Saturday, August 13, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 13, 2011 @Turner Field

Cubs, 51-68, 51-68 5th, 17 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (28, RHP, 3-4, 6.05)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-4)			77.1	92	53	52	31	50	15	6.05
2010 (8-14)			194.1	209	97	92	63	144	19	4.26
2009 (12-10)			165.1	165	67	56	46	104	14	3.05

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.1	52	27	27	12	27	10	5.88	43
2011-08-07	CIN	ND	7.0	8	6	6	1	1	3	91	37
2011-08-02	@PIT	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	109	60
2011-07-28	@MIL	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	95	40
2011-07-23	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	89	60
2011-07-17	FLA	ND	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	2	102	41
2011-07-06	@WSN	ND	4.0	10	4	4	1	5	2	89	30
2011-07-01	CHW	L	6.1	8	6	6	2	4	1	87	35

Last 5 v.ATL		2-1	25.0	22	11	8	6	14	5	2.88	55
2010-08-22	ATL	L	6.0	7	7	5	4	5	3	103	35
2010-04-08	@ATL	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	97	59
2009-07-06	ATL	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	87	54
2009-06-02	@ATL	ND	7.0	2	2	1	0	4	1	83	71

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   22-35   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  38-49   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:22-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 12  @ATL  L   4-10      51-68  5th 17.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11   WSN  W   4-3       51-67  5th 16.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10   WSN  W   4-2       50-67  5th 17.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9   WSN  L   1-3       49-67  5th 17.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug  7   CIN  L   7-8       49-66  5th 16.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug  6   CIN  W  11-4       49-65  5th 15.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug  5   CIN  W   4-3       48-65  5th 15.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  4  @PIT  W   7-6       47-65  5th 15.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  3  @PIT  W   1-0       46-65  5th 15.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  2  @PIT  W  11-6       45-65  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Braves, 70-49, 70-49 2nd, 7½ GB, 6 up in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (38, RHP, 7-10, 4.78)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (7-10)			139.1	153	76	74	53	95	9	4.78
2010 (16-12)			193.2	204	88	86	61	136	18	4.00
2009 (15-10)			194.2	232	109	101	63	111	16	4.67

Last 7 GS		3-4	37.2	53	28	27	15	19	2	6.45	38
2011-08-08	@FLA	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	95	52
2011-08-02	@WSN	L	4.0	10	8	7	2	3	2	81	13
2011-07-28	PIT	L	5.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	105	41
2011-07-23	@CIN	L	5.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	68	38
2011-07-18	@COL	W	6.1	8	4	4	2	2	0	97	41
2011-07-10	@PHI	L	6.0	10	4	4	0	1	0	107	37
2011-07-05	COL	W	5.1	5	3	3	3	4	0	93	47

Last 5 v.CHC		2-0	33.0	25	13	13	14	20	4	3.55	56
2010-04-05	CHC	W	6.0	5	5	5	3	2	2	78	41
2009-06-03	CHC	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	61
2008-06-07	CHC	W	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	95	55
2008-05-28	@CHC	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	91	72
2007-09-06	@CHC	ND	6.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	96	50

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

 Home:   35-22   Road:   35-27   ExtrInn:13-8 
 vsRHP:  52-32   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 14-12 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 12   CHC  W  10-4       70-49  2nd  7.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 10  @FLA  W   6-2       69-49  2nd  8.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug  9  @FLA  W   4-3 (11)  68-49  2nd  8.5 gb
116 Mon, Aug  8  @FLA  W   8-5       67-49  2nd  8.5 gb
115 Sun, Aug  7  @NYM  W   6-5       66-49  2nd  8.5 gb
114 Sat, Aug  6  @NYM  L   7-11      65-49  2nd  9.5 gb
113 Fri, Aug  5  @NYM  W   4-1       65-48  2nd  8.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  3  @WSN  W   6-4       64-48  2nd  8.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  2  @WSN  L   3-9       63-48  2nd  8.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug  1  @WSN  L   3-5       63-47  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 ATL 10  CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (2-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (9-7), S: none

