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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, April 24, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 8-6, 4th, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (32, RHP, 1-0, 5.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-0)			18.0	16	10	10	10	15	3	5.00
2008 (17-6)			206.2	174	75	68	76	187	14	2.96
2007 (2-7)			66.2	59	36	35	30	55	8	4.73

Last 7 GS		3-0	41.0	40	17	17	14	35	5	3.73	53
2009-04-18	STL	ND	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	103	48
2009-04-12	@MIL	W	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	110	47
2009-04-07	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	95	54
2008-09-26	@MIL	ND	5.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	80	58
2008-09-21	STL	W	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	67	52
2008-09-16	MIL	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	9	1	114	58
2008-09-09	@STL	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	103	55

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	30.2	27	11	11	12	21	2	3.23	55
2009-04-18	STL	ND	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	103	48
2008-09-21	STL	W	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	67	52
2008-09-09	@STL	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	103	55
2008-08-10	STL	W	6.2	6	2	2	3	6	0	113	57
2005-04-21	@STL	L	6.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	95	61

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

 Home:    4-4    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Thu, Apr 23   CIN  L   1-7        8-6   4th  2.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 17   STL  W   8-7        6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   STL  L   4-7        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   COL  L   2-5        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   COL  W   4-0        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W   8-5        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @MIL  W   6-5        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6

Cardinals, 11-5, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.31)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			16.1	14	6	6	12	17	1	3.31
2008 (11-3)			132.0	122	51	47	34	91	12	3.20
2007 (14-12)			202.0	212	93	83	70	136	13	3.70

Last 7 GS		5-0	39.1	40	17	17	23	33	2	3.89	50
2009-04-16	@CHC	W	6.0	6	4	4	4	6	1	106	46
2009-04-11	HOU	W	5.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	102	60
2009-04-06	PIT	ND	5.1	4	2	2	5	7	0	94	54
2008-09-24	ARI	W	6.0	7	2	2	5	2	0	105	47
2008-09-19	@CHC	W	5.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	107	53
2008-09-13	@PIT	ND	4.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	90	21
2008-09-07	FLA	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	111	71

Last 5 v.CHC		2-2	29.1	28	15	15	11	26	2	4.60	51
2009-04-16	@CHC	W	6.0	6	4	4	4	6	1	106	46
2008-09-19	@CHC	W	5.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	107	53
2008-05-02	CHC	ND	6.1	4	1	1	1	5	0	85	65
2007-09-14	CHC	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	96	60
2007-07-25	CHC	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	7	0	92	31

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

 Home:    8-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYM  W  12-8       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYM  W   5-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYM  W   6-4        9-5   1st    Tied
 13 Sat, Apr 18  @CHC  L   5-7 (11)   8-5   1st    Tied
 12 Fri, Apr 17  @CHC  L   7-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @CHC  W   7-4        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @ARI  W  12-7        7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @ARI  L   6-7 (10)   6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13  @ARI  W   2-1        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 12   HOU  W   3-0        5-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-5    Last 30:11-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHC  7  STL  5 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (1-0), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CHC  8  STL  7        W:Aaron Heilman (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 STL  7 @CHC  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: David Patton (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHC  5  STL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (17-6), L: Braden Looper (12-14), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 CHC  5  STL  4        W:Ted Lilly (16-9), L: Joel Pineiro (6-7), S: Kerry Wood (32)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 STL 12 @CHC  6        W:Adam Wainwright (10-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 CHC  3 @STL  2        W:Rich Harden (10-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (12-7), S: Kerry Wood (30)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CHC  4 @STL  3        W:Ted Lilly (14-9), L: Braden Looper (12-12), S: Kerry Wood (29)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Chris Perez (3-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHC  6  STL  2        W:Ryan Dempster (13-5), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-1; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1148-1079

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 54.Boyer
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 62.Walters
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 7/.829 ··· 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 .872 30/.441 5/3 22/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 5/.400 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .974 53/.684 2/0 9/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/.500 5/.650 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/no AB 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .656 63/1.129 12/4 10/5

4.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .575 5/.200 21/4 0/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .333 24/.917 0/0 0/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .929 22/.964 1/0 2/2

