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Game Preview: CHC @ COL, 9:10pm, Friday, August 7, 2009 @Coors Field

Cubs, 57-49, 1st, Tied

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 7-4, 3.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-4)			123.2	110	52	46	57	101	8	3.35
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		3-1	40.2	35	15	12	22	35	1	2.66	55
2009-08-01	@FLA	ND	3.0	3	2	1	3	2	0	62	46
2009-07-27	HOU	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	103	67
2009-07-22	@PHI	W	6.2	10	5	4	3	7	0	115	40
2009-07-17	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	0	4	6	0	113	59
2009-07-12	STL	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	94	55
2009-07-07	ATL	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	91	57
2009-07-03	MIL	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	110	63

Last 5 v.COL		2-2	35.0	23	13	11	12	33	0	2.83	62
2007-06-27	COL	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	107	59
2006-09-29	COL	L	7.0	3	4	2	4	9	0	128	64
2005-05-26	COL	L	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	105	57
2004-08-04	@COL	ND	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	113	44
2004-05-07	COL	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	97	88

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

 Home:   33-19   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  45-39   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl:32-23   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Aug  5  @CIN  L   0-4       57-49  1st    Tied
105 Tue, Aug  4  @CIN  W   6-3       57-48  1st    Tied
104 Mon, Aug  3  @CIN  W   4-2       56-48  1st    Tied
103 Sun, Aug  2  @FLA  L   2-3       55-48  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1  @FLA  W   9-8 (10)  55-47  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Fri, Jul 31  @FLA  L   2-5       54-47  2nd  0.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30   HOU  W  12-3       54-46  1st  0.5 up
 99 Wed, Jul 29   HOU  W  12-0       53-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 28   HOU  L   6-11      52-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 27   HOU  W   5-1 (13)  52-45  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Rockies, 59-49, 3rd, 7½ GB

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (25, RHP, 8-9, 3.76)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-9)			143.2	126	61	60	54	128	8	3.76
2008 (12-12)			198.2	182	97	88	103	172	11	3.99
2007 (4-4)			82.0	70	46	39	37	68	10	4.28

Last 7 GS		2-2	47.1	34	19	19	15	47	4	3.61	60
2009-08-01	@CIN	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	111	72
2009-07-27	@NYM	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	101	55
2009-07-22	ARI	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	118	53
2009-07-17	@SDP	W	7.0	3	3	3	4	10	0	112	65
2009-07-10	ATL	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	8	0	90	59
2009-07-05	ARI	L	6.1	4	4	4	5	8	1	116	52
2009-06-29	@LAD	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	101	62

Last 5 v.CHC		0-3	17.1	23	20	14	13	15	2	7.27	37
2009-04-13	@CHC	L	3.2	4	3	3	6	5	0	104	40
2008-06-01	@CHC	L	5.0	7	4	3	3	5	0	94	41
2007-08-09	CHC	L	2.0	9	9	5	1	2	1	61	11
2006-10-01	@CHC	ND	6.2	3	4	3	3	3	1	90	54

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

 Home:   27-21   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  42-31   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl:17-8    vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Aug  6  @PHI  L   1-3       59-49  3rd  7.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @PHI  L   0-7       59-48  3rd  6.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @PHI  W   8-3       59-47  2nd  6.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @CIN  W   6-4 (11)  58-47  2nd  7.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @CIN  W   6-2       57-47  2nd  7.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @CIN  W   5-3       56-47  2nd  8.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @NYM  W   4-2       55-47  3rd  8.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30  @NYM  L   0-7       54-47  3rd  8.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @NYM  L   0-4       54-46  2nd  8.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @NYM  L   3-7       54-45  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 COL  5 @CHC  2        W:Jason Marquis (2-0), L: Rich Harden (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 CHC  4  COL  0        W:Ted Lilly (2-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 01, 2008 CHC  5  COL  3        W:Sean Gallagher (3-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-6), S: Kerry Wood (14)
Sat, May 31, 2008 CHC  5  COL  4        W:Ryan Dempster (7-2), L: Glendon Rusch (1-3), S: Carlos Marmol (3)
Fri, May 30, 2008 CHC 10  COL  9        W:Scott Eyre (2-0), L: Manuel Corpas (0-3), S: Kerry Wood (13)
Thu, May 29, 2008 CHC  8  COL  4        W:Michael Wuertz (1-1), L: Matt Herges (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 COL  4  CHC  2        W:Aaron Cook (3-1), L: Kevin Hart (2-1), S: Brian Fuentes (1)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 CHC  7 @COL  6 (10)   W:Kerry Wood (2-0), L: Kip Wells (1-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 COL  6  CHC  3        W:Matt Herges (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: Manuel Corpas (9)
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 COL 15  CHC  2        W:Josh Fogg (7-7), L: Rich Hill (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHC won 5-1; 2007 - CHC won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 74-65

