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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Nationals, 45-81, 5th, 28½ GB, 27 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (34, RHP, 7-8, 5.47)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			135.0	164	83	82	51	75	16	5.47
2008 (13-11)			180.0	257	129	121	43	67	25	6.05
2007 (11-11)			204.1	247	116	112	79	90	34	4.93

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.1	54	33	33	17	24	4	7.75	36
2009-08-17	SFG	L	5.1	11	6	6	1	1	1	76	22
2009-08-11	@ARI	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	5	0	82	30
2009-08-06	@SDP	L	5.0	8	7	7	4	2	1	109	21
2009-07-31	ARI	ND	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	81	58
2009-07-26	@HOU	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	107	55
2009-07-20	@WSN	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	97	60
2009-07-09	LAD	L	4.0	11	8	8	4	2	0	77	6

Last 5 v.CHC		4-1	35.1	33	12	10	11	18	4	2.55	57
2006-07-22	CHC	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	2	106	49
2006-05-16	@CHC	L	7.0	8	4	2	3	1	0	109	51
2005-07-01	@CHC	W	8.0	10	3	3	2	3	2	110	51
2005-05-14	CHC	W	6.1	5	2	2	0	6	0	102	61
2004-08-31	CHC	W	8.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	122	75

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

 Home:   27-39   Road:   18-42   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  35-63   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 25  @CHC  W  15-6       45-81  5th 28.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   MIL  L   1-7       44-81  5th 29.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   MIL  W   8-3       44-80  5th 28.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   MIL  L   9-11      43-80  5th 28.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   MIL  L   3-7       43-79  5th 27.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   COL  L   1-4       43-78  5th 27.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   COL  L   4-5       43-77  5th 26.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   COL  L   3-4       43-76  5th 25.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @CIN  W   5-4       43-75  5th 24.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @CIN  W  10-6       42-75  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Cubs, 62-61, 2nd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 8-7, 4.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-7)			118.0	98	59	53	50	138	21	4.04
2008 (10-2)			148.0	96	38	34	61	181	11	2.07
2007 (1-2)			25.2	18	7	7	11	27	3	2.45

Last 7 GS		3-1	44.0	20	10	8	14	55	5	1.64	68
2009-08-19	@SDP	W	7.0	1	0	0	3	8	0	103	80
2009-08-11	PHI	ND	7.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	87	69
2009-08-05	@CIN	L	6.0	4	3	2	4	9	1	103	59
2009-07-31	@FLA	ND	5.0	5	2	2	3	11	1	99	57
2009-07-26	CIN	W	6.0	1	1	1	0	8	1	90	74
2009-07-21	@PHI	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	116	69
2009-07-16	@WSN	W	6.0	3	1	0	0	7	0	99	71

Last 5 v.WSN		2-0	13.0	5	2	1	0	18	1	0.69	76
2009-07-16	@WSN	W	6.0	3	1	0	0	7	0	99	71
2008-08-24	WSN	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	11	1	109	80

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

 Home:   35-23   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  49-47   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Tue, Aug 25   WSN  L   6-15      62-61  2nd  9.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23  @LAD  W   3-1       62-60  2nd  8.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22  @LAD  L   0-2       61-60  2nd  8.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21  @LAD  L   1-2       61-59  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20  @LAD  L   2-7       61-58  2nd  7.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 19  @SDP  W   7-1       61-57  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 18  @SDP  L   3-6       60-57  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Mon, Aug 17  @SDP  L   1-4       60-56  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   PIT  W   3-1       60-55  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   PIT  W  17-2       59-55  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 CHC 11 @WSN  3        W:Kevin Hart (1-1), L: Garrett Mock (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 CHC  6 @WSN  5        W:Randy Wells (5-4), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-5), S: Kevin Gregg (18)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 CHC  3 @WSN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-4), L: Craig Stammen (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (17)
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 CHC  6 @WSN  2        W:Rich Harden (6-6), L: John Lannan (6-7), S: none

