CHC @ STL, Friday, July 4, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 51-35, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 8-3, 3.13) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-3) 106.1 105 39 37 36 68 7 3.13 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 44.1 52 25 23 20 25 3 4.67 45 2008-06-18 @TBR L 6.2 7 5 4 4 2 0 99 40 2008-06-12 ATL ND 7 8 2 2 3 3 1 103 53 2008-06-07 @LAD L 6.2 13 7 7 1 6 2 107 25 2008-06-02 @SDP W 5 5 3 3 4 2 0 92 43 2008-05-28 LAD ND 8 6 1 1 4 3 0 130 65 2008-05-23 @PIT W 7 6 2 2 1 6 0 109 62 2008-05-17 PIT ND 4 7 5 4 3 3 0 73 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 4-0 34.1 27 8 8 12 21 3 2.10 61 2007-09-14 @STL W 8 4 1 1 2 3 1 101 71 2007-07-24 @STL W 6.1 5 2 2 3 5 0 117 57 2007-04-28 @STL W 7 7 1 1 0 2 1 113 61 2006-08-19 STL ND 7 6 2 2 2 6 1 109 61 2006-07-30 STL W 6 5 2 2 5 5 0 110 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-10 Road: 18-25 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 34-26 vsLHP: 17-9 1-Run: 13-13 vsEast: 7-4 vsCntrl:18-15 vsWest: 20-7 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Thu, Jul 3 @SFG L 3-8 51-35 1st 2.5 up 85 Wed, Jul 2 @SFG W 6-5 51-34 1st 2.5 up 84 Tue, Jul 1 @SFG L 1-2 50-34 1st 2.5 up 83 Mon, Jun 30 @SFG W 9-2 50-33 1st 2.5 up 82 Sun, Jun 29 @CHW L 1-5 49-33 1st 2.5 up 81 Sat, Jun 28 @CHW L 5-6 49-32 1st 3.5 up 80 Fri, Jun 27 @CHW L 3-10 49-31 1st 4.5 up 79 Thu, Jun 26 BAL L 4-11 49-30 1st 4.5 up 78 Wed, Jun 25 BAL W 7-4 49-29 1st 4.5 up 77 Tue, Jun 24 BAL L 5-7 48-29 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
St. Louis Cardinals, 49-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 up in WC	SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 9-5, 4.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-5) 99.1 113 52 47 26 44 10 4.26 2007 (12-12) 175 183 100 96 51 87 22 4.94 2006 (9-3) 73.1 76 30 29 20 41 3 3.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 46 24 19 11 18 4 4.14 47 2008-06-29 @KCR ND 3.1 6 3 2 4 2 0 78 36 2008-06-24 @DET W 6 7 4 4 1 3 3 95 44 2008-06-18 KCR ND 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 92 63 2008-06-11 @CIN W 9 3 0 0 0 4 0 98 85 2008-06-06 @HOU L 6 8 5 2 0 7 0 107 49 2008-06-01 PIT W 5.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 92 39 2008-05-27 HOU L 4.1 9 8 7 3 1 1 99 13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 27 17 5 5 9 17 2 1.67 64 2007-09-15 CHC ND 7 3 1 1 2 5 0 114 70 2007-08-17 @CHC L 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 101 57 2007-07-26 CHC W 7 5 1 1 2 3 1 107 64 2007-04-20 @CHC W 7 5 1 1 2 5 0 90 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-19 Road: 24-19 ExtrInn: 4-7 vsRHP: 34-24 vsLHP: 15-14 1-Run: 18-14 vsEast: 9-4 vsCntrl:22-17 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Thu, Jul 3 NYM L 1-11 49-38 2nd 2.5 gb 86 Wed, Jul 2 NYM W 8-7 49-37 2nd 2.5 gb 85 Tue, Jul 1 NYM L 4-7 48-37 2nd 2.5 gb 84 Mon, Jun 30 NYM W 7-1 48-36 2nd 2.5 gb 83 Sun, Jun 29 @KCR W 9-6 47-36 2nd 2.5 gb 82 Sat, Jun 28 @KCR W 5-1 46-36 2nd 3.5 gb 81 Fri, Jun 27 @KCR L 2-7 45-36 2nd 4.5 gb 80 Thu, Jun 26 @DET L 2-3 (10) 45-35 2nd 4.5 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 @DET L 7-8 45-34 2nd 4.5 gb 78 Tue, Jun 24 @DET W 8-4 45-33 2nd 3.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, May 04, 2008 STL 5 CHC 3 W:Todd Wellemeyer (3-1), L: Jason Marquis (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (10) Sat, May 03, 2008 CHC 9 @STL 3 W:Ted Lilly (2-4), L: Kyle Lohse (3-1), S: none Fri, May 02, 2008 STL 5 CHC 3 (11) W:Ron Villone (1-0), L: Chad Fox (0-1), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 2-1; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; All-Time - CHC leads 1138-1074

