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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:10pm, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 @Turner Field

Cubs, 30-49, 30-49 6th, 14 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (25, RHP, 0-6, 7.46)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-6) 41.0 51 36 34 15 24 3 7.46
2011 (5-13) 165.2 187 96 90 49 117 23 4.89
2010 (12-9) 175.0 187 94 89 60 102 17 4.58
Last 7 GS 0-6 36.0 46 33 31 13 18 2 7.75 38
2012-05-17 PHI L 2.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 58 27
2012-05-12 @MIL L 6.0 9 6 6 2 1 1 99 29
2012-05-05 LAD L 5.0 4 5 5 3 1 0 81 37
2012-04-30 @PHI ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 0 84 41
2012-04-25 STL L 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 97 46
2012-04-20 CIN L 5.0 7 6 5 2 4 0 90 33
2012-04-14 @STL L 6.0 6 4 3 0 4 0 101 50
Last 5 v.ATL 1-2 30.1 32 14 14 8 20 4 4.15 50
2011-09-12 @ATL ND 5.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 80 48
2011-06-09 ATL L 6.2 6 3 3 2 7 0 113 55
2011-04-12 @ATL L 4.2 8 5 5 2 3 2 82 29
2010-08-27 @ATL W 8.0 6 1 1 0 3 1 109 69
2010-07-25 ATL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 98 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-20   Road:   11-29   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:   6-17   1-Run:   9-17
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-20   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @ATL  W   4-1       30-49  6th 14.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   HOU  W   3-0       29-49  6th 14.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   HOU  W   3-2       28-49  6th 15.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29   HOU  W   4-0       27-49  6th 15.0 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27   NYM  L   1-17      26-49  6th 15.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26   NYM  W   5-3       26-48  6th 15.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25   NYM  W   6-1       25-48  6th 15.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @ARI  L   1-5       24-48  6th 15.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23  @ARI  L   5-10      24-47  6th 15.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22  @ARI  L   1-6       24-46  6th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Braves, 41-38, 41-38 3rd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (26, RHP, 1-2, 6.07)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 29.2 39 20 20 14 12 5 6.07
2011 (13-6) 152.0 142 52 50 44 90 14 2.96
2010 (7-6) 116.1 120 63 60 42 86 13 4.64
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.2 47 26 26 16 15 8 6.56 39
2012-06-28 ARI ND 5.2 6 2 2 3 0 0 95 46
2012-06-22 @BOS W 7.2 3 1 1 1 4 0 103 72
2012-04-23 @LAD L 3.0 9 5 5 1 0 0 50 20
2012-04-18 NYM ND 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 1 89 30
2012-04-13 MIL ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 81 34
2012-04-07 @NYM L 4.1 7 3 3 3 3 2 102 37
2011-08-30 WSN L 6.0 8 6 6 2 3 3 100 33
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 24.1 27 9 7 11 6 2 2.59 50
2011-08-22 @CHC W 6.1 8 0 0 5 1 0 97 53
2010-08-20 @CHC ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 2 1 94 48
2010-04-07 CHC ND 5.0 3 2 0 2 2 0 94 57
2009-07-06 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 3 1 1 87 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-21   Road:   23-17   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  28-21   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  9-13   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Mon, Jul  2   CHC  L   1-4       41-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   WSN  L   4-8       41-37  3rd  4.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   WSN  W   7-5       41-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29   WSN  L   4-5       40-36  3rd  4.5 gb
 75 Thu, Jun 28   ARI  L   2-3       40-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 27   ARI  W   6-4       40-34  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 26   ARI  W   8-1       39-34  2nd  3.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @BOS  L   4-9       38-34  3rd  4.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23  @BOS  L   4-8       38-33  3rd  4.0 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22  @BOS  W   4-1       38-32  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 CHC  4 @ATL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (6-7), L: Tommy Hanson (9-5), S: James Russell (2)
Wed, May 09, 2012 CHC  1  ATL  0        W:Paul Maholm (4-2), L: Tim Hudson (1-1), S: Rafael Dolis (3)
Tue, May 08, 2012 ATL  3 @CHC  1        W:Kris Medlen (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (10)
Mon, May 07, 2012 CHC  5  ATL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-1), L: Tommy Hanson (3-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 ATL  8 @CHC  3        W:Brandon Beachy (7-2), L: Matt Garza (6-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 CHC  3  ATL  2        W:Randy Wells (5-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-12), S: Carlos Marmol (30)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 ATL  5 @CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (4-2), L: Casey Coleman (2-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (40)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 ATL  3 @CHC  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (13-5), L: Ryan Dempster (10-9), S: Jonny Venters (5)
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 CHC  6 @ATL  5        W:John Grabow (3-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (28)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 CHC  8 @ATL  4        W:Randy Wells (4-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-11), S: Carlos Marmol (27)
Season Series: 2012 - CHC over 3-1; 2011 - ATL won 4-3; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1220-1022

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 2012 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 (3.67 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
32.Durbin
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
