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Game Preview: LAD @ CHC, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 30, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Dodgers, 34-16, 1st, 8½ up

SP: Eric Stults (29, LHP, 4-1, 4.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-1) 42.0 40 20 20 23 27 2 4.29
2008 (2-3) 38.2 38 18 15 13 30 6 3.49
2007 (1-4) 38.2 50 26 25 17 30 5 5.82
Last 7 GS 3-1 36.2 36 19 19 21 22 2 4.66 47
2009-05-25 @COL ND 4.1 3 4 4 7 2 0 95 36
2009-05-15 @FLA ND 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 96 48
2009-05-09 SFG W 9.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 123 84
2009-05-04 ARI W 5.2 5 2 2 2 4 1 89 53
2009-04-29 @SFG L 2.2 7 5 5 2 1 0 67 23
2009-04-24 @COL ND 5.0 7 3 3 5 3 0 100 39
2009-04-16 SFG W 5.0 5 2 2 3 2 0 89 48
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 4.1 8 4 3 2 2 1 6.23 33
2007-09-05 @CHC L 4.1 8 4 3 2 2 1 70 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-5    Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  23-12   vsLHP:  11-4    1-Run:  10-4 
 vsEast:  8-3    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest: 23-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Fri, May 29  @CHC  L   1-2       34-16  1st  8.5 up
 49 Thu, May 28  @CHC  W   2-1       34-15  1st  9.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9
Cubs, 24-23, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 3-3, 4.99)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 61.1 57 35 34 26 52 8 4.99
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 2-3 43.1 41 25 24 16 37 5 4.98 50
2009-05-25 PIT ND 4.0 7 6 6 3 3 1 94 24
2009-05-20 @STL L 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 103 58
2009-05-14 SDP W 7.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 105 66
2009-05-09 @MIL L 6.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 121 47
2009-05-04 SFG W 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 102 64
2009-04-29 @ARI L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
2009-04-24 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 80 51
Last 5 v.LAD 3-0 35.0 35 12 12 15 20 2 3.09 54
2008-06-05 @LAD ND 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 82 45
2008-05-26 LAD W 7.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 117 59
2003-04-24 LAD ND 6.2 5 1 1 6 5 0 114 59
2002-07-30 LAD W 7.0 9 4 4 2 4 0 117 45
2002-05-12 LAD W 9.0 9 3 3 2 7 1 108 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-9    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 29, 2009 CHC  2  LAD  1        W:Ted Lilly (6-4), L: Chad Billingsley (6-3), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Thu, May 28, 2009 LAD  2 @CHC  1        W:Randy Wolf (3-1), L: Randy Wells (0-2), S: Ramon Troncoso (3)

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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHC won 5-2; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; All-Time - Tied 1013-1013

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

TBR  5.63

MIL  4.60

SEA  3.78

 RA/G

LAD  3.82

BOS  4.67

WSN  6.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .363

J. Francoeur  .251

D. Ortiz  .189

 OBP

C. Beltran  .453

D. Uggla  .325

A. Beltre  .249

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .702

D. DeJesus  .384

B. Giles  .287

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.109

C. Hart  .725

A. Beltre  .568

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

J. Lannan  4.11

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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

