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Game Preview: CHC @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @Comerica Park

Cubs, 34-32, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 4-2, 3.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 70.2 61 29 27 31 59 5 3.44
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.2 33 14 13 20 32 1 2.62 58
2009-06-18 CHW ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 117 53
2009-06-10 @HOU ND 8.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 104 73
2009-06-05 @CIN W 6.2 2 0 0 5 7 0 109 72
2009-05-27 PIT ND 6.1 7 2 1 3 6 0 112 56
2009-05-22 @SDP L 4.2 3 3 3 4 7 0 97 49
2009-05-03 FLA W 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 78 53
2009-04-28 @ARI W 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 111 50
Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   13-19   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-24   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 5-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Mon, Jun 22  @ATL  L   0-2       34-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 21   CLE  W   6-2       34-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 20   CLE  W   6-5 (13)  33-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 19   CLE  W   8-7 (10)  32-31  4th  3.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 18   CHW  W   6-5       31-31  4th  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 17   CHW  L   1-4       30-31  4th  4.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 14   MIN  W   3-2       30-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       29-30  4th  3.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun 12   MIN  L   4-7       29-29  4th  3.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun 11  @HOU  L   1-2 (13)  29-28  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 38-31, 1st, 4 up

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 6-4, 2.39)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 94.1 75 31 25 25 72 7 2.39
2008 (14-11) 183.1 199 91 90 77 108 23 4.42
2007 (5-15) 161.0 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76
Last 7 GS 4-2 49.1 38 14 12 14 37 3 2.19 62
2009-06-17 @STL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 99 51
2009-06-11 @CHW ND 5.0 5 2 2 4 3 1 99 48
2009-06-06 LAA W 9.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 109 79
2009-05-31 @BAL W 8.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 101 84
2009-05-26 @KCR L 6.1 7 4 2 1 2 0 89 48
2009-05-21 TEX W 8.0 7 3 3 5 7 1 132 58
2009-05-15 OAK W 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 97 67
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-11   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  24-25   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 14-4  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sun, Jun 21   MIL  W   3-2       38-31  1st  4.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20   MIL  W   9-5       37-31  1st  3.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19   MIL  W  10-4  (7)  36-31  1st  2.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @STL  W   6-3       35-31  1st  2.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @STL  L   3-4       34-31  1st  2.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @STL  L   2-11      34-30  1st  2.0 up
 63 Sun, Jun 14  @PIT  L   3-6       34-29  1st  3.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun 13  @PIT  L   3-9       34-28  1st  3.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun 12  @PIT  W   3-1       34-27  1st  4.0 up
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @CHW  L   3-4       33-27  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 DET 12 @CHC  3        W:Kenny Rogers (10-3), L: Mark Prior (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 DET  9 @CHC  3        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Carlos Marmol (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 DET  5 @CHC  3        W:Nate Robertson (7-3), L: Glendon Rusch (2-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 DET  9  CHC  6        W:Todd Jones (4-5), L: Felix Heredia (2-1), S: Matt Anderson (8)
Sat, Jul 07, 2001 CHC 10 @DET  6        W:Jon Lieber (11-4), L: Willie Blair (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2001 CHC 15 @DET  9        W:Felix Heredia (2-0), L: C.J. Nitkowski (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 DET  3 @CHC  2 (12)   W:Matt Anderson (3-0), L: Todd Van Poppel (0-1), S: Todd Jones (16)
Sat, Jun 03, 2000 DET  5 @CHC  3        W:Jeff Weaver (2-5), L: Kerry Wood (2-3), S: Todd Jones (15)
Fri, Jun 02, 2000 CHC  2  DET  0        W:Scott Downs (2-1), L: Hideo Nomo (2-4), S: Rick Aguilera (11)
Thu, Jun 25, 1998 DET  6  CHC  4        W:Matt Anderson (1-0), L: Terry Adams (6-5), S: Todd Jones (12)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 8-3

