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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 4:10pm, Saturday, April 25, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 8-7, 4th, 3 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Sean Marshall (26, LHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 6.0 7 3 3 3 4 1 4.50
2008 (3-5) 65.1 60 28 28 23 58 9 3.86
2007 (7-8) 103.1 107 52 45 35 67 13 3.92
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.1 38 17 17 13 33 6 3.89 52
2009-04-16 STL ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 4 1 93 43
2008-09-23 @NYM ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 71 56
2008-09-07 @CIN ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 103 63
2008-08-31 PHI L 5.1 9 5 5 2 2 1 90 30
2008-08-16 @FLA L 5.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 77 56
2008-07-06 @STL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 88 59
2008-06-29 @CHW L 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 2 93 59
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 25.0 32 12 10 7 15 4 3.60 47
2009-04-16 STL ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 4 1 93 43
2008-07-06 @STL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 88 59
2007-09-15 @STL L 2.2 6 4 2 2 3 0 70 35
2007-08-18 STL W 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 2 70 48
2006-06-02 @STL ND 6.1 8 2 2 1 4 0 91 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-6    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @STL  L   3-4        8-7   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 23   CIN  L   1-7        8-6   4th  2.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 17   STL  W   8-7        6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   STL  L   4-7        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   COL  L   2-5        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   COL  W   4-0        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W   8-5        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7
Cardinals, 12-5, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, 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) 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 0 4.50
2008 (3-2) 34.0 42 29 28 22 13 5 7.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 31.0 37 27 26 21 13 4 7.55 36
2008-07-25 @NYM L 4.1 8 6 6 4 1 1 95 20
2008-07-03 NYM L 6.0 10 11 10 6 2 1 108 6
2008-06-28 @KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 4 6 0 96 62
2008-06-21 @BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 81 45
2008-06-15 PHI ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 81 36
2008-06-10 @CIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 0 1 72 48
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 24   CHC  W   4-3       12-5   1st  2.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYM  W  12-8       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYM  W   5-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYM  W   6-4        9-5   1st    Tied
 13 Sat, Apr 18  @CHC  L   5-7 (11)   8-5   1st    Tied
 12 Fri, Apr 17  @CHC  L   7-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @CHC  W   7-4        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @ARI  W  12-7        7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @ARI  L   6-7 (10)   6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13  @ARI  W   2-1        6-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-5    Last 30:12-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHC  7  STL  5 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (1-0), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CHC  8  STL  7        W:Aaron Heilman (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 STL  7 @CHC  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: David Patton (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHC  5  STL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (17-6), L: Braden Looper (12-14), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 CHC  5  STL  4        W:Ted Lilly (16-9), L: Joel Pineiro (6-7), S: Kerry Wood (32)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 STL 12 @CHC  6        W:Adam Wainwright (10-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 CHC  3 @STL  2        W:Rich Harden (10-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (12-7), S: Kerry Wood (30)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CHC  4 @STL  3        W:Ted Lilly (14-9), L: Braden Looper (12-12), S: Kerry Wood (29)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Chris Perez (3-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1148-1080

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 54.Boyer
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 34.Perez
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 62.Walters
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 7/.829 ··· 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 .872 31/.464 5/3 22/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 7/.829 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .974 57/.691 2/0 9/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.500 5/.650 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/no AB 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .656 67/1.085 12/4 10/5
4.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .575 5/.200 21/4 0/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .333 24/.917 0/0 0/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .929 23/.919 1/0 2/2
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.874 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .809 24/.750 5/6 6/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.000 11/.573 6/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 2/1.500 15/.733 2/1.000 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .809 70/.578 8/2 20/9
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 5/.600 2/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .722 24/.269 3/3 4/4
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.333 7/1.286 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 .752 56/.978 2/2 27/18
12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 37/1.084 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 4/.833 3/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .828 73/1.022 19/3 29/5
18.Soto G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 5/.400 5/.650 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .858 40/.425 0/1 23/5
2.Theriot G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 13/.308 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .757 65/.812 22/13 1/14
IP 34.0 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .251/.345/.400/.745 .798/.740 .802 .745 7/7 16/8
ERA-K/9 7.41/3.4 5.88/8.4 3.55/5.8 4.04/7.0 4.15/9.1 0.82/13.1 3.46/9.1 2.33/7.6 /0.0 3.79/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (6-1-0)
 Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.304 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .257  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Gathright
 Bradley
 Johnson
 Miles
 Hoffpauir
108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
4/1/1/0
7/0/5/0
OPS .919 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/1.060 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.736 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .704
Home 57/.968 165/.751 181/.828 158/.633 100/.612 24/.504 85/.718 90/.624 /
Last 28d days 9/.708 11/1.065 29/.284 41/.514 25/.798 30/.726 21/.536 22/.607 34/1.062
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 10/8/2 10/2/1 7/2/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/6/2 // 12/3/3
Usage ·······X ········ X·oo··X· o··X··X· ·o·····X ·o·o··o· ·o····XX ·ooo··o· ·X·····X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (6.12 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.350 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .801 62/.681 2/1 25/8
23.Barden G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 10/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .000 31/1.134 0/0 0/1
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 ··· ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .663 63/.971 2/1 6/2
3.Greene G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.500 2/.500 4/1.500 5/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .651 64/.708 5/1 10/8
21.LaRue G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .543 8/1.250 0/0 4/2
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 12/.705 1/no AB 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.333 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 1.013 61/1.081 4/4 37/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 16/.732 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .767 65/.938 0/2 7/10
5.Pujols G/S/vP 19/.688 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.333 18/.646 1/no AB 3/1.667 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.175 78/1.171 7/3 37/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· / /// / 49/.789 / /
13.Ryan G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 218/116 .244/.307/.289/.596 .620/.575 .521 29/.828 7/2 0/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .711 60/.768 8/2 8/3
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 .111 44/.874 0/0 0/0
IP 65.1 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 27.2 TOTAL .302/.383/.490/.872 .724/.956 .879 .872 10/2 20/17
ERA-K/9 3.86/8.0 4.29/10.8 3.41/7.6 5.59/9.3 5.21/9.5 2.68/11.8 /0.0 2.28/8.1 4.11/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (13-8-2)
 Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.245 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 / 124/.226 .249  Ludwick
 Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Duncan
 Thurston
 Ryan
29/14/124/12
56/79/33/10
17/89/1/4
43/0/2/1
4/0/0/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .741 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .599 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.817 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 / 57/.489 .851
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.711 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 / 67/.691 .717
Road 173/.775 93/.678 138/.573 23/.367 175/.864 155/.611 / 44/.738
Last 28d days 28/.906 23/1.153 35/.923 34/.682 35/.726 34/.674 20/.712 7/1.286
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 // 0/5/1 21/5/3
Usage ········ ·X·o··o· ··X···X· o·X···X· o··X··oX o··o··Xo ········ ·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.