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 5.68

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.71

RA/G

SFG 3.64

PHI 4.60

WSN 5.45

I. Suzuki .365

B. Butler .291

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .446

C. Counsell .364

R. Cedeno .219

SLG

A. Pujols .687

V. Martinez .477

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

C. Crawford .838

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

N. Blackburn 3.83

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

J. Happ 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.76

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Cubs Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 45.Chacin
G/S/vB 28.Cook
G/S/vB 31.Daley
G/S/vB 51.Fogg
G/S/vB 46.Hammel
G/S/vB 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB 29.de la Rosa*
G/S/vB 16.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 65/37 .180/.231/.328/.559 .659/.479 .254 37/.738 1/0 1/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/no AB 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· 7/.762 ··· 12/.633 2/2.000 6/.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 322/239 .250/.389/.385/.774 .883/.732 .601 78/.889 1/2 8/2

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.664 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 336/284 .232/.301/.391/.691 .583/.711 .732 67/.769 2/1 9/6

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/94 .297/.341/.586/.927 .831/.958 .986 42/.958 0/0 8/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.333 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 391/348 .269/.384/.446/.830 .587/.858 .860 93/.840 6/8 8/1

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/26 .292/.393/.417/.810 .000/.878 .690 15/.641 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/147 .209/.290/.301/.590 .669/.569 .543 98/.497 0/0 2/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 193/168 .233/.280/.422/.702 .450/.740 .575 34/.652 0/0 8/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 17/.991 ··· 39/1.214 ··· 36/1.437 3/2.000 3/.333 1/5.000 405/325 .291/.363/.536/.899 .933/.890 .788 97/1.031 0/0 22/3

7.Miles# G/S/vP 7/.858 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 10/.100 ··· 10/.800 ··· 16/.813 ··· 2/.500 ··· 134/106 .198/.235/.254/.489 .693/.433 .461 3/.000 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.867 3/2.667 ··· ··· 10/.000 ··· 36/1.300 ··· 23/1.335 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 175/144 .331/.400/.567/.967 1.372/.887 .860 91/1.002 0/0 9/3

12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 16/.990 ··· 11/.899 ··· 4/2.417 7/.715 449/357 .250/.316/.444/.760 .591/.802 .780 93/.970 8/2 19/8

2.Theriot G/S/vP 11/.664 3/.333 ··· ··· 8/.000 ··· 10/1.100 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 457/365 .291/.346/.414/.760 .961/.710 .685 106/.761 14/5 7/13

IP 143.2 42.0 35.0 3.0 139.2 31.0 28.0 109.0 144.1 19.1 122.1 45.1 TOTAL .251/.327/.413/.740 .746/.739 .696 .804 39/24 120/84

ERA-K/9

3.76/8.0

3.43/5.6

3.09/9.3

0.00/15.0

3.93/4.7

3.19/8.4

1.93/4.2

4.62/6.4

3.49/4.2

1.86/7.9

5.00/8.8

2.38/10.5

4.24/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 607/.236 180/.247 143/.208 12/.111 574/.284 120/.187 102/.146 482/.310 600/.250 68/.167 526/.257 176/.184 .263

OPS .647 .708 .625 .444 .771 .575 .518 .818 .669 .631 .771 .537 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.708 73/.728 66/.831 7/.452 311/.783 61/.726 51/.663 262/.879 305/.645 23/.524 131/.525 83/.497 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.574 107/.693 77/.467 5/.400 263/.755 59/.424 51/.376 220/.746 295/.691 45/.681 395/.856 93/.570 .721

