CHC @ TBR, Thursday, June 19, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 45-27, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 3-3, 4.54) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 41.2 42 21 21 15 36 4 4.54 2007 (0-0) 14.2 19 15 14 12 5 3 8.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 37.2 37 19 19 14 35 3 4.54 50 2008-06-13 @TOR L 5 7 3 3 2 5 2 98 44 2008-06-06 @LAD L 5 3 2 2 3 6 0 89 56 2008-06-01 COL W 5.2 6 3 3 0 8 0 112 53 2008-05-27 LAD W 7 4 1 1 2 3 0 111 66 2008-05-21 @HOU L 4.2 8 5 5 1 4 1 96 31 2008-05-16 PIT W 6 4 1 1 3 3 0 91 60 2008-05-11 ARI ND 4.1 5 4 4 3 6 0 83 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-8 Road: 16-19 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 30-19 vsLHP: 15-8 1-Run: 11-11 vsEast: 7-4 vsCntrl:18-15 vsWest: 18-5 IL: 2-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 72 Wed, Jun 18 @TBR L 4-5 45-27 1st 3.5 up 71 Tue, Jun 17 @TBR L 2-3 45-26 1st 3.5 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Tampa Bay Rays, 42-29, 2nd, 2 GB, 3 up in WC	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 4-5, 3.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 89.2 89 47 39 17 69 10 3.91 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 47 43 22 21 5 38 8 4.02 56 2008-06-10 @LAA L 8 10 6 6 0 9 2 108 47 2008-06-05 @BOS L 1 3 4 4 0 2 1 27 33 2008-05-30 CHW ND 6 7 1 1 1 6 1 99 59 2008-05-25 BAL ND 8 8 4 3 1 3 1 92 54 2008-05-19 @OAK ND 7.2 8 5 5 1 4 3 102 46 2008-05-14 NYY L 7.1 6 2 2 2 6 0 102 62 2008-05-09 LAA W 9 1 0 0 0 8 0 92 93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-11 Road: 14-18 ExtrInn: 5-1 vsRHP: 31-20 vsLHP: 11-9 1-Run: 12-7 vsEast: 21-15 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL: 5-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 71 Wed, Jun 18 CHC W 5-4 42-29 2nd 2.0 gb 70 Tue, Jun 17 CHC W 3-2 41-29 2nd 2.0 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 18, 2008 TBR 5 CHC 4 W:Andy Sonnanstine (8-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (8-3), S: Troy Percival (17) Tue, Jun 17, 2008 TBR 3 CHC 2 W:Grant Balfour (1-0), L: Neal Cotts (0-1), S: Troy Percival (16) 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 - TBR leads 2-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - TBR leads 3-2

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 5.52

TBR 4.52

WSN 3.68

RA/G

CHW 3.69

MIL 4.58

TEX 5.81

C. Jones .400

V. Guerrero .279

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .491

K. Johnson .350

C. Patterson .226

SLG

L. Berkman .708

J. Kubel .446

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.155

B. Hawpe .798

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

J. Vazquez 4.13

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

B. Backe 6.18

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
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/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 53/32 .300/.340/.360/.700 .731/.679 .581 25/.680 0/0 1/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 119/63 .283/.356/.377/.733 .598/.858 .667 40/.487 3/1 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 6/1.100 272/191 .296/.384/.457/.840 .932/.802 .679 90/.825 3/0 8/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 2/no AB 10/.597 179/153 .231/.298/.350/.648 .314/.708 .654 60/.983 2/1 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 109/99 .237/.336/.376/.713 .476/.732 .813 34/.573 2/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 296/224 .296/.403/.433/.837 .737/.868 .623 97/.829 6/2 5/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 33/31 .387/.424/.548/.973 .000/1.038 .959 27/.907 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 10/.311 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 7/1.547 3/1.167 2/1.000 3/.666 209/122 .271/.343/.387/.730 .872/.631 .734 58/.889 4/4 3/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/1.250 16/.661 323/237 .283/.347/.500/.847 1.000/.793 .795 109/.714 3/2 14/

