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Game Preview: LAD @ CHC, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 28, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Dodgers, 33-15, 1st, 8½ up

SP: Randy Wolf (32, LHP, 2-1, 3.02)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 62.2 51 24 21 19 50 7 3.02
2008 (12-12) 190.1 191 100 91 71 162 21 4.30
2007 (9-6) 102.2 110 55 54 39 94 10 4.73
Last 7 GS 1-0 44.1 39 16 13 12 33 6 2.64 57
2009-05-23 LAA ND 6.1 10 4 4 0 4 2 95 41
2009-05-18 NYM ND 7.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 96 59
2009-05-13 @PHI W 6.0 3 1 1 3 8 1 113 67
2009-05-07 WSN ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 109 61
2009-05-02 SDP ND 5.1 2 1 1 4 4 1 103 60
2009-04-27 @SFG ND 6.0 5 3 0 0 4 0 83 60
2009-04-22 @HOU ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 91 50
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 28.0 29 17 16 11 18 4 5.14 47
2008-09-14 CHC L 2.2 6 5 4 1 2 1 60 29
2008-09-03 @CHC W 9.0 6 0 0 2 8 0 128 81
2008-05-12 @CHC L 4.0 8 7 7 5 2 1 95 15
2007-05-27 CHC ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 98 69
2004-08-01 @CHC L 6.1 6 5 5 1 1 2 76 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-5    Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  22-12   vsLHP:  11-3    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  8-3    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 23-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 27  @COL  W   8-6       33-15  1st  8.5 up
 47 Tue, May 26  @COL  W   7-1       32-15  1st  8.5 up
 46 Mon, May 25  @COL  W  16-6       31-15  1st  7.5 up
 45 Sun, May 24   LAA  L   7-10      30-15  1st  7.5 up
 44 Sat, May 23   LAA  W   5-4 (10)  30-14  1st  8.5 up
 43 Fri, May 22   LAA  L   1-3       29-14  1st  8.5 up
 42 Wed, May 20   NYM  W   2-1       29-13  1st  8.5 up
 41 Tue, May 19   NYM  W   5-3       28-13  1st  7.5 up
 40 Mon, May 18   NYM  W   3-2 (11)  27-13  1st  6.5 up
 39 Sun, May 17  @FLA  W  12-5       26-13  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Cubs, 23-22, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 0-1, 1.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 18.0 14 3 3 6 16 0 1.50
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 0-1 18.0 14 3 3 6 16 0 1.50 62
2009-05-23 @SDP L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 95 61
2009-05-16 HOU ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 97 65
2009-05-08 @MIL ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 84 60
Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-8    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-19   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 40 Fri, May 22  @SDP  L   0-4       21-19  4th  4.0 gb
 39 Thu, May 21  @STL  L   1-3       21-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Wed, May 20  @STL  L   1-2       21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Tue, May 19  @STL  L   0-3       21-16  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Sun, May 17   HOU  L   5-6       21-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHC  3 @LAD  1        W:Jason Marquis (4-3), L: Brad Penny (5-8), S: Kerry Wood (18)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 LAD  7  CHC  3        W:Derek Lowe (4-5), L: Carlos Zambrano (8-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 LAD  3  CHC  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (3-5), L: Sean Gallagher (3-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHC  5 @LAD  4        W:Bobby Howry (2-2), L: Takashi Saito (3-2), S: Kerry Wood (17)
Wed, May 28, 2008 CHC  2  LAD  1 (10)   W:Bobby Howry (1-2), L: Chan Ho Park (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 CHC  3  LAD  1        W:Sean Gallagher (2-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (2-4), S: Kerry Wood (12)
Mon, May 26, 2008 CHC  3  LAD  1        W:Ryan Dempster (6-2), L: Chad Billingsley (4-6), S: Kerry Wood (11)
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAD  7 @CHC  4        W:Joe Beimel (4-1), L: Ryan Dempster (2-5), S: Takashi Saito (37)
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CHC  8  LAD  2        W:Ted Lilly (14-7), L: Eric Stults (1-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 LAD  6 @CHC  2        W:Brad Penny (15-4), L: Steve Trachsel (6-9), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - CHC won 5-2; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; All-Time - Tied 1012-1012

