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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, August 14, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 46-68, 6th, 17 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (25, RHP, 2-5, 3.81)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-5) 49.2 53 21 21 18 33 4 3.81
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 40 16 16 16 26 3 3.72 50
2009-08-08 STL L 5.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 93 50
2009-08-03 WSN L 6.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 89 44
2009-07-28 @SFG L 6.0 6 2 2 3 5 1 107 54
2009-07-23 @ARI ND 4.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 102 35
2009-07-18 SFG W 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 90 75
2009-07-08 @HOU L 4.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 84 24
2009-07-03 @FLA W 6.0 1 0 0 4 4 0 91 70
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 2.1 4 4 4 4 3 1 15.43 32
2008-08-13 CHC L 2.1 4 4 4 4 3 1 70 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-27   Road:   18-41   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  32-50   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:   8-18
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:14-29   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug 13  @COL  L   1-10      46-68  6th 17.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12  @COL  L   0-8       46-67  6th 16.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11  @COL  W   7-3       46-66  6th 15.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   STL  L   3-7       45-66  6th 16.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   STL  L   3-5       45-65  6th 15.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   STL  L   4-6       45-64  6th 14.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   ARI  L   6-11(12)  45-63  6th 13.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   ARI  L   3-4       45-62  6th 12.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   ARI  L   0-6       45-61  5th 12.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   WSN  L   4-8       45-60  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22
Cubs, 58-55, 2nd, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 8-5, 3.01)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-5) 107.2 102 39 36 25 68 9 3.01
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 5-2 44.2 48 21 19 11 23 5 3.83 50
2009-08-09 @COL L 5.1 8 7 5 2 3 0 101 29
2009-08-03 @CIN W 7.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 106 65
2009-07-29 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 1 0 110 69
2009-07-24 CIN W 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 88 50
2009-07-18 @WSN W 5.0 7 4 4 1 1 0 85 37
2009-07-12 STL L 7.0 7 4 4 3 4 2 100 48
2009-07-06 ATL W 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 87 54
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 1.29 64
2009-07-01 @PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 97 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-22   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  46-42   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl:32-23   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Thu, Aug 13   PHI  L   1-6       58-55  2nd  4.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug 12   PHI  L   5-12      58-54  2nd  4.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug 11   PHI  L   3-4 (12)  58-53  2nd  3.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug 10  @COL  L   5-11      58-52  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  9  @COL  L   5-11      58-51  2nd  2.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  8  @COL  W   6-5       58-50  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7  @COL  L   2-6       57-50  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5  @CIN  L   0-4       57-49  1st    Tied
105 Tue, Aug  4  @CIN  W   6-3       57-48  1st    Tied
104 Mon, Aug  3  @CIN  W   4-2       56-48  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 CHC  4 @PIT  1        W:Randy Wells (3-3), L: Virgil Vasquez (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (14)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 PIT  3  CHC  0        W:Ross Ohlendorf (7-6), L: Ted Lilly (7-6), S: Matt Capps (18)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 CHC  3 @PIT  1        W:Rich Harden (5-4), L: Zach Duke (8-6), S: Kevin Gregg (13)
Wed, May 27, 2009 CHC  5  PIT  2        W:Carlos Marmol (1-1), L: Jesse Chavez (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (7)
Tue, May 26, 2009 CHC  6  PIT  1  (5)   W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Ian Snell (1-6), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 PIT 10 @CHC  8        W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-1), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: Sean Burnett (1)

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 CHC  2 @PIT  0        W:Jason Marquis (9-7), L: Zach Duke (4-13), S: Kerry Wood (27)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CHC 14 @PIT  9        W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Craig Hansen (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT  3        W:Ted Lilly (13-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 CHC  8  PIT  5        W:Chad Gaudin (8-4), L: Craig Hansen (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (6)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 4-2; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1195-1134