Sun, Aug 22, 2010 ATL 16 @CHC  5        W:Mike Minor (2-0), L: Randy Wells (5-12), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 CHC  5  ATL  4        W:Tom Gorzelanny (7-7), L: Tommy Hanson (8-9), S: Carlos Marmol (22)
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 ATL  5 @CHC  3        W:Peter Moylan (5-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (30)
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 CHC  2 @ATL  0        W:Randy Wells (1-0), L: Tommy Hanson (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 ATL  3  CHC  2        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: John Grabow (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (1)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 ATL 16  CHC  5        W:Derek Lowe (1-0), L: Carlos Zambrano (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 ATL  4 @CHC  1        W:Kenshin Kawakami (5-6), L: Kevin Hart (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (10)
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 ATL  2 @CHC  1        W:Javier Vazquez (6-7), L: Carlos Zambrano (4-4), S: Rafael Soriano (9)
Mon, Jul 06, 2009 CHC  4  ATL  2        W:Randy Wells (4-3), L: Jair Jurrjens (6-7), S: Kevin Gregg (15)
Season Series: 2011 - ATL over 1-0; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1214-1018

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 2011 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 BOS 5.44 ATL 4.17 SEA 3.33	RA/G PHI 3.29 TEX 4.21 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .350 R. Theriot .271 A. Dunn .161	OBP J. Bautista .444 M. Izturis .336 V. Wells .241	SLG J. Bautista .627 H. Kendrick .430 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.071 B. Gardner .762 A. Rios .566	ERA J. Weaver 1.78 R. Dickey 3.75 J. Happ 6.26	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.09 E. Jackson 6.92 B. Penny 3.56

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.44

ATL 4.17

SEA 3.33

RA/G

PHI 3.29

TEX 4.21

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .350

R. Theriot .271

A. Dunn .161

OBP

J. Bautista .444

M. Izturis .336

V. Wells .241

SLG

J. Bautista .627

H. Kendrick .430

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.071

B. Gardner .762

A. Rios .566

ERA

J. Weaver 1.78

R. Dickey 3.75

J. Happ 6.26

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.09

E. Jackson 6.92

B. Penny 3.56

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Cubs Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 170/76 .288/.312/.399/.711 .872/.511 .830 30/.563 0/0 2/1

15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 408/328 .282/.318/.356/.674 .732/.659 .698 83/.609 5/2 1/9

24.Byrd G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 323/249 .305/.347/.440/.787 .727/.805 .820 94/.835 2/1 6/3

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 520/397 .309/.337/.440/.777 .823/.762 .758 108/.881 12/5 7/19

21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 136/107 .121/.185/.258/.443 .211/.510 .444 32/.633 0/0 4/0

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 191/164 .265/.288/.400/.688 .793/.671 .687 31/.840 1/0 4/6

55.Hill# G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 117/95 .208/.289/.317/.606 .195/.701 .741 16/.542 1/0 2/6

5.Johnson G/S/vP 14/.643 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 185/113 .353/.391/.565/.956 1.005/.924 .778 48/1.072 2/1 5/1

22.Pena* G/S/vP 18/.918 ··· ··· 3/2.000 8/.125 ··· 2/.000 446/337 .221/.344/.447/.791 .529/.875 .813 94/.827 0/2 22/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 462/363 .286/.331/.500/.831 .708/.865 .758 90/.784 0/1 21/8

12.Soriano G/S/vP 60/.674 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 369/279 .247/.287/.477/.764 .921/.714 .785 82/.751 1/1 20/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 346/262 .235/.324/.415/.739 .988/.663 .809 81/.765 0/0 12/10

IP 139.1 57.2 51.0 53.0 33.2 8.1 67.2 TOTAL .261/.315/.408/.723 .740/.718 .714 .772 40/16 113/96

ERA-K/9

4.78/6.1

1.87/13.9

3.35/6.5

1.02/8.5

3.21/9.9

3.24/17.3

1.20/9.8

3.39/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (16-6-2)
Soto (61-28-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 610/.278 226/.170 202/.190 220/.221 139/.256 37/.194 264/.155 .236 Soriano
Byrd
Johnson
DeWitt
Colvin
Baker 94/0/0/5
0/78/0/5
20/22/24/3
20/0/0/1
10/8/23/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .731 .473 .587 .583 .674 .744 .448 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 304/.736 115/.378 91/.603 74/.476 74/.621 18/.752 73/.383 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.725 111/.566 111/.573 146/.641 65/.737 19/.711 191/.473 .639

