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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 4, 2011 @PNC Park

Cubs, 46-65, 46-65 5th, 15½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Rodrigo Lopez (35, RHP, 2-3, 4.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 43.0 50 24 21 11 22 6 4.40
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 2-3 38.1 44 22 19 9 22 6 4.46 46
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
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
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 12.0 14 4 4 2 8 1 3.00 53
2011-07-08 @PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 98 46
2010-04-09 PIT W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 90 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-31   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-47   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:19-29   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
109 Mon, Aug  1  @PIT  W   5-3       44-65  5th 16.5 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @STL  W   6-3       43-65  5th 16.5 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @STL  L   5-13      42-65  5th 16.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @STL  L   2-9       42-64  5th 15.5 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28  @MIL  L   2-4       42-63  5th 14.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @MIL  L   0-2       42-62  5th 13.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @MIL  L   2-3       42-61  5th 13.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 24   HOU  W   5-4 (10)  42-60  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 54-55, 54-55 3rd, 6½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 7-5, 4.17)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-5) 114.1 126 56 53 54 99 15 4.17
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 39.1 46 15 13 16 40 6 2.97 52
2011-07-30 @PHI L 5.0 10 5 5 2 5 2 97 30
2011-07-25 @ATL W 5.1 8 0 0 0 9 0 92 61
2011-07-19 CIN W 6.1 4 0 0 3 7 0 87 69
2011-07-08 CHC ND 5.2 5 3 3 2 4 1 99 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
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 10.2 13 6 6 4 10 1 5.06 46
2011-07-08 CHC ND 5.2 5 3 3 2 4 1 99 49
2010-09-01 @CHC L 5.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 98 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-28   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  36-43   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:25-19   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Wed, Aug  3   CHC  L   0-1       54-55  3rd  6.5 gb
108 Tue, Aug  2   CHC  L   6-11      54-54  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Mon, Aug  1   CHC  L   3-5       54-53  3rd  5.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 31  @PHI  L   5-6 (10)  54-52  3rd  4.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 30  @PHI  L   4-7       54-51  3rd  3.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 29  @PHI  L   3-10      54-50  3rd  2.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 28  @ATL  W   5-2       54-49  2nd  1.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 27  @ATL  L   1-2 (10)  53-49  3rd  1.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 26  @ATL  L   3-4 (19)  53-48  3rd  1.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 25  @ATL  W   3-1       53-47  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 CHC  1 @PIT  0        W:Matt Garza (5-8), L: Chris Resop (3-3), S: Carlos Marmol (22)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 CHC 11 @PIT  6        W:Randy Wells (3-4), L: Kevin Correia (12-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 CHC  5 @PIT  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (8-6), L: Paul Maholm (6-11), S: Carlos Marmol (21)
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 PIT  9  CHC  1        W:Paul Maholm (6-9), L: Ramon Ortiz (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 CHC  6 @PIT  3        W:Ryan Dempster (6-6), L: Kevin Correia (11-7), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 PIT  7  CHC  4        W:Daniel McCutchen (3-1), L: Sean Marshall (5-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (26)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 6-6; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; 2009 - CHC won 10-4; All-Time - PIT leads 1213-1151

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
Cubs Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
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 ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 160/73 .292/.313/.396/.709 .856/.532 .776 27/.345 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 384/308 .292/.322/.368/.690 .734/.678 .709 80/.703 5/2 1/9
24.Byrd G/S/vP 3/2.333 2/.000 3/.666 5/.650 2/.000 5/.400 6/.167 294/226 .308/.350/.446/.796 .717/.820 .814 87/.929 2/1 6/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.000 5/.200 2/3.500 5/.650 483/368 .309/.337/.429/.767 .847/.742 .760 97/.785 12/5 4/18
21.Colvin* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 120/93 .127/.185/.255/.439 .226/.504 .468 16/.783 0/0 3/0
