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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, July 8, 2011 @PNC Park

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Cubs, 36-53, 36-53 5th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Rodrigo Lopez (35, RHP, 1-2, 3.91)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 25.1 29 14 11 7 13 3 3.91
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 3-3 39.0 44 20 17 7 23 6 3.92 48
2011-07-03 CHW W 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 75 76
2011-06-28 SFG L 4.2 8 4 1 2 1 0 96 37
2011-05-30 HOU ND 4.2 10 6 6 0 4 2 87 24
2010-10-03 @LAD L 5.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 94 56
2010-09-28 @SFG L 5.2 8 3 3 2 2 1 93 41
2010-09-22 COL W 5.0 5 4 4 0 3 2 83 44
2010-09-16 @CIN W 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 98 61
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 1.50 60
2010-04-09 PIT W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 90 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-26   Road:   16-27   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  26-38   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  11-17
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:11-22   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Thu, Jul  7  @WSN  W  10-9       36-53  5th 11.0 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6  @WSN  L   4-5       35-53  5th 12.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5  @WSN  L   2-3       35-52  5th 12.0 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4  @WSN  L   4-5 (10)  35-51  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  3   CHW  W   3-1       35-50  5th 10.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2   CHW  L   0-1       34-50  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1   CHW  L   4-6       34-49  5th 11.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30   SFG  W   5-2 (13)  34-48  5th 10.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29   SFG  W   2-1       33-48  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28   SFG  L   3-6       32-48  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 45-42, 45-42 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 5-4, 4.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 92.0 99 48 45 47 74 12 4.40
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
2009 (5-5) 63.0 60 34 28 34 54 6 4.00
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.2 43 16 14 23 29 3 3.26 49
2011-07-02 @WSN ND 6.1 7 2 2 3 7 1 97 55
2011-06-26 BOS ND 6.0 5 2 0 2 5 0 101 61
2011-06-21 BAL ND 4.2 7 3 3 4 3 2 104 37
2011-06-16 @HOU W 5.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 109 43
2011-06-11 NYM W 6.0 8 2 2 3 2 0 86 47
2011-06-05 PHI L 4.0 3 3 3 5 3 0 79 42
2011-05-31 @NYM ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 106 59
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 5.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 5.40 43
2010-09-01 @CHC L 5.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 98 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-21   Road:   24-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-32   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Wed, Jul  6   HOU  L   2-8       45-42  3rd  1.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  5   HOU  W   5-1       45-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  4   HOU  W   5-3       44-41  3rd  1.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  3  @WSN  W  10-2       43-41  3rd  1.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2  @WSN  L   3-4       42-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  2  @WSN  W   5-3       42-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  1  @WSN  L   1-2       41-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 30  @TOR  W   6-2       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @TOR  L   1-2       40-39  4th  3.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @TOR  W   7-6       40-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 29, 2011 CHC  3  PIT  2        W:Ryan Dempster (4-4), L: Jeff Karstens (3-4), S: Carlos Marmol (10)
Sat, May 28, 2011 PIT 10 @CHC  0        W:Paul Maholm (2-7), L: Randy Wells (1-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 4-2; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; 2009 - CHC won 10-4; All-Time - PIT leads 1211-1147

