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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @PNC Park

Cubs, 18-26, 18-26 4th, 10½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (28, RHP, 2-5, 3.49)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-5) 56.2 47 26 22 21 64 6 3.49
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
2011 (8-4) 88.0 64 35 29 50 87 5 2.97
Last 7 GS 1-4 43.0 41 22 18 16 42 6 3.77 53
2013-05-15 COL W 8.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 105 69
2013-05-10 @WSN L 5.0 8 7 5 2 5 1 73 30
2013-05-04 CIN ND 6.0 4 2 1 3 5 1 111 60
2013-04-29 SDP ND 5.0 4 3 3 4 8 0 101 51
2013-04-24 @CIN L 6.0 7 1 1 3 8 1 104 59
2013-04-19 @MIL L 7.0 6 5 4 1 4 2 99 50
2013-04-13 SFG L 6.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 100 54
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 25.0 7 3 2 3 23 0 0.72 82
2013-04-01 @PIT W 8.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 110 86
2012-09-08 @PIT W 9.0 4 3 2 1 9 0 120 77
2012-07-23 @PIT W 8.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 99 84
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-14   Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 5-12   vsWest:  5-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Tue, May 21  @PIT  L   4-5       18-26  4th 10.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 19   NYM  L   3-4       18-25  4th 10.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 18   NYM  W   8-2       18-24  4th  9.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 17   NYM  L   2-3       17-24  4th 10.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   COL  W   6-3       17-23  4th  9.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   COL  L   4-9       16-23  5th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 27-18, 27-18 3rd, 2 GB

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 2-0, 1.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 11.0 12 2 2 5 16 0 1.64
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 3-2 36.0 34 19 19 21 41 4 4.75 50
2013-05-16 MIL W 5.2 6 1 1 3 7 0 98 57
2013-05-11 @NYM W 5.1 6 1 1 2 9 0 90 59
2012-09-25 CLE L 3.2 7 4 4 2 4 1 74 33
2012-09-20 @KCR ND 5.1 4 3 3 1 3 0 84 50
2012-09-15 @MIN W 7.0 1 2 2 2 9 1 100 74
2012-09-07 KCR ND 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 2 91 35
2012-09-01 @DET L 4.0 4 3 3 7 5 0 100 40
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 5.2 4 4 4 3 6 0 6.35 48
2012-06-10 CHC L 5.2 4 4 4 3 6 0 89 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  22-12   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 21   CHC  W   5-4       27-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 19   HOU  W   1-0       26-18  2nd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 18   HOU  L   2-4 (11)  25-18  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 17   HOU  W   5-4       25-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 16   MIL  W   7-1       24-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   MIL  W   3-1       23-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   MIL  W   4-3 (12)  22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 13   MIL  L   1-5       21-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @NYM  W   3-2       21-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @NYM  W  11-2       20-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 21, 2013 PIT  5  CHC  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-2), L: James Russell (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (18)
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  2        W:Travis Wood (1-0), L: James McDonald (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 PIT  3  CHC  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-0), L: A.J. Burnett (0-1), S: Kyuji Fujikawa (1)

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 PIT  3 @CHC  0        W:Kevin Correia (11-9), L: Travis Wood (6-12), S: Joel Hanrahan (36)
Sun, Sep 16, 2012 CHC 13  PIT  9        W:Jeff Beliveau (1-0), L: Jared Hughes (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 PIT  7 @CHC  6        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-13), L: Jason Berken (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (35)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 CHC  7  PIT  4        W:Chris Rusin (1-2), L: James McDonald (12-8), S: Carlos Marmol (20)
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 CHC  4 @PIT  2        W:James Russell (7-1), L: Jason Grilli (1-6), S: Carlos Marmol (18)
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 CHC  4 @PIT  3        W:Jeff Samardzija (9-13), L: Jason Grilli (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - Tied 8-8; 2011 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1225-1163

