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Game Preview: MIL @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Brewers, 42-38, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Braden Looper (34, RHP, 6-4, 4.90)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 90.0 99 55 49 27 54 17 4.90
2008 (12-14) 199.0 216 101 92 45 108 25 4.16
2007 (12-12) 175.0 183 100 96 51 87 22 4.94
Last 7 GS 2-1 39.2 43 26 24 10 26 7 5.45 46
2009-06-29 NYM W 6.1 7 3 1 2 2 0 100 51
2009-06-24 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 104 50
2009-06-19 @DET L 3.2 8 7 7 0 4 3 66 21
2009-06-14 CHW ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 1 105 44
2009-06-09 COL ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 93 57
2009-06-03 @FLA ND 4.2 7 5 5 2 3 1 101 31
2009-05-29 CIN W 7.0 2 2 2 2 4 1 95 67
Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 30.0 34 13 10 8 22 5 3.00 52
2009-04-10 CHC ND 5.0 5 1 1 4 4 1 97 53
2008-09-21 @CHC L 6.0 9 4 4 1 6 0 102 43
2008-09-10 CHC L 5.0 8 4 1 1 4 0 106 44
2008-08-08 @CHC ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 2 96 59
2008-07-04 CHC L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 2 117 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  29-30   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @CHC  L   1-2 (10)  42-38  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Cubs, 39-38, 3rd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 5-4, 4.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-4) 67.0 63 38 34 31 76 13 4.57
2008 (10-2) 148.0 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07
2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.1 42 23 20 17 39 8 4.25 51
2009-06-29 @PIT W 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 102 63
2009-06-24 @DET L 5.1 4 4 2 4 3 2 109 47
2009-06-19 CLE ND 5.0 6 7 6 3 2 2 87 28
2009-06-13 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 92 61
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
Last 5 v.MIL 1-0 18.0 10 4 3 8 26 2 1.50 67
2009-04-10 @MIL ND 6.0 3 2 1 2 10 1 96 68
2008-09-18 MIL ND 5.0 1 1 1 6 7 0 115 62
2008-07-31 @MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 1 105 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-13   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:21-18   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jul  3   MIL  W   2-1 (10)  39-38  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 CHC  9  MIL  5        W:Ryan Dempster (5-5), L: Seth McClung (3-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 5-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-7; 2007 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 93-85

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  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Brewers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
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 9/.555 4/.250 2/1.000 2/2.500 10/.422 9/.777 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 336/264 .328/.414/.567/.980 1.294/.898 1.072 106/1.038 6/3 16/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP 11/.091 5/1.400 2/.500 4/2.000 4/.250 10/1.100 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 305/223 .248/.357/.465/.822 .707/.855 .841 91/.617 4/1 13/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 7/1.071 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/31 .258/.324/.355/.678 .000/.748 .282 20/.683 0/0 0/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.200 9/.777 2/.500 6/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 220/197 .292/.362/.417/.779 .604/.799 .824 81/.824 2/1 2/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/.904 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 17/.853 14/.619 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 348/245 .309/.425/.617/1.042 1.043/1.041 1.105 107/1.135 0/2 21/3
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/91 .239/.340/.380/.720 .762/.712 .839 62/.697 1/0 2/3
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 10/.550 5/.650 ··· 3/2.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/136 .199/.236/.322/.558 .738/.529 .789 19/.328 4/1 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 2/1.500 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 9/.111 2/1.000 3/.666 8/1.357 13/.244 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 301/230 .228/.302/.360/.662 .529/.700 .651 99/.606 0/0 8/4
1.Hart G/S/vP 5/1.250 6/.900 3/.333 6/.500 10/.522 8/.542 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 316/239 .248/.317/.422/.739 .779/.727 .660 94/.789 5/3 9/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 7/.143 7/.286 4/1.167 6/.733 5/.200 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 262/204 .237/.330/.277/.606 .598/.608 .565 80/.675 1/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/91 .317/.378/.525/.903 .909/.899 .833 79/1.080 0/0 5/4
