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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 26, 2007 @Busch Stadium III

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Chicago Cubs, 53-46, 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (28, RHP, 7-5, 3.92)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-5)            117   104  61  51  45  67 14    3.92      
 2006 (14-16)          194.1 221 136 130  75  96 35    6.02      
 2005 (13-14)          207   206 110  95  69 100 29    4.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39.1  38  28  25  16  26  7    5.72   45 
 2007-07-20    ARI   W   7.2   4   2   2   1   3  1     108   65 
 2007-07-15    HOU  ND   4     8   6   6   3   2  1      82   21 
 2007-07-06    PIT   L   4.2   8   6   6   3   3  2      89   24 
 2007-07-01    MIL   W   7     4   1   1   1   5  1      77   69 
 2007-06-25    COL  ND   5.2   7   3   3   2   5  0      97   46 
 2007-06-20    TEX   L   5     5   6   4   4   3  2     100   36 
 2007-06-14    SEA  ND   5.1   2   4   3   2   5  0      77   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      3-0  19.2  17   4   4   6   7  1    1.83   58 
 2007-04-27    STL   W   6.2   5   3   3   3   0  1      98   49 
 2007-04-21    STL   W   7     7   0   0   0   5  0     117   68 
 2002-08-03    STL   W   6     5   1   1   3   2  0      99   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   26-22   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  44-31   vsLHP:   9-15   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 11-10 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Wed, Jul 25  @STL  W   7-1       53-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @STL  W   4-3       52-46  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 22   ARI  L   0-3       51-46  2nd  3.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21   ARI  L   2-3       51-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20   ARI  W   6-2       51-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 19   SFG  W   9-8       50-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 18   SFG  W  12-1       49-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 17   SFG  L   2-4       48-44  2nd  4.5 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 16   SFG  W   3-2       48-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 15   HOU  W   7-6       47-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
St. Louis Cardinals, 45-52, 3rd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Braden Looper (32, RHP, 7-8, 5.09)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-8)            104.1 115  62  59  34  50  9    5.09      
 2006 (9-3)             73.1  76  30  29  20  41  3    3.56      
 2005 (4-7)             59.1  65  31  26  22  27  7    3.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  37.2  53  34  32  10  12  3    7.65   35 
 2007-07-21    ATL   L   2.2  10   7   7   1   3  0      70   12 
 2007-07-16    FLA   W   6.1   5   2   2   1   4  0      88   58 
 2007-07-07    SFG   L   6.1   8   5   4   2   2  0      90   39 
 2007-07-02    ARI  ND   6     4   3   3   1   0  1      76   51 
 2007-06-15    OAK   L   4.1   8   8   7   2   1  1      83   16 
 2007-06-09    LAA   L   6    11   6   6   3   1  1     104   24 
 2007-06-03    HOU  ND   6     7   3   3   0   1  0      87   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-0   7     5   1   1   2   5  0    1.29   66 
 2007-04-20    CHC   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  0      90   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-24   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  30-34   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 10-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Wed, Jul 25   CHC  L   1-7       45-52  3rd  9.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   CHC  L   3-4       45-51  3rd  9.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22  @ATL  W   7-2 (10)  45-50  3rd  8.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @ATL  L   6-14      44-50  3rd  8.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @ATL  W   4-2       44-49  3rd  8.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 19  @ATL  L   1-10      43-49  3rd  9.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 18  @FLA  W   6-0       43-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul 17  @FLA  L   0-4       42-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul 16  @FLA  W   5-3       42-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 15  @PHI  W  10-2       41-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 CHC  7 @STL  1    W:Ted Lilly (11-4), L: Adam Wainwright (9-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 CHC  4 @STL  3    W:Carlos Zambrano (13-7), L: Kip Wells (4-13), S: Ryan Dempster (17)
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 CHC  8 @STL  1    W:Carlos Zambrano (2-2), L: Adam Wainwright (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2007 CHC  5 @STL  3    W:Jason Marquis (3-1), L: Anthony Reyes (0-4), S: Ryan Dempster (4)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 STL 12 @CHC  9 (10)   W:Jason Isringhausen (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 CHC  6  STL  0    W:Jason Marquis (2-1), L: Anthony Reyes (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 STL  2 @CHC  1    W:Braden Looper (3-1), L: Ted Lilly (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (4)

