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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:00pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 @Turner Field

Cubs, 25-25, 4th, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 6-4, 3.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 64.1 53 26 25 17 52 11 3.50
2008 (17-9) 204.2 187 96 93 64 184 32 4.09
2007 (15-8) 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3.83
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.2 39 20 20 15 39 7 3.94 55
2009-05-29 LAD W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 102 67
2009-05-24 @SDP L 6.1 8 5 5 2 4 0 95 39
2009-05-19 @STL L 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 104 59
2009-05-13 SDP W 6.1 8 3 3 0 7 2 86 52
2009-05-07 @HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 88 58
2009-05-02 FLA W 8.0 5 1 1 0 10 1 104 78
2009-04-27 @ARI L 5.0 6 5 5 4 3 1 96 34
Last 5 v.ATL 3-1 23.1 23 17 17 8 27 7 6.56 47
2008-08-14 @ATL W 6.0 8 4 4 2 8 1 91 46
2008-06-10 ATL W 6.2 4 3 3 3 8 1 98 59
2007-06-10 @ATL ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 54
2006-06-21 @ATL W 6.0 6 3 3 2 7 0 88 53
2003-06-11 ATL L 4.0 5 7 7 1 2 5 64 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  20-20   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   LAD  W   2-1       24-23  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 28   LAD  L   1-2       23-23  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 27   PIT  W   5-2       23-22  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 26   PIT  W   6-1  (5)  22-22  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 25   PIT  L   8-10      21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 24  @SDP  L   2-7       21-21  4th  4.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 23  @SDP  L   1-3       21-20  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Braves, 26-25, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 6-3, 3.49)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-3) 69.2 62 29 27 22 41 2 3.49
2008 (14-11) 211.0 194 84 76 45 147 14 3.24
2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88
Last 7 GS 5-2 47.2 42 21 19 12 24 2 3.59 54
2009-05-28 @ARI L 7.0 10 5 3 0 2 0 100 43
2009-05-23 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 2 2 0 97 60
2009-05-18 COL L 8.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 110 70
2009-05-11 @NYM W 6.2 5 2 2 2 1 0 95 55
2009-05-06 @FLA W 5.0 7 6 6 3 5 1 102 31
2009-05-01 HOU W 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 0 112 51
2009-04-25 @CIN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 109 67
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 31.0 29 12 12 13 21 2 3.48 53
2008-06-07 CHC W 7.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 95 55
2008-05-28 @CHC ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 91 72
2007-09-06 @CHC ND 6.0 5 3 3 5 5 1 96 50
2007-05-25 CHC ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 83 62
2006-09-12 @CHC ND 5.0 10 5 5 1 2 0 87 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-12   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, Jun  2   CHC  W   6-5 (12)  26-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31  @ARI  W   9-3       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30  @ARI  L   2-3 (11)  24-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29  @ARI  W  10-6       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 28  @ARI  L   2-5       23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @SFG  L   3-6       23-23  3rd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @SFG  L   0-4       23-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 25  @SFG  L   2-8       23-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   TOR  W  10-2       23-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   TOR  W   4-3       22-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 ATL  6  CHC  5 (12)   W:Rafael Soriano (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (2-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 14, 2008 CHC 11 @ATL  7        W:Ted Lilly (12-6), L: Tom Glavine (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC  8 @ATL  0        W:Rich Harden (7-2), L: Jorge Campillo (7-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC 10 @ATL  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-7), L: Charlie Morton (3-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 CHC  3  ATL  2 (11)   W:Kerry Wood (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 CHC  7  ATL  2        W:Ryan Dempster (8-2), L: Jeff Bennett (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 CHC 10  ATL  5        W:Ted Lilly (6-5), L: Tom Glavine (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 ATL  5  CHC  4        W:Chad Paronto (3-1), L: Ryan Dempster (1-3), S: Bob Wickman (11)
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 ATL  9  CHC  5        W:Peter Moylan (2-1), L: Jason Marquis (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 CHC  9 @ATL  1        W:Sean Marshall (2-2), L: Lance Cormier (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 1-0; 2008 - CHC won 6-0; 2007 - ATL won 5-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1210-1010

