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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Brewers, 42-37, 1st, Tied

SP: Jeff Suppan (34, RHP, 5-6, 4.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-6) 87.0 107 52 47 37 47 13 4.86
2008 (10-10) 177.2 207 110 98 67 90 30 4.96
2007 (12-12) 206.2 243 113 106 68 114 18 4.62
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 54 24 21 14 22 4 5.06 41
2009-06-28 SFG L 5.2 9 5 5 2 3 1 101 32
2009-06-23 MIN L 5.0 9 7 4 3 3 0 97 27
2009-06-17 @CLE ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 2 0 101 46
2009-06-12 CHW W 6.2 9 2 2 0 5 0 83 53
2009-06-06 @ATL W 5.1 6 0 0 3 2 0 95 55
2009-06-01 @FLA ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 5 0 100 47
2009-05-26 STL L 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 3 57 28
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 24.2 35 23 19 12 12 6 6.93 36
2009-05-10 CHC L 6.0 8 4 3 2 3 1 120 43
2009-04-12 CHC L 3.2 2 5 5 6 1 1 78 32
2008-09-26 CHC ND 5.0 8 1 1 1 5 1 91 51
2008-04-30 @CHC L 3.2 11 11 8 1 1 1 92 1
2008-04-02 @CHC W 6.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 109 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-18   Road:   20-19   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @CHC  L   5-9       42-37  1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Cubs, 38-38, 4th, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 4-3, 3.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 83.0 75 37 34 35 66 7 3.69
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 1-2 45.0 35 17 15 21 33 3 3.00 56
2009-06-28 @CHW L 5.1 9 5 4 2 3 1 97 33
2009-06-23 @DET ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 110 57
2009-06-18 CHW ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 117 53
2009-06-10 @HOU ND 8.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 104 73
2009-06-05 @CIN W 6.2 2 0 0 5 7 0 109 72
2009-05-27 PIT ND 6.1 7 2 1 3 6 0 112 56
2009-05-22 @SDP L 4.2 3 3 3 4 7 0 97 49
Last 5 v.MIL 1-1 33.1 31 10 9 9 30 2 2.43 59
2009-04-11 @MIL ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 7 1 118 50
2008-07-29 @MIL W 8.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 118 79
2008-05-01 MIL ND 6.1 7 1 1 2 3 1 111 56
2008-03-31 MIL ND 6.2 3 0 0 1 5 0 85 72
2007-08-29 MIL L 6.1 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-13   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:20-18   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Thu, Jul  2   MIL  W   9-5       38-38  4th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

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 - CHC leads 4-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-7; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 92-85

