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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, August 27, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Nationals, 45-82, 5th, 29½ GB, 27 GB in WC

SP: J.D. Martin (26, RHP, 2-3, 4.76)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-3)			34.0	42	19	18	7	13	7	4.76

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.0	42	19	18	7	13	7	4.76	45
2009-08-21	MIL	L	6.2	8	4	4	0	4	2	89	46
2009-08-15	@CIN	W	6.0	6	1	0	1	1	0	93	58
2009-08-09	ARI	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	87	53
2009-08-04	FLA	ND	4.1	6	3	3	4	2	2	99	37
2009-07-30	@MIL	L	6.0	7	5	5	0	4	2	86	42
2009-07-25	SDP	ND	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	51
2009-07-20	NYM	L	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	0	74	27

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   27-39   Road:   18-43   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  35-64   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:15-24   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 26  @CHC  L   4-9       45-82  5th 29.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @CHC  W  15-6       45-81  5th 28.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   MIL  L   1-7       44-81  5th 29.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   MIL  W   8-3       44-80  5th 28.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   MIL  L   9-11      43-80  5th 28.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   MIL  L   3-7       43-79  5th 27.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   COL  L   1-4       43-78  5th 27.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   COL  L   4-5       43-77  5th 26.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   COL  L   3-4       43-76  5th 25.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @CIN  W   5-4       43-75  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Cubs, 63-61, 2nd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 9-6, 2.84)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-6)			120.1	116	43	38	29	74	9	2.84
2008 (0-0)			5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		5-2	44.1	48	19	15	12	21	2	3.05	51
2009-08-21	@LAD	L	6.2	7	2	0	2	3	0	106	57
2009-08-14	PIT	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	86	51
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

Last 5 v.WSN		1-0	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	7.20	37
2009-07-18	@WSN	W	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	85	37

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

 Home:   36-23   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  50-47   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Wed, Aug 26   WSN  W   9-4       63-61  2nd  9.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 25   WSN  L   6-15      62-61  2nd  9.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23  @LAD  W   3-1       62-60  2nd  8.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22  @LAD  L   0-2       61-60  2nd  8.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21  @LAD  L   1-2       61-59  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20  @LAD  L   2-7       61-58  2nd  7.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 19  @SDP  W   7-1       61-57  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 18  @SDP  L   3-6       60-57  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Mon, Aug 17  @SDP  L   1-4       60-56  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   PIT  W   3-1       60-55  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 WSN 15 @CHC  6        W:Garrett Mock (3-5), L: Carlos Zambrano (7-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 CHC 11 @WSN  3        W:Kevin Hart (1-1), L: Garrett Mock (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 CHC  6 @WSN  5        W:Randy Wells (5-4), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-5), S: Kevin Gregg (18)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 CHC  3 @WSN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-4), L: Craig Stammen (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (17)
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 CHC  6 @WSN  2        W:Rich Harden (6-6), L: John Lannan (6-7), S: none

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHC  6  WSN  1        W:Rich Harden (9-2), L: Jay Bergmann (2-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 CHC  9  WSN  2        W:Ryan Dempster (15-5), L: Odalis Perez (5-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 WSN 13 @CHC  5        W:John Lannan (7-12), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 WSN  2  CHC  0        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHC  7 @WSN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-1), L: Matt Chico (0-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 5-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; All-Time - WSN leads 285-265

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 5.72

WSN 4.61

SDP 3.79

RA/G

SFG 3.76

TOR 4.67

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .372

B. Zobrist .291

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .442

N. Reimold .363

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .665

N. Markakis .481

N. Punto .259

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

N. Markakis .843

R. Andino .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

C. Lee 6.84

J. Lannan 3.75

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Nationals Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wells
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 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 2/4.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 9/.555 ··· 3/.666 8/.000 226/192 .234/.305/.341/.647 .678/.641 .534 52/.497 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 26/.671 9/.722 3/.333 16/.838 ··· 7/.286 11/.864 12/.750 6/.000 7/1.143 26/.518 197/133 .254/.306/.387/.693 .685/.695 .650 60/1.111 2/0 5/5

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.167 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 289/226 .238/.301/.406/.707 .739/.698 .713 78/.664 2/9 8/6

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/1.667 21/1.394 7/.971 24/.920 4/3.000 ··· 6/.167 8/1.792 13/1.018 8/.250 8/.250 78/.968 529/393 .286/.420/.578/.998 .832/1.060 1.084 101/1.124 0/1 33/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 233/178 .260/.293/.353/.647 .921/.565 .694 68/.490 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.300 5/.800 4/.666 7/.000 1/.000 9/.111 9/1.556 22/.231 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.777 462/353 .305/.324/.420/.744 .786/.730 .684 95/.782 4/5 6/16

22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.100 3/.000 5/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 9/.111 6/.533 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 25/.462 267/230 .223/.351/.382/.733 .601/.752 .609 46/.633 9/2 5/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.142 4/1.500 1/.000 6/.333 6/.334 16/.838 532/408 .307/.368/.388/.756 .507/.827 .730 109/.757 40/17 3/4

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.429/.714 1.250/.000 7/.714 0/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 188/143 .262/.298/.314/.612 .442/.665 .730 49/.591 1/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .077/.077/.077/.154 .667/.000 .000 13/.154 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.000 7/1.000 5/.800 2/.000 5/3.467 4/.250 11/.920 3/.333 5/.200 12/.717 15/1.750 377/299 .301/.406/.580/.986 1.199/.935 1.165 94/.955 3/3 21/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/.000 11/1.045 5/1.800 2/1.000 17/1.067 2/.500 6/.000 10/.844 9/.444 5/.933 10/1.000 19/.504 548/413 .301/.374/.530/.904 .846/.921 .887 103/1.222 2/0 26/14

