CHC @ PIT, Friday, May 23, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 28-19, 1st, 1 up	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 6-1, 2.45) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-1) 66 60 19 18 19 46 4 2.45 2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95 2006 (16-7) 214 162 91 81 115 210 20 3.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 46.1 41 12 11 17 28 2 2.14 58 2008-05-17 PIT ND 4 7 5 4 3 3 0 73 30 2008-05-12 SDP W 7 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 56 2008-05-06 @CIN W 8 3 0 0 3 3 0 113 76 2008-05-01 MIL ND 6.1 7 1 1 2 3 1 111 56 2008-04-26 @WSN W 7 5 0 0 4 5 0 114 68 2008-04-21 NYM W 7 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 65 2008-04-16 CIN W 7 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 29 23 15 12 16 28 2 3.72 53 2008-05-17 PIT ND 4 7 5 4 3 3 0 73 30 2007-09-23 PIT W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 93 69 2007-09-08 @PIT W 6 2 1 1 5 8 0 112 67 2007-07-08 @PIT L 7 4 3 3 3 5 1 122 59 2007-05-10 PIT L 6 7 6 4 2 6 1 117 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-8 Road: 9-11 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 18-14 vsLHP: 10-5 1-Run: 5-5 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 7-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 40 Wed, May 14 SDP W 8-5 24-16 1st 1.0 up 39 Tue, May 13 SDP L 3-4 23-16 1st 1.0 up 38 Mon, May 12 SDP W 12-3 23-15 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 22-25, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 55.1 69 28 26 19 20 2 4.23 2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53 2006 (10-15) 215.1 255 116 107 68 117 17 4.47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 51 24 23 17 13 2 4.85 44 2008-05-17 @CHC ND 6.1 8 4 4 1 4 1 106 44 2008-05-12 ATL W 6 5 0 0 5 3 0 102 60 2008-05-06 SFG W 7.1 8 3 3 3 3 0 104 50 2008-05-01 @WSN ND 7 5 2 2 2 1 0 85 58 2008-04-25 PHI L 6 9 6 6 2 2 1 107 30 2008-04-20 @CHC L 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24 2008-04-14 @LAD ND 6 8 4 3 2 0 0 94 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 0-2 28 41 17 16 9 18 4 5.14 42 2008-05-17 @CHC ND 6.1 8 4 4 1 4 1 106 44 2008-04-20 @CHC L 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 69 24 2008-04-09 CHC ND 7 8 1 1 1 6 0 116 62 2007-09-22 @CHC L 4 9 5 4 3 4 3 84 27 2007-04-30 CHC ND 6.2 8 2 2 2 4 0 98 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 13-10 Road: 9-15 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 15-14 vsLHP: 7-11 1-Run: 8-7 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl: 8-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 47 Thu, May 22 MIL W 8-4 22-25 4th 6.0 gb 46 Wed, May 21 MIL L 1-4 21-25 5th 6.5 gb 45 Tue, May 20 MIL L 2-7 21-24 4th 6.5 gb 44 Sun, May 18 @CHC L 3-4 21-23 4th 6.0 gb 43 Sat, May 17 @CHC W 7-6 21-22 4th 5.0 gb 42 Fri, May 16 @CHC L 4-7 20-22 5th 6.0 gb 41 Thu, May 15 @STL W 11-5 20-21 4th 5.0 gb 40 Wed, May 14 @STL L 1-5 19-21 5th 5.0 gb 39 Tue, May 13 @STL W 8-4 (10) 19-20 5th 4.0 gb 38 Mon, May 12 ATL L 1-8 18-20 5th 5.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, May 18, 2008 CHC 4 PIT 3 W:Jason Marquis (2-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Kerry Wood (10) Sat, May 17, 2008 PIT 7 @CHC 6 W:Damaso Marte (3-0), L: Carlos Marmol (1-1), S: Matt Capps (10) Fri, May 16, 2008 CHC 7 PIT 4 W:Sean Gallagher (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (3-4), S: Kerry Wood (9) Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHC 13 PIT 6 W:Ryan Dempster (3-0), L: Zach Duke (0-1), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 CHC 13 PIT 1 W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-2), S: none Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHC 3 PIT 2 W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Ian Snell (2-1), S: Kerry Wood (4) Thu, Apr 10, 2008 CHC 7 @PIT 3 W:Jon Lieber (2-1), L: Matt Morris (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 09, 2008 CHC 6 @PIT 4 (15) W:Kevin Hart (2-0), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: Sean Marshall (1) Mon, Apr 07, 2008 CHC 10 @PIT 8 (12) W:Jon Lieber (1-1), L: Evan Meek (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1) Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CHC 8 PIT 0 W:Carlos Zambrano (17-13), L: Tom Gorzelanny (14-9), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 8-1; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; 2006 - PIT won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1190-1124

