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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 7:10pm, Friday, September 4, 2009 @Citi Field

Cubs, 67-65, 2nd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 7-6, 3.91)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-6)			131.1	128	64	57	60	108	9	3.91
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		3-2	35.1	43	24	20	19	33	2	5.09	45
2009-08-30	NYM	L	3.1	11	4	3	0	3	0	75	27
2009-08-25	WSN	L	4.1	7	8	8	3	4	1	95	18
2009-08-01	@FLA	ND	3.0	3	2	1	3	2	0	62	46
2009-07-27	HOU	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	103	67
2009-07-22	@PHI	W	6.2	10	5	4	3	7	0	115	40
2009-07-17	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	0	4	6	0	113	59
2009-07-12	STL	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	94	55

Last 5 v.NYM		2-1	28.0	27	12	11	16	17	3	3.54	50
2009-08-30	NYM	L	3.1	11	4	3	0	3	0	75	27
2008-09-24	@NYM	ND	4.2	3	5	5	4	2	1	87	36
2008-04-21	NYM	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	101	65
2007-08-03	NYM	ND	5.0	2	1	1	7	5	1	91	57
2007-05-15	@NYM	W	8.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	116	66

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

 Home:   40-27   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  53-51   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:36-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Thu, Sep  3   CHW  L   0-5       67-65  2nd 10.5 gb
131 Wed, Sep  2   HOU  W   2-0       67-64  2nd 10.5 gb
130 Tue, Sep  1   HOU  W   4-1       66-64  2nd 10.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 31   HOU  L   3-5       65-64  2nd 10.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 30   NYM  L   1-4       65-63  2nd 10.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 29   NYM  W  11-4       65-62  2nd  9.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28   NYM  W   5-2       64-62  2nd  9.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 27   WSN  L   4-5       63-62  2nd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Mets, 60-74, 4th, 18½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Bobby Parnell (24, RHP, 3-7, 5.81)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-7)			66.2	80	45	43	32	52	6	5.81
2008 (0-0)			5.0	3	3	3	2	3	0	5.40

Last 7 GS		1-4	21.0	29	24	24	10	14	4	10.29	34
2009-08-29	@CHC	L	4.2	9	8	8	2	2	1	109	14
2009-08-24	PHI	L	5.0	4	5	5	3	3	2	103	39
2009-08-19	ATL	L	3.0	9	9	9	2	1	1	71	4
2009-08-14	SFG	W	6.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	86	73
2009-08-08	@SDP	L	2.1	4	2	2	3	1	0	68	39

Last 5 v.CHC		0-1	4.2	9	8	8	2	2	1	15.43	14
2009-08-29	@CHC	L	4.2	9	8	8	2	2	1	109	14

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

 Home:   34-32   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  47-52   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 23-27   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Thu, Sep  3  @COL  W   8-3       60-74  4th 18.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2  @COL  L   2-5       59-74  4th 18.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @COL  L   3-8       59-73  4th 18.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30  @CHC  W   4-1       59-72  4th 17.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CHC  L   4-11      58-72  4th 17.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CHC  L   2-5       58-71  4th 17.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @FLA  W  10-3       58-70  4th 16.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @FLA  L   3-5       57-70  4th 17.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @FLA  L   1-2       57-69  4th 16.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   PHI  L   2-6       57-68  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 NYM  4 @CHC  1        W:Nelson Figueroa (2-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (7-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (28)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 CHC 11  NYM  4        W:Ryan Dempster (8-7), L: Bobby Parnell (3-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 CHC  5  NYM  2        W:Kevin Gregg (5-5), L: Brian Stokes (1-3), S: Carlos Marmol (6)

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 NYM  7  CHC  6        W:Joe Smith (6-3), L: Kevin Hart (2-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 CHC  9 @NYM  6 (10)   W:Bobby Howry (7-4), L: Luis Ayala (2-10), S: Kerry Wood (34)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 NYM  6  CHC  2        W:Johan Santana (15-7), L: Chad Gaudin (9-5), S: Luis Ayala (9)
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 CHC  9 @NYM  5        W:Jason Marquis (11-9), L: Jonathon Niese (1-1), S: Kerry Wood (33)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CHC  8  NYM  1        W:Ted Lilly (1-3), L: Nelson Figueroa (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 CHC  7  NYM  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (3-1), L: John Maine (1-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYM  8 @CHC  3        W:Tom Glavine (10-6), L: Jason Marquis (8-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-1; 2008 - CHC won 4-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 339-337

