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Game Preview: CHC @ COL, 3:10pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 @Coors Field

Cubs, 58-50, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 8-4, 2.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-4)			102.1	94	32	31	23	65	9	2.73
2008 (0-0)			5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		6-1	46.1	46	15	15	10	24	5	2.91	55
2009-08-03	@CIN	W	7.1	6	1	1	2	5	1	106	65
2009-07-29	HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	110	69
2009-07-24	CIN	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	88	50
2009-07-18	@WSN	W	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	85	37
2009-07-12	STL	L	7.0	7	4	4	3	4	2	100	48
2009-07-06	ATL	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	87	54
2009-07-01	@PIT	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	97	64

Has never faced COL.

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

 Home:   33-19   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  46-40   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl:32-23   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sat, Aug  8  @COL  W   6-5       58-50  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7  @COL  L   2-6       57-50  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Rockies, 60-50, 3rd, 6½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (26, RHP, 6-6, 4.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-6)			109.0	137	64	56	25	77	11	4.62
2008 (4-4)			78.1	83	45	40	35	44	11	4.60
2007 (3-5)			85.0	100	58	58	40	64	12	6.14

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.1	52	22	22	6	26	4	5.45	44
2009-08-04	@PHI	W	6.2	9	3	3	0	6	1	93	50
2009-07-30	@NYM	L	1.1	7	5	5	0	1	0	39	21
2009-07-24	SFG	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	94	47
2009-07-18	@SDP	ND	5.2	5	1	1	3	7	0	105	59
2009-07-12	ATL	ND	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	57	23
2009-07-07	WSN	ND	5.2	10	4	4	2	3	2	111	34
2009-07-01	@LAD	L	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	103	73

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   28-22   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  18-18   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  8   CHC  L   5-6       60-50  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   CHC  W   6-2       60-49  2nd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 COL  6  CHC  2        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (9-9), L: Sean Marshall (3-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHC won 5-1; 2007 - CHC won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 75-66

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 5.71

WSN 4.57

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

C. Blake .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Bautista .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .686

I. Stewart .479

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

R. Wolf 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Cubs Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Hammel
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 38.Jimenez
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 32/.650 1/0 1/2

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 12/.633 6/2.000 6/.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 326/243 .252/.394/.385/.779 .883/.739 .615 78/.909 1/2 8/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.664 ··· 5/.200 7/1.029 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 340/288 .230/.300/.387/.687 .583/.706 .723 67/.761 2/1 9/6

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 127/95 .295/.339/.580/.919 .831/.947 .971 43/.934 0/0 8/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· 4/1.250 10/.667 3/.333 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 395/352 .271/.388/.446/.834 .587/.863 .867 88/.955 6/8 9/1

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/27 .280/.379/.400/.779 .000/.842 .641 15/.641 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/147 .209/.290/.301/.590 .669/.569 .543 90/.521 0/0 2/2

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 17/.991 ··· 39/1.214 7/.619 36/1.437 3/2.000 3/.333 1/5.000 409/329 .288/.362/.532/.894 .933/.883 .779 94/.973 0/0 23/3

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 10/.100 ··· 10/.800 8/.750 16/.813 ··· 2/.500 ··· 135/107 .197/.233/.252/.485 .693/.429 .453 4/.000 3/0 0/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 10/.000 ··· 36/1.300 9/1.194 23/1.335 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 179/148 .323/.391/.553/.944 1.372/.862 .821 87/1.002 0/0 9/4

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 16/.990 9/.444 11/.899 ··· 4/2.417 8/1.000 453/361 .252/.318/.447/.764 .591/.807 .788 89/.979 8/2 19/8

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.500 6/.167 3/.000 3/3.333 1/3.000 ··· 260/200 .226/.331/.389/.720 .775/.704 .657 4/.000 1/0 8/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 8/.000 ··· 10/1.100 14/.665 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 461/369 .290/.345/.412/.757 .961/.708 .681 101/.707 15/5 7/13

IP 109.0 42.1 36.2 5.0 139.2 31.1 28.0 150.1 150.1 19.1 122.1 46.1 TOTAL .251/.327/.411/.738 .746/.736 .693 .801 39/24 120/86

