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Game Preview: COL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Rockies, 20-18, 20-18 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (32, LHP, 1-3, 6.90)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 30.0 40 28 23 13 24 5 6.90
2012 (6-7) 113.0 145 71 70 22 76 15 5.58
2011 (6-16) 183.0 224 102 98 39 91 19 4.82
Last 7 GS 1-3 30.0 40 28 23 13 24 5 6.90 40
2013-05-09 NYY L 4.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 64 47
2013-05-03 TBR ND 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 86 43
2013-04-27 @ARI ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 1 83 52
2013-04-23 ATL L 4.0 6 4 4 2 5 3 75 37
2013-04-16 NYM ND 4.1 9 8 6 4 4 0 93 17
2013-04-10 @SFG L 1.2 7 7 4 2 2 0 60 19
2013-04-05 SDP W 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 97 62
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 26.2 35 22 22 8 21 4 7.43 39
2010-07-30 CHC W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 88 60
2008-05-29 @CHC ND 5.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 85 46
2007-06-25 @CHC ND 5.0 10 6 6 2 4 1 93 25
2006-09-30 @CHC ND 6.1 7 6 6 1 3 0 96 37
2005-08-21 CHC ND 4.1 8 5 5 2 4 2 96 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-7    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  14-9    vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 2-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 13  @CHC  L   1-9       20-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @STL  W   8-2       20-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @STL  L   0-3       19-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 10  @STL  L   0-3       19-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Thu, May  9   NYY  L   1-3       19-15  3rd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  8   NYY  L   2-3       19-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  7   NYY  W   2-0       19-13  1st  0.5 up
 31 Sun, May  5   TBR  L   3-8       18-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  4   TBR  W   9-3       18-12  1st    Tied
 29 Fri, May  3   TBR  L   4-7 (10)  17-12  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 16-22, 16-22 5th, 8½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (29, RHP, 1-2, 3.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 47.2 34 16 16 14 35 5 3.02
2012 (7-7) 125.1 113 59 58 46 122 23 4.16
2011 (6-4) 107.0 103 49 48 32 68 11 4.04
Last 7 GS 1-2 47.2 34 16 16 14 35 5 3.02 59
2013-05-08 STL ND 6.2 7 3 3 3 2 0 101 47
2013-05-03 CIN L 5.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 95 41
2013-04-28 @MIA L 6.0 4 4 4 3 8 1 100 53
2013-04-23 @CIN ND 8.1 3 2 2 2 6 1 99 73
2013-04-18 TEX W 7.0 4 2 2 1 6 2 87 66
2013-04-12 SFG ND 7.1 3 0 0 1 3 0 93 74
2013-04-06 @ATL ND 6.2 6 1 1 2 6 1 92 62
Has never faced COL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-11   Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-15   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 13   COL  W   9-1       16-22  5th  8.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @WSN  W   2-1       15-22  5th  8.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @WSN  W   8-2       14-22  5th  9.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 10  @WSN  L   3-7       13-22  5th  9.5 gb
 34 Wed, May  8   STL  L   4-5       13-21  5th  8.5 gb
 33 Tue, May  7   STL  W   2-1       13-20  5th  7.5 gb
 32 Mon, May  6   TEX  W   9-2       12-20  5th  8.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  5   CIN  L   4-7       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  4   CIN  L   4-6       11-19  5th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  3   CIN  L   5-6       11-18  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 13, 2013 CHC  9  COL  1        W:Travis Wood (4-2), L: Juan Nicasio (3-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2012 COL  7  CHC  5        W:Jhoulys Chacin (3-5), L: Chris Volstad (3-11), S: Rafael Betancourt (31)
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 COL  6  CHC  0        W:Drew Pomeranz (2-9), L: Jason Berken (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 COL 10  CHC  5  (7)   W:Carlos Torres (5-3), L: Chris Rusin (1-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2012 CHC  5  COL  0  (8)   W:Chris Volstad (1-9), L: Jhoulys Chacin (1-4), S: Shawn Camp (2)
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 COL  4 @CHC  3        W:Carlos Torres (3-1), L: Manny Corpas (0-1), S: Rafael Betancourt (26)
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 CHC  5  COL  3        W:James Russell (6-1), L: Matt Belisle (3-5), S: Carlos Marmol (16)
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 CHC  7  COL  3        W:Matt Garza (4-6), L: Jhoulys Chacin (8-5), S: none
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 COL  4 @CHC  3        W:Jorge De La Rosa (4-0), L: James Russell (1-3), S: Huston Street (9)
Mon, Apr 25, 2011 COL  5 @CHC  3        W:Esmil Rogers (3-1), L: Matt Garza (0-3), S: Huston Street (8)
Season Series: 2013 - CHC over 1-0; 2012 - COL won 4-2; 2011 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 82-79

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 2013 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
Rockies Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
28.Bowden
G/S/vB
54.Camp
G/S/vB
11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Arenado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/35 .241/.268/.463/.731 .762/.710 .648 56/.731 0/0 3/1
19.Blackmon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .286/.286/.714/1.000 1.000/1.000 1.000 7/1.000 0/0 1/0
16.Brignac* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/45 .234/.280/.298/.578 .762/.548 .597 29/.509 0/0 0/3
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 149/102 .262/.372/.500/.872 .845/.881 .921 94/.737 4/1 8/2