Home 217/.737 123/.524 105/.365 96/.515 73/.647 13/.708 116/.467

Last 28d days 126/.903 41/.331 58/.538 44/.538 33/.717 37/.744 48/.327

HR/SB/CS 9/14/3 1/0/3 6/0/0 1/5/2 3/0/2 2/1/0 1/1/2 89/97/32

Usage ····X··· ···ooX·X o···X·o· ···X·X·· ··oo··X· o··o··X· ··oo·X·o

Braves Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 50.Lopez
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 32.Ortiz
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .375/.375/.375/.750 /.750 .500 7/.857 0/0 0/0

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 23/.811 11/.744 9/1.069 12/.500 10/.444 ··· 7/.572 5/1.400 2/.000 522/378 .301/.360/.397/.757 .730/.768 .783 112/.787 42/8 1/2

7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/80 .241/.340/.434/.774 .868/.751 .807 29/.721 2/0 4/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 471/322 .296/.363/.476/.839 .736/.887 .925 110/.973 4/3 16/6

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 10/.500 7/.572 14/1.217 3/1.667 1/no AB 7/.715 ··· 2/.000 13/.749 470/355 .233/.261/.344/.604 .773/.549 .588 106/.582 2/0 10/9

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/1.917 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 341/245 .218/.313/.396/.709 .566/.765 .707 71/.693 5/2 12/5

20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 39/.788 3/.000 ··· 13/.616 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 227/194 .250/.322/.441/.763 .504/.808 .742 53/.854 0/1 10/0

10.Jones# G/S/vP 8/.661 8/1.357 13/.564 2/.000 5/.650 22/1.323 ··· 2/2.000 26/.891 357/238 .267/.342/.440/.782 .734/.806 .873 28/.929 2/2 10/4

28.Lugo G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 33/1.080 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.697 43/16 .150/.209/.150/.359 .305/.450 .519 23/.399 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 12/.583 5/.600 4/.000 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 410/303 .277/.323/.420/.742 .764/.734 .798 122/.696 4/7 11/6

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 4/4.000 3/1.167 6/1.917 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 144/98 .260/.333/.425/.759 .590/.833 .880 68/.614 0/1 5/2

26.Uggla G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.800 3/.000 9/.333 16/.938 8/.125 ··· 7/1.229 4/.500 489/351 .229/.294/.445/.739 .575/.803 .726 106/1.140 1/2 26/12

IP 77.1 49.1 52.2 55.1 55.0 20.0 56.1 64.2 37.1 TOTAL .247/.312/.395/.708 .645/.734 .743 .765 48/31 132/67

ERA-K/9

6.05/5.8

5.11/5.5

4.78/4.4

3.58/11.9

2.95/9.0

6.75/7.2

4.15/5.6

3.62/9.6

3.62/9.7

4.65/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Boscan (2-1-0)
Ross (20-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 345/.300 228/.281 230/.297 245/.221 228/.257 90/.280 238/.272 288/.204 168/.237 .268 Prado
Bourn
Hinske
Heyward 66/0/0/5
0/113/0/3
31/0/16/2
0/0/86/1

OPS .841 .838 .830 .654 .618 .858 .785 .646 .759 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.830 81/.666 110/.684 107/.587 83/.604 47/1.079 91/.608 113/.687 60/.799 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.849 147/.933 120/.973 138/.708 145/.626 43/.615 147/.898 175/.618 108/.736 .776

Road 135/.877 103/.770 94/.945 109/.615 111/.534 71/.844 129/.683 156/.639 79/.795

Last 28d days 131/.816 48/.845 92/.823 57/.600 50/.764 35/.757 22/.608 50/.664 33/.786

HR/SB/CS 15/7/5 7/2/2 7/2/3 2/9/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/0 4/2/1 118/78/36

Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ··X····· ·XXo···X ·oX··X·o o······· o··o···· ·oo··XX· ·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.