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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, June 29, 2009 @PNC Park

Cubs, 35-37, 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 4-4, 4.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 60.0 54 37 33 30 67 13 4.95
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 2-3 39.0 39 27 24 20 32 8 5.54 46
2009-06-24 @DET L 5.1 4 4 2 4 3 2 109 47
2009-06-19 CLE ND 5.0 6 7 6 3 2 2 87 28
2009-06-13 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 92 61
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
2009-05-01 FLA ND 3.2 6 5 5 4 2 0 86 27
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   14-24   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  28-27   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Sun, Jun 28  @CHW  L   0-6       35-37  4th  3.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 27  @CHW  L   7-8       35-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 26  @CHW  W   5-4       35-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 25  @DET  L   5-6       34-35  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 35-40, 6th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 8-5, 3.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-5) 105.0 100 38 36 25 51 10 3.09
2008 (5-14) 185.0 230 111 99 47 87 19 4.82
2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53
Last 7 GS 3-2 48.0 51 18 18 12 19 7 3.38 52
2009-06-24 CLE W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 94 60
2009-06-18 @MIN L 6.0 7 3 3 2 0 1 104 44
2009-06-13 DET W 8.0 6 3 3 1 3 2 106 60
2009-06-08 @ATL ND 6.0 11 6 6 2 2 3 90 26
2009-06-02 NYM W 7.0 8 1 1 1 0 0 90 56
2009-05-27 @CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 105 54
2009-05-22 @CHW L 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 88 67
Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 29.1 41 18 17 7 14 1 5.22 42
2009-05-27 @CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 105 54
2008-08-27 CHC L 8.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 114 64
2008-05-23 CHC L 4.0 10 5 4 0 1 0 63 25
2008-05-17 @CHC ND 6.1 8 4 4 1 4 1 106 44
2008-04-20 @CHC L 4.0 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-14   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  24-30   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:   5-11
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sun, Jun 28   KCR  L   2-3       35-40  6th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   KCR  W   6-2       35-39  6th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   KCR  W   5-3       34-39  6th  5.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CLE  W   3-2       33-39  6th  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CLE  W  10-6       32-39  6th  7.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CLE  L   4-5       31-39  6th  8.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @COL  L   4-5       31-38  6th  7.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @COL  L   7-9       31-37  6th  6.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @COL  L   3-7       31-36  5th  6.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @MIN  L   1-5       31-35  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 27, 2009 CHC  5  PIT  2        W:Carlos Marmol (1-1), L: Jesse Chavez (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (7)
Tue, May 26, 2009 CHC  6  PIT  1  (5)   W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Ian Snell (1-6), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 PIT 10 @CHC  8        W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-1), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: Sean Burnett (1)

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 CHC  2 @PIT  0        W:Jason Marquis (9-7), L: Zach Duke (4-13), S: Kerry Wood (27)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CHC 14 @PIT  9        W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Craig Hansen (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT  3        W:Ted Lilly (13-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 CHC  8  PIT  5        W:Chad Gaudin (8-4), L: Craig Hansen (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (6)
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 CHC  5  PIT  1        W:Ted Lilly (11-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 PIT  3 @CHC  0        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (6-7), S: John Grabow (1)
Sun, May 25, 2008 PIT  6  CHC  5 (11)   W:Damaso Marte (4-0), L: Jon Lieber (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-1; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1194-1132

