CHC @ TBR, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 45-25, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 8-2, 2.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-2) 89.2 60 35 28 35 75 8 2.81 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 4-1 46.2 34 15 15 15 46 5 2.89 61 2008-06-11 ATL W 9 4 2 2 0 11 1 119 82 2008-06-05 @LAD ND 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 82 45 2008-05-31 COL W 5 3 3 3 4 7 2 93 52 2008-05-26 LAD W 7 7 1 1 3 3 0 117 59 2008-05-20 @HOU L 6 6 4 4 2 5 1 109 47 2008-05-15 SDP W 8.1 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 82 2008-05-10 ARI ND 6 3 2 2 3 7 0 118 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-8 Road: 16-17 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 30-18 vsLHP: 15-7 1-Run: 11-9 vsEast: 7-4 vsCntrl:18-15 vsWest: 18-5 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 70 Sun, Jun 15 @TOR W 7-4 45-25 1st 3.5 up 69 Sat, Jun 14 @TOR W 6-2 44-25 1st 3.5 up 68 Fri, Jun 13 @TOR L 2-3 43-25 1st 3.5 up 67 Thu, Jun 12 ATL W 3-2 (11) 43-24 1st 3.5 up 66 Wed, Jun 11 ATL W 7-2 42-24 1st 2.5 up 65 Tue, Jun 10 ATL W 10-5 41-24 1st 2.5 up 64 Sun, Jun 8 @LAD W 3-1 40-24 1st 2.5 up 63 Sat, Jun 7 @LAD L 3-7 39-24 1st 2.5 up 62 Fri, Jun 6 @LAD L 0-3 39-23 1st 3.5 up 61 Thu, Jun 5 @LAD W 5-4 39-22 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:21-9
Tampa Bay Rays, 40-29, 2nd, 2 GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 6-2, 1.74) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-2) 51.2 34 11 10 16 54 2 1.74 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 47.2 28 7 7 13 49 2 1.32 69 2008-06-11 @LAA L 6.2 6 3 3 3 10 1 117 57 2008-06-06 @TEX W 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 111 68 2008-05-31 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74 2008-05-26 TEX W 7 3 1 1 0 10 0 95 77 2008-05-20 @OAK W 7 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72 2008-05-15 NYY W 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 100 66 2008-05-10 LAA W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 108 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-11 Road: 14-18 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 29-20 vsLHP: 11-9 1-Run: 10-7 vsEast: 21-15 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL: 3-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 69 Sun, Jun 15 FLA L 3-9 40-29 2nd 2.5 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 FLA W 4-1 40-28 2nd 1.5 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 FLA W 7-3 39-28 2nd 1.5 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 @LAA L 2-4 38-28 2nd 2.0 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 @LAA L 1-6 38-27 2nd 1.0 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 @LAA W 13-4 38-26 2nd 1.0 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @TEX L 3-6 37-26 2nd 1.5 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 @TEX W 5-4 37-25 2nd 0.5 gb 61 Fri, Jun 6 @TEX W 12-4 36-25 2nd 0.5 gb 60 Thu, Jun 5 @BOS L 1-7 35-25 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jun 05, 2003 CHC 8 TBD 1 W:Matt Clement (3-6), L: Dewon Brazelton (1-5), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2003 TBD 5 @CHC 2 W:Victor Zambrano (2-3), L: Shawn Estes (5-5), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2003 CHC 3 TBD 2 W:Mike Remlinger (4-0), L: Alan Levine (2-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - CHC leads 2-1

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 5.55

TBR 4.54

WSN 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.59

TEX 5.83

C. Jones .403

B. DeWitt .279

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .493

M. Young .348

J. Vidro .262

SLG

L. Berkman .704

C. Guzman .447

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.149

C. Snyder .799

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

J. Moyer 4.12

B. Bonser 6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.53 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 50/32 .298/.340/.362/.702 .742/.679 .571 22/.682 0/0 1/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 113/61 .287/.357/.386/.743 .606/.863 .678 34/.478 3/1 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.100 264/186 .299/.384/.464/.848 .952/.806 .686 89/.825 3/0 8/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 10/.597 176/150 .234/.297/.354/.652 .314/.713 .660 64/.919 2/1 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 108/98 .239/.340/.380/.720 .476/.740 .831 35/.555 2/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 290/219 .293/.401/.426/.827 .749/.852 .594 99/.742 6/2 5/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/27 .385/.429/.538/.967 .000/1.004 .945 27/1.004 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 31/.742 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 6/1.267 3/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 204/121 .267/.342/.381/.722 .851/.637 .719 53/.878 4/3 3/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/1.250 14/.762 315/232 .289/.349/.511/.860 .999/.811 .819 109/.805 3/2 14/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/14 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .667 8/.500 1/0 0/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.334 291/213 .300/.412/.502/.914 .817/.951 .837 107/.921 1/1 10/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 262/190 .288/.374/.527/.901 1.084/.832 .877 89/.651 0/0 11/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 290/215 .310/.388/.373/.760 .827/.737 .663 101/.635 13/8 1/

