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Game Preview: CHC @ WSN, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009 @Nationals Park

Cubs, 45-43, 2nd, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 4-4, 2.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			76.0	68	24	23	17	53	7	2.72
2008 (0-0)			5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.0	44	17	17	10	26	6	3.48	53
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
2009-06-26	@CHW	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	2	98	63
2009-06-21	CLE	W	6.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	98	58
2009-06-12	MIN	L	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	1	78	30
2009-06-07	@CIN	ND	6.2	7	2	2	1	4	0	91	55

Has never faced WSN.

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

 Home:   27-18   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  36-33   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl:24-21   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @WSN  W   3-1       45-43  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Nationals, 26-63, 5th, 24½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (23, RHP, 3-4, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			86.0	89	46	43	28	84	9	4.50

Last 7 GS		1-2	40.0	35	15	12	14	37	2	2.70	56
2009-07-12	@HOU	L	6.1	5	4	3	3	6	1	102	52
2009-07-07	@COL	ND	4.0	7	4	2	4	3	0	94	35
2009-07-01	@FLA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	100	57
2009-06-25	BOS	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	109	68
2009-06-19	TOR	ND	5.2	5	1	1	3	3	0	106	55
2009-06-13	@TBR	ND	5.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	92	59
2009-06-04	SFG	L	6.0	3	2	2	0	7	0	92	65

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   16-28   Road:   10-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  19-46   vsLHP:   7-17   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast:  8-31   vsCntrl: 6-12   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17   CHC  L   1-3       26-63  5th 24.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 CHC  6 @WSN  2        W:Rich Harden (6-6), L: John Lannan (6-7), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; All-Time - WSN leads 284-262

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 4.56

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.68

CHW 4.60

WSN 5.63

J. Mauer .373

R. Zimmerman .288

J. Giambi .191

OBP

A. Pujols .456

D. Fowler .362

D. Navarro .254

SLG

A. Pujols .723

A. Ethier .473

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.179

J. Varitek .826

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

R. Oswalt 3.85

J. Geer 5.79

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

B. Zito 6.79

J. Garland 3.62

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Cubs Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 4.Mock
G/S/vB 19.Olsen*
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
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 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/30 .175/.233/.250/.483 .462/.489 .243 19/.610 1/0 0/1

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 92/65 .222/.276/.272/.547 .616/.520 .611 43/.529 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 3/3.334 1/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 14/.572 8/2.208 261/191 .237/.372/.372/.744 .876/.690 .567 84/.767 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 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/64 .309/.352/.543/.895 .593/1.022 .909 70/.944 0/0 4/2

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 313/284 .251/.367/.421/.787 .634/.803 .833 90/.738 6/7 7/1

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 20/18 .412/.500/.588/1.088 .000/1.222 1.467 20/1.088 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 105/90 .217/.301/.315/.616 .643/.611 .662 37/.406 0/0 2/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/147 .242/.286/.446/.732 .440/.774 .608 46/.739 0/0 8/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 8/1.875 ··· 11/.664 4/2.250 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 12/.432 7/.143 137/79 .260/.324/.423/.746 .876/.653 .619 14/.397 1/0 4/1

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/2.250 5/.900 ··· 9/1.931 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.083 ··· 18/.575 7/1.738 323/259 .287/.359/.528/.887 .892/.884 .788 96/.970 0/0 18/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 10/.800 4/.500 ··· 9/.111 2/1.000 1/.000 13/1.212 ··· 25/.796 10/.543 100/81 .323/.370/.484/.854 1.214/.775 .986 28/.472 0/0 5/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 10/.633 5/1.400 ··· 6/.533 5/1.000 ··· 16/.855 ··· 3/.333 5/.200 376/300 .234/.301/.412/.713 .570/.748 .770 87/.623 7/2 14/7

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.250 2/.500 1/no AB 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 374/300 .299/.351/.424/.775 .912/.742 .655 103/.833 10/5 7/10

IP 86.0 36.1 17.1 39.0 8.2 118.2 22.1 13.0 62.2 66.2 34.1 24.0 TOTAL .248/.322/.399/.722 .719/.722 .691 .726 32/19 94/69

ERA-K/9

4.50/8.8

3.47/5.7

6.23/6.2

2.77/6.5

3.12/9.3

3.64/3.9

4.43/4.0

6.92/4.2

6.03/6.0

4.46/3.9

4.72/8.4

3.75/4.9

5.19/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.271 156/.261 76/.284 158/.179 33/.250 504/.274 104/.288 63/.308 289/.320 252/.264 164/.235 113/.253 .281

