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Game Preview: CHC @ MIA, 12:40pm, Thursday, April 19, 2012 @Marlins Park

Cubs, 3-9, 3-9 6th, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 13.2 14 8 6 1 13 1 3.95
2011 (8-4) 88.0 64 35 29 50 87 5 2.97
2010 (2-2) 19.1 21 22 18 20 9 4 8.38
Last 7 GS 4-3 38.0 43 29 27 16 27 7 6.39 42
2012-04-13 @STL W 5.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 103 31
2012-04-08 WSN W 8.2 4 3 1 0 8 1 110 76
2010-09-26 STL L 4.1 7 8 8 7 2 1 95 12
2010-09-19 @FLA W 6.0 3 3 3 3 4 2 92 55
2010-09-13 @STL W 5.2 6 0 0 4 1 0 105 54
2009-09-23 @MIL L 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 2 82 47
2009-08-12 PHI L 3.1 8 7 7 0 4 1 74 20
Last 5 v.MIA 1-0 6.0 3 3 3 3 4 2 4.50 55
2010-09-19 @FLA W 6.0 3 3 3 3 4 2 92 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-5    Road:    1-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @MIA  L   1-9        3-9   6th  6.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @MIA  L   2-5        3-8   6th  5.0 gb
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @STL  L   3-10       3-7   6th  4.0 gb
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @STL  L   1-5        3-6   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @STL  W   9-5        3-5   4th  2.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12   MIL  W   8-0        2-5   6th  3.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11   MIL  L   1-2        1-5   6th  3.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10   MIL  L   4-7        1-4   6th  3.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   MIL  L   5-7        1-3   6th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   WSN  W   4-3        1-2   5th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-9    Last 30: 3-9
Marlins, 6-6, 6-6 4th, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (29, RHP, 1-0, 3.46)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 13.0 10 5 5 3 8 2 3.46
2011 (10-12) 206.0 244 117 107 44 148 20 4.67
2010 (14-9) 157.2 169 82 79 33 147 24 4.51
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.2 45 28 26 8 26 5 5.75 46
2012-04-13 HOU ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 90 51
2012-04-07 @CIN W 8.0 6 3 3 0 5 2 101 63
2011-09-25 @MIL L 2.0 9 7 6 0 1 0 51 13
2011-09-19 ATL ND 6.2 5 5 4 2 4 2 97 48
2011-09-14 @ATL L 7.0 5 4 4 2 5 1 95 54
2011-09-09 @PIT W 6.0 9 3 3 0 5 0 103 47
2011-09-03 PHI ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 3 0 112 44
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 33.0 33 15 11 5 28 3 3.00 56
2011-07-15 @CHC L 7.0 7 2 0 1 7 0 111 65
2011-05-18 CHC ND 6.0 9 5 4 2 5 1 102 39
2010-05-11 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 95 65
2009-08-02 CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72
2009-05-03 @CHC L 6.0 8 6 5 0 5 2 112 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18   CHC  W   9-1        6-6   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   CHC  W   5-2        5-6   4th  3.5 gb
 10 Sun, Apr 15   HOU  W   5-4 (11)   4-6   5th  3.0 gb
  9 Sat, Apr 14   HOU  L   4-5        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Fri, Apr 13   HOU  W   5-4 (11)   3-5   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12  @PHI  L   1-3        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @PHI  L   1-7        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9  @PHI  W   6-2        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Sun, Apr  8  @CIN  L   5-6        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sat, Apr  7  @CIN  W   8-3        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 MIA  9  CHC  1        W:Mark Buehrle (1-2), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 MIA  5  CHC  2        W:Steve Cishek (1-0), L: Rafael Dolis (0-1), S: Heath Bell (1)

Sun, Jul 17, 2011 FLA  7 @CHC  5        W:Edward Mujica (8-2), L: Kerry Wood (1-5), S: Juan Oviedo (26)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 FLA 13 @CHC  3        W:Javier Vazquez (6-8), L: Carlos Zambrano (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 CHC  2  FLA  1        W:Ryan Dempster (7-6), L: Ricky Nolasco (6-6), S: Sean Marshall (2)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 FLA  6 @CHC  3        W:Edward Mujica (7-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-3), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 CHC  5 @FLA  1        W:Casey Coleman (2-3), L: Chris Volstad (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 CHC  7 @FLA  5        W:Jeff Samardzija (3-0), L: Edward Mujica (4-2), S: Carlos Marmol (9)
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 CHC 13 @FLA  3        W:Jeff Samardzija (2-1), L: Andrew Miller (1-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 CHC  5 @FLA  3        W:Casey Coleman (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (12-10), S: Carlos Marmol (33)
Season Series: 2012 - MIA over 2-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - MIA leads 79-76

