CHC @ STL, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 86-57, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 15-6, 2.99) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-6) 183.2 150 68 61 72 167 12 2.99 2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73 2006 (1-9) 75 77 47 40 36 67 5 4.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 45 45 15 15 15 50 1 3.00 57 2008-09-03 HOU L 7 8 3 3 3 7 1 110 53 2008-08-28 PHI ND 6 8 4 4 4 7 0 114 43 2008-08-23 WSN W 7.1 8 1 1 1 4 0 111 61 2008-08-17 @FLA W 6 5 2 2 2 10 0 96 62 2008-08-10 STL W 6.2 6 2 2 3 6 0 113 57 2008-08-04 HOU L 5 5 2 2 1 7 0 75 55 2008-07-30 @MIL W 7 5 1 1 1 9 0 111 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 2-2 30.2 31 13 13 14 19 3 3.82 51 2008-08-10 STL W 6.2 6 2 2 3 6 0 113 57 2005-04-21 @STL L 6 4 1 1 3 4 0 95 61 2002-09-04 @STL ND 5 6 5 5 4 2 2 82 33 2002-05-01 @STL L 6 6 2 2 3 2 1 80 51 2001-08-05 @STL W 7 9 3 3 1 5 0 95 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 51-24 Road: 35-33 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 59-43 vsLHP: 27-14 1-Run: 19-20 vsEast: 18-10 vsCntrl:39-28 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sun, Sep 7 @CIN L 3-4 86-57 1st 4.0 up 142 Sat, Sep 6 @CIN W 14-9 86-56 1st 4.0 up 141 Fri, Sep 5 @CIN L 2-10 85-56 1st 4.0 up 140 Wed, Sep 3 HOU L 0-4 85-55 1st 4.5 up 139 Tue, Sep 2 HOU L 7-9 (11) 85-54 1st 4.5 up 138 Mon, Sep 1 HOU L 0-3 85-53 1st 4.5 up 137 Sun, Aug 31 PHI L 3-5 85-52 1st 4.5 up 136 Sat, Aug 30 PHI L 2-5 85-51 1st 5.5 up 135 Fri, Aug 29 PHI W 3-2 85-50 1st 6.5 up 134 Thu, Aug 28 PHI W 6-4 84-50 1st 6.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:19-11
St. Louis Cardinals, 77-66, 3rd, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-6) 182 190 79 76 44 106 16 3.76 2007 (9-12) 192.2 207 109 99 57 122 22 4.62 2006 (5-10) 126.2 150 83 82 44 97 15 5.83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 42.2 45 19 19 12 34 4 4.01 52 2008-09-03 @ARI ND 6 5 0 0 2 7 0 107 67 2008-08-29 @HOU ND 8 7 2 2 1 6 1 108 65 2008-08-23 ATL ND 6 8 3 3 2 3 0 90 45 2008-08-17 @CIN L 6 7 3 3 3 2 0 115 45 2008-08-12 @FLA L 4.1 6 4 4 0 5 1 80 40 2008-08-07 LAD L 7 7 4 4 1 5 1 99 51 2008-08-01 PHI W 5.1 5 3 3 3 6 1 92 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 28.1 31 13 13 7 21 3 4.13 51 2008-07-05 CHC ND 7 6 2 2 2 6 1 111 61 2008-05-03 CHC L 6 9 8 8 2 0 1 106 20 2007-08-02 @CHC ND 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 29 44 2007-04-15 @CHC W 8 4 0 0 1 12 0 114 85 2007-04-05 CHC ND 6.1 10 2 2 1 3 1 103 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-32 Road: 38-34 ExtrInn: 6-11 vsRHP: 53-40 vsLHP: 24-26 1-Run: 21-24 vsEast: 22-14 vsCntrl:30-32 vsWest: 18-12 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sun, Sep 7 FLA W 3-1 77-66 3rd 9.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 FLA W 5-3 76-66 3rd 10.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 FLA L 1-4 (11) 75-66 3rd 10.0 gb 140 Wed, Sep 3 @ARI L 3-4 75-65 3rd 10.0 gb 139 Tue, Sep 2 @ARI W 8-2 75-64 3rd 10.0 gb 138 Mon, Sep 1 @ARI L 6-8 74-64 3rd 11.0 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 @HOU L 0-3 74-63 3rd 11.0 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 @HOU L 5-8 74-62 3rd 11.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @HOU L 2-3 74-61 3rd 11.0 gb 134 Wed, Aug 27 MIL W 5-3 74-60 3rd 9.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHC 6 STL 2 W:Ryan Dempster (13-5), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: none Sat, Aug 09, 2008 STL 12 @CHC 3 W:Todd Wellemeyer (9-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (12-5), S: none Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHC 3 STL 2 (11) W:Bobby Howry (5-4), L: Ryan Franklin (4-5), S: none Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHC 7 @STL 1 W:Sean Marshall (1-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-4), S: none Sat, Jul 05, 2008 STL 5 CHC 4 W:Kyle McClellan (1-3), L: Kerry Wood (4-2), S: none Fri, Jul 04, 2008 CHC 2 @STL 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (9-3), L: Braden Looper (9-6), S: Kerry Wood (22) 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) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 5-4; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; All-Time - CHC leads 1142-1076