Dodgers Batters (5.58 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP 28/.681 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 ··· 1/no AB 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 185/140 .302/.378/.560/.938 1.044/.903 .851 92/1.117 0/0 9/4
14.Castro G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 48/38 .357/.417/.476/.893 1.178/.815 .866 39/.991 0/0 1/0
44.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 11/1.364 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 3/.000 3/.667 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 210/150 .257/.367/.417/.784 .753/.795 .710 100/.596 3/0 6/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 35/.692 ··· 7/.971 4/3.000 20/.750 4/.500 6/1.133 ··· 3/1.167 192/146 .240/.307/.303/.610 .700/.581 .534 84/.543 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 5/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.600 7/.286 7/.953 ··· 3/.000 235/177 .338/.410/.480/.891 1.043/.845 .744 119/.874 4/0 3/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 208/156 .296/.365/.462/.828 .950/.788 .865 108/.733 11/2 5/0
7.Loney* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 216/164 .292/.356/.375/.731 .657/.755 .908 111/.690 3/1 2/1
5.Loretta G/S/vP 19/1.045 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 11/1.455 4/.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 57/41 .326/.456/.370/.826 .688/.875 .899 35/.698 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/.730 1/no AB 7/.286 3/.333 5/1.200 3/.667 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 192/140 .264/.375/.313/.688 .859/.627 .589 95/.791 6/3 0/1
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 14/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 23/.590 5/.900 ··· ··· 4/1.000 137/101 .397/.463/.529/.992 1.281/.892 1.055 111/1.029 10/4 0/0
IP 61.1 7.0 20.1 21.1 20.2 22.0 41.1 14.1 25.0 TOTAL .289/.372/.420/.792 .854/.772 .762 .781 41/14 35/21
ERA-K/9 4.99/7.6 3.86/10.3 4.87/10.2 2.95/8.9 5.23/7.8 3.27/10.2 3.70/6.3 6.91/7.6 1.80/8.3 4.32/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.252 31/.259 96/.272 82/.162 95/.250 98/.178 175/.253 69/.259 99/.242 .245
OPS .752 .762 .834 .520 .837 .663 .740 .747 .578 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.835 14/1.012 43/.770 33/.470 39/.797 43/.693 41/.618 31/.529 42/.617 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.691 17/.561 53/.885 49/.555 56/.863 55/.639 134/.776 38/.893 57/.548 .710
Home 100/.692 24/.775 48/.754 46/.610 45/.864 51/.724 102/.715 34/.538 51/.590
Last 28d days 131/.757 31/.762 43/.758 35/.326 45/.878 49/.627 96/.738 19/.774 99/.578
HR/SB/CS 8/6/1 1/0/1 4/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/1 1/1/0 6/2/1 2/3/0 0/2/0 53/27/8
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· X·X····X ·oo····· ·o··XX·X X·X···X· ···X···· ····X··· ·X····X·
Cubs Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Stults*
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 45.Leach*
G/S/vB		 59.Mota
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/3 .111/.111/.222/.333 .600/.000 .333 9/.333 0/0 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 129/98 .204/.333/.389/.722 .836/.685 .846 79/.791 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 155/131 .221/.303/.375/.678 .220/.762 .607 67/.517 2/1 5/3
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/3 .750/.750/1.000/1.750 3.000/1.333 1.750 4/1.750 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 170/164 .311/.441/.511/.952 1.133/.945 .885 77/.851 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/45 .289/.396/.467/.863 .625/.909 .850 18/.889 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 103/89 .287/.340/.489/.829 .522/.878 1.001 62/.779 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 80/52 .239/.313/.366/.679 .661/.684 .695 34/.781 0/0 2/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 7/.786 ··· 18/.466 1/2.000 1/.000 152/130 .244/.316/.407/.723 .945/.685 .849 61/.922 0/0 5/0
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/44 .268/.375/.512/.887 1.250/.846 .996 48/.887 0/0 2/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 10/.644 1/.000 2/.000 208/175 .253/.313/.495/.807 .618/.842 .801 99/.693 5/2 12/4
18.Soto G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 141/115 .218/.333/.277/.611 .673/.596 .736 77/.727 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 195/162 .286/.344/.457/.801 .992/.763 .979 93/.777 7/2 5/4
IP 42.0 29.2 24.0 7.0 18.0 32.1 15.2 TOTAL .249/.328/.408/.735 .729/.737 .776 .728 22/11 53/28
ERA-K/9 4.29/5.8 2.43/8.5 1.50/13.9 5.14/10.3 7.50/4.5 1.95/5.9 5.74/5.2 3.70/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.253 128/.194 92/.100 31/.222 91/.333 132/.244 71/.302 .234
OPS .754 .568 .357 .804 .941 .572 .795 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.812 54/.694 49/.277 11/1.295 37/.924 60/.600 32/.973 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.739 74/.482 43/.440 20/.568 54/.949 72/.549 39/.651 .687
Road 106/.900 78/.539 47/.569 16/.402 43/1.054 68/.481 28/.709
Last 28d days 98/.664 57/.447 48/.440 31/.804 47/.990 79/.671 46/.904
HR/SB/CS 2/2/3 2/5/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 0/2/1 0/0/0 33/30/15
Usage ····X··· ··X·o·Xo ··X···X· o··X·o·o ····XX·o ·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.