CHC @ PIT, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 82-50, 1st, 5 up	SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 8-7, 4.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 134.1 141 74 71 52 71 14 4.76 2007 (12-9) 191.2 190 111 98 76 109 22 4.60 2006 (14-16) 194.1 221 136 130 75 96 35 6.02 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42 41 22 22 15 22 6 4.71 48 2008-08-22 WSN ND 5.1 4 4 4 3 3 0 88 44 2008-08-13 @ATL W 5.1 6 2 2 2 1 0 93 47 2008-08-06 HOU W 6.1 6 4 4 2 3 1 107 46 2008-08-01 PIT L 6 8 3 3 1 2 1 102 45 2008-07-27 FLA ND 6 9 6 6 3 6 3 103 33 2008-07-22 @ARI L 6 5 3 3 2 3 1 89 51 2008-07-11 SFG ND 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 81 73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 26 33 17 16 8 15 3 5.54 43 2008-08-01 PIT L 6 8 3 3 1 2 1 102 45 2008-05-24 @PIT ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 2 1 85 41 2008-05-18 PIT W 6 4 3 2 1 3 1 94 56 2008-04-19 PIT W 6 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 62 2007-09-21 PIT ND 2.2 8 7 7 2 1 0 54 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-19 Road: 33-31 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 57-38 vsLHP: 25-12 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 16-8 vsCntrl:37-23 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Tue, Aug 26 @PIT W 14-9 82-50 1st 5.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 25 @PIT W 12-3 81-50 1st 5.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 24 WSN W 6-1 80-50 1st 4.5 up 129 Sat, Aug 23 WSN W 9-2 79-50 1st 4.5 up 128 Fri, Aug 22 WSN L 5-13 78-50 1st 4.5 up 127 Thu, Aug 21 CIN W 3-2 78-49 1st 5.5 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 CIN L 1-2 77-49 1st 5.0 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 CIN W 5-0 77-48 1st 6.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 17 @FLA W 9-2 76-48 1st 5.5 up 123 Sat, Aug 16 @FLA L 1-2 75-48 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:22-8
Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-75, 6th, 25 GB, 20 GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-12, 5.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-12) 151.1 193 97 89 42 72 19 5.29 2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53 2006 (10-15) 215.1 255 116 107 68 117 17 4.47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-6 41 52 37 35 9 28 10 7.68 39 2008-08-22 @MIL L 6 6 4 4 2 4 1 97 46 2008-08-16 NYM L 6 9 6 6 0 2 2 103 32 2008-08-11 @NYM ND 6 8 5 3 1 3 2 105 42 2008-08-05 @ARI L 7 4 2 2 1 6 1 93 66 2008-07-30 COL L 5 8 6 6 2 3 1 96 28 2008-07-25 SDP L 6 7 5 5 2 5 1 83 41 2008-07-20 @COL L 5 10 9 9 1 5 2 90 15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 25.1 43 20 18 7 15 4 6.39 36 2008-05-23 CHC L 4 10 5 4 0 1 0 63 25 2008-05-17 @CHC ND 6.1 8 4 4 1 4 1 106 44 2008-04-20 @CHC L 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24 2008-04-09 CHC ND 7 8 1 1 1 6 0 116 62 2007-09-22 @CHC L 4 9 5 4 3 4 3 84 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-33 Road: 23-42 ExtrInn:11-4 vsRHP: 43-53 vsLHP: 14-22 1-Run: 19-17 vsEast: 15-17 vsCntrl:26-35 vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHC L 9-14 57-75 6th 25.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 CHC L 3-12 57-74 5th 24.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @MIL L 3-4 (12) 57-73 5th 23.0 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @MIL L 3-6 57-72 5th 22.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @MIL L 4-10 57-71 5th 21.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @STL L 2-11 57-70 5th 20.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @STL W 4-1 57-69 5th 20.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 NYM W 5-2 56-69 5th 20.5 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 NYM L 0-4 55-69 5th 21.0 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 NYM L 4-7 55-68 5th 20.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CHC 14 @PIT 9 W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Craig Hansen (1-5), S: none Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT 3 W:Ted Lilly (13-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: none Sun, Aug 03, 2008 CHC 8 PIT 5 W:Chad Gaudin (8-4), L: Craig Hansen (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (6) Sat, Aug 02, 2008 CHC 5 PIT 1 W:Ted Lilly (11-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-7), S: none Fri, Aug 01, 2008 PIT 3 @CHC 0 W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (6-7), S: John Grabow (1) Sun, May 25, 2008 PIT 6 CHC 5 (11) W:Damaso Marte (4-0), L: Jon Lieber (2-3), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 13-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1193-1129