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 5.68

LAA 4.51

SDP 3.39

RA/G

CLE 3.64

KCR 4.49

TEX 5.51

C. Jones .412

C. Delgado .218

C. Pena .206

OBP

C. Jones .482

C. Delgado .301

K. Greene .269

SLG

L. Berkman .770

G. Matthews .347

O. Cabrera .289

OPS

L. Berkman 1.236

C. Delgado .665

O. Cabrera .563

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

D. McGowan 4.21

J. Washburn 6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.28

B. Tomko 6.30

J. Garland 1.96

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

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.68 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 52.Osoria
G/S/vB 56.Salas
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/19 .320/.393/.320/.713 1.056/.551 .889 12/.606 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 22/.790 ··· 4/1.667 6/.666 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 79/40 .324/.410/.456/.866 .683/1.050 .767 42/.742 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 15/.600 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 2/.000 7/.143 1/.000 6/.367 182/126 .305/.403/.444/.847 .960/.796 .530 92/.833 3/0 4/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 10/.200 2/1.000 4/.250 9/.111 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 119/97 .171/.254/.219/.473 .279/.519 .572 49/.408 2/1 1/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 75/68 .254/.365/.413/.778 .533/.799 .888 35/1.034 1/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 199/150 .305/.409/.431/.840 .818/.847 .574 104/.737 4/2 2/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .400/.500/.800/1.300 .000/1.600 1.600 6/1.300 0/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 10/1.225 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 151/93 .256/.340/.326/.666 .677/.657 .568 80/.585 1/2 1/

25.Lee G/S/vP 30/.816 3/1.000 9/.778 3/.666 3/1.334 8/.375 ··· 12/.349 214/158 .301/.364/.549/.914 .932/.907 .880 110/.753 3/1 11/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/.976 3/.333 9/1.301 7/2.071 4/1.750 10/1.200 ··· 15/.641 192/140 .285/.406/.513/.919 .810/.961 .960 90/.882 1/1 8/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 20/1.544 ··· 8/.625 4/.000 6/1.000 4/.500 ··· 7/1.262 143/103 .278/.315/.556/.871 1.293/.703 .651 82/1.128 3/0 10/

18.Soto G/S/vP 11/.899 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 6/1.833 ··· 3/1.167 181/131 .314/.414/.601/1.016 1.212/.943 1.038 96/.983 0/0 9/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 20/.844 ··· 6/1.334 5/.933 5/1.300 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 197/149 .324/.398/.405/.803 .954/.755 .701 110/.778 9/7 1/

IP 55.1 5.2 20.2 21.1 22.2 32.1 3.2 21.2 TOTAL .283/.368/.446/.814 .848/.801 .714 .805 30/13 52/28

ERA-K/9

4.23/3.3

6.35/9.5

2.61/5.2

1.69/8.9

4.37/9.5

4.73/3.3

4.91/9.7

2.91/5.0

4.92/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (21-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 253/.304 30/.304 82/.244 89/.214 92/.241 141/.316 19/.333 96/.184 .288 Fukudome
Soriano
Edmonds
DeRosa
Hoffpauir
Johnson 0/2/44/3
31/0/0/2
0/30/0/1
12/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
10/31/0/0