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHC  6  WSN  1        W:Rich Harden (9-2), L: Jay Bergmann (2-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 CHC  9  WSN  2        W:Ryan Dempster (15-5), L: Odalis Perez (5-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 WSN 13 @CHC  5        W:John Lannan (7-12), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 WSN  2  CHC  0        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHC  7 @WSN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-1), L: Matt Chico (0-5), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 WSN  5  CHC  3        W:Jon Rauch (2-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 4-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; All-Time - WSN leads 285-264

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

LAA 5.74

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.80

RA/G

SFG 3.76

NYM 4.69

WSN 5.43

J. Mauer .374

A. Pagan .292

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .445

A. Cabrera .364

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .665

B. Butler .482

A. Casilla .259

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

B. Roberts .841

A. Casilla .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

M. Cain 6.82

J. Lannan 3.75

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Nationals Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 33.Caridad
G/S/vB 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 22.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 2/4.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 9/.555 ··· 3/.666 ··· 226/192 .234/.305/.341/.647 .678/.641 .534 56/.540 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 26/.671 8/.821 3/.333 16/.838 ··· 10/.956 12/.750 6/.000 6/1.000 ··· 192/130 .244/.298/.381/.679 .674/.680 .618 60/1.007 2/0 5/5

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.167 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 284/222 .233/.292/.388/.680 .728/.666 .656 73/.554 2/9 8/5

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 21/1.394 6/.750 24/.920 4/3.000 ··· 8/1.792 13/1.018 8/.250 7/.286 3/1.667 524/390 .286/.420/.582/1.001 .830/1.065 1.093 97/1.135 0/1 33/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 232/177 .262/.294/.355/.650 .921/.569 .701 67/.498 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 6/1.300 4/1.000 4/.666 7/.000 1/.000 9/1.556 22/.231 2/1.000 ··· ··· 457/350 .306/.325/.422/.748 .801/.731 .691 95/.816 4/5 6/16

22.Harris* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 5/1.100 2/.000 5/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 6/.533 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 262/227 .227/.354/.389/.743 .641/.756 .626 42/.664 9/2 5/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 7/1.142 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 6/.333 6/.334 3/1.667 532/408 .307/.368/.388/.756 .507/.827 .730 114/.759 40/17 3/4

28.Morse G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.429/.714 1.250/.000 7/.714 0/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 183/138 .262/.301/.315/.616 .442/.673 .745 44/.606 1/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .077/.077/.077/.154 .667/.000 .000 13/.154 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 6/.334 5/.800 2/.000 5/3.467 11/.920 3/.333 5/.200 11/.586 3/.333 372/296 .292/.398/.556/.953 1.123/.913 1.106 94/.797 3/3 21/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 11/1.045 4/1.750 2/1.000 17/1.067 2/.500 10/.844 9/.444 5/.933 9/.730 3/.000 543/410 .299/.370/.527/.897 .823/.919 .872 103/1.210 2/0 26/14

IP 118.0 7.1 143.2 28.1 56.1 58.1 54.2 57.1 135.0 58.1 74.2 120.1 TOTAL .265/.344/.414/.758 .768/.755 .767 .774 61/33 121/131

ERA-K/9

4.04/10.5

3.68/9.9

4.07/7.6

5.72/8.6

2.88/7.4

4.32/9.0

3.29/6.9

4.55/7.7

3.40/7.7

3.39/10.7

4.70/6.7

2.84/5.5

3.89/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.225 33/.323 612/.262 116/.223 243/.224 250/.226 220/.205 254/.261 543/.244 265/.162 320/.266 490/.257 .245

OPS .725 .880 .756 .610 .666 .738 .648 .773 .706 .603 .779 .662 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.742 15/.762 294/.837 30/.522 72/.670 116/.580 95/.661 107/.721 114/.691 122/.534 105/.683 211/.754 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.711 18/.977 318/.681 86/.641 171/.665 134/.875 125/.638 147/.810 429/.710 143/.661 215/.825 279/.592 .708

Home 243/.818 3/.000 235/.755 29/.528 90/.604 119/.620 104/.597 121/.820 242/.592 119/.620 193/.739 231/.693

Last 28d days 99/.533 33/.880 136/.690 80/.652 40/.344 43/1.027 47/.799 37/.678 42/.539 44/.614 43/1.176 139/.652

HR/SB/CS 21/5/3 0/0/0 18/14/8 2/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 6/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/2/1 9/8/4 132/67/35

