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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 1:10pm, Saturday, September 5, 2009 @Citi Field

Cubs, 67-66, 2nd, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 8-8, 4.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-8) 129.0 108 66 60 58 152 22 4.19
2008 (10-2) 148.0 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07
2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.0 23 15 14 20 56 5 3.00 62
2009-08-31 HOU L 5.0 5 5 5 6 9 1 98 40
2009-08-26 WSN ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 95 57
2009-08-19 @SDP W 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 103 80
2009-08-11 PHI ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 6 1 87 69
2009-08-05 @CIN L 6.0 4 3 2 4 9 1 103 59
2009-07-31 @FLA ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 11 1 99 57
2009-07-26 CIN W 6.0 1 1 1 0 8 1 90 74
Last 5 v.NYM 0-0 6.0 2 3 2 5 4 0 3.00 57
2008-09-25 @NYM ND 6.0 2 3 2 5 4 0 93 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-27   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  53-52   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:36-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Sep  4  @NYM  L   2-6       67-66  2nd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Mets, 61-74, 4th, 17½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (35, RHP, 2-3, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 32.0 43 17 16 10 27 4 4.50
2008 (3-3) 45.1 48 26 23 26 36 3 4.57
2004 (0-3) 28.1 32 18 18 11 10 4 5.72
Last 7 GS 2-5 35.0 45 26 23 17 25 5 5.91 42
2009-08-30 @CHC W 7.0 6 1 1 2 10 0 117 69
2009-08-25 @FLA L 5.0 4 2 1 0 2 0 78 55
2009-08-03 ARI L 1.2 10 6 6 1 0 3 53 10
2009-04-19 MIL L 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 91 51
2008-05-12 WSN L 5.0 5 6 4 5 4 0 108 36
2008-05-06 @LAD L 5.0 8 5 5 4 3 1 97 30
2008-04-27 ATL W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 0 98 42
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 24.2 30 16 12 15 25 1 4.38 46
2009-08-30 @CHC W 7.0 6 1 1 2 10 0 117 69
2008-04-22 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 3 5 2 0 92 38
2004-09-23 CHC L 2.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 40 30
2002-09-04 @CHC L 5.2 6 3 3 5 8 0 114 48
2002-06-04 CHC ND 5.0 6 5 1 2 4 1 81 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-32   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  48-52   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 23-27   vsCntrl:19-16   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  4   CHC  W   6-2       61-74  4th 17.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

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 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHC won 4-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 339-338

