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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 31, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, July 29, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Cubs, 42-65, 42-65 5th, 16½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (34, RHP, 7-8, 4.98)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-8) 128.1 138 74 71 44 123 14 4.98
2010 (15-12) 215.1 198 110 92 86 208 25 3.85
2009 (11-9) 200.0 196 94 81 65 172 22 3.65
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 45 20 18 14 41 1 3.92 52
2011-07-26 @MIL L 6.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 102 52
2011-07-20 PHI L 3.0 7 6 6 3 5 0 86 23
2011-07-15 FLA W 8.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 117 83
2011-07-09 @PIT W 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 87 42
2011-06-29 SFG ND 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 83 78
2011-06-24 @KCR ND 6.0 9 4 2 1 4 1 108 45
2011-06-18 NYY L 5.1 8 3 3 6 6 0 119 40
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 33.1 39 18 18 13 28 7 4.86 48
2011-06-03 @STL L 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 2 109 29
2010-08-15 @STL W 6.2 5 2 2 2 6 1 119 60
2010-07-25 STL ND 7.0 9 3 3 4 4 1 103 47
2010-05-30 STL L 6.2 9 6 6 3 7 2 125 36
2009-09-19 @STL ND 8.0 8 1 1 1 6 1 100 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-31   Road:   17-34   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  31-47   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:15-29   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
101 Sat, Jul 23   HOU  W   5-1       41-60  5th 12.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 22   HOU  W   4-2       40-60  5th 13.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 20   PHI  L   1-9       39-60  5th 14.0 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 19   PHI  L   2-4       39-59  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Cardinals, 57-50, 57-50 2nd, 1½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (33, RHP, 9-4, 4.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-4) 116.2 133 67 63 42 63 12 4.86
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
Last 7 GS 3-0 41.2 44 20 20 8 25 7 4.32 50
2011-07-26 HOU W 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 97 56
2011-07-21 @NYM W 8.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 90 68
2011-07-15 @CIN ND 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 2 82 54
2011-07-06 CIN ND 4.1 8 7 7 1 0 3 70 18
2011-07-01 @TBR W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 112 77
2011-06-24 TOR ND 4.1 10 4 4 1 3 0 100 29
2011-06-18 KCR ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 121 48
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 13.2 17 12 10 6 6 0 6.59 40
2011-05-11 @CHC L 2.1 6 5 5 1 1 0 57 25
2010-09-26 @CHC W 5.1 5 5 3 4 2 0 94 40
2010-08-13 CHC W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 103 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-23   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  41-36   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:25-19   vsWest: 14-13 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Sat, Jul 30   CHC  W  13-5       57-50  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29   CHC  W   9-2       56-50  2nd  1.5 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28   HOU  L   3-5       55-50  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27   HOU  L   2-4       55-49  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26   HOU  W   3-1       55-48  1st  0.5 up
102 Mon, Jul 25   HOU  W  10-5       54-48  1st    Tied
101 Sun, Jul 24  @PIT  L   3-4 (10)  53-48  1st    Tied
100 Sat, Jul 23  @PIT  W   9-1       53-47  1st    Tied
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @PIT  W   6-4       52-47  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21  @NYM  W   6-2       51-47  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 STL 13  CHC  5        W:Kyle Lohse (9-7), L: Rodrigo Lopez (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 STL  9  CHC  2        W:Edwin Jackson (8-7), L: Matt Garza (4-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Fernando Salas (3-0), L: Rodrigo Lopez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 STL  5  CHC  4 (12)   W:Eduardo Sanchez (2-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 STL  6  CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (6-1), L: Ryan Dempster (4-5), S: none
Thu, May 12, 2011 STL  9 @CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (5-0), L: Casey Coleman (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 CHC 11  STL  4        W:Matt Garza (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 STL  6 @CHC  4        W:Chris Carpenter (1-2), L: Kerry Wood (1-2), S: Eduardo Sanchez (4)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 STL  8 @CHC  7        W:Jake Westbrook (9-11), L: Jeff Samardzija (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (26)
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 CHC  7  STL  3        W:Casey Coleman (3-2), L: Chris Carpenter (15-9), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 7-1; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; 2009 - STL won 10-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1162-1101

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 (3.94 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 154/71 .293/.312/.400/.712 .867/.529 .787 24/.417 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 366/295 .290/.321/.367/.688 .730/.677 .708 79/.701 5/2 1/9
