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Game Preview: PIT @ CHC, 2:20pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2012 @Wrigley Field

Pirates, 59-44, 59-44 2nd, 3 GB, tied for WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (29, RHP, 3-2, 3.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-2) 51.0 51 23 22 12 38 3 3.88
2011 (9-9) 162.1 163 69 61 33 96 22 3.38
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.0 39 19 18 10 33 3 4.05 53
2012-07-27 @HOU ND 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 2 88 43
2012-07-22 MIA W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 92 68
2012-07-16 @COL ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 101 51
2012-07-05 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 89 81
2012-06-30 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 95 66
2012-06-25 @PHI L 5.0 11 7 6 0 4 1 92 23
2012-04-17 @ARI ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 39
Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 28.0 29 12 10 4 16 5 3.21 52
2011-05-29 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 2 0 4 1 71 47
2010-08-31 @CHC W 6.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 87 62
2010-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 3 2 1 2 2 79 49
2010-06-01 CHC ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 104 52
2009-09-30 @CHC W 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 61 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-16   Road:   26-28   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  43-33   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:26-17   vsWest:  9-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Tue, Jul 31  @CHC  W   5-0       59-44  2nd  3.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30  @CHC  L   4-14      58-44  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @HOU  L   5-9       58-43  2nd  3.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @HOU  W   4-3       58-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @HOU  W   6-5       57-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @HOU  W   5-3       56-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25   CHC  W   3-2       55-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   CHC  L   1-5       54-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23   CHC  L   0-2       54-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 22   MIA  W   3-0       54-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
Cubs, 43-59, 43-59 5th, 18½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Travis Wood (25, LHP, 4-6, 4.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-6) 77.2 70 45 43 30 54 17 4.98
2011 (6-6) 106.0 118 57 57 40 76 10 4.84
2010 (5-4) 102.2 85 45 40 26 86 9 3.51
Last 7 GS 4-3 42.1 41 27 25 15 30 10 5.31 47
2012-07-27 STL L 5.0 7 8 8 2 2 5 84 21
2012-07-22 @STL L 6.0 9 7 6 2 4 2 103 30
2012-07-17 MIA L 4.2 8 8 8 2 6 2 93 20
2012-07-06 @NYM W 6.0 5 3 2 4 3 1 100 51
2012-07-01 HOU W 7.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 104 77
2012-06-25 NYM W 7.0 5 0 0 1 6 0 93 72
2012-06-19 @CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 0 89 61
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 13.0 17 10 10 4 9 0 6.92 42
2011-09-24 @PIT L 2.2 7 4 4 2 2 0 68 28
2011-04-18 PIT L 3.1 8 6 6 1 3 0 84 22
2010-08-02 @PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 103 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-23   Road:   16-36   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-41   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:17-26   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Tue, Jul 31   PIT  L   0-5       43-59  5th 18.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 30   PIT  W  14-4       43-58  5th 17.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 29   STL  W   4-2 (10)  42-58  5th 18.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 28   STL  W   3-2       41-58  5th 18.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 27   STL  L   6-9       40-58  5th 18.5 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @PIT  L   2-3       40-57  5th 17.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @PIT  W   5-1       40-56  5th 16.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23  @PIT  W   2-0       39-56  5th 16.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 22  @STL  L   0-7       38-56  5th 16.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 21  @STL  L   0-12      38-55  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 PIT  5 @CHC  0        W:A.J. Burnett (13-3), L: Casey Coleman (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 CHC 14  PIT  4        W:Justin Germano (1-1), L: Erik Bedard (5-12), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 PIT  3  CHC  2        W:Kevin Correia (8-6), L: Ryan Dempster (5-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (29)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 CHC  5 @PIT  1        W:Paul Maholm (9-6), L: James McDonald (10-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 CHC  2 @PIT  0        W:Jeff Samardzija (7-8), L: Erik Bedard (5-11), S: Carlos Marmol (12)
Sun, May 27, 2012 PIT 10  CHC  4        W:Erik Bedard (3-5), L: Matt Garza (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 26, 2012 PIT  3  CHC  2        W:Joel Hanrahan (2-0), L: Rafael Dolis (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 25, 2012 PIT  1  CHC  0        W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Ryan Dempster (0-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (11)

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 CHC  6  PIT  3        W:Randy Wells (7-4), L: Charlie Morton (9-9), S: Sean Marshall (4)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 PIT  7 @CHC  5        W:Chris Resop (5-4), L: Carlos Marmol (2-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (34)
Season Series: 2012 - PIT over 5-3; 2011 - Tied 8-8; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1220-1156

