CHC @ STL, Friday, May 2, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 17-11, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Rich Hill (28, LHP, 1-0, 3.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 19 13 8 8 14 14 2 3.79 2007 (11-8) 195 170 89 85 63 183 27 3.92 2006 (6-7) 99.1 83 51 46 39 90 16 4.17 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 34.2 26 15 15 18 29 2 3.89 52 2008-04-23 @COL ND 5 3 2 2 4 3 1 84 52 2008-04-18 PIT W 5 3 1 1 3 4 0 82 58 2008-04-10 @PIT ND 3 3 3 3 4 3 0 72 40 2008-04-04 HOU ND 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 88 57 2007-09-29 @CIN W 6 1 0 0 1 4 0 79 73 2007-09-22 PIT W 5 5 3 3 2 4 0 74 47 2007-09-17 CIN ND 4.2 7 4 4 1 7 0 81 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-0 17.1 13 6 6 5 10 3 3.12 56 2007-08-17 STL W 7 3 1 1 2 7 1 115 72 2006-08-26 @STL ND 7 4 1 1 0 2 1 93 67 2006-07-27 STL ND 3.1 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 6-5 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 10-8 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:12-6 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 28 Thu, May 1 MIL L 3-4 17-11 2nd 0.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 MIL W 19-5 17-10 1st Tied 26 Tue, Apr 29 MIL L 7-10 16-10 1st Tied 25 Sun, Apr 27 @WSN L 0-2 16-9 1st 0.5 up 24 Sat, Apr 26 @WSN W 7-0 16-8 1st 1.5 up 23 Fri, Apr 25 @WSN L 3-5 15-8 1st 1.5 up 22 Thu, Apr 24 @COL L 2-4 15-7 1st 1.5 up 21 Wed, Apr 23 @COL W 7-6 (10) 15-6 1st 2.0 up 20 Tue, Apr 22 NYM W 8-1 14-6 1st 1.5 up 19 Mon, Apr 21 NYM W 7-1 13-6 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-11
St. Louis Cardinals, 18-11, 1st, ½ up	SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 3-1, 2.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 38.2 30 13 12 9 28 4 2.79 2007 (14-12) 202 212 93 83 70 136 13 3.70 2006 (2-1) 75 64 26 26 22 72 6 3.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 50.2 44 25 19 12 37 5 3.38 56 2008-04-26 HOU W 9 5 3 3 2 6 3 124 69 2008-04-21 @MIL ND 7 4 2 2 4 6 0 99 63 2008-04-16 MIL W 7.2 5 2 1 2 6 0 115 67 2008-04-10 @SFG L 7 8 4 4 0 6 0 92 51 2008-04-05 WSN W 8 8 2 2 1 4 1 107 61 2007-09-29 @PIT W 7 6 3 3 1 2 0 88 54 2007-09-24 @MIL L 5 8 9 4 2 7 1 95 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 21.2 33 21 21 9 19 3 8.72 34 2007-09-14 CHC L 7 5 2 2 2 3 1 96 60 2007-07-25 CHC L 5 9 6 6 1 7 0 92 31 2007-04-28 CHC L 4.1 7 6 6 3 2 0 87 24 2007-04-22 @CHC ND 5.1 12 7 7 3 7 2 106 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-6 Road: 6-5 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 13-7 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 6-4 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:10-6 vsWest: 5-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 29 Wed, Apr 30 CIN W 5-2 18-11 1st Tied 28 Tue, Apr 29 CIN W 7-2 17-11 1st Tied 27 Mon, Apr 28 CIN L 3-4 16-11 2nd 1.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 HOU W 5-1 16-10 2nd 0.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 HOU W 4-3 15-10 2nd 1.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 HOU L 2-3 14-10 2nd 1.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 @PIT W 6-2 14-9 2nd 1.5 gb 22 Wed, Apr 23 @PIT L 4-7 13-9 3rd 2.5 gb 21 Tue, Apr 22 @MIL L 8-9 (12) 13-8 2nd 1.5 gb 20 Mon, Apr 21 @MIL W 4-3 13-7 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHC 4 @STL 2 W:Jason Marquis (12-8), L: Mark Mulder (0-3), S: Ryan Dempster (28) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 STL 4 CHC 3 W:Joel Pineiro (6-4), L: Sean Marshall (7-8), S: Jason Isringhausen (29) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CHC 3 @STL 2 W:Kerry Wood (1-1), L: Ryan Franklin (4-4), S: Ryan Dempster (27) Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CHC 5 @STL 3 W:Carlos Zambrano (16-12), L: Adam Wainwright (13-11), S: Bobby Howry (8) Mon, Sep 10, 2007 CHC 12 STL 3 W:Ted Lilly (15-7), L: Joel Pineiro (5-4), S: none Mon, Aug 20, 2007 STL 6 @CHC 4 W:Joel Pineiro (4-2), L: Ted Lilly (13-6), S: Jason Isringhausen (23) Sat, Aug 18, 2007 CHC 5 STL 3 W:Sean Marshall (6-6), L: Anthony Reyes (2-12), S: Ryan Dempster (19) Fri, Aug 17, 2007 CHC 2 STL 1 W:Rich Hill (7-7), L: Braden Looper (10-10), S: Ryan Dempster (18) Thu, Jul 26, 2007 STL 11 CHC 1 W:Braden Looper (8-8), L: Jason Marquis (7-6), S: none Wed, Jul 25, 2007 CHC 7 @STL 1 W:Ted Lilly (11-4), L: Adam Wainwright (9-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; All-Time - CHC leads 1137-1072

