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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Cubs, 27-25, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 4-3, 4.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 68.1 60 35 34 27 57 8 4.48
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 3-3 44.1 37 22 21 16 36 5 4.26 54
2009-05-30 LAD W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 99 75
2009-05-25 PIT ND 4.0 7 6 6 3 3 1 94 24
2009-05-20 @STL L 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 103 58
2009-05-14 SDP W 7.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 105 66
2009-05-09 @MIL L 6.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 121 47
2009-05-04 SFG W 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 102 64
2009-04-29 @ARI L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
Last 5 v.CIN 2-2 30.1 26 21 16 20 24 5 4.75 48
2008-07-08 CIN W 7.0 2 1 1 4 5 0 103 70
2008-05-05 @CIN L 6.0 4 5 0 1 7 1 83 60
2008-04-15 CIN W 6.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 44
2005-04-27 CIN ND 5.1 8 6 6 5 7 1 97 30
2002-05-22 @CIN L 6.0 7 5 5 5 2 2 91 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:   11-15   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  22-20   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Fri, Jun  5  @CIN  W   2-1       27-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @ATL  W   3-2 (11)  26-25  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   LAD  W   2-1       24-23  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 28   LAD  L   1-2       23-23  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 27   PIT  W   5-2       23-22  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 26   PIT  W   6-1  (5)  22-22  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 25   PIT  L   8-10      21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Reds, 28-26, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-13   Road:   15-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  5   CHC  L   1-2       28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @STL  L   1-3       28-25  3rd  2.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @STL  W   9-3       28-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @STL  L   2-5       27-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1  @STL  W   5-3       27-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @MIL  L   2-5       26-23  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @MIL  L   5-9       26-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @MIL  L   2-3       26-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   HOU  W   6-1       26-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 26   HOU  W   6-4       25-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 CHC  2 @CIN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-2), L: Micah Owings (3-7), S: Kevin Gregg (10)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 CIN  7 @CHC  1        W:Aaron Harang (2-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 CIN  3 @CHC  0        W:Johnny Cueto (1-1), L: Ted Lilly (2-1), S: Francisco Cordero (6)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 CHC  7  CIN  2        W:Rich Harden (1-1), L: Micah Owings (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 CIN  4  CHC  3        W:Francisco Cordero (5-4), L: Kerry Wood (4-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 CHC 14 @CIN  9        W:Jason Marquis (10-8), L: Johnny Cueto (8-13), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CIN 10  CHC  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (14-10), L: Ted Lilly (13-9), S: none
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 CHC  3  CIN  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (13-5), L: Josh Fogg (2-6), S: Kerry Wood (26)
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 CIN  2 @CHC  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-10), L: Ted Lilly (12-7), S: Francisco Cordero (24)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  0        W:Rich Harden (8-2), L: Johnny Cueto (8-12), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHC won 8-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1077-1049

