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Game Preview: CHC @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, June 25, 2009 @Comerica Park

Cubs, 34-34, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 7-4, 3.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-4) 91.2 77 33 31 20 75 14 3.04
2008 (17-9) 204.2 187 96 93 64 184 32 4.09
2007 (15-8) 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3.83
Last 7 GS 2-2 47.2 40 16 15 11 37 5 2.83 59
2009-06-20 CLE ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 2 87 54
2009-06-14 MIN ND 7.2 9 2 2 0 6 1 111 59
2009-06-09 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 114 70
2009-06-03 @ATL ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 7 0 108 65
2009-05-29 LAD W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 102 67
2009-05-24 @SDP L 6.1 8 5 5 2 4 0 95 39
2009-05-19 @STL L 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 104 59
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 33.1 21 15 12 7 32 6 3.24 61
2006-09-27 @DET W 6.0 5 3 1 0 9 2 98 63
2006-06-10 DET L 8.2 3 5 4 2 12 2 116 70
2004-04-14 @DET L 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 92 42
2003-05-13 @DET W 7.1 3 1 1 0 4 1 100 72
2001-07-25 DET ND 6.1 5 2 2 2 3 1 91 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   13-21   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-26   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Wed, Jun 24  @DET  L   3-5       34-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 23  @DET  L   4-5       34-33  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 40-31, 1st, 5 up

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 3-7, 5.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-7) 73.2 88 48 46 33 45 15 5.62
2008 (13-7) 178.2 152 83 74 61 126 28 3.73
2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.2 49 27 25 13 12 9 6.89 38
2009-06-19 MIL ND 4.0 8 4 3 1 1 1 77 32
2009-06-13 @PIT L 2.0 8 4 4 1 0 1 43 23
2009-06-08 @CHW ND 6.2 7 3 3 4 3 1 118 47
2009-06-03 BOS L 7.0 6 4 3 2 2 1 98 51
2009-05-28 @BAL L 7.0 10 3 3 1 4 2 100 48
2009-05-23 COL L 5.1 6 4 4 1 2 2 79 41
2009-05-17 OAK ND 0.2 4 5 5 3 0 1 41 21
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-11   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  26-25   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 14-4  IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CHC  W   5-3       40-31  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CHC  W   5-4       39-31  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 DET  5  CHC  3        W:Zach Miner (5-1), L: Rich Harden (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (15)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 DET  5  CHC  4        W:Brandon Lyon (3-3), L: Kevin Gregg (2-2), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 10-3

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  5.60

FLA  4.56

SEA  3.82

 RA/G

SFG  3.80

TBR  4.60

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .394

B. Butler  .283

B. Crosby  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

F. Sanchez  .357

D. Navarro  .240

 SLG

A. Pujols  .707

C. Guzman  .463

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.167

C. Guzman  .819

W. Taveras  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.54

S. Martis  3.35

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

Cubs Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB		 40.Dolsi
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 67/52 .246/.306/.298/.605 .452/.638 .708 61/.616 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/1.071 3/.667 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 197/142 .241/.360/.386/.746 .890/.687 .589 68/.791 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 232/193 .228/.315/.371/.686 .408/.743 .761 81/.690 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/21 .300/.314/.400/.714 .786/.667 .782 32/.615 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 247/231 .259/.386/.408/.794 .913/.786 .819 81/.480 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 137/118 .268/.314/.465/.778 .488/.826 .661 38/.696 0/0 6/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.200 125/74 .268/.336/.446/.782 .903/.700 .605 45/.963 1/0 4/1
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 250/201 .294/.376/.500/.876 .870/.875 .790 102/1.089 0/0 11/2
7.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 14/.297 3/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 309/250 .227/.291/.426/.717 .560/.753 .772 105/.529 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 213/165 .228/.338/.372/.710 .889/.662 .609 72/.905 1/0 6/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 295/238 .287/.344/.419/.763 .851/.742 .641 100/.688 9/5 6/5
IP 73.2 5.0 36.0 78.2 30.0 22.0 24.1 TOTAL .247/.325/.398/.723 .737/.719 .696 .698 29/16 74/53
ERA-K/9 5.62/5.5 /0.0 3.60/12.6 4.00/4.8 3.55/5.0 3.90/7.2 3.68/6.1 3.70/9.3 4.22/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.306 / 25/.348 149/.206 330/.266 125/.229 88/.213 110/.255 .256
OPS .907 .965 .711 .744 .625 .552 .753 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.998 / 11/1.055 64/.609 178/.825 74/.592 56/.576 55/.961 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.809 / 14/.896 85/.774 152/.647 51/.674 32/.508 55/.546 .722
Home 155/.863 / 25/.965 58/.727 160/.802 65/.483 32/.534 59/.707
Last 28d days 90/1.011 / 25/.965 54/.374 120/.869 50/.670 30/.448 50/.876
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 // 1/1/0 5/2/1 11/4/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 73/38/17
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· Xo··X·o· X·····X· X··oo·X· oo·o·oXo oX···o·X
Tigers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
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 48/.417 10/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· 2/1.500 26/1.023 4/1.833 9/.611 ··· ··· 284/212 .332/.398/.559/.956 .834/.991 1.173 90/.815 1/2 15/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 5/.400 4/.833 ··· ··· 181/123 .263/.310/.350/.660 .851/.564 .689 68/.544 3/1 2/5
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 317/229 .263/.343/.489/.832 .658/.898 .704 104/.873 13/3 17/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 10/.425 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 283/215 .275/.369/.529/.897 1.319/.774 .886 98/.913 1/4 17/8
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/33 .333/.412/.467/.878 .000/.938 .833 35/.878 0/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 5/.800 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 218/169 .226/.318/.339/.656 .706/.642 .794 75/.620 1/0 3/1
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 23/.652 1/2.000 6/.583 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 249/184 .275/.349/.342/.692 .798/.654 .764 73/.705 2/0 2/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 5/.000 ··· 6/1.100 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 285/203 .265/.319/.385/.704 .780/.672 .795 91/.775 3/1 3/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/45 .235/.333/.457/.790 .928/.661 1.067 47/.765 2/1 5/1
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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/104 .279/.319/.441/.761 .421/.829 .986 43/.525 0/2 4/4
33.Thames G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 78/46 .268/.308/.549/.857 1.129/.678 .795 58/.931 0/1 5/0
IP 91.2 15.1 32.1 1.0 32.2 34.0 53.2 20.1 49.0 TOTAL .262/.332/.422/.754 .788/.742 .800 .732 38/18 82/40
ERA-K/9 3.04/7.4 3.52/10.6 4.18/8.9 0.00/0.0 3.86/7.4 3.44/10.3 4.36/6.0 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 367/.226 71/.283 147/.242 4/.000 150/.263 157/.150 233/.259 94/.244 196/.239 .239
OPS .675 .752 .741 .250 .782 .622 .757 .762 .607 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.684 25/1.227 65/.665 2/.500 60/.726 71/.569 63/.651 40/.759 82/.627 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.672 46/.494 82/.800 2/.000 90/.815 86/.667 170/.794 54/.763 114/.591 .694
Road 180/.762 31/.785 76/.832 4/.250 79/.739 81/.557 88/.793 40/.936 100/.530
Last 28d days 136/.612 40/.744 56/.558 4/.250 55/.682 63/.548 58/.810 25/.804 97/.638
HR/SB/CS 14/8/1 1/2/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 2/2/1 73/36/16
Usage ····X··· o··oX··X ·o·oXXo· ··X····· X···Xo·· Xo··XXX· o·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.