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Game Preview: LAD @ CHC, 2:20pm, Monday, May 26, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Los Angeles Dodgers, 26-23, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 4-5, 3.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)             52.2  45  24  22  29  60  2    3.76      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  43    33  17  16  23  49  1    3.35   58 
 2008-05-20    CIN   W   7     4   0   0   2   7  0     103   74 
 2008-05-15   @MIL   W   7     3   1   1   4   5  0     105   68 
 2008-05-10    HOU   L   5     6   5   4   2   4  0      96   39 
 2008-05-05    NYM   W   6     5   1   1   4   4  0      96   58 
 2008-04-30   @FLA   W   7     3   1   1   4   8  0     107   71 
 2008-04-24    ARI   L   6     6   5   5   2  12  1     109   50 
 2008-04-19   @ATL   L   5     6   4   4   5   9  0      99   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC    Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  16-19   vsLHP:  10-4    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sun, May 25   STL  W   4-3 (10)  26-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 24   STL  L   0-4       25-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 23   STL  L   1-2       25-22  2nd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   CIN  W   5-2       25-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CIN  W   4-1       24-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   CIN  W   6-5       23-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @LAA  L   2-10      22-21  2nd  5.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @LAA  W   6-3       22-20  2nd  4.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16  @LAA  L   2-4       21-20  2nd  5.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 15  @MIL  W   7-2       21-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Chicago Cubs, 29-21, 1st, Tied

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 5-2, 2.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             63.1  41  26  19  26  53  4    2.70      
 2007 (2-7)             66.2  59  36  35  30  55  8    4.73      
 2006 (1-9)             75    77  47  40  36  67  5    4.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44.1  32  20  14  17  40  3    2.84   58 
 2008-05-20   @HOU   L   6     6   4   4   2   5  1     109   47 
 2008-05-15    SDP   W   8.1   6   0   0   1  12  0     116   82 
 2008-05-10    ARI  ND   6     3   2   2   3   7  0     118   62 
 2008-05-05   @CIN   L   6     4   5   0   1   7  1      83   60 
 2008-04-30    MIL   W   6     4   3   3   5   1  0     106   48 
 2008-04-25   @WSN  ND   7     4   3   2   3   5  1     108   61 
 2008-04-20    PIT   W   5     5   3   3   2   3  0      94   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      2-2  34.2  37  15  14  17  24  2    3.63   51 
 2003-04-24    LAD  ND   6.2   5   1   1   6   5  0     114   59 
 2002-07-30    LAD   W   7     9   4   4   2   4  0     117   45 
 2002-05-12    LAD   W   9     9   3   3   2   7  1     108   62 
 2001-08-23    LAD   L   5     6   4   4   3   3  0     101   39 
 2001-05-09   @LAD   L   7     8   3   2   4   5  1     115   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-8    Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25  @PIT  L   5-6 (11)  29-21  1st    Tied
 49 Sat, May 24  @PIT  L   4-5 (14)  29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Fri, May 23  @PIT  W  12-3       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 21  @HOU  L   3-5       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 46 Tue, May 20  @HOU  L   2-4       28-18  1st  2.0 up
 45 Mon, May 19  @HOU  W   7-2       28-17  1st  2.0 up
 44 Sun, May 18   PIT  W   4-3       27-17  1st  2.0 up
 43 Sat, May 17   PIT  L   6-7       26-17  1st  2.0 up
 42 Fri, May 16   PIT  W   7-4       26-16  1st  2.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   SDP  W   4-0       25-16  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAD  7 @CHC  4        W:Joe Beimel (4-1), L: Ryan Dempster (2-5), S: Takashi Saito (37)
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CHC  8  LAD  2        W:Ted Lilly (14-7), L: Eric Stults (1-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 LAD  6 @CHC  2        W:Brad Penny (15-4), L: Steve Trachsel (6-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; 2006 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1010-1007

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 2008 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