IP 51.2 7.1 22.0 44.1 42.2 19.0 23.1 30.2 TOTAL .283/.361/.442/.803 .844/.788 .720 .769 46/18 76/46

ERA-K/9

1.74/9.4

2.45/13.6

4.09/5.7

4.87/5.3

3.38/7.8

4.26/7.6

2.70/9.3

2.05/6.2

3.88/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (5-1-1)
Soto (28-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.187 30/.130 102/.284 199/.291 178/.201 76/.231 85/.123 121/.167 .246 Fukudome
Johnson
Patterson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Hoffpauir 0/2/65/3
16/40/0/1
3/0/0/1
0/46/0/1
0/1/0/0
14/0/5/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .529 .441 .785 .842 .603 .656 .449 .563 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.434 15/.606 49/.732 97/1.030 60/.613 40/.462 48/.433 48/.396 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.555 15/.283 53/.834 102/.667 118/.597 36/.868 37/.468 73/.669 .692

Home 96/.405 13/.321 73/.928 69/.668 94/.569 40/.339 56/.255 53/.418 .618

Last 28d days 133/.500 30/.441 37/.881 51/.977 57/.646 16/.607 19/.436 31/.582

HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/8/1 4/6/0 1/0/2 3/2/0 4/0/0 61/38/13

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 72/44 .262/.333/.446/.779 1.260/.477 .656 45/.726 1/1 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 251/184 .249/.291/.275/.567 .748/.501 .569 93/.542 14/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.650 2/.500 3/1.334 11/.364 ··· ··· ··· 293/208 .265/.309/.366/.675 .589/.711 .780 84/.602 19/4 4/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.000 61/.907 ··· 11/.382 2/1.000 93/88 .268/.355/.488/.843 .000/.894 1.021 52/.801 1/0 5/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/49 .223/.321/.436/.757 .853/.639 .708 22/.943 5/1 5/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.250 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 7/.714 1/.000 2/.000 171/151 .233/.333/.404/.737 .621/.753 .793 59/.814 2/2 5/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.522 ··· ··· 1/no AB 203/167 .250/.330/.522/.852 .476/.931 .788 63/.759 5/2 12/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/226 .273/.339/.369/.707 .621/.741 .710 107/.700 4/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/180 .249/.331/.474/.804 .636/.860 .737 100/.863 3/0 10/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 180/141 .327/.363/.446/.810 .828/.823 .792 80/.753 0/2 3/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/39 .250/.290/.422/.712 .637/.767 .671 16/.563 0/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/8 .259/.310/.333/.644 .733/.393 .753 15/.600 1/0 0/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 293/214 .295/.404/.440/.844 .833/.847 .846 104/.946 22/8 5/

IP 89.2 6.1 9.2 33.2 33.2 43.0 37.1 29.2 TOTAL .262/.333/.408/.741 .709/.754 .747 .757 80/27 69/29

ERA-K/9

2.81/7.5

2.84/11.4

0.93/13.0

5.08/7.7

3.21/4.8

2.09/13.2

2.65/10.6

2.73/4.8

3.61/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (24-11-1)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.185 28/.238 38/.206 149/.319 144/.307 162/.126 147/.186 124/.245 .242 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/66/0/7
2/14/43/4
2/3/6/2
65/0/0/1
3/0/25/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .568 .813 .557 .888 .886 .455 .541 .690 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.551 17/.625 22/.455 57/.898 47/1.170 69/.744 67/.619 42/.647 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.584 11/1.067 16/.708 92/.881 97/.752 93/.246 80/.477 82/.712 .677

Road 125/.566 16/.857 20/.485 64/.765 94/.876 70/.513 67/.568 62/.790 .740

Last 28d days 134/.680 28/.813 29/.556 45/.731 41/.903 56/.548 59/.536 33/.795

HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 6/0/0 7/0/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 3/2/2 68/33/12

Usage ·····X·· ·o·oX··· ·X·oo·o· ··X···X· ······X· ·XX·o·o· ·X··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 @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 8-2, 2.81)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 6-2, 1.74)

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