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Game Preview: FLA @ CHC, 8:05pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Marlins, 13-8, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Chris Volstad (22, RHP, 2-0, 2.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			23.1	15	9	7	12	22	3	2.70
2008 (6-4)			84.1	76	30	27	36	52	3	2.88

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.1	30	14	10	17	33	4	2.13	59
2009-04-25	PHI	ND	7.0	4	3	2	1	6	2	105	64
2009-04-19	@WSN	ND	4.1	6	3	3	5	5	0	98	39
2009-04-14	@ATL	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	95	69
2009-04-08	WSN	W	5.0	2	2	1	4	7	0	92	60
2008-09-26	@NYM	W	6.0	5	1	0	3	4	0	102	61
2008-09-21	PHI	L	5.0	6	3	2	2	3	1	97	46
2008-09-16	HOU	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	98	74

Last 5 v.CHC		0-0	12.0	12	4	4	5	9	1	3.00	54
2008-08-17	CHC	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	106	52
2008-07-26	@CHC	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	99	56

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

 Home:    5-4    Road:    8-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast: 13-5    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @NYM  W   4-3       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @NYM  W   7-4       12-8   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @NYM  L   1-7       11-8   1st  0.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 26   PHI  L   2-13      11-7   1st  1.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 25   PHI  L   4-6 (10)  11-6   1st  2.0 up
 16 Fri, Apr 24   PHI  L   3-7       11-5   1st  3.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @PIT  L   4-7       11-4   1st  4.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @PIT  L   2-3       11-3   1st  4.0 up
 13 Mon, Apr 20  @PIT  L   0-8       11-2   1st  4.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @WSN  W   7-4       11-1   1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-8

Cubs, 10-10, 5th, 4 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Sean Marshall (26, LHP, 0-1, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			12.0	13	6	6	4	9	1	4.50
2008 (3-5)			65.1	60	28	28	23	58	9	3.86
2007 (7-8)			103.1	107	52	45	35	67	13	3.92

Last 7 GS		1-3	38.1	39	17	17	13	33	4	3.99	51
2009-04-25	@STL	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	90	52
2009-04-16	STL	ND	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	93	43
2008-09-23	@NYM	ND	5.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	71	56
2008-09-07	@CIN	ND	6.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	103	63
2008-08-31	PHI	L	5.1	9	5	5	2	2	1	90	30
2008-08-16	@FLA	L	5.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	77	56
2008-07-06	@STL	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	88	59

Last 5 v.FLA		1-3	21.2	19	12	11	11	23	3	4.57	51
2008-08-16	@FLA	L	5.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	77	56
2007-05-28	FLA	L	6.1	6	3	2	2	6	1	111	55
2006-05-22	@FLA	L	3.1	7	7	7	4	2	1	67	16
2006-04-25	FLA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	96	78

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

 Home:    4-4    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-8    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 29  @ARI  L   0-10      10-10  5th  4.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @ARI  W  11-3       10-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27  @ARI  L   2-7        9-9   4th  4.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @STL  W  10-3        9-8   4th  3.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @STL  L   2-8        8-8   4th  4.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @STL  L   3-4        8-7   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 23   CIN  L   1-7        8-6   4th  2.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CHC  9 @FLA  2        W:Ryan Dempster (14-5), L: Renyel Pinto (2-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 FLA  2  CHC  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-2), L: Sean Marshall (2-3), S: Kevin Gregg (27)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 CHC  6 @FLA  5        W:Chad Gaudin (9-4), L: Kevin Gregg (6-5), S: Kerry Wood (25)
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 CHC  9  FLA  6        W:Chad Gaudin (6-4), L: Mark Hendrickson (7-8), S: Jeff Samardzija (1)
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 FLA  3 @CHC  2 (12)   W:Justin Miller (4-2), L: Chad Gaudin (5-4), S: Kevin Gregg (22)
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)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - CHC won 4-3; 2007 - FLA won 6-0; All-Time - FLA leads 69-65

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Marlins Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 13/.182 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 337/267 .264/.312/.367/.679 .619/.695 .598 37/.582 8/2 3/2

21.Baker* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 233/175 .299/.392/.447/.839 .635/.904 .742 64/.798 0/0 5/4

