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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 21-24, 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (27, RHP, 1-5, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-5) 48.0 46 28 26 26 36 6 4.88
2008 (7-12) 164.1 201 107 99 89 135 18 5.42
2007 (9-12) 208.0 209 94 87 68 177 22 3.76
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.0 32 18 18 20 27 3 4.26 51
2009-05-21 @WSN ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 0 92 57
2009-05-16 COL ND 2.0 3 3 3 1 3 1 46 40
2009-05-10 @NYM L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 102 52
2009-05-05 MIL L 5.0 4 5 5 5 2 0 94 36
2009-04-29 @MIL L 7.0 5 1 1 4 5 1 131 64
2009-04-24 @SDP ND 5.0 6 3 3 5 3 1 92 41
2009-04-18 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 94 69
Last 5 v.CHC 0-2 28.0 38 19 17 9 18 1 5.46 42
2008-08-26 CHC ND 4.0 5 5 5 4 2 0 95 30
2008-08-03 @CHC ND 4.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 86 32
2008-04-18 @CHC L 6.0 9 3 3 1 5 0 93 46
2007-09-08 CHC L 7.0 7 4 3 1 3 1 89 51
2007-05-08 @CHC ND 7.0 10 3 2 0 5 0 98 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:   10-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-20   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 25  @CHC  W  10-8       21-24  5th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Cubs, 21-22, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Sean Marshall (26, LHP, 2-3, 3.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 36.1 36 17 16 11 23 6 3.96
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 40.0 40 19 18 12 30 6 4.05 51
2009-05-21 @STL L 5.0 4 3 2 1 3 2 78 51
2009-05-10 @MIL W 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 97 50
2009-05-05 SFG L 7.0 8 5 5 1 1 1 95 41
2009-04-30 FLA ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 6 1 102 65
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
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 16.1 16 10 10 4 8 2 5.51 46
2006-09-07 PIT ND 4.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 69 27
2006-05-01 PIT ND 7.1 4 1 1 1 5 0 90 70
2006-04-14 @PIT W 5.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 79 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-8    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 25, 2009 PIT 10 @CHC  8        W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-1), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: Sean Burnett (1)

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
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 1-0; 2008 - CHC won 14-4; 2007 - CHC won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1194-1130

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  5.81

MIL  4.78

SEA  3.72

 RA/G

LAD  3.93

TEX  4.80

WSN  6.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .378

  

B. Upton  .194

 OBP

C. Beltran  .460

  

A. Beltre  .246

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .726

  

B. Upton  .291

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.135

  

A. Beltre  .563

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

K. Slowey  4.23

S. Kazmir  7.69

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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

