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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 21-16, 2nd, 3 GB, tied for WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 3-2, 4.65)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 50.1 44 27 26 21 46 7 4.65
2008 (17-6) 206.2 174 75 68 76 187 14 2.96
2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.1 38 25 24 18 41 6 4.87 52
2009-05-14 SDP W 7.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 105 66
2009-05-09 @MIL L 6.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 121 47
2009-05-04 SFG W 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 102 64
2009-04-29 @ARI L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
2009-04-24 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 80 51
2009-04-18 STL ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 103 48
2009-04-12 @MIL W 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 110 47
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 30.2 30 13 13 10 23 2 3.82 53
2009-04-24 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 80 51
2009-04-18 STL ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 103 48
2008-09-21 STL W 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 67 52
2008-09-09 @STL ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 103 55
2008-08-10 STL W 6.2 6 2 2 3 6 0 113 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-7    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Tue, May 19  @STL  L   0-3       21-16  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Sun, May 17   HOU  L   5-6       21-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 16   HOU  W   5-4       21-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   SDP  W  11-3       20-14  3rd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   SDP  W   6-4  (8)  19-14  4th  0.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12   SDP  W   6-2       18-14  4th  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @MIL  W   4-2       17-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @MIL  L   6-12      16-14  4th  2.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @MIL  L   2-3       16-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @HOU  W   8-5       16-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Cardinals, 22-17, 2nd, 3 GB, tied for WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (34, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 10.0 5 1 0 2 9 0 0.00
2008 (0-1) 15.1 16 5 3 4 7 0 1.76
2007 (0-1) 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 7.50
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.1 40 17 14 9 24 0 3.38 51
2009-04-14 @ARI ND 3.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 50 53
2009-04-09 PIT W 7.0 1 1 0 2 7 0 92 78
2008-08-10 @CHC L 5.1 6 4 2 2 2 0 64 44
2008-08-05 LAD ND 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 51 63
2008-07-30 @ATL ND 4.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 67 48
2007-04-01 NYM L 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 101 36
2006-09-26 SDP L 7.0 12 6 6 2 6 0 122 33
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 31.1 25 12 10 6 25 2 2.87 58
2008-08-10 @CHC L 5.1 6 4 2 2 2 0 64 44
2006-08-26 CHC ND 8.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 100 78
2006-08-20 @CHC W 8.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 114 67
2006-07-30 @CHC L 4.0 6 5 5 2 2 1 78 30
2006-04-08 @CHC ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 97 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-8    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-12   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 19   CHC  W   3-0       22-17  2nd  3.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 18   MIL  L   4-8       21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   MIL  L   2-8       21-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   MIL  L   0-1       21-15  3rd  1.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @PIT  W   5-1       21-14  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13  @PIT  L   2-5       20-14  1st    Tied
 33 Tue, May 12  @PIT  L   1-7       20-13  1st  1.0 up
 32 Sun, May 10  @CIN  W   8-7 (10)  20-12  1st  2.0 up
 31 Sat, May  9  @CIN  L   3-8       19-12  1st  1.0 up
 30 Fri, May  8  @CIN  L   4-6       19-11  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2009 STL  3  CHC  0        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Ted Lilly (5-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 CHC 10 @STL  3        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 STL  8  CHC  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-0), L: Sean Marshall (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 4-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1149-1082

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

PHI  5.70

CHC  4.92

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.83

TEX  4.82

WSN  6.54

 BA

R. Zimmerman  .358

  

G. Sizemore  .215

 OBP

R. Zimmerman  .416

  

G. Sizemore  .295

 SLG

R. Zimmerman  .624

  

D. Span  .385

 OPS

R. Zimmerman  1.040

  