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 5.44

ARI 4.50

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.68

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .389

I. Rodriguez .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

O. Hudson .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .676

B. Hawpe .456

T. Pena .214

OPS

C. Jones 1.117

T. Wigginton .811

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.37 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 30.Mulder*
G/S/vB 63.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
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 11/.705 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 10/.550 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 8/.804 64/37 .300/.344/.350/.694 .767/.640 .613 22/.511 0/0 1/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 6/.400 2/.000 4/.250 2/2.000 13/.462 ··· 3/.666 4/1.666 ··· 144/77 .271/.343/.357/.699 .625/.765 .647 42/.493 3/1 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 14/.377 8/.393 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 324/232 .290/.378/.453/.831 .906/.801 .723 93/.742 3/0 10/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· 25/1.107 231/197 .241/.335/.427/.762 .548/.801 .712 83/1.085 2/1 9/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 8/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 139/126 .256/.343/.463/.806 .350/.847 .920 46/.929 2/0 5/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 353/264 .290/.395/.418/.812 .747/.834 .603 102/.719 8/3 6/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 14/1.100 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 213/125 .272/.343/.391/.734 .872/.641 .743 29/.860 4/4 3/

25.Lee G/S/vP 16/.780 5/.400 11/.500 1/.000 19/1.678 ··· 13/.641 8/2.225 7/1.738 385/289 .296/.361/.504/.865 .920/.848 .838 110/.908 4/2 15/

19.Murton G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 17/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 38/19 .278/.316/.333/.649 .433/.865 .739 23/.757 0/0 0/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 20/.585 2/.000 18/.749 ··· 19/.897 ··· 5/.400 6/.000 10/.543 345/259 .285/.386/.495/.880 .736/.930 .697 94/.728 1/1 14/

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 326/240 .283/.368/.509/.877 1.044/.817 .876 94/.786 0/0 13/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 12/.606 7/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 349/257 .307/.388/.363/.751 .788/.737 .637 91/.587 15/8 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 9/.619 4/.833 14/.690 ··· 13/.595 ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 4/.250 53/47 .279/.415/.419/.834 .900/.825 .559 19/.865 0/0 1/

IP 99.1 39.1 29.1 45.1 1.1 19.1 25.1 26.2 32.2 TOTAL .282/.360/.441/.801 .812/.798 .717 .761 52/21 96/56

ERA-K/9

4.26/4.0

2.75/6.0

5.52/6.5

2.78/7.7

13.50/6.9

3.72/8.4

2.13/7.5

4.05/4.7

5.23/9.1

4.17/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (7-3-2)
Soto (38-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 430/.288 173/.252 135/.274 188/.260 9/.571 84/.229 103/.198 109/.265 150/.260 .268 Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
Murton
DeRosa
Ward 0/6/75/3
17/41/0/1
0/59/0/1
0/1/0/0
9/0/2/0
17/0/11/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .769 .757 .807 .680 1.127 .719 .566 .778 .742 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.755 66/.687 49/.581 77/.566 4/2.000 38/.835 37/.691 43/.713 61/.586 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.777 107/.800 86/.928 111/.760 5/.450 46/.629 66/.495 66/.821 89/.846 .753

