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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @PNC Park

Cubs, 70-67, 2nd, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 7-6, 3.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-6) 137.1 131 65 58 63 115 10 3.80
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 2-2 35.1 41 22 18 20 33 3 4.58 46
2009-09-04 @NYM ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 97 66
2009-08-30 NYM L 3.1 11 4 3 0 3 0 75 27
2009-08-25 WSN L 4.1 7 8 8 3 4 1 95 18
2009-08-01 @FLA ND 3.0 3 2 1 3 2 0 62 46
2009-07-27 HOU ND 7.0 3 1 1 4 4 1 103 67
2009-07-22 @PHI W 6.2 10 5 4 3 7 0 115 40
2009-07-17 @WSN W 5.0 4 1 0 4 6 0 113 59
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 26.2 31 17 14 12 20 1 4.72 45
2009-05-27 PIT ND 6.1 7 2 1 3 6 0 112 56
2008-08-26 @PIT ND 4.1 8 6 6 4 3 0 98 22
2008-08-03 PIT ND 5.0 3 2 1 1 2 1 82 56
2008-05-23 @PIT W 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 109 62
2008-05-17 PIT ND 4.0 7 5 4 3 3 0 73 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-27   Road:   30-40   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  55-53   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:38-24   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Tue, Sep  8  @PIT  W   9-4       70-67  2nd 11.5 gb
136 Mon, Sep  7  @PIT  W   4-2       69-67  2nd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 54-83, 6th, 27½ GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Hart (26, RHP, 4-5, 4.67)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-5) 61.2 70 35 32 30 37 9 4.67
2008 (2-2) 27.2 39 24 20 18 23 2 6.51
2007 (0-0) 11.0 7 1 1 4 13 0 0.82
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.0 53 30 27 14 28 8 6.08 41
2009-09-04 STL L 5.2 9 7 5 3 3 2 98 27
2009-08-29 @MIL L 6.0 6 5 4 2 4 0 118 44
2009-08-23 CIN L 5.0 6 3 3 3 4 0 99 44
2009-08-17 MIL W 6.0 9 4 4 2 4 2 97 40
2009-08-12 @COL L 5.1 8 5 5 1 4 1 106 35
2009-08-06 ARI ND 6.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 102 46
2009-07-30 HOU W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 102 50
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-33   Road:   18-50   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  38-61   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  10-20
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:20-43   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Tue, Sep  8   CHC  L   4-9       54-83  6th 27.5 gb
136 Mon, Sep  7   CHC  L   2-4       54-82  6th 26.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 07, 2009 CHC  4 @PIT  2        W:Ted Lilly (11-8), L: Daniel McCutchen (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (10)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 8-2; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1195-1138

