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Game Preview: CHC @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, July 17, 2009 @Nationals Park

Cubs, 44-43, 3rd, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 5-4, 3.53)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-4)			102.0	90	43	40	43	82	7	3.53
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		1-2	46.1	38	18	17	17	29	3	3.30	56
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
2009-06-28	@CHW	L	5.1	9	5	4	2	3	1	97	33
2009-06-23	@DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	110	57
2009-06-18	CHW	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	117	53
2009-06-10	@HOU	ND	8.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	104	73

Last 5 v.WSN		4-0	34.2	24	7	7	16	32	1	1.82	64
2008-04-26	@WSN	W	7.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	114	68
2007-07-03	@WSN	W	6.2	3	1	1	4	8	0	121	68
2007-05-04	WSN	W	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	104	45
2006-05-16	WSN	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	122	80
2005-07-03	WSN	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	120	61

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

 Home:   27-18   Road:   17-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  35-33   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl:24-21   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Thu, Jul 16  @WSN  W   6-2       44-43  3rd  3.0 gb
 86 Sun, Jul 12   STL  L   2-4       43-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Sun, Jul 12   STL  W   7-3       43-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul 11   STL  W   5-2       42-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul 10   STL  L   3-8       41-42  4th  4.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  8   ATL  L   1-4       41-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  7   ATL  L   1-2       41-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  6   ATL  W   4-2       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  5   MIL  W   8-2       40-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jul  4   MIL  L   2-11      39-39  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Nationals, 26-62, 5th, 23½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Craig Stammen (25, RHP, 2-4, 4.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			60.2	62	33	30	12	27	5	4.45

Last 7 GS		2-3	43.1	44	21	19	8	21	3	3.95	50
2009-07-11	@HOU	W	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	107	62
2009-07-06	@COL	L	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	98	65
2009-06-30	@FLA	ND	5.1	7	4	3	0	2	1	73	42
2009-06-24	BOS	L	5.1	7	6	6	1	5	2	86	34
2009-06-18	@NYY	W	6.1	6	0	0	0	2	0	82	63
2009-06-12	@TBR	ND	5.1	4	3	2	3	5	0	90	52
2009-06-07	NYM	L	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	0	87	35

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   16-27   Road:   10-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  19-45   vsLHP:   7-17   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast:  8-31   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Thu, Jul 16   CHC  L   2-6       26-62  5th 23.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 12  @HOU  L   0-5       26-61  5th 22.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 11  @HOU  W  13-2       26-60  5th 21.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 10  @HOU  L   5-6       25-60  5th 21.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  9  @HOU  L   4-9       25-59  5th 20.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  8  @COL  L   4-10      25-58  5th 19.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  7  @COL  L   4-5       25-57  5th 18.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  6  @COL  L   0-1       25-56  5th 18.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   ATL  W   5-3       25-55  5th 17.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  4   ATL  W   5-3       24-55  5th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CHC  4 @WSN  2        W:Will Ohman (1-4), L: Luis Ayala (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (4)
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 WSN  6  CHC  0        W:Matt Chico (4-5), L: Rich Hill (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 CHC  3 @WSN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (10-6), L: Tim Redding (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (3)
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 CHC  7 @WSN  2        W:Ted Lilly (7-4), L: Jason Simontacchi (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; All-Time - WSN leads 284-261

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

NYY 5.63

FLA 4.61

SDP 3.80

RA/G

SFG 3.68

COL 4.60

WSN 5.62

J. Mauer .373

M. Byrd .286

B. Giles .191

OBP

A. Pujols .456

D. Fowler .358

D. Navarro .254

SLG

A. Pujols .723

M. Cameron .470

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.179

W. Aybar .822

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

C. Sabathia 3.86

J. Moyer 5.99

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

B. Zito 6.79

J. Garland 3.62

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Cubs Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB 27.Zimmermann
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 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/30 .162/.225/.243/.468 .400/.489 .170 16/.598 1/0 0/1

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 92/65 .222/.276/.272/.547 .616/.520 .611 48/.558 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/3.334 5/.650 ··· 14/.572 8/2.208 ··· 256/189 .243/.379/.381/.760 .918/.698 .593 84/.795 0/0 6/1

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.833 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 274/230 .230/.307/.358/.665 .527/.691 .708 58/.491 2/1 6/5

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/64 .313/.356/.550/.906 .617/1.022 .931 74/.912 0/0 4/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 313/284 .251/.367/.421/.787 .634/.803 .833 91/.729 6/6 7/1

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .375/.474/.563/1.036 .000/1.172 1.350 19/1.036 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/89 .213/.300/.315/.615 .750/.594 .662 34/.369 0/0 2/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/147 .244/.287/.449/.736 .463/.774 .614 46/.739 0/0 8/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/2.142 4/2.250 1/.000 12/.432 7/.143 ··· 132/79 .254/.321/.424/.744 .885/.653 .605 14/.594 1/0 4/1