Home 224/.768 88/.769 66/.807 96/.598 9/1.127 38/.770 46/.776 74/.712 90/.752 .741

Last 28d days 128/.637 54/.824 47/.629 60/.865 9/1.127 51/.929 35/.328 33/.636 47/1.011

HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 76/31/18

Usage ····X··· ·o··X··X o···X··X ·X··oX·· ·o·o···· ·o··X··· ·o··oX·· ··X····· X··X··oX

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.667 1/.000 3/.000 309/222 .262/.337/.520/.857 .655/.940 .839 101/.964 1/1 17/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 141/54 .250/.336/.375/.711 .744/.655 .728 29/.841 3/1 2/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 13/.558 1/no AB ··· 6/1.133 ··· 7/1.086 ··· 7/.572 224/193 .242/.339/.371/.710 .461/.752 .706 75/.650 2/1 6/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 10/.600 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 349/248 .269/.372/.475/.847 .902/.826 .816 102/.946 0/1 13/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 10/.400 11/.864 15/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· 214/169 .270/.322/.337/.659 .659/.659 .746 59/.880 4/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 26/.439 ··· ··· 4/.000 20/.513 ··· 34/.277 5/.900 105/77 .231/.333/.385/.718 .613/.756 .513 42/.973 0/0 3/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 302/193 .292/.368/.572/.940 .826/1.002 .876 101/.768 4/1 16/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 28/.753 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.222 6/1.333 1/.000 5/.650 3/.000 222/143 .324/.362/.377/.740 .766/.725 .819 85/.784 1/2 1/

4.Molina G/S/vP 23/.550 ··· 1/no AB 7/.715 9/1.222 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 269/185 .303/.357/.393/.750 1.060/.617 .786 69/.740 0/2 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 54/.847 ··· ··· 10/1.475 34/1.082 9/.708 43/1.002 18/1.199 313/216 .345/.470/.615/1.085 1.378/.955 1.065 53/.838 2/1 17/

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 155/91 .266/.309/.315/.624 .771/.520 .460 64/.591 6/2 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 319/241 .302/.366/.448/.814 .438/.932 .765 99/.906 6/0 6/

IP 106.1 5.2 11.2 40.2 42.2 48.0 41.2 36.2 TOTAL .274/.351/.425/.776 .777/.775 .761 .778 35/17 90/45

ERA-K/9

3.13/5.8

7.94/4.7

3.09/12.3

4.43/7.3

3.16/5.1

3.75/12.8

2.38/11.4

2.70/5.9

3.92/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (8-6-1)
Molina (23-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.259 30/.348 52/.256 176/.305 185/.301 190/.143 164/.186 155/.254 .248 Schumaker
Ankiel
Ludwick
Barton
Duncan 45/22/30/8
0/72/0/3
17/5/65/2
26/0/5/2
38/0/0/1

OPS .693 1.057 .779 .838 .834 .563 .556 .702 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.719 15/1.129 26/.756 67/.858 67/1.054 83/.820 74/.555 57/.696 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.665 15/1.005 26/.780 109/.824 118/.709 107/.369 90/.554 98/.705 .691

Road 200/.729 26/1.180 35/.846 76/.741 122/.837 85/.744 76/.615 79/.739 .758

Last 28d days 94/.825 8/1.917 36/.827 38/.814 48/.646 45/.885 33/.609 37/.793

HR/SB/CS 7/5/5 1/0/0 2/1/0 6/2/0 7/0/0 7/3/1 1/0/0 3/3/2 87/45/17

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

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, July 4, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 8-3, 3.13)

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 9-5, 4.26)

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