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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Brewers, 42-36, 1st, 1 up

SP: Seth McClung (28, RHP, 3-1, 3.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-1) 45.2 42 18 18 25 30 6 3.55
2008 (6-6) 105.1 93 47 47 55 87 10 4.02
2007 (0-1) 12.0 11 9 5 5 11 0 3.75
Last 7 GS 0-2 33.1 36 18 18 19 29 4 4.86 46
2009-06-27 SFG ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 77 39
2008-09-21 @CIN ND 3.1 2 1 1 4 1 0 72 49
2008-07-21 @STL ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 87 52
2008-07-12 CIN L 6.1 3 3 3 3 7 1 96 59
2008-07-07 COL L 4.2 3 2 2 5 5 0 87 50
2008-07-02 @ARI ND 5.1 8 2 2 1 6 0 96 49
2008-06-27 @MIN ND 4.2 9 5 5 2 2 2 89 26
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-18   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:21-10   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jul  1   NYM  L   0-1       42-36  1st  1.0 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30   NYM  W   6-3       42-35  1st  2.0 up
 76 Mon, Jun 29   NYM  W  10-6       41-35  1st  1.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28   SFG  L   0-7       40-35  1st    Tied
 74 Sat, Jun 27   SFG  W   7-6       40-34  1st    Tied
 73 Fri, Jun 26   SFG  W   5-1       39-34  1st    Tied
 72 Thu, Jun 25   MIN  L   4-6       38-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   MIN  W   4-3       38-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   MIN  L   3-7       37-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @DET  L   2-3       37-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Cubs, 37-38, 4th, 3½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 4-5, 4.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-5) 99.0 93 49 45 42 80 11 4.09
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 1-2 41.2 43 20 17 19 31 4 3.67 50
2009-06-27 @CHW ND 5.0 8 5 5 3 2 1 104 30
2009-06-22 @ATL L 6.2 8 2 2 4 6 0 118 52
2009-06-17 CHW L 6.0 4 3 3 6 4 1 104 50
2009-06-11 @HOU ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 102 63
2009-06-06 @CIN ND 6.0 6 3 0 2 7 1 84 59
2009-05-30 LAD W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 99 75
2009-05-25 PIT ND 4.0 7 6 6 3 3 1 94 24
Last 5 v.MIL 3-1 30.1 29 13 12 9 37 4 3.56 56
2009-05-09 @MIL L 6.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 121 47
2009-04-12 @MIL W 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 110 47
2008-09-26 @MIL ND 5.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 80 58
2008-09-16 MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 9 1 114 58
2008-07-30 @MIL W 7.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 111 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:19-18   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Wed, Jul  1  @PIT  W   4-1       37-38  4th  3.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 30  @PIT  L   0-3       36-38  4th  4.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 29  @PIT  W   3-1       36-37  4th  3.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 28  @CHW  L   0-6       35-37  4th  3.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 27  @CHW  L   7-8       35-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 26  @CHW  W   5-4       35-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 25  @DET  L   5-6       34-35  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 24  @DET  L   3-5       34-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 23  @DET  L   4-5       34-33  3rd  3.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 22  @ATL  L   0-2       34-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 10, 2009 CHC  4 @MIL  2        W:Sean Marshall (1-2), L: Jeff Suppan (2-3), S: Kevin Gregg (6)
Sat, May 09, 2009 MIL 12  CHC  6        W:Yovani Gallardo (4-1), L: Ryan Dempster (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 MIL  3  CHC  2        W:Mitch Stetter (2-0), L: Aaron Heilman (2-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (5)
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 CHC  8 @MIL  5        W:Ryan Dempster (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 CHC  6 @MIL  5        W:Aaron Heilman (1-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 MIL  4  CHC  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Kevin Gregg (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 MIL  3  CHC  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (17-10), L: Bobby Howry (7-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 CHC  7 @MIL  3        W:Ted Lilly (17-9), L: Ben Sheets (13-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 MIL  5  CHC  1        W:Seth McClung (6-6), L: Sean Marshall (3-5), S: none
Thu, Sep 18, 2008 CHC  7  MIL  6 (12)   W:Kerry Wood (5-4), L: Carlos Villanueva (4-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-7; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 91-85

