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Game Preview: BOS @ CHC, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 16, 2012 @Wrigley Field

RedSox, 31-33, 31-33 5th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 3-4, 4.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-4)			80.2	85	46	41	25	62	7	4.57
2011 (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47
2010 (19-9)			208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	3.25

Last 7 GS		2-2	43.2	52	27	22	8	37	4	4.53	48
2012-06-10	WSN	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	107	60
2012-06-05	BAL	ND	6.0	8	4	2	1	5	0	99	48
2012-05-30	DET	ND	6.2	10	4	4	0	7	0	120	45
2012-05-25	TBR	L	4.0	6	7	7	3	4	3	81	23
2012-05-19	@PHI	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	90	42
2012-05-14	SEA	W	9.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	119	73
2012-05-09	@KCR	L	5.0	6	4	1	1	3	0	108	47

Last 5 v.CHC		1-0	6.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	7.50	31
2011-05-20	CHC	W	6.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	104	31

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

 Home:   14-19   Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast: 11-15   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Fri, Jun 15  @CHC  L   0-3       31-33  5th  7.5 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 13  @MIA  W  10-2       31-32  4th  6.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 12  @MIA  W   2-1       30-32  5th  6.5 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 11  @MIA  L   1-4       29-32  5th  6.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   WSN  L   3-4       29-31  5th  6.0 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9   WSN  L   2-4       29-30  5th  5.0 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8   WSN  L   4-7       29-29  5th  4.0 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7   BAL  W   7-0       29-28  5th  3.0 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6   BAL  L   1-2       28-28  5th  4.0 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   BAL  L   6-8 (10)  28-27  5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Cubs, 22-42, 22-42 6th, 14½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (27, RHP, 5-4, 3.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-4)			72.2	73	34	32	25	72	5	3.96
2011 (8-4)			88.0	64	35	29	50	87	5	2.97
2010 (2-2)			19.1	21	22	18	20	9	4	8.38

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.0	44	20	20	15	40	4	4.39	51
2012-06-09	@MIN	L	3.2	9	8	8	1	1	0	78	11
2012-06-04	@SFG	ND	5.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	110	46
2012-05-29	SDP	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	93	56
2012-05-23	@HOU	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	90	54
2012-05-18	CHW	L	7.1	6	3	3	2	8	2	113	60
2012-05-13	@MIL	ND	5.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	91	61
2012-05-07	ATL	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	105	68

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   14-17   Road:    8-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  19-29   vsLHP:   3-13   1-Run:   7-16
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 9-20   vsWest:  5-5  IL: 3-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Fri, Jun 15   BOS  W   3-0       22-42  6th 14.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14   DET  L   3-5       21-42  6th 14.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13   DET  L   4-8       21-41  6th 13.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12   DET  W   4-3       21-40  6th 12.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @MIN  W   8-2       20-40  6th 12.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9  @MIN  L   3-11      19-40  6th 13.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8  @MIN  L   7-8 (10)  19-39  6th 13.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7  @MIL  L   3-4 (10)  19-38  6th 12.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6  @MIL  L   0-8       19-37  6th 12.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5  @MIL  W  10-0       19-36  6th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 CHC  3  BOS  0        W:Ryan Dempster (3-3), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2), S: Carlos Marmol (3)

Sun, May 22, 2011 BOS  5  CHC  1        W:Tim Wakefield (1-1), L: James Russell (1-5), S: none
Sat, May 21, 2011 CHC  9 @BOS  3        W:Sean Marshall (2-0), L: Matt Albers (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 20, 2011 BOS 15  CHC  5        W:Jon Lester (6-1), L: Doug Davis (0-2), S: Scott Atchison (1)
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 BOS  8 @CHC  1        W:Tim Wakefield (5-6), L: Glendon Rusch (5-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 CHC  7  BOS  6        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-1), L: Wade Miller (2-2), S: Ryan Dempster (8)
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 CHC 14  BOS  6        W:Greg Maddux (5-3), L: Bronson Arroyo (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CHC over 1-0; 2011 - BOS won 2-1; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - CHC leads 4-3

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 2012 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 TEX 5.25 MIL 4.31 PIT 3.24	RA/G WSN 3.31 TOR 4.31 COL 5.78	BA M. Cabrera .365 S. Smith .266 B. Ryan .156	OBP J. Votto .484 J. Loney .333 A. Ramirez .242	SLG J. Hamilton .674 A. Pujols .433 B. Ryan .240	OPS J. Votto 1.138 J. Peralta .762 B. Ryan .509	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 J. Vargas 3.95 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 A. Harang 7.41 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.25

MIL 4.31

PIT 3.24

RA/G

WSN 3.31

TOR 4.31

COL 5.78

M. Cabrera .365

S. Smith .266

B. Ryan .156

OBP

J. Votto .484

J. Loney .333

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

A. Pujols .433

B. Ryan .240

OPS

J. Votto 1.138

J. Peralta .762

B. Ryan .509

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

J. Vargas 3.95

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

A. Harang 7.41

H. Alvarez 2.72

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RedSox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 54.Camp
G/S/vB 27.Coleman
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 37.Asencio
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 269/188 .263/.282/.416/.698 .904/.612 .731 97/.551 8/3 8/5

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/2.000 3/5.000 14/1.571 6/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 9/.476 281/174 .263/.313/.408/.721 .743/.706 .694 101/.669 0/0 5/2

