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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, August 16, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 46-70, 6th, 19 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Ross Ohlendorf (26, RHP, 10-8, 4.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-8) 136.0 137 67 65 43 73 19 4.30
2008 (1-4) 62.2 86 49 45 31 49 10 6.46
2007 (0-0) 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 2.84
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.0 43 19 18 18 21 5 4.05 48
2009-08-11 @COL W 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 2 109 49
2009-08-05 ARI ND 6.0 4 1 1 5 2 1 104 57
2009-07-31 WSN W 6.1 6 2 2 2 4 1 85 55
2009-07-25 @ARI L 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 1 79 50
2009-07-20 MIL W 5.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 74 45
2009-07-11 @PHI ND 5.2 5 3 3 4 5 0 99 48
2009-07-05 @FLA L 5.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 87 31
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 77
2009-06-30 CHC W 7.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 93 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-27   Road:   18-43   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  32-51   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:   8-18
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:14-31   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 15  @CHC  L   1-3       46-70  6th 19.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @CHC  L   2-17      46-69  6th 18.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 8-22
Cubs, 60-55, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 7-7, 4.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-7) 111.0 97 59 53 47 130 21 4.30
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 2-2 42.0 26 14 12 15 53 6 2.57 63
2009-08-11 PHI ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 6 1 87 69
2009-08-05 @CIN L 6.0 4 3 2 4 9 1 103 59
2009-07-31 @FLA ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 11 1 99 57
2009-07-26 CIN W 6.0 1 1 1 0 8 1 90 74
2009-07-21 @PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 116 69
2009-07-16 @WSN W 6.0 3 1 0 0 7 0 99 71
2009-07-10 STL L 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 1 101 39
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 1.29 63
2009-06-29 @PIT W 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 102 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-22   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  47-42   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug 15   PIT  W   3-1       60-55  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   PIT  W  17-2       59-55  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHC 17  PIT  2        W:Randy Wells (9-5), L: Charlie Morton (2-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 6-2; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1195-1136

