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Game Preview: CHC @ MIL, 8:10pm, Friday, August 26, 2011 @Miller Park

Cubs, 57-74, 57-74 5th, 20½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: Rodrigo Lopez (35, RHP, 4-4, 4.97)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 63.1 77 40 35 16 33 11 4.97
2010 (7-16) 200.0 227 126 111 56 116 37 5.00
2009 (3-1) 30.0 42 24 19 11 19 3 5.70
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.1 48 26 24 9 19 8 5.79 41
2011-08-21 STL L 5.1 10 5 5 1 4 4 80 31
2011-08-15 @HOU W 5.1 5 3 2 2 3 0 86 49
2011-08-10 WSN W 5.2 5 2 1 0 4 1 89 57
2011-08-04 @PIT ND 4.0 7 6 6 2 0 0 71 22
2011-07-30 @STL L 4.1 8 6 6 3 2 1 77 22
2011-07-18 PHI W 6.2 5 1 1 0 3 1 86 63
2011-07-08 @PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 98 46
Last 5 v.MIL 1-1 24.0 20 14 13 7 14 3 4.88 50
2010-08-12 @MIL L 5.0 7 7 7 3 4 1 107 26
2007-07-14 @MIL ND 7.0 1 1 1 2 5 1 97 74
2003-06-15 MIL W 6.2 6 3 2 0 1 1 100 53
2000-05-31 MIL ND 5.1 6 3 3 2 4 0 81 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-37   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  43-54   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:25-33   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Thu, Aug 25   ATL  L   3-8       57-74  5th 20.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 24   ATL  W   3-2       57-73  5th 20.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 23   ATL  L   4-5       56-73  5th 21.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 22   ATL  L   0-3       56-72  5th 20.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21   STL  L   2-6       56-71  5th 19.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20   STL  W   3-0       56-70  5th 18.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 19   STL  W   5-4 (10)  55-70  5th 18.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17  @HOU  L   3-4       54-70  5th 19.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  L   5-6       54-69  5th 18.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-3       54-68  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Brewers, 78-54, 78-54 1st, 9½ up

SP: Randy Wolf (34, LHP, 10-8, 3.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-8) 167.0 164 71 64 56 107 16 3.45
2010 (13-12) 215.2 213 107 100 87 142 29 4.17
2009 (11-7) 214.1 178 81 77 58 160 24 3.23
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.2 47 17 16 15 25 2 2.96 55
2011-08-20 @NYM ND 6.1 8 5 5 1 3 0 114 39
2011-08-15 LAD W 8.0 6 0 0 5 5 0 101 70
2011-08-10 @STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 92 69
2011-08-03 STL W 6.0 9 5 5 2 2 1 113 34
2011-07-29 HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 117 71
2011-07-23 @SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 101 49
2011-07-18 @ARI L 7.1 8 3 2 1 3 1 103 54
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 32.2 29 16 12 6 24 8 3.31 55
2011-06-13 @CHC ND 7.0 6 0 0 0 7 0 98 72
2011-04-08 CHC L 6.0 9 6 2 1 5 2 100 42
2010-09-11 CHC L 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 113 75
2010-06-09 CHC L 4.2 9 8 8 2 1 5 90 13
2009-08-21 CHC W 7.0 1 1 1 2 5 0 88 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-16   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  63-38   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:38-21   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Aug 24  @PIT  L   0-2       78-54  1st 10.0 up
131 Tue, Aug 23  @PIT  W  11-4       78-53  1st 10.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-9       77-53  1st  9.0 up
129 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  W   8-1       77-52  1st  9.0 up
128 Sun, Aug 21  @NYM  W   6-2       76-52  1st  8.5 up
127 Sat, Aug 20  @NYM  W  11-9       75-52  1st  8.5 up
126 Fri, Aug 19  @NYM  W   6-1       74-52  1st  7.5 up
125 Thu, Aug 18   LAD  L   1-5       73-52  1st  6.5 up
124 Wed, Aug 17   LAD  W   3-1       73-51  1st  7.0 up
123 Tue, Aug 16   LAD  W   2-1       72-51  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:24-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 MIL  4  CHC  2        W:Shaun Marcum (10-3), L: Randy Wells (2-4), S: John Axford (30)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 MIL  2  CHC  0        W:Zack Greinke (8-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (7-6), S: John Axford (29)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 MIL  3  CHC  2        W:Chris Narveson (7-6), L: Ryan Dempster (7-8), S: John Axford (28)
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 CHC 12  MIL  7        W:Matt Garza (3-6), L: Zack Greinke (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 MIL  9 @CHC  5        W:Chris Narveson (4-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 CHC  5  MIL  4 (10)   W:Jeff Samardzija (5-2), L: Tim Dillard (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 CHC  1  MIL  0        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-2), L: Kameron Loe (2-6), S: Carlos Marmol (13)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 MIL  6  CHC  5        W:Kameron Loe (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: John Axford (3)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 MIL  6  CHC  0        W:Chris Narveson (1-0), L: Matt Garza (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 CHC  7 @MIL  4        W:Carlos Zambrano (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-2), S: Carlos Marmol (3)
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 6-4; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; 2009 - CHC won 10-7; All-Time - CHC leads 111-101

