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Game Preview: CHC @ MIA, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @Marlins Park

Cubs, 3-8, 3-8 6th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (28, RHP, 1-0, 1.23)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 14.2 8 2 2 3 14 1 1.23
2011 (10-10) 198.0 186 90 73 63 197 14 3.32
2010 (15-10) 204.2 193 94 89 63 150 28 3.91
Last 7 GS 4-0 54.1 39 14 11 12 48 3 1.82 67
2012-04-12 MIL W 8.2 3 0 0 2 9 0 119 85
2012-04-07 WSN ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 91 58
2011-09-27 @SDP W 7.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 122 65
2011-09-21 MIL W 9.0 6 1 0 1 10 0 123 82
2011-09-16 HOU ND 9.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 124 65
2011-09-11 @NYM ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 102 52
2011-09-05 CIN W 7.2 6 3 1 3 8 0 113 64
Last 5 v.MIA 3-1 30.0 26 13 13 10 28 3 3.90 56
2011-07-14 FLA ND 7.0 6 0 0 3 6 0 113 68
2010-06-18 @FLA L 1.1 7 7 7 3 2 1 71 11
2010-06-12 FLA W 5.2 9 4 4 2 7 1 102 40
2008-06-26 @FLA W 9.0 1 1 1 1 10 1 108 90
2008-06-14 FLA W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 112 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-5    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @MIA  L   2-5        3-8   6th  5.0 gb
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @STL  L   3-10       3-7   6th  4.0 gb
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @STL  L   1-5        3-6   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @STL  W   9-5        3-5   4th  2.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12   MIL  W   8-0        2-5   6th  3.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11   MIL  L   1-2        1-5   6th  3.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10   MIL  L   4-7        1-4   6th  3.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   MIL  L   5-7        1-3   6th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   WSN  W   4-3        1-2   5th  1.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   WSN  L   4-7        0-2   6th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-8    Last 30: 3-8
Marlins, 5-6, 5-6 4th, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (33, LHP, 0-2, 3.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 12.1 15 5 5 2 7 2 3.65
2011 (13-9) 205.1 221 93 82 45 109 21 3.59
2010 (13-13) 210.1 246 105 100 49 99 17 4.28
Last 7 GS 2-5 40.2 58 29 27 10 24 7 5.98 40
2012-04-12 @PHI L 6.1 8 3 3 0 2 2 92 47
2012-04-05 @CIN L 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 108 53
2011-09-27 TOR W 7.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 97 71
2011-09-21 @CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 1 97 56
2011-09-15 @KCR L 6.1 15 7 6 2 1 2 104 16
2011-09-09 CLE L 5.2 8 7 7 2 4 2 107 27
2011-09-04 @DET L 3.1 10 8 7 2 4 0 88 12
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 31.2 29 10 7 5 22 3 1.99 58
2011-06-21 CHC ND 5.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 70 53
2010-06-12 @CHC W 6.2 8 0 0 0 7 0 108 65
2009-06-27 CHC ND 5.2 6 5 3 3 3 0 108 41
2008-06-29 CHC W 7.0 6 1 0 2 5 0 99 66
2007-06-22 CHC L 7.0 4 2 2 0 4 2 116 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17   CHC  W   5-2        5-6   4th  3.5 gb
 10 Sun, Apr 15   HOU  W   5-4 (11)   4-6   5th  3.0 gb
  9 Sat, Apr 14   HOU  L   4-5        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Fri, Apr 13   HOU  W   5-4 (11)   3-5   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12  @PHI  L   1-3        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @PHI  L   1-7        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9  @PHI  W   6-2        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Sun, Apr  8  @CIN  L   5-6        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sat, Apr  7  @CIN  W   8-3        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Thu, Apr  5  @CIN  L   0-4        0-2   5th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-6    Last 30: 5-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 MIA  5  CHC  2        W:Steve Cishek (1-0), L: Rafael Dolis (0-1), S: Heath Bell (1)