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  4.61

SDP  3.86

 RA/G

SFG  3.72

NYY  4.66

WSN  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .375

N. Schierholtz  .291

A. Casilla  .179

 OBP

A. Pujols  .447

R. Davis  .363

R. Cedeno  .239

 SLG

A. Pujols  .686

B. Butler  .475

A. Casilla  .225

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.133

M. Prado  .837

A. Casilla  .496

 ERA

T. Lincecum  2.19

J. Blanton  3.88

J. Moyer  5.47

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.71

D. Davis  6.86

N. Blackburn  3.68

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

Pirates Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 64.Berg
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		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.802 8/.500 ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 3/.000 261/185 .194/.239/.316/.555 .498/.580 .515 88/.527 4/2 7/7
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/3 .300/.273/.300/.573 .750/.000 .619 8/.536 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 157/112 .235/.255/.423/.678 .670/.680 .657 88/.713 2/0 6/1
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 184/156 .251/.317/.383/.700 .493/.737 .628 18/.556 1/0 3/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 164/113 .293/.354/.620/.974 .855/1.028 .946 108/.872 6/1 12/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 3/1.167 434/322 .254/.333/.372/.704 .838/.656 .692 97/.634 2/1 5/12
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 283/216 .289/.357/.478/.835 1.004/.784 .780 107/.943 12/1 7/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.167 5/1.350 3/.000 7/1.096 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 82/67 .221/.259/.260/.519 .714/.477 .367 56/.575 2/3 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.900 307/258 .246/.309/.367/.676 .690/.673 .594 65/.603 0/3 5/2
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 80/52 .217/.325/.406/.731 .812/.691 .520 66/.805 1/0 2/2
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 26/22 .043/.154/.043/.197 .000/.234 .322 19/.217 1/0 0/0
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 10/1.325 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 172/141 .250/.360/.299/.659 .817/.625 .558 40/.739 1/0 1/2
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 244/152 .299/.357/.411/.767 .702/.807 .769 92/.724 2/0 5/4
IP 111.0 2.0 6.1 129.2 22.1 53.0 55.2 52.0 54.1 55.2 72.1 113.2 TOTAL .255/.319/.390/.710 .696/.715 .659 .685 63/24 87/59
ERA-K/9 4.30/10.5 0.00/4.5 2.84/8.6 4.23/7.4 5.24/8.9 3.06/7.6 3.88/9.4 2.42/6.8 4.64/8.0 3.56/10.7 4.35/6.6 3.01/5.6 3.96/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.234 8/.286 27/.280 556/.267 74/.224 232/.234 237/.224 200/.200 246/.260 252/.163 315/.264 461/.256 .248
OPS .748 .661 .813 .773 .661 .689 .719 .613 .780 .620 .778 .660 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.766 5/.650 12/.788 269/.823 18/.701 69/.701 109/.559 85/.676 105/.736 116/.545 104/.690 195/.763 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.733 3/.667 15/.833 287/.726 56/.647 163/.684 128/.851 115/.565 141/.810 136/.683 211/.821 266/.584 .713
Home 243/.818 8/.661 3/.000 235/.755 8/.708 90/.604 115/.615 97/.636 121/.820 115/.624 193/.739 231/.693
Last 28d days 121/.539 8/.661 27/.813 104/.805 38/.789 44/.658 44/.905 54/.621 47/.810 49/.597 49/1.123 136/.668
HR/SB/CS 21/5/3 0/0/0 0/0/0 17/11/7 2/0/0 4/3/1 11/0/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 1/2/0 10/2/1 9/7/3 126/61/32
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·o···X·· ··X····X X····X·· ·X··o·X· Xo··X··X X···X··X ···X·Xo· X··oX··X ···X·o·· ·X····X·
Cubs Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Ohlendorf
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		 37.Morton
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 92/52 .271/.326/.424/.750 .864/.662 .976 48/1.008 1/0 2/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 11/1.545 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 355/259 .263/.394/.394/.788 .834/.768 .907 86/.942 2/2 8/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 347/295 .228/.297/.385/.681 .583/.699 .621 66/.662 2/1 9/6
5.Fox G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 158/113 .302/.348/.547/.895 .808/.930 .830 67/.895 0/0 8/3
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 4/.000 3/1.666 420/370 .275/.391/.465/.856 .567/.894 .809 98/1.023 6/8 10/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/3.000 46/36 .333/.435/.462/.896 .600/.989 1.120 24/.817 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 200/160 .225/.298/.320/.618 .633/.614 .685 87/.619 0/0 2/3
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/3.000 11/.637 1/.000 43/.677 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.650 24/.851 4/1.417 440/347 .290/.373/.538/.911 .934/.903 1.021 108/1.017 0/0 23/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 14/.814 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.536 3/.000 147/116 .188/.228/.254/.481 .625/.442 .471 16/.325 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/1.031 ··· 38/.939 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.800 21/1.179 2/1.000 182/151 .317/.385/.543/.927 1.372/.844 1.076 74/1.038 0/0 9/4
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 10/.800 ··· 35/1.244 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 22/1.298 3/.000 483/380 .245/.306/.431/.737 .548/.787 .703 103/.804 8/2 19/9
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 20/.644 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 8/.929 1/3.000 281/211 .219/.327/.388/.716 .801/.688 .754 25/.540 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 ··· 35/.975 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 23/1.011 3/1.167 497/392 .302/.353/.414/.768 .930/.725 .833 114/.756 15/5 7/13
IP 136.0 18.0 4.0 38.1 49.1 166.0 47.2 39.0 27.2 92.0 148.0 50.2 TOTAL .255/.331/.415/.745 .737/.748 .786 .817 41/24 124/94
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.8 4.00/10.0 24.75/11.2 6.57/8.2 3.83/6.6 3.42/4.4 6.23/10.0 3.69/5.1 3.58/4.5 5.09/4.3 4.93/5.7 5.51/6.0 4.61/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 569/.272 86/.314 27/.450 183/.344 204/.262 652/.269 230/.316 172/.276 125/.257 400/.272 640/.292 225/.296 .276
OPS .797 .819 1.177 .957 .748 .724 .844 .815 .711 .826 .774 .827 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 292/.867 28/1.354 8/1.083 94/1.087 99/.656 159/.704 117/.830 85/.898 59/.565 190/.814 128/.481 120/.996 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.720 58/.555 19/1.147 89/.811 105/.836 493/.730 113/.857 87/.730 66/.836 210/.836 512/.846 105/.625 .778
Road 279/.895 36/.862 19/1.089 68/1.140 104/.864 307/.770 75/.906 66/.894 58/.507 223/.855 345/.833 131/.931
Last 28d days 121/.890 13/1.083 27/1.177 41/1.225 51/.891 139/.795 48/.521 126/.861 43/.793 70/1.029 133/.988 110/.975
HR/SB/CS 19/9/7 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 12/12/5 5/4/2 107/79/29
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···X ··X···o· o···X·o· X·····X· ··o·o··X ···X···· ·Xo····· ···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.