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .261/.314/.348/.662 .414/.767 .606 15/.497 1/0 0/0
IP 67.0 37.1 3.2 36.2 38.1 55.2 22.0 4.1 63.0 TOTAL .254/.339/.423/.761 .781/.755 .759 .793 25/14 92/46
ERA-K/9 4.57/10.2 3.62/8.9 2.45/0.0 3.93/8.1 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 292/.248 157/.226 17/.231 165/.267 179/.163 239/.256 102/.256 24/.400 248/.236 .245
OPS .772 .699 .873 .797 .636 .746 .761 1.028 .614 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.937 73/.586 5/.933 67/.768 80/.583 68/.598 44/.784 7/1.381 106/.666 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.638 84/.797 12/.833 98/.814 99/.680 171/.802 58/.743 17/.875 142/.574 .708
Home 158/.814 71/.645 / 77/.851 80/.668 146/.731 54/.635 13/1.343 96/.690
Last 28d days 101/.793 43/.463 17/.873 59/.705 60/.599 41/.562 28/.808 4/.500 125/.695
HR/SB/CS 13/2/1 6/0/0 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 0/0/0 4/3/2 82/43/19
Usage ····X··· X·o·X··X ·····X·· XX····X· ·XX·o·XX ·o····oo ·····X·· ···X···· ··X····X
Cubs Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
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
28.Baker G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 24/15 .130/.167/.217/.384 .444/.343 1.000 / 1/0 0/1
13.Blanco# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/63 .228/.282/.278/.561 .616/.538 .464 69/.611 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/.750 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 222/157 .239/.356/.372/.728 .915/.647 .888 83/.728 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 13/.413 ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 2/.000 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 248/207 .220/.302/.353/.656 .387/.710 .581 71/.536 2/1 6/5
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 68/44 .317/.353/.550/.903 .673/1.027 .844 60/.881 0/0 3/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 16/.876 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.125 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.400 275/248 .260/.377/.427/.805 .671/.819 .764 89/.572 6/5 6/0
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/10 .500/.600/.750/1.350 /1.350 1.350 10/1.350 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 6/.200 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 77/67 .212/.316/.333/.649 .500/.673 .620 16/.067 0/0 2/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/131 .248/.291/.447/.738 .463/.781 .948 40/.610 0/0 7/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 28/.744 2/3.000 13/.879 2/.000 13/1.154 8/.696 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 9/.222 284/225 .285/.363/.502/.865 .815/.874 .997 109/.983 0/0 14/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 17/.352 1/.000 7/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 16/.196 ··· ··· ··· 14/.547 335/263 .230/.296/.423/.718 .575/.757 .660 101/.563 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 12/1.300 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 243/184 .237/.342/.406/.747 .790/.733 .820 88/.993 1/0 8/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 23/.681 ··· 7/.714 3/.000 2/1.000 13/.749 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 9/.472 325/257 .289/.347/.419/.766 .870/.739 .903 106/.725 10/5 7/7
IP 90.0 16.1 39.0 32.0 23.1 49.0 8.0 18.0 27.2 37.0 TOTAL .246/.322/.400/.722 .714/.725 .762 .699 31/17 85/57
ERA-K/9 4.90/5.4 3.31/5.0 2.77/7.2 1.97/7.9 1.93/7.3 4.59/5.7 9.00/7.9 2.50/6.5 2.28/11.0 4.86/8.8 4.50/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 395/.275 68/.246 160/.286 120/.186 90/.205 217/.268 38/.281 74/.185 107/.140 156/.241 .256
OPS .816 .719 .728 .537 .473 .819 .931 .715 .500 .677 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.851 30/.727 63/.990 38/.896 44/.664 110/.873 14/.536 32/.931 62/.430 86/.645 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.785 38/.708 97/.560 82/.375 46/.293 107/.762 24/1.167 42/.556 45/.597 70/.717 .748
Road 138/.950 18/.583 82/.672 55/.607 31/.525 110/.856 26/1.099 20/.774 47/.631 80/.569
Last 28d days 127/.844 50/.767 55/.868 32/.603 35/.877 89/1.070 38/.931 74/.715 35/.264 50/1.004
HR/SB/CS 17/1/2 2/0/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 9/4/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 98/43/11
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ···Xo·oo Xo·o·X·· ····o·X· ·X····X· ·o···X·· ·Xo··XX· o···X·o· X·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.