IP 120.1 143.2 28.1 57.1 58.1 55.2 124.0 57.1 135.0 59.1 74.2 128.0 TOTAL .266/.345/.417/.761 .774/.757 .774 .793 61/34 124/133

ERA-K/9

2.84/5.5

4.07/7.6

5.72/8.6

2.83/7.2

4.32/9.0

3.23/7.1

3.99/10.4

4.55/7.7

3.40/7.7

3.64/10.8

4.70/6.7

3.80/7.4

3.98/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.257 612/.262 122/.231 243/.224 253/.224 222/.208 500/.225 257/.262 543/.244 265/.162 328/.270 553/.248 .247

OPS .662 .756 .652 .666 .735 .651 .725 .786 .706 .603 .786 .699 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.754 294/.837 32/.554 72/.670 116/.580 95/.661 227/.742 107/.721 114/.691 122/.534 107/.669 253/.714 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.592 318/.681 90/.688 171/.665 137/.866 127/.644 273/.711 150/.830 429/.710 143/.661 221/.842 300/.685 .716

Home 231/.693 235/.755 35/.700 90/.604 122/.615 106/.605 243/.818 124/.844 242/.592 119/.620 201/.753 270/.719

Last 28d days 109/.699 136/.690 86/.708 34/.410 46/.995 49/.808 99/.533 40/.756 42/.539 44/.614 51/1.159 39/.991

HR/SB/CS 9/8/4 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 21/5/3 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/2/1 9/4/7 135/67/36

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X····X· X··Xoo·· ·o····o· oo····X· X······X ·o··o··o ····X··· X··X·o·· ·X·····X ·X······

Cubs Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Martin
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB Hernandez
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· ··· 117/70 .284/.333/.486/.820 .886/.775 1.095 57/1.044 1/0 3/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/3.334 2/2.500 25/.620 3/.000 6/.533 3/2.000 2/1.000 7/.143 3/1.167 8/2.208 393/287 .259/.391/.400/.791 .794/.798 .946 94/.874 2/3 11/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.429 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 360/307 .222/.292/.373/.665 .572/.681 .617 51/.631 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 176/126 .297/.347/.535/.882 .722/.947 .755 69/.825 0/0 9/4

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 6/1.833 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 3/.333 451/399 .275/.388/.465/.854 .568/.889 .808 90/1.028 6/8 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/48 .278/.391/.370/.761 .450/.873 .948 42/.643 2/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 213/173 .225/.308/.321/.629 .633/.627 .685 57/.706 0/0 2/3

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 5/.900 1/3.000 36/.761 9/1.931 2/1.000 6/.000 3/.000 8/1.071 3/.000 8/1.500 479/378 .291/.372/.539/.911 .903/.910 1.009 105/.935 0/0 24/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· 12/.091 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 8/.750 ··· ··· 157/125 .177/.219/.238/.457 .605/.418 .460 26/.240 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 11/.728 4/.500 1/.000 26/1.347 9/.111 3/.666 4/.500 3/.666 9/.111 3/1.666 10/.543 216/180 .318/.384/.538/.923 1.217/.868 1.071 64/.725 0/1 10/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 11/.573 5/1.400 ··· 12/.500 6/.533 5/1.000 2/4.000 4/.750 26/.577 ··· 6/.333 503/393 .240/.302/.423/.725 .534/.776 .690 80/.498 9/2 19/9

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.750 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 303/226 .218/.323/.381/.705 .823/.666 .776 47/.555 1/0 9/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 9/.472 1/no AB 6/.000 4/.500 4/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 531/418 .296/.345/.400/.746 .896/.706 .810 100/.688 16/6 7/13

IP 34.0 35.1 53.1 36.0 141.0 160.2 39.0 53.1 25.0 17.2 101.0 38.1 TOTAL .253/.330/.413/.743 .721/.748 .787 .757 45/27 133/101

ERA-K/9

4.76/3.4

5.60/7.4

3.04/6.6

2.50/10.5

5.36/5.2

4.03/3.8

3.23/4.8

5.23/7.8

5.40/6.5

7.13/7.1

5.08/3.9

3.99/6.1

5.06/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.300 149/.275 220/.193 142/.156 593/.312 687/.280 170/.237 250/.317 109/.284 73/.299 425/.273 181/.275 .279

OPS .864 .824 .627 .623 .861 .780 .683 .864 .891 .910 .772 .808 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/1.046 56/1.075 101/.629 73/.413 325/.851 169/.937 80/.714 118/.916 52/1.061 31/1.156 237/.793 85/.781 .862

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.679 93/.681 119/.622 69/.851 268/.873 518/.729 90/.649 132/.817 57/.744 42/.749 188/.745 96/.832 .770

Road 51/.764 82/.854 125/.695 53/.832 359/.861 309/.885 74/.810 120/.886 49/.898 20/1.137 215/.777 68/.935

Last 28d days 122/.854 47/.636 46/.777 61/.623 100/1.020 122/.981 47/.478 119/.756 53/.693 73/.910 98/.897 46/.839

HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 5/3/1 6/4/1 6/1/1 16/8/5 17/6/6 2/4/1 6/1/2 5/1/1 5/0/0 13/16/2 3/0/1 138/72/33

Usage ·····X·· X·o·X·X· ···o··X· ·X·X·XX· X······· ····X··· ··o·X··o ·X····X· oX··X··X X·X·XX·X ···X···· o·X·oo·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.