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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, May 25, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 20-24, 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 3-1, 3.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-1)			57.1	54	22	21	18	32	2	3.30
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71
2007 (10-15)			177.2	204	110	99	49	105	22	5.02

Last 7 GS		2-1	43.2	44	19	19	15	28	2	3.92	51
2009-05-20	@WSN	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	114	64
2009-05-15	COL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	103	70
2009-05-09	@NYM	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	2	1	93	20
2009-05-04	MIL	ND	7.1	6	2	2	1	7	0	98	64
2009-04-28	@MIL	ND	5.1	7	5	5	5	2	1	112	31
2009-04-22	FLA	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	98	43
2009-04-17	ATL	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	102	68

Last 5 v.CHC		2-1	30.1	38	25	24	8	21	6	7.12	41
2008-08-02	@CHC	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	84	36
2008-05-25	CHC	ND	8.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	121	51
2007-09-21	@CHC	ND	2.0	10	7	6	0	3	2	61	13
2007-07-06	CHC	W	7.0	5	4	4	3	5	0	106	53
2007-05-10	@CHC	W	7.1	7	4	4	1	4	3	86	51

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

 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 24  @CHW  W   4-3       20-24  5th  6.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 23  @CHW  L   0-4       19-24  5th  7.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @CHW  L   0-2       19-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @WSN  L   4-5       19-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @WSN  W   2-1       19-21  5th  6.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @WSN  W   8-5 (10)  18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 18  @WSN  W  12-7       17-21  6th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   COL  W  11-4       16-21  6th  7.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   COL  W   7-4       15-21  6th  7.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   COL  L   1-3       14-21  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Cubs, 21-21, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 3-3, 4.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			57.1	50	29	28	23	49	7	4.40
2008 (17-6)			206.2	174	75	68	76	187	14	2.96
2007 (2-7)			66.2	59	36	35	30	55	8	4.73

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	38	23	22	17	38	5	4.37	54
2009-05-20	@STL	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	103	58
2009-05-14	SDP	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	105	66
2009-05-09	@MIL	L	6.1	7	5	4	3	9	2	121	47
2009-05-04	SFG	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	102	64
2009-04-29	@ARI	L	6.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	97	41
2009-04-24	@STL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	80	51
2009-04-18	STL	ND	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	103	48

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	27.0	29	17	17	11	18	4	5.67	45
2008-04-20	PIT	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	94	46
2008-04-09	@PIT	ND	7.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	98	78
2005-04-16	@PIT	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	107	50
2003-07-23	PIT	ND	5.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	101	34
2003-07-03	@PIT	L	4.0	9	7	7	0	2	2	76	18

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

 Home:   12-7    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sun, May 24  @SDP  L   2-7       21-21  4th  4.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 23  @SDP  L   1-3       21-20  4th  4.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 22  @SDP  L   0-4       21-19  4th  4.0 gb
 39 Thu, May 21  @STL  L   1-3       21-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Wed, May 20  @STL  L   1-2       21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Tue, May 19  @STL  L   0-3       21-16  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Sun, May 17   HOU  L   5-6       21-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 16   HOU  W   5-4       21-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   SDP  W  11-3       20-14  3rd  0.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13   SDP  W   6-4  (8)  19-14  4th  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 CHC  2 @PIT  0        W:Jason Marquis (9-7), L: Zach Duke (4-13), S: Kerry Wood (27)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CHC 14 @PIT  9        W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Craig Hansen (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT  3        W:Ted Lilly (13-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 CHC  8  PIT  5        W:Chad Gaudin (8-4), L: Craig Hansen (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (6)
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 CHC  5  PIT  1        W:Ted Lilly (11-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 PIT  3 @CHC  0        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (6-7), S: John Grabow (1)
Sun, May 25, 2008 PIT  6  CHC  5 (11)   W:Damaso Marte (4-0), L: Jon Lieber (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 PIT  5  CHC  4 (14)   W:John Grabow (4-1), L: Michael Wuertz (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 CHC 12 @PIT  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-1), L: Zach Duke (2-3), S: none
Sun, May 18, 2008 CHC  4  PIT  3        W:Jason Marquis (2-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Kerry Wood (10)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1193-1130

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 5.72

BAL 4.82

SDP 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.89

BOS 4.73

WSN 6.18

V. Martinez .371

D. Ortiz .195

OBP

C. Beltran .454

A. Beltre .246

SLG

R. Ibanez .739

B. Upton .296

OPS

R. Ibanez 1.151

A. Beltre .568

ERA

Z. Greinke .82

U. Jimenez 4.25

S. Kazmir 7.69

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.31

J. Weaver 6.67

M. Pelfrey 3.19

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Pirates Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 58.Ascanio
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 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/40 .321/.357/.434/.791 .647/.857 .904 53/.798 0/1 1/1

16.Hinske* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 6/.167 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/68 .254/.342/.388/.730 .625/.743 .721 39/.716 0/0 1/0

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/65 .262/.375/.377/.752 .571/.774 .797 43/.635 1/0 0/1

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 10/.644 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 3/2.334 19/1.035 7/.143 2/.000 ··· ··· 178/133 .222/.309/.449/.758 .540/.838 .562 98/.552 0/0 7/1

