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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @Citi Field

Cubs, 68-66, 2nd, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 10-7, 2.90)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-7)			133.1	128	49	43	35	82	11	2.90
2008 (0-0)			5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		4-3	46.1	46	18	13	16	23	3	2.53	53
2009-09-01	HOU	W	6.2	7	1	0	2	4	0	94	60
2009-08-27	WSN	L	6.1	5	5	5	4	4	2	110	43
2009-08-21	@LAD	L	6.2	7	2	0	2	3	0	106	57
2009-08-14	PIT	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	86	51
2009-08-09	@COL	L	5.1	8	7	5	2	3	0	101	29
2009-08-03	@CIN	W	7.1	6	1	1	2	5	1	106	65
2009-07-29	HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	110	69

Has never faced NYM.

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

 Home:   40-27   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  54-52   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:36-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Sep  5  @NYM  W   5-3       68-66  2nd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Mets, 61-75, 4th, 17½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (25, RHP, 9-10, 5.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-10)			150.1	173	91	84	60	88	12	5.03
2008 (13-11)			200.2	209	86	83	64	110	12	3.72
2007 (3-8)			72.2	85	47	45	39	45	6	5.57

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.1	48	24	23	21	32	3	5.13	45
2009-09-01	@COL	L	4.0	6	7	6	5	4	2	96	23
2009-08-26	@FLA	L	5.2	11	5	5	5	2	1	118	24
2009-08-21	PHI	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	97	55
2009-08-16	SFG	ND	7.1	5	2	2	1	5	0	104	64
2009-08-10	@ARI	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	5	0	94	39
2009-08-02	ARI	L	5.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	107	48
2009-07-28	COL	W	6.1	7	0	0	3	5	0	115	61

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   35-33   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  48-53   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 23-27   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Sep  5   CHC  L   3-5       61-75  4th 17.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 NYM  6  CHC  2        W:Brian Stokes (2-4), L: Kevin Gregg (5-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (29)
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 3-2; 2008 - CHC won 4-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 340-338

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 5.73

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .366

C. Counsell .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Posada .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .672

H. Pence .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. LaRoche .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

D. Braden 3.89

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.92

J. Lannan 3.73

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Cubs Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
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 39.Parnell
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 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/2.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 145/94 .291/.345/.463/.808 .814/.804 .669 80/1.013 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 ··· 2/.500 9/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.833 3/2.500 6/1.500 3/5.000 10/.200 3/2.000 ··· 436/327 .268/.394/.422/.816 .835/.817 .662 105/.901 2/3 12/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 1/2.000 2/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 377/322 .224/.292/.372/.663 .575/.679 .697 36/.465 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 197/147 .284/.330/.523/.853 .722/.897 .986 68/.759 0/0 10/5

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 490/435 .271/.380/.449/.829 .575/.859 .870 90/.741 6/9 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 76/57 .274/.408/.355/.763 .377/.906 .666 47/.750 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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 198/173 .228/.278/.413/.691 .450/.727 .554 5/.200 0/0 8/1

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 21/.536 4/1.167 17/.694 1/3.000 3/1.334 5/.000 12/.977 ··· 2/.000 ··· 513/409 .294/.374/.550/.924 .917/.923 .824 99/1.014 0/0 29/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 10/.800 5/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 160/127 .174/.217/.235/.451 .586/.415 .455 21/.050 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 28/1.131 ··· 14/1.250 ··· 3/.000 8/.804 27/.637 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 254/215 .316/.378/.519/.897 1.112/.861 .779 72/.824 0/1 12/7

24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 67/50 .254/.343/.475/.818 .798/.822 .762 1/2.000 0/0 3/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 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 65/.462 9/2 20/11

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 315/235 .213/.321/.371/.691 .788/.660 .641 51/.577 1/0 9/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 8/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 571/453 .287/.337/.384/.721 .856/.687 .681 105/.548 16/7 7/13

IP 150.1 21.0 24.1 52.2 38.0 57.2 36.0 73.2 90.0 60.1 59.1 23.1 TOTAL .254/.329/.411/.740 .716/.747 .702 .737 45/29 141/111

ERA-K/9

5.03/5.3

4.71/6.0

2.96/4.1

3.08/8.5

4.74/8.3

5.15/7.3

3.25/4.5

5.25/7.2

5.70/6.0

2.98/9.4

3.94/5.6

2.70/7.0

4.44/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 677/.287 96/.298 91/.188 211/.241 153/.323 262/.263 154/.256 342/.284 403/.281 257/.194 267/.269 95/.241 .266