Sun, Aug 27, 2006 STL 10  CHC  6    W:Braden Looper (7-1), L: Bobby Howry (3-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 26, 2006 STL  2  CHC  1    W:Randy Flores (1-1), L: Roberto Novoa (2-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 25, 2006 STL  2  CHC  0    W:Jeff Suppan (10-7), L: Juan Mateo (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (31)
Season Series: 2007 - CHC leads 5-2; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; 2005 - CHC won 10-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1131-1069

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

DET  5.82

TOR  4.65

WSN  3.77

RA/G

SDP  3.65

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.27

BA

M. Ordonez  .353

J. Rollins  .288

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .494

D. Johnson  .360

D. Navarro  .244

SLG

R. Braun  .664

K. Mench  .454

D. Navarro  .264

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.073

N. Swisher  .815

D. Navarro  .508

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.12

J. Contreras  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.36

A. Cook  3.12

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Chicago Cubs Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 38/28 .118/.139/.324/.463 .000/.650 .539 3/.666 1/1 2/2
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 11/.384 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 334/240 .284/.361/.432/.793 .796/.792 .794 77/.746 0/2 7/5
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 9/1.000 17/.812 ··· 1/3.000 9/.333 202/182 .290/.356/.393/.749 .683/.757 .772 41/.550 0/0 4/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/110 .331/.372/.500/.872 .701/.929 .772 73/.583 5/2 3/7
9.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/
55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/67 .162/.238/.297/.535 .472/.552 .332 40/.457 0/0 2/1
11.Jones* G/S/vP 7/1.142 4/.000 18/.857 10/1.225 ··· 11/.364 4/.000 279/242 .251/.314/.347/.661 .623/.666 .684 56/.822 2/2 2/3
18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/1.145 ··· 16/.393 19/.725 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.500 329/234 .218/.257/.270/.527 .427/.568 .603 63/.587 3/1 2/4
25.Lee G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 2/.000 8/.429 1/.000 1/.000 10/.700 387/312 .335/.421/.497/.918 1.048/.886 .748 69/.846 4/4 8/3
29.Pagan# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 140/73 .281/.324/.469/.793 .792/.794 .618 51/.772 4/1 4/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/.665 ··· 2/.000 16/.846 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 337/267 .323/.362/.559/.921 1.137/.864 .894 85/1.017 0/0 16/5
12.Soriano G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 30/1.114 5/1.267 1/2.000 5/.200 3/1.666 426/337 .299/.340/.518/.858 .821/.867 1.024 97/.708 13/4 16/4
2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 337/254 .279/.342/.359/.701 .763/.682 .635 83/.890 17/3 2/4
IP 104.1 35.0 49.2 40.1 25.2 12.2 37.0 TOTAL .270/.329/.410/.739 .712/.747 .729 59/22 81/61
ERA-K/9 5.09/4.3 4.63/8.0 1.27/3.8 1.56/8.3 9.47/5.6 3.55/9.9 2.92/10.9 4.81/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (9-3-1)
 Kendall (64-15-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.283 160/.293 190/.207 157/.163 122/.321 50/.239 151/.202 .272  Soriano
 Jones
 DeRosa
 Kendall
 Floyd
 Theriot
 Pagan
80/12/0/11
2/36/42/2
0/0/14/1
2/0/0/0
12/0/36/0
4/0/2/0
1/30/24/0
OPS .754 .760 .529 .496 .836 .691 .599 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.815 68/.767 79/.497 67/.525 53/.763 26/1.010 44/.898 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.704 92/.754 111/.552 90/.475 69/.891 24/.344 107/.475 .740
Home 204/.695 82/.747 75/.489 70/.386 62/.701 20/.513 70/.492 .728