Pirates Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Marshall*
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		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/68 .254/.342/.388/.730 .625/.743 .721 35/.669 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/69 .288/.390/.409/.799 .500/.837 .876 44/.688 1/0 0/1
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 3/2.334 20/.982 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 184/138 .227/.315/.454/.769 .595/.832 .593 100/.607 0/0 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 161/132 .298/.365/.418/.783 .844/.769 .772 93/.876 2/0 2/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 8/.875 2/1.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 7/.786 8/2.607 1/.000 ··· 170/118 .269/.371/.476/.846 .772/.881 .777 104/.828 6/0 8/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.800 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/30 .259/.306/.448/.755 .927/.578 .599 32/.648 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 194/152 .287/.366/.365/.732 .515/.791 .794 97/.685 10/5 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 138/120 .264/.312/.380/.691 .572/.710 .524 79/.788 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 6/1.833 6/1.167 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· 193/148 .320/.354/.503/.857 .644/.922 .802 106/.748 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/66 .190/.325/.206/.531 .920/.470 .573 36/.504 0/0 0/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 10/.733 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 9/.111 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 108/87 .257/.290/.376/.666 .702/.657 .727 56/.694 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 53/36 .319/.396/.383/.779 .561/.882 .658 48/.753 1/0 0/0
IP 36.1 6.2 11.0 18.1 20.0 19.2 20.0 14.1 18.0 TOTAL .264/.333/.403/.736 .662/.757 .697 .707 25/8 31/19
ERA-K/9 3.96/5.7 4.05/10.7 7.36/7.4 5.40/10.3 3.15/9.0 5.49/7.8 3.60/10.3 6.91/7.6 1.50/8.0 4.56/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.259 28/.269 55/.311 87/.284 78/.171 92/.260 90/.179 69/.259 71/.219 .248
OPS .774 .745 1.014 .868 .548 .868 .674 .747 .546 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.741 13/1.098 29/1.255 38/.785 31/.502 36/.873 37/.722 31/.529 23/.499 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.782 15/.467 26/.776 49/.932 47/.581 56/.863 53/.640 38/.893 48/.568 .713
Home 81/.772 21/.754 32/1.123 39/.808 42/.674 42/.933 43/.760 34/.538 23/.504
Last 28d days 101/.773 28/.745 27/.917 48/.793 35/.416 51/1.006 56/.671 28/.607 71/.546
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 1/0/1 3/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 3/2/1 1/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 52/23/8
Usage ····X··· X···X··· Xo·oo··· ···X··X· ····o··· XX·X···· ··X··o·· X······· ··X·····
Cubs Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/3.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 118/94 .198/.314/.376/.690 .788/.663 .779 81/.747 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 144/125 .208/.299/.368/.667 .168/.741 .563 70/.549 2/1 5/3
4.Freel G/S/vP 13/.808 5/.933 6/1.200 ··· 9/.222 1/2.000 ··· 35/24 .143/.294/.143/.437 .100/.586 .396 15/.368 0/0 0/1
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 7/1.029 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.333 ··· 162/156 .308/.438/.485/.923 1.133/.914 .816 77/.723 4/4 4/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 46/39 .300/.391/.425/.816 .714/.834 .639 15/.497 0/0 1/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/83 .267/.326/.465/.791 .614/.817 .948 59/.737 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/2.142 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 72/50 .238/.319/.333/.653 .762/.606 .644 35/.791 0/0 1/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 27/.656 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 14/.599 4/.750 7/.286 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 106/86 .204/.250/.265/.515 .721/.466 .513 65/.566 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/39 .257/.381/.457/.838 .000/.910 .931 42/.838 0/0 1/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 20/1.606 4/1.750 10/.800 ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 192/167 .253/.318/.511/.829 .613/.859 .846 101/.641 4/2 12/3
18.Soto G/S/vP 7/1.881 2/3.000 5/.400 ··· 7/.953 3/.333 ··· 133/113 .214/.331/.277/.608 .786/.576 .745 82/.723 0/0 1/1
2.Theriot G/S/vP 21/1.143 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 8/.833 2/no AB ··· 184/158 .273/.335/.455/.790 .911/.770 .978 100/.820 7/2 5/4
IP 48.0 21.0 15.1 19.2 21.0 15.2 4.1 TOTAL .244/.325/.400/.725 .725/.725 .760 .696 21/11 49/26
ERA-K/9 4.88/6.8 3.00/6.9 6.46/7.1 1.83/7.8 4.71/7.3 2.87/5.7 4.15/8.4 4.16/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.257 88/.183 71/.361 78/.214 99/.313 71/.214 25/.143 .254
OPS .839 .652 .914 .566 .809 .675 .909 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.775 37/.580 31/.938 33/.436 28/.690 25/.633 8/.500 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.899 51/.704 40/.896 45/.667 71/.864 46/.697 17/1.071 .747
Road 151/.879 55/.636 24/.633 46/.714 60/.844 35/.746 9/1.356
Last 28d days 110/.724 54/.770 46/1.167 42/.542 54/.945 59/.733 7/.429
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 2/3/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 40/27/13
Usage ····X··· oo···oX· oo···o·X oo··oo·X oo···o·X 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.