OPS .771 .722 .604 .706 .864 .774 .708 .750 .845 .613 .768 .765 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 396/.796 46/.856 53/.666 132/.602 61/.886 112/.835 62/.766 158/.778 222/.943 129/.524 119/.920 45/.963 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.737 50/.604 38/.523 79/.894 92/.849 150/.730 92/.667 184/.727 181/.725 128/.708 148/.648 50/.590 .751

Home 363/.714 42/.890 47/.520 112/.557 94/1.058 125/.904 58/.681 218/.708 186/.793 143/.581 128/.680 47/.849

Last 28d days 140/.842 20/.794 35/.473 37/1.138 85/.690 45/.877 71/.581 119/.777 100/.795 42/.546 60/.892 19/.635

HR/SB/CS 12/16/6 0/1/1 3/0/0 7/0/0 4/1/1 5/1/1 3/1/1 6/1/2 15/2/1 6/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/0 130/57/31

Usage ····X··· ····X··X o······· o·Xo···· X·····X· ····X··· ··X····· ·X·····X ···X···· ·o·o··o· ·X·X··o· o···X··o

Mets Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

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

1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.453 3/.000 3/.000 10/1.100 2/.000 2/.000 16/.467 17/.646 3/.000 7/.143 ··· 25/1.209 471/329 .310/.400/.360/.760 .720/.778 .873 95/.828 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 2/.000 ··· 12/1.084 11/.293 8/.661 11/1.080 5/.800 5/.000 16/.533 15/.600 3/1.167 12/.666 ··· 23/.806 528/382 .267/.298/.404/.702 .774/.675 .754 99/.855 5/4 12/1

11.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 339/259 .257/.318/.329/.647 .763/.612 .528 83/.693 6/4 1/9

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 464/377 .258/.311/.394/.705 .667/.713 .787 95/.745 3/2 8/11

16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/.833 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/1.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 262/188 .301/.344/.498/.842 .919/.804 .921 98/.869 12/6 6/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.800 1/.000 11/.788 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 150/139 .252/.295/.324/.619 .800/.606 .599 26/.497 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 274/188 .263/.301/.390/.692 .638/.717 .710 60/.554 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 34/.324 0/0 3/1

10.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 22/.955 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 17/.886 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 ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/2.333 113/99 .283/.354/.424/.778 .368/.839 .884 67/.848 6/0 2/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/.451 1/.000 6/.900 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 322/196 .263/.323/.422/.745 .780/.722 .774 88/.824 3/1 7/3

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .400/.400/.600/1.000 3.000/.500 5/1.000 1/0 0/0

4.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .234/.308/.298/.606 .237/.730 .496 26/.607 0/0 0/1

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 9/1.015 8/.661 9/.583 1/.000 3/no AB ··· 7/.629 3/.333 6/1.267 ··· 23/.471 511/403 .326/.415/.468/.883 1.180/.805 .884 35/.759 24/9 8/13

IP 133.1 3.1 156.2 31.0 61.1 62.1 59.1 134.0 62.0 150.1 63.2 78.1 24.0 137.1 TOTAL .269/.337/.393/.730 .768/.718 .749 .716 107/40 79/94

ERA-K/9

2.90/5.5

0.00/5.5

3.96/7.8

5.23/8.1

3.08/7.2

4.33/9.1

3.03/7.1

4.10/10.9

4.35/7.7

3.17/7.4

3.39/11.0

4.71/6.6

5.63/7.5

3.80/7.5

3.91/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 545/.256 13/.273 670/.267 127/.221 263/.229 268/.227 238/.196 548/.229 272/.260 601/.238 285/.165 343/.270 113/.263 598/.255 .247

OPS .667 .606 .755 .624 .673 .727 .624 .732 .771 .682 .607 .777 .764 .709 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.802 8/.393 327/.830 35/.504 79/.651 122/.584 104/.618 245/.732 114/.704 121/.662 129/.529 112/.686 46/.778 281/.758 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.564 5/1.000 343/.683 92/.672 184/.683 146/.845 134/.629 303/.732 158/.817 480/.688 156/.672 231/.821 67/.754 317/.665 .706

Road 259/.635 3/.000 377/.756 87/.632 158/.746 133/.869 119/.674 257/.638 133/.731 301/.801 146/.588 127/.839 48/.901 308/.666

Last 28d days 135/.725 13/.606 144/.720 63/.803 40/.567 41/.716 44/.583 97/.548 39/.640 100/.496 42/.515 48/.941 / 68/.912

HR/SB/CS 11/12/4 0/0/0 18/15/9 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/2/4 22/5/4 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/3/1 4/5/0 10/4/7 139/74/39

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