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Game Preview: CHC @ ARI, 3:40pm, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 @Chase Field

Cubs, 10-9, 3rd, 3 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 1-0, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 24.0 23 13 13 11 21 3 4.88
2008 (17-6) 206.2 174 75 68 76 187 14 2.96
2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73
Last 7 GS 3-0 40.0 40 17 17 13 35 4 3.82 53
2009-04-24 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 80 51
2009-04-18 STL ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 103 48
2009-04-12 @MIL W 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 110 47
2009-04-07 @HOU ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 5 1 95 54
2008-09-26 @MIL ND 5.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 80 58
2008-09-21 STL W 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 67 52
2008-09-16 MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 9 1 114 58
Last 5 v.ARI 0-2 25.2 34 22 22 12 25 4 7.71 39
2008-05-10 ARI ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 7 0 118 62
2005-04-06 @ARI L 3.2 9 7 7 3 7 0 82 19
2003-06-22 @ARI ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 2 1 91 36
2002-08-20 @ARI ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 81 42
2002-08-15 ARI L 6.0 8 6 6 1 6 3 99 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-8    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @ARI  W  11-3       10-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27  @ARI  L   2-7        9-9   4th  4.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @STL  W  10-3        9-8   4th  3.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @STL  L   2-8        8-8   4th  4.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @STL  L   3-4        8-7   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 23   CIN  L   1-7        8-6   4th  2.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 17   STL  W   8-7        6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:10-9
D'backs, 8-12, 4th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Doug Davis (33, LHP, 1-3, 3.67)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 27.0 28 11 11 7 20 5 3.67
2008 (6-8) 146.0 160 76 70 64 112 13 4.32
2007 (13-12) 192.2 211 100 91 95 144 21 4.25
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.0 49 17 16 13 29 6 3.27 52
2009-04-24 SFG L 6.0 9 5 5 1 5 2 114 38
2009-04-18 @SFG W 8.0 8 0 0 1 6 0 102 71
2009-04-13 STL L 8.0 7 2 2 1 5 2 96 64
2009-04-08 COL L 5.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 82 43
2008-09-25 @STL ND 4.0 7 3 3 5 3 0 86 34
2008-09-20 @COL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 88 55
2008-09-15 SFG ND 7.0 8 1 0 0 2 0 98 61
Last 5 v.CHC 3-2 32.2 31 17 17 17 28 3 4.68 51
2008-07-23 CHC L 7.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 103 55
2007-08-25 CHC W 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 104 68
2006-08-10 CHC W 7.0 8 4 4 3 8 1 107 50
2006-07-09 CHC L 5.1 7 7 7 6 4 1 91 24
2006-04-29 @CHC W 6.1 5 1 1 5 2 0 107 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-10   Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 28   CHC  L   3-11       8-12  4th  5.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   CHC  W   7-2        8-11  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   SFG  W   5-4 (12)   7-11  4th  5.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   SFG  L   3-5        6-11  4th  6.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24   SFG  L   1-5        6-10  4th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   COL  W   2-0        6-9   4th  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   COL  L   6-9        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20   COL  W   6-3        5-8   3rd  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @SFG  L   0-2        4-8   4th  5.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @SFG  W   2-0        4-7   4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 CHC 11 @ARI  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (2-1), L: Yusmeiro Petit (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 ARI  7  CHC  2        W:Danny Haren (2-3), L: Ted Lilly (2-2), S: none

Wed, Jul 23, 2008 CHC 10 @ARI  6        W:Ted Lilly (10-6), L: Doug Davis (3-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 ARI  9  CHC  2        W:Yusmeiro Petit (1-1), L: Jason Marquis (6-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 ARI  2  CHC  0        W:Randy Johnson (7-7), L: Rich Harden (5-2), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Sun, May 11, 2008 CHC  6  ARI  4        W:Carlos Marmol (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: Kerry Wood (7)
Sat, May 10, 2008 CHC  7  ARI  2        W:Scott Eyre (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (0-4), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 CHC  3  ARI  1        W:Ted Lilly (3-4), L: Danny Haren (4-2), S: Kerry Wood (6)
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 ARI  5  CHC  4        W:Edgar Gonzalez (6-2), L: Jason Marquis (10-8), S: Jose Valverde (40)
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 ARI  3  CHC  1        W:Doug Davis (11-11), L: Ted Lilly (13-7), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHC won 4-2; 2007 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 49-35