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

NYY  5.52

TBR  4.22

SFG  3.41

 RA/G

PHI  3.29

TEX  4.30

BAL  5.25

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .348

C. Crisp  .272

A. Dunn  .165

 OBP

J. Bautista  .458

E. Encarnacion  .336

V. Wells  .242

 SLG

J. Bautista  .651

R. Roberts  .435

A. Dunn  .292

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.109

Y. Molina  .775

A. Rios  .572

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.03

J. Garcia  3.73

J. Reyes  5.26

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.42

D. Holland  6.86

B. Penny  3.57

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 63.de la Cruz
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Saito
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP 19/1.053 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 178/77 .281/.303/.386/.689 .831/.504 .820 25/.513 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 461/374 .290/.327/.368/.695 .826/.664 .730 99/.700 7/2 2/10
24.Byrd G/S/vP 11/1.555 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 7/.286 1/.000 371/289 .292/.335/.422/.757 .679/.780 .794 97/.641 2/1 7/3
41.Campana* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 120/98 .270/.308/.324/.632 .438/.675 .622 27/.826 17/1 1/1
13.Castro G/S/vP 12/.750 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 3/1.334 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 571/441 .306/.333/.426/.758 .825/.739 .739 111/.805 17/5 7/22
21.Colvin* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 177/145 .141/.199/.294/.493 .191/.563 .510 68/.657 0/0 5/1
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 203/173 .259/.296/.399/.695 .952/.651 .679 30/.967 1/0 4/6
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 124/101 .206/.289/.308/.598 .282/.669 .723 19/.568 1/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.222 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 209/129 .347/.385/.539/.923 .940/.913 .770 58/.940 2/1 5/2
22.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 8/1.292 9/.000 4/.000 497/378 .226/.343/.449/.792 .558/.865 .833 103/.823 1/2 23/7
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 32/.519 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 9/.222 2/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 517/409 .311/.358/.530/.887 .789/.914 .806 100/1.110 0/1 24/9
12.Soriano G/S/vP 34/.772 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.233 7/1.429 11/.091 3/.000 405/308 .244/.286/.475/.761 .906/.716 .748 83/.887 1/1 22/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 26/1.066 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 7/.953 3/.333 4/1.167 2/.000 389/297 .234/.319/.413/.732 .928/.674 .812 84/.733 0/0 13/11
IP 167.0 59.2 4.2 24.1 82.2 40.2 60.0 58.0 19.0 TOTAL .262/.316/.408/.724 .748/.716 .718 .775 51/16 123/108
ERA-K/9 3.45/5.8 2.26/10.9 3.86/5.7 4.81/8.9 4.14/7.9 1.99/4.6 3.75/7.2 3.26/10.1 2.37/6.6 3.72/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (17-6-2)
 Soto (69-31-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.261 252/.228 21/.278 102/.237 337/.241 171/.253 244/.236 253/.252 80/.229 .247  Byrd
 Soriano
 Johnson
 Colvin
 DeWitt
 Campana
 Baker
0/90/0/8
103/0/0/6
24/22/28/3
10/8/33/1
21/0/0/1
20/25/1/1
1/0/7/0
OPS .725 .593 .611 .678 .701 .591 .640 .699 .674 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.671 112/.501 13/.685 41/.891 164/.662 74/.551 109/.712 143/.822 32/.763 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 564/.738 140/.669 8/.500 61/.537 173/.737 97/.621 135/.584 110/.536 48/.612 .684