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/128 .287/.357/.404/.762 .765/.761 .731 92/.819 2/0 2/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 12/1.167 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.667 8/2.607 8/.875 ··· ··· 164/113 .270/.366/.461/.827 .681/.896 .728 98/.795 6/0 7/0

18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/29 .263/.311/.456/.768 .927/.599 .615 31/.670 0/0 3/0

3.Morgan* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 ··· ··· 188/147 .290/.368/.358/.726 .529/.780 .786 96/.635 10/5 0/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/115 .266/.311/.387/.698 .607/.711 .522 77/.790 0/0 1/0

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 16/.527 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 6/1.833 5/1.000 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· ··· 187/143 .297/.333/.463/.796 .612/.853 .683 105/.629 3/1 3/1

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 10/1.325 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/66 .190/.325/.206/.531 .920/.470 .573 37/.547 0/0 0/1

2.Wilson G/S/vP 29/.671 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 8/.125 4/.250 10/.733 ··· ··· 103/82 .260/.294/.385/.680 .702/.674 .758 51/.723 1/1 1/5

48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/35 .319/.385/.383/.768 .561/.866 .639 47/.740 1/0 0/0

IP 57.1 5.2 10.0 18.1 20.0 18.2 20.0 36.1 12.1 18.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.395/.722 .638/.747 .671 .679 24/8 29/19

ERA-K/9

4.40/7.7

4.76/12.6

5.40/7.2

5.40/10.3

3.15/9.0

5.30/8.2

3.60/10.3

3.96/5.7

8.03/8.0

1.50/8.0

4.43/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.238 22/.200 48/.263 87/.284 78/.171 85/.254 90/.179 154/.259 60/.260 71/.219 .242

OPS .709 .673 .864 .868 .548 .848 .674 .774 .773 .546 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.815 10/1.025 25/1.091 38/.785 31/.502 31/.827 37/.722 33/.741 25/.622 23/.499 .819

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.635 12/.417 23/.648 49/.932 47/.581 54/.858 53/.640 121/.782 35/.853 48/.568 .700

Home 79/.549 15/.651 25/.861 39/.808 42/.674 35/.900 43/.760 81/.772 25/.520 23/.504

Last 28d days 137/.685 22/.673 20/.544 48/.793 44/.450 44/.991 56/.671 101/.773 19/.618 71/.546

HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 1/0/1 2/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 3/1/1 1/1/0 6/1/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 50/22/8

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

Cubs Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 56.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/3.334 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 113/94 .188/.310/.333/.643 .551/.663 .653 81/.710 0/0 4/0

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 144/125 .208/.299/.368/.667 .168/.741 .563 75/.583 2/1 5/3

4.Freel G/S/vP 27/.567 4/.833 6/1.200 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 30/23 .120/.267/.120/.387 .000/.514 .250 10/.200 0/0 0/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.333 ··· 162/156 .308/.438/.485/.923 1.133/.914 .816 81/.764 4/4 4/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 46/39 .300/.391/.425/.816 .714/.834 .639 20/.683 0/0 1/0

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/82 .280/.333/.488/.821 .750/.828 1.045 59/.748 0/0 4/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP 7/1.547 7/2.142 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 67/49 .237/.313/.339/.652 .746/.619 .641 31/.784 0/0 1/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 24/.851 5/.900 11/.637 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 140/124 .248/.314/.416/.730 1.025/.692 .881 65/.904 0/0 5/0

7.Miles# G/S/vP 6/.733 3/1.000 7/.286 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 101/85 .204/.253/.269/.521 .908/.447 .525 65/.566 3/0 0/1

24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/39 .265/.390/.471/.861 .000/.910 .989 41/.861 0/0 1/1

12.Soriano G/S/vP 19/1.309 4/1.750 10/.800 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 187/167 .257/.316/.520/.836 .639/.859 .863 101/.700 4/2 12/3

18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.800 2/3.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.953 2/.000 ··· 128/111 .202/.313/.266/.579 .721/.556 .697 77/.681 0/0 1/1

2.Theriot G/S/vP 20/.635 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 7/.971 2/no AB ··· 179/158 .263/.328/.431/.759 .675/.770 .922 100/.760 7/2 5/4

IP 57.1 20.1 15.0 19.1 20.0 15.0 4.1 TOTAL .243/.323/.398/.721 .707/.723 .754 .708 21/11 48/25

ERA-K/9

3.30/5.0

3.10/6.7

6.60/7.2

1.86/7.5

4.95/7.7

3.00/6.0

4.15/8.4

4.07/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.248 85/.188 69/.356 77/.217 96/.325 67/.189 25/.143 .253

OPS .649 .661 .912 .574 .838 .632 .909 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.435 36/.597 31/.938 32/.450 28/.690 23/.596 8/.500 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.710 49/.707 38/.890 45/.667 68/.908 44/.649 17/1.071 .740

Road 133/.703 52/.650 22/.596 45/.731 57/.895 31/.659 9/1.356

Last 28d days 133/.692 57/.750 44/1.176 44/.684 51/1.008 60/.668 7/.429

HR/SB/CS 2/6/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 39/27/13

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