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.77

FLA  4.68

SEA  3.87

 RA/G

LAD  3.85

SDP  4.71

WSN  6.16

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Granderson  .267

C. Young  .175

 OBP

A. Pujols  .469

R. Theriot  .345

C. Young  .215

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .716

M. DeRosa  .432

G. Atkins  .279

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.147

S. Schumaker  .781

C. Young  .520

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

A. Harang  4.19

A. Sonnanstine  7.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.69

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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Cubs Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 58.Moylan
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Soriano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 14/8 .143/.143/.214/.357 .600/.250 .400 14/.357 0/0 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 12/.444 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 139/103 .220/.338/.390/.728 .889/.669 .619 75/.873 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 6/1.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 168/140 .231/.310/.395/.704 .459/.754 .745 73/.553 2/1 5/3
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .429/.429/.571/1.000 1.500/.800 7/1.000 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.167 3/3.500 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 177/170 .312/.441/.511/.951 1.429/.930 1.022 76/.939 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 54/46 .283/.389/.457/.845 .625/.887 .840 16/.913 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/92 .278/.330/.474/.804 .522/.848 .663 57/.769 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.819 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 91/57 .296/.363/.469/.832 .924/.777 .661 36/1.152 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 30/.969 3/2.333 7/1.738 3/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 166/138 .253/.331/.438/.770 .869/.743 .640 63/.976 0/0 6/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/46 .234/.345/.447/.792 .722/.805 .725 51/.818 0/0 2/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 54/.712 1/2.000 3/.333 5/1.300 4/1.250 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 7/.143 224/185 .244/.304/.488/.791 .551/.840 .814 101/.704 5/2 13/4
18.Soto G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.334 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 153/123 .211/.333/.266/.599 .575/.604 .447 77/.702 0/0 1/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP 10/.500 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 209/170 .283/.345/.444/.789 .980/.746 .584 93/.756 7/3 5/4
IP 69.2 5.2 23.1 23.0 58.1 14.1 18.2 18.0 23.2 TOTAL .250/.329/.409/.738 .751/.735 .694 .747 23/12 56/31
ERA-K/9 3.49/5.3 3.18/4.7 2.70/6.6 3.13/12.5 4.63/7.1 6.28/9.4 4.82/7.7 3.00/6.5 1.14/12.2 4.08/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.240 22/.227 111/.330 100/.224 258/.274 62/.212 86/.235 69/.215 90/.156 .255
OPS .643 .591 .779 .705 .819 .616 .641 .476 .485 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.441 8/.500 50/.713 33/1.009 117/.777 28/.690 35/.721 31/.331 41/.561 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.815 14/.643 61/.833 67/.533 141/.856 34/.553 51/.589 38/.594 49/.423 .739
Home 129/.636 8/.875 55/.767 43/.882 155/.688 18/.802 51/.636 34/.520 43/.302
Last 28d days 112/.550 22/.591 51/.716 54/.746 132/.698 62/.616 34/.798 31/.426 41/.507
HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/2/2 6/4/3 0/0/1 0/4/1 0/0/2 1/1/0 31/25/19
Usage ·····X·· o·X···oo ··ooo··o X··XX··· X·····X· ··X····X o·o·X·o· ···oo·Xo X··oX···
Braves Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
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		 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 23/.356 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 124/90 .263/.290/.377/.668 .807/.612 .629 89/.734 0/0 2/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 6/.334 2/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 103/54 .289/.369/.444/.813 .778/.842 .869 32/.986 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.833 ··· 6/1.633 1/.000 4/.500 6/.367 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 192/136 .298/.368/.464/.833 .737/.867 .799 85/.890 2/1 5/4
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 10/1.214 3/.666 13/.500 3/1.167 10/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 208/146 .251/.275/.359/.634 .761/.581 .782 94/.501 1/1 4/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .167/.200/.208/.408 .429/.399 .583 25/.408 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 10/.700 4/1.833 6/1.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 182/130 .250/.313/.439/.752 1.024/.648 .925 91/.788 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP 13/.795 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 16/1.779 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 172/120 .319/.436/.496/.933 .949/.924 .803 76/.955 1/1 5/7
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/132 .277/.340/.405/.745 .579/.821 .690 89/.722 0/0 2/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.583 ··· 8/.250 3/4.000 7/1.904 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 133/86 .306/.414/.495/.909 .625/1.058 .799 82/1.006 2/1 5/2
20.Norton# G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/33 .129/.308/.194/.501 .833/.423 .445 16/.543 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 87/44 .244/.314/.423/.737 .844/.639 .624 52/.636 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP 9/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/4.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 75/53 .274/.392/.484/.876 .679/.962 .579 22/.785 0/0 3/0
IP 64.1 7.2 22.1 23.1 23.0 24.0 45.2 15.1 1.0 32.0 TOTAL .260/.335/.393/.728 .743/.721 .713 .714 12/8 38/29
ERA-K/9 3.50/7.3 3.52/10.5 5.24/10.5 2.70/8.1 5.09/7.0 3.38/10.1 4.73/6.1 6.46/8.2 0.00/18.0 1.69/7.6 4.27/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.227 34/.267 106/.267 91/.175 106/.271 110/.165 198/.270 74/.258 4/.250 123/.211 .244
OPS .699 .753 .836 .547 .847 .645 .780 .741 .500 .531 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.653 14/1.012 48/.682 38/.486 46/.791 51/.623 49/.693 32/.510 2/.000 56/.589 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.710 20/.578 58/.965 53/.590 60/.889 59/.665 149/.807 42/.890 2/1.000 67/.482 .718
Road 126/.900 7/.714 53/.931 42/.466 57/.832 53/.602 73/.777 35/.945 / 72/.490
Last 28d days 132/.723 34/.753 42/.913 35/.395 56/.889 49/.567 89/.838 20/.803 4/.500 123/.531
HR/SB/CS 11/7/1 1/1/1 5/0/0 2/1/1 3/3/1 1/1/0 7/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 56/30/8
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· X·X·X·X· X··o·oo· X··X·o·· X·X·X·X· ··X····X ··X····· ··o····· 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.