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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:00pm, Thursday, June 4, 2009 @Turner Field

Cubs, 26-25, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 3-2, 4.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 49.0 50 25 23 21 46 4 4.22
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.0 45 24 22 18 40 4 4.60 50
2009-05-27 PIT ND 6.1 7 2 1 3 6 0 112 56
2009-05-22 @SDP L 4.2 3 3 3 4 7 0 97 49
2009-05-03 FLA W 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 78 53
2009-04-28 @ARI W 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 111 50
2009-04-23 CIN L 7.0 7 4 3 2 7 0 109 54
2009-04-17 STL ND 7.0 9 7 7 3 7 3 109 35
2009-04-11 @MIL ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 7 1 118 50
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 32.2 34 18 17 16 27 4 4.68 49
2008-06-12 ATL ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 1 103 53
2007-06-01 ATL L 5.0 13 7 6 2 0 0 97 13
2007-04-18 @ATL ND 6.0 8 5 5 5 6 2 113 37
2006-05-26 ATL ND 6.2 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 64
2005-08-22 ATL ND 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 1 118 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:   10-15   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  21-20   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @ATL  W   3-2 (11)  26-25  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   LAD  W   2-1       24-23  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 28   LAD  L   1-2       23-23  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 27   PIT  W   5-2       23-22  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 26   PIT  W   6-1  (5)  22-22  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 25   PIT  L   8-10      21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 24  @SDP  L   2-7       21-21  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Braves, 26-26, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 5-2, 2.59)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-2) 66.0 58 20 19 23 40 4 2.59
2008 (13-10) 188.1 188 87 77 70 139 11 3.68
2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.2 39 15 15 11 26 4 3.32 54
2009-05-29 @ARI W 5.0 8 5 5 1 5 1 88 35
2009-05-24 TOR ND 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 102 49
2009-05-19 COL W 7.0 3 1 1 3 8 0 107 72
2009-05-12 @NYM ND 7.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 102 60
2009-05-07 @FLA W 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 2 102 65
2009-05-02 HOU ND 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 1 36 44
2009-04-27 STL L 6.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 99 52
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-13   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, Jun  3   CHC  L   2-3 (11)  26-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   CHC  W   6-5 (12)  26-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31  @ARI  W   9-3       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30  @ARI  L   2-3 (11)  24-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29  @ARI  W  10-6       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 28  @ARI  L   2-5       23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @SFG  L   3-6       23-23  3rd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @SFG  L   0-4       23-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 25  @SFG  L   2-8       23-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   TOR  W  10-2       23-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 CHC  3 @ATL  2 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (2-0), L: Jeff Bennett (2-3), S: Kevin Gregg (9)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 ATL  6  CHC  5 (12)   W:Rafael Soriano (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (2-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 14, 2008 CHC 11 @ATL  7        W:Ted Lilly (12-6), L: Tom Glavine (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC  8 @ATL  0        W:Rich Harden (7-2), L: Jorge Campillo (7-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHC 10 @ATL  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-7), L: Charlie Morton (3-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 CHC  3  ATL  2 (11)   W:Kerry Wood (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 CHC  7  ATL  2        W:Ryan Dempster (8-2), L: Jeff Bennett (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 CHC 10  ATL  5        W:Ted Lilly (6-5), L: Tom Glavine (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 ATL  5  CHC  4        W:Chad Paronto (3-1), L: Ryan Dempster (1-3), S: Bob Wickman (11)
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 ATL  9  CHC  5        W:Peter Moylan (2-1), L: Jason Marquis (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHC won 6-0; 2007 - ATL won 5-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1211-1010

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 2009 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  5.70