OPS .780 .927 .592 .556 .558 .846 .978 .626 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.634 6/.000 36/.871 23/.399 31/.465 49/.865 5/.400 34/.561 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.799 24/1.212 46/.377 66/.611 61/.605 92/.836 14/1.128 62/.653 .829

Home 118/.756 18/1.069 48/.517 41/.558 45/.607 70/.806 5/1.400 46/.724 .760

Last 28d days 143/.726 30/.927 41/.668 43/.776 47/.383 54/.491 19/.978 49/.627

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 43/30/11

Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ·o···X·X Xo··o··o X····o·o oo····Xo ··X·o··· o···Xo··

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 16/.404 1/2.000 3/2.000 8/.686 6/.400 7/.821 2/.000 6/.733 152/106 .220/.291/.371/.662 .935/.549 .506 70/.828 1/1 4/

38.Bay G/S/vP 44/1.316 1/2.000 3/.667 9/.778 7/1.285 5/.400 11/.727 14/1.126 198/142 .265/.394/.506/.900 .892/.901 1.033 106/.934 4/0 11/

10.Bixler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 88/71 .175/.241/.200/.441 .620/.399 .459 48/.482 0/0 0/

37.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 5/3 .400/.400/.600/1.000 1.500/.667 .500 5/1.000 0/0 0/

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 18/.466 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/47 .307/.329/.347/.676 .710/.652 .708 46/.689 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 27/.606 ··· 9/.111 5/.650 17/1.286 4/.250 10/.900 5/.600 176/122 .218/.307/.365/.672 .560/.720 .704 102/.835 1/0 5/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 18/.829 ··· 5/1.400 2/.500 7/1.071 6/3.033 3/.333 6/.833 213/141 .314/.393/.611/1.004 .870/1.072 .905 110/1.029 5/3 12/

18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 87/52 .224/.279/.276/.555 .451/.627 .652 35/.740 1/1 0/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 7/1.143 9/1.194 16/.864 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 89/76 .218/.315/.321/.635 .237/.706 .606 50/.656 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP 24/.966 1/.000 8/1.214 12/.432 6/.500 6/.533 8/1.583 11/.495 196/138 .324/.388/.526/.914 1.016/.871 .910 102/.908 1/0 7/

26.Paulino G/S/vP 20/.313 1/3.000 2/.000 9/.111 7/.572 5/.400 4/.500 3/.000 95/64 .221/.284/.279/.563 .587/.552 .622 60/.470 0/0 0/

31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 68/49 .215/.239/.246/.485 .541/.463 .475 18/.627 2/0 0/

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 31/.499 ··· 7/.286 10/1.067 8/.000 6/.666 7/.429 10/.500 199/144 .251/.279/.332/.611 .730/.564 .543 117/.677 0/0 1/

IP 66.0 2.0 3.1 23.2 25.0 29.0 22.2 23.0 TOTAL .252/.322/.395/.716 .757/.700 .720 .760 15/6 46/43

ERA-K/9

2.45/6.3

0.00/4.5

0.00/10.9

5.70/6.8

3.24/5.0

1.55/12.7

3.57/8.7

3.13/5.1

3.73/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (2-0-0)
Paulino (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.243 10/.286 13/.167 107/.327 106/.304 106/.125 88/.177 94/.226 .240 Nady
Michaels
Bay
Mientkiewicz
McLouth 0/0/45/5
16/1/7/3
45/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
4/44/2/0

OPS .652 .873 .481 .930 .873 .408 .544 .659 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.691 5/.250 7/.000 39/1.093 35/1.247 43/.630 40/.488 35/.651 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.612 5/1.350 6/1.100 68/.837 71/.692 63/.262 48/.585 59/.663 .666

Road 86/.614 10/.873 4/.250 45/.717 76/.909 33/.451 34/.518 42/.835 .736

Last 28d days 137/.625 10/.873 13/.481 52/.907 52/.962 50/.378 41/.539 47/.486

HR/SB/CS 4/2/5 0/0/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 6/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 46/25/11

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

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

Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 6-1, 2.45)

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.23)

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



You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > CHC @ PIT, Friday, May 23, 2008