Sun, Jul 17, 2011 FLA  7 @CHC  5        W:Edward Mujica (8-2), L: Kerry Wood (1-5), S: Juan Oviedo (26)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 FLA 13 @CHC  3        W:Javier Vazquez (6-8), L: Carlos Zambrano (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 CHC  2  FLA  1        W:Ryan Dempster (7-6), L: Ricky Nolasco (6-6), S: Sean Marshall (2)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 FLA  6 @CHC  3        W:Edward Mujica (7-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-3), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 CHC  5 @FLA  1        W:Casey Coleman (2-3), L: Chris Volstad (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 CHC  7 @FLA  5        W:Jeff Samardzija (3-0), L: Edward Mujica (4-2), S: Carlos Marmol (9)
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 CHC 13 @FLA  3        W:Jeff Samardzija (2-1), L: Andrew Miller (1-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 CHC  5 @FLA  3        W:Casey Coleman (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (12-10), S: Carlos Marmol (33)
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 CHC  2 @FLA  0        W:Ryan Dempster (14-10), L: Alejandro Sanabia (4-3), S: Carlos Marmol (32)
Season Series: 2012 - MIA over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - MIA leads 78-76

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 21.Bell
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 31.Cishek
G/S/vB		 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB		 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB		 34.Mujica
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 212/83 .269/.302/.383/.685 .812/.491 .808 17/.448 0/0 3/1
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 571/466 .276/.313/.353/.666 .734/.650 .687 43/.749 9/2 2/12
24.Byrd G/S/vP 15/.534 4/.333 1/5.000 ··· ··· 21/.722 4/1.750 2/1.500 482/370 .276/.324/.395/.719 .649/.740 .761 37/.194 3/2 9/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 715/550 .307/.341/.432/.773 .847/.751 .765 47/.846 22/9 10/29
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .250/.400/.500/.900 3.000/.000 .900 13/1.385 0/0 0/0
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 83/.464 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 3/2.667 ··· 506/373 .240/.323/.376/.698 .459/.787 .701 41/.783 4/3 10/4
11.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.250 243/207 .265/.305/.413/.718 1.097/.654 .748 11/.191 1/0 5/7
5.Johnson G/S/vP 30/.834 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 10/.100 1/2.000 2/.000 266/157 .309/.348/.467/.816 .797/.829 .660 17/.732 2/1 5/3
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/55 .288/.377/.508/.885 .774/.914 .809 29/1.128 0/0 2/1
16.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 83/56 .213/.272/.307/.578 .708/.515 .646 11/.282 0/1 1/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 39/.583 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 508/383 .244/.289/.469/.759 .812/.741 .764 39/.585 2/1 26/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 11/.573 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 474/357 .228/.310/.411/.721 .971/.643 .756 31/.538 0/0 17/13
2.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 7/.762 7/1.262 136/111 .156/.243/.221/.464 .336/.492 .434 41/.706 3/2 0/6
IP 205.1 62.2 24.2 54.2 63.0 8.1 76.0 50.2 TOTAL .237/.304/.338/.642 .728/.625 .601 .642 9/4 5/9
ERA-K/9 3.59/4.8 2.44/7.3 1.82/11.3 2.63/9.0 3.43/9.7 6.48/10.8 2.96/7.5 3.20/5.5 3.71/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (1-0-0)