Home 255/.680 88/.498 61/.615 4/.250 270/.813 60/.677 42/.427 218/.988 269/.688 25/.425 274/.765 96/.558

Last 28d days 136/.589 34/.579 26/.290 12/.444 112/.791 37/.280 36/.422 108/.977 106/.644 28/.513 110/.833 22/.091

HR/SB/CS 8/10/2 4/0/1 3/4/1 0/0/1 15/4/4 1/1/0 3/0/0 11/10/2 10/10/3 4/1/0 15/14/2 5/8/0 93/72/19

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

Rockies Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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 40.Harden
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP 10/.650 3/.000 5/.933 6/1.000 8/1.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/1.667 5/1.933 3/1.167 ··· ··· 302/188 .231/.311/.347/.658 .833/.555 .692 41/.766 0/0 7/7

12.Barmes G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 3/1.334 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 410/311 .247/.296/.441/.736 .945/.673 .813 94/.473 9/6 14/9

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 395/286 .257/.359/.394/.754 .773/.746 .801 74/.835 24/9 4/3

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/110 .259/.333/.420/.753 .745/.754 .726 38/1.026 8/0 2/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 12/.258 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 6/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 401/278 .307/.394/.539/.933 .824/.980 1.016 88/.772 1/3 15/2

17.Helton* G/S/vP 24/.491 23/1.466 2/.000 9/.476 5/.933 4/1.500 2/1.500 4/.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 427/299 .314/.396/.499/.894 .700/.986 .938 89/.868 0/1 11/2

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.833 1/2.000 2/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/197 .232/.342/.450/.792 .989/.722 .902 61/.684 0/1 12/3

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/35 .162/.262/.189/.451 .542/.429 .511 6/.000 0/0 0/0

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 239/210 .291/.389/.488/.877 1.013/.859 .955 68/.853 4/0 9/0

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/.000 4/.833 5/.933 3/.333 ··· ··· 283/173 .247/.318/.410/.728 .872/.643 .812 36/.590 8/5 6/3

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 328/245 .227/.320/.483/.803 .678/.845 .808 70/.824 7/3 18/6

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 2/3.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 103/71 .225/.307/.337/.644 .683/.627 .648 24/.554 0/1 2/0

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.750 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 410/291 .266/.359/.516/.874 .878/.872 .973 91/1.086 15/8 20/6

IP 123.2 116.2 16.0 49.2 50.2 47.0 104.0 50.1 52.0 66.2 20.1 102.1 TOTAL .257/.340/.436/.775 .791/.769 .831 .772 79/37 122/66

ERA-K/9

3.35/7.3

4.09/7.4

3.38/7.3

3.26/7.6

4.09/9.2

2.68/7.1

4.41/10.7

4.47/7.7

3.63/10.6

3.65/6.2

6.64/5.3

2.73/5.7

3.78/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 530/.243 499/.262 64/.158 218/.238 224/.234 190/.206 451/.242 228/.257 239/.166 284/.248 96/.325 410/.249 .244

OPS .683 .764 .449 .693 .739 .636 .770 .783 .626 .722 .934 .648 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.722 228/.812 15/.564 64/.708 102/.601 79/.705 197/.791 92/.737 109/.528 92/.565 36/1.037 168/.718 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.648 271/.723 49/.413 154/.686 122/.851 111/.587 254/.753 136/.811 130/.709 192/.796 60/.872 242/.599 .709

Road 283/.680 294/.786 56/.414 133/.737 119/.842 99/.594 233/.676 111/.709 133/.619 110/.787 44/.849 204/.606

Last 28d days 121/.647 47/.755 28/.371 45/.562 50/.911 57/.723 144/.641 45/.846 54/.646 33/.678 59/.904 136/.711

HR/SB/CS 8/4/6 14/10/7 0/0/0 4/3/1 10/0/0 6/1/3 20/5/3 6/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 3/2/0 9/6/3 115/58/30

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··X····· ···o·oo· ·o··oX·X ··X·oX·· ·X····X· ····oXX· ···X·XX· ··o···oo ·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.