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Game Preview: CHC @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 28, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Cubs, 35-36, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 4-2, 3.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-2)			77.2	66	32	30	33	63	6	3.48
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		2-1	44.2	30	14	13	20	33	2	2.62	59
2009-06-23	@DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	110	57
2009-06-18	CHW	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	117	53
2009-06-10	@HOU	ND	8.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	104	73
2009-06-05	@CIN	W	6.2	2	0	0	5	7	0	109	72
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

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	34.2	26	22	22	14	35	8	5.71	53
2009-06-18	CHW	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	117	53
2007-06-22	@CHW	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	12	1	113	83
2007-05-20	CHW	L	6.2	6	7	7	4	5	1	117	35
2006-07-02	CHW	W	6.0	7	7	7	3	6	2	112	33
2006-05-21	@CHW	W	7.0	4	4	4	3	9	3	113	59

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-13   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  28-27   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Sat, Jun 27  @CHW  L   7-8       35-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 26  @CHW  W   5-4       35-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 25  @DET  L   5-6       34-35  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 24  @DET  L   3-5       34-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 23  @DET  L   4-5       34-33  3rd  3.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 22  @ATL  L   0-2       34-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 21   CLE  W   6-2       34-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 20   CLE  W   6-5 (13)  33-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 19   CLE  W   8-7 (10)  32-31  4th  3.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 18   CHW  W   6-5       31-31  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

WhiteSox, 36-38, 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 5-6, 4.43)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-6)			81.1	77	42	40	28	75	11	4.43
2008 (12-9)			195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	3.32
2007 (6-13)			139.0	160	92	85	54	109	28	5.50

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.0	37	22	20	17	41	6	4.09	54
2009-06-23	LAD	L	7.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	106	62
2009-06-17	@CHC	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	99	72
2009-06-10	DET	L	7.1	5	2	2	2	7	1	101	65
2009-06-05	CLE	L	5.2	6	5	5	2	4	3	100	39
2009-05-31	@KCR	ND	5.1	9	4	4	2	5	0	100	37
2009-05-25	@LAA	W	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	0	112	50
2009-05-20	MIN	W	5.2	5	4	2	3	7	1	111	51

Last 5 v.CHC		1-0	13.0	10	2	2	0	14	0	1.38	68
2009-06-17	@CHC	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	99	72
2008-06-20	@CHC	ND	6.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	85	63

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-20   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  25-29   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-7       36-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  L   4-5       35-38  3rd  6.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  W   6-5 (13)  35-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  W  10-7       34-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  L   2-5       33-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @CIN  W   4-1       33-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @CIN  W  10-8       32-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @CIN  L   3-4       31-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @CHC  L   5-6       31-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @CHC  W   4-1       31-34  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 CHC  5 @CHW  4        W:Randy Wells (2-3), L: Jose Contreras (2-7), S: Kevin Gregg (12)
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 CHC  6  CHW  5        W:Kevin Gregg (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (4-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 CHW  4 @CHC  1        W:John Danks (5-5), L: Ryan Dempster (4-4), S: Bobby Jenks (15)

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 CHW  5  CHC  1        W:Mark Buehrle (6-6), L: Sean Marshall (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 CHW  6  CHC  5        W:Matt Thornton (4-1), L: Carlos Marmol (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (18)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 CHW 10  CHC  3        W:Jose Contreras (7-6), L: Ryan Dempster (9-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 CHC  7  CHW  1        W:Ryan Dempster (9-2), L: Javier Vazquez (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 CHC 11  CHW  7        W:Jason Marquis (6-3), L: Jose Contreras (6-6), S: Kerry Wood (19)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 CHC  4  CHW  3        W:Kerry Wood (4-1), L: Scott Linebrink (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 CHC  3 @CHW  0        W:Sean Marshall (4-2), L: Jose Contreras (5-8), S: Bobby Howry (2)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 5-1; All-Time - Tied 35-35

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

TBR 5.68

NYM 4.60

SDP 3.85

RA/G

LAD 3.82

MIL 4.60

WSN 5.71

J. Mauer .396

M. Byrd .283

B. Crosby .189

OBP

J. Mauer .471

B. Roberts .358

D. Navarro .243

SLG

A. Pujols .697

N. Markakis .467

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.166

B. Phillips .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

A. Cook 4.00

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.80

C. Pavano 6.54

J. Garland 3.33

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Cubs Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 49.Poreda*
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 74/57 .234/.290/.297/.587 .633/.576 .659 65/.626 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/2.000 2/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 200/145 .237/.355/.379/.734 .890/.671 .570 67/.706 0/0 5/1

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 240/200 .219/.304/.357/.661 .397/.715 .714 81/.552 2/1 6/4

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 43/28 .395/.395/.684/1.080 .728/1.264 1.389 39/1.006 0/0 2/0