54.Medlen
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/34 .242/.290/.352/.642 .655/.617 .749 35/.532 1/1 1/2
15.Barney G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 292/211 .265/.310/.371/.682 .570/.726 .578 90/.534 5/0 3/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 165/132 .267/.304/.300/.604 .575/.610 .546 43/.471 25/3 0/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.334 1/5.000 2/2.000 340/246 .292/.315/.422/.737 .804/.711 .775 103/.693 16/9 6/13
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/84 .280/.301/.400/.701 .211/.814 .291 60/.578 0/0 1/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 2/.000 12/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 6/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 295/220 .269/.362/.391/.753 .415/.862 .725 77/.658 2/5 2/1
5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 148/79 .279/.338/.412/.750 .756/.743 .811 57/.772 1/1 2/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 243/200 .284/.362/.521/.883 .344/.999 .917 61/.584 1/1 13/3
21.Mather G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/72 .238/.299/.389/.688 .728/.651 .628 43/.573 2/1 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/13 .304/.333/.652/.986 .909/1.051 1.750 24/.986 0/0 2/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 11/.818 9/.583 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 297/220 .269/.327/.487/.814 .784/.824 .823 95/.899 1/1 15/0
18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.166 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 140/106 .168/.257/.328/.585 .367/.657 .698 36/.684 0/0 5/5
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/34 .246/.283/.509/.792 .728/.840 .780 60/.792 0/0 3/5
IP 29.2 32.0 30.0 40.1 38.0 28.1 10.1 30.2 TOTAL .246/.301/.382/.683 .606/.714 .679 .669 54/26 64/56
ERA-K/9 6.07/3.6 3.94/7.3 1.50/15.0 4.24/8.7 3.32/5.4 3.18/7.3 4.35/11.4 4.40/12.3 4.05/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (22-3-1)
 Soto (31-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.325 137/.235 113/.126 168/.283 151/.268 120/.269 41/.200 147/.315 .253  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Johnson
 Campana
 Baker
 Mather
 LaHair
0/11/61/6
67/0/0/4
16/17/18/2
5/43/1/1
1/0/7/0
14/16/1/0
1/0/8/0
OPS .933 .763 .369 .777 .677 .742 .643 .902 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/1.045 47/.616 52/.197 80/.556 67/.638 42/.322 19/.675 54/.809 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.832 90/.848 61/.509 88/.975 84/.708 78/.973 22/.611 93/.956 .744
Home 68/1.020 74/.626 58/.414 87/.693 82/.706 43/.813 28/.546 75/1.043
Last 28d days 52/.567 52/.664 33/.273 59/.879 38/.731 32/.715 41/.643 46/.797
HR/SB/CS 5/6/3 6/2/1 1/3/0 5/2/0 1/0/1 3/1/1 1/0/0 5/3/0 84/43/21
Usage ····X··· o·Xoo··· ··o·oo·· Xo·o···· ··X·X··· ··o·oX·· ·X·X··o· ·X·X·o··
Braves Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
54.Camp
G/S/vB
27.Coleman
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
48.Dolis
G/S/vB
57.Maine*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
37.Asencio
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 18/.801 4/1.000 7/1.514 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 14/.607 11/.546 ··· 364/232 .304/.352/.439/.790 .715/.833 .798 110/.815 23/7 7/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 105/31 .229/.286/.344/.629 .764/.304 .718 38/.447 0/0 2/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 117/89 .223/.248/.411/.659 .632/.666 .778 24/.426 1/1 5/4
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 283/174 .262/.311/.449/.760 .619/.849 .774 70/.796 0/0 10/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 12/1.500 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 301/189 .274/.343/.496/.840 .685/.936 .715 92/1.014 10/3 12/2
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 9/1.194 6/.533 2/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 107/92 .206/.271/.289/.560 .276/.607 .493 26/.442 0/0 1/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 17/.561 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 180/113 .291/.372/.456/.828 .816/.835 .807 66/.767 0/0 6/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 25/.492 1/3.000 3/.000 3/2.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 261/172 .224/.291/.380/.671 .681/.664 .776 89/.569 1/0 9/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 16/.751 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 5/1.000 ··· 339/225 .320/.383/.463/.846 .983/.774 .865 105/.770 9/1 5/3
8.Ross G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/4.000 1/.000 ··· 80/43 .278/.350/.444/.794 1.040/.597 .649 25/.818 0/0 3/1
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/61 .326/.369/.505/.874 .960/.817 .929 91/.868 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.400 6/.533 2/no AB ··· ··· 11/.364 2/.500 1/no AB 332/219 .234/.361/.409/.770 .832/.739 .731 95/.492 0/2 11/8
2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 73/42 .179/.200/.224/.424 .544/.333 .523 10/.667 0/0 0/2
IP 41.0 43.0 19.2 11.0 26.1 11.2 23.2 37.2 35.2 TOTAL .258/.322/.404/.726 .720/.729 .731 .716 47/14 75/46
ERA-K/9 7.46/5.3 2.93/6.9 7.32/5.0 1.64/6.5 5.81/3.8 6.94/11.5 4.94/11.4 2.39/7.2 5.05/6.6 4.33/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (33-16-4)
 Ross (10-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.302 178/.236 95/.349 46/.184 116/.247 53/.195 116/.200 159/.241 153/.261 .250  Heyward
 Prado
 Diaz
 Bourn
 Hinske
0/1/74/6
59/0/0/4
16/0/6/2
0/78/0/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .794 .647 .951 .601 .754 .736 .702 .745 .790 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.725 77/.648 46/1.160 15/.800 49/.327 20/.387 55/.717 58/.734 69/.778 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.848 101/.646 49/.776 31/.517 67/1.095 33/.919 61/.687 101/.752 84/.800 .737
Road 83/.788 94/.624 45/1.042 28/.468 64/.905 26/.892 49/.777 71/.750 73/.770
Last 28d days / 57/.620 44/1.466 46/.601 4/1.250 28/.961 41/.713 51/.722 40/.693
HR/SB/CS 3/9/1 3/4/2 4/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 71/69/17
Usage ooo···Xo ·····X·· ··o··o·· ·····o·· ··o···X· ·XXo··X· o·o···Xo ·····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.