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

TBR  5.65

BAL  4.61

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

MIL  4.62

WSN  5.59

 BA

J. Mauer  .407

L. Castillo  .281

A. Kearns  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .475

C. Lee  .354

D. Navarro  .242

 SLG

J. Mauer  .727

B. Roberts  .457

N. Punto  .248

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.202

A. Callaspo  .815

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

B. Bergesen  3.94

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.35

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

Cubs Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 43.Figaro
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 44.Seay*
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/49 .245/.310/.302/.612 .452/.636 .737 63/.612 0/1 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 188/133 .247/.351/.395/.746 .890/.685 .580 67/.836 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 224/186 .232/.321/.381/.703 .364/.774 .796 77/.729 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .308/.333/.423/.756 .786/.732 .917 30/.756 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/224 .266/.397/.422/.818 .903/.813 .867 73/.525 5/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 74/65 .222/.329/.349/.678 .556/.696 .705 25/.446 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/110 .261/.305/.445/.750 .516/.789 .596 30/.533 0/0 5/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.200 125/74 .268/.336/.446/.782 .903/.700 .605 53/.950 1/0 4/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/192 .286/.361/.493/.854 .870/.847 .736 101/1.028 0/0 11/2
7.Miles# G/S/vP 8/.858 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 131/103 .203/.240/.260/.500 .693/.446 .486 25/.440 3/0 0/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 13/.322 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 299/240 .224/.291/.430/.721 .560/.759 .785 104/.525 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/157 .225/.341/.353/.694 .889/.640 .565 72/.853 1/0 5/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/229 .284/.340/.420/.761 .851/.739 .630 99/.710 9/5 6/5
IP 94.1 5.0 35.0 73.2 29.0 21.0 22.1 TOTAL .247/.324/.398/.722 .737/.718 .692 .707 29/15 72/41
ERA-K/9 2.39/6.9 3.60/12.6 4.11/4.9 3.54/5.0 4.03/6.8 3.86/6.4 3.22/8.5 4.24/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 373/.217 25/.348 145/.210 306/.260 120/.229 84/.211 101/.247 .256
OPS .611 .965 .719 .724 .624 .555 .726 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.546 11/1.055 62/.610 168/.846 71/.588 52/.582 52/.912 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.686 14/.896 83/.787 138/.573 49/.675 32/.508 49/.530 .716
Home 166/.635 25/.965 54/.749 136/.767 60/.469 28/.539 50/.646
Last 28d days 106/.551 25/.965 50/.378 118/.801 50/.688 31/.472 47/.788
HR/SB/CS 7/12/6 1/1/0 5/2/1 10/4/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 71/38/16
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ··X·o·X· ····X··· ·oo·X··· ·o·oXo·· ···o·X··
Tigers Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 22.Hart
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 141/126 .261/.293/.328/.621 .481/.638 .659 53/.528 10/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 21/.944 ··· ··· 2/1.500 25/.983 2/2.500 9/.611 ··· ··· 275/203 .333/.396/.554/.951 .834/.985 1.174 89/.767 1/2 14/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 32/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 5/.400 4/.833 ··· ··· 177/119 .255/.300/.344/.644 .851/.536 .655 68/.500 3/1 2/5
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 308/221 .263/.343/.493/.836 .666/.901 .704 103/.923 12/3 17/0
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.476 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 275/207 .274/.369/.523/.892 1.319/.762 .872 98/.833 1/4 16/8
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/25 .417/.462/.583/1.045 .000/1.136 1.182 27/1.045 0/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 211/162 .223/.319/.324/.643 .706/.624 .775 76/.550 1/0 2/1
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 7/.829 ··· 6/.583 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 242/177 .273/.347/.343/.690 .798/.650 .764 75/.667 2/0 2/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 11/.300 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/1.350 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 276/194 .263/.311/.378/.690 .780/.650 .768 92/.738 2/1 3/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/44 .225/.326/.413/.739 .928/.558 .951 51/.674 2/1 4/1
55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.667/1.000 .000/1.500 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/101 .278/.319/.444/.763 .421/.835 1.008 44/.463 0/2 4/4
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 69/37 .302/.333/.619/.952 1.129/.810 1.058 49/1.078 0/1 5/0
IP 70.2 15.0 32.0 1.0 31.0 32.2 53.1 20.1 49.0 TOTAL .262/.330/.420/.750 .789/.736 .795 .720 36/18 78/35
ERA-K/9 3.44/7.5 3.00/10.8 3.66/9.0 0.00/0.0 4.06/7.3 3.58/9.6 4.39/5.9 5.75/8.4 2.57/6.4 3.84/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 297/.237 68/.246 144/.238 4/.000 141/.255 150/.156 232/.260 94/.244 196/.239 .239
OPS .670 .692 .708 .250 .779 .629 .761 .762 .607 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.703 25/1.227 64/.654 2/.500 58/.730 70/.579 62/.663 40/.759 82/.627 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 167/.644 43/.377 80/.752 2/.000 83/.812 80/.673 170/.794 54/.763 114/.591 .687
Road 157/.584 28/.638 73/.771 4/.250 70/.729 74/.565 87/.803 40/.936 100/.530
Last 28d days 113/.525 40/.643 57/.476 4/.250 49/.604 60/.557 57/.827 25/.804 125/.641
HR/SB/CS 5/1/3 1/2/1 5/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 2/2/1 69/34/16
Usage ····X··· ·oX··X·· ·oXXo··· X······· ··Xo···· ··XXX··· oXo·o··· ··oX···· ·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.