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Game Preview: CHC @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 19, 2009 @Nationals Park

Cubs, 46-43, 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Hart (26, RHP, 0-1, 1.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			10.2	7	2	2	10	4	1	1.69
2008 (2-2)			27.2	39	24	20	18	23	2	6.51
2007 (0-0)			11.0	7	1	1	4	13	0	0.82

Last 7 GS		0-1	5.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	1.80	53
2009-07-08	ATL	L	5.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	89	53

Has never faced WSN.

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

 Home:   27-18   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  37-33   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl:24-21   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @WSN  W   6-5       46-43  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Nationals, 26-64, 5th, 25 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Mock (26, RHP, 0-2, 6.92)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-2)			13.0	16	10	10	8	6	0	6.92
2008 (1-3)			41.0	37	20	19	23	46	4	4.17

Last 7 GS		0-3	15.0	20	12	12	7	17	3	7.20	40
2008-08-11	@MIL	L	4.2	5	4	4	3	9	2	102	44
2008-06-21	TEX	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	8	1	96	47
2008-06-08	SFG	L	4.1	7	4	4	3	0	0	70	30

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   16-29   Road:   10-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  19-47   vsLHP:   7-17   1-Run:   9-16
 vsEast:  8-31   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 18   CHC  L   5-6       26-64  5th 25.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 CHC  3 @WSN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-4), L: Craig Stammen (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (17)
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 3-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; All-Time - WSN leads 284-263

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 5.62

FLA 4.57

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.66

CHW 4.64

WSN 5.60

J. Mauer .371

K. Morales .288

R. Cedeno .180

OBP

A. Pujols .458

M. Young .362

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .740

M. Lowell .470

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.197

R. Zimmerman .823

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

U. Jimenez 3.82

J. Geer 6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

R. Wolf 6.79

J. Pineiro 3.75

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Cubs Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Mock
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 19.Olsen*
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
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 ··· ··· 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 37/.527 0/2 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 3/3.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 3/1.167 14/.572 8/2.208 ··· 265/195 .239/.374/.372/.745 .876/.693 .575 82/.789 0/1 6/2

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.833 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 277/233 .232/.307/.362/.669 .527/.696 .714 57/.554 2/1 7/5

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 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 317/288 .255/.368/.426/.794 .634/.810 .845 88/.690 6/7 7/1

27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 21/19 .389/.476/.556/1.032 .000/1.151 1.238 21/1.032 0/1 0/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 109/93 .208/.290/.302/.592 .600/.590 .614 35/.418 0/0 2/2

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 172/150 .238/.285/.438/.722 .420/.768 .596 49/.616 0/0 8/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.875 ··· 11/.664 4/2.250 6/1.000 ··· 12/.432 7/.143 ··· 138/79 .258/.321/.419/.741 .860/.653 .610 13/.333 1/0 4/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.250 5/.900 ··· 9/1.931 2/1.000 9/1.083 3/.000 18/.575 7/1.738 ··· 327/263 .286/.358/.524/.882 .892/.878 .780 94/.917 0/0 18/2

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/2.667 10/.800 4/.500 ··· 9/.111 3/.666 13/1.212 3/1.666 25/.796 10/.543 ··· 104/85 .320/.365/.505/.871 1.214/.799 1.011 32/.573 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 82/.663 7/2 15/7

2.Theriot G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 4/.250 2/.500 1/no AB 9/.472 1/no AB 6/.167 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 378/304 .296/.350/.420/.771 .912/.737 .648 101/.824 10/5 7/10

IP 13.0 37.1 19.1 39.2 8.2 118.2 22.1 62.2 66.2 34.1 24.0 91.1 TOTAL .247/.322/.399/.721 .715/.723 .691 .725 32/20 95/70

ERA-K/9

6.92/4.2

3.38/5.5

6.05/6.5

2.72/6.3

3.12/9.3

3.64/3.9

4.43/4.0

6.03/6.0

4.46/3.9

4.72/8.4

3.75/4.9

4.63/9.1

5.16/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 63/.308 159/.255 76/.284 158/.179 36/.226 504/.274 108/.289 289/.320 277/.264 164/.235 113/.253 367/.271 .281

