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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 4:10pm, Saturday, July 11, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 48-40, 1st, 3 up

SP: Brad Thompson (27, RHP, 2-5, 4.92)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			53.0	58	31	29	14	19	7	4.92
2008 (6-3)			64.2	72	38	37	19	32	5	5.15
2007 (8-6)			129.1	157	76	68	40	53	23	4.73

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.1	42	24	22	12	13	6	5.17	44
2009-07-04	@CIN	L	5.0	9	5	4	2	4	2	83	33
2009-06-29	SFG	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	83	43
2009-06-24	@NYM	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	0	1	66	30
2009-06-19	@KCR	W	7.0	5	4	4	2	0	2	83	49
2009-06-13	@CLE	W	6.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	87	67
2009-06-08	COL	L	4.1	5	3	3	3	2	0	67	40
2009-06-02	CIN	ND	5.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	62	48

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   24-20   Road:   24-20   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  34-27   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:24-17   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Fri, Jul 10  @CHC  W   8-3       48-40  1st  3.0 up
 87 Thu, Jul  9  @MIL  W   5-1       47-40  1st  2.0 up
 86 Wed, Jul  8  @MIL  L   4-5       46-40  1st  1.0 up
 85 Tue, Jul  7  @MIL  W   5-0       46-39  1st  2.0 up
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @CIN  W  10-1       45-39  1st  1.0 up
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @CIN  L   2-5       44-39  1st    Tied
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @CIN  W   7-4       44-38  1st  1.0 up
 81 Thu, Jul  2   SFG  W   5-2       43-38  1st    Tied
 80 Wed, Jul  1   SFG  W   2-1 (10)  42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   SFG  L   3-6       41-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Cubs, 41-42, 4th, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 8-6, 3.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			111.0	104	44	41	23	97	17	3.32
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09
2007 (15-8)			207.0	181	91	88	55	174	28	3.83

Last 7 GS		2-2	46.2	51	18	16	6	45	6	3.09	56
2009-07-05	MIL	W	6.1	9	2	2	0	9	1	112	56
2009-06-30	@PIT	L	7.0	8	3	2	2	7	0	101	56
2009-06-25	@DET	L	6.0	10	6	6	1	6	2	107	33
2009-06-20	CLE	ND	6.0	6	3	3	0	6	2	87	54
2009-06-14	MIN	ND	7.2	9	2	2	0	6	1	111	59
2009-06-09	@HOU	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	4	0	114	70
2009-06-03	@ATL	ND	7.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	108	65

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	35.1	29	12	12	8	24	4	3.06	59
2009-05-19	@STL	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	104	59
2008-09-20	STL	W	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	99	52
2008-09-10	@STL	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	90	73
2008-08-08	STL	ND	7.1	7	2	2	2	4	1	83	58
2008-07-05	@STL	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	90	54

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

 Home:   25-17   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  33-32   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl:22-20   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Fri, Jul 10   STL  L   3-8       41-42  4th  4.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  8   ATL  L   1-4       41-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  7   ATL  L   1-2       41-40  3rd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 STL  3  CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (4-2), L: Sean Marshall (2-3), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Wed, May 20, 2009 STL  2  CHC  1        W:Chris Carpenter (2-0), L: Ryan Dempster (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Tue, May 19, 2009 STL  3  CHC  0        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Ted Lilly (5-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 CHC 10 @STL  3        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 STL  8  CHC  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-0), L: Sean Marshall (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHC  7  STL  5 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (1-0), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CHC  8  STL  7        W:Aaron Heilman (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 STL  7 @CHC  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: David Patton (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHC  5  STL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (17-6), L: Braden Looper (12-14), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 7-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1149-1085

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 5.61

CHW 4.56

SDP 3.80

RA/G

SFG 3.68

COL 4.59

WSN 5.67

J. Mauer .389

A. Rowand .288

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .461

W. Harris .362

D. Navarro .252

SLG

A. Pujols .723

M. Diaz .474

N. Punto .234

OPS

A. Pujols 1.181

R. Cano .827

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.12

B. Bannister 3.87

J. Moyer 5.99

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.01

D. Davis 6.75

J. Garland 3.46

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Cardinals Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 40.Harden
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 12/.833 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 6/1.100 7/.286 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 234/170 .225/.286/.376/.662 .566/.699 .608 85/.452 1/2 5/3

23.Barden G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 6/2.166 ··· ··· 3/4.000 114/63 .233/.286/.379/.664 .580/.733 .760 2/.000 0/0 4/4

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 9/.444 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 6/1.500 ··· ··· 20/.535 289/218 .238/.336/.375/.711 .650/.731 .822 72/.605 0/1 5/5

34.Hoffpauir G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .375/.545/.625/1.170 .933/1.300 1.170 11/1.170 0/0 0/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 27/.539 57/40 .259/.298/.352/.650 .728/.617 .625 16/.450 0/0 1/0

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 24/.592 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.000 7/.286 9/.583 15/.767 2/.000 1/no AB 9/2.278 262/185 .241/.313/.448/.761 .735/.772 .791 94/.801 3/0 13/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 29/.558 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 8/.286 4/1.250 21/.649 1/.000 ··· 31/.603 307/229 .284/.354/.391/.745 .710/.757 .679 92/.850 5/1 5/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP 36/.937 3/1.000 2/.000 9/.777 10/1.389 19/.610 25/.800 3/1.667 1/.000 66/.887 369/263 .332/.458/.723/1.181 1.202/1.172 1.081 103/1.380 10/3 32/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/2.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 279/216 .280/.324/.490/.814 .508/.900 .797 84/.844 1/0 11/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 22/.687 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 15/.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 198/118 .299/.333/.402/.736 .761/.717 .747 67/.740 8/4 1/4

