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Game Preview: CHC @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @Comerica Park

Cubs, 34-33, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 4-3, 5.27)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 54.2 51 33 32 26 64 11 5.27
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 3-2 39.2 40 25 25 18 38 8 5.67 48
2009-06-19 CLE ND 5.0 7 7 7 3 2 2 87 24
2009-06-13 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 92 61
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
2009-05-01 FLA ND 3.2 6 5 5 4 2 0 86 27
2009-04-26 @STL W 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 2 107 63
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 31.0 35 12 12 13 28 2 3.48 52
2008-06-02 DET ND 6.2 5 2 2 3 8 1 115 61
2005-07-29 DET W 5.1 12 4 4 2 4 0 94 30
2004-05-18 DET L 6.0 6 3 3 3 2 1 105 47
2004-05-12 @DET W 7.0 7 1 1 3 8 0 99 64
2003-08-05 @DET W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 101 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-13   Road:   13-20   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-25   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Tue, Jun 23  @DET  L   4-5       34-33  3rd  3.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 22  @ATL  L   0-2       34-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 21   CLE  W   6-2       34-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 20   CLE  W   6-5 (13)  33-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 19   CLE  W   8-7 (10)  32-31  4th  3.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 18   CHW  W   6-5       31-31  4th  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 17   CHW  L   1-4       30-31  4th  4.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 14   MIN  W   3-2       30-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       29-30  4th  3.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun 12   MIN  L   4-7       29-29  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 39-31, 1st, 4 up

SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 8-4, 3.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-4) 73.2 73 32 29 23 41 10 3.54
Last 7 GS 5-1 40.0 40 15 13 12 21 4 2.92 52
2009-06-18 @STL W 5.2 8 3 1 2 3 0 97 46
2009-06-12 @PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 99 62
2009-06-07 LAA ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 2 2 84 40
2009-06-02 BOS L 4.1 8 3 3 1 2 1 84 36
2009-05-27 @KCR W 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 82 59
2009-05-22 COL W 6.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 86 57
2009-05-16 OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 86 65
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-11   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  25-25   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 14-4  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CHC  W   5-4       39-31  1st  4.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21   MIL  W   3-2       38-31  1st  4.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20   MIL  W   9-5       37-31  1st  3.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19   MIL  W  10-4  (7)  36-31  1st  2.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @STL  W   6-3       35-31  1st  2.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @STL  L   3-4       34-31  1st  2.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @STL  L   2-11      34-30  1st  2.0 up
 63 Sun, Jun 14  @PIT  L   3-6       34-29  1st  3.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun 13  @PIT  L   3-9       34-28  1st  3.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun 12  @PIT  W   3-1       34-27  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 DET  5  CHC  4        W:Brandon Lyon (3-3), L: Kevin Gregg (2-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 18, 2006 DET 12 @CHC  3        W:Kenny Rogers (10-3), L: Mark Prior (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 DET  9 @CHC  3        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Carlos Marmol (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 DET  5 @CHC  3        W:Nate Robertson (7-3), L: Glendon Rusch (2-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 DET  9  CHC  6        W:Todd Jones (4-5), L: Felix Heredia (2-1), S: Matt Anderson (8)
Sat, Jul 07, 2001 CHC 10 @DET  6        W:Jon Lieber (11-4), L: Willie Blair (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2001 CHC 15 @DET  9        W:Felix Heredia (2-0), L: C.J. Nitkowski (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 DET  3 @CHC  2 (12)   W:Matt Anderson (3-0), L: Todd Van Poppel (0-1), S: Todd Jones (16)
Sat, Jun 03, 2000 DET  5 @CHC  3        W:Jeff Weaver (2-5), L: Kerry Wood (2-3), S: Todd Jones (15)
Fri, Jun 02, 2000 CHC  2  DET  0        W:Scott Downs (2-1), L: Hideo Nomo (2-4), S: Rick Aguilera (11)
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 9-3

