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Game Preview: CHC @ MIL, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 27, 2011 @Miller Park

Cubs, 42-61, 42-61 5th, 13 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (30, RHP, 7-5, 4.70)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-5) 122.2 127 66 64 47 84 11 4.70
2010 (11-6) 129.2 119 55 48 69 117 7 3.33
2009 (9-7) 169.1 155 78 71 78 152 10 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.0 49 28 27 21 28 5 6.23 42
2011-07-22 HOU W 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 0 101 48
2011-07-16 FLA L 4.2 7 8 8 4 6 2 94 20
2011-06-30 SFG ND 1.0 2 1 0 2 1 0 33 46
2011-06-25 @KCR ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 2 0 111 52
2011-06-20 @CHW W 8.0 7 3 3 2 5 1 115 59
2011-06-15 MIL L 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 0 110 38
2011-06-10 @PHI L 6.1 7 7 7 7 5 2 128 29
Last 5 v.MIL 3-1 30.2 29 16 15 16 29 2 4.40 51
2011-06-15 MIL L 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 0 110 38
2011-04-08 @MIL W 6.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 112 44
2010-09-10 @MIL W 8.2 3 0 0 3 9 0 119 84
2010-06-09 @MIL W 5.0 2 3 3 5 2 0 88 48
2010-04-15 MIL ND 5.0 8 4 3 3 7 1 121 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-31   Road:   17-30   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  31-43   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:15-25   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Tue, Jul 26  @MIL  L   2-3       42-61  5th 13.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 24   HOU  W   5-4 (10)  42-60  5th 11.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 23   HOU  W   5-1       41-60  5th 12.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 22   HOU  W   4-2       40-60  5th 13.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 20   PHI  L   1-9       39-60  5th 14.0 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 19   PHI  L   2-4       39-59  5th 13.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 18   PHI  W   6-1       39-58  5th 12.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 17   FLA  L   5-7       38-58  5th 13.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 16   FLA  L   3-13      38-57  5th 12.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 15   FLA  W   2-1       38-56  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Brewers, 55-49, 55-49 2nd, ½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (27, RHP, 7-4, 4.84)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-4) 87.1 87 56 47 18 114 13 4.84
2010 (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
2009 (16-8) 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 11 2.16
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.1 38 30 22 11 54 7 5.03 51
2011-07-21 @ARI L 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 2 101 66
2011-07-16 @COL ND 6.0 5 3 0 2 8 0 107 62
2011-07-08 CIN ND 6.0 6 4 2 2 10 1 108 56
2011-07-03 @MIN ND 6.0 5 5 4 2 9 2 109 51
2011-06-28 @NYY L 2.0 5 7 7 3 0 1 56 15
2011-06-21 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 0 10 0 116 75
2011-06-16 @CHC L 5.1 8 8 6 2 10 1 104 32
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 5.1 8 8 6 2 10 1 10.13 32
2011-06-16 @CHC L 5.1 8 8 6 2 10 1 104 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-14   Road:   21-35   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  45-36   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:  23-14
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Tue, Jul 26   CHC  W   3-2       55-49  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Sun, Jul 24  @SFG  L   1-2       54-49  1st    Tied
102 Sat, Jul 23  @SFG  L   2-4       54-48  1st    Tied
101 Fri, Jul 22  @SFG  W   4-2       54-47  1st  1.0 up
100 Thu, Jul 21  @ARI  L   0-4       53-47  1st    Tied
 99 Wed, Jul 20  @ARI  W   5-2 (10)  53-46  1st  0.5 up
 98 Tue, Jul 19  @ARI  W  11-3       52-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 18  @ARI  L   0-3       51-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 17  @COL  W   4-3       51-45  1st  0.5 up
