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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 12:35pm, Monday, September 7, 2009 @PNC Park

Cubs, 68-67, 2nd, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 10-8, 3.17)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-8)			150.1	133	58	53	29	123	21	3.17
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09
2007 (15-8)			207.0	181	91	88	55	174	28	3.83

Last 7 GS		3-2	45.2	38	16	14	6	35	5	2.76	59
2009-09-02	HOU	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	105	79
2009-08-28	NYM	ND	7.1	6	2	2	2	2	0	98	58
2009-08-22	@LAD	L	6.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	80	63
2009-08-17	@SDP	ND	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	70	67
2009-07-20	@PHI	L	4.0	8	9	7	2	6	2	96	18
2009-07-11	STL	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	103	73
2009-07-05	MIL	W	6.1	9	2	2	0	9	1	112	56

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	30.0	38	16	15	10	22	5	4.50	47
2009-06-30	@PIT	L	7.0	8	3	2	2	7	0	101	56
2008-08-25	@PIT	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	2	110	57
2008-08-02	PIT	W	6.1	6	1	1	3	5	0	109	59
2008-05-25	@PIT	ND	6.0	10	4	4	2	2	3	101	36
2008-04-07	@PIT	ND	3.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	80	26

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

 Home:   40-27   Road:   28-40   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  54-53   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:36-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sun, Sep  6  @NYM  L   2-4       68-67  2nd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Pirates, 54-81, 6th, 25½ GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Daniel McCutchen (26, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	4.50

Last 7 GS		0-0	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	4.50	53
2009-08-31	@CIN	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	102	53

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   36-31   Road:   18-50   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  38-60   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  10-20
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:20-41   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sun, Sep  6   STL  W   6-5       54-81  6th 25.5 gb
134 Sat, Sep  5   STL  L   1-2 (10)  53-81  6th 26.5 gb
133 Fri, Sep  4   STL  L   7-14      53-80  6th 25.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @CIN  L   3-5       53-79  6th 25.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @CIN  L   5-11      53-78  6th 24.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31  @CIN  L   3-6       53-77  6th 23.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 31  @CIN  L   3-4       53-76  6th 23.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 30  @MIL  L   1-4       53-75  6th 22.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 29  @MIL  L   3-7       53-74  6th 21.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28  @MIL  L   6-8       53-73  6th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 CHC  3  PIT  1        W:Tom Gorzelanny (5-2), L: Zach Duke (9-11), S: Kevin Gregg (23)
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHC 17  PIT  2        W:Randy Wells (9-5), L: Charlie Morton (2-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 CHC  4 @PIT  1        W:Randy Wells (3-3), L: Virgil Vasquez (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (14)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 PIT  3  CHC  0        W:Ross Ohlendorf (7-6), L: Ted Lilly (7-6), S: Matt Capps (18)
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 6-2; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1195-1136

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

CHW 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYY 4.68

WSN 5.47

J. Mauer .367

J. Carroll .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .444

T. Tulowitzki .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .679

A. McCutchen .480

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.122

B. McCann .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.22

J. Beckett 3.87

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.90

J. Lannan 3.73

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Cubs Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.McCutchen
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 34.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 25.Hart
G/S/vB 58.Jackson
G/S/vB 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 37.Morton
G/S/vB 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.555 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/98 .297/.349/.464/.813 .814/.812 .689 79/.985 1/0 3/3

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 110/82 .240/.298/.333/.631 .586/.646 .645 4/1.000 0/2 1/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 15/1.253 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 3/.333 440/331 .265/.390/.417/.808 .835/.806 .648 104/.817 2/3 12/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 377/322 .224/.292/.372/.663 .575/.679 .697 35/.479 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/.000 3/.000 198/147 .282/.328/.520/.848 .707/.897 .975 64/.704 0/0 10/5

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.334 9/1.067 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 3/1.666 3/.000 3/2.667 495/438 .271/.380/.447/.827 .552/.861 .866 90/.721 6/9 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.667 78/57 .281/.410/.375/.785 .488/.906 .714 48/.806 2/1 0/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 241/198 .236/.318/.335/.653 .694/.643 .572 51/.824 0/0 2/3

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 198/173 .228/.278/.413/.691 .450/.727 .554 5/.200 0/0 8/1

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/3.000 11/.637 1/.000 47/.691 12/.875 2/.500 ··· ··· 24/.851 4/1.417 3/.666 3/1.666 517/413 .298/.377/.565/.942 .917/.945 .862 98/1.107 0/0 29/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 15/.757 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.536 3/.000 ··· ··· 160/127 .174/.217/.235/.451 .586/.415 .455 20/.053 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 11/1.031 ··· 39/.968 12/1.117 2/1.500 ··· ··· 21/1.179 2/1.000 ··· ··· 258/219 .315/.376/.528/.904 1.112/.868 .795 76/.848 0/1 12/8

24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 70/53 .262/.357/.492/.849 .798/.863 .823 4/1.750 0/0 3/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 10/.800 1/.000 38/1.141 9/.619 ··· ··· ··· 22/1.298 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 522/409 .241/.303/.423/.726 .569/.767 .756 61/.494 9/2 20/11

