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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 14, 2011 @Turner Field

Cubs, 52-68, 52-68 5th, 17 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (27, RHP, 5-9, 3.81)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-9)			134.2	127	66	57	48	138	11	3.81
2010 (15-10)			204.2	193	94	89	63	150	28	3.91
2009 (8-12)			203.0	177	93	89	79	189	25	3.95

Last 7 GS		1-2	41.2	41	19	18	16	43	4	3.89	54
2011-08-09	WSN	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	2	105	55
2011-08-03	@PIT	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	103	74
2011-07-29	@STL	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	89	30
2011-07-24	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	9	1	107	65
2011-07-19	PHI	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	117	67
2011-07-14	FLA	ND	7.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	113	68
2011-07-07	@WSN	ND	2.0	8	7	6	1	4	0	67	17

Has never faced ATL as starter.

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   23-35   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  39-49   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:22-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Sat, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-4       52-68  5th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Braves, 70-50, 70-50 2nd, 8½ GB, 5 up in WC

SP: Brandon Beachy (24, RHP, 5-2, 3.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-2)			97.0	84	40	37	31	105	14	3.43
2010 (0-2)			15.0	16	9	5	7	15	0	3.00

Last 7 GS		2-1	40.2	41	20	18	16	39	7	3.98	51
2011-08-09	@FLA	ND	6.2	3	2	2	3	10	0	106	67
2011-08-03	@WSN	W	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	85	40
2011-07-29	FLA	W	7.1	2	0	0	3	6	0	112	77
2011-07-24	@CIN	ND	6.0	5	3	1	4	4	2	112	54
2011-07-19	@COL	L	4.2	9	6	6	5	3	2	102	20
2011-07-08	@PHI	ND	6.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	83	54
2011-07-03	BAL	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	6	1	82	47

Has never faced CHC as starter.

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

 Home:   35-23   Road:   35-27   ExtrInn:13-8 
 vsRHP:  52-33   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest: 14-12 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Sat, Aug 13   CHC  L   4-8       70-50  2nd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 CHC  8 @ATL  4        W:Randy Wells (4-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-11), S: Carlos Marmol (27)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1215-1018

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 5.43 ATL 4.17 SEA 3.35	RA/G PHI 3.29 BOS 4.20 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .351 K. Fukudome .271 A. Dunn .161	OBP J. Bautista .444 J. Willingham .335 V. Wells .239	SLG J. Bautista .627 H. Kendrick .429 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.071 M. Moreland .764 A. Rios .566	ERA J. Cueto 1.94 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 5.43

ATL 4.17

SEA 3.35

RA/G

PHI 3.29

BOS 4.20

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .351

K. Fukudome .271

A. Dunn .161

OBP

J. Bautista .444

J. Willingham .335

V. Wells .239

SLG

J. Bautista .627

H. Kendrick .429

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.071

M. Moreland .764

A. Rios .566

ERA

J. Cueto 1.94

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 (4.13 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Beachy
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 ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 413/333 .289/.324/.362/.686 .732/.674 .720 84/.677 5/2 1/9

24.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 328/253 .300/.341/.433/.775 .717/.792 .794 95/.804 2/1 6/3

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 525/402 .314/.341/.444/.785 .823/.773 .775 109/.905 12/5 7/19

21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 141/111 .132/.193/.287/.480 .203/.558 .501 37/.743 0/0 4/0

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/165 .263/.286/.398/.684 .793/.666 .679 29/.829 1/0 4/6

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

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 185/113 .353/.391/.565/.956 1.005/.924 .778 44/1.087 2/1 5/1

22.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.125 1/.000 2/.000 451/342 .220/.342/.446/.788 .529/.871 .808 95/.855 0/2 22/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 467/368 .286/.330/.498/.827 .708/.860 .752 91/.734 0/1 21/8

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 373/283 .247/.287/.474/.761 .921/.710 .778 85/.747 1/1 20/7

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 351/266 .232/.319/.408/.727 .975/.652 .785 82/.730 0/0 12/10