Usage ······X· ··X····X X····X·· ··Xoo··· o····o·· o····X·X o··o··o· ···X···· ··X·o··· X·····X· ····X···

Cubs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 40.Balester
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 60.Martin
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 115/68 .280/.330/.458/.788 .886/.720 1.038 60/.980 1/0 3/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 25/.620 ··· 2/1.000 3/3.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.143 3/1.167 8/2.208 388/282 .250/.383/.383/.766 .794/.763 .896 94/.786 2/3 10/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.429 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 357/304 .224/.291/.376/.667 .572/.684 .621 49/.658 2/1 9/7

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 172/122 .305/.355/.550/.904 .722/.981 .796 67/.893 0/0 9/4

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/1.500 2/.500 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 3/.333 446/394 .274/.388/.466/.854 .568/.890 .809 88/1.004 6/8 11/2

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/47 .283/.397/.377/.774 .450/.894 .986 41/.660 2/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 213/173 .225/.308/.321/.629 .633/.627 .685 62/.714 0/0 2/3

25.Lee G/S/vP 36/.761 ··· 5/1.800 5/.900 ··· 9/1.931 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 8/1.071 3/.000 8/1.500 474/373 .292/.373/.541/.914 .903/.914 1.019 104/.951 0/0 24/4

7.Miles# G/S/vP 12/.091 ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 8/.750 ··· ··· 156/124 .178/.221/.240/.461 .605/.422 .465 25/.250 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/1.347 ··· 11/.728 4/.500 ··· 9/.111 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.111 3/1.666 10/.543 211/175 .316/.384/.542/.926 1.217/.870 1.087 63/.813 0/1 10/6

12.Soriano G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 11/.573 5/1.400 ··· 6/.533 5/1.000 ··· 2/4.000 4/.750 26/.577 ··· 6/.333 503/393 .240/.302/.423/.725 .534/.776 .690 83/.544 9/2 19/9

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 299/222 .217/.324/.379/.704 .823/.664 .776 43/.534 1/0 9/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.500 1/no AB 9/.472 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 526/413 .299/.349/.405/.753 .896/.715 .828 99/.742 16/6 7/13

IP 135.0 30.1 34.1 53.1 36.0 160.2 39.0 34.0 53.1 24.1 17.1 101.0 38.1 TOTAL .253/.330/.411/.741 .721/.746 .785 .771 45/26 130/98

ERA-K/9

5.47/5.0

6.82/5.9

5.50/7.3

3.04/6.6

2.50/10.5

4.03/3.8

3.23/4.8

4.76/3.4

5.23/7.8

5.55/6.7

4.67/6.8

5.08/3.9

3.76/6.1

5.05/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.312 135/.281 149/.275 220/.193 136/.147 687/.280 170/.237 150/.300 225/.318 99/.282 73/.299 425/.273 181/.275 .278

OPS .861 .959 .824 .627 .587 .780 .683 .864 .866 .889 .910 .772 .808 .808

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.851 64/1.033 56/1.075 101/.629 71/.347 169/.937 80/.714 74/1.046 108/.846 48/1.116 31/1.156 237/.793 85/.781 .857

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.873 71/.893 93/.681 119/.622 65/.857 518/.729 90/.649 76/.679 117/.884 51/.690 42/.749 188/.745 96/.832 .772

Road 359/.861 65/.817 82/.854 125/.695 47/.758 309/.885 74/.810 51/.764 95/.898 39/.895 20/1.137 215/.777 68/.935

Last 28d days 100/1.020 100/1.034 47/.636 47/.758 61/.615 122/.981 47/.478 122/.854 118/.797 43/.637 73/.910 98/.897 46/.839

HR/SB/CS 16/8/5 10/0/2 5/3/1 6/4/1 5/1/1 17/6/6 2/4/1 7/0/1 5/1/1 4/1/1 5/0/0 13/16/2 3/0/1 135/72/32

Usage ········ ·o·X·X·X ··o··X·o X·X·XX·X ···X···· ·o·X··o· ····X··· X····X·· X··X··X· ·X·XX·X· ··X····X ·X·oo·Xo

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.