19.Murton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 7/.000 20/9 .211/.250/.211/.461 .091/.889 .393 5/.400 0/0 0/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.250 299/219 .295/.405/.490/.895 .795/.932 .802 107/.853 1/1 10/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 270/195 .286/.370/.534/.905 1.036/.855 .886 89/.688 0/0 12/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 298/219 .309/.387/.370/.757 .828/.732 .663 101/.670 13/8 1/

IP 89.2 8.2 22.0 44.1 45.2 19.0 25.1 32.2 TOTAL .282/.360/.440/.800 .832/.787 .717 .772 46/19 77/48

ERA-K/9

3.91/6.9

2.08/12.4

4.09/5.7

4.87/5.3

3.15/7.7

4.26/7.6

2.84/9.2

1.93/6.1

3.84/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (6-2-1)
Soto (29-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.260 34/.111 102/.284 199/.291 187/.202 76/.231 96/.144 127/.158 .246 Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Murton
Hoffpauir 0/3/66/3
16/41/0/1
0/47/0/1
0/1/0/0
15/0/7/0
4/0/1/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .714 .383 .785 .842 .601 .656 .531 .534 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.682 15/.606 49/.732 97/1.030 62/.591 40/.462 54/.465 48/.396 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.749 19/.220 53/.834 102/.667 125/.605 36/.868 42/.614 79/.616 .688

Home 195/.546 17/.243 73/.928 69/.668 103/.568 40/.339 67/.402 59/.373 .620

Last 28d days 94/.895 34/.383 37/.881 44/.861 66/.633 13/.762 25/.588 33/.480

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/8/1 4/6/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 4/0/0 62/38/14

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Gallagher
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/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 81/53 .260/.333/.425/.758 1.260/.495 .640 54/.703 1/1 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 258/190 .254/.295/.284/.579 .737/.523 .594 91/.603 15/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 2/.500 3/1.334 11/.364 ··· ··· ··· 297/212 .266/.312/.369/.681 .589/.719 .790 83/.640 19/4 4/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 2/.000 61/.907 ··· 11/.382 3/1.167 100/94 .264/.360/.506/.866 .167/.909 1.043 55/.915 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/49 .223/.327/.436/.763 .863/.639 .718 17/.782 5/1 5/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 6/.000 7/.714 1/.000 2/.000 175/153 .233/.331/.400/.731 .563/.756 .777 59/.814 2/2 5/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 10/.522 ··· ··· 2/2.000 211/174 .251/.332/.513/.845 .496/.915 .780 68/.784 6/2 12/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 323/234 .271/.342/.365/.706 .637/.733 .707 112/.692 4/2 4/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 250/187 .249/.328/.479/.807 .717/.837 .747 101/.893 3/0 11/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 188/147 .326/.364/.440/.804 .781/.826 .781 84/.727 0/2 3/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/39 .250/.290/.422/.712 .637/.767 .671 13/.692 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 302/223 .294/.405/.435/.841 .833/.843 .840 106/.944 22/9 5/

IP 41.2 7.1 10.1 34.1 33.2 43.0 37.1 31.2 TOTAL .262/.335/.408/.743 .715/.753 .749 .780 82/28 71/29

ERA-K/9

4.54/7.8

4.91/9.9

0.87/12.2

4.98/7.9

3.21/4.8

2.09/13.2

2.65/10.6

2.56/5.1

3.62/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (24-12-2)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.263 35/.269 41/.194 153/.319 144/.307 162/.126 147/.186 132/.241 .243 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/68/0/7
2/14/45/4
3/3/6/2
66/0/0/1
4/0/26/1
4/0/5/0

OPS .751 .963 .546 .895 .886 .455 .541 .683 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.820 21/.736 23/.435 59/.892 47/1.170 69/.744 67/.619 47/.649 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.686 14/1.218 18/.697 94/.895 97/.752 93/.246 80/.477 85/.701 .679

Road 86/.884 23/1.076 23/.471 68/.786 94/.876 70/.513 67/.568 70/.764 .743

Last 28d days 96/.663 35/.963 28/.577 46/.814 38/.923 56/.548 59/.536 38/.738

HR/SB/CS 4/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 6/1/0 7/0/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 3/3/2 70/35/13

Usage ·····X·· oX·o·oX· ·o·X·oo· ·X··X··· ········ ···XX·o· ···X··X· XX···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, Thursday, June 19, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 3-3, 4.54)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 4-5, 3.91)

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