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

ATL 4.56

SDP 3.91

RA/G

SFG 3.74

ARI 4.71

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .367

J. Carroll .291

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .443

M. Reynolds .362

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .672

V. Guerrero .479

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

A. Pagan .839

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

J. Lackey 3.92

R. Nolasco 5.30

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

J. Cueto 6.80

J. Lannan 3.73

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Cubs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 35.Broadway
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 48.Misch*
G/S/vB 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 44.Redding
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB 36.Takahashi*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 138/87 .273/.326/.445/.771 .814/.746 .573 73/.963 1/0 3/3

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/82 .240/.298/.333/.631 .586/.646 .645 4/1.000 0/2 1/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/2.333 2/.500 9/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.833 3/2.500 ··· 3/5.000 10/.200 1/3.000 ··· 427/318 .266/.395/.421/.816 .835/.818 .652 105/.942 2/3 12/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 1/2.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 376/321 .225/.293/.373/.665 .575/.681 .701 40/.447 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 192/142 .281/.328/.520/.849 .722/.894 .998 66/.703 0/0 10/5

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 481/427 .274/.385/.456/.841 .587/.872 .890 90/.889 6/8 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .267/.389/.350/.739 .377/.881 .610 44/.692 2/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 234/192 .244/.328/.346/.674 .712/.665 .591 49/.993 0/0 2/3

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 194/169 .233/.284/.422/.706 .450/.745 .575 1/ 0/0 8/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 21/.536 4/1.167 17/.694 1/3.000 3/1.334 ··· 12/.977 ··· 2/.000 ··· 513/409 .294/.374/.550/.924 .917/.923 .824 108/1.021 0/0 27/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.800 5/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 159/127 .176/.218/.236/.454 .605/.415 .455 25/.261 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 28/1.131 ··· 14/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 27/.637 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 245/206 .323/.384/.534/.917 1.112/.882 .812 70/.797 0/1 11/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.417 ··· 7/1.381 9/.000 2/4.000 ··· 518/405 .243/.305/.427/.732 .569/.775 .756 69/.555 9/2 20/11

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/231 .212/.318/.371/.690 .788/.657 .636 55/.492 1/0 9/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 562/445 .291/.341/.389/.730 .863/.695 .686 105/.607 16/7 7/13

IP 66.2 21.0 23.1 51.2 32.0 57.2 36.0 150.1 90.0 59.2 58.0 22.1 TOTAL .254/.330/.413/.743 .718/.750 .704 .756 45/29 141/105

ERA-K/9

5.81/7.0

4.71/6.0

2.70/4.2

3.14/8.5

4.50/7.6

5.15/7.3

3.25/4.5

5.03/5.3

5.70/6.0

3.02/9.3

3.72/5.6

2.82/7.3

4.47/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.293 96/.298 91/.188 203/.241 153/.323 262/.263 127/.278 677/.287 403/.281 255/.195 257/.261 95/.241 .267

OPS .773 .722 .604 .688 .864 .774 .727 .771 .845 .619 .756 .765 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.833 46/.856 53/.666 128/.621 61/.886 112/.835 49/.725 396/.796 222/.943 129/.524 113/.911 45/.963 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.726 50/.604 38/.523 75/.809 92/.849 150/.730 78/.728 281/.737 181/.725 126/.721 144/.638 50/.590 .751

Home 189/.739 42/.890 47/.520 112/.557 94/1.058 125/.904 58/.681 363/.714 186/.793 141/.590 118/.647 47/.849

Last 28d days 105/.872 20/.794 36/.459 30/1.096 94/.695 49/.894 44/.556 140/.842 110/.783 45/.795 59/.840 19/.635

HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 0/1/1 3/0/0 6/0/0 4/1/1 5/1/1 1/1/1 12/16/6 15/2/1 6/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/0 127/57/31

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ······oo Xo·····o ····X··· ··X····o X·····X· ··X····· ·X·····X ·o··o··· ·X··o·XX ··X··o··