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 2009 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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Davis*
G/S/vB		 36.Gordon
G/S/vB		 56.Pena
G/S/vB		 48.Petit
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 57.Rauch
G/S/vB		 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 13/.490 7/1.571 2/.000 6/.900 2/.000 3/2.334 7/1.000 1/no AB 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 .872 37/.539 5/3 22/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 9/1.444 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .974 74/.780 2/0 9/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.467 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .656 85/1.109 12/4 10/5
4.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .575 9/.347 21/4 0/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .333 31/.970 0/0 0/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .929 36/.879 1/0 2/2
9.Johnson G/S/vP 5/1.000 9/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .809 37/.533 5/6 6/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 27/.859 3/.333 2/.000 5/1.000 14/1.321 3/.000 ··· ··· 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .809 75/.580 8/2 20/9
7.Miles# G/S/vP 10/.425 4/.000 6/.666 5/.400 6/.334 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .722 41/.436 3/3 4/4
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 29/.721 3/1.167 6/.334 7/.143 12/.167 4/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 .752 56/.978 2/2 27/18
12.Soriano G/S/vP 19/.760 5/.900 2/.500 9/2.042 9/1.111 1/2.000 11/1.000 1/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .828 91/1.046 19/3 29/5
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .858 51/.417 0/1 23/5
2.Theriot G/S/vP 11/.944 2/2.000 3/1.667 12/.633 10/.425 4/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .757 84/.752 22/13 1/14
IP 146.0 29.2 72.2 56.1 73.2 71.2 56.2 TOTAL .259/.344/.415/.759 .844/.751 .804 .759 8/9 23/11
ERA-K/9 4.32/6.9 5.16/7.9 4.33/6.4 4.31/6.7 2.81/8.7 4.14/8.3 3.34/5.4 /0.0 4.75/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (6-1-0)
 Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 650/.282 139/.256 313/.281 229/.216 300/.224 295/.256 243/.259 / .266  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Gathright
 Bradley
 Johnson
 Miles
 Hoffpauir
108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
4/1/1/0
7/0/5/0
OPS .775 .783 .748 .704 .601 .742 .751 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.822 66/.684 150/.807 101/.621 146/.559 150/.750 113/.520 / .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 499/.761 73/.872 163/.695 128/.769 154/.640 145/.734 130/.955 / .780
Home 365/.768 59/1.032 163/.732 125/.634 150/.468 161/.707 113/.642 /
Last 28d days 110/.800 3/.000 40/.659 79/.982 32/.476 49/.954 31/.626 14/1.095
HR/SB/CS 13/8/3 3/1/0 5/2/0 12/2/1 4/3/0 11/3/1 7/2/2 // 24/13/6
Usage ····X··· o······· ··oX··o· X······X ··X···X· X··oo··X o··o···o X·o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

D'backs Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 9/.819 ··· 3/.666 7/.629 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 224/155 .209/.272/.369/.641 .817/.565 .706 57/.723 4/4 6/1
31.Clark# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/127 .225/.359/.318/.677 .828/.602 .627 27/.676 0/0 3/2
34.Jackson G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 6/.000 7/1.381 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 612/446 .300/.376/.446/.823 .938/.782 .831 70/.519 10/2 12/7
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 24/.599 2/.500 5/.000 5/.000 12/.916 13/.585 7/1.238 ··· 1/.000 532/348 .283/.343/.387/.730 .736/.727 .646 85/.876 8/8 6/14
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 207/174 .255/.330/.435/.765 .804/.758 .728 30/.679 0/0 5/4
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 272/202 .242/.343/.299/.642 .657/.637 .743 43/.801 0/0 0/3
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 613/448 .239/.320/.458/.779 .982/.706 .794 75/.899 11/2 28/35
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 15/.650 0/0 0/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 6/1.166 4/1.250 1/.000 1/no AB 404/284 .237/.348/.452/.800 .878/.767 .799 45/.553 0/0 16/0
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 292/252 .267/.308/.414/.722 .816/.708 .772 60/.667 0/0 8/4
10.Upton G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 417/296 .250/.353/.463/.816 .845/.804 1.039 60/.713 1/4 15/11
16.Wilson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/.667 / /
24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 699/518 .248/.315/.443/.758 .886/.714 .793 81/.703 14/5 22/3
IP 206.2 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 65.1 27.2 TOTAL .229/.303/.395/.698 .685/.704 .747 .698 11/6 21/11
ERA-K/9 2.96/8.1 4.29/10.8 3.41/7.6 5.59/9.3 5.21/9.5 2.68/11.8 3.86/8.0 /0.0 2.28/8.1 4.35/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (27-7-0)
 Snyder (49-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 856/.227 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 279/.245 / 124/.226 .253  Upton
 Young
 Jackson
 Lopez
 Byrnes
0/0/101/6
0/159/0/5
77/0/0/5
16/0/1/2
51/1/0/1
OPS .642 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .741 .599 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.693 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 80/.817 / 57/.489 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.597 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 199/.711 / 67/.691 .735
Road 316/.657 93/.678 138/.573 23/.367 175/.864 155/.611 173/.775 / 44/.738
Last 28d days 105/.740 28/1.107 39/.960 43/.661 41/.697 34/.674 53/.775 41/.846 11/1.056
HR/SB/CS 14/11/4 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 // 0/5/1 25/11/4
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·X·o ··o···X· X···o·X· ··X·o··X ····o··o ···X···· ·X·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.