 95 Sat, Jul 16  @COL  W   8-7       50-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 MIL  3  CHC  2        W:Chris Narveson (7-6), L: Ryan Dempster (7-8), S: John Axford (28)
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 CHC 12  MIL  7        W:Matt Garza (3-6), L: Zack Greinke (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 MIL  9 @CHC  5        W:Chris Narveson (4-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 CHC  5  MIL  4 (10)   W:Jeff Samardzija (5-2), L: Tim Dillard (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 CHC  1  MIL  0        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-2), L: Kameron Loe (2-6), S: Carlos Marmol (13)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 MIL  6  CHC  5        W:Kameron Loe (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: John Axford (3)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 MIL  6  CHC  0        W:Chris Narveson (1-0), L: Matt Garza (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 CHC  7 @MIL  4        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-2), S: Carlos Marmol (3)

Sun, Sep 12, 2010 MIL  2  CHC  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (12-7), L: Casey Coleman (1-2), S: John Axford (21)
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 CHC  1 @MIL  0        W:Ryan Dempster (13-10), L: Randy Wolf (11-11), S: Carlos Marmol (30)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 4-4; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; 2009 - CHC won 10-7; All-Time - CHC leads 111-99

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 2011 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
Cubs Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Greinke
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
41.Estrada
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
50.Loe
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
40.Saito
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 152/69 .297/.316/.405/.721 .867/.545 .809 24/.542 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 351/280 .299/.329/.375/.704 .730/.697 .729 82/.792 5/2 1/9
24.Byrd G/S/vP 17/.489 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 6/.334 1/.000 262/198 .313/.355/.443/.798 .659/.843 .823 80/.875 2/1 5/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 447/337 .306/.333/.424/.757 .789/.746 .738 93/.661 11/3 3/18
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 168/141 .262/.280/.372/.652 .793/.625 .650 22/.468 1/0 2/6
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/2.000 5/.400 1/no AB 2/1.500 8/.393 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 341/303 .273/.375/.370/.745 .788/.739 .595 70/.692 2/2 3/2
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 105/84 .207/.275/.326/.601 .206/.697 .733 13/.258 1/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 150/88 .328/.369/.555/.924 .929/.920 .784 36/.876 2/1 4/1
22.Pena* G/S/vP 33/.455 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 8/1.292 8/.000 4/.000 382/284 .219/.333/.441/.774 .538/.856 .794 86/.618 0/2 20/6
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/5.000 8/.250 2/1.000 5/.000 5/.400 405/313 .299/.341/.520/.861 .742/.896 .817 92/1.089 0/1 19/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 15/.785 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.233 7/1.429 10/.100 3/.000 314/235 .247/.287/.446/.733 .882/.682 .773 73/.445 1/1 15/6
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 7/.953 3/.333 3/1.000 2/.000 293/219 .245/.328/.414/.741 .967/.669 .829 74/.794 0/0 9/8
IP 87.1 47.1 18.2 62.0 30.1 48.0 47.2 9.0 TOTAL .263/.315/.402/.717 .719/.716 .713 .702 36/14 89/89
ERA-K/9 4.84/11.8 2.66/11.4 4.82/8.7 4.50/8.1 2.08/5.0 4.50/6.9 3.21/10.2 3.00/7.0 4.00/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (16-4-2)
 Soto (57-26-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 371/.251 205/.245 80/.236 255/.240 129/.285 200/.251 208/.254 41/.324 .255  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Byrd
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Baker