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 5.47

FLA 4.63

SDP 3.88

RA/G

TOR 3.82

CLE 4.61

TEX 5.97

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .293

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .466

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .649

N. Markakis .484

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

B. Giles .838

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

M. Parra 4.03

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.19

J. Lester 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 56.Jimenez
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 60.Motte
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 2/.000 1/no AB 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.873 112/60 .279/.318/.394/.712 .807/.634 .615 25/.641 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/2.000 ··· 197/93 .285/.347/.374/.721 .691/.756 .648 25/.764 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 19/1.579 2/.000 8/.393 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 4/.500 6/.334 547/392 .288/.382/.487/.869 .881/.864 .792 102/1.118 6/0 20/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 7/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.300 ··· 26/1.059 368/320 .234/.343/.468/.811 .479/.864 .806 59/.808 2/1 17/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 243/221 .301/.388/.531/.919 .770/.933 .978 39/.940 2/0 9/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 7/.715 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 549/407 .262/.362/.382/.744 .726/.750 .657 78/.597 11/4 9/

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.750/1.250 2.000/1.000 1.250 4/1.250 0/0 0/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/47 .333/.388/.467/.854 .000/.893 .810 10/.425 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 10/.733 1/.000 14/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/2.000 6/.167 336/186 .305/.361/.436/.798 .868/.742 .840 57/.751 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 13/.962 ··· 7/.929 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 15/.690 9/2.167 7/1.738 633/480 .296/.367/.465/.831 .965/.790 .817 105/.830 8/2 18/

27.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.917 ··· 4/1.750 5/2.050 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 7/.000 10/.543 587/447 .275/.371/.498/.869 .688/.928 .716 99/.856 2/2 24/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 32/1.094 2/.000 33/1.168 6/1.667 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 4/.250 437/311 .289/.348/.554/.902 1.146/.804 .878 120/.858 19/2 27/

18.Soto G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 2/1.000 1/.000 522/387 .290/.368/.509/.877 .918/.862 .866 84/1.025 0/0 21/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 14/1.000 ··· 8/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 597/446 .310/.390/.363/.753 .762/.750 .727 109/.711 21/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 6/.567 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.429 2/.000 4/.250 101/91 .221/.327/.384/.710 .522/.732 .652 21/.675 0/0 3/

IP 182.0 24.1 67.2 16.0 70.1 1.2 36.0 44.2 54.2 44.0 TOTAL .280/.358/.448/.806 .810/.804 .762 .821 84/31 166/92

ERA-K/9

3.76/5.2

4.44/5.6

3.86/6.0

5.63/3.9

/0.0

3.71/7.0

0.00/15.9

3.50/9.5

2.42/8.3

4.61/5.1

5.11/8.8

4.18/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Hill (0-0-0)
Soto (65-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 759/.270 121/.300 305/.289 77/.286 / 304/.270 8/.375 150/.225 184/.222 229/.285 203/.253 .271 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
DeRosa
Hoffpauir
Cedeno
Ward 93/0/0/7
0/12/124/5
24/70/3/3
0/95/0/1
27/0/29/0
4/0/2/0
1/1/0/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .727 .825 .838 .934 .725 .750 .734 .617 .787 .768 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 334/.710 57/.870 122/.738 32/.651 / 126/.707 4/.500 57/.872 67/.858 99/.780 91/.612 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.740 64/.788 183/.902 45/1.135 / 178/.738 4/1.000 93/.652 117/.481 130/.792 112/.891 .766