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  5.74

BAL  4.65

SEA  3.80

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

TEX  4.76

WSN  6.04

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .276

C. Young  .181

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .475

S. Victorino  .349

C. Young  .232

 SLG

A. Pujols  .704

M. DeRosa  .441

J. Kendall  .266

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.170

C. Barmes  .794

C. Young  .554

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

A. Harang  4.11

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.42

C. Lee  6.48

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Cubs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Burton
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 46.Fisher
G/S/vB		 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB		 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 40.Masset
G/S/vB		 33.Owings
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 25.Weathers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 21/15 .150/.150/.250/.400 .600/.357 .455 21/.400 0/0 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.393 2/.500 2/1.000 139/103 .220/.338/.390/.728 .889/.669 .619 62/.809 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 8/.700 1/.000 3/.666 177/147 .232/.311/.394/.704 .426/.762 .742 69/.593 2/1 5/3
5.Fox G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.667/.800 8/1.071 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.250 7/.429 ··· 6/.533 186/179 .302/.430/.490/.920 1.429/.899 .958 72/.865 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 61/53 .269/.377/.423/.800 .625/.828 .778 20/.725 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· 111/95 .275/.324/.461/.785 .583/.820 .640 48/.647 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.000 13/.154 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 97/62 .287/.351/.448/.799 .895/.745 .617 40/1.084 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 7/.858 7/.286 ··· ··· 9/1.667 5/1.100 10/.522 3/3.334 33/.453 175/145 .263/.349/.441/.789 .883/.765 .698 72/1.002 0/0 6/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/46 .224/.333/.429/.762 .582/.805 .664 47/.751 0/0 2/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 4/1.833 15/.673 ··· ··· 4/1.750 6/1.500 9/.222 3/.333 13/.693 234/195 .243/.303/.481/.785 .551/.829 .799 97/.653 6/2 13/4
18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 155/123 .209/.335/.264/.599 .575/.604 .451 68/.728 0/0 1/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP 7/.572 6/.400 ··· ··· 7/.533 6/.334 11/.989 ··· 10/.100 219/180 .286/.347/.439/.786 .980/.745 .597 89/.730 8/4 5/5
IP 23.1 23.0 5.2 21.1 20.0 19.0 60.2 19.0 18.2 TOTAL .249/.328/.405/.733 .744/.731 .688 .720 25/13 57/33
ERA-K/9 5.79/7.7 1.57/8.6 3.18/7.9 1.69/7.6 8.10/3.6 0.95/8.1 4.90/6.1 0.47/7.1 2.41/5.8 4.01/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 111/.298 90/.244 25/.286 91/.275 100/.325 71/.111 270/.274 71/.143 78/.188 .250
OPS .832 .589 .733 .716 1.126 .354 .784 .389 .621 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.781 51/.542 10/1.100 39/.618 42/1.426 25/.380 120/.859 27/.313 28/.487 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.873 39/.648 15/.424 52/.790 58/.900 46/.337 150/.725 44/.429 50/.693 .728
Home 48/.838 55/.575 12/.444 48/.800 51/1.325 43/.468 121/.803 37/.167 31/.845
Last 28d days 52/.903 37/.536 25/.733 37/.824 35/1.166 20/.350 144/.771 29/.288 36/.620
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/1/2 0/0/1 1/1/1 6/0/2 0/2/1 8/4/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 56/26/17
Usage ···X··X· X···o··· ··Xo··o· ··o·X·X· ····X·X· o···XX·· X····X·· o···o··o ··o··o··
Reds Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
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		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 218/159 .215/.298/.467/.765 .540/.847 .986 104/.602 3/1 14/1
26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/119 .241/.371/.352/.723 .408/.756 .497 56/.851 2/2 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.953 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .300/.364/.350/.714 1.100/.350 .937 22/.714 1/0 0/0
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/.872 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/114 .209/.250/.302/.552 .343/.620 .590 69/.613 0/0 2/2
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 172/119 .253/.310/.455/.764 .898/.702 .800 100/.843 4/1 7/3
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 94/75 .325/.409/.400/.809 1.036/.751 .876 57/.850 0/0 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 196/158 .272/.340/.364/.704 .689/.708 .768 97/.695 1/0 3/5
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .295/.367/.364/.731 .871/.685 .644 18/.465 0/0 0/1
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/105 .278/.328/.593/.920 .445/.985 .752 70/.917 0/0 7/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 13/.398 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 13/.308 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 201/146 .284/.350/.540/.890 .969/.861 1.035 86/1.059 6/3 10/4
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/99 .232/.322/.333/.655 .789/.631 .680 75/.705 0/2 2/2
3.Taveras G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/154 .260/.318/.328/.646 .503/.686 .702 80/.519 12/2 1/1
IP 68.1 7.2 24.1 25.2 23.0 26.0 45.2 15.1 1.0 32.0 TOTAL .252/.326/.407/.733 .730/.734 .779 .749 32/13 59/37
ERA-K/9 4.48/7.5 3.52/10.5 4.81/10.4 2.45/7.7 5.09/7.0 3.46/9.7 4.73/6.1 6.46/8.2 0.00/18.0 1.69/7.6 4.13/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 288/.240 34/.267 114/.255 98/.172 106/.271 119/.163 198/.270 74/.258 4/.250 123/.211 .240
OPS .717 .753 .791 .527 .847 .655 .780 .741 .500 .531 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.759 14/1.012 50/.652 42/.436 46/.791 55/.571 49/.693 32/.510 2/.000 56/.589 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.682 20/.578 64/.900 56/.595 60/.889 64/.731 149/.807 42/.890 2/1.000 67/.482 .707
Road 163/.790 7/.714 61/.831 49/.438 57/.832 62/.627 73/.777 35/.945 / 72/.490
Last 28d days 99/.675 34/.753 47/.795 35/.301 40/.910 54/.581 89/.838 14/.607 4/.500 102/.508
HR/SB/CS 8/6/1 1/1/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 7/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 56/30/9
Usage ······X· ·····o·· X·oX·X·X o·XX··o· ···X··X· X·oX·X·X ·····X·· ·····X·· ·····o·· ···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.