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 6.21

BOS 4.53

SFG 3.21

RA/G

STL 3.59

SFG 4.52

TEX 6.14

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Bonser 3.75

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez 10.68

I. Snell 5.97

J. Garland 2.23

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Chicago Cubs Batters (6.21 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 23.Reyes
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/no AB 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.619 21/14 .333/.429/.333/.762 1.071/.607 .857 21/.762 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.400 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 5/1.400 3/.666 ··· 53/25 .378/.462/.578/1.039 .793/1.342 .866 52/1.061 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 6/.334 5/1.200 ··· 7/1.096 1/.000 5/.400 117/81 .290/.405/.441/.846 .678/.922 .559 107/.853 1/0 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/42 .273/.304/.409/.713 .500/.735 .600 42/.677 1/0 1/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/92 .353/.455/.500/.955 .952/.954 .652 109/.878 3/2 1/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/1.205 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 98/59 .286/.367/.321/.689 .758/.643 .673 98/.689 1/2 0/

25.Lee G/S/vP 14/.793 ··· 4/.000 9/.500 ··· 10/1.378 12/.583 6/1.667 130/93 .360/.431/.667/1.097 1.164/1.071 1.002 116/1.147 1/1 8/

20.Pie* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 51/43 .200/.275/.267/.541 .250/.600 .558 39/.521 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 19/1.143 ··· 2/.000 18/.749 ··· 12/.917 5/.400 10/.543 128/95 .279/.406/.538/.945 .996/.926 .878 116/.961 0/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 10/1.025 2/.000 32/1.206 6/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 65/48 .164/.215/.279/.494 .544/.476 .711 51/.569 2/0 2/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 107/76 .330/.421/.615/1.036 1.118/1.002 .963 95/1.058 0/0 5/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/1.077 ··· 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 2/.500 ··· 116/85 .340/.409/.447/.855 .913/.834 .733 102/.908 7/5 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.567 4/.833 13/.749 ··· 3/1.666 6/1.166 4/.250 26/24 .105/.346/.316/.662 .500/.667 .182 23/.638 0/0 1/

IP 38.2 6.2 14.0 12.0 15.2 11.2 4.0 10.0 TOTAL .288/.375/.453/.828 .816/.833 .716 .841 21/11 31/20

ERA-K/9

2.79/6.5

0.00/8.1

1.93/3.9

6.00/6.8

1.72/7.5

6.17/6.2

9.00/9.0

0.90/9.0

3.41/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (12-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 152/.213 31/.208 59/.212 53/.271 60/.211 48/.298 21/.421 38/.129 .243 Fukudome
Soriano
Pie
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/25/3
14/0/0/2
0/20/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
7/19/0/0

