LAD @ CHC, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 72-65, 3rd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Brad Penny (29, RHP, 14-4, 2.88) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-4) 178 163 59 57 62 122 5 2.88 2006 (16-9) 189 206 94 91 54 148 19 4.33 2005 (7-9) 175.1 185 78 76 41 122 17 3.90 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 42 43 19 19 20 24 1 4.07 49 2007-08-29 WSN ND 5 8 6 6 2 1 0 83 26 2007-08-24 NYM L 6 6 3 3 4 2 1 99 46 2007-08-19 COL ND 5 2 1 1 5 3 0 111 57 2007-08-15 HOU W 6 10 3 3 1 6 0 95 45 2007-08-10 STL ND 7 5 0 0 3 6 0 108 70 2007-08-05 ARI L 7 6 3 3 0 5 0 97 58 2007-07-31 SFG L 6 6 3 3 5 1 0 101 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 34.2 34 9 8 3 26 1 2.08 61 2006-09-13 CHC W 7 7 0 0 0 6 0 103 69 2006-04-19 CHC ND 6 9 2 2 1 7 0 98 52 2005-08-30 CHC L 5.2 8 5 5 1 2 1 85 34 2005-05-31 CHC ND 8 6 1 1 0 3 0 109 69 2003-07-19 CHC L 8 4 1 0 1 8 0 103 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-32 Road: 35-33 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 49-49 vsLHP: 23-16 1-Run: 27-17 vsEast: 20-16 vsCntrl:21-15 vsWest: 26-24 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Mon, Sep 3 @CHC W 11-3 72-65 3rd 4.0 gb 136 Sun, Sep 2 @SDP W 5-0 71-65 3rd 4.0 gb 135 Sat, Sep 1 @SDP L 0-7 70-65 3rd 5.0 gb 134 Fri, Aug 31 @SDP L 4-6 70-64 3rd 4.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 29 WSN W 10-9 (12) 70-63 3rd 3.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 28 WSN W 4-3 69-63 3rd 4.5 gb 131 Mon, Aug 27 WSN W 5-4 68-63 3rd 5.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 26 @NYM W 6-2 67-63 3rd 6.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 25 @NYM L 3-4 66-63 3rd 6.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 24 @NYM L 2-5 66-62 3rd 5.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 70-66, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Steve Trachsel (36, RHP, 6-8, 4.48) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-8) 140.2 151 73 70 69 45 16 4.48 2006 (15-8) 164.2 185 94 91 78 79 23 4.97 2005 (1-4) 37 37 20 17 12 24 6 4.14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-1 42.2 47 17 15 21 11 4 3.16 48 2007-08-29 TBD ND 6 5 1 1 4 3 0 109 57 2007-08-23 MIN L 7.1 4 2 1 2 0 0 101 62 2007-08-18 TOR W 6.2 8 3 3 1 1 1 105 46 2007-08-12 BOS ND 6.1 10 3 3 3 1 0 105 39 2007-08-07 SEA ND 5.2 8 2 2 3 1 1 104 43 2007-08-01 BOS ND 6 5 1 0 5 2 0 109 57 2007-07-26 TBD ND 4.2 7 5 5 3 3 2 70 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 1-4 28 26 11 11 10 16 2 3.54 52 2006-09-10 LAD L 2.2 5 4 4 2 1 0 67 31 2004-04-28 LAD L 6 5 3 3 3 1 2 90 48 2003-08-23 LAD W 7.1 5 0 0 0 4 0 113 72 2003-05-07 LAD L 7 5 2 2 2 4 0 109 61 2002-08-18 LAD L 5 6 2 2 3 6 0 104 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-34 Road: 33-32 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 56-45 vsLHP: 14-21 1-Run: 19-20 vsEast: 15-18 vsCntrl:31-28 vsWest: 16-16 IL: 8-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Mon, Sep 3 LAD L 3-11 70-66 1st 1.5 up 135 Sun, Sep 2 HOU W 6-5 70-65 1st 1.5 up 134 Sat, Sep 1 HOU W 4-3 69-65 1st 1.5 up 133 Fri, Aug 31 HOU L 1-6 68-65 1st 1.5 up 132 Thu, Aug 30 MIL W 5-4 68-64 1st 2.5 up 131 Wed, Aug 29 MIL L 1-6 67-64 1st 1.5 up 130 Tue, Aug 28 MIL W 5-3 67-63 1st 2.0 up 129 Sun, Aug 26 @ARI L 4-5 66-63 1st 1.5 up 128 Sat, Aug 25 @ARI L 1-3 66-62 1st 1.5 up 127 Fri, Aug 24 @ARI W 6-2 66-61 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 03, 2007 LAD 11 @CHC 3 W:Esteban Loaiza (2-0), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-12), S: none Sun, May 27, 2007 LAD 2 CHC 1 (11) W:Chad Billingsley (3-0), L: Angel Guzman (0-1), S: none Sat, May 26, 2007 CHC 4 @LAD 2 W:Carlos Zambrano (5-4), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-2), S: Ryan Dempster (11) Fri, May 25, 2007 LAD 9 CHC 8 W:Rudy Seanez (2-0), L: Will Ohman (0-2), S: Takashi Saito (15) Thu, Sep 14, 2006 CHC 6 LAD 5 W:Scott Eyre (1-2), L: Brett Tomko (8-7), S: Bobby Howry (5) Wed, Sep 13, 2006 LAD 6 @CHC 0 W:Brad Penny (16-8), L: Angel Guzman (0-6), S: none Tue, Sep 12, 2006 CHC 9 LAD 8 (11) W:David Aardsma (2-0), L: Tim Hamulack (0-3), S: none Wed, Apr 19, 2006 CHC 5 @LAD 4 W:Scott Williamson (2-0), L: Danys Baez (0-1), S: Ryan Dempster (4) Tue, Apr 18, 2006 LAD 2 CHC 1 W:Takashi Saito (1-0), L: Will Ohman (1-1), S: none Mon, Apr 17, 2006 CHC 4 @LAD 1 W:Greg Maddux (3-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-1), S: Ryan Dempster (3) Season Series: 2007 - LAD leads 3-1; 2006 - CHC won 4-2; 2005 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1008-1006