4.Freel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 41/28 .147/.275/.147/.422 .258/.495 .440 1/.000 0/0 0/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 256/238 .262/.384/.419/.803 .800/.804 .833 86/.524 6/4 5/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/67 .212/.316/.333/.649 .500/.673 .662 24/.178 0/0 2/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 145/125 .259/.303/.467/.770 .463/.820 .658 41/.645 0/0 7/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 8/1.042 ··· 5/1.200 12/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 258/209 .289/.372/.489/.861 .870/.857 .764 102/1.060 0/0 11/2

7.Miles# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 11/.855 ··· ··· 1/.000 131/103 .203/.240/.260/.500 .693/.446 .486 25/.440 3/0 0/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.933 3/.666 11/.673 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 5/.650 318/258 .228/.292/.424/.717 .572/.748 .769 105/.572 7/2 14/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 218/169 .232/.339/.389/.729 .868/.691 .651 73/.952 1/0 7/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 299/242 .284/.342/.414/.757 .851/.735 .632 100/.653 9/5 6/5

IP 81.1 48.2 30.1 11.0 28.0 27.0 5.0 62.1 29.2 TOTAL .247/.323/.401/.724 .731/.722 .699 .688 30/16 78/54

ERA-K/9

4.43/8.3

2.96/6.1

2.97/11.3

8.18/7.4

3.21/9.0

2.33/8.7

0.00/10.8

4.33/6.6

2.43/11.2

4.10/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 346/.248 201/.268 132/.231 54/.267 112/.226 122/.269 18/.188 278/.286 121/.211 .258

OPS .725 .668 .714 .922 .683 .770 .465 .810 .614 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.807 79/.785 34/.812 24/.733 55/.866 46/.733 6/.333 78/.611 48/.279 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.694 122/.596 98/.681 30/1.073 57/.507 76/.787 12/.533 200/.890 73/.844 .729

Home 173/.695 114/.659 68/.648 36/1.231 66/.741 60/.637 8/.500 130/.886 57/.419

Last 28d days 133/.706 67/.636 63/.878 28/.847 39/.626 47/.931 18/.465 108/.919 44/.502

HR/SB/CS 11/8/3 1/1/1 2/13/0 3/0/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 8/6/3 2/0/2 76/59/9

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 22.Hart
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 178/133 .237/.324/.314/.638 .545/.667 .590 77/.555 2/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 69/55 .183/.290/.283/.573 .445/.607 .258 69/.573 0/2 1/5

27.Castro G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 107/78 .229/.308/.406/.715 .596/.757 .704 20/.544 0/0 4/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 19/.737 1/no AB 10/.800 ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· 3/1.666 263/201 .282/.354/.556/.909 .793/.942 .942 84/.923 0/2 17/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 228/165 .233/.314/.351/.666 .756/.633 .659 51/.755 2/3 5/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 220/186 .236/.297/.322/.618 .649/.613 .552 72/.616 10/1 1/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 28/1.117 ··· 11/1.827 ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/.533 ··· 3/.000 287/214 .292/.345/.490/.835 1.026/.773 .830 96/.756 0/0 12/1

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/37 .219/.293/.466/.758 .786/.725 .636 31/.704 3/0 5/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 21/.900 1/.000 7/.715 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.425 ··· ··· 231/178 .289/.325/.445/.770 .611/.818 .635 81/.827 1/0 8/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 32/.517 1/2.000 9/.393 1/.000 5/1.550 4/1.833 7/.762 ··· 3/1.334 221/161 .307/.359/.391/.750 .833/.719 .603 118/.819 11/5 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 288/220 .258/.310/.386/.696 1.029/.597 .708 112/.759 11/3 9/10

25.Thome* G/S/vP 14/1.096 2/2.500 5/1.850 ··· 7/.953 2/1.500 6/.334 ··· 3/5.000 223/168 .249/.399/.514/.913 .812/.947 .866 64/1.021 0/0 13/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 65/56 .186/.238/.254/.492 1.238/.404 .469 41/.528 1/2 0/0

IP 77.2 15.1 33.1 2.2 34.2 35.1 55.1 20.1 56.0 TOTAL .251/.324/.406/.730 .778/.714 .680 .740 45/24 85/62

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.3

3.52/10.6

4.05/9.2

0.00/0.0

3.89/8.0

4.08/9.9

4.39/6.0

5.75/8.4

2.57/6.6

3.88/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 324/.235 71/.283 151/.237 12/.222 150/.263 163/.164 235/.256 94/.244 222/.235 .240

OPS .677 .752 .729 .639 .782 .659 .750 .762 .622 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.704 25/1.227 68/.633 3/1.167 60/.726 73/.602 65/.629 40/.759 91/.697 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.657 46/.494 83/.808 9/.476 90/.815 90/.706 170/.794 54/.763 131/.568 .702

Road 184/.610 31/.785 80/.806 12/.639 79/.739 87/.630 90/.773 40/.936 126/.570

Last 28d days 111/.559 40/.744 55/.555 12/.639 51/.669 65/.648 60/.779 25/.804 123/.657

HR/SB/CS 6/1/3 1/2/1 6/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 4/3/2 77/38/18

Usage ····X··· o··o··oX ·X··o·oX ··X··X·· X··X···X XX·Xo··X oooo·oXo ·······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.