OPS .751 .749 .846 .600 .848 .775 .805 .769 .943 .700 .724 .792 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.781 62/.744 30/.959 69/.590 14/.413 131/1.001 46/.970 33/.633 62/.923 144/.733 67/.923 48/.729 .869

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.716 94/.751 46/.770 89/.606 19/1.133 373/.697 58/.664 30/.910 227/.948 108/.656 97/.589 65/.840 .762

Home 173/.688 73/.521 22/.714 57/.502 18/.752 276/.676 51/.589 41/.753 116/.849 98/.802 78/.668 59/.571

Last 28d days 100/.686 34/.797 11/.727 40/.533 33/.848 142/.833 42/.783 / 90/.816 106/.717 46/.919 23/1.310

HR/SB/CS 9/8/5 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 1/0/0 13/5/6 1/4/1 0/0/0 11/5/4 5/14/1 1/5/1 2/0/1 80/64/23

Usage ·····X·· o····o·X ·X·····o ·o·····o Xo···X·· ·X······ X······o ········ ·······X X·····X· ·X······ ········

Nationals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 40.Harden
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 52.Stevens
G/S/vB 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 9/.555 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 139/113 .266/.345/.371/.716 .641/.734 .762 56/.884 0/0 1/3

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 15/.757 ··· 7/.286 9/.889 12/.750 6/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 24/.375 113/67 .183/.232/.279/.511 .624/.435 .511 26/.519 0/0 2/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 3/3.000 ··· 6/.167 8/1.792 13/1.018 8/.250 5/.200 ··· ··· 72/1.014 378/262 .263/.397/.539/.936 .756/1.024 .815 92/.902 0/1 23/10

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/81 .342/.392/.456/.848 .982/.776 .813 44/.920 1/0 1/8

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/.000 9/.111 9/1.556 22/.231 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 327/240 .301/.315/.402/.717 .778/.695 .793 91/.506 1/3 3/12

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 1/2.000 9/.111 5/.650 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/.461 190/158 .253/.370/.430/.801 .667/.825 .922 57/1.064 9/1 4/2

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 236/183 .255/.318/.325/.643 .833/.589 .584 45/.512 5/3 1/6

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 11/.598 14/.971 3/.333 5/.650 ··· ··· 9/.611 372/259 .301/.409/.420/.828 .928/.785 .888 89/.710 1/1 6/7

25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 12/.833 2/.000 2/2.500 9/.222 6/.000 7/.857 6/.967 ··· ··· 36/.639 189/132 .196/.328/.316/.644 .607/.655 .696 17/.567 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.142 3/1.333 1/.000 6/.333 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 13/.558 372/278 .281/.350/.358/.708 .470/.788 .731 86/.860 26/11 2/1

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 122/85 .261/.303/.306/.610 .452/.679 .495 28/.646 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/3.467 4/.250 11/.920 3/.333 3/.000 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 9/1.921 233/173 .297/.412/.564/.976 1.189/.908 .836 85/1.109 3/1 12/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 16/1.089 2/.500 6/.000 10/.844 9/.444 5/.933 7/.629 1/.000 ··· 13/.490 391/284 .288/.353/.479/.832 .647/.897 .853 88/.650 0/0 15/13

IP 76.0 42.2 35.2 80.0 42.2 119.0 43.2 62.0 9.1 1.0 107.0 TOTAL .263/.344/.407/.751 .748/.751 .740 .757 37/18 81/96

ERA-K/9

2.72/6.3

3.38/9.1

2.52/7.3

5.06/10.1

4.22/7.6

3.18/7.6

3.50/9.9

3.92/6.1

4.82/7.7

0.00/0.0

3.36/7.4

3.81/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 302/.243 183/.224 142/.205 355/.262 192/.266 480/.242 198/.167 257/.243 45/.324 3/.000 434/.241 .245

OPS .641 .691 .595 .820 .772 .694 .636 .715 .932 .000 .684 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.675 86/.572 61/.619 160/.851 76/.753 99/.712 89/.545 78/.515 14/1.071 2/.000 190/.754 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.615 97/.795 81/.578 195/.793 116/.782 381/.689 109/.712 179/.801 31/.865 1/.000 244/.628 .710

Road 152/.566 91/.778 65/.494 156/.678 88/.750 238/.801 102/.603 93/.769 11/.633 / 212/.671

Last 28d days 132/.686 44/.583 23/.696 117/.909 62/.750 136/.783 51/.643 32/.357 25/.762 3/.000 137/.714

HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 7/0/0 3/1/2 16/3/1 3/3/1 17/9/3 1/2/0 8/2/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 7/3/3 92/45/21

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