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 5.56

PIT 4.63

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.91

CLE 4.63

TEX 6.02

C. Jones .357

A. Soriano .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .634

T. Glaus .480

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.100

D. Pedroia .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.51 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.333 4/.000 ··· ··· 101/55 .287/.330/.415/.745 .854/.656 .662 26/.808 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 24/.723 1/.000 3/1.667 5/1.750 ··· 8/.500 ··· 3/.000 182/89 .277/.337/.367/.704 .679/.732 .643 23/.623 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 17/.706 3/1.667 3/2.667 6/.000 5/.200 4/.833 1/.000 6/.367 503/363 .289/.382/.485/.867 .881/.862 .785 96/1.154 5/0 18/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 10/.200 6/.666 3/.666 5/.200 1/3.000 9/.111 1/.000 1/no AB 346/300 .235/.345/.474/.819 .473/.877 .804 67/1.104 2/1 16/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 230/209 .291/.379/.518/.896 .703/.915 .957 35/.826 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 2/1.500 3/1.334 2/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.833 522/392 .266/.365/.393/.758 .716/.772 .673 92/.599 11/4 9/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 12/1.283 ··· 7/2.142 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 311/176 .314/.371/.456/.828 .942/.742 .847 51/1.157 5/5 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 33/.802 3/1.334 5/.900 11/.637 3/3.000 4/.500 2/2.000 14/.445 584/446 .293/.361/.471/.833 .998/.784 .810 102/.721 8/2 18/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/1.007 3/.333 4/.500 11/1.031 2/.500 9/1.842 2/.500 16/.804 541/416 .285/.384/.519/.903 .754/.949 .729 100/1.044 2/2 23/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 23/1.561 1/.000 4/1.750 10/.800 15/.971 5/.000 2/2.500 8/1.089 386/276 .291/.347/.543/.890 1.239/.755 .813 120/.907 16/1 22/

18.Soto G/S/vP 14/.690 1/.000 2/3.000 4/.000 2/.000 7/.953 1/no AB 5/1.850 487/365 .285/.368/.509/.877 .927/.860 .885 82/1.027 0/0 20/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 23/.820 2/.000 2/.500 8/1.000 2/1.000 7/.971 1/no AB 7/.762 554/417 .314/.395/.368/.762 .788/.754 .730 106/.747 20/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 94/85 .215/.330/.392/.722 .583/.738 .697 23/.481 0/0 3/

IP 151.1 48.1 46.1 42.1 26.0 64.0 40.2 60.1 TOTAL .282/.360/.452/.812 .834/.804 .761 .874 79/29 154/78

ERA-K/9

5.29/4.3

4.10/6.9

4.86/6.8

2.98/6.6

5.54/4.2

3.09/7.2

6.20/6.2

5.07/6.4

5.21/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Soto (58-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 687/.309 208/.266 213/.277 166/.241 118/.320 272/.217 195/.236 280/.261 .289 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Ward
Cedeno
DeRosa 82/0/0/6
0/11/116/5
24/64/2/3
0/89/0/1
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
27/0/26/0

OPS .849 .802 .853 .673 .802 .660 .720 .780 .828

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.770 69/.661 64/.507 81/.652 63/.798 66/.618 83/.729 110/.886 .832