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

LAA  5.70

OAK  4.59

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

PHI  4.62

WSN  5.45

 BA

J. Mauer  .368

C. Counsell  .293

A. Casilla  .172

 OBP

A. Pujols  .446

A. Ethier  .364

J. Gerut  .236

 SLG

A. Pujols  .688

M. Prado  .475

A. Casilla  .219

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.134

G. Beckham  .835

A. Casilla  .485

 ERA

T. Lincecum  2.19

J. Niemann  3.86

J. Moyer  5.47

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.71

J. Cueto  6.78

N. Blackburn  3.68

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pirates Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 33.Caridad
G/S/vB		 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 22.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/.802 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 255/179 .194/.237/.319/.556 .498/.581 .513 90/.564 4/2 7/6
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/3 .333/.300/.333/.633 .857/.000 .733 7/.619 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 4/.833 1/.000 157/112 .235/.255/.423/.678 .670/.680 .657 96/.678 2/0 6/1
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/149 .250/.318/.375/.693 .493/.730 .608 11/.364 1/0 3/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 156/106 .296/.359/.641/1.000 .872/1.062 .996 110/.945 6/1 12/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 426/314 .256/.334/.376/.710 .838/.663 .702 97/.620 2/1 5/12
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 277/210 .289/.357/.482/.839 1.004/.788 .786 111/.905 12/1 7/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.167 5/1.350 2/.000 7/1.096 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 78/64 .233/.273/.274/.547 .769/.500 .419 52/.621 2/3 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 300/251 .247/.310/.371/.681 .690/.679 .600 63/.645 0/3 5/2
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 76/48 .215/.329/.415/.744 .812/.708 .522 62/.827 0/0 2/2
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 24/20 .048/.167/.048/.214 .000/.259 .384 19/.217 1/0 0/0
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/1.325 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/140 .252/.363/.301/.663 .817/.630 .564 40/.775 1/0 1/2
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 236/145 .303/.356/.417/.773 .694/.824 .781 88/.725 2/0 5/4
IP 107.2 5.1 129.2 17.1 52.0 53.2 50.0 111.0 54.1 54.2 72.1 27.2 TOTAL .256/.321/.393/.714 .697/.720 .666 .685 63/24 87/57
ERA-K/9 3.01/5.7 3.38/6.8 4.23/7.4 6.23/7.3 3.12/7.6 4.02/9.2 2.52/6.7 4.30/10.5 4.64/8.0 3.62/10.7 4.35/6.6 7.81/5.5 3.96/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 436/.254 24/.318 526/.266 74/.224 228/.238 234/.227 200/.200 476/.234 246/.260 252/.163 315/.264 131/.342 .248
OPS .658 .920 .764 .661 .696 .729 .613 .748 .780 .620 .778 .994 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.745 10/.956 248/.810 18/.701 68/.712 107/.571 85/.676 214/.766 105/.736 116/.545 104/.690 57/1.099 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.594 14/.896 278/.724 56/.647 160/.689 127/.858 115/.565 262/.733 141/.810 136/.683 211/.821 74/.913 .716
Home 206/.691 / 205/.732 8/.708 86/.618 112/.632 97/.636 243/.818 121/.820 115/.624 193/.739 70/1.117
Last 28d days 134/.695 24/.920 74/.764 38/.789 47/.611 51/.859 58/.655 121/.539 54/.796 54/.558 58/1.058 86/1.023
HR/SB/CS 9/7/3 0/0/0 15/10/7 2/0/0 4/3/1 11/0/0 6/1/3 21/5/3 6/3/1 1/2/0 10/2/1 5/3/1 124/60/32
Usage ····X··· ···X···· X····X·· ···X···· ··o·X·X· ··X··X·· ··X··X·· ··X····· ·X·Xo·X· ·oX··X·· ·X·o··X·
Cubs Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Morton
G/S/vB		 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 34.Bootcheck
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 57.Duke*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 25.Hart
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 83/46 .256/.301/.410/.711 .754/.676 .943 40/.954 1/0 1/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 11/1.545 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 351/259 .267/.398/.400/.798 .872/.768 .930 90/.963 2/2 8/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 3/.666 344/292 .230/.299/.388/.688 .583/.707 .634 70/.771 2/1 9/6
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 149/108 .298/.342/.550/.892 .841/.911 .815 58/.888 0/0 8/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/.000 3/.000 411/365 .274/.390/.460/.850 .543/.887 .793 98/1.051 6/8 9/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/30 .306/.375/.389/.764 .600/.823 .892 20/.461 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/155 .220/.295/.306/.602 .633/.593 .648 90/.585 0/0 2/3
25.Lee G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 11/.637 1/.000 43/.677 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.650 24/.851 3/.666 432/343 .286/.368/.533/.901 .964/.884 1.006 109/.944 0/0 23/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 14/.814 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.536 ··· 144/114 .193/.232/.259/.492 .646/.450 .490 13/.404 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 11/1.031 ··· 38/.939 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.800 21/1.179 ··· 182/151 .317/.385/.543/.927 1.372/.844 1.076 82/1.022 0/0 9/4
12.Soriano G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· 35/1.244 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 22/1.298 3/.333 476/376 .244/.307/.433/.740 .544/.790 .707 100/.841 8/2 19/9
18.Soto G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 20/.644 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 8/.929 3/1.667 276/209 .220/.330/.388/.718 .843/.680 .760 20/.517 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/1.000 ··· 35/.975 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 23/1.011 2/.000 487/386 .300/.352/.415/.767 .948/.720 .835 113/.738 15/5 7/13
IP 49.2 18.0 1.2 38.1 48.2 158.2 47.2 39.0 23.0 92.0 148.0 136.0 TOTAL .253/.329/.413/.742 .744/.741 .780 .808 41/24 123/94
ERA-K/9 3.81/6.0 4.00/10.0 21.60/10.6 6.57/8.2 3.88/6.5 3.40/4.4 6.23/10.0 3.69/5.1 4.30/5.1 5.09/4.3 4.93/5.7 4.30/4.8 4.45/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.275 86/.314 10/.333 177/.329 204/.262 652/.269 228/.319 172/.276 106/.264 400/.272 611/.288 569/.272 .273
OPS .749 .819 1.056 .921 .748 .724 .852 .815 .732 .826 .759 .797 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.895 28/1.354 2/ 90/1.059 99/.656 159/.704 116/.838 85/.898 49/.664 190/.814 119/.493 292/.867 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.568 58/.555 8/.929 87/.767 105/.836 493/.730 112/.865 87/.730 57/.788 210/.836 492/.822 277/.720 .766
Road 118/.799 36/.862 2/.000 62/1.051 104/.864 307/.770 73/.933 66/.894 39/.459 223/.855 316/.809 279/.895
Last 28d days 122/.718 13/1.083 10/1.056 44/1.019 53/.856 139/.795 49/.579 126/.861 24/.958 76/.940 132/.813 121/.890
HR/SB/CS 4/4/2 1/3/1 0/0/0 8/6/0 6/2/0 16/6/5 3/6/1 5/8/1 2/4/0 12/9/2 10/12/4 19/9/7 104/79/28
Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· ·o···X·· X···o··X ··X·o··X ····X··· o·o··X·· ·X·····X o······X ·X·····X X·····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.