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 21.Bell
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 31.Cishek
G/S/vB		 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB		 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB		 34.Mujica
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 212/83 .269/.302/.383/.685 .812/.491 .808 21/.627 0/0 3/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 571/466 .276/.313/.353/.666 .734/.650 .687 47/.727 9/2 2/12
24.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.333 1/5.000 ··· ··· 21/.722 4/1.750 2/1.500 482/370 .276/.324/.395/.719 .649/.740 .761 40/.231 3/2 9/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 9/.888 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 715/550 .307/.341/.432/.773 .847/.751 .765 50/.835 22/9 10/29
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .250/.400/.500/.900 3.000/.000 .900 13/1.385 0/0 0/0
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 3/2.667 ··· 506/373 .240/.323/.376/.698 .459/.787 .701 41/.783 4/3 10/4
11.DeWitt* G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 5/1.000 243/207 .265/.305/.413/.718 1.097/.654 .748 12/.174 1/0 5/7
5.Johnson G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 10/.100 1/2.000 2/.000 266/157 .309/.348/.467/.816 .797/.829 .660 21/.588 2/1 5/3
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/55 .288/.377/.508/.885 .774/.914 .809 29/1.128 0/0 2/1
16.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 83/56 .213/.272/.307/.578 .708/.515 .646 12/.432 0/1 1/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 24/.663 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 508/383 .244/.289/.469/.759 .812/.741 .764 43/.529 2/1 26/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 9/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 474/357 .228/.310/.411/.721 .971/.643 .756 34/.489 0/0 17/13
2.Stewart* G/S/vP 12/.417 9/.476 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 7/.762 7/1.262 136/111 .156/.243/.221/.464 .336/.492 .434 44/.654 3/2 0/6
IP 206.0 62.2 24.2 54.2 63.0 8.1 76.0 50.2 TOTAL .233/.295/.328/.624 .728/.625 .564 .624 9/4 5/9
ERA-K/9 4.67/6.5 2.44/7.3 1.82/11.3 2.63/9.0 3.43/9.7 6.48/10.8 2.96/7.5 3.20/5.5 3.49/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (1-0-0)
 Soto (85-36-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 891/.295 256/.223 103/.149 229/.221 267/.224 45/.333 297/.233 214/.255 .252  Soriano
 Byrd
 DeJesus
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Baker
 LaHair
 Mather
128/0/0/8
0/118/0/8
0/8/116/6
27/24/44/5
23/0/0/1
1/0/10/0
5/0/9/0
4/3/22/0
OPS .770 .588 .562 .591 .723 .955 .638 .693 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 439/.835 128/.726 74/.453 92/.661 121/.615 18/1.127 140/.570 99/.771 .645
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.708 128/.451 29/.872 137/.545 146/.809 27/.839 157/.700 115/.627 .663
Home 462/.760 153/.611 51/.307 114/.550 138/.686 21/1.171 157/.691 105/.705
Last 28d days 52/.630 24/1.078 10/.000 25/.382 13/.580 22/.602 26/.829 18/.667
HR/SB/CS 20/12/2 4/4/0 3/2/0 1/5/0 9/1/1 1/1/1 7/7/1 2/9/1 9/10/3
Usage ·····X·· ·o··XX·· ····ooo· ·o··ooo· ···X·o·· ···Xo··X ····oXo· o··o·o·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Marlins Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 19.Lopez
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 6/.600 1/2.000 2/1.000 641/460 .296/.360/.393/.753 .863/.723 .769 54/.792 40/11 5/13
14.Buck G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.286 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.629 530/398 .227/.316/.367/.683 .586/.716 .715 38/.698 0/1 16/5
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.367 3/.667 ··· ··· 298/216 .230/.296/.368/.664 .307/.801 .730 22/.333 7/6 5/0
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.667 4/.750 2/.000 3/.667 439/399 .275/.311/.389/.701 .518/.719 .648 8/.661 0/0 8/11
9.Hayes G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 144/111 .231/.291/.415/.706 .695/.709 .671 7/.286 0/0 5/0
12.Infante G/S/vP 2/2.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 640/475 .276/.315/.382/.696 .729/.685 .667 40/1.145 4/2 7/8
26.Kearns G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 7/.857 ··· 20/.466 174/98 .200/.302/.287/.589 .566/.609 .560 6/.833 0/4 2/1
5.Morrison* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 525/371 .247/.330/.468/.797 .723/.827 .811 38/.566 2/1 23/5
22.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 100/70 .185/.240/.315/.555 .627/.527 .379 8/1.375 0/0 2/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.333 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.900 11/.586 ··· 7/.821 385/299 .243/.333/.379/.712 .994/.633 .679 53/.964 20/10 10/14
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/4.000 5/.400 4/.500 6/.533 586/443 .337/.384/.493/.877 .842/.890 .937 54/.658 39/7 7/18
15.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 4/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 661/503 .266/.352/.427/.779 .901/.742 .809 46/.616 3/1 19/5
27.Stanton G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.000 2/.500 2/3.000 2/2.500 601/460 .262/.356/.537/.893 1.042/.849 .978 45/.668 5/5 34/6
IP 88.0 66.1 1.1 97.2 74.0 67.2 51.0 TOTAL .256/.309/.410/.718 .778/.706 .756 .718 12/3 11/12
ERA-K/9 2.97/8.9 4.21/4.3 /0.0 0.00/6.9 4.42/5.0 4.01/12.0 4.12/5.7 3.35/10.1 4.85/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.200 292/.303 / 4/.000 430/.299 327/.205 292/.286 224/.236 .247  Stanton
 Morrison
 Bonifacio
 Coghlan
 Kearns
 Hayes
 Dobbs
0/1/142/10
119/0/0/6
32/16/15/4
0/65/0/3
36/0/19/1
1/0/1/0
3/0/4/0
OPS .613 .821 .250 .867 .643 .812 .715 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.660 138/.913 / 3/.333 188/.791 145/.561 119/.685 78/.649 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.581 154/.738 / 1/.000 242/.927 182/.710 173/.902 146/.750 .689
Road 206/.609 128/.763 / 4/.250 220/.923 151/.626 158/.768 99/.707
Last 28d days 57/.638 24/.942 23/.965 27/.697 30/.975 18/.873 14/.619 13/1.062
HR/SB/CS 5/16/2 3/8/2 // 0/0/0 18/6/7 5/12/1 12/5/3 5/3/1 13/10/2
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· X··X···· ·X···X·· X··X···· ·····o·X ·X···o·o ·····o·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.