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 23/.791 9/1.127 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/.929 1/3.000 3/1.667 3/1.333 315/235 .213/.321/.371/.691 .788/.660 .641 51/.577 1/0 9/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 8/1.000 ··· 39/.923 9/.222 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 23/1.011 3/1.167 2/.000 3/2.000 575/456 .285/.335/.382/.716 .848/.682 .671 104/.514 16/7 7/13

IP 6.0 6.2 11.0 46.1 57.2 182.0 4.0 59.0 61.2 32.0 173.2 68.0 163.1 35.0 TOTAL .254/.329/.412/.741 .714/.748 .705 .730 45/30 144/112

ERA-K/9

4.50/7.5

4.05/10.7

12.27/8.2

6.02/7.6

4.21/6.7

3.71/4.3

13.50/6.8

5.19/10.4

4.67/5.4

3.94/3.9

4.72/5.9

5.43/5.8

3.97/5.6

6.43/5.9

4.60/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.217 25/.217 53/.279 216/.326 238/.260 757/.283 22/.389 271/.303 278/.294 145/.264 722/.292 305/.295 675/.260 164/.336 .276

OPS .628 .641 .826 .916 .746 .754 1.399 .821 .861 .730 .780 .813 .769 .989 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.333 9/.333 17/.512 108/1.016 111/.619 174/.746 9/1.333 133/.836 129/.906 69/.644 144/.485 157/.972 350/.839 74/1.063 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 19/.728 16/.833 36/.917 108/.810 127/.858 583/.756 13/1.427 138/.806 149/.821 76/.806 578/.852 148/.638 325/.693 90/.926 .784

Home / 14/.692 14/.685 144/.827 121/.612 374/.674 18/1.433 181/.822 184/.876 77/.905 351/.704 148/.675 372/.681 106/.855

Last 28d days 25/.628 25/.641 45/.744 39/.887 40/.721 105/.930 22/1.399 45/.606 131/.953 39/.724 111/.889 93/.964 131/.694 5/1.600

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 9/6/0 7/3/0 21/6/7 2/0/0 3/6/2 9/12/1 2/4/0 14/14/6 6/7/2 23/10/7 5/0/0 131/93/34

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

Pirates Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 15/.690 8/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 311/227 .203/.256/.342/.597 .536/.621 .628 65/.772 4/2 9/9

36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/13 .214/.303/.214/.517 .476/.580 .465 23/.462 0/0 0/0

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 14/.891 ··· 9/.444 2/.000 ··· 3/2.334 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 17/.900 226/163 .232/.270/.408/.677 .625/.698 .741 78/.679 3/0 8/2

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.000 194/166 .250/.316/.375/.691 .493/.724 .783 17/.669 1/0 3/4

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 247/170 .306/.377/.622/.998 .753/1.116 1.016 100/1.001 9/2 18/0

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 7/.619 500/373 .246/.327/.364/.692 .839/.641 .707 83/.621 3/1 7/13

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 369/280 .280/.358/.480/.838 1.059/.769 .899 102/.836 16/4 11/2

85.Milledge G/S/vP 6/.400 ··· 7/1.167 8/1.000 3/.000 7/1.096 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 155/122 .300/.353/.400/.753 .955/.700 .803 86/.918 4/4 2/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP 9/2.111 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 8/1.125 341/290 .243/.305/.383/.688 .703/.686 .763 46/.781 0/3 7/2

51.Pearce G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 133/88 .223/.293/.388/.682 1.001/.528 .808 62/.575 1/0 3/2

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/1.325 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 15/.950 192/159 .245/.349/.294/.643 .805/.611 .790 22/.465 1/0 1/2

19.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/1

48.Young# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 5/.000 324/210 .278/.330/.395/.725 .647/.767 .748 97/.624 2/0 6/5

IP 150.1 3.1 156.2 31.0 61.1 63.0 59.1 134.0 62.0 63.2 79.2 24.0 139.1 137.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.395/.715 .705/.719 .769 .724 75/29 109/66

ERA-K/9

3.17/7.4

0.00/5.5

3.96/7.8

5.23/8.1

3.08/7.2

4.57/9.1

3.03/7.1

4.10/10.9

4.35/7.7

3.39/11.0

4.63/6.9

5.63/7.5

2.84/5.4

3.80/7.5

3.90/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.238 13/.273 670/.267 130/.217 268/.230 268/.227 238/.196 571/.233 276/.265 290/.162 343/.270 113/.263 545/.256 598/.255 .247

OPS .682 .606 .755 .619 .673 .727 .624 .735 .776 .600 .777 .764 .667 .709 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.662 8/.393 327/.830 37/.509 82/.625 122/.584 104/.618 260/.754 116/.709 133/.521 112/.686 46/.778 236/.802 281/.758 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 480/.688 5/1.000 343/.683 93/.664 186/.695 146/.845 134/.629 311/.718 160/.823 157/.667 231/.821 67/.754 309/.564 317/.665 .705

Road 301/.801 3/.000 377/.756 90/.626 163/.743 133/.869 119/.674 280/.652 137/.743 151/.574 127/.839 48/.901 259/.635 308/.666

Last 28d days 100/.496 13/.606 144/.720 66/.787 41/.523 41/.716 44/.583 120/.602 41/.722 47/.481 48/.941 / 109/.707 68/.912

HR/SB/CS 21/9/4 0/0/0 18/15/9 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/2/4 23/5/4 7/3/2 1/2/0 10/3/1 4/5/0 11/12/4 10/4/7 140/74/39

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