CHC  5.76

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .417

B. Butler  .261

J. Thome  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .488

K. Millar  .328

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Lopez  .403

M. Bourn  .303

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

P. Feliz  .735

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

D. Lowe  6.32

J. Garland  1.96

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

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB
58.Ascanio
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/108 .306/.372/.470/.842 1.197/.720 .803 80/.948 1/0 4/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/134 .299/.365/.442/.807 .529/.900 .810 78/.754 2/0 4/
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/71 .188/.261/.225/.486 .675/.438 .321 61/.411 1/0 0/
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 180/121 .309/.352/.442/.794 .992/.695 .812 97/.795 10/3 3/
12.Kent G/S/vP 31/.512 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 37/.550 1/.000 37/1.514 6/.167 160/111 .228/.275/.362/.637 .827/.553 .661 78/.454 0/0 4/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 205/141 .276/.332/.438/.770 .715/.794 .594 95/.771 2/3 5/
55.Martin G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 203/152 .314/.424/.414/.838 .836/.838 .915 99/.838 4/4 3/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/12 .500/.533/.714/1.248 .833/1.364 .955 16/1.248 0/0 1/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 7/1.238 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 24/.833 1/no AB 20/.821 3/.666 157/115 .286/.351/.321/.672 .869/.601 .715 98/.705 18/4 0/
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 19/1.171 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 42/35 .111/.214/.139/.353 .429/.332 .419 24/.450 0/0 0/
13.Tiffee# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/21 .269/.367/.308/.674 .583/.714 .786 21/.675 0/0 0/
IP 63.1 4.0 4.0 26.0 27.0 32.0 25.2 24.2 TOTAL .270/.341/.391/.732 .833/.691 .722 .712 47/16 33/31
ERA-K/9 2.70/7.5 2.25/4.5 0.00/11.2 5.19/6.9 3.33/5.3 1.69/12.9 3.51/8.8 2.92/5.1 3.72/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (32-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.181 18/.286 15/.143 115/.321 117/.315 119/.123 101/.182 102/.220 .243  Kemp
 Ethier
 Pierre
 Sweeney
 Young
0/16/30/7
22/0/25/3
35/1/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .525 .853 .414 .898 .880 .419 .547 .639 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.563 8/.686 9/.000 40/1.064 38/1.247 46/.657 43/.510 38/.635 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.495 10/.956 6/1.100 75/.811 79/.707 73/.270 58/.568 64/.641 .671
Home 155/.543 / 9/.556 62/1.088 30/.784 73/.387 54/.560 52/.524 .676
Last 28d days 134/.533 18/.853 15/.414 57/.771 59/.993 57/.369 51/.579 50/.498
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 50/26/11
Usage ·····X·· o·o··X·· oo··X··· oo··o·oX oX··o·o· XX····oX ·Xo····o ·X··o·o·
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 14/.214 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/21 .313/.371/.313/.684 .813/.596 .618 16/.579 0/0 0/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 89/43 .321/.398/.449/.846 .643/1.071 .965 40/.699 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 195/129 .315/.407/.463/.870 1.003/.802 1.077 92/.922 3/0 4/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 8/.250 21/1.117 5/.933 ··· 20/.929 ··· 2/.500 ··· 121/99 .168/.250/.215/.465 .279/.508 .285 44/.425 2/1 1/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/68 .254/.365/.413/.778 .533/.799 .677 33/1.111 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/152 .301/.407/.420/.827 .766/.849 1.066 102/.723 4/2 2/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .333/.400/.556/.956 .000/1.069 .000 10/.956 0/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 12/.750 ··· ··· 166/96 .261/.345/.359/.705 .782/.649 .728 83/.633 1/3 2/
25.Lee G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.150 3/.666 9/.111 ··· 1/.000 ··· 231/163 .301/.364/.545/.909 .954/.890 .936 113/.726 3/1 11/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/2.667 3/2.000 3/.666 17/.607 ··· 3/.000 ··· 208/144 .295/.409/.509/.917 .804/.971 .885 92/.878 1/1 8/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 7/.453 7/.762 2/.000 ··· 159/106 .277/.314/.561/.875 1.162/.726 1.071 98/1.093 3/0 11/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/134 .307/.409/.583/.992 1.162/.920 .995 99/1.023 0/0 9/
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/154 .309/.388/.383/.771 .854/.738 .879 114/.700 9/8 1/
IP 52.2 16.0 20.2 31.0 29.0 23.0 21.2 11.2 TOTAL .284/.367/.445/.812 .842/.799 .894 .815 30/15 54/30
ERA-K/9 3.76/10.2 1.13/7.3 4.35/11.7 2.32/11.0 2.17/3.7 5.09/9.0 1.66/10.8 1.54/3.8 3.95/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (4-1-1)
 Soto (22-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.231 68/.246 86/.224 128/.221 121/.243 103/.230 86/.210 49/.233 .255  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Edmonds
 DeRosa
 Hoffpauir
 Johnson
0/2/46/3
34/0/0/2
0/31/0/1
12/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
10/34/0/0
OPS .670 .586 .631 .633 .708 .818 .564 .661 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.835 32/.445 33/1.098 33/.862 57/.880 36/.908 45/.600 21/.979 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.522 36/.717 53/.381 95/.546 64/.560 67/.765 41/.526 28/.445 .613
Road 107/.676 23/.542 29/.846 73/.755 71/.871 52/1.039 22/.420 24/.810 .783
Last 28d days 131/.548 30/.492 37/.680 62/.563 54/.449 48/.783 42/.410 34/.724
HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 0/4/1 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 33/34/8
Usage ·····X·· o·o··oX· X····oX· ·o······ ········ ·oX····o X···ooo· 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.

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