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

LAD  5.75

MIL  4.64

SEA  3.75

RA/G

STL  3.91

CHW  4.72

WSN  6.17

BA

M. Cabrera  .374

C. Crisp  .233

B. Giles  .190

OBP

C. Beltran  .460

R. Furcal  .299

A. Beltre  .245

SLG

R. Ibanez  .707

J. Rollins  .332

B. Upton  .283

OPS

R. Ibanez  1.109

D. Eckstein  .633

A. Beltre  .562

ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

C. Zambrano  4.22

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

D. Davis  6.53

M. Pelfrey  3.19

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Dodgers Batters (5.75 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.500 5/1.200 5/.000 6/.900 12/.833 ··· 33/30 .355/.394/.387/.781 1.333/.724 .850 19/.594 1/0 0/0
23.Blake G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/135 .307/.379/.575/.954 1.034/.928 .873 91/1.087 0/0 9/4
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 ··· 1/no AB ··· 45/38 .385/.444/.513/.957 1.738/.815 .982 36/1.081 0/0 1/0
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 3/.667 3/.333 ··· 202/145 .257/.371/.419/.790 .796/.786 .716 98/.597 3/0 6/2
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.971 4/3.000 19/.790 3/.333 6/1.133 ··· 187/141 .238/.299/.302/.602 .700/.569 .514 88/.535 3/3 1/7
30.Hoffmann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.273/.800/1.073 .917/1.143 .700 11/1.073 0/0 1/0
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 6/.333 7/.953 ··· 227/172 .347/.420/.495/.915 1.068/.871 .779 120/.884 4/0 3/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 200/151 .296/.365/.453/.818 .864/.802 .847 108/.677 9/2 4/0
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 208/159 .293/.361/.380/.741 .699/.753 .940 111/.681 3/1 2/1
5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 11/1.455 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 56/40 .333/.464/.378/.842 .688/.899 .936 35/.698 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 3/.333 5/1.200 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 184/135 .261/.370/.312/.682 .871/.616 .570 95/.799 6/3 0/1
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 23/.590 4/1.167 ··· ··· 129/96 .404/.469/.544/1.013 1.352/.898 1.102 107/1.036 9/4 0/0
IP 18.0 6.2 19.1 20.2 19.2 21.0 41.1 14.1 TOTAL .292/.375/.426/.800 .869/.779 .776 .777 38/14 34/20
ERA-K/9 1.50/8.0 4.05/10.7 5.12/10.3 3.05/8.7 5.49/7.8 3.43/10.3 3.70/6.3 6.91/7.6 4.45/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.219 28/.269 91/.276 80/.167 92/.260 94/.183 175/.253 69/.259 .247
OPS .546 .745 .860 .533 .868 .665 .740 .747 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.499 13/1.098 41/.758 33/.470 36/.873 40/.718 41/.618 31/.529 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/.568 15/.467 50/.944 47/.581 56/.863 54/.627 134/.776 38/.893 .712
Home 23/.504 21/.754 43/.799 44/.640 42/.933 47/.734 102/.715 34/.538
Last 28d days 71/.546 28/.745 43/.808 33/.347 45/.878 50/.613 96/.738 27/.631
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 2/0/1 3/2/1 1/1/0 6/2/1 2/3/0 52/24/8
Usage ····X··· ··X···X· X····X·· o·····o· ··XX·X·· X···X··o ·X····X· ··X·····
Cubs Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Wolf*
G/S/vB
54.Belisario
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
45.Leach*
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
43.Ohman*
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .250/.250/.500/.750 1.000/ .750 4/.750 0/0 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 125/97 .200/.328/.390/.718 .877/.670 .846 80/.762 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 149/128 .223/.309/.385/.693 .254/.765 .635 69/.587 2/1 5/3
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 3.000/ 3.000 1/3.000 0/0 0/
4.Freel G/S/vP 11/1.245 ··· 4/.000 ··· 7/.762 4/.500 ··· ··· 40/27 .152/.282/.152/.434 .258/.515 .403 20/.377 0/0 0/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 165/159 .311/.442/.508/.950 1.133/.943 .877 76/.831 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/42 .286/.388/.405/.793 .714/.805 .582 14/.630 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/86 .278/.333/.478/.811 .564/.849 .977 63/.772 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/51 .239/.316/.373/.689 .660/.698 .718 34/.890 0/0 2/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 41/.746 ··· 7/.786 ··· 18/.466 ··· ··· 1/.000 144/125 .242/.313/.406/.719 .912/.686 .854 61/.968 0/0 5/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 20/.888 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 10/.644 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 200/170 .253/.315/.505/.820 .613/.856 .827 101/.693 5/2 12/4
18.Soto G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 137/114 .216/.328/.276/.604 .670/.590 .731 81/.742 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 191/161 .287/.346/.462/.808 1.029/.768 1.002 99/.859 7/2 5/4
IP 62.2 29.2 24.0 6.0 18.0 12.1 30.1 15.2 TOTAL .248/.328/.407/.736 .741/.734 .779 .743 22/11 51/27
ERA-K/9 3.02/7.2 2.43/8.5 1.50/13.9 6.00/10.5 7.50/4.5 5.84/5.1 2.08/5.3 5.74/5.2 3.78/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.218 128/.194 92/.100 28/.250 91/.333 54/.261 122/.234 71/.302 .232
OPS .656 .568 .357 .899 .941 .979 .548 .795 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.329 54/.694 49/.277 9/1.667 37/.924 32/1.295 57/.573 32/.973 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.730 74/.482 43/.440 19/.599 54/.949 22/.529 65/.527 39/.651 .685
Road 125/.635 78/.539 47/.569 13/.503 43/1.054 28/.863 58/.416 28/.709
Last 28d days 130/.680 60/.463 51/.413 28/.899 52/.982 24/1.248 73/.606 52/.790
HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 2/5/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 4/3/0 0/2/1 0/0/0 31/30/15
Usage ····X··· X·o·Xo·o X···X··o ·X·o·o·o ··XX·o·· o·Xo···· ·X·X·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.