24.Byrd G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.333 9/.583 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 278/214 .310/.353/.444/.797 .659/.839 .818 88/.905 2/1 5/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 7/.572 2/2.000 4/.833 4/1.250 ··· 4/.000 464/354 .299/.328/.413/.740 .789/.725 .705 92/.601 11/4 3/18
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/88 .108/.171/.206/.377 .127/.449 .376 8/.268 0/0 2/0
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 173/146 .262/.283/.369/.652 .793/.626 .652 21/.654 1/0 2/6
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 105/84 .207/.275/.326/.601 .206/.697 .733 8/.125 1/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 151/89 .326/.367/.551/.917 .929/.909 .772 31/.787 2/1 4/1
22.Pena* G/S/vP 38/1.274 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 9/.222 2/.000 398/300 .222/.338/.441/.779 .538/.858 .803 85/.737 0/2 20/7
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.833 26/.850 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 421/329 .288/.330/.501/.831 .742/.857 .761 91/.885 0/1 19/7
12.Soriano G/S/vP 23/.310 9/.000 7/.453 8/.804 ··· 2/.000 326/247 .247/.285/.451/.737 .882/.690 .778 74/.550 1/1 16/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 309/235 .241/.327/.405/.732 .967/.661 .801 79/.752 0/0 9/9
IP 116.2 40.2 32.1 40.2 41.1 50.0 TOTAL .260/.312/.397/.709 .719/.705 .698 .683 37/15 90/93
ERA-K/9 4.86/4.9 3.10/8.0 3.34/9.2 2.21/8.4 2.83/8.1 2.52/9.0 3.83/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (16-4-2)
 Soto (58-27-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 511/.289 170/.250 132/.172 166/.236 165/.199 196/.188 .260  Byrd
 Soriano
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Colvin
 Baker
0/67/0/5
83/0/0/5
19/21/16/3
18/0/0/1
10/8/15/1
1/0/6/0
OPS .794 .669 .603 .635 .574 .567 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.710 56/.660 53/.946 56/.880 79/.444 86/.564 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.868 114/.673 79/.403 110/.511 86/.694 110/.569 .724
Home 246/.835 85/.803 60/.595 79/.650 90/.589 96/.406
Last 28d days 96/.811 49/.697 30/.272 25/.490 25/.351 45/.571
HR/SB/CS 12/7/3 2/1/2 5/0/1 1/3/1 2/1/1 5/2/0 90/43/17
Usage ····X··· ···X·XX· ooo····o ·o·oo·oo ··X····o o···X···
Cardinals Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 72/.969 20/.667 11/.697 18/.944 22/.914 15/1.012 ··· 2/1.000 40/.964 367/282 .286/.398/.595/.993 .853/1.039 .855 64/.871 0/3 27/5
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 289/230 .255/.335/.352/.687 .455/.747 .679 58/.783 2/2 1/6
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.666 2/4.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 197/145 .317/.365/.472/.838 1.128/.738 .733 80/.799 0/0 7/7
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 119/71 .196/.311/.265/.576 .601/.557 .440 2/.500 9/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 18/.666 11/.364 13/1.462 9/.347 8/1.071 7/1.571 4/.833 6/1.000 3/.333 337/251 .315/.415/.549/.964 .851/.999 1.000 88/.984 0/1 14/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP 12/.673 3/1.334 3/1.000 3/.000 5/1.300 ··· 7/.762 4/.500 2/.500 307/226 .309/.358/.439/.796 .713/.826 .734 79/.843 5/4 7/2
13.Laird G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/2.400 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 65/49 .250/.317/.393/.710 .771/.686 .602 16/.762 0/1 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 38/.804 8/.393 13/.462 10/1.589 25/.791 9/.333 2/.000 6/1.267 6/.750 344/258 .288/.331/.440/.771 .838/.750 .803 62/.870 2/5 8/4
44.Patterson* G/S/vP 17/.706 10/.600 3/.000 4/.666 3/.833 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 347/266 .251/.284/.375/.659 .772/.624 .647 38/.459 13/9 6/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 61/1.239 15/1.467 18/.878 25/.781 30/.727 16/1.367 5/.933 13/1.815 47/1.062 408/317 .280/.348/.527/.876 .932/.859 .980 90/.941 6/0 24/9
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 44/.920 9/.583 12/1.167 6/.334 11/.364 1/.000 4/.000 10/.650 4/.500 239/201 .286/.335/.373/.707 .679/.713 .741 66/.888 0/1 2/3
3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.000 10/1.225 11/.989 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.667 2/.000 390/284 .275/.320/.342/.662 .760/.626 .660 70/.508 4/5 1/16
IP 128.1 44.1 43.0 47.1 49.1 15.1 54.0 59.1 32.1 TOTAL .270/.341/.423/.764 .753/.767 .745 .794 38/27 107/73
ERA-K/9 4.98/8.6 5.08/5.5 4.40/4.6 3.99/11.2 2.92/9.5 7.04/7.6 4.33/5.5 3.79/9.1 3.34/8.1 4.71/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (10-3-2)
 Molina (31-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 555/.277 205/.274 187/.296 213/.237 204/.250 71/.292 230/.278 268/.204 150/.240 .270  Jay
 Patterson
 Holliday
 Schumaker
 Berkman
 Greene
18/25/56/4
52/30/11/4
72/0/0/4
5/0/15/1
12/0/63/1
1/0/8/0
OPS .786 .842 .835 .696 .598 .846 .805 .648 .736 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.812 73/.659 91/.653 97/.626 75/.584 37/1.138 88/.630 107/.697 55/.755 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.762 132/.946 96/1.022 116/.758 129/.607 34/.526 142/.917 161/.613 95/.726 .784
Road 238/.894 89/.756 74/.915 95/.669 103/.558 52/.822 124/.695 149/.634 71/.766
Last 28d days 95/.780 47/.805 75/.867 45/1.126 45/.652 71/.846 40/.596 62/.700 33/.634
HR/SB/CS 14/12/7 7/2/2 6/2/2 2/9/1 1/6/1 3/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/0 2/2/1 98/75/33
Usage ····X··· o·····o· X·····o· ·X····XX o···X··X ·o······ Xo·o···o X·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.