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 12/.166 2/.000 4/.000 6/.334 9/.444 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 24/1.099 325/258 .301/.360/.399/.759 .529/.818 .791 106/.844 2/2 3/6

19.Stavinoha G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 69/36 .239/.246/.358/.605 .628/.583 .680 8/.250 1/0 1/0

22.Thurston* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.375 241/191 .224/.331/.346/.677 .785/.651 .568 70/.514 3/2 1/10

IP 111.0 39.1 33.2 74.0 41.1 40.1 59.0 9.1 69.0 96.0 TOTAL .256/.327/.413/.740 .668/.768 .739 .738 41/16 89/70

ERA-K/9

3.32/7.9

3.43/8.9

2.67/7.5

5.47/10.1

4.35/7.2

3.57/10.0

4.12/5.9

4.82/7.7

2.48/6.4

3.47/7.0

3.82/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.248 174/.229 133/.203 307/.265 183/.264 185/.157 251/.249 37/.344 274/.239 409/.242 .246

OPS .715 .689 .598 .829 .766 .620 .727 .979 .618 .693 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.745 82/.586 56/.679 133/.935 72/.760 83/.559 75/.537 11/1.192 121/.692 178/.756 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.707 92/.781 77/.540 174/.748 111/.767 102/.670 176/.807 26/.885 153/.558 231/.643 .703

Home 214/.622 88/.637 71/.663 173/.913 95/.780 86/.630 158/.703 26/1.114 122/.683 197/.716

Last 28d days 141/.838 48/.506 22/.773 116/.940 56/.683 54/.627 31/.369 17/.794 104/.637 142/.768

HR/SB/CS 17/9/3 6/0/0 3/1/2 15/2/1 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 1/0/0 5/3/2 7/3/3 88/44/20

Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··X ··XX···· X·····X· X·Xo·X·X ····XX·· ··XoX··· X·····X· ····X··· ···X···X

Cubs Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 28/18 .111/.143/.185/.328 .400/.284 .600 4/.000 1/0 0/1

13.Blanco# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/64 .225/.279/.275/.554 .616/.529 .448 53/.525 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 12/.878 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 19/.806 7/.829 4/.000 2/.000 244/177 .236/.365/.374/.739 .918/.666 .885 88/.783 0/0 6/1

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 8/.708 3/.333 ··· 4/.750 ··· 14/.715 10/.775 269/225 .231/.309/.361/.670 .527/.698 .625 67/.480 2/1 6/5

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/58 .311/.357/.554/.911 .617/1.044 .888 70/.891 0/0 4/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.200 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/2.334 2/.000 6/.167 2/.000 14/.857 8/.833 298/269 .265/.382/.445/.827 .634/.847 .819 87/.748 6/6 7/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/2.000 87/75 .240/.337/.360/.697 .750/.687 .751 20/.541 0/0 2/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 159/139 .242/.283/.430/.713 .463/.749 .857 40/.610 0/0 7/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.000 18/.818 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 12/1.000 4/1.000 3/1.334 15/.733 127/74 .265/.333/.442/.776 .885/.700 .959 13/.833 1/0 4/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 9/2.167 42/.732 12/.523 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 13/1.538 15/.733 29/.683 13/.539 308/247 .279/.354/.504/.858 .785/.871 .963 102/.977 0/0 17/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.000 40/.736 7/1.286 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 10/1.100 5/1.400 29/1.163 10/.744 84/68 .346/.393/.538/.931 1.348/.837 .825 12/.500 0/0 4/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 2/.000 31/1.000 37/1.084 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 52/.957 4/.833 26/.626 14/.974 356/283 .230/.292/.414/.706 .566/.741 .643 90/.514 7/2 14/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/1.000 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 12/.962 13/.413 256/196 .230/.336/.396/.732 .775/.719 .782 79/.966 1/0 8/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.000 13/.308 ··· ··· 7/.858 2/.000 3/.333 14/.571 ··· 29/.597 15/.950 351/280 .291/.345/.415/.759 .907/.723 .868 102/.741 10/5 7/7

IP 53.0 83.2 33.0 10.0 9.0 41.0 23.0 32.1 115.1 21.2 122.1 100.0 TOTAL .247/.322/.399/.721 .718/.722 .754 .706 32/19 90/64

ERA-K/9

4.92/3.2

2.47/6.9

0.82/6.5

3.60/0.9

8.00/4.0

2.63/6.6

2.35/10.2

4.73/7.5

3.20/3.7

4.15/8.3

3.09/8.1

5.58/5.8

3.76/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 229/.280 291/.193 125/.171 42/.256 44/.361 172/.201 94/.190 135/.254 461/.267 97/.244 519/.246 450/.318 .254

OPS .808 .534 .472 .722 1.021 .615 .591 .749 .659 .683 .669 .871 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.874 143/.533 57/.380 27/.634 22/.741 77/.505 59/.340 56/.815 218/.642 60/.516 222/.762 231/1.027 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.746 148/.535 68/.548 15/.867 22/1.250 95/.706 35/1.029 79/.701 243/.674 37/.954 297/.603 219/.712 .691

Road 120/.849 192/.550 72/.698 24/.655 16/1.348 92/.704 39/.516 62/.627 266/.709 52/.827 236/.758 177/.944

Last 28d days 123/.842 130/.649 33/.406 25/.573 29/.926 41/.626 17/.118 34/.870 142/.464 23/.596 158/.622 115/.970

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 3/0/2 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 4/0/1 3/0/1 2/1/1 12/6/4 13/3/1 72/18/15

Usage ······X· X····X·· o··o···X ······X· X······o X·X··X·· ··X···o· o·X··X·o ·X·····X ··o··o·o ···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.