 Soto (85-36-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.277 256/.223 103/.149 229/.221 267/.224 45/.333 297/.233 214/.255 .258  Soriano
 Byrd
 DeJesus
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Baker
 LaHair
 Mather
128/0/0/8
0/118/0/8
0/8/116/6
27/24/44/5
23/0/0/1
1/0/10/0
5/0/9/0
4/3/22/0
OPS .728 .588 .562 .591 .723 .955 .638 .693 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.683 128/.726 74/.453 92/.661 121/.615 18/1.127 140/.570 99/.771 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 611/.746 128/.451 29/.872 137/.545 146/.809 27/.839 157/.700 115/.627 .687
Home 417/.686 153/.611 51/.307 114/.550 138/.686 21/1.171 157/.691 105/.705
Last 28d days 53/.846 24/1.078 10/.000 25/.382 13/.580 22/.602 26/.829 15/.800
HR/SB/CS 21/3/7 4/4/0 3/2/0 1/5/0 9/1/1 1/1/1 7/7/1 2/9/1 9/10/3
Usage ·····X·· o··XX··· ···ooo·· o··ooo·· ··X·o··· ··Xo··X· ···oXo·· ··o·o·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Marlins Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 19.Lopez
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 6/.600 1/2.000 2/1.000 641/460 .296/.360/.393/.753 .863/.723 .769 49/.790 40/11 5/13
14.Buck G/S/vP 14/.774 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.629 530/398 .227/.316/.367/.683 .586/.716 .715 34/.640 0/1 16/5
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.450 3/.667 ··· ··· 298/216 .230/.296/.368/.664 .307/.801 .730 21/.350 7/6 5/0
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.667 4/.750 2/.000 3/.667 439/399 .275/.311/.389/.701 .518/.719 .648 8/.661 0/0 8/11
9.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 144/111 .231/.291/.415/.706 .695/.709 .671 7/.286 0/0 5/0
12.Infante G/S/vP 6/1.667 7/.286 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 640/475 .276/.315/.382/.696 .729/.685 .667 40/1.145 4/2 7/8
26.Kearns G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 7/.857 ··· 20/.466 174/98 .200/.302/.287/.589 .566/.609 .560 6/.833 0/4 2/1
5.Morrison* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 525/371 .247/.330/.468/.797 .723/.827 .811 34/.599 2/1 23/5
22.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/70 .185/.240/.315/.555 .627/.527 .379 4/.250 0/0 2/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/.838 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 4/.750 11/.586 ··· 7/.821 385/299 .243/.333/.379/.712 .994/.633 .679 48/.923 20/10 10/14
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 6/.533 586/443 .337/.384/.493/.877 .842/.890 .937 49/.591 39/7 7/18
15.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 661/503 .266/.352/.427/.779 .901/.742 .809 41/.520 3/1 19/5
27.Stanton G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/.500 2/3.000 2/2.500 601/460 .262/.356/.537/.893 1.042/.849 .978 40/.617 5/5 34/6
IP 198.0 66.1 1.1 97.2 74.0 67.2 51.0 TOTAL .243/.294/.384/.678 .778/.656 .676 .678 12/3 9/11
ERA-K/9 3.32/9.0 4.21/4.3 /0.0 0.00/6.9 4.42/5.0 4.01/12.0 4.12/5.7 3.35/10.1 4.41/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 839/.245 292/.303 / 4/.000 430/.299 327/.205 292/.286 224/.236 .233  Stanton
 Morrison
 Bonifacio
 Coghlan
 Kearns
 Hayes
 Dobbs
0/1/142/10
119/0/0/6
32/16/15/4
0/65/0/3
36/0/19/1
1/0/1/0
3/0/4/0
OPS .654 .821 .250 .867 .643 .812 .715 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.634 138/.913 / 3/.333 188/.791 145/.561 119/.685 78/.649 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 447/.672 154/.738 / 1/.000 242/.927 182/.710 173/.902 146/.750 .613
Road 362/.713 128/.763 / 4/.250 220/.923 151/.626 158/.768 99/.707
Last 28d days 54/.428 24/.942 17/.837 27/.697 18/.856 18/.873 14/.619 13/1.062
HR/SB/CS 14/10/5 3/8/2 // 0/0/0 18/6/7 5/12/1 12/5/3 5/3/1 11/10/2
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ··X····X X···X··X ··X····X ····o·X· X···o·o· ····o·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.