NYM  4.71

SEA  3.85

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

KCR  4.73

WSN  6.16

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

N. Morgan  .275

C. Young  .172

 OBP

A. Pujols  .469

N. McLouth  .349

C. Young  .216

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .703

B. Francisco  .443

J. Kendall  .260

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.149

M. Byrd  .792

C. Young  .515

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

J. Peavy  4.10

A. Sonnanstine  7.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.69

C. Sabathia  6.46

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Cubs Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 58.Moylan
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Soriano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 17/11 .176/.176/.294/.471 .600/.455 .625 17/.471 0/0 0/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 139/103 .220/.338/.390/.728 .889/.669 .619 71/.896 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 173/144 .230/.306/.395/.701 .442/.754 .737 73/.574 2/1 5/3
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.667/.800 8/1.071 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 4/2.417 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 182/175 .308/.434/.500/.934 1.429/.913 .985 76/.918 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 57/49 .271/.386/.438/.823 .625/.858 .810 19/.835 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 107/92 .286/.336/.480/.816 .624/.848 .688 53/.742 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 96/61 .291/.354/.453/.808 .895/.758 .631 41/1.057 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 8/1.792 4/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 171/142 .262/.345/.443/.788 .920/.757 .690 68/1.010 0/0 6/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 57/46 .224/.333/.429/.762 .582/.805 .664 53/.784 0/0 2/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 5/1.300 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 7/.143 229/190 .243/.301/.481/.782 .551/.828 .794 101/.620 5/2 13/4
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/123 .209/.335/.264/.599 .575/.604 .451 74/.723 0/0 1/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.750 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 214/175 .283/.346/.440/.786 .980/.743 .587 93/.721 7/4 5/4
IP 66.0 5.2 24.2 24.0 58.1 14.1 19.2 18.2 23.2 TOTAL .250/.329/.406/.735 .750/.732 .690 .727 23/13 56/32
ERA-K/9 2.59/5.5 3.18/4.7 2.92/6.6 3.00/12.0 4.63/7.1 6.28/9.4 4.58/8.2 2.89/6.3 1.14/12.2 4.04/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.241 22/.227 117/.323 106/.225 258/.274 62/.212 89/.239 72/.221 90/.156 .254
OPS .667 .591 .766 .709 .819 .616 .643 .484 .485 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.712 8/.500 52/.682 34/.978 117/.777 28/.690 36/.698 32/.385 41/.561 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.625 14/.643 65/.834 72/.560 141/.856 34/.553 53/.606 40/.563 49/.423 .737
Home 114/.686 8/.875 61/.743 49/.872 155/.688 18/.802 54/.639 37/.533 43/.302
Last 28d days 105/.713 22/.591 57/.695 57/.795 132/.698 62/.616 37/.787 34/.447 36/.487
HR/SB/CS 4/3/3 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/2/2 6/4/3 0/0/1 0/4/2 0/0/2 1/1/0 31/25/20
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X···o X··ooo·· XX··XX·· ·X·····X ···X···· oo·o·X·o o···oo·X ·X··oX··
Braves Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 125/91 .261/.288/.374/.662 .807/.605 .616 86/.744 0/0 2/2
26.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/1 0/0
1.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 9/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 6/.334 3/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 108/56 .274/.352/.421/.773 .729/.810 .772 37/.847 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 6/1.633 2/.000 4/.500 6/.367 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 197/137 .295/.364/.457/.821 .720/.860 .777 86/.879 2/1 5/5
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/1.119 ··· 10/1.214 4/1.000 13/.500 3/1.167 10/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 212/147 .251/.275/.357/.632 .724/.591 .770 94/.501 1/1 4/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/18 .148/.179/.185/.364 .300/.399 .432 28/.364 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 15/.762 ··· 5/.400 3/1.000 10/.700 4/1.833 6/1.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 187/131 .254/.315/.444/.759 1.042/.643 .930 92/.790 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP 29/.849 ··· 4/.250 2/.500 16/1.779 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 174/121 .322/.437/.503/.940 .993/.916 .823 78/.972 1/1 5/7
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/132 .277/.340/.405/.745 .579/.821 .690 85/.632 0/0 2/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 9/1.112 ··· 9/.222 3/4.000 7/1.904 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 138/88 .302/.406/.483/.889 .628/1.032 .764 87/.968 2/1 5/2
20.Norton# G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/33 .129/.308/.194/.501 .833/.423 .445 15/.583 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 92/46 .244/.319/.415/.733 .865/.610 .629 57/.639 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP 14/.953 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/4.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 75/53 .274/.392/.484/.876 .679/.962 .579 18/.533 0/0 3/0
IP 49.0 7.2 23.1 25.1 23.0 25.0 45.2 15.1 1.0 32.0 TOTAL .258/.332/.389/.722 .733/.716 .700 .694 12/9 38/30
ERA-K/9 4.22/8.4 3.52/10.5 5.01/10.4 2.49/7.8 5.09/7.0 3.24/10.1 4.73/6.1 6.46/8.2 0.00/18.0 1.69/7.6 4.19/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 213/.269 34/.267 109/.258 97/.174 106/.271 113/.159 198/.270 74/.258 4/.250 123/.211 .242
OPS .737 .753 .811 .533 .847 .625 .780 .741 .500 .531 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.819 14/1.012 49/.667 42/.436 46/.791 52/.609 49/.693 32/.510 2/.000 56/.589 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.671 20/.578 60/.929 55/.606 60/.889 61/.639 149/.807 42/.890 2/1.000 67/.482 .711
Road 103/.721 7/.714 56/.875 48/.448 57/.832 56/.565 73/.777 35/.945 / 72/.490
Last 28d days 51/.621 34/.753 42/.847 41/.386 52/.968 48/.501 89/.838 20/.803 4/.500 123/.531
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 1/1/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 7/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 56/30/9
Usage ···o··X· oX·X·X·X XX··o·oo ·X··X·o· oX·X·X·X ···X···· ···X···· ···o···· ·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.