54.McDonald G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 84/43 .211/.305/.380/.685 .671/.698 .715 19/.878 1/1 2/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/82 .290/.333/.492/.825 .925/.766 .816 64/.749 2/1 6/4

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/83 .295/.425/.484/.909 .691/1.008 .802 80/.827 2/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 1/3.000 16/1.396 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 269/172 .306/.387/.583/.970 .921/.997 .806 99/.855 0/1 15/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 1/.000 14/1.071 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 266/185 .271/.331/.404/.735 .657/.768 .749 80/.488 3/2 5/1

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 62/55 .382/.397/.491/.887 .733/.904 .854 62/.887 6/1 1/0

5.Punto# G/S/vP 2/2.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 83/70 .209/.333/.299/.632 .413/.674 .885 37/.867 3/0 1/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/2.334 ··· ··· 178/149 .247/.287/.512/.799 .660/.824 .693 74/.690 0/0 11/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 88/46 .280/.372/.533/.905 .882/.926 .850 25/1.179 1/0 3/1

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 179/159 .299/.337/.413/.750 .325/.801 .787 49/.660 0/0 0/2

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.000 20/.775 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 149/109 .212/.295/.341/.636 .830/.569 .561 77/.637 0/0 4/2

IP 72.2 33.2 15.0 5.0 18.2 30.2 30.1 20.1 TOTAL .266/.326/.436/.762 .780/.755 .738 .706 26/12 72/31

ERA-K/9

3.96/8.9

3.21/7.2

4.80/5.4

1.80/7.2

5.79/10.1

2.64/7.6

5.64/6.8

4.43/4.4

4.33/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (36-6-2)
Shoppach (12-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.264 142/.256 68/.311 20/.176 94/.208 134/.250 127/.261 97/.276 .249 Nava
McDonald
Sweeney
Gonzalez
Podsednik 28/0/0/4
19/4/7/2
0/14/41/2
0/0/16/1
4/14/0/0

OPS .717 .724 .832 .675 .727 .774 .818 .878 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.745 60/.739 34/1.175 4/1.833 47/.747 44/.729 58/.799 44/1.124 .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.689 82/.713 34/.529 16/.414 47/.707 90/.796 69/.833 53/.673 .744

Home 141/.634 68/.731 37/.562 5/1.400 52/.710 71/.777 64/.844 39/.889

Last 28d days 101/.875 51/.795 37/.908 20/.675 34/.674 54/.670 40/1.139 53/.884

HR/SB/CS 5/7/2 3/2/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/3/0 3/2/1 4/3/1 1/2/1 57/58/11

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

Cubs Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Baker G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 76/28 .239/.303/.343/.646 .625/.681 .353 36/.690 1/1 1/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 4/.750 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 236/179 .275/.325/.404/.728 .508/.799 .873 87/.729 4/0 3/2

1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/118 .269/.312/.308/.619 .631/.615 .667 55/.448 23/3 0/0

45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/32 .152/.200/.303/.503 1.000/.454 .000 22/.673 0/0 0/2

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 29/25 .185/.241/.370/.612 2.000/.377 .795 / 0/0 1/0

13.Castro G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 4/.750 277/209 .292/.307/.420/.727 .747/.721 .683 105/.688 16/6 5/11

51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/54 .284/.304/.403/.707 .133/.870 1.144 46/.440 0/0 0/1

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 17/.185 1/no AB 3/1.667 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/2.250 ··· 15/1.321 254/196 .264/.365/.389/.754 .447/.840 .811 95/.710 2/5 2/1

5.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 114/64 .298/.360/.433/.792 .804/.783 .608 52/.951 1/0 2/0

6.LaHair* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 207/174 .298/.382/.564/.945 .457/1.035 .891 64/.719 1/1 12/3

16.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/67 .264/.322/.415/.737 .813/.679 .824 65/.652 2/1 3/3

12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.000 6/.334 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 7/.286 240/183 .276/.325/.498/.823 .846/.816 .822 97/1.016 1/1 12/0

24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/1

IP 80.2 31.2 27.0 35.0 4.0 13.1 23.2 24.0 TOTAL .246/.303/.381/.684 .604/.710 .689 .681 51/22 49/47

ERA-K/9

4.57/6.9

4.83/9.9

2.00/6.0

1.29/7.5

24.75/4.5

2.03/10.8

3.04/7.6

4.50/8.6

4.34/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (4-1-1)
Clevenger (17-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.272 137/.229 104/.208 135/.206 24/.500 50/.136 102/.236 104/.292 .256 DeJesus
Soriano
Campana
Mather
Johnson
Cardenas
Baker
LaHair 0/1/59/5
56/0/0/3
0/40/1/1
12/11/0/0
15/14/7/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/5/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .751 .666 .592 .498 1.842 .447 .649 .774 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.665 76/.668 42/.733 64/.507 11/2.192 29/.432 45/.548 49/.551 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.784 61/.660 62/.504 71/.490 13/1.552 21/.462 57/.725 55/.976 .738

Road 162/.647 50/.604 46/.709 37/.324 14/1.095 21/.598 43/.533 61/.708

Last 28d days 105/.858 52/.576 35/.649 43/.504 6/.167 28/.542 37/.459 27/.630

HR/SB/CS 7/5/0 3/3/0 3/2/1 1/2/0 5/0/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 68/48/11

Usage ·····X·· ···o·XX· ··o····X o····X·o X···o··· ··X····o ······X· ··oX····

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.