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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 28, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 23-26, 23-26 4th, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (29, LHP, 1-7, 3.65)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-7) 61.2 55 27 25 25 44 4 3.65
2010 (9-15) 185.1 228 119 105 62 102 15 5.10
2009 (8-9) 194.2 221 102 96 60 119 14 4.44
Last 7 GS 1-5 42.1 38 20 20 20 34 3 4.25 52
2011-05-22 DET L 5.1 6 2 2 2 5 1 96 51
2011-05-16 @WSN L 6.1 4 3 3 2 7 1 102 58
2011-05-11 LAD L 6.0 5 2 2 5 3 0 98 52
2011-05-06 HOU ND 7.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 97 64
2011-04-30 @COL L 7.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 101 47
2011-04-25 WSN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 0 99 67
2011-04-19 @FLA L 3.2 7 6 6 3 4 0 76 24
Last 5 v.CHC 3-1 30.0 37 13 13 6 13 2 3.90 48
2011-04-02 @CHC ND 6.2 5 0 0 2 3 0 92 65
2010-08-30 @CHC L 3.1 9 8 8 1 3 0 73 12
2010-06-28 @CHC W 8.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 101 66
2010-05-15 @CHC W 6.0 8 2 2 0 4 0 96 52
2010-05-04 CHC W 6.0 8 2 2 3 1 2 102 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-14   Road:   14-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-20   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 27  @CHC  W   4-2       23-26  4th  6.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 25   ATL  L   2-4 (11)  22-26  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24   ATL  L   0-2       22-25  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   DET  L   0-2       22-24  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   DET  W   6-2       22-23  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   DET  W  10-1       21-23  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @CIN  W   5-3       20-23  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18  @CIN  W   5-0       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 16  @WSN  L   2-4       18-23  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 15  @MIL  L   6-9       18-22  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 22-27, 22-27 5th, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (28, RHP, 1-0, 1.50)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-0) 6.0 6 1 1 4 6 1 1.50
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 4-2 46.1 46 15 15 17 30 3 2.91 55
2011-04-04 ARI W 6.0 6 1 1 4 6 1 99 58
2010-09-29 @SDP L 7.0 6 3 3 4 2 0 109 51
2010-09-22 SFG W 7.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 91 72
2010-09-14 @STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 101 73
2010-09-08 HOU L 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 98 39
2010-09-03 NYM ND 5.2 8 4 4 4 4 0 103 37
2010-08-28 @CIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 100 54
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 26.0 24 11 10 13 17 0 3.46 52
2010-06-28 PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 109 64
2010-05-31 @PIT ND 5.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 90 61
2010-05-06 @PIT L 2.0 5 7 6 3 1 0 47 18
2009-08-14 PIT W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 86 51
2009-07-01 @PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 97 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-15   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  14-22   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 6-12   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 27   PIT  L   2-4       22-27  5th  7.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 26   NYM  W   9-3       22-26  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   NYM  L   4-7  (7)  21-26  5th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   NYM  W  11-1       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 22  @BOS  L   1-5       20-25  5th  6.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 21  @BOS  W   9-3       20-24  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 20  @BOS  L   5-15      19-24  5th  5.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 19  @FLA  W   5-1       19-23  5th  5.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @FLA  W   7-5       18-23  5th  6.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @CIN  L   5-7       17-23  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 27, 2011 PIT  4 @CHC  2        W:Kevin Correia (7-4), L: Doug Davis (0-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (14)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 PIT  5 @CHC  4        W:Jeff Karstens (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 CHC  5  PIT  3        W:Sean Marshall (1-0), L: Evan Meek (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 PIT  6 @CHC  3        W:Kevin Correia (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)

Wed, Sep 01, 2010 CHC  5  PIT  3        W:Thomas Diamond (1-3), L: James McDonald (2-5), S: Carlos Marmol (25)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 PIT 14 @CHC  7        W:Jeff Karstens (3-10), L: Ryan Dempster (12-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 CHC 14  PIT  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-6), L: Paul Maholm (7-13), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 PIT  2 @CHC  0        W:Brad Lincoln (1-2), L: Andrew Cashner (0-3), S: Octavio Dotel (16)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 CHC  3  PIT  1        W:Ted Lilly (3-6), L: Jeff Karstens (2-3), S: Carlos Marmol (14)
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 PIT  2 @CHC  1        W:Paul Maholm (5-6), L: Andrew Cashner (0-2), S: Octavio Dotel (15)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 3-1; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; 2009 - CHC won 10-4; All-Time - PIT leads 1210-1146

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
Pirates Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
43.Grabow*
G/S/vB
50.Lopez
G/S/vB