Last 28d days 94/.797 30/.537 45/.460 38/.619 10/.800 50/.691 34/.508
HR/SB/CS 9/3/1 2/1/0 3/1/1 2/1/0 2/4/0 1/1/1 2/3/2 94/39/20
Usage ····X··· ·o··o·o· ···X·o·· ···X·o·· ·o······ ····X··X ·X··X·o·
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB
46.Dempster
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
56.Petrick
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Bennett G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.867 3/1.000 3/1.666 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 126/96 .219/.258/.289/.547 .315/.620 .285 21/.472 1/1 1/0
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 5/1.733 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 310/236 .293/.381/.559/.940 .693/1.018 .922 75/1.123 2/1 19/2
22.Eckstein G/S/vP 7/.453 15/.666 7/.929 9/.583 6/.334 3/.666 ··· 6/.500 250/175 .298/.340/.364/.704 .815/.658 .692 40/.500 2/0 2/11
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 10/.425 25/1.011 8/1.125 9/.597 3/1.000 11/1.122 ··· 7/.629 231/181 .232/.301/.377/.678 .454/.738 .695 15/.343 0/2 7/1
43.Encarnacion G/S/vP 13/1.218 11/.282 7/.762 10/.600 6/.750 5/.400 ··· 7/.629 226/146 .293/.329/.471/.800 .700/.857 .920 71/.931 1/1 7/6
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.500 5/.400 11/.864 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 266/224 .224/.291/.295/.586 .425/.615 .586 59/.776 4/2 2/6
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/80 .252/.296/.483/.779 .560/.977 .918 53/1.015 3/0 7/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP 8/1.125 8/.393 7/.629 7/.286 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 3/.000 268/180 .272/.318/.313/.631 .688/.604 .749 76/.479 0/1 0/11
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/2.334 7/.666 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 215/148 .245/.308/.297/.605 .691/.567 .595 71/.457 0/0 1/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 11/.989 24/.788 3/.000 7/.971 6/.833 1/no AB ··· 13/1.265 425/305 .314/.416/.556/.972 1.068/.937 .849 96/1.127 1/5 22/7
27.Rolen G/S/vP 21/.762 32/.736 3/.333 8/1.375 6/.167 ··· ··· 8/.500 330/246 .261/.336/.376/.712 .545/.766 .674 77/.655 5/3 5/4
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/27 .339/.388/.452/.840 .961/.666 .763 40/.964 1/0 2/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 101/87 .312/.356/.462/.818 1.026/.785 1.004 45/1.181 0/0 2/1
99.Taguchi G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 235/122 .297/.358/.377/.735 .777/.697 .721 55/.747 6/2 2/2
IP 117.0 36.2 32.2 49.1 35.0 27.1 8.2 45.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.399/.731 .705/.741 .729 29/20 85/73
ERA-K/9 3.92/5.2 3.19/8.3 6.06/7.7 4.20/7.5 1.80/12.3 4.28/9.2 4.15/6.2 3.80/9.0 3.81/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (20-3-2)
 Molina (12-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 506/.235 144/.189 158/.336 209/.269 144/.175 123/.257 32/.143 194/.243 .238  Edmonds
 Duncan
 Taguchi
 Encarnacion
 Ludwick
 Schumaker
0/58/0/3
71/0/0/2
22/45/7/2
0/1/54/2
22/5/12/1
8/11/15/1
OPS .688 .504 .955 .723 .519 .758 .643 .708 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.693 63/.594 52/.992 91/.633 51/.690 60/.713 13/.413 62/.717 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.684 81/.437 106/.934 118/.789 93/.429 63/.801 19/.792 132/.703 .671
Road 218/.769 68/.576 56/1.013 96/.735 62/.529 54/.472 7/.429 78/.608 .697
Last 28d days 100/.874 9/.666 28/.711 49/.656 59/.506 19/1.074 25/.558 45/.856
HR/SB/CS 14/9/1 1/2/0 3/4/0 5/0/0 2/5/0 3/1/0 2/0/1 5/3/0 102/57/12
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· ···X···· ·X··XXo· ·o·X·oo· ·o····o· ···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.

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