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.500 175/148 .265/.286/.371/.656 .793/.631 .660 18/.583 1/0 2/6
55.Hill# G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 109/88 .211/.283/.326/.609 .206/.704 .741 12/.350 1/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.733 163/97 .315/.358/.530/.888 .895/.884 .733 31/.767 2/1 4/1
22.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 8/.542 1/.000 2/.500 5/.933 6/.750 415/313 .221/.341/.439/.780 .531/.860 .803 85/.665 0/2 20/7
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/3.500 4/1.833 2/.000 6/.500 5/1.000 4/.750 4/.000 433/340 .285/.328/.500/.828 .734/.854 .758 86/.774 0/1 20/7
12.Soriano G/S/vP 5/.200 4/1.833 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 3/1.000 343/259 .243/.280/.465/.744 .890/.698 .791 76/.618 1/1 19/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 322/244 .242/.329/.414/.743 .977/.672 .818 75/.745 0/0 10/10
IP 114.1 20.2 9.2 48.0 60.0 50.2 50.2 TOTAL .261/.313/.402/.715 .730/.710 .712 .707 38/16 98/94
ERA-K/9 4.17/7.8 4.35/7.0 1.86/10.2 1.13/7.5 2.25/5.0 3.38/10.7 3.38/9.1 3.51/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (16-4-2)
 Soto (60-27-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.283 88/.284 45/.222 182/.207 246/.237 215/.237 214/.198 .262  Soriano
 Byrd
 Johnson
 Colvin
 DeWitt
 Baker
87/0/0/5
0/71/0/5
20/21/19/3
10/8/18/1
19/0/0/1
1/0/6/0
OPS .793 .802 .725 .518 .679 .700 .621 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.863 40/.650 20/.983 79/.508 98/.866 77/.615 89/.693 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.745 48/.933 25/.530 103/.525 148/.559 138/.744 125/.569 .673
Home 247/.685 34/.478 19/.498 103/.490 141/.701 112/.799 105/.519
Last 28d days 102/.774 29/.690 45/.725 33/.485 64/.524 49/.976 53/.793
HR/SB/CS 15/14/5 3/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 5/6/2 6/3/2 4/4/1 100/69/25
Usage ····X··· ·X·o··o· ·Xo··X·· ·X····X· ··X·X··· Xo·XX··· oo·oX··o
Pirates Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.95 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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 184/147 .211/.284/.313/.597 .641/.587 .520 46/.630 1/0 3/10
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 11/.546 4/.000 3/.000 8/.804 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 315/238 .246/.299/.335/.634 .688/.616 .587 39/.474 2/5 2/6
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/1.333 9/.555 5/.000 12/.258 10/1.475 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 197/94 .269/.305/.339/.643 .664/.621 .657 38/.593 4/1 0/2
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.833 10/.644 10/.667 11/.864 5/.400 1/.000 6/.000 104/76 .266/.330/.436/.766 1.023/.682 .721 1/.000 0/1 4/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.133 9/.476 5/.600 1/5.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 317/274 .233/.316/.423/.739 .461/.785 .732 68/.605 4/3 12/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 9/.222 5/.400 3/.667 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 15/1.025 375/285 .247/.304/.419/.723 .731/.720 .740 84/1.024 2/1 14/7
36.Ludwick G/S/vP 16/.975 10/.971 18/.686 18/.749 6/1.667 4/2.000 4/.833 5/1.400 436/335 .233/.298/.365/.664 .727/.644 .639 77/.416 1/1 11/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.500 7/.619 6/.000 3/2.333 3/2.334 4/1.417 1/2.000 470/352 .274/.376/.470/.846 .978/.801 .777 95/.711 17/6 15/6
55.McKenry G/S/vP 3/.000 2/3.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 139/106 .252/.284/.354/.638 .502/.679 .600 73/.722 0/1 2/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 178/152 .255/.287/.321/.609 .195/.682 .383 47/.504 13/4 1/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 87/40 .231/.279/.295/.574 .669/.468 .782 25/.212 0/0 1/4
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 4/3.000 4/1.500 3/.333 2/1.500 452/317 .280/.341/.408/.749 .643/.800 .661 96/.901 7/3 9/6
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 200/137 .220/.283/.357/.640 .754/.587 .673 41/.866 0/0 6/2
IP 43.0 45.1 50.1 52.0 17.1 54.0 60.0 34.0 TOTAL .243/.309/.358/.667 .677/.664 .639 .647 80/36 72/79
ERA-K/9 4.40/4.6 5.16/5.6 3.75/11.5 2.77/9.0 7.79/7.8 4.33/5.5 3.75/9.0 3.71/8.2 4.64/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-5-1)
 McKenry (19-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.296 210/.279 224/.231 212/.245 81/.297 230/.278 271/.205 156/.244 .269  Ludwick
 McCutchen
 Paul
 Diaz
 Jones
 Pearce
98/0/1/9
0/106/0/8
23/6/49/3
14/0/38/3
0/0/76/2
0/0/5/0
OPS .835 .849 .678 .584 .913 .805 .648 .765 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.653 75/.646 102/.592 76/.576 41/1.247 88/.630 108/.690 57/.786 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/1.022 135/.964 122/.753 136/.589 40/.576 142/.917 163/.618 99/.753 .778
Road 74/.915 94/.776 106/.634 111/.534 62/.916 124/.695 152/.635 77/.819
Last 28d days 75/.867 41/.925 51/.980 42/.586 54/1.033 29/.670 47/.688 28/.766
HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 7/2/2 2/9/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/0 3/2/1 104/77/33
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··· X·oX·X·· o·ooo··· ·X···o·· ····Xo·o ··o·X·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.