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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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.11

SDP  4.23

MIA  3.13

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

SEA  4.32

HOU  5.13

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

E. Hosmer  .272

B. Upton  .165

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .451

G. Blanco  .335

J. Arencibia  .235

 SLG

C. Davis  .706

A. Cabrera  .434

J. Keppinger  .259

 OPS

C. Davis  1.121

J. Hardy  .764

J. Keppinger  .498

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

B. Norris  3.64

W. Peralta  6.08

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

J. Teheran  7.16

J. Guthrie  4.30

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

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.