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  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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Brewers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 22.Hart
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		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 23/.822 4/.250 2/1.000 2/2.500 9/.472 9/.777 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 327/255 .327/.416/.574/.990 1.294/.907 1.094 106/1.049 6/3 16/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP 20/.417 5/1.400 2/.500 3/1.666 4/.250 10/1.100 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 301/219 .240/.352/.445/.797 .707/.822 .791 95/.485 4/1 12/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .241/.313/.345/.657 .000/.729 .311 18/.646 0/0 0/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 23/.909 9/.777 2/.500 5/.800 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 211/188 .297/.364/.427/.791 .604/.813 .851 81/.812 2/1 2/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 25/.794 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 16/.813 13/.672 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 339/237 .307/.425/.609/1.034 1.054/1.024 1.076 106/1.228 0/2 20/3
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/88 .236/.340/.382/.722 .762/.714 .839 64/.726 1/0 2/3
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 7/.929 5/.650 ··· 3/2.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/132 .197/.235/.324/.559 .738/.530 .774 16/.259 4/1 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 18/.334 4/.000 2/1.000 10/.733 16/.474 8/2.589 ··· ··· 2/.000 198/133 .203/.263/.341/.603 .665/.571 .466 40/.438 1/0 5/3
7.Hardy G/S/vP 26/.250 2/1.000 3/.666 8/1.357 12/.265 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 292/221 .233/.308/.368/.676 .529/.721 .674 99/.627 0/0 8/4
1.Hart G/S/vP 23/.467 6/.900 3/.333 5/.400 10/.522 8/.542 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 308/231 .255/.322/.433/.755 .779/.747 .668 94/.795 5/3 9/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 52/1.007 7/.286 4/1.167 5/.250 5/.200 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 255/197 .234/.327/.275/.602 .598/.603 .550 77/.685 1/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/85 .325/.388/.544/.931 .909/.942 .869 73/1.146 0/0 5/3
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .261/.314/.348/.662 .414/.767 .606 19/.516 1/0 0/0
IP 99.0 35.1 3.2 34.2 37.1 55.1 22.0 4.1 63.0 TOTAL .254/.339/.424/.764 .782/.758 .757 .792 24/13 90/46
ERA-K/9 4.09/7.3 3.82/8.9 2.45/0.0 3.89/8.0 3.86/9.9 4.39/6.0 5.32/8.2 6.23/10.5 2.43/6.4 3.90/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 422/.256 154/.231 17/.231 159/.262 171/.171 238/.257 102/.256 24/.400 222/.235 .245
OPS .756 .714 .873 .785 .655 .749 .761 1.028 .622 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.791 70/.614 5/.933 65/.795 77/.575 67/.608 44/.784 7/1.381 91/.697 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.726 84/.797 12/.833 94/.775 94/.722 171/.802 58/.743 17/.875 131/.568 .708
Home 151/.664 71/.645 / 71/.829 76/.691 145/.736 54/.635 13/1.343 96/.690
Last 28d days 134/.843 45/.488 17/.873 53/.657 58/.714 40/.579 28/.808 4/.500 99/.735
HR/SB/CS 11/10/6 6/0/0 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 0/0/0 4/3/2 80/43/19
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· ···X··X· ····X··X X·o·XX·X ····oooo ···X···· ·X······ X····X··
Cubs Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 73.McClung
G/S/vB		 47.Burns
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB		 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB		 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB		 52.Smith
G/S/vB		 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB		 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/58 .240/.288/.293/.581 .616/.565 .481 68/.611 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/149 .242/.355/.379/.734 .915/.651 .906 75/.746 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 244/204 .220/.303/.355/.658 .397/.710 .584 71/.554 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/36 .321/.350/.528/.878 .673/1.014 .653 52/.849 0/0 2/0
4.Freel G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.804 52/30 .140/.275/.140/.414 .349/.460 .403 12/.350 1/0 0/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 267/241 .256/.377/.406/.784 .701/.792 .764 85/.472 6/4 6/0
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 77/67 .212/.316/.333/.649 .500/.673 .620 20/.161 0/0 2/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 150/130 .250/.293/.450/.743 .463/.787 .948 43/.567 0/0 7/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 6/.000 2/3.000 13/.879 2/.000 13/1.154 ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 275/216 .283/.364/.471/.834 .815/.837 .947 104/.911 0/0 12/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 16/.196 1/.000 7/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/.547 335/263 .230/.296/.423/.718 .575/.757 .660 106/.578 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 235/177 .231/.340/.382/.722 .806/.696 .800 80/.950 1/0 7/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 11/.697 ··· 7/.714 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 9/.472 315/247 .283/.341/.417/.758 .870/.728 .896 101/.700 9/5 7/6
IP 45.2 16.1 39.0 30.1 23.1 7.0 15.1 26.1 36.1 TOTAL .244/.321/.393/.714 .717/.713 .752 .668 31/17 79/56
ERA-K/9 3.55/5.9 3.31/5.0 2.77/7.2 1.78/8.3 1.93/7.3 10.29/9.0 1.76/7.1 2.39/11.6 4.95/8.7 4.48/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.251 68/.246 160/.286 117/.191 90/.205 35/.310 58/.160 107/.140 153/.246 .256
OPS .748 .719 .728 .551 .473 1.021 .676 .500 .691 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.867 30/.727 63/.990 36/.949 44/.664 12/.633 25/1.000 62/.430 84/.661 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.623 38/.708 97/.560 81/.380 46/.293 23/1.224 33/.448 45/.597 69/.728 .742
Road 91/.710 18/.583 82/.672 52/.644 31/.525 23/1.268 7/.286 47/.631 80/.569
Last 28d days 70/.939 50/.767 59/.804 29/.670 35/.877 35/1.021 58/.676 37/.249 50/1.004
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 2/0/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 94/40/10
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·Xo·oo·o ·o·X··o· ··o·X··X ···X··o· o··XX·X· ··X·o·oX X·X··o··

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.