IP 97.0 57.2 52.1 53.0 34.2 9.0 67.2 TOTAL .262/.315/.409/.724 .739/.719 .715 .776 40/16 113/97

ERA-K/9

3.43/9.7

1.87/13.9

3.61/6.7

1.02/8.5

3.12/9.6

3.00/16.0

1.20/9.8

3.42/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (16-6-2)
Soto (62-28-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.233 226/.170 210/.193 220/.221 143/.256 40/.206 264/.155 .237 Soriano
Byrd
Johnson
DeWitt
Colvin
Baker 95/0/0/5
0/79/0/5
20/22/25/3
20/0/0/1
10/8/24/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .702 .473 .583 .583 .669 .737 .448 .662

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.737 115/.378 94/.583 74/.476 76/.631 19/.707 73/.383 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.676 111/.566 116/.583 146/.641 67/.712 21/.738 191/.473 .639

Home 186/.694 123/.524 113/.374 96/.515 77/.639 16/.697 116/.467

Last 28d days 128/.761 36/.288 66/.533 41/.583 32/.567 40/.737 45/.350

HR/SB/CS 14/4/3 1/0/3 6/0/0 1/5/2 3/0/2 2/1/0 1/1/2 89/97/32

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

Braves Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Garza
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 11/.728 11/.744 9/1.069 12/.500 11/.400 ··· 8/.500 5/1.400 2/.000 527/381 .300/.359/.395/.754 .719/.767 .775 112/.787 43/8 1/2

7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/81 .238/.337/.429/.765 .868/.741 .789 29/.670 2/0 4/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 476/325 .297/.363/.475/.839 .740/.885 .922 110/.963 4/3 16/6

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 11/.606 7/.572 14/1.217 4/1.167 1/no AB 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 13/.749 475/360 .232/.260/.342/.602 .773/.547 .584 107/.595 2/0 10/9

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 341/245 .218/.313/.396/.709 .566/.765 .707 70/.683 5/2 12/5

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 8/.661 1/2.000 39/.788 3/.000 ··· 13/.616 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 228/194 .249/.320/.439/.759 .489/.808 .735 53/.854 0/1 10/0

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 13/.564 3/.000 5/.650 23/1.407 ··· 2/2.000 26/.891 362/243 .273/.345/.450/.796 .734/.825 .900 33/1.050 2/2 10/4

28.Lugo G/S/vP 12/.258 2/.500 33/1.080 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.697 43/16 .150/.209/.150/.359 .305/.450 .519 22/.418 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 4/.000 3/.333 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 415/306 .276/.321/.417/.738 .769/.727 .788 122/.696 4/7 11/7

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 4/4.000 3/1.167 7/1.914 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 148/102 .267/.338/.427/.765 .590/.840 .887 72/.638 0/1 5/2

26.Uggla G/S/vP 11/.788 5/.800 3/.000 9/.333 17/.882 8/.125 1/no AB 7/1.229 4/.500 494/354 .232/.300/.453/.753 .575/.822 .754 107/1.195 1/2 27/12

IP 134.2 49.1 52.2 56.0 56.0 20.1 57.1 65.2 37.1 TOTAL .247/.313/.396/.708 .644/.735 .744 .764 49/31 133/68

ERA-K/9

3.81/9.2

5.11/5.5

4.78/4.4

3.54/11.7

2.89/8.8

7.08/7.1

4.24/5.7

3.56/9.5

3.62/9.7

4.64/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 577/.246 228/.281 230/.297 247/.220 232/.252 93/.294 244/.275 291/.202 168/.237 .268 Prado
Bourn
Hinske
Heyward 67/0/0/5
0/114/0/3
31/0/16/2
0/0/86/1

OPS .674 .838 .830 .650 .607 .885 .788 .639 .759 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.628 81/.666 110/.684 108/.584 85/.590 48/1.121 95/.603 115/.674 60/.799 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.712 147/.933 120/.973 139/.703 147/.617 45/.633 149/.910 176/.614 108/.736 .777

Road 251/.750 103/.770 94/.945 111/.606 115/.515 74/.880 135/.692 159/.626 79/.795

Last 28d days 137/.652 43/.844 92/.823 59/.583 54/.706 38/.832 26/.724 51/.608 25/.700

HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 7/2/2 7/2/3 2/9/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/0 4/2/1 119/79/36

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