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 159/102 .288/.365/.518/.883 1.061/.783 .906 99/.696 5/0 7/0
17.Helton* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.933 4/.250 ··· 5/2.000 65/55 .254/.323/.407/.730 1.100/.665 .877 28/.721 0/0 2/0
18.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 47/32 .267/.298/.356/.653 .481/.732 .143 34/.607 0/1 0/2
15.Pacheco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/43 .308/.357/.372/.729 .623/.824 .746 59/.738 0/0 0/0
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/86 .272/.308/.500/.808 .690/.850 1.025 77/.697 3/1 7/2
14.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 149/96 .241/.306/.376/.682 .554/.751 .621 92/.773 5/0 5/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 14/.928 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 43/32 .235/.381/.265/.646 1.065/.513 .558 25/.462 0/0 0/2
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 5/3.300 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 5/.400 ··· 5/1.000 127/89 .311/.402/.604/1.005 .814/1.084 .875 73/1.064 0/0 8/1
1.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/68 .267/.308/.396/.704 .776/.664 .586 71/.722 5/4 0/0
IP 47.2 14.2 15.0 7.1 9.1 15.0 13.2 14.1 TOTAL .264/.329/.435/.764 .760/.765 .734 .719 25/8 48/21
ERA-K/9 3.02/6.6 4.30/3.7 6.60/6.6 7.36/9.9 0.00/11.6 5.40/9.0 3.95/6.6 0.63/10.1 3.62/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pacheco (0-0-0)
 Rosario (7-8-5)
 Torrealba (8-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.209 59/.235 68/.328 32/.300 34/.100 73/.246 60/.208 55/.196 .227  Gonzalez
 Fowler
 Blackmon
 Brignac
 Young
35/0/0/3
0/32/0/1
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
4/8/11/0
OPS .609 .610 .876 .744 .306 .885 .687 .529 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.507 32/.624 24/.853 18/.500 20/.368 26/.406 23/.570 29/.493 .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.693 27/.589 44/.890 14/1.083 14/.220 47/1.175 37/.758 26/.569 .691
Home 101/.631 34/.519 37/1.280 15/.762 14/.143 40/.719 29/1.022 32/.646
Last 28d days 129/.646 30/.641 40/.633 9/.222 34/.306 44/.689 40/.731 42/.652
HR/SB/CS 5/2/4 0/0/1 2/1/2 0/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/1 0/2/0 32/30/12
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ··Xo···· Xo·o···· ·o···Xo· X·····X· ··Xo···· ·X···X·o
Cubs Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB
34.Belisle
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
49.Brothers*
G/S/vB
61.Escalona
G/S/vB
27.Garland
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
Ottavino
G/S/vB
88.Outman*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.482 1/2.000 1/.000 96/68 .159/.274/.268/.542 .669/.491 .461 92/.568 1/0 1/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 27/23 .250/.333/.292/.625 .833/.590 .368 26/.651 3/1 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 115/78 .290/.333/.393/.726 .570/.797 .961 76/.641 1/0 1/5
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 11/.664 6/.900 ··· 169/119 .280/.314/.404/.717 .578/.775 .899 111/.665 2/1 3/6
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 16/.780 1/2.000 12/.349 1/.000 ··· 49/.547 2/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 129/116 .276/.349/.491/.840 .397/.891 .971 86/.867 2/0 4/0
21.Hairston G/S/vP 20/.771 14/.671 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 48/9 .136/.167/.386/.553 .543/.597 .852 32/.621 1/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.000 5/1.800 ··· ··· 49/40 .217/.265/.435/.700 1.431/.542 .837 28/.693 0/1 3/2
1.Ransom G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 52/21 .271/.314/.542/.855 1.113/.461 .728 41/1.103 0/0 3/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 164/108 .277/.348/.527/.875 .993/.814 .921 110/.951 4/3 9/1
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 8/.250 7/.929 ··· ··· 7/.429 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 116/103 .299/.339/.542/.881 .450/.927 1.016 75/.772 4/2 4/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 14/.286 7/.715 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 24/.554 7/.286 6/.167 ··· 146/98 .279/.308/.436/.744 .994/.624 1.028 93/.806 5/1 4/1
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.600 ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .231/.286/.308/.593 .833/.393 .400 14/.593 0/0 0/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 109/98 .272/.385/.489/.874 .489/.912 .976 69/.989 1/0 5/4
IP 30.0 19.1 14.1 17.1 21.1 41.0 19.0 19.2 13.2 TOTAL .249/.306/.416/.722 .712/.726 .821 .759 27/9 41/31
ERA-K/9 6.90/7.2 4.19/7.9 1.26/6.9 0.52/9.9 1.69/7.6 4.83/4.8 4.74/5.2 2.75/10.1 3.95/9.2 3.77/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (18-8-3)
 Navarro (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.323 78/.257 59/.167 69/.194 82/.195 176/.304 87/.361 82/.203 57/.241 .262  Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Soriano
 Hairston
 Borbon
 DeJesus
3/2/1/1
0/0/30/1
35/0/0/1
0/0/14/1
6/0/4/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .939 .692 .468 .501 .573 .844 .801 .624 .577 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.576 35/1.009 25/.639 23/.598 31/.907 86/.841 38/.811 34/.855 25/.374 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/1.045 43/.438 34/.348 46/.453 51/.381 90/.846 49/.793 48/.451 32/.731 .683
Road 35/1.114 47/.698 18/.118 41/.509 50/.623 72/.851 46/.880 36/.986 26/.471
Last 28d days 79/.932 44/.811 31/.603 37/.337 47/.541 130/.905 54/.673 52/.538 57/.577
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 0/1/1 3/1/0 5/1/1 0/0/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 30/15/10
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·····Xo· ·o···oo· ···X···· ···X···· o·X·X··· X···X··· ··X··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.