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Game Preview: ATL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Braves, 39-43, 4th, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 5-7, 3.05)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-7)			112.0	97	41	38	23	130	10	3.05
2008 (12-16)			208.1	214	113	108	61	200	25	4.67
2007 (15-8)			216.2	197	95	90	50	213	29	3.74

Last 7 GS		1-3	48.0	39	12	11	8	52	4	2.06	64
2009-07-02	PHI	ND	5.1	7	2	2	0	5	0	109	51
2009-06-27	BOS	L	7.2	6	1	1	3	8	0	121	68
2009-06-22	CHC	W	6.2	9	0	0	2	5	0	116	59
2009-06-17	@CIN	L	8.0	4	4	4	2	7	2	99	63
2009-06-11	PIT	ND	8.0	2	1	1	0	12	1	113	86
2009-06-06	MIL	L	6.0	4	2	2	0	7	1	80	63
2009-05-30	@ARI	ND	6.1	7	2	1	1	8	0	99	60

Last 5 v.CHC		1-1	31.0	33	16	15	11	32	5	4.35	51
2009-06-22	CHC	W	6.2	9	0	0	2	5	0	116	59
2008-06-28	CHC	ND	4.1	9	5	5	3	7	0	105	29
2008-06-22	@CHC	L	6.0	5	5	4	5	4	2	109	43
2007-06-23	CHC	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	112	71
2007-05-19	@CHC	ND	7.0	5	5	5	1	8	2	101	54

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-21   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  22-30   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jul  6  @CHC  L   2-4       39-43  4th  5.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @WSN  L   3-5       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @WSN  L   3-5       39-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @WSN  W   9-8       39-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   PHI  W   5-2       38-40  4th  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   PHI  W  11-1       37-40  4th  3.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   PHI  W   5-4 (10)  36-40  4th  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   BOS  W   2-1       35-40  4th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   BOS  L   0-1       34-40  4th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   BOS  L   1-4       34-39  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Cubs, 41-39, 3rd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

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

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-5)			105.2	101	53	48	44	89	13	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		2-2	44.1	44	18	14	18	37	5	2.84	54
2009-07-02	MIL	W	6.2	8	4	3	2	9	2	109	51
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

Last 5 v.ATL		1-3	36.2	38	20	20	13	35	4	4.91	52
2009-06-22	@ATL	L	6.2	8	2	2	4	6	0	118	52
2008-06-11	ATL	W	9.0	4	2	2	0	11	1	119	82
2003-05-22	ATL	L	6.0	11	9	9	2	10	2	95	22
2002-04-19	@ATL	L	8.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	112	58
2002-04-13	ATL	ND	7.0	8	4	4	5	4	0	107	44

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-14   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  33-29   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl:22-19   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Mon, Jul  6   ATL  W   4-2       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  5   MIL  W   8-2       40-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jul  4   MIL  L   2-11      39-39  4th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 ATL  2  CHC  0        W:Javier Vazquez (5-6), L: Ryan Dempster (4-5), S: Rafael Soriano (6)
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 CHC  3 @ATL  2 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (2-0), L: Jeff Bennett (2-3), S: Kevin Gregg (9)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 ATL  6  CHC  5 (12)   W:Rafael Soriano (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (2-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 14, 2008 CHC 11 @ATL  7        W:Ted Lilly (12-6), L: Tom Glavine (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC  8 @ATL  0        W:Rich Harden (7-2), L: Jorge Campillo (7-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC 10 @ATL  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-7), L: Charlie Morton (3-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 CHC  3  ATL  2 (11)   W:Kerry Wood (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 CHC  7  ATL  2        W:Ryan Dempster (8-2), L: Jeff Bennett (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 CHC 10  ATL  5        W:Ted Lilly (6-5), L: Tom Glavine (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 ATL  5  CHC  4        W:Chad Paronto (3-1), L: Ryan Dempster (1-3), S: Bob Wickman (11)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHC won 6-0; 2007 - ATL won 5-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1212-1011

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 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.69

DET 4.56

WSN 5.64

J. Mauer .389

G. Anderson .284

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

M. Bourn .359

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

C. Jones .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

J. Cueto 6.77

J. Garland 3.31

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Braves Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.13 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 219/162 .284/.311/.417/.727 .751/.719 .723 81/.858 1/0 5/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 46/33 .195/.267/.244/.511 .258/.603 .533 35/.646 2/0 0/1

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .333/.333/.833/1.167 .500/2.500 1.167 6/1.167 0/0 1/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 167/84 .320/.392/.490/.881 .935/.827 .879 52/1.101 4/0 4/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.633 ··· 4/.500 6/.367 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 303/200 .293/.355/.433/.788 .634/.863 .838 85/.796 3/1 7/11

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.889 10/1.214 1/.000 13/.500 3/1.167 10/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 311/216 .244/.277/.340/.618 .714/.576 .506 81/.622 5/1 5/0

27.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/42 .135/.196/.231/.427 .200/.514 .263 29/.514 0/0 1/1