ERA-K/9

4.62/6.4

3.40/5.5

2.95/8.8

1.80/16.2

3.93/4.7

3.16/8.6

1.93/4.2

3.65/8.0

3.65/4.3

1.86/7.9

5.00/8.8

2.33/10.5

4.20/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.310 180/.247 146/.205 12/.111 596/.286 124/.180 102/.146 635/.234 600/.250 74/.154 526/.257 180/.186 .262

OPS .818 .708 .620 .444 .777 .555 .518 .641 .669 .595 .771 .542 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.879 73/.728 66/.831 7/.452 329/.804 63/.701 51/.663 347/.715 305/.645 26/.458 131/.525 84/.491 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.746 107/.693 80/.465 5/.400 267/.743 61/.410 51/.376 288/.555 295/.691 48/.666 395/.856 96/.584 .715

Home 218/.988 88/.498 64/.605 4/.250 270/.813 61/.665 42/.427 283/.663 269/.688 25/.425 274/.765 100/.566

Last 28d days 108/.977 26/.423 29/.299 12/.444 134/.815 40/.258 33/.426 138/.576 79/.621 32/.481 110/.833 26/.192

HR/SB/CS 11/10/2 4/0/1 3/4/1 0/0/1 16/4/4 1/1/0 3/0/0 8/10/2 10/10/3 4/1/0 15/14/2 5/8/0 94/72/19

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

Rockies Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wells
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 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.933 7/1.071 8/1.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/1.667 5/1.933 3/1.167 ··· 10/.650 307/189 .228/.309/.342/.651 .815/.552 .697 45/.675 0/0 7/7

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 3/1.334 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.833 413/311 .245/.293/.437/.731 .915/.673 .813 88/.508 9/6 15/9

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 404/288 .265/.364/.408/.772 .827/.748 .825 74/.889 25/9 4/3

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 134/112 .265/.341/.444/.785 .814/.780 .789 41/1.181 8/0 2/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 6/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/.200 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 12/.258 406/282 .309/.394/.537/.931 .834/.973 1.002 85/.829 1/3 15/2

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 23/1.466 2/.000 9/.476 5/.933 4/1.500 2/1.500 5/.400 4/.250 4/.500 2/.000 24/.491 435/303 .316/.395/.497/.893 .696/.986 .940 89/.805 0/1 11/2

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/2.000 2/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 274/200 .228/.336/.452/.788 .916/.739 .916 61/.707 0/1 13/3

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 47/37 .150/.261/.175/.436 .425/.438 .465 10/.100 0/0 0/1

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 243/210 .295/.391/.488/.879 1.010/.859 .955 67/.819 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 ··· ··· 287/174 .247/.317/.408/.725 .866/.639 .812 39/.596 8/5 6/3

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 333/249 .228/.321/.479/.801 .687/.838 .809 67/.824 7/3 18/6

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

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 2/.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 6/.167 418/295 .269/.359/.515/.874 .892/.867 .979 91/1.065 15/9 20/6

IP 102.1 122.2 16.0 50.2 51.2 48.0 104.0 51.1 53.0 68.2 24.1 123.2 TOTAL .258/.340/.436/.776 .789/.770 .835 .781 80/38 123/67

ERA-K/9

2.73/5.7

4.04/7.3

3.38/7.3

3.20/7.6

4.01/9.2

2.63/6.9

4.41/10.7

4.56/7.9

3.57/10.9

3.93/6.4

6.29/4.8

3.35/7.3

3.80/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.249 499/.262 64/.158 223/.238 224/.234 190/.206 451/.242 233/.260 239/.166 295/.258 113/.323 530/.243 .245

OPS .648 .764 .449 .692 .739 .636 .770 .794 .626 .749 .921 .683 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.718 228/.812 15/.564 66/.685 102/.601 79/.705 197/.791 96/.775 109/.528 98/.620 47/.896 244/.722 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.599 271/.723 49/.413 157/.695 122/.851 111/.587 254/.753 137/.804 130/.709 197/.813 66/.936 286/.648 .713

Road 204/.606 294/.786 56/.414 138/.734 119/.842 99/.594 233/.676 116/.735 133/.619 121/.848 61/.850 283/.680

Last 28d days 136/.711 47/.755 28/.371 42/.576 49/.931 57/.723 118/.551 42/.850 49/.597 44/.874 68/.913 121/.647

HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 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 4/3/1 8/4/6 116/59/31

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