G. Sizemore  .688

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Verlander  4.29

R. Nolasco  7.78

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

K. Uehara  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.41

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Cubs Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 7/.829 96/77 .188/.323/.350/.673 .551/.706 .683 66/.770 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 7/.829 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 130/111 .207/.308/.387/.695 .168/.784 .804 80/.698 1/1 5/2
4.Freel G/S/vP 26/.589 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .136/.296/.136/.433 .000/.600 .564 7/.286 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 5/.650 2/.500 3/2.334 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 144/139 .325/.444/.521/.966 1.400/.950 1.127 85/.846 4/4 4/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 42/35 .306/.405/.444/.849 .714/.877 .919 18/.764 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/69 .304/.364/.551/.914 .750/.934 .800 59/.865 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 17/.874 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 63/45 .236/.317/.291/.608 .746/.557 .581 43/.569 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 40/.718 5/1.000 11/.573 6/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.000 15/.733 123/107 .229/.301/.394/.695 1.025/.646 .375 61/.766 0/0 4/0
7.Miles# G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/1.667 5/.600 2/2.000 5/1.800 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 94/78 .209/.261/.279/.540 .908/.462 .558 73/.610 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/25 .333/.407/.625/1.032 .000/1.122 1.111 27/1.032 0/0 1/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 28/1.108 5/.000 37/1.084 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/.833 170/150 .279/.341/.571/.913 .639/.949 .960 105/.846 4/2 12/2
18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.667 5/.400 5/.650 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 114/97 .198/.316/.260/.576 .721/.551 .417 82/.644 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.800 13/.308 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 158/137 .288/.359/.475/.834 .675/.858 .733 102/.789 7/2 5/4
IP 10.0 9.0 16.1 17.1 11.0 14.2 12.0 12.1 TOTAL .252/.334/.420/.755 .711/.762 .755 .745 20/11 46/20
ERA-K/9 0.00/8.1 12.00/9.0 1.10/7.7 2.60/7.8 3.27/9.8 4.30/6.1 3.00/11.2 3.65/9.5 4.12/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 39/.135 46/.270 61/.140 75/.183 48/.250 63/.259 56/.163 53/.217 .259
OPS .342 .778 .442 .610 .723 .683 .613 .699 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.397 20/.871 27/.305 37/.596 29/.360 31/.644 13/.788 28/.499 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/.231 26/.700 34/.550 38/.625 19/1.291 32/.721 43/.559 25/.931 .704
Home 26/.157 28/1.083 25/.122 30/.392 25/.671 34/.840 21/.743 31/.459
Last 28d days / 35/.690 36/.556 38/.772 24/.614 34/.612 38/.636 32/.737
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 2/1/1 34/8/8
Usage ·oX····o ·o···o·· ·o·o·oo· ·o···o·X ·Xo····· ·X·o·oo· ·X·o·X··
Cardinals Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
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		 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.Barden G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 2/no AB 4/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 73/42 .258/.315/.424/.739 .591/.857 .458 48/.459 0/0 3/2
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 10/.744 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 143/102 .252/.343/.447/.790 .729/.815 .530 83/.622 0/1 3/3
3.Greene G/S/vP 16/.650 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 4/1.500 6/.834 3/.333 11/.273 1/2.000 ··· 114/68 .202/.283/.303/.586 .471/.659 .611 53/.452 2/1 2/6
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/30 .250/.273/.406/.679 .667/.680 .670 33/.679 2/0 1/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/1.044 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 23/19 .333/.391/.524/.915 1.000/.898 1.167 19/.898 0/0 1/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 21/.753 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 8/.286 4/1.250 19/.721 2/1.000 ··· 140/99 .289/.370/.413/.783 .765/.788 .837 79/.681 1/1 3/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 40/.782 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 10/1.389 18/.646 22/.586 2/5.000 1/.000 168/118 .319/.423/.652/1.075 1.079/1.073 1.242 99/1.093 6/1 13/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 125/91 .250/.333/.407/.741 .495/.825 .760 81/.755 1/0 4/2
33.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/19 .240/.231/.280/.511 .286/.596 .400 26/.511 1/0 0/0
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/.833 2/.000 ··· 52/22 .279/.360/.395/.755 .625/.926 .877 28/.667 3/0 0/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 24/.875 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 134/113 .301/.351/.431/.782 .496/.834 .833 83/.825 1/1 2/2
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 .667 14/.571 0/0 0/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 112/92 .237/.339/.371/.710 .594/.735 .922 71/.621 1/1 1/4
IP 50.1 4.0 7.2 17.1 19.0 16.2 18.0 31.1 12.1 11.0 TOTAL .259/.334/.422/.756 .647/.800 .787 .695 21/6 43/28
ERA-K/9 4.65/8.2 6.75/11.2 5.87/7.0 5.71/9.9 3.32/9.0 4.86/7.5 4.00/11.0 4.02/5.8 8.03/8.0 0.00/7.4 4.48/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.234 15/.154 40/.300 83/.286 75/.179 74/.241 83/.197 133/.269 60/.260 44/.231 .244
OPS .707 .651 .908 .888 .572 .789 .723 .763 .773 .575 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.794 8/1.333 21/1.024 37/.808 30/.519 27/.771 33/.781 28/.644 25/.622 13/.397 .810
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.648 7/.000 19/.796 46/.952 45/.609 47/.800 50/.685 105/.792 35/.853 31/.651 .711
Road 136/.801 / 15/.988 44/.961 33/.445 39/.679 40/.685 52/.749 35/.945 21/.649
Last 28d days 135/.679 15/.651 21/.852 48/.863 42/.473 42/.775 53/.812 105/.727 40/.804 44/.575
HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 2/1/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 46/20/8
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ··X····· X··X···o ···o··o· ···X···X ···X··XX ···o···· ········ ···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.