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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @PNC Park

Cubs, 36-38, 4th, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 2-3, 2.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 56.0 48 17 16 13 41 4 2.57
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.0 39 17 16 8 32 4 3.20 57
2009-06-26 @CHW W 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 2 98 63
2009-06-21 CLE W 6.2 5 2 2 1 3 0 98 58
2009-06-12 MIN L 3.2 7 4 4 2 1 1 78 30
2009-06-07 @CIN ND 6.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 91 55
2009-06-02 @ATL ND 7.0 2 2 1 0 4 1 83 71
2009-05-28 LAD L 7.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 111 59
2009-05-23 @SDP L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 95 61
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   15-25   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  28-28   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:18-18   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Tue, Jun 30  @PIT  L   0-3       36-38  4th  4.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 29  @PIT  W   3-1       36-37  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 36-41, 6th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Virgil Vasquez (27, RHP, 1-0, 3.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 3.00
2007 (0-1) 16.2 27 16 16 5 7 7 8.64
Last 7 GS 1-1 17.2 23 14 14 6 13 6 7.13 41
2009-06-26 KCR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 99 61
2007-08-31 @OAK ND 4.0 6 4 4 0 1 3 69 35
2007-07-24 @CHW ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 2 94 53
2007-05-13 @MIN L 2.2 9 6 6 2 1 1 73 15
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-15   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  24-31   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   5-11
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:11-22   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Tue, Jun 30   CHC  W   3-0       36-41  6th  6.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   CHC  L   1-3       35-41  6th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 CHC  3 @PIT  1        W:Rich Harden (5-4), L: Zach Duke (8-6), S: Kevin Gregg (13)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 3-2; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1195-1133

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  5.62

NYM  4.52

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.76

TEX  4.61

WSN  5.65

 BA

J. Mauer  .386

J. Willingham  .284

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .459

M. Reynolds  .358

D. Navarro  .240

 SLG

A. Pujols  .721

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .247

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.171

N. Markakis  .814

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

L. Hernandez  4.04

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 (4.15 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Vasquez
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/58 .240/.288/.293/.581 .616/.565 .634 71/.630 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/3.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 213/149 .238/.352/.376/.728 .897/.651 .579 74/.728 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 240/200 .219/.304/.357/.661 .397/.715 .714 72/.562 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 56/32 .347/.375/.571/.946 .673/1.152 1.088 49/.939 0/0 2/0
4.Freel G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 6/1.200 ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/2.000 52/30 .140/.275/.140/.414 .349/.460 .421 12/.350 1/0 0/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.333 263/238 .260/.383/.414/.797 .733/.804 .821 86/.492 6/4 5/0
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 77/67 .212/.316/.333/.649 .500/.673 .662 23/.186 0/0 2/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 146/126 .257/.301/.463/.765 .463/.813 .650 40/.661 0/0 7/1
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 11/.637 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 271/213 .284/.365/.475/.840 .831/.840 .731 105/.952 0/0 11/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 10/.800 ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 331/260 .232/.296/.427/.723 .583/.760 .777 107/.579 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 5/.400 1/2.000 7/.953 ··· 4/.250 231/173 .224/.333/.372/.706 .806/.674 .616 78/.907 1/0 7/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 8/.833 ··· 2/no AB 312/245 .282/.341/.418/.759 .852/.734 .646 103/.699 9/5 7/6
IP 6.0 32.1 26.2 33.2 36.0 12.0 27.2 TOTAL .245/.322/.395/.717 .717/.717 .688 .674 31/17 79/55
ERA-K/9 3.00/10.5 3.06/6.4 4.73/6.4 3.21/6.9 3.75/8.0 5.25/3.0 2.93/5.2 4.25/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 23/.190 133/.200 112/.296 136/.242 157/.252 56/.234 117/.200 .263
OPS .594 .656 .806 .696 .727 .719 .686 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.382 60/.650 52/.838 58/.538 45/.626 19/.768 46/.619 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/.788 73/.655 60/.775 78/.816 112/.771 37/.695 71/.732 .752
Home 23/.594 53/.544 73/.882 62/.438 68/.679 32/.856 56/.617
Last 28d days 23/.594 38/.618 31/.674 48/.746 50/.593 52/.752 40/.732
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/4/0 4/3/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/3/1 68/50/17
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·oX o···Xo·o ·oo···oo o··X·Xo· ··o·o·X· ·oo····X
Pirates Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
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		 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 ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 126/98 .255/.373/.368/.741 .747/.738 .778 40/.688 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 152/127 .265/.338/.412/.750 .556/.787 .809 60/.723 1/0 3/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 4/2.417 20/.982 8/.125 4/.000 1/.000 304/219 .271/.362/.489/.850 .758/.888 1.078 98/.962 2/2 11/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 287/217 .278/.352/.397/.749 .786/.737 .759 99/.671 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/82 .295/.345/.457/.802 .943/.752 .666 113/.802 4/0 1/1
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 5/.200 4/.500 1/.000 321/238 .277/.351/.356/.707 .449/.799 .729 102/.722 18/10 2/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 208/174 .263/.313/.376/.689 .646/.697 .802 55/.707 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 1/2.000 319/229 .308/.347/.471/.818 .801/.825 .829 100/.710 5/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 102/87 .256/.363/.267/.630 1.055/.562 .670 18/.819 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 9/.111 4/.250 12/.606 1/.000 213/159 .287/.316/.421/.737 .856/.697 .772 85/.834 2/1 3/7
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 116/69 .330/.405/.427/.832 .802/.854 .933 52/.964 2/0 2/3
IP 56.0 15.1 34.1 3.2 34.2 36.1 55.1 22.0 TOTAL .267/.333/.399/.732 .708/.741 .783 .738 43/15 49/39
ERA-K/9 2.57/6.6 3.52/10.6 3.93/9.2 2.45/0.0 3.89/8.0 3.96/9.7 4.39/6.0 5.32/8.2 3.92/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.235 73/.295 154/.231 17/.231 159/.262 171/.171 238/.257 102/.256 .245
OPS .622 .780 .714 .873 .785 .655 .749 .761 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.697 25/1.227 70/.614 5/.933 65/.795 77/.575 67/.608 44/.784 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.568 48/.544 84/.797 12/.833 94/.775 94/.722 171/.802 58/.743 .709
Road 126/.570 33/.845 83/.774 17/.873 88/.750 95/.626 93/.769 48/.901
Last 28d days 99/.735 39/.802 48/.456 17/.873 53/.657 61/.673 40/.579 28/.808
HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 1/2/1 6/0/0 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 80/42/19
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o ··X··X·· ···X··X· ·o·XX·Xo ···oooo· ··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.