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 581/.863 139/.863 149/1.016 85/.694 55/.805 206/.674 112/.714 170/.710 .826

Home 355/.823 105/.615 116/.834 102/.498 45/.745 137/.698 95/.749 163/.705 .796

Last 28d days 133/.852 51/1.102 47/1.002 6/.000 115/.798 41/.505 49/.833 38/1.104

HR/SB/CS 19/6/4 5/6/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 1/4/1 8/3/2 3/2/0 6/4/1 153/90/34

Usage ····X··· XXX·o··o XX··X··o X·o····· ·Xo···X· X·oo···X X··X··X· X·oo····

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
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 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Chavez G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 96/76 .253/.281/.330/.611 .616/.610 .709 16/.625 0/0 1/

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 20/.988 4/1.417 ··· 4/2.750 3/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/.000 369/283 .328/.366/.523/.889 .915/.881 .974 92/.769 2/2 13/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 179/113 .287/.331/.335/.667 .619/.692 .733 37/.658 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 28/.805 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 7/.143 2/.000 ··· 11/.818 446/331 .268/.343/.475/.818 .685/.865 .818 49/.858 1/0 18/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 141/92 .163/.270/.285/.554 .548/.557 .571 72/.472 0/0 4/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 25/.850 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 7/3.024 8/.875 1/.000 5/.400 559/403 .274/.353/.501/.854 .653/.934 .845 84/.605 14/3 22/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 7/1.881 4/1.750 4/.250 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 267/184 .230/.294/.381/.675 .488/.763 .692 68/.708 1/1 8/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 11/.489 7/1.262 2/.000 9/1.194 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 292/243 .282/.370/.389/.759 .779/.754 .765 69/.750 0/0 2/

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.500 77/63 .250/.329/.309/.638 .845/.592 .523 31/1.000 4/4 0/

39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 178/129 .270/.337/.459/.796 .782/.800 .804 92/.794 1/1 6/

31.Rivas G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.762 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 207/154 .229/.273/.328/.601 .869/.509 .685 62/.403 3/2 3/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 31/.645 2/.500 ··· 11/.964 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· 9/.750 505/393 .256/.279/.359/.638 .801/.591 .577 79/.822 0/1 8/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 41/.568 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.800 3/.333 10/.733 2/.500 29/.898 309/247 .277/.317/.358/.675 .578/.698 .826 77/.729 2/2 1/

IP 134.1 27.1 85.0 60.0 72.0 45.0 17.1 53.2 TOTAL .261/.324/.410/.734 .724/.737 .744 .674 36/15 131/87

ERA-K/9

4.76/4.8

3.62/10.9

3.92/7.3

5.40/7.0

2.75/11.9

3.60/8.4

1.04/9.4

2.68/11.1

3.78/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (11-9-2)
Doumit (56-18-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.271 120/.248 356/.255 260/.307 287/.131 187/.238 67/.177 218/.202 .241 Moss
McLouth
Michaels
Mientkiewicz
Morgan 31/0/16/5
4/120/2/5
25/8/41/4
0/0/10/1
5/14/3/0

OPS .757 .763 .705 .885 .509 .750 .465 .583 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.728 59/.796 167/.666 104/.894 126/.697 52/.838 26/.237 102/.567 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.780 61/.733 189/.739 156/.880 161/.363 135/.717 41/.608 116/.597 .690

Road 257/.669 71/.682 163/.674 124/.867 117/.584 122/.839 20/.578 109/.667 .738

Last 28d days 103/.748 40/.826 53/.861 39/.900 48/.239 49/.672 48/.455 36/.515

HR/SB/CS 14/8/1 5/1/0 10/1/3 12/3/0 8/3/1 8/2/2 0/3/1 1/1/0 140/68/33

Usage ····X··· X···o·o· o···X··· ·o··o··· o·Xo·o·o o··X···· o·X···o· Xo···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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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 8-7, 4.76)

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-12, 5.29)

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