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Game Preview: FLA @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, July 26, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Florida Marlins, 54-49, 2nd, 2 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (21, RHP, 2-1, 2.16)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             16.2  13   4   4   6   9  0    2.16      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  14.2  11   4   4   4   9  0    2.45   62 
 2008-07-21    ATL   L   6     6   3   3   3   3  0      87   48 
 2008-07-11   @LAD   W   8.2   5   1   1   1   6  0      99   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC    Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-23   Road:   25-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  41-34   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast: 22-17   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 25  @CHC  W   3-2       54-49  2nd  2.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @CHC  L   3-6       53-49  3rd  2.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23   ATL  L   4-9       53-48  3rd  1.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   ATL  W   4-0       53-47  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   ATL  L   0-4       52-47  3rd  1.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   PHI  W   3-2 (11)  52-46  3rd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   PHI  W   9-5       51-46  3rd  1.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   PHI  L   2-4       50-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @LAD  L   1-9       50-45  3rd  1.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @LAD  W   5-3 (11)  50-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Chicago Cubs, 60-43, 1st, 1 up

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 5-2, 2.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             89.1  63  22  21  36 112  6    2.12      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  42    24   7   6  15  54  2    1.29   67 
 2008-07-21   @ARI   L   7     1   1   1   2  10  1     112   79 
 2008-07-12    SFG  ND   5.1   5   0   0   3  10  0      96   65 
 2008-07-06   @CHW   L   5     5   3   2   4   4  0      93   47 
 2008-07-01   @LAA  ND   5     5   2   2   1   5  0      91   53 
 2008-06-26    PHI   W   8     2   0   0   1  11  0      95   88 
 2008-06-20    FLA  ND   5.2   5   1   1   2   5  1      98   58 
 2008-06-14   @SFG   W   6     1   0   0   2   9  0      95   77 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.FLA      0-0   5.2   5   1   1   2   5  1    1.59   58 
 2008-06-20    FLA  ND   5.2   5   1   1   2   5  1      98   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-13   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  41-32   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 25   FLA  L   2-3       60-43  1st  1.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 24   FLA  W   6-3       60-42  1st  1.0 up
101 Wed, Jul 23  @ARI  W  10-6       59-42  1st  1.0 up
100 Tue, Jul 22  @ARI  L   2-9       58-42  1st  1.0 up
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @ARI  L   0-2       58-41  1st  2.0 up
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @HOU  W   9-0       58-40  1st  2.0 up
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @HOU  L   1-4       57-40  1st  2.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @HOU  L   1-2       57-39  1st  3.0 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13   SFG  L   2-4       57-38  1st  4.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12   SFG  W   8-7 (11)  57-37  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 FLA  3 @CHC  2        W:Justin Miller (3-2), L: Bobby Howry (3-4), S: Kevin Gregg (21)
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 CHC  6  FLA  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (11-4), L: Scott Olsen (6-5), S: Carlos Marmol (4)

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 FLA  6  CHC  4        W:Scott Olsen (10-15), L: Steve Trachsel (7-11), S: Kevin Gregg (31)
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 FLA  7  CHC  4        W:Logan Kensing (2-0), L: Jason Marquis (12-9), S: Lee Gardner (2)
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 FLA  4  CHC  2        W:Dontrelle Willis (10-15), L: Ted Lilly (15-8), S: Taylor Tankersley (1)
Wed, May 30, 2007 FLA  9 @CHC  0        W:Randy Messenger (1-1), L: Ted Lilly (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 FLA  9 @CHC  4        W:Dontrelle Willis (7-3), L: Jason Marquis (5-2), S: Kevin Gregg (6)
Mon, May 28, 2007 FLA  5 @CHC  3        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (3-2), L: Sean Marshall (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (5)
Wed, May 24, 2006 FLA  9  CHC  3        W:Brian Moehler (2-4), L: Greg Maddux (5-4), S: none
Tue, May 23, 2006 FLA  5  CHC  4        W:Logan Kensing (1-1), L: Ryan Dempster (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - FLA won 6-0; 2006 - FLA won 4-2; All-Time - FLA leads 67-62

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

TEX  5.54

COL  4.61

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.74

CLE  4.52

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Mientkiewicz  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .626

