64/.641 .663
Road 115/.772 14/.885 5/.200 51/.711 82/.890 37/.432 47/.532 50/.763 .729
Last 28d days 126/.586 14/.885 14/.445 55/.800 54/.963 48/.326 54/.544 52/.477
HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 47/26/11
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··· o··X···o o··o·oX· X··o·o·X X····oXo Xo····o· X··o·o·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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