Home 336/.728 144/.516 4/.500 39/.873 175/.603 93/.469 127/.519 124/.821 37/.712
Last 28d days 113/.708 41/.586 21/.611 22/.608 82/.647 38/.494 41/.476 37/.736 35/.437
HR/SB/CS 16/16/1 3/6/2 0/0/0 3/2/0 10/6/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 4/9/1 2/1/0 117/86/29
Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·· ···X··XX ·o·X···X ··X····X ··X·X··· ··oo··XX ····oX·· ·o·o·o··
Brewers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Lopez
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 13/.462 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 475/369 .257/.276/.384/.659 .597/.677 .682 106/.705 4/4 10/15
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.333 9/.762 14/.445 18/.885 2/1.500 3/1.334 10/1.278 5/1.400 503/384 .330/.400/.585/.985 1.062/.962 1.075 105/.984 29/4 25/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 6/.800 11/.989 5/.200 3/.000 10/1.194 2/2.000 6/.167 22/.722 161/153 .172/.280/.201/.482 .833/.466 .466 29/.734 2/1 0/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 8/.700 18/1.203 23/.737 26/.755 11/1.344 7/.629 8/1.089 6/.167 563/401 .298/.412/.549/.961 .816/1.023 1.083 112/1.014 0/1 28/12
15.Hairston G/S/vP 8/1.500 4/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 12/.733 1/.000 ··· ··· 300/195 .262/.331/.369/.700 .755/.672 .719 62/.601 2/2 4/9
1.Hart G/S/vP 8/1.500 11/1.000 13/.398 10/.650 8/.750 1/.000 9/.555 3/2.000 425/323 .272/.346/.470/.816 .906/.788 .881 106/.887 5/6 19/1
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.357 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 9/.708 ··· 2/.500 18/.833 225/210 .262/.320/.340/.660 1.033/.635 .695 32/.820 3/0 2/3
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 85/63 .234/.286/.377/.662 .561/.699 .589 18/.804 0/0 2/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 384/305 .287/.326/.407/.734 .823/.709 .891 87/.820 1/1 9/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP 5/3.000 3/1.000 8/.661 5/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/1.133 2/2.500 507/389 .241/.294/.356/.650 .434/.715 .750 96/.833 0/2 10/17
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 9/.476 8/.250 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.650 5/.650 320/281 .313/.352/.438/.789 .569/.820 .711 88/.696 8/3 3/2
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 85/36 .241/.277/.380/.657 .678/.629 .607 26/.432 1/0 2/2
IP 63.1 55.2 60.1 62.0 23.1 60.1 73.0 42.2 TOTAL .261/.323/.417/.740 .723/.745 .802 .772 78/25 141/85
ERA-K/9 4.97/4.7 4.69/5.7 3.88/11.5 2.61/8.7 6.17/7.0 4.18/5.7 3.21/8.9 3.38/10.3 4.54/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-2-2)
 Lucroy (64-23-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.303 254/.271 266/.218 251/.240 102/.277 258/.277 317/.192 187/.223 .265  Braun
 Morgan
 Hairston
 Hart
 Kotsay
 Counsell
 Wilson
117/0/0/5
14/71/15/4
23/18/0/2
0/0/98/2
18/9/28/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .871 .814 .653 .575 .824 .782 .612 .724 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.688 94/.679 118/.609 93/.559 50/1.074 103/.609 125/.654 67/.707 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/1.024 160/.894 148/.689 158/.585 52/.583 155/.900 192/.584 120/.734 .761
Road 117/.892 113/.735 120/.663 121/.488 80/.810 137/.682 169/.593 86/.749
Last 28d days 113/.990 54/.685 53/.479 50/.449 31/.773 34/.681 55/.546 37/.661
HR/SB/CS 11/2/3 8/3/3 3/10/1 1/8/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/1 5/2/1 133/87/39
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· ·X···oo· ·oX··oo· ····X··· X··oo··· o··oX·o· ·Xoo·o··

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.