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.28

NYY  4.27

MIA  2.72

 RA/G

STL  3.47

PHI  4.30

HOU  5.93

 BA

M. Cabrera  .384

K. Morales  .270

A. Hicks  .138

 OBP

J. Votto  .477

D. Span  .335

D. Espinosa  .188

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .667

B. Butler  .432

B. Upton  .243

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.122

J. Altuve  .769

J. Keppinger  .456

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Vargas  3.55

R. Vogelsong  7.19

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

C. Lee  7.06

K. Correia  3.43

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

Cubs Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 52.Contreras
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 118/83 .223/.316/.379/.695 .980/.579 .764 89/.773 2/0 2/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/25 .214/.333/.250/.583 .476/.619 .722 27/.406 3/1 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/91 .286/.323/.389/.712 .535/.793 .474 73/.654 1/0 1/5
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/2.000 ··· 9/.889 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 196/137 .271/.301/.383/.684 .575/.731 .523 106/.658 2/1 3/6
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 16/.321 50/.902 6/.333 16/.795 7/.857 3/1.167 ··· 6/.167 2/1.000 152/132 .299/.368/.511/.879 .417/.949 .717 82/.858 3/0 5/0
21.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 56/11 .115/.143/.327/.470 .467/.482 .283 32/.511 1/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/45 .192/.236/.385/.621 1.278/.480 .573 26/.615 0/1 3/2
1.Ransom G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 59/23 .241/.293/.481/.775 .953/.473 .877 41/.855 0/0 3/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/3.000 189/124 .267/.333/.512/.845 .962/.784 .775 103/.957 4/3 10/2
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 132/116 .285/.321/.520/.841 .354/.900 .735 66/.812 4/2 5/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/1.667 16/1.571 ··· 7/.714 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 166/111 .270/.301/.415/.716 .938/.607 .510 85/.751 5/1 4/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 22/14 .350/.409/.650/1.059 .875/1.179 .764 22/1.059 0/0 1/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/1.000 125/112 .255/.360/.443/.803 .408/.845 .749 61/.828 1/1 5/4
IP 11.0 4.0 32.1 20.2 15.2 24.0 14.2 20.2 26.2 TOTAL .250/.303/.418/.722 .693/.734 .624 .763 29/10 48/35
ERA-K/9 1.64/13.1 4.50/9.0 2.78/5.3 1.31/13.9 2.87/6.9 0.75/9.4 3.68/5.5 5.23/8.7 1.35/8.8 3.36/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (20-11-3)
 Navarro (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 50/.273 18/.294 134/.219 79/.153 62/.276 90/.202 56/.191 87/.250 103/.129 .227  Soriano
 Hairston
 Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Borbon
 DeJesus
40/0/0/3
0/0/16/2
6/2/2/1
0/0/34/1
6/1/4/0
0/37/0/0
OPS .642 .863 .665 .412 .667 .470 .704 .760 .429 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/.143 8/1.250 47/.673 41/.411 22/.523 42/.476 21/.810 29/.656 29/.488 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.723 10/.522 87/.661 38/.411 40/.745 48/.463 35/.635 58/.814 74/.405 .671
Home 26/.607 12/.417 60/.634 45/.324 29/.468 55/.382 43/.720 48/.607 62/.568
Last 28d days 50/.642 18/.863 94/.686 41/.507 44/.764 45/.562 45/.795 51/.935 58/.364
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 1/0/0 5/6/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 3/2/0 0/3/3 40/39/14
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ····X··· X·oo··oo ····X··X o·oo··oo ···X·o·X ····X··· X···oX··
Pirates Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 22.Garza
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 10/.500 5/.800 ··· 12/1.084 ··· 10/.400 1/.000 7/.453 150/116 .197/.253/.380/.633 .577/.650 .547 79/.650 1/0 8/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 9/.000 3/.666 ··· 12/1.091 5/.800 10/.425 ··· 6/.533 125/96 .228/.273/.307/.580 .332/.653 .591 66/.771 0/0 2/5
2.Inge G/S/vP ··· 11/1.245 ··· 15/1.217 12/.533 3/1.667 ··· ··· 60/38 .250/.288/.286/.574 .524/.602 .411 55/.533 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 12/.349 4/.500 1/.000 12/1.000 2/.000 14/.630 1/2.000 8/.875 136/129 .282/.331/.484/.815 .452/.833 .678 74/.868 1/0 5/1
6.Marte G/S/vP 8/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 198/156 .309/.376/.466/.842 .979/.805 .776 109/.848 10/5 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 14/.517 9/.556 2/.500 2/.000 136/103 .269/.360/.504/.864 .817/.876 .800 65/1.032 1/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 16/.823 7/.715 ··· 8/.875 1/2.000 14/.900 2/.500 3/2.334 182/143 .274/.341/.457/.798 .930/.762 .947 97/.876 9/1 6/0
19.McKenry G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.500 57/37 .231/.298/.462/.760 .411/.957 .679 41/.566 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/31 .279/.295/.558/.854 1.582/.533 .733 45/.854 0/0 3/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.000 ··· 13/.917 ··· 9/.730 1/.000 2/no AB 99/58 .244/.374/.474/.848 1.153/.607 .813 60/.840 0/0 4/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 9/.347 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 119/111 .278/.345/.417/.761 .393/.787 .880 60/.693 1/2 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 10/1.200 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 87/59 .278/.337/.418/.755 .519/.868 .705 52/.946 1/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 12/.833 3/.667 ··· 12/.250 4/1.250 6/1.100 2/3.000 7/.857 127/94 .241/.349/.315/.664 .385/.765 .787 41/.608 0/0 1/3
IP 56.2 16.2 9.1 5.0 11.0 17.0 16.0 17.1 TOTAL .245/.313/.395/.707 .690/.713 .708 .745 24/9 47/27
ERA-K/9 3.49/10.2 7.56/6.5 6.75/11.6 0.00/9.0 0.00/9.8 4.76/9.0 6.19/6.2 1.04/9.9 3.71/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (16-12-3)
 McKenry (23-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.222 80/.366 39/.270 19/.067 43/.154 80/.250 73/.237 66/.180 .234  McCutchen
 Inge
 Jones
 Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
0/43/0/5
0/0/2/1
0/0/10/1
2/0/33/1
42/6/0/1
8/0/19/0
OPS .656 1.034 .740 .289 .386 .853 .780 .488 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.666 29/1.145 20/.700 8/.286 23/.317 28/.375 31/.827 37/.418 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.649 51/.970 19/.780 11/.282 20/.461 52/1.131 42/.745 29/.580 .687
Road 133/.682 37/.687 17/.728 19/.289 24/.432 37/1.022 35/.529 24/.399
Last 28d days 102/.698 44/1.067 16/.438 19/.289 32/.256 35/.793 47/.828 39/.648
HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 4/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/3 2/2/1 0/3/0 42/32/15
Usage ······X· X······X ··X·o··· X······· o·····X· X·o····· o··o···X o··oX·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.