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/2.334 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 18/.575 7/1.738 ··· 319/258 .280/.354/.511/.865 .785/.880 .736 97/.994 0/0 18/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 9/.889 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 25/.796 10/.543 ··· 96/80 .333/.375/.500/.875 1.348/.785 1.049 24/.500 0/0 4/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 10/.633 5/1.400 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 372/299 .233/.298/.413/.711 .566/.746 .768 89/.623 7/2 14/7

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 369/298 .299/.354/.423/.777 .907/.746 .655 104/.809 10/5 7/9

IP 60.2 35.1 17.1 39.0 21.1 13.0 34.1 24.0 86.0 TOTAL .247/.322/.399/.721 .718/.722 .690 .733 32/19 93/68

ERA-K/9

4.45/4.0

3.57/5.6

6.23/6.2

2.77/6.5

4.64/4.2

6.92/4.2

4.72/8.4

3.75/4.9

4.50/8.8

5.21/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.264 156/.261 72/.286 156/.182 104/.288 63/.308 161/.223 113/.253 367/.271 .281

OPS .700 .749 .867 .609 .805 .769 .702 .792 .751 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.733 62/.744 29/.995 69/.590 46/.970 33/.633 65/.886 48/.729 198/.781 .870

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.656 94/.751 43/.777 87/.621 58/.664 30/.910 96/.582 65/.840 169/.716 .762

Home 98/.802 73/.521 18/.764 55/.522 51/.589 41/.753 75/.619 59/.571 173/.688

Last 28d days 106/.717 38/.742 7/.857 41/.520 42/.783 / 47/.765 26/1.354 126/.652

HR/SB/CS 5/14/1 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 1/4/1 0/0/0 1/5/1 2/0/1 9/8/5 79/64/23

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

Nationals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 52.Stevens
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 136/110 .270/.346/.377/.723 .641/.742 .775 58/.851 0/0 1/3

10.Belliard G/S/vP 24/.375 15/.757 ··· 9/.889 5/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/66 .184/.234/.282/.516 .624/.442 .521 25/.541 0/0 2/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 72/1.014 2/3.000 ··· 8/1.792 8/.250 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 374/258 .266/.398/.544/.943 .756/1.035 .827 94/.927 0/1 23/10

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/78 .333/.385/.432/.818 .982/.725 .744 42/.815 1/0 1/7

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 6/.833 6/.000 ··· 9/1.556 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 323/236 .304/.319/.407/.726 .778/.707 .814 93/.539 1/3 3/12

22.Harris* G/S/vP 20/.461 8/.500 1/2.000 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/158 .253/.370/.430/.801 .667/.825 .922 62/1.051 9/1 4/2

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 236/183 .255/.318/.325/.643 .833/.589 .584 50/.552 5/3 1/6

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/.611 2/3.000 ··· 11/.598 3/.333 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 368/255 .305/.413/.425/.838 .928/.798 .910 91/.825 1/1 6/7

25.Kearns G/S/vP 36/.639 12/.833 2/.000 9/.222 7/.857 6/.967 ··· ··· ··· 189/132 .196/.328/.316/.644 .607/.655 .696 18/.533 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 13/.558 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 5/.200 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 368/274 .280/.348/.358/.706 .470/.787 .728 87/.826 25/10 2/1

23.Nieves G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/85 .261/.303/.306/.610 .452/.679 .495 28/.646 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/1.921 ··· 4/5.000 11/.920 3/.000 11/.586 1/.000 ··· ··· 229/169 .304/.419/.576/.995 1.189/.932 .875 81/1.170 3/1 12/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 13/.490 15/.795 2/.500 10/.844 5/.933 7/.629 1/.000 ··· ··· 387/280 .288/.354/.473/.827 .647/.891 .843 90/.593 0/0 15/13

IP 102.0 41.2 35.2 41.2 43.0 60.2 9.1 1.0 76.0 TOTAL .264/.345/.408/.753 .748/.755 .745 .763 36/18 80/94

ERA-K/9

3.53/7.2

3.46/8.8

2.52/7.3

4.32/7.3

3.56/9.8

4.01/6.1

4.82/7.7

0.00/0.0

2.72/6.3

3.84/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.241 178/.223 139/.210 192/.266 195/.169 257/.243 45/.324 3/.000 302/.243 .246

OPS .684 .673 .609 .772 .641 .715 .932 .000 .641 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.754 83/.578 59/.641 76/.753 88/.538 78/.515 14/1.071 2/.000 134/.675 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.628 95/.755 80/.585 116/.782 107/.727 179/.801 31/.865 1/.000 168/.615 .708

Road 212/.671 86/.745 62/.519 88/.750 99/.611 93/.769 11/.633 / 152/.566

Last 28d days 137/.714 45/.494 20/.800 65/.711 53/.641 32/.357 25/.762 3/.000 132/.686

HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 6/0/0 3/1/2 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 7/3/3 91/44/21

Usage ····X··· X···oo·· o···o··· ····o·X· o···XX·· ····X··· ······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.