57.Maine*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 8/.000 11/.546 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 162/122 .246/.313/.331/.643 .754/.608 .754 82/.806 1/3 1/3
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.375 3/1.333 ··· 4/.000 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 88/43 .247/.273/.318/.590 .477/.707 .592 38/.721 2/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.733 4/.833 3/.666 1/.000 9/.722 10/.667 5/.400 1/.000 6/.000 102/74 .272/.337/.446/.782 1.023/.701 .838 51/.884 0/1 4/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 13/.693 3/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 9/.476 5/.600 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 141/130 .242/.355/.433/.788 .182/.845 .888 61/.674 2/0 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 13/1.401 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 6/.733 3/.000 2/3.500 2/2.000 1/2.000 213/165 .251/.354/.454/.807 .650/.853 .991 101/.874 9/4 8/2
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.339 5/1.550 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 16/.527 184/136 .234/.295/.359/.654 .626/.664 .655 77/.697 1/1 4/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/46 .240/.269/.280/.549 .000/.637 .647 40/.579 3/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 60/24 .283/.333/.377/.711 .794/.596 .458 34/.737 0/0 1/3
19.Snyder G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/1.917 ··· ··· 9/.958 7/.715 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 89/65 .267/.356/.347/.703 .634/.730 .775 45/.665 0/1 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 185/140 .252/.359/.361/.720 1.010/.632 .687 70/.721 13/3 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 205/152 .261/.327/.418/.745 .635/.784 .788 91/.657 2/0 6/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/45 .188/.257/.250/.507 .539/.487 .549 44/.535 0/0 0/0
IP 6.0 19.1 4.0 22.0 20.0 30.2 28.1 19.2 TOTAL .235/.312/.354/.665 .638/.675 .727 .692 35/14 36/32
ERA-K/9 1.50/9.0 4.19/5.6 /0.0 6.75/9.0 1.23/11.9 1.35/8.6 5.87/5.0 3.49/10.5 2.75/7.3 4.58/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-5-1)
 Snyder (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.286 91/.277 / 21/.368 89/.162 83/.250 137/.317 131/.198 91/.260 .269  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Tabata
 Paul
 Jones
 Pearce
0/47/0/5
5/0/20/2
42/2/0/2
14/0/14/2
0/0/38/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .829 .786 1.271 .473 .612 .906 .596 .769 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.718 34/.539 / 5/.600 41/.631 34/.478 45/.631 56/.695 34/.758 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/.972 57/.941 / 16/1.500 48/.329 49/.713 92/1.049 75/.526 57/.777 .777
Home 25/.829 51/.690 / 11/.673 40/.500 43/.710 68/.986 62/.622 50/.656
Last 28d days / 33/.709 / 21/1.271 32/.429 34/.690 74/.694 61/.627 51/.902
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 2/1/2 // 2/0/0 0/3/0 1/2/1 7/5/0 0/10/0 2/1/1 41/40/14
Usage o··o·X·· o·X··o·X ·X····o· ·X····X· ··X··X·X X··X···X ·X···Xo·
Cubs Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
45.Ascanio
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
34.McCutchen
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
43.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP 14/1.286 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 88/48 .372/.386/.488/.875 1.200/.597 .851 31/.871 0/0 1/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 193/154 .309/.333/.381/.715 .858/.677 .698 98/.632 3/1 1/4
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .154/.154/.154/.308 .000/.400 .000 13/.308 0/0 0/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 11/1.091 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 4/.833 216/164 .329/.356/.440/.796 .836/.783 .864 96/.746 4/0 1/9
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 46/40 .244/.261/.356/.616 1.167/.533 .775 26/.692 0/0 1/3
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.167 4/.250 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000 151/138 .311/.436/.369/.805 .900/.797 1.023 78/.728 1/1 1/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 62/47 .218/.283/.345/.629 .298/.723 .435 47/.592 0/0 1/5
5.Johnson G/S/vP 13/1.485 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.900 69/43 .367/.435/.633/1.068 .923/1.164 1.236 41/1.078 0/1 2/0
39.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .333/.429/.500/.929 .900/1.000 .929 7/.929 0/0 0/0
22.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.933 174/129 .225/.370/.377/.747 .361/.883 .739 97/.980 0/2 6/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 35/.934 ··· 4/1.833 5/.600 4/.750 7/.679 1/3.000 3/.000 190/149 .285/.347/.372/.719 .647/.739 .706 84/.671 0/1 1/3
12.Soriano G/S/vP 36/1.043 ··· 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 178/132 .276/.303/.535/.839 1.156/.730 .813 81/.775 0/0 12/4
IP 61.2 4.0 13.1 23.2 21.1 9.0 23.0 21.1 TOTAL .278/.335/.404/.740 .822/.713 .736 .754 10/7 36/40
ERA-K/9 3.65/6.4 4.50/9.0 5.40/6.8 1.52/7.2 0.42/4.6 5.00/11.0 4.30/11.3 2.53/12.7 3.60/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (1-2-0)
 Hill (12-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.241 16/.200 59/.269 92/.253 78/.205 45/.300 102/.231 89/.187 .251  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Montanez
 Baker
44/0/0/3
0/0/36/1
8/9/9/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .662 .850 .864 .638 .504 .703 .654 .637 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.652 6/.833 27/.511 41/.687 30/.596 16/.795 36/.744 32/.915 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.664 10/.856 32/1.178 51/.600 48/.447 29/.653 66/.606 57/.472 .664
Road 102/.733 10/1.000 37/1.159 49/.647 35/.538 30/.890 48/.594 45/.807
Last 28d days 103/.622 16/.850 41/.914 36/.508 47/.534 3/.000 47/.916 47/.678
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 3/2/1 46/33/9
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·o o··o·oo· o·o···o· ··o··X·o ···o···· ·····o·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.