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
Pirates Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Wood*
G/S/vB
16.Beliveau*
G/S/vB
54.Camp
G/S/vB
27.Coleman
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
41.Germano
G/S/vB
57.Maine*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.500 2/.500 2/.500 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 355/258 .233/.304/.481/.785 .640/.841 .805 83/.758 0/0 21/15
26.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.167 244/174 .203/.279/.355/.634 .446/.704 .665 52/.544 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.500 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 10/.425 4/.500 314/243 .207/.234/.295/.529 .673/.486 .542 64/.521 0/2 5/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 151/86 .239/.290/.388/.678 .732/.635 .714 17/.938 5/3 2/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.000 11/.384 6/1.166 289/254 .266/.294/.511/.805 .640/.828 .828 79/.751 2/0 16/3
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/23 .259/.250/.370/.620 1.650/.435 .620 28/.620 2/1 1/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 8/.583 1/2.000 3/.666 6/.900 4/1.250 2/.500 4/2.000 10/.686 3/2.334 416/314 .371/.428/.629/1.057 1.264/.988 1.020 91/1.184 14/7 22/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 146/117 .268/.342/.551/.894 1.346/.793 .982 33/1.127 0/0 9/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .217/.280/.435/.715 1.167/.638 .422 14/.929 0/1 0/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/2.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 280/223 .232/.271/.380/.651 .705/.637 .670 52/.563 9/5 8/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 45/31 .250/.311/.525/.836 1.582/.480 1.017 45/.836 0/0 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/2.000 2/.500 6/.834 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/1.350 4/1.500 423/307 .291/.358/.444/.802 .655/.854 .843 94/1.109 7/5 11/4
IP 77.2 4.1 53.1 24.1 22.2 13.2 20.0 32.1 47.2 TOTAL .244/.300/.406/.706 .728/.698 .726 .748 51/38 116/59
ERA-K/9 4.98/6.3 4.15/10.5 2.70/6.6 7.40/5.9 3.18/4.8 1.98/7.2 4.95/11.2 4.73/11.1 3.40/7.4 4.27/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (58-4-5)
 McKenry (28-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.242 23/.316 217/.225 119/.349 91/.215 57/.269 90/.225 154/.215 205/.257 .251  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Presley
 Snider
 Marte
0/0/39/2
1/0/11/1
0/98/0/1
65/2/4/1
10/0/1/0
5/1/0/0
OPS .808 .751 .643 .962 .666 .610 .715 .730 .774 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.581 9/.889 94/.656 58/1.261 36/.952 29/.481 31/.470 77/.793 74/.757 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.896 14/.665 123/.634 61/.712 55/.496 28/.739 59/.825 77/.665 131/.783 .728
Home 179/.863 14/.701 115/.707 74/.913 37/.520 44/.559 43/.528 87/.646 110/.743
Last 28d days 104/1.123 23/.751 39/.628 24/1.008 42/.670 57/.610 37/.685 35/.893 39/.994
HR/SB/CS 17/4/1 0/0/0 5/5/2 5/1/0 2/2/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 3/4/0 5/4/1 99/79/23
Usage ····X··· oX··X··· o·XXo·o· X······· ·Xo·X·o· ·X······ Xo····o· ··oX···X ··ooX···
Cubs Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
25.McCutchen
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 137/44 .268/.307/.441/.748 .783/.670 .628 35/.931 2/1 4/2
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.250 7/1.000 2/3.000 370/266 .269/.310/.390/.700 .648/.721 .862 70/.784 6/1 5/2
1.Campana* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 173/137 .261/.301/.293/.594 .619/.586 .657 7/.143 26/3 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 40/36 .211/.250/.342/.592 .750/.574 .133 1/2.000 0/0 0/2
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .206/.270/.353/.623 1.306/.409 .744 / 0/0 1/1
13.Castro G/S/vP 11/.307 4/.000 8/.750 1/.000 7/.453 6/3.500 3/.333 436/315 .283/.310/.426/.736 .775/.721 .720 87/.745 16/10 10/15
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 137/114 .241/.263/.331/.594 .174/.680 .995 30/.237 0/1 1/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 12/.781 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 371/282 .269/.358/.388/.745 .398/.848 .766 68/.711 5/5 2/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 308/258 .264/.344/.462/.806 .316/.900 .730 57/.365 2/2 14/5
21.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 158/80 .228/.280/.366/.646 .683/.609 .737 19/.380 2/1 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 120/82 .321/.367/.571/.938 .723/1.040 .883 88/.894 1/2 8/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 16/1.251 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/2.667 384/283 .270/.320/.499/.819 .822/.818 .851 79/.856 2/1 19/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 135/87 .194/.252/.331/.582 .634/.554 .677 67/.457 0/1 3/5
IP 51.0 38.2 41.1 50.1 50.0 32.1 TOTAL .245/.299/.384/.683 .640/.700 .704 .678 64/33 86/65
ERA-K/9 3.88/6.7 1.86/14.0 2.18/10.2 1.97/5.0 /0.0 3.78/6.1 4.45/8.6 3.60/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (6-3-1)
 Clevenger (26-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 213/.262 156/.169 167/.167 206/.219 / 227/.269 132/.244 .244  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Campana
 Baker
 Mather
 LaHair
 Cardenas
0/32/62/7
89/0/0/5
9/47/4/1
1/0/13/0
16/17/3/0
1/0/25/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .655 .559 .569 .641 .725 .739 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.552 79/.453 91/.496 97/.688 / 92/.766 61/.785 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.733 77/.663 76/.657 109/.598 / 135/.700 71/.697 .723
Road 137/.779 85/.653 76/.640 106/.624 / 127/.735 91/.811
Last 28d days 106/.585 25/.593 37/.427 38/.596 / 39/.658 28/.860
HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 4/1/0 5/6/0 3/8/0 // 6/4/0 4/7/0 94/86/9
Usage ····X··· ···o··X· ····XXo· ·Xo·X·oo ·o·Xo··· ·X··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.