R. Vazquez  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.066

C. Hart  .821

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.52

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

K. Rogers  3.48

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Florida Marlins Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 5/.200 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 214/176 .277/.332/.385/.716 .659/.728 .699 47/.981 5/2 2/
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/45 .186/.238/.305/.543 .485/.569 .502 33/.469 0/0 2/
53.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 41/30 .176/.293/.382/.675 .182/.833 .622 41/.675 0/0 2/
3.Cantu G/S/vP 7/.453 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 435/334 .294/.345/.492/.837 .951/.804 .782 99/.927 4/2 18/
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 30/.500 1/.000 4/.583 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 291/222 .262/.337/.406/.743 .619/.781 .660 42/.623 1/2 6/
18.Helms G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 200/132 .232/.300/.356/.656 .695/.636 .691 45/.489 0/0 4/
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 395/300 .255/.327/.426/.752 .713/.765 .849 90/.707 4/0 13/
13.Hoover G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/27 .205/.225/.231/.456 .615/.377 .348 26/.385 0/0 0/
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 330/241 .241/.285/.495/.780 .723/.802 .788 80/.758 1/0 20/
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 9/.730 1/2.000 464/350 .300/.379/.545/.925 .751/.979 .977 109/.987 24/8 24/
12.Ross G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 299/199 .257/.308/.504/.811 .896/.768 .891 101/.898 4/1 16/
6.Uggla G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 9/1.111 1/.000 377/283 .267/.358/.571/.929 .644/1.023 1.023 48/.496 4/1 24/
14.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.833 1/.000 205/146 .267/.371/.483/.854 .759/.891 .909 92/.710 2/1 8/
IP 89.1 18.0 11.0 69.1 50.0 55.2 29.0 2.0 TOTAL .252/.319/.435/.754 .687/.778 .784 .739 50/18 144/85
ERA-K/9 2.12/11.3 2.50/12.0 4.91/11.5 3.38/6.2 5.22/6.7 3.88/12.1 4.34/7.1 4.50/9.0 3.86/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (7-1-0)
 Hoover (4-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.197 78/.227 49/.286 288/.257 217/.305 228/.157 127/.257 8/.250 .245  Ross
 Willingham
 Amezaga
 Hermida
 Gonzalez
 Helms
 Andino
13/67/13/5
48/0/0/5
0/52/0/3
0/0/89/3
55/0/12/1
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .572 .708 .871 .681 .876 .585 .807 .625 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.589 38/.745 27/.835 145/.656 86/.838 99/.783 39/.863 3/.000 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.555 40/.671 22/.909 143/.707 131/.899 129/.433 88/.782 5/1.000 .694
Home 222/.580 29/.849 21/.702 144/.616 118/.904 129/.518 36/.669 8/.625 .696
Last 28d days 93/.565 33/.573 / 39/.618 49/.924 49/.993 64/.737 8/.625
HR/SB/CS 6/4/5 3/1/0 1/3/0 7/1/3 9/2/0 7/3/1 6/2/0 0/1/0 106/56/22
Usage ····X··· ·ooo···o ········ ·o·o··X· XoX·o··o ·XX··o·· ···X···· X·······
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.22 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Volstad
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
30.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
32.Miller
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
35.Waechter
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/1.350 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/41 .299/.338/.388/.726 .933/.576 .864 10/1.067 0/0 2/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 155/77 .271/.338/.371/.709 .655/.765 .840 25/.697 3/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 5/2.600 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 388/281 .277/.375/.442/.817 .842/.807 .896 90/.823 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 274/236 .241/.333/.439/.772 .542/.812 .881 70/.846 2/1 11/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/169 .277/.368/.528/.896 .583/.922 .839 58/1.168 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 414/313 .275/.381/.401/.782 .733/.798 .958 89/.544 8/4 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 31/.852 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 10/.875 254/153 .285/.352/.421/.773 .896/.694 .749 45/.970 4/4 5/
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 462/353 .296/.359/.490/.850 .887/.839 .862 105/.864 5/2 16/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/1.166 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 421/323 .267/.366/.479/.845 .673/.899 1.073 89/.574 2/2 17/
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 15/.641 3/1.000 10/.500 1/.000 4/.000 15/.976 246/172 .280/.329/.538/.867 1.138/.752 1.025 14/.670 7/1 15/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 391/295 .274/.353/.499/.851 .927/.827 .878 91/.730 0/0 17/
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 428/320 .323/.398/.376/.774 .753/.781 .848 100/.795 15/10 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 69/63 .254/.362/.441/.803 .900/.794 .958 27/.667 0/0 2/
IP 16.2 48.0 109.1 32.1 40.0 26.2 56.1 52.2 TOTAL .278/.355/.441/.796 .796/.796 .880 .753 55/25 117/62
ERA-K/9 2.16/4.9 2.44/7.1 6.01/5.5 3.90/7.2 4.50/8.8 1.35/10.4 2.72/8.3 3.25/7.2 4.62/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-3-2)
 Soto (47-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 67/.217 206/.193 492/.290 146/.280 176/.253 117/.204 237/.204 220/.221 .260  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Ward
0/8/89/4
53/0/0/3
21/48/0/2
0/70/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/19/0
5/0/3/0
OPS .538 .549 .816 .723 .776 .575 .611 .649 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.588 97/.576 126/.769 76/.844 71/.913 55/.533 90/.750 100/.756 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.491 109/.527 366/.832 70/.590 105/.679 62/.613 147/.525 120/.562 .739
Road 40/.479 97/.573 248/.744 80/.743 71/.699 70/.590 105/.568 98/.779 .766
Last 28d days 67/.538 47/.497 77/.817 30/.322 15/.967 61/.605 51/.484 47/.782
HR/SB/CS 0/2/1 1/5/2 16/14/3 0/0/0 4/4/1 2/3/0 5/1/1 5/3/1 111/70/25
Usage ····X··· o····oX· ····X··· ·o·o·oo· o······· oXoX·o·X o··X·ooo o·o··XXo

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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