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 2007 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

NYY 5.85

BAL 4.59

WSN 3.95

RA/G

BOS 3.94

KCR 4.77

TBD 5.91

J. Keppinger .361

M. Lamb .292

J. LaRue .140

OBP

B. Bonds .483

J. Varitek .361

J. LaRue .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez .635

C. Young .470

N. Punto .256

OPS

B. Bonds 1.058

M. Lamb .827

J. LaRue .507

ERA

J. Peavy 2.10

C. Gaudin 4.06

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

M. Belisle 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.88

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Trachsel
G/S/vB 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 434/333 .288/.354/.450/.804 .783/.811 .816 89/.685 0/4 10/5

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 53/.717 34/.715 7/.929 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.500 9/.333 2/.000 585/432 .279/.346/.367/.713 .826/.673 .659 114/.682 16/6 5/18

26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 36/1.038 22/1.580 30/.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 7/2.214 15/1.450 3/1.666 470/370 .276/.355/.425/.781 .800/.776 .820 59/.668 6/2 12/1

28.Hillenbrand G/S/vP 8/.750 4/.500 6/1.467 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 270/198 .251/.270/.332/.602 .616/.598 .448 66/.612 0/2 4/4

60.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/1

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 225/146 .335/.369/.522/.890 .954/.857 .855 77/.905 8/3 9/3

12.Kent G/S/vP 31/.615 31/.512 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.250 36/1.561 6/.167 491/383 .295/.371/.498/.868 1.056/.820 .821 95/.755 1/3 17/13

10.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/44 .200/.441/.250/.691 .582/.730 .921 4/.500 1/1 0/2

14.Lieberthal G/S/vP 35/1.085 21/.852 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 12/.788 2/.000 69/56 .242/.275/.258/.533 .308/.587 .375 12/.333 0/0 0/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/194 .308/.361/.463/.824 .920/.790 1.102 89/.740 0/1 6/8

18.Martinez G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 140/80 .187/.239/.220/.459 .533/.402 .399 34/.502 1/0 0/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 537/406 .294/.378/.474/.852 1.045/.792 .903 97/.936 21/7 17/11

47.Moeller G/S/vP 14/1.115 10/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 2/2.500 49/30 .167/.167/.250/.417 .737/.207 .308 / 0/0 1/0

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 38/.595 6/1.100 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 19/.746 3/.666 611/442 .291/.323/.348/.671 .593/.700 .641 110/.784 53/11 0/4

8.Saenz G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 121/69 .182/.298/.313/.611 .668/.568 .488 18/.548 0/0 3/0

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 15/.467 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 125/113 .250/.347/.389/.736 .500/.763 .681 20/.650 2/0 2/0

IP 140.2 54.0 44.1 14.2 67.1 55.2 32.2 12.2 64.0 TOTAL .272/.336/.397/.733 .759/.724 .724 113/40 99/100

ERA-K/9

4.48/2.9

3.33/7.8

4.87/7.9

8.59/3.1

3.61/7.9

1.46/12.4

4.96/8.5

2.84/7.1

3.66/9.1

4.00/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lieberthal (8-3-0)
Martin (75-37-5)
Moeller (11-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.279 222/.196 206/.314 63/.280 281/.248 229/.177 146/.282 54/.178 275/.243 .243 Ethier
Pierre
Gonzalez
Kemp
LaRoche
Sweeney
Loney 41/0/95/9
0/136/0/2
114/0/0/2
0/6/65/1
1/0/0/0
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .782 .572 .893 .969 .682 .503 .794 .591 .737 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 286/.745 98/.635 69/.870 31/.730 124/.601 81/.646 67/.713 15/.381 84/.763 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.811 124/.523 137/.904 32/1.227 157/.745 148/.427 79/.863 39/.667 191/.725 .707