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  5.58

NYM  4.58

SEA  3.81

 RA/G

LAD  3.73

TEX  4.65

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .395

L. Overbay  .282

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .464

A. Rowand  .356

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

A. Pujols  .713

N. McLouth  .465

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.170

M. DeRosa  .810

W. Taveras  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.35

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Cubs Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 40.Dolsi
G/S/vB		 43.Figaro
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/52 .246/.306/.298/.605 .452/.638 .708 63/.593 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/1.667 2/.000 192/137 .244/.354/.390/.744 .890/.684 .581 67/.793 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 228/189 .232/.320/.379/.699 .408/.760 .786 79/.709 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .308/.333/.423/.756 .786/.732 .917 29/.670 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/227 .260/.390/.413/.803 .833/.801 .837 77/.495 5/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/65 .222/.329/.349/.678 .556/.696 .705 25/.446 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 132/114 .262/.311/.467/.778 .516/.820 .651 33/.680 0/0 6/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 5/.200 125/74 .268/.336/.446/.782 .903/.700 .605 49/.923 1/0 4/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 245/196 .292/.367/.500/.867 .870/.864 .770 101/1.082 0/0 11/2
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 131/103 .203/.240/.260/.500 .693/.446 .486 25/.440 3/0 0/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 14/.297 2/2.000 ··· 304/245 .224/.289/.426/.715 .560/.752 .772 104/.514 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 209/161 .222/.335/.347/.682 .889/.625 .543 72/.831 1/0 5/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 290/233 .284/.339/.418/.757 .851/.735 .626 99/.660 9/5 6/5
IP 73.2 5.0 35.1 29.0 23.1 TOTAL .246/.324/.397/.721 .736/.717 .691 .693 29/16 73/50
ERA-K/9 3.54/5.0 /0.0 3.60/12.6 4.08/4.8 4.03/6.8 3.86/8.9 4.23/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.260 / 25/.348 146/.208 120/.229 106/.256 .255
OPS .724 .965 .714 .624 .763 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.846 / 11/1.055 62/.610 71/.588 54/.980 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.573 / 14/.896 84/.777 49/.675 52/.538 .715
Home 136/.767 / 25/.965 55/.734 60/.469 55/.723
Last 28d days 96/.835 / 25/.965 51/.370 45/.672 46/.915
HR/SB/CS 10/4/0 // 1/1/0 5/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/0 72/38/17
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o··X·o·X ··oo·X·· X···o·X·
Tigers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 22.Hart
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 141/126 .261/.293/.328/.621 .481/.638 .659 48/.417 10/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/1.500 25/.983 3/1.666 9/.611 ··· ··· 279/207 .329/.394/.548/.942 .834/.973 1.148 89/.723 1/2 14/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 5/.400 4/.833 ··· ··· 177/119 .255/.300/.344/.644 .851/.536 .655 64/.492 3/1 2/5
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 312/225 .263/.342/.493/.835 .666/.898 .705 103/.903 12/3 17/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 10/.425 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 279/211 .278/.371/.535/.906 1.319/.783 .904 98/.913 1/4 17/8
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/29 .385/.467/.538/1.005 .000/1.083 1.072 31/1.005 0/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 214/165 .220/.314/.319/.633 .706/.612 .750 75/.550 1/0 2/1
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 12/.878 ··· 6/.583 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 245/180 .271/.347/.339/.686 .798/.646 .754 73/.676 2/0 2/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 7/1.714 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/1.350 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 280/198 .264/.314/.386/.700 .780/.665 .789 91/.727 3/1 3/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/45 .235/.333/.457/.790 .928/.661 1.067 48/.748 2/1 5/1
55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.667/1.000 .000/1.500 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/104 .279/.319/.441/.761 .421/.829 .986 47/.477 0/2 4/4
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 73/41 .284/.315/.582/.897 1.129/.729 .893 53/.993 0/1 5/0
IP 54.2 15.0 32.1 1.0 31.0 33.2 53.1 20.1 49.0 TOTAL .261/.330/.421/.751 .789/.738 .797 .717 37/18 80/40
ERA-K/9 5.27/10.5 3.00/10.8 4.18/8.9 0.00/0.0 4.06/7.3 3.48/10.1 4.39/5.9 5.75/8.4 2.57/6.4 3.86/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.248 68/.246 147/.242 4/.000 141/.255 154/.152 232/.260 94/.244 196/.239 .238
OPS .794 .692 .741 .250 .779 .618 .761 .762 .607 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.998 25/1.227 65/.665 2/.500 58/.730 71/.569 62/.663 40/.759 82/.627 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.627 43/.377 82/.800 2/.000 83/.812 83/.661 170/.794 54/.763 114/.591 .690
Road 80/.700 28/.638 76/.832 4/.250 70/.729 78/.548 87/.803 40/.936 100/.530
Last 28d days 47/.931 40/.643 56/.558 4/.250 49/.604 60/.537 57/.827 25/.804 125/.641
HR/SB/CS 11/1/1 1/2/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 2/2/1 71/35/16
Usage ····X··· ··oX··X· o·oXXo·· ·X······ ···Xo··· o··XXX·· ·oXo·o·· ···oX··· ··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.