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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 28-40, 28-40 4th, 16 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (28, RHP, 3-7, 3.46)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-7) 91.0 77 39 35 33 104 8 3.46
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 2-3 47.1 43 22 20 16 52 4 3.80 57
2013-06-13 CIN ND 6.0 10 5 5 4 6 0 116 34
2013-06-08 PIT L 6.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 112 46
2013-06-01 ARI ND 6.1 7 3 3 4 11 1 115 54
2013-05-27 @CHW W 9.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 108 89
2013-05-22 @PIT L 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 0 111 74
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
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 27.2 30 15 15 20 24 1 4.88 46
2012-07-28 STL ND 6.0 3 2 2 6 7 0 104 59
2012-04-24 STL ND 6.2 4 0 0 2 9 0 90 73
2012-04-13 @STL W 5.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 103 31
2010-09-26 STL L 4.1 7 8 8 7 2 1 95 12
2010-09-13 @STL W 5.2 6 0 0 4 1 0 105 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-21   Road:   13-19   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  18-27   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   8-15
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 8-22   vsWest:  6-8  IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Mon, Jun 17  @STL  L   2-5       28-40  4th 16.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @NYM  L   3-4       28-39  4th 15.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @NYM  W   5-2       28-38  4th 15.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 14  @NYM  W   6-3       27-38  4th 15.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun 13   CIN  W   6-5 (14)  26-38  5th 16.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 12   CIN  L   1-2       25-38  5th 16.0 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 11   CIN  L   2-12      25-37  4th 16.0 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 10   CIN  L   2-6       25-36  4th 15.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  9   PIT  W   4-1       25-35  4th 14.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  8   PIT  L   2-6       24-35  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Cardinals, 45-25, 45-25 1st, 2½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (31, RHP, 10-3, 2.18)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-3) 103.0 95 27 25 9 97 2 2.18
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
Last 7 GS 6-1 53.1 43 11 10 6 49 0 1.69 68
2013-06-13 @NYM W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 95 73
2013-06-07 @CIN W 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 107 61
2013-06-01 SFG W 9.0 8 1 1 0 10 0 106 77
2013-05-27 @KCR W 8.0 12 3 3 0 5 0 104 51
2013-05-21 @SDP W 7.1 4 1 1 1 6 0 100 71
2013-05-16 NYM L 6.0 6 4 3 1 8 0 87 53
2013-05-11 COL W 9.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 120 89
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 28.0 31 16 16 7 27 4 5.14 49
2012-09-22 @CHC ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 103 52
2012-07-29 @CHC ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 88 56
2012-04-24 @CHC ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 93 62
2012-04-13 CHC L 3.0 7 8 8 2 3 2 58 14
2010-09-24 @CHC W 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 84 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-12   Road:   25-13   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  37-17   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest: 13-9  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Mon, Jun 17   CHC  W   5-2       45-25  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sun, Jun 16  @MIA  L   2-7       44-25  1st  2.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 15  @MIA  W  13-7       44-24  1st  3.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 14  @MIA  L   4-5       43-24  1st  2.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 13  @NYM  W   2-1       43-23  1st  3.5 up
 65 Wed, Jun 12  @NYM  L   1-5       42-23  1st  2.5 up
 64 Tue, Jun 11  @NYM  W   9-2       42-22  1st  3.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun  9  @CIN  W  11-4 (10)  41-22  1st  4.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun  8  @CIN  L   2-4       40-22  1st  3.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun  7  @CIN  W   9-2       40-21  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 STL  5  CHC  2        W:Shelby Miller (8-4), L: Travis Wood (5-6), S: Edward Mujica (20)
Wed, May 08, 2013 STL  5 @CHC  4        W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Michael Bowden (1-2), S: Edward Mujica (9)
Tue, May 07, 2013 CHC  2  STL  1        W:Travis Wood (3-2), L: Lance Lynn (5-1), S: Kevin Gregg (5)

Sun, Sep 23, 2012 STL  6 @CHC  3        W:Kyle Lohse (16-3), L: Justin Germano (2-9), S: Jason Motte (40)
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 STL  5 @CHC  4 (10)   W:Mitchell Boggs (4-1), L: Jaye Chapman (0-1), S: Jason Motte (39)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 CHC  5  STL  4 (11)   W:Alberto Cabrera (1-1), L: Joe Kelly (5-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 CHC  4  STL  2 (10)   W:James Russell (5-0), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 CHC  3  STL  2        W:James Russell (4-0), L: Joe Kelly (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (13)
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 STL  9 @CHC  6        W:Lance Lynn (13-4), L: Travis Wood (4-6), S: Jason Motte (23)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 STL  7  CHC  0        W:Lance Lynn (12-4), L: Travis Wood (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 2-1; 2012 - STL won 10-7; 2011 - STL won 10-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1174-1116

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
Cubs Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
65.Butler
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
70.Lyons*