80/0/0/5
0/1/81/5
0/63/0/4
19/21/16/3
17/0/0/1
1/0/6/0
OPS .757 .613 .698 .719 .638 .685 .704 .931 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.811 93/.478 37/.879 127/.738 50/.517 93/.786 124/.822 19/.849 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.703 112/.729 43/.544 128/.700 79/.715 107/.600 84/.525 22/.985 .709
Home 177/.722 109/.557 33/.833 126/.622 69/.542 102/.568 100/.871 14/1.143
Last 28d days 103/.706 52/.694 3/.333 44/.581 45/.778 39/.839 45/.584 30/.713
HR/SB/CS 13/5/2 2/5/2 2/1/0 8/4/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 3/6/1 2/0/0 100/70/23
Usage ·····X·· X···X·o· ········ ···o···X X··X·o·· o··o···o o···o·X· ··X···X·
Brewers Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
43.Grabow*
G/S/vB
50.Lopez
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
32.Ortiz
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 13/.462 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 359/277 .253/.273/.371/.644 .538/.675 .690 77/.790 3/3 7/11
8.Braun G/S/vP 44/.766 9/.762 6/.333 14/.445 18/.885 2/1.500 3/1.334 9/1.431 4/1.750 386/294 .326/.402/.588/.990 .952/.999 1.089 47/1.242 19/4 20/0
15.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 41/.669 11/.989 6/.800 5/.200 3/.000 10/1.194 2/2.000 6/.167 21/.762 126/121 .159/.254/.196/.450 1.000/.435 .544 25/.042 2/0 0/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 62/1.191 18/1.203 8/.700 23/.737 26/.755 11/1.344 7/.629 7/1.262 5/.200 439/309 .287/.405/.539/.944 .776/1.021 1.111 96/.642 0/0 22/11
1.Hart G/S/vP 38/.819 11/1.000 8/1.500 13/.398 10/.650 8/.750 1/.000 8/.625 3/2.000 307/232 .262/.344/.469/.813 .944/.773 .923 98/.783 3/5 13/0
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 10/.311 3/.666 14/.357 3/.333 1/.000 9/.708 ··· 2/.500 18/.833 192/179 .250/.307/.330/.637 1.038/.610 .745 48/.791 3/0 2/3
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 63/46 .207/.254/.345/.599 .610/.594 .494 24/.390 0/0 2/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 7/.858 1/2.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 291/230 .280/.318/.399/.717 .635/.739 .908 69/.537 0/1 7/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP 22/.838 3/1.000 5/3.000 8/.661 5/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 2/2.500 400/307 .227/.280/.314/.594 .343/.672 .662 74/.597 0/2 5/13
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 27/.745 3/.000 4/.500 9/.476 8/.250 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.833 5/.650 220/191 .320/.352/.465/.817 .632/.845 .729 82/.769 6/3 3/2
23.Weeks G/S/vP 53/.650 9/1.555 5/.000 19/.516 11/.773 13/.321 1/2.000 4/.833 8/.500 468/364 .270/.345/.477/.822 .819/.822 .903 103/.744 9/2 19/12
9.Wilson G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 59/28 .263/.288/.456/.744 .706/.786 .668 24/.667 1/0 2/2
IP 122.2 43.1 38.2 46.1 48.1 14.1 52.0 57.0 31.1 TOTAL .256/.318/.414/.732 .689/.745 .814 .699 62/21 114/69
ERA-K/9 4.70/6.2 5.19/5.6 3.49/4.7 3.50/11.3 2.98/9.5 7.53/8.2 4.15/5.4 3.47/9.5 3.45/8.3 4.62/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-2-2)
 Lucroy (51-17-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 531/.273 200/.276 165/.280 206/.228 201/.254 67/.306 221/.279 256/.203 147/.246 .269  Braun
 Morgan
 Hart
 Kotsay
 Carroll
 Wilson
 Counsell
90/0/0/4
12/47/14/3
0/0/72/2
16/8/25/2
0/1/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .754 .849 .789 .665 .608 .876 .794 .643 .753 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.764 71/.679 84/.623 95/.640 74/.592 36/1.172 84/.661 103/.701 53/.788 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.744 129/.944 81/.975 111/.687 127/.617 31/.536 137/.878 153/.603 94/.734 .774
Road 284/.726 84/.766 52/.800 88/.598 100/.576 48/.863 115/.665 137/.624 68/.805
Last 28d days 58/.987 52/.876 76/.583 49/.780 50/.639 67/.876 34/.412 55/.645 37/.724
HR/SB/CS 11/4/0 7/2/2 5/2/1 2/8/1 1/6/1 3/0/0 9/5/3 4/14/0 2/2/1 93/74/32
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·X· ··o····· ··XXo··· X··Xo··X ······X· ···oo··· X·Xoo··· ······o·

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.