Home 421/.646 52/.906 153/.858 43/.913 / 150/.626 3/1.333 70/.679 94/.810 107/.792 110/.772 .748

Last 28d days 126/.739 3/.333 48/.784 / / 42/1.063 8/.750 35/.681 31/.612 38/.824 21/.667

HR/SB/CS 16/8/3 1/4/0 9/1/1 4/2/0 // 7/2/1 0/0/0 4/2/1 4/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 149/44/25

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

46.Dempster
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

32.Lieber
G/S/vB

49.Marmol
G/S/vB

29.Samardzija
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

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP

···

459/336

.264/.338/.509/.846

.717/.896

.806

61/.518

2/1

25/

23.Barden G/S/vP

···

///

0/0

8.Glaus G/S/vP

···

···

···

585/415

.270/.373/.474/.847

.735/.892

.781

91/.790

0/1

23/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP

···

···

397/234

.249/.311/.296/.607

.693/.571

.605

74/.506

19/5

53.Johnson* G/S/vP

···

6/.834

···

12/.273

···

///

0/0

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP

···

···

319/249

.270/.310/.331/.641

.609/.651

.683

28/.530

7/1

21.LaRue G/S/vP

···

···

···

141/104

.236/.314/.398/.713

.600/.754

.619

15/1.175

0/0

22.Lopez# G/S/vP

···

···

···

448/288

.262/.330/.357/.686

.694/.682

.536

68/1.087

7/6

47.Ludwick G/S/vP

···

546/357

.297/.372/.585/.958

.928/.973

.986

98/.815

4/2

32/

62.Mather G/S/vP

···

···

147/75

.241/.306/.474/.780

.682/.871

.654

31/.628

1/0

12.Miles# G/S/vP

···

···

358/237

.315/.353/.393/.747

.731/.754

.784

45/.820

2/2

4.Molina G/S/vP

···

476/329

.307/.349/.396/.745

.872/.691

.770

78/.791

0/2

33.Phelps G/S/vP

···

···

···

13/4

.308/.308/.308/.615

.667/.500

1.500

13/.615

0/0

5.Pujols G/S/vP

···

···

566/391

.359/.466/.649/1.116

1.238/1.061

1.117

99/1.307

6/2

32/

13.Ryan G/S/vP

···

···

200/106

.242/.299/.286/.585

.625/.550

.465

6/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP

···

528/403

.305/.365/.416/.781

.452/.880

.733

77/.806

8/2

61.Stavinoha G/S/vP

···

39/17

.194/.231/.222/.453

.634/.235

.311

12/.523

0/0

183.2

32.0

86.0

3.0

20.1

65.0

46.2

79.0

22.0

58.0

40.1

TOTAL

.279/.350/.431/.781

.752/.794

.763

.811

63/25

156/72

ERA-K/9

2.99/8.2

3.94/10.7

3.87/7.3

0.00/3.0

7.97/7.1

5.54/7.2

4.05/5.2

2.62/12.1

2.05/8.6

3.26/11.2

4.02/5.8

3.86/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Johnson (0-0-0)
LaRue (10-7-2)
Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA

763/.221

141/.246

359/.256

12/.182

110/.326

283/.308

204/.306

313/.127

93/.207

241/.211

173/.270

.242

Schumaker
Ludwick
Ankiel
Lopez
Mather
Miles
Kennedy
Stavinoha
Phelps

56/61/33/10
20/7/116/7
16/89/1/4
15/0/1/2
25/15/15/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
8/0/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS

.631

.764

.704

.523

.936

.875

.881

.497

.546

.613

.745

.715

vs LHB (BF-OPS)

363/.665

67/.840

168/.675

5/1.000

42/1.227

114/.903

73/1.132

141/.641

41/.386

113/.641

63/.734

.746

vs RHB (BF-OPS)

400/.601

74/.698

191/.731

7/.143

68/.770

169/.856

131/.743

172/.378

52/.672

128/.587

110/.750

.692

Road

268/.651

76/.634

163/.674

7/.429

61/.999

127/.845

132/.874

131/.597

24/.725

118/.701

82/.781

.737

Last 28d days

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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 15-6, 2.99)

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.76)

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