OPS .769 .734 .846 .600 .770 .775 .806 .943 .712 .724 .792 .751 .806

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.633 63/.731 30/.959 69/.590 17/.330 131/1.001 47/.947 62/.923 160/.760 67/.923 48/.729 198/.781 .867

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 30/.910 96/.734 46/.770 89/.606 19/1.133 373/.697 61/.687 227/.948 117/.649 97/.589 65/.840 169/.716 .761

Home 41/.753 76/.498 22/.714 57/.502 21/.640 276/.676 55/.606 116/.849 123/.810 78/.668 59/.571 173/.688

Last 28d days / 37/.724 11/.727 34/.359 36/.770 142/.833 40/.889 90/.816 131/.740 40/1.042 23/1.310 100/.686

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 1/0/0 13/5/6 1/4/1 11/5/4 6/14/2 1/5/1 2/0/1 9/8/5 81/64/24

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

Nationals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 36.Wells
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 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 9/.555 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 143/117 .258/.336/.359/.695 .641/.707 .722 60/.821 0/0 1/3

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 16/.838 ··· 7/.286 9/.889 12/.750 6/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 24/.375 114/68 .190/.239/.286/.525 .624/.459 .538 27/.576 0/0 2/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 1/5.000 3/3.000 ··· 6/.167 8/1.792 13/1.018 8/.250 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 75/.990 382/265 .260/.395/.534/.929 .749/1.017 .804 91/.931 0/1 23/10

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 129/85 .339/.388/.449/.837 .982/.762 .792 43/.845 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 86/.471 1/3 3/12

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 1/2.000 9/.111 6/.533 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/.473 194/162 .248/.368/.422/.790 .667/.812 .898 56/.921 9/1 4/3

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/183 .255/.318/.325/.643 .833/.589 .584 44/.524 5/3 1/6

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 11/.598 14/.971 3/.333 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 12/.542 376/262 .302/.410/.422/.832 .949/.781 .894 88/.694 2/1 6/7

25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 12/.833 2/.000 2/2.500 9/.222 6/.000 7/.857 7/.810 ··· ··· ··· 36/.639 190/132 .195/.326/.314/.641 .595/.655 .687 17/.567 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.142 3/1.333 1/.000 6/.333 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· ··· 16/.838 377/282 .286/.353/.362/.715 .464/.799 .746 86/.836 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 25/.711 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/3.467 4/.250 11/.920 3/.333 4/.000 11/.586 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.383 237/177 .291/.405/.553/.958 1.189/.886 .800 88/1.048 3/1 12/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 16/1.089 2/.500 6/.000 10/.844 9/.444 5/.933 8/.542 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/.393 395/287 .285/.349/.473/.823 .641/.887 .835 87/.657 0/0 15/13

IP 10.2 44.1 36.1 80.0 43.0 119.0 44.1 62.2 9.1 1.0 81.0 107.0 TOTAL .262/.343/.405/.748 .748/.748 .734 .742 38/19 81/97

ERA-K/9

1.69/3.4

3.25/8.7

2.48/7.2

5.06/10.1

4.40/7.5

3.18/7.6

3.45/9.8

3.88/6.0

4.82/7.7

0.00/0.0

3.00/6.0

3.36/7.4

3.76/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.194 187/.224 142/.205 355/.262 195/.261 480/.242 200/.164 262/.242 45/.324 3/.000 302/.243 457/.239 .244

OPS .675 .687 .595 .820 .759 .694 .629 .712 .932 .000 .641 .678 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.736 88/.558 61/.619 160/.851 78/.731 99/.712 90/.539 81/.535 14/1.071 2/.000 134/.675 203/.755 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.626 99/.799 81/.578 195/.793 117/.774 381/.689 110/.704 181/.791 31/.865 1/.000 168/.615 254/.616 .707

Road 17/.873 95/.765 65/.494 156/.678 91/.722 238/.801 104/.589 98/.760 11/.633 / 152/.566 235/.660

Last 28d days 46/.675 45/.586 17/.941 117/.909 54/.711 113/.755 50/.631 36/.346 25/.762 3/.000 132/.686 160/.693

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 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 7/4/4 92/46/22

Usage XXX···oo X·o···o· ··X····· XX····o· ·······X ooo···XX Xo····X· ········ ········ X·····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.