10.Jones# G/S/vP 48/.800 4/.250 ··· 16/1.779 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 300/202 .291/.407/.474/.880 1.000/.819 .889 107/.638 1/1 9/13

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 263/181 .272/.338/.387/.726 .643/.764 .719 72/.672 0/0 3/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP 8/.250 9/.222 ··· 7/1.904 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 246/160 .304/.388/.495/.883 .663/.994 .935 93/.795 3/1 8/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 19/1.074 2/.000 2/.000 7/.786 8/2.607 11/.773 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 306/197 .264/.343/.468/.812 .859/.785 .775 91/.788 10/1 14/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 179/93 .329/.391/.525/.916 1.135/.722 .986 69/1.180 0/1 4/4

8.Ross G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/4.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 101/67 .279/.380/.547/.927 .624/1.088 1.156 21/1.070 0/0 6/0

IP 105.2 38.1 5.2 38.1 40.1 56.2 24.0 7.1 69.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.397/.728 .755/.715 .746 .738 29/10 65/59

ERA-K/9

4.09/7.6

3.52/8.9

1.59/1.6

3.76/7.8

3.57/10.0

4.29/6.0

5.63/7.5

6.14/8.6

2.48/6.4

3.89/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.258 165/.222 23/.167 174/.264 182/.159 239/.256 113/.263 37/.344 248/.236 .247

OPS .764 .691 .681 .776 .624 .746 .764 .979 .614 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.815 76/.579 7/.821 68/.756 81/.575 68/.598 46/.778 11/1.192 106/.666 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.723 89/.786 16/.607 106/.787 101/.664 171/.802 67/.754 26/.885 142/.574 .710

Home 181/.700 79/.634 6/.167 86/.802 83/.640 146/.731 65/.661 26/1.114 96/.690

Last 28d days 138/.874 48/.506 23/.681 60/.722 58/.578 32/.502 34/.800 17/.794 97/.714

HR/SB/CS 13/10/6 6/0/0 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/5/0 1/0/0 4/3/2 86/44/20

Usage ····X··· X··X·o·X ·X·XX··· XX··XX·o X···o··· ··X···X· X····X··

Cubs Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/16 .120/.154/.200/.354 .400/.321 .750 2/.000 1/0 0/1

13.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 91/64 .225/.279/.275/.554 .616/.529 .448 63/.551 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 19/.378 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 235/169 .245/.370/.388/.758 .933/.685 .935 94/.805 0/0 6/1

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 8/1.071 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 260/216 .236/.315/.371/.687 .527/.720 .659 72/.658 2/1 6/5

5.Fox G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/55 .310/.358/.563/.921 .617/1.067 .910 68/.936 0/0 4/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 11/.455 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 287/259 .263/.379/.432/.811 .660/.827 .783 93/.652 6/6 6/0

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/11 .364/.462/.545/1.007 .000/1.212 .804 13/1.007 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 81/70 .229/.325/.357/.682 .636/.689 .720 17/.313 0/0 2/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 153/133 .245/.288/.441/.728 .463/.768 .914 40/.610 0/0 7/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 56/1.109 3/2.333 4/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 296/236 .285/.361/.504/.865 .800/.878 .988 109/1.030 0/0 16/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/.778 1/2.000 5/1.300 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 7/.143 348/275 .226/.290/.412/.702 .566/.737 .631 102/.489 7/2 14/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 9/.347 3/2.334 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 252/192 .229/.333/.393/.726 .775/.711 .771 89/.946 1/0 8/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/.770 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 339/270 .289/.344/.413/.757 .888/.725 .872 108/.654 10/5 7/7

IP 112.0 17.0 39.1 36.0 82.2 3.2 28.0 33.2 30.0 38.2 TOTAL .247/.323/.401/.724 .718/.726 .763 .707 32/18 88/59

ERA-K/9

3.05/10.4

2.12/6.9

3.20/12.4

2.25/5.8

4.46/7.2

4.91/0.0

5.79/9.3

4.28/7.2

3.60/5.4

1.63/11.6

3.89/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.232 67/.217 169/.224 154/.205 362/.256 16/.214 124/.252 142/.248 126/.243 153/.159 .251

OPS .625 .615 .699 .635 .784 .527 .734 .662 .596 .466 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.673 31/.619 61/.688 80/.673 174/.698 10/.522 64/.638 59/.772 60/.587 73/.528 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.572 36/.611 108/.701 74/.594 188/.865 6/.533 60/.833 83/.589 66/.605 80/.412 .709

Road 187/.661 27/.459 87/.635 79/.617 175/.920 7/.286 76/.727 56/.661 53/.538 65/.606

Last 28d days 141/.576 33/.644 55/.698 128/.570 81/.689 16/.527 51/.968 42/.512 43/.669 50/.408

HR/SB/CS 10/5/3 1/1/0 4/4/2 4/8/2 9/5/4 0/2/0 2/1/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 54/52/28

Usage ····X··· oo···o·· ··XXX·X· ··X····· ···X···· ·o·X··o· ·X···o·· X·oXX·o· ··o·o·o· ···Xo·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.