Home 300/.742 128/.602 128/.835 28/.883 158/.710 128/.504 84/1.078 26/.205 165/.772 .731

Last 28d days 141/.723 48/.434 30/.726 13/1.504 50/.529 57/.486 / 50/.586 54/.989

HR/SB/CS 16/17/6 2/7/0 3/8/1 3/0/0 7/2/0 2/9/0 3/3/0 0/0/0 8/6/1 145/98/17

Usage ·····X·· ·oX·X·o· ·o·o·o·· ········ ··o·o·X· ·oo·X··· ········ ·X·X·X·· ·o·X·o··

Chicago Cubs Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 30.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 36.Hernandez
G/S/vB 54.Houlton
G/S/vB 63.Meloan
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 38.Seanez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 10/.522 2/3.000 1/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 46/26 .190/.222/.262/.484 .161/.724 .523 7/.500 0/0 0/0

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/33 .118/.148/.255/.403 .087/.654 .398 9/.000 2/1 2/2

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 22/.380 2/2.500 ··· 5/2.600 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 468/330 .284/.357/.410/.767 .744/.777 .741 95/.686 0/2 8/8

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 24/.768 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 12/.958 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 271/237 .284/.358/.383/.741 .782/.735 .705 38/.669 0/0 5/0

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/173 .282/.339/.417/.757 .593/.807 .865 52/.525 5/4 3/8

11.Jones* G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/2.000 2/1.500 6/.334 10/.600 3/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.333 417/341 .268/.324/.387/.711 .668/.720 .713 103/.848 6/2 5/4

18.Kendall G/S/vP 20/.472 ··· 1/no AB 10/.733 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.533 1/.000 6/.833 452/318 .248/.303/.316/.618 .528/.656 .551 87/.840 3/3 3/7

25.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.306 2/.000 3/1.333 3/.000 10/.300 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.777 543/427 .312/.398/.497/.895 .893/.895 1.058 108/.756 6/4 17/4

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/1.837 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.666 393/277 .222/.268/.371/.639 .818/.564 .594 33/.589 0/3 11/3

19.Murton G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 211/132 .274/.346/.421/.767 .839/.723 .617 65/.969 1/0 6/4

3.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .000 8/.286 0/0 0/0

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/141 .211/.269/.335/.604 .261/.694 .573 24/.523 6/1 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 21/.905 2/2.500 2/2.000 6/1.166 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.417 453/350 .318/.369/.544/.912 1.122/.850 .994 78/.933 0/0 19/8

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 15/.641 8/.857 ··· ··· 7/.762 1/.000 4/1.000 496/387 .295/.335/.509/.843 .847/.842 .688 23/.754 18/5 20/5

58.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .143/.250/.143/.393 .667/.200 .393 / 0/0 0/0

2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 497/373 .280/.342/.365/.707 .807/.674 .731 115/.696 24/4 3/10

32.Ward* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 106/96 .337/.434/.517/.951 .775/.968 1.048 27/1.063 0/0 2/1

IP 178.0 57.1 70.2 113.1 42.2 16.2 2.0 74.2 54.0 66.0 TOTAL .268/.329/.408/.737 .714/.745 .753 77/28 110/82

ERA-K/9

2.88/6.2

4.08/5.5

2.17/10.8

5.08/6.9

5.91/5.9

4.86/5.9

0.00/4.5

3.86/6.0

1.33/11.5

3.68/8.7

4.02/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (7-2-2)
Kendall (102-18-9)
Soto (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 731/.251 242/.262 286/.218 492/.289 200/.298 65/.254 9/.000 324/.248 199/.164 281/.251 .256 Soriano
Monroe
Jones
Murton
DeRosa
Pie
Floyd
Kendall
Ward
Patterson
Theriot 96/12/0/11
100/0/6/6
2/63/56/6
26/1/29/2
1/0/21/1
2/61/0/1
17/0/50/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/7/0
2/0/0/0
4/0/2/0

OPS .652 .661 .562 .759 .848 .782 .333 .751 .455 .713 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.571 91/.504 145/.535 93/.657 91/.771 32/.748 6/.500 142/.759 105/.571 108/.656 .674

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.724 151/.754 141/.584 399/.781 109/.911 33/.816 3/.000 182/.743 94/.326 173/.751 .722

Road 293/.661 104/.618 132/.663 244/.783 94/.768 6/.833 9/.333 158/.762 86/.537 145/.698 .700

Last 28d days 126/.768 45/.827 53/.553 77/.922 43/.877 / 9/.333 65/.716 38/.323 58/.481

HR/SB/CS 5/13/5 1/1/3 1/5/3 13/10/2 4/2/1 4/1/0 0/0/0 11/6/4 4/2/0 9/8/1 109/83/40

Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·o·· ·o···oo· ··X··X·o ·o·X···· ········ ··X····· ·o···X·X ·····oXo ···X·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.

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SP: Brad Penny (29, RHP, 14-4, 2.88)

SP: Steve Trachsel (36, RHP, 6-8, 4.48)

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