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  5.64

NYM  4.53

SEA  3.88

 RA/G

LAD  3.84

CHW  4.59

WSN  5.71

 BA

J. Mauer  .394

B. Roberts  .284

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .468

A. Jones  .360

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

A. Pujols  .723

C. Jones  .471

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.173

B. Abreu  .817

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

L. Hernandez  4.05

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

D. Bush  6.56

J. Garland  3.33

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

Cubs Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/57 .250/.301/.309/.610 .742/.576 .690 69/.650 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 8/1.500 3/3.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 205/147 .236/.351/.374/.725 .877/.661 .562 68/.695 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 240/200 .219/.304/.357/.661 .397/.715 .714 77/.582 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/30 .349/.354/.605/.959 .597/1.174 1.141 41/.953 0/0 2/0
4.Freel G/S/vP 10/.800 5/.933 6/1.200 ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 45/29 .132/.250/.132/.382 .205/.477 .360 5/.000 1/0 0/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.333 ··· 260/238 .264/.388/.420/.807 .852/.804 .840 89/.551 6/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/67 .212/.316/.333/.649 .500/.673 .662 24/.178 0/0 2/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/125 .259/.303/.467/.770 .463/.820 .658 40/.661 0/0 7/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 40/.730 5/.900 11/.637 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 263/211 .288/.369/.485/.854 .867/.848 .752 103/1.039 0/0 11/2
7.Miles# G/S/vP 14/.814 4/.750 7/.286 ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 131/103 .203/.240/.260/.500 .693/.446 .486 25/.440 3/0 0/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 31/1.410 5/1.400 10/.800 ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 323/260 .231/.297/.429/.726 .577/.760 .785 105/.592 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 17/.561 2/3.000 5/.400 1/2.000 7/.953 ··· 3/.333 ··· 223/171 .228/.336/.381/.717 .840/.682 .632 74/.932 1/0 7/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 31/.933 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 8/.833 ··· 2/no AB ··· 304/244 .287/.347/.415/.762 .867/.737 .646 101/.660 9/5 6/6
IP 105.0 32.1 25.2 32.2 35.0 12.0 26.2 6.0 TOTAL .247/.323/.399/.722 .727/.721 .696 .686 30/16 78/54
ERA-K/9 3.09/4.4 3.06/6.4 4.91/6.7 3.31/6.6 3.86/7.7 5.25/3.0 3.04/5.4 3.00/10.5 4.28/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 426/.262 131/.204 112/.296 130/.254 157/.252 54/.239 110/.202 23/.190 .264
OPS .705 .667 .806 .730 .727 .721 .691 .594 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.795 60/.650 52/.838 52/.603 45/.626 19/.768 43/.667 11/.382 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.674 71/.677 60/.775 78/.816 112/.771 35/.698 67/.707 12/.788 .753
Home 232/.632 51/.568 73/.882 56/.488 68/.679 30/.867 49/.617 23/.594
Last 28d days 138/.818 38/.618 38/.599 42/.860 53/.556 54/.721 33/.757 23/.594
HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 3/3/0 4/3/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 66/49/16
Usage ····X··· o·o·oX·· ··Xo·o·· o···oo·· ·X·Xo··· o·o·X··o o····X·· ··X·····
Pirates Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
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
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 100/59 .277/.293/.362/.655 .526/.746 .552 34/.479 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 16/1.089 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/93 .267/.388/.386/.775 .747/.781 .892 39/.781 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/121 .277/.352/.431/.782 .556/.829 .886 61/.868 1/0 3/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 4/2.417 20/.982 7/.143 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 296/211 .268/.361/.492/.854 .758/.894 1.100 99/1.027 2/2 11/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 280/210 .269/.347/.380/.726 .786/.706 .711 100/.610 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/74 .309/.362/.485/.846 .943/.808 .752 105/.846 4/0 1/1
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 5/.200 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 313/231 .270/.347/.352/.699 .455/.787 .712 102/.694 18/10 2/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 203/169 .265/.315/.381/.696 .646/.706 .825 53/.735 0/0 1/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/1 .000/.143/.000/.143 .167/.000 .000 7/.143 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/.000 6/1.167 8/.661 5/1.200 1/2.000 ··· 311/221 .317/.356/.484/.840 .801/.857 .875 101/.755 4/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/86 .247/.356/.259/.615 1.055/.544 .635 19/.663 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.111 4/.250 12/.606 1/.000 ··· 206/152 .291/.317/.429/.746 .856/.707 .794 85/.889 2/1 3/6
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 114/67 .337/.412/.436/.848 .802/.881 .979 51/1.026 2/0 2/3
IP 60.0 15.1 33.1 3.2 34.2 35.1 55.1 22.0 56.0 TOTAL .268/.335/.402/.737 .709/.747 .796 .762 43/14 49/37
ERA-K/9 4.95/10.1 3.52/10.6 4.05/9.2 2.45/0.0 3.89/8.0 4.08/9.9 4.39/6.0 5.32/8.2 2.57/6.6 3.94/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.239 73/.295 151/.237 12/.222 159/.262 168/.175 238/.257 94/.244 222/.235 .243
OPS .780 .780 .729 .639 .785 .669 .749 .762 .622 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.959 25/1.227 68/.633 3/1.167 65/.795 75/.592 67/.608 40/.759 91/.697 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.643 48/.544 83/.808 9/.476 94/.775 93/.732 171/.802 54/.763 131/.568 .705
Road 104/.730 33/.845 80/.806 12/.639 88/.750 92/.650 93/.769 40/.936 126/.570
Last 28d days 71/.835 39/.802 50/.544 12/.639 60/.698 64/.708 40/.579 20/.840 123/.657
HR/SB/CS 13/2/1 1/2/1 6/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 4/3/2 78/40/19
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··o ··X··o·o X··X··X· ·X··X··· ·XX·Xo·· ·oooo·oX 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.