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  5.29

CHC  4.09

SEA  3.33

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

NYM  4.31

BAL  5.08

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

C. Lee  .270

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .467

C. Rasmus  .336

C. Figgins  .231

 SLG

J. Bautista  .691

C. Santana  .418

C. Figgins  .244

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.158

C. Rasmus  .761

C. Figgins  .476

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.86

C. Carpenter  3.74

F. Carmona  5.78

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.12

T. Cahill  6.64

B. Penny  3.85

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

Cubs Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 63.Leroux
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 133/64 .318/.338/.442/.780 .987/.556 .863 44/.607 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 304/242 .296/.323/.363/.686 .689/.685 .679 51/.715 4/2 1/7
24.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 5/.000 207/156 .299/.343/.397/.740 .602/.786 .820 25/.547 1/1 3/1
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/1.200 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 386/290 .305/.334/.428/.762 .746/.767 .718 115/.811 10/1 2/16
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 157/131 .266/.280/.383/.663 .825/.632 .676 66/.550 1/0 2/5
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/1.750 6/.167 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 296/263 .272/.375/.368/.743 .635/.756 .560 87/.571 2/1 3/2
55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 97/77 .224/.287/.353/.640 .217/.746 .803 20/.616 0/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 132/80 .328/.366/.549/.916 .905/.924 .761 63/.758 2/1 4/1
22.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/.933 330/244 .225/.340/.467/.808 .536/.904 .819 101/.937 0/2 19/4
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/no AB 5/.600 1/.000 4/.750 2/1.500 3/.000 347/268 .298/.346/.495/.841 .762/.865 .800 113/1.037 0/1 14/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 267/199 .261/.307/.474/.781 1.032/.696 .787 82/.676 1/1 14/5
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/185 .235/.328/.415/.743 .985/.665 .885 89/.827 0/0 8/6
IP 92.0 39.1 2.2 44.1 39.0 39.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.401/.717 .725/.714 .712 .717 31/11 78/75
ERA-K/9 4.40/7.2 1.37/7.6 0.00/10.0 2.44/4.9 3.46/11.5 2.50/9.1 3.46/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (16-4-2)
 Soto (49-23-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.280 149/.206 11/.300 182/.262 166/.208 161/.176 .255  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Byrd
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Baker
67/0/0/4
0/1/70/4
0/49/0/3
15/21/12/2
16/0/0/1
1/0/5/0
OPS .797 .525 .700 .731 .614 .562 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.831 68/.502 5/1.400 74/.886 60/.627 69/.650 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.774 81/.544 6/.000 108/.627 106/.606 92/.496 .660
Home 197/.698 83/.488 6/.400 114/.755 84/.666 80/.448
Last 28d days 132/.815 37/.274 11/.700 60/.756 39/.558 49/.447
HR/SB/CS 12/10/4 1/1/0 0/0/0 4/5/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 76/56/17
Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·· ·X··X··· ·X·o·Xo· ··o··ooX ··oo·X·o
Pirates Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.94 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		 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.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/1.333 8/.375 4/.000 11/.182 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 159/72 .281/.308/.346/.655 .648/.663 .627 49/.764 4/1 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.750 9/.476 5/.600 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 249/212 .251/.337/.438/.776 .412/.843 .724 80/.844 4/3 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 6/.733 4/.000 3/2.334 2/2.000 1/2.000 375/276 .291/.389/.491/.879 1.042/.820 .785 104/.923 15/5 12/6
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/45 .241/.262/.276/.538 .488/.561 .544 66/.538 0/0 0/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 5/1.550 9/1.181 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 16/.527 323/227 .238/.311/.359/.669 .709/.652 .695 84/.603 1/1 6/8
38.Paul* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 131/115 .264/.291/.355/.647 .192/.712 .379 45/.717 9/2 1/1
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/27 .325/.391/.525/.916 .851/.960 1.007 46/.916 2/1 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 356/243 .258/.323/.384/.707 .580/.772 .618 98/.619 5/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 159/109 .205/.261/.322/.583 .671/.542 .662 56/.640 0/0 4/0
IP 25.1 37.0 40.2 41.1 46.2 49.2 27.1 TOTAL .246/.313/.360/.673 .685/.668 .630 .679 64/29 56/62
ERA-K/9 3.91/4.6 5.11/4.9 2.21/11.5 2.40/9.4 4.63/5.6 3.62/9.2 2.63/8.6 4.58/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (9-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.290 169/.267 173/.208 170/.244 201/.284 224/.202 128/.248 .268  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
 Presley
0/84/0/8
8/0/34/3
16/4/40/2
0/0/59/2
10/0/0/1
OPS .812 .832 .594 .584 .824 .638 .764 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.694 63/.596 84/.575 66/.567 73/.699 92/.751 45/.777 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.925 106/.972 89/.614 104/.595 128/.898 132/.561 83/.757 .771
Road 26/.661 77/.732 82/.534 91/.560 107/.691 126/.658 64/.863
Last 28d days 66/.711 46/1.005 50/.546 53/.621 35/.535 65/.567 18/.804
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 6/2/2 1/8/1 1/5/1 9/5/3 3/12/0 2/2/1 80/66/29
Usage ····X··· oXo····X X··oo··X X··oo·oo o·oX···o X·oo··oo ·X·Xo·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.