OPS .627 .688 .622 .779 .513 .844 1.108 .392 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.989 13/1.021 20/.762 21/.675 20/.300 20/.550 5/2.550 14/.214 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.434 18/.410 39/.551 32/.844 40/.624 28/1.060 16/.708 24/.482 .637

Home 95/.609 17/.932 31/.653 32/.895 41/.399 28/.877 13/1.128 26/.278 .639

Last 28d days 152/.627 27/.751 51/.487 45/.846 49/.548 45/.902 12/1.492 36/.416

HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 21/13/5

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·o·X··o· ·o····Xo ·X··X··· ··X····· ···o···X ·oo····o

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 22.Hart
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 32.Lieber
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 113/87 .290/.372/.520/.892 1.026/.846 1.057 100/.866 0/0 5/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/16 .333/.409/.462/.871 .810/.971 .787 42/.864 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 6/1.333 ··· ··· 7/.572 82/69 .288/.415/.424/.839 .237/.964 .852 78/.839 1/1 2/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 9/.666 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/85 .260/.345/.410/.755 .795/.740 .671 103/.786 0/0 1/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.750 ··· ··· 13/.891 1/no AB 81/51 .212/.350/.273/.623 .720/.564 .668 70/.673 1/2 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.864 15/.933 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/65 .314/.364/.357/.721 1.045/.660 .849 70/.706 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 20/.513 ··· ··· 34/.277 5/.900 33/26 .077/.273/.077/.350 .286/.364 .542 29/.363 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 77/43 .309/.390/.647/1.037 .939/1.111 1.084 68/.991 1/0 4/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.222 6/1.333 1/.000 3/.000 5/.650 3/.000 66/38 .288/.344/.322/.666 .625/.694 .801 61/.654 0/0 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 6/.334 7/1.286 2/.000 9/.777 1/.000 4/.000 92/65 .265/.326/.361/.688 .866/.614 .693 84/.667 0/0 1/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 9/1.413 33/1.118 8/.804 10/.875 42/1.029 17/1.172 128/94 .365/.523/.594/1.117 1.199/1.088 .963 115/1.106 2/0 5/

13.Ryan G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/3.000 22/17 .300/.333/.300/.633 .833/.588 .471 22/.633 1/0 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 115/88 .317/.400/.436/.836 .594/.908 .726 101/.915 3/0 1/

IP 19.0 16.0 13.1 15.2 19.0 5.0 14.0 13.2 TOTAL .279/.374/.415/.788 .787/.789 .800 .790 11/5 20/12

ERA-K/9

3.79/6.6

5.06/7.3

8.10/6.1

2.30/4.6

1.42/12.8

3.60/3.6

5.14/8.4

4.61/5.3

3.96/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-2-0)
Molina (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.197 76/.262 63/.375 66/.258 71/.141 21/.176 57/.200 59/.241 .245 Schumaker
Barton
Ankiel
Ludwick
Duncan 14/6/15/4
7/0/1/2
0/26/0/0
2/1/21/0
18/0/0/0

OPS .671 .799 1.082 .745 .433 .580 .646 .731 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.652 25/1.330 24/1.250 21/.960 27/.644 9/.111 26/.376 21/.812 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.671 51/.558 39/.981 45/.646 44/.307 12/.917 31/.858 38/.687 .704

Road 37/.749 33/.782 25/.951 40/.687 23/.611 13/.503 24/.659 28/.745 .727

Last 28d days 83/.671 69/.812 50/1.054 66/.745 58/.422 21/.580 46/.572 53/.700

HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 2/3/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 26/16/8

Usage ········ ··X····X ·X····o· ··X··o·· XX····X· ··o·o··· X···o··· ·oo·oX··

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 @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: Rich Hill (28, LHP, 1-0, 3.79)

SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 3-1, 2.79)

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