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

CHW  4.57

SDP  3.90

 RA/G

SFG  3.69

NYY  4.70

WSN  5.46

 BA

J. Mauer  .369

G. Parra  .291

A. Miles  .174

 OBP

A. Pujols  .448

M. Kemp  .363

A. Miles  .217

 SLG

A. Pujols  .683

A. Jones  .482

A. Miles  .235

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.131

N. Reimold  .834

A. Miles  .451

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

M. Garza  3.85

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

C. Lee  6.93

J. Lannan  3.73

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

Cubs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Hart
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		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 62.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 37.Morton
G/S/vB		 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.555 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 157/106 .297/.350/.455/.805 .814/.801 .687 77/.903 1/0 3/3
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 113/85 .242/.299/.343/.642 .586/.660 .662 7/1.000 0/2 1/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 15/1.253 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 448/339 .265/.388/.414/.801 .835/.798 .643 101/.796 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 34/.399 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 53/.672 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 3/.000 4/.000 4/.250 3/1.666 3/.000 3/2.667 501/444 .267/.378/.442/.819 .552/.852 .850 94/.688 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 82/61 .279/.402/.368/.770 .488/.876 .694 43/.805 2/1 0/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/4.000 ··· ··· 245/202 .236/.317/.333/.650 .694/.640 .570 54/.814 0/0 2/3
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 200/175 .226/.275/.409/.684 .450/.718 .545 7/.143 0/0 9/1
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/3.000 11/.637 1/.000 47/.691 12/.875 2/.500 ··· 24/.851 4/3.417 4/1.417 3/.666 3/1.666 525/421 .298/.379/.575/.954 .917/.960 .888 96/1.192 0/0 31/4
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 18/.059 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 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 266/227 .309/.368/.519/.887 1.112/.850 .770 84/.802 0/1 12/8
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 78/61 .246/.333/.449/.783 .798/.776 .716 12/.697 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 50/.538 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 3/1.333 319/239 .218/.323/.380/.703 .788/.676 .665 44/.598 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 8/1.000 ··· 39/.923 9/.222 2/.500 3/.666 23/1.011 4/.666 3/1.167 2/.000 3/2.000 580/461 .285/.334/.380/.714 .848/.680 .668 98/.492 16/7 7/13
IP 61.2 7.2 11.0 46.1 57.2 186.0 5.0 59.0 33.0 173.2 13.0 68.0 163.1 38.0 TOTAL .253/.328/.412/.740 .714/.746 .703 .722 45/30 146/113
ERA-K/9 4.67/5.4 3.52/11.7 12.27/8.2 6.02/7.6 4.21/6.7 4.02/4.3 10.80/5.4 5.19/10.4 3.82/3.8 4.72/5.9 4.85/6.9 5.43/5.8 3.97/5.6 6.16/5.7 4.60/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.294 28/.192 53/.279 216/.326 244/.267 757/.283 22/.389 279/.295 148/.258 749/.291 57/.269 305/.295 675/.260 164/.336 .276
OPS .861 .568 .826 .916 .765 .754 1.399 .806 .714 .775 .783 .813 .769 .989 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.906 11/.273 17/.512 108/1.016 113/.655 174/.746 9/1.333 134/.829 71/.624 147/.474 23/.488 157/.972 350/.839 74/1.063 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.821 17/.779 36/.917 108/.810 131/.862 583/.756 13/1.427 145/.785 77/.795 602/.847 34/.997 148/.638 325/.693 90/.926 .785
Home 184/.876 17/.563 14/.685 144/.827 127/.656 374/.674 18/1.433 189/.801 80/.868 378/.699 32/.907 148/.675 372/.681 106/.855
Last 28d days 131/.953 28/.568 45/.744 39/.887 40/.851 105/.930 22/1.399 51/.578 42/.668 138/.843 57/.783 93/.964 106/.624 5/1.600
HR/SB/CS 9/12/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 9/6/0 8/3/0 21/6/7 2/0/0 3/6/2 2/4/0 14/14/6 3/1/0 6/7/2 23/10/7 5/0/0 134/93/34
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ····o··X ···X···o ··X···o· X·····X· X···X··· ··X·o·X· ·o··o··· ··X····· ·X······ ·······X ···X···· X······X
Pirates Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 64.Berg
G/S/vB		 33.Caridad
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		 52.Stevens
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/.690 8/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 319/232 .201/.252/.336/.588 .517/.616 .610 68/.671 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 17/.900 ··· ··· 9/.444 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 16/.775 4/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 230/164 .233/.270/.405/.674 .595/.706 .733 77/.629 3/0 8/2
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 198/170 .261/.325/.383/.708 .493/.743 .817 21/.831 1/0 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 256/174 .303/.371/.606/.977 .731/1.100 .975 104/.922 9/2 19/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.667 2/.500 11/1.080 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 504/375 .247/.329/.371/.700 .880/.637 .723 82/.642 3/1 8/14
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 378/285 .279/.357/.474/.832 1.027/.770 .884 105/.789 16/4 11/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/1.167 8/1.000 3/.000 7/1.096 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.250 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 163/127 .291/.342/.385/.727 .869/.687 .757 89/.872 4/4 2/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 11/1.977 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 348/294 .247/.307/.391/.698 .721/.694 .780 52/.848 0/3 7/2
51.Pearce G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/88 .223/.293/.388/.682 1.001/.528 .808 57/.603 1/0 3/2
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 15/.950 ··· ··· 10/1.325 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 197/163 .238/.340/.286/.626 .778/.595 .742 27/.377 1/0 1/2
19.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .111/.200/.111/.311 .000/.393 .650 10/.311 0/0 0/1
48.Young# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 328/211 .275/.329/.391/.720 .642/.763 .738 96/.579 2/0 6/5
IP 137.1 3.1 8.1 163.0 31.1 63.0 63.0 61.0 134.0 62.0 156.1 64.2 79.2 24.0 7.1 139.1 TOTAL .254/.320/.393/.713 .700/.718 .763 .701 75/29 110/68
ERA-K/9 3.80/7.5 0.00/5.5 3.24/9.8 4.03/7.7 5.17/8.1 3.00/7.1 4.57/9.1 2.95/6.9 4.10/10.9 4.35/7.7 3.17/7.5 3.34/11.1 4.63/6.9 5.63/7.5 7.36/7.4 2.84/5.4 3.88/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.255 13/.273 33/.323 670/.267 130/.217 271/.227 274/.235 241/.193 571/.233 276/.265 623/.233 293/.160 348/.269 113/.263 34/.250 571/.257 .247
OPS .709 .606 .880 .755 .619 .664 .746 .616 .735 .776 .678 .593 .771 .764 .811 .668 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.758 8/.393 15/.762 327/.830 37/.509 83/.617 125/.621 105/.612 260/.754 116/.709 126/.659 134/.517 113/.679 46/.778 17/.840 254/.816 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.665 5/1.000 18/.977 343/.683 93/.664 188/.686 149/.852 136/.619 311/.718 160/.823 497/.682 159/.657 235/.815 67/.754 17/.782 317/.549 .701
Road 308/.666 3/.000 30/.971 377/.756 90/.626 166/.728 139/.903 122/.656 280/.652 137/.743 323/.784 154/.562 132/.821 48/.901 19/.859 285/.639
Last 28d days 68/.912 13/.606 9/.778 144/.720 56/.562 43/.497 40/.850 41/.633 95/.665 34/.648 122/.504 44/.408 52/.905 / / 135/.702
HR/SB/CS 10/4/7 0/0/0 0/0/0 18/15/9 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/2/4 23/5/4 7/3/2 22/9/4 1/2/0 10/3/1 4/5/0 0/0/1 12/13/4 142/75/39
Usage ····X··· ····oo·· o······· X····X·· o··o···· oo·XX··o ··X·o··o oo··oX·· ···X···· ···X···· ·X····X· ·o·X··XX ··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.