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 186/141 .243/.296/.337/.633 .457/.690 .490 93/.671 7/4 0/7

3.Cantu G/S/vP 5/.200 3/2.667 9/.347 ··· 8/.125 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 685/518 .277/.327/.481/.808 .869/.789 .694 67/1.189 6/2 29/22

25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 18/9 .059/.111/.176/.288 .000/.597 .000 14/.220 0/0 0/0

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 418/313 .273/.317/.348/.664 .589/.690 .536 36/.685 3/4 3/4

18.Helms G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 5/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 278/167 .243/.299/.347/.645 .724/.594 .657 28/.558 0/0 5/3

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 6/1.917 ··· ··· 1/3.000 10/.200 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 559/423 .249/.323/.406/.729 .728/.729 .851 85/.823 6/1 17/5

24.Maybin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .500/.543/.563/1.105 .944/1.160 1.311 70/.578 4/0 0/0

29.Paulino G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.550 7/.829 6/.334 ··· ··· 130/91 .212/.277/.305/.582 .690/.538 .638 31/.977 0/0 2/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.338 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 16/.250 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 693/531 .301/.400/.540/.940 .790/.983 .925 84/.810 35/12 33/22

12.Ross G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 11/.091 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 506/348 .260/.316/.488/.804 .911/.756 .862 83/.650 6/1 22/1

6.Uggla G/S/vP 13/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 13/.154 6/.333 ··· 2/.000 619/464 .260/.360/.514/.874 .630/.955 .960 85/.729 5/5 32/13

IP 65.1 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 27.2 TOTAL .244/.326/.396/.722 .756/.704 .683 .722 13/5 22/13

ERA-K/9

3.86/8.0

4.29/10.8

3.41/7.6

5.59/9.3

5.21/9.5

2.68/11.8

/0.0

2.28/8.1

4.66/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Baker (40-8-3)
Paulino (23-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.245 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 / 124/.226 .254 Ross
Amezaga
Hermida
Carroll
Gload
Bonifacio
Maybin
Helms 17/109/35/8
0/79/0/6
0/0/132/4
7/0/8/2
8/0/3/0
1/0/2/0
0/8/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .741 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .599 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.817 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 / 57/.489 .862

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.711 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 / 67/.691 .732

Home 106/.687 67/.938 158/.594 21/1.160 181/.726 193/.430 / 80/.527

Last 28d days 53/.775 28/1.107 45/.978 43/.661 41/.697 39/.742 42/.823 14/1.045

HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 // 0/5/1 26/13/4

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Volstad
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 50.Taylor*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 1.145 41/.511 5/3 22/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .840 77/.747 2/0 9/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .825 85/1.109 12/4 10/5

4.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .593 10/.311 21/4 0/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .000 31/.970 0/0 0/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .950 36/.879 1/0 2/2

9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .745 41/.539 5/6 6/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .838 79/.566 8/2 20/9

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .793 44/.452 3/3 4/4

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 1.040 56/.978 2/2 27/18

12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .924 95/.998 19/3 29/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .878 55/.406 0/1 23/5

2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .732 88/.740 22/13 1/14

IP 84.1 47.1 4.2 57.1 27.2 48.1 64.2 TOTAL .251/.339/.401/.739 .699/.745 .693 .739 8/9 23/11

ERA-K/9

2.88/5.6

6.08/6.7

3.86/13.4

3.14/6.8

7.48/6.5

2.98/4.8

4.45/7.8

/0.0

4.52/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (6-1-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.240 218/.289 20/.176 245/.270 132/.304 205/.249 284/.226 / .258 Soriano
Fukudome
Gathright
Bradley
Johnson
Miles
Hoffpauir 108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
4/1/1/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .648 .813 .594 .688 .961 .665 .707 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.638 110/.931 8/1.458 121/.812 39/.813 94/.775 106/.900 / .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.658 108/.698 12/.083 124/.559 93/1.026 111/.574 178/.589 / .692

Road 154/.620 118/.858 13/.481 131/.707 92/.974 94/.572 130/.683 /

Last 28d days 96/.617 12/.432 36/.384 44/.909 35/.464 44/.664 39/.879 22/.857

HR/SB/CS 3/12/2 7/4/3 0/0/0 1/1/1 6/1/1 2/1/1 9/1/1 // 14/15/4

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