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.938 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .809 20/.694 5/6 6/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 22/.614 5/1.000 11/.573 5/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 2/1.500 15/.733 2/1.000 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .809 66/.583 8/2 20/9

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 5/.600 1/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .722 22/.282 3/3 4/4

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 27/1.133 3/.333 7/1.286 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 .752 54/.958 2/2 27/18

12.Soriano G/S/vP 19/.888 4/.000 37/1.084 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 4/.833 3/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .828 69/1.039 19/3 29/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.500 4/.500 5/.650 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .858 36/.381 0/1 23/5

2.Theriot G/S/vP 21/.831 3/.666 12/.334 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .757 60/.885 22/13 1/14

IP 132.0 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .252/.349/.405/.754 .798/.749 .830 .754 7/7 16/8

ERA-K/9

3.20/6.2

5.88/8.4

3.55/5.8

4.04/7.0

4.15/9.1

0.82/13.1

3.46/9.1

2.33/7.6

/0.0

3.96/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (6-1-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.245 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .258 Soriano
Fukudome
Gathright
Bradley
Johnson
Hoffpauir
Miles 108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
7/0/5/0
4/1/1/0

OPS .688 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.788 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 334/.626 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .709

Home 316/.660 165/.751 181/.828 158/.633 100/.612 24/.504 85/.718 90/.624 /

Last 28d days 74/.656 11/1.065 25/.285 37/.473 25/.798 30/.726 21/.536 22/.607 34/1.062

HR/SB/CS 12/2/4 10/8/2 10/2/1 7/2/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/6/2 // 12/3/3

Usage ·······X ········ ·oo··X·o ··X··X·X o·····X· o·o··o·· o····XX· ooo··o·· X·····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (6.25 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.350 6/.333 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .801 58/.731 2/1 25/8

23.Barden G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 10/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .000 30/1.114 0/0 0/1

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/1.096 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 3/2.334 ··· ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .663 60/1.025 2/1 6/2

3.Greene G/S/vP 13/.648 2/.500 2/.500 4/1.500 5/1.000 3/.333 8/.000 ··· ··· 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .651 61/.710 5/1 10/8

21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/1.044 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .543 8/1.250 0/0 4/2

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 13/1.461 1/no AB 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.333 8/.393 12/.705 1/.000 2/.000 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 1.013 57/1.088 4/4 37/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 18/.620 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 4/1.250 16/.732 1/2.000 1/.000 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .767 61/.924 0/2 7/10

5.Pujols G/S/vP 37/.793 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.333 17/.561 19/.688 1/no AB 3/1.667 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.175 74/1.184 7/3 37/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.789 / /

13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.111 ··· ··· 218/116 .244/.307/.289/.596 .620/.575 .521 29/.828 7/2 0/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 21/.810 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 8/.500 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .711 56/.750 8/2 8/3

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 .111 41/.862 0/0 0/0

IP 206.2 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 65.1 27.2 TOTAL .303/.385/.497/.882 .724/.980 .897 .882 9/2 20/15

ERA-K/9

2.96/8.1

4.29/10.8

3.41/7.6

5.59/9.3

5.21/9.5

2.68/11.8

3.86/8.0

/0.0

2.28/8.1

4.09/9.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (13-8-2)
Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 856/.227 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 279/.245 / 124/.226 .246 Ludwick
Schumaker
Ankiel
Duncan
Ryan
Thurston 29/14/124/12
56/79/33/10
17/89/1/4
43/0/2/1
1/0/3/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .642 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .741 .599 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.693 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 80/.817 / 57/.489 .880

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.597 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 199/.711 / 67/.691 .711

Road 316/.657 93/.678 138/.573 23/.367 175/.864 155/.611 173/.775 / 44/.738

Last 28d days 80/.755 23/1.153 35/.923 33/.705 32/.807 30/.580 28/.906 20/.712 7/1.286

HR/SB/CS 14/11/4 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 // 0/5/1 21/4/3

Usage ·····X·· X·o··o·o ·X···X·· ·X···X·o ··X··oXo ··o··Xo· ·······X ·······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.