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

NYY  5.55

CHW  4.47

SDP  3.79

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

M. Teahen  .285

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .745

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.205

R. Cano  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

J. Niemann  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Brewers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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 20/.774 4/.250 2/1.000 2/2.500 9/.472 9/.777 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 331/259 .330/.417/.573/.990 1.294/.908 1.094 106/1.038 6/3 16/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP 14/.220 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 91/.508 4/1 13/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/30 .267/.333/.367/.700 .000/.774 .311 19/.721 0/0 0/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 33/.672 9/.777 2/.500 5/.800 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 215/192 .298/.366/.426/.792 .604/.814 .851 81/.858 2/1 2/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 38/1.233 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 16/.813 13/.672 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 343/241 .306/.423/.604/1.027 1.054/1.014 1.076 106/1.131 0/2 21/3
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/91 .239/.340/.380/.720 .762/.712 .839 66/.734 1/0 2/3
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 7/1.964 5/.650 ··· 3/2.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/135 .193/.231/.317/.548 .738/.518 .774 18/.229 4/1 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 47/.639 4/.000 2/1.000 10/.733 16/.474 8/2.589 ··· ··· 2/.000 198/133 .203/.263/.341/.603 .665/.571 .466 37/.475 1/0 5/3
7.Hardy G/S/vP 23/.524 2/1.000 3/.666 8/1.357 12/.265 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 296/225 .233/.307/.366/.674 .529/.717 .674 99/.627 0/0 8/4
1.Hart G/S/vP 21/.802 6/.900 3/.333 5/.400 10/.522 8/.542 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 312/235 .251/.318/.427/.745 .779/.734 .668 94/.773 5/3 9/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 36/.664 7/.286 4/1.167 5/.250 5/.200 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 258/200 .232/.327/.273/.600 .598/.600 .550 80/.675 1/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/86 .322/.385/.539/.924 .909/.931 .869 74/1.129 0/0 5/3
11.Rivera G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .261/.314/.348/.662 .414/.767 .606 15/.497 1/0 0/0
IP 83.0 35.1 3.2 35.2 38.1 55.2 22.0 4.1 63.0 TOTAL .254/.339/.422/.761 .782/.754 .757 .785 25/14 90/46
ERA-K/9 3.69/7.2 3.82/8.9 2.45/0.0 4.04/8.1 3.76/9.9 4.37/6.1 5.32/8.2 6.23/10.5 2.43/6.4 3.86/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.247 157/.226 17/.231 159/.262 175/.167 238/.257 102/.256 24/.400 248/.236 .245
OPS .709 .699 .873 .785 .646 .749 .761 1.028 .614 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.725 73/.586 5/.933 65/.795 79/.575 67/.608 44/.784 7/1.381 106/.666 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.695 84/.797 12/.833 94/.775 96/.705 171/.802 58/.743 17/.875 142/.574 .707
Home 140/.764 71/.645 / 71/.829 76/.691 145/.736 54/.635 13/1.343 96/.690
Last 28d days 139/.664 48/.456 17/.873 53/.657 62/.683 40/.579 28/.808 4/.500 125/.695
HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 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·· XX·o·XX· o····ooo ····X··· ··X····· ·X····X·
Cubs Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB		 47.Burns
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB		 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB		 73.McClung
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 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/62 .231/.286/.282/.568 .616/.547 .481 72/.592 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/153 .239/.358/.375/.733 .915/.651 .906 79/.741 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 244/204 .220/.303/.355/.658 .397/.710 .584 71/.554 2/1 6/5
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/40 .316/.344/.509/.853 .673/.958 .653 56/.821 0/0 3/0
4.Freel G/S/vP 16/.962 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 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 12/1.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 271/245 .260/.379/.426/.805 .701/.816 .764 89/.550 6/4 6/0
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .500/.600/.750/1.350 /1.350 5/1.350 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 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 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/131 .248/.291/.447/.738 .463/.781 .948 44/.554 0/0 7/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 56/1.387 2/3.000 13/.879 2/.000 13/1.154 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 280/221 .282/.361/.478/.838 .815/.841 .947 109/.917 0/0 14/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 46/.656 1/.000 7/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 16/.196 ··· ··· ··· 14/.547 335/263 .230/.296/.423/.718 .575/.757 .660 106/.578 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 10/1.400 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 239/181 .236/.343/.394/.737 .806/.716 .800 84/.979 1/0 8/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 19/.895 ··· 7/.714 2/.000 2/1.000 11/.697 ··· ··· 1/no AB 9/.472 320/252 .286/.343/.418/.761 .870/.732 .896 106/.712 9/5 7/6
IP 87.0 16.1 39.0 31.1 23.1 49.0 8.0 18.0 26.1 36.1 TOTAL .245/.321/.396/.717 .717/.717 .752 .680 31/17 81/56
ERA-K/9 4.86/4.9 3.31/5.0 2.77/7.2 1.72/8.1 1.93/7.3 4.59/5.7 9.00/7.9 2.50/6.5 2.39/11.6 4.95/8.7 4.43/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.307 68/.246 160/.286 117/.191 90/.205 198/.251 35/.310 61/.151 107/.140 156/.241 .255
OPS .882 .719 .728 .551 .473 .748 1.021 .640 .500 .677 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.904 30/.727 63/.990 36/.949 44/.664 101/.867 12/.633 27/.916 62/.430 86/.645 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.858 38/.708 97/.560 81/.380 46/.293 97/.623 23/1.224 34/.435 45/.597 70/.717 .739
Road 227/.827 18/.583 82/.672 52/.644 31/.525 91/.710 23/1.268 7/.286 47/.631 80/.569
Last 28d days 133/.864 50/.767 55/.868 29/.670 35/.877 70/.939 35/1.021 61/.640 35/.264 53/.946
HR/SB/CS 13/5/1 2/0/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 6/4/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 94/43/11
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··Xo·oo· o·o·X··o ···o·X·· X····X·· o···X··o Xo··XX·X ···X·o·o ·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.