Mets Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 64.Berg
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 54.Patton
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 22/1.215 ··· 7/.453 3/.000 3/.000 9/.985 2/.000 2/.000 16/.467 17/.646 3/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 466/324 .308/.397/.359/.756 .720/.773 .868 91/.803 15/6 1/9

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 56/36 .231/.286/.385/.670 .862/.566 .850 9/.472 0/0 1/1

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 20/.932 ··· 12/1.084 11/.293 7/.572 11/1.080 5/.800 5/.000 16/.533 15/.600 3/1.167 12/.666 ··· 2/.000 519/375 .268/.297/.408/.705 .775/.679 .760 98/.890 5/4 12/1

11.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 330/251 .254/.315/.328/.643 .746/.611 .529 75/.686 6/4 1/9

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 456/371 .258/.312/.387/.699 .621/.717 .799 95/.680 3/2 8/11

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 4/.833 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/1.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 252/178 .297/.341/.498/.839 .919/.799 .943 95/.837 12/6 6/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.800 ··· 11/.788 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/137 .248/.293/.321/.614 .800/.600 .609 27/.478 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 270/185 .263/.302/.393/.695 .621/.730 .716 56/.558 0/0 6/3

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 21/.841 ··· 14/.536 5/.000 6/1.500 5/.450 2/.500 ··· 13/.490 9/.333 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 173/162 .185/.267/.311/.579 .100/.609 .537 41/.296 0/0 3/1

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 13/1.115 ··· 22/.955 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 17/.886 5/.400 29/.528 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 307/214 .279/.371/.457/.828 .846/.820 .826 48/.654 2/1 10/2

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 104/92 .272/.337/.391/.728 .258/.791 .726 66/.745 6/0 0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 19/.451 1/.000 5/.650 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 321/196 .260/.321/.420/.741 .770/.722 .767 93/.754 3/1 7/2

4.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/34 .233/.298/.302/.600 .237/.740 .496 21/.596 0/0 0/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 20/.550 ··· 6/1.500 9/1.015 8/.661 8/.393 1/.000 3/no AB ··· 7/.629 3/.333 6/1.267 ··· ··· 502/394 .323/.414/.465/.879 1.180/.798 .891 34/.708 24/9 8/13

IP 131.1 2.1 156.2 30.0 60.1 62.1 58.1 129.0 61.1 150.1 62.1 78.1 24.0 133.1 TOTAL .268/.336/.392/.728 .760/.717 .750 .686 106/40 77/93

ERA-K/9

3.91/7.4

0.00/3.9

3.96/7.8

5.40/8.4

2.69/7.3

4.04/9.1

3.09/7.3

4.19/10.6

4.26/7.6

3.17/7.4

3.47/11.0

4.71/6.6

5.63/7.5

2.90/5.5

3.91/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 573/.261 8/.286 639/.265 127/.221 258/.215 266/.220 231/.201 548/.229 272/.260 601/.238 285/.165 338/.264 113/.263 545/.256 .246

OPS .718 .661 .758 .624 .648 .716 .633 .732 .771 .682 .607 .767 .764 .667 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.748 5/.650 313/.830 35/.504 78/.632 121/.572 99/.638 245/.732 114/.704 121/.662 129/.529 109/.656 46/.778 236/.802 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.691 3/.667 326/.689 92/.672 180/.655 145/.837 132/.629 303/.732 158/.817 480/.688 156/.672 229/.819 67/.754 309/.564 .707

Road 283/.680 / 377/.756 87/.632 153/.704 131/.850 116/.693 257/.638 133/.731 301/.801 146/.588 127/.839 48/.901 259/.635

Last 28d days 43/1.143 8/.661 140/.736 63/.803 40/.402 42/.599 41/.616 97/.548 44/.710 100/.496 46/.515 54/.999 / 135/.725

HR/SB/CS 9/4/7 0/0/0 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 22/5/4 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/3/1 4/5/0 11/12/4 138/72/37

Usage ····X··· o······· X····X·· ····X··· ··ooo··o ··oo··oo X···X··o ···X···· ···X·X·· ·X····X· ·XX···X· X···Xo·· ········ ··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.