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  5.77

ATL  4.55

SDP  3.91

 RA/G

SFG  3.72

NYM  4.69

WSN  5.42

 BA

J. Mauer  .367

F. Gutierrez  .289

A. Miles  .174

 OBP

A. Pujols  .441

C. Gonzalez  .363

A. Miles  .217

 SLG

A. Pujols  .667

S. Choo  .476

A. Miles  .235

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.108

K. Fukudome  .838

A. Miles  .451

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.28

J. Lackey  3.92

B. Penny  5.28

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

R. Wolf  6.89

J. Lannan  3.73

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Cubs Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB		 35.Broadway
G/S/vB		 64.Dessens
G/S/vB		 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB		 50.Green
G/S/vB		 48.Misch*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 141/90 .275/.326/.443/.769 .814/.743 .573 76/.951 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 4/1.250 2/.500 9/.333 2/.000 4/.833 3/2.500 3/2.333 ··· 3/5.000 10/.200 1/3.000 ··· 431/322 .266/.394/.419/.813 .835/.813 .652 105/.911 2/3 12/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 376/321 .225/.293/.373/.665 .575/.681 .701 36/.465 2/1 9/7
5.Fox G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 196/146 .286/.332/.526/.857 .722/.904 .998 69/.747 0/0 10/5
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 485/430 .274/.384/.454/.838 .575/.870 .890 90/.854 6/8 11/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .267/.389/.350/.739 .377/.881 .610 43/.710 2/1 0/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 237/195 .240/.323/.341/.665 .712/.654 .591 52/.931 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 17/.694 2/.000 21/.536 4/1.167 1/3.000 3/1.334 5/.000 ··· 12/.977 ··· 2/.000 ··· 513/409 .294/.374/.550/.924 .917/.923 .824 104/1.048 0/0 27/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 10/.800 5/.933 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 160/127 .174/.217/.235/.451 .586/.415 .455 25/.261 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/1.250 1/.000 28/1.131 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.350 ··· 27/.637 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 249/210 .323/.386/.531/.917 1.112/.882 .812 70/.848 0/1 11/7
12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 7/1.381 9/.000 2/4.000 ··· 522/409 .241/.303/.423/.726 .569/.767 .756 69/.480 9/2 20/11
18.Soto G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/231 .212/.318/.371/.690 .788/.657 .636 51/.534 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 6/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 566/448 .288/.338/.386/.724 .856/.690 .686 105/.588 16/7 7/13
IP 32.0 21.0 23.1 51.2 57.2 36.0 73.2 150.1 90.0 60.1 59.1 22.1 TOTAL .254/.329/.412/.741 .716/.748 .704 .753 45/29 141/108
ERA-K/9 4.50/7.6 4.71/6.0 2.70/4.2 3.14/8.5 5.15/7.3 3.25/4.5 5.25/7.2 5.03/5.3 5.70/6.0 2.98/9.4 3.94/5.6 2.82/7.3 4.46/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.323 96/.298 91/.188 211/.241 262/.263 154/.256 313/.293 677/.287 403/.281 255/.195 257/.261 95/.241 .267
OPS .864 .722 .604 .706 .774 .708 .773 .771 .845 .619 .756 .765 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.886 46/.856 53/.666 132/.602 112/.835 62/.766 142/.833 396/.796 222/.943 129/.524 113/.911 45/.963 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.849 50/.604 38/.523 79/.894 150/.730 92/.667 171/.726 281/.737 181/.725 126/.721 144/.638 50/.590 .752
Home 94/1.058 42/.890 47/.520 112/.557 125/.904 58/.681 189/.739 363/.714 186/.793 141/.590 118/.647 47/.849
Last 28d days 94/.695 20/.794 36/.459 38/1.107 49/.894 71/.581 105/.872 140/.842 110/.783 40/.574 50/.856 19/.635
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 0/1/1 3/0/0 7/0/0 5/1/1 3/1/1 6/1/2 12/16/6 15/2/1 6/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/0 130/57/31
Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· ·······o ·Xo····· ···X···· ·X·····X X·····X· ···X···· ··X····· o·o··o·· X·X··o·X ···X··o·
Mets Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
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		 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		 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 3/.000 3/.000 9/.985 2/.000 16/.467 17/.646 3/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 22/1.215 466/324 .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 5/.000 ··· 12/1.084 11/.293 7/.572 11/1.080 5/.800 16/.533 15/.600 3/1.167 12/.666 ··· 2/.000 20/.932 524/379 .268/.298/.407/.705 .769/.680 .760 99/.876 5/4 12/1
11.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 335/256 .257/.319/.330/.649 .746/.620 .529 79/.703 6/4 1/9
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 461/374 .260/.313/.397/.710 .667/.719 .799 96/.759 3/2 8/11
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 4/.833 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 257/183 .303/.346/.504/.851 .919/.816 .943 96/.866 12/6 6/2
18.Reed* G/S/vP 11/.788 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 149/138 .254/.297/.326/.623 .800/.610 .609 27/.558 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 ··· ··· 14/.536 5/.000 6/1.500 5/.450 2/.500 13/.490 9/.333 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 21/.841 173/162 .185/.267/.311/.579 .100/.609 .537 37/.329 0/0 3/1
10.Sheffield G/S/vP 17/.886 ··· 22/.955 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 5/.400 29/.528 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/1.115 307/214 .279/.371/.457/.828 .846/.820 .826 48/.654 2/1 10/2
19.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 109/96 .268/.330/.381/.712 .237/.778 .726 67/.712 6/0 1/0
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/.451 1/.000 5/.650 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 321/196 .260/.321/.420/.741 .770/.722 .767 90/.780 3/1 7/3
4.Valdez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .234/.308/.298/.606 .237/.730 .496 26/.607 0/0 0/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/no AB ··· 6/1.500 9/1.015 8/.661 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 3/.333 6/1.267 ··· ··· 20/.550 507/399 .327/.416/.470/.886 1.180/.808 .891 35/.698 24/9 8/13
IP 129.0 3.1 156.2 30.0 60.1 62.1 59.1 61.1 150.1 62.1 78.1 24.0 133.1 137.1 TOTAL .269/.337/.394/.730 .763/.719 .750 .709 107/40 78/93
ERA-K/9 4.19/10.6 0.00/5.5 3.96/7.8 5.40/8.4 3.13/7.3 4.33/9.1 3.03/7.1 4.26/7.6 3.17/7.4 3.47/11.0 4.71/6.6 5.63/7.5 2.90/5.5 3.80/7.5 3.89/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.229 10/.333 670/.267 127/.221 258/.215 266/.220 235/.199 272/.260 601/.238 285/.165 343/.270 113/.263 545/.256 573/.261 .247
OPS .732 .733 .755 .624 .648 .716 .633 .771 .682 .607 .777 .764 .667 .718 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 245/.732 6/.533 327/.830 35/.504 78/.632 121/.572 101/.639 114/.704 121/.662 129/.529 112/.686 46/.778 236/.802 267/.748 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.732 4/1.000 343/.683 92/.672 180/.655 145/.837 134/.629 158/.817 480/.688 156/.672 231/.821 67/.754 309/.564 306/.691 .707
Road 257/.638 / 377/.756 87/.632 153/.704 131/.850 116/.693 133/.731 301/.801 146/.588 127/.839 48/.901 259/.635 283/.680
Last 28d days 97/.548 10/.733 171/.730 63/.803 35/.367 42/.599 45/.619 39/.640 100/.496 46/.515 48/.941 / 135/.725 43/1.143
HR/SB/CS 22/5/4 0/0/0 18/15/9 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/2/4 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/3/1 4/5/0 11/12/4 9/4/7 138/74/39
Usage ····X··· oo······ ·X····X· ·····X·· X··ooo·· o··oo··o oX···X·· ····X·X· ··X····X ··XX···X ·X···Xo· ········ ···X···· 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.