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 15/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 217/150 .214/.282/.327/.609 .782/.533 .626 99/.511 2/0 3/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/39 .211/.274/.281/.555 .568/.547 .733 29/.517 4/1 1/1
53.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 203/136 .262/.317/.337/.654 .536/.709 .515 69/.534 1/0 1/7
13.Castro G/S/vP 17/.841 ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/2.000 5/1.400 1/.000 300/206 .241/.277/.336/.612 .500/.661 .549 104/.476 6/1 3/10
21.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/21 .157/.210/.348/.558 .601/.401 .368 44/.674 2/0 5/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 91/68 .259/.341/.494/.834 1.708/.569 .627 36/1.190 0/1 6/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 95/30 .250/.330/.560/.889 1.111/.395 .906 36/1.089 0/0 7/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/.833 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 294/187 .241/.327/.444/.771 .735/.791 .755 105/.629 5/3 10/3
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 197/175 .297/.342/.560/.902 .462/.949 .759 65/1.029 4/2 9/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 44/.777 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 263/171 .253/.285/.398/.683 .814/.613 .560 97/.624 8/3 7/5
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 80/51 .301/.354/.452/.806 .911/.746 .713 58/.711 0/0 1/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· 190/171 .247/.365/.418/.783 .349/.826 .779 65/.740 1/1 6/4
IP 103.0 9.1 13.2 26.0 31.0 21.0 31.0 34.2 6.2 TOTAL .241/.300/.398/.698 .691/.701 .630 .655 39/12 70/52
ERA-K/9 2.18/8.5 2.89/9.7 2.63/3.9 5.19/7.6 4.65/5.8 3.43/4.7 2.03/7.8 1.82/12.7 0.00/13.4 3.28/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (30-12-4)
 Navarro (18-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.247 38/.125 58/.240 117/.321 126/.239 89/.345 113/.180 142/.231 23/.048 .247  Soriano
 Hairston
 Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Borbon
61/0/0/6
1/0/26/2
10/11/4/1
0/0/53/1
7/4/6/0
OPS .600 .451 .636 .857 .695 .863 .492 .598 .178 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.565 19/.449 42/.603 54/.772 30/.798 37/.991 54/.374 69/.513 12/.258 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.637 19/.446 16/.713 63/.933 96/.663 52/.773 59/.600 73/.679 11/.091 .648
Home 145/.446 21/.631 26/.737 54/.745 26/.843 45/.800 49/.372 57/.532 11/.282
Last 28d days 123/.592 38/.451 32/.557 46/.685 126/.695 58/.932 46/.639 47/.528 23/.178
HR/SB/CS 2/0/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 3/1/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 43/19/12
Usage ····X··· ··oo··X· ··o···o· ·o·o···· ·X······ oXo··o·· o···oo·· X·X·o··· Xo·o····
Cardinals Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
54.Camp
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
50.Parker
G/S/vB
62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/73 .316/.349/.544/.894 .700/.921 1.062 40/.635 0/0 4/0
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 10/.733 4/1.833 15/.795 7/1.262 ··· 3/.333 ··· 10/.775 7/.762 259/190 .306/.340/.535/.874 .767/.914 .899 92/.928 1/1 16/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 9/1.223 5/.650 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 3/1.167 302/214 .316/.400/.460/.860 .768/.898 .948 111/.941 1/2 5/5
21.Craig G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/1.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 287/231 .309/.352/.453/.805 .804/.804 .820 106/.814 1/0 6/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/22 .138/.167/.207/.374 .000/.513 .444 18/.333 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 11/.398 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.347 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.834 3/.000 138/108 .280/.341/.448/.789 .590/.845 .785 51/.999 4/1 3/5
23.Freese G/S/vP 8/.500 5/1.200 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 4/.500 207/156 .290/.362/.403/.766 .677/.795 .730 94/1.001 1/0 4/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 17/.643 9/.444 8/1.625 14/.857 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/.543 15/1.169 282/222 .271/.355/.445/.800 .679/.829 .783 102/.846 1/0 10/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 13/.879 3/2.667 1/.000 9/.111 ··· ··· ··· 11/.473 8/1.000 282/218 .245/.324/.339/.663 .524/.701 .636 103/.463 2/1 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 248/184 .259/.306/.329/.635 .719/.607 .491 87/.598 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 16/1.033 9/.111 6/.334 14/1.393 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 22/.417 268/215 .355/.396/.492/.887 .853/.896 .840 92/1.102 3/2 4/2
43.Robinson G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 67/29 .222/.343/.333/.677 .580/.805 .577 23/.904 3/0 2/1
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.875 9/.555 5/1.100 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/2.667 10/.400 55/32 .184/.273/.224/.497 .455/.527 .733 20/.472 0/1 0/1
IP 91.0 16.2 21.2 26.2 7.2 19.0 24.0 27.2 64.0 TOTAL .276/.336/.409/.745 .669/.769 .749 .792 18/9 60/25
ERA-K/9 3.46/10.3 7.56/6.5 0.83/10.0 6.08/10.4 1.17/9.4 3.79/5.2 5.63/7.5 1.95/8.4 3.80/6.8 3.90/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-1-0)
 Molina (16-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 378/.225 80/.366 86/.179 125/.253 30/.143 91/.208 108/.244 107/.196 257/.252 .239  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Wigginton
0/0/60/3
0/67/0/3
63/0/0/1
0/0/2/1
7/0/10/1
12/12/16/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .639 1.034 .478 .890 .343 .640 .773 .563 .721 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.686 29/1.145 43/.349 51/.480 19/.440 45/.623 51/.632 56/.437 120/.717 .651
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.601 51/.970 43/.596 74/1.176 11/.182 46/.656 57/.900 51/.712 137/.723 .711
Road 189/.559 37/.687 48/.467 53/1.071 / 49/.738 47/.642 48/.536 104/.632
Last 28d days 143/.611 / 43/.570 45/.958 30/.343 23/.729 35/.755 41/.689 50/.733
HR/SB/CS 8/4/3 4/1/2 1/1/1 6/5/4 0/1/0 1/9/0 4/3/1 1/3/0 8/2/4 62/48/19
Usage ····X··· ········ ··XoXo·· ·X·XX··· ····X·XX o······· ····X·X· ·o·Xoo·· ··X·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.