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Game Preview: CHC @ LAD, 10:10pm, Friday, August 3, 2012 @Dodger Stadium

Cubs, 43-60, 43-60 5th, 20 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (27, RHP, 7-8, 4.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-8)			120.1	111	58	56	47	121	12	4.19
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		2-3	42.1	34	21	21	19	43	6	4.46	54
2012-07-28	STL	ND	6.0	3	2	2	6	7	0	104	59
2012-07-23	@PIT	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	99	84
2012-07-18	MIA	ND	5.0	6	1	1	3	9	1	97	57
2012-07-07	@NYM	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	99	53
2012-07-02	@ATL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	11	0	101	75
2012-06-27	NYM	L	4.1	6	9	9	4	1	2	72	12
2012-06-22	@ARI	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	88	37

Has never faced LAD as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-24   Road:   16-36   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-42   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:17-27   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Wed, Aug  1   PIT  L   4-8       43-60  5th 19.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Dodgers, 56-50, 56-50 2nd, ½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (27, RHP, 6-9, 3.89)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-9)			118.0	124	58	51	35	106	9	3.89
2011 (11-11)			188.0	189	98	88	84	152	14	4.21
2010 (12-11)			191.2	176	82	76	69	171	8	3.57

Last 7 GS		2-5	42.1	52	22	21	6	35	1	4.46	49
2012-07-28	@SFG	W	7.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	105	72
2012-07-23	@STL	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	100	57
2012-07-07	@ARI	L	6.0	6	4	4	0	5	0	84	49
2012-07-02	CIN	L	6.0	8	3	3	0	8	0	97	52
2012-06-27	@SFG	L	6.0	9	3	3	3	7	0	108	46
2012-06-22	@LAA	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	5	1	90	27
2012-06-16	CHW	L	6.0	8	5	4	1	4	0	92	41

Last 5 v.CHC		3-1	31.2	36	14	12	13	30	3	3.41	52
2012-05-04	@CHC	L	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	107	41
2011-05-03	CHC	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	101	71
2011-04-22	@CHC	W	6.1	7	2	1	3	3	0	108	53
2010-07-09	CHC	W	7.0	7	4	4	4	9	0	120	52
2010-05-26	@CHC	W	5.1	10	3	2	1	6	1	100	43

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-23   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-33   vsLHP:  22-17   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 22-20 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Aug  1   ARI  L   0-4       56-50  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 31   ARI  L   2-8       56-49  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Mon, Jul 30   ARI  L   2-7       56-48  1st    Tied
103 Sun, Jul 29  @SFG  W   4-0       56-47  1st    Tied
102 Sat, Jul 28  @SFG  W  10-0       55-47  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Fri, Jul 27  @SFG  W   5-3 (10)  54-47  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Thu, Jul 26  @STL  L   4-7       53-47  2nd  3.0 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25  @STL  L   2-3 (12)  53-46  2nd  2.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @STL  L   2-8       53-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @STL  W   5-3       53-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 06, 2012 CHC  4  LAD  3 (11)   W:Rafael Dolis (2-2), L: Jamey Wright (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 LAD  5 @CHC  1        W:Chris Capuano (4-0), L: Chris Volstad (0-4), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 CHC  5  LAD  4        W:Paul Maholm (3-2), L: Chad Billingsley (2-2), S: Rafael Dolis (2)

Wed, May 04, 2011 CHC  5 @LAD  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-1), L: Ted Lilly (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 CHC  4 @LAD  1        W:Kerry Wood (1-1), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-2), S: Carlos Marmol (8)
Mon, May 02, 2011 LAD  5  CHC  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (3-3), L: James Russell (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (7)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 LAD  7 @CHC  3        W:Hiroki Kuroda (3-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 CHC 10  LAD  8        W:Jeff Samardzija (2-0), L: Matt Guerrier (1-1), S: Carlos Marmol (5)
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 LAD 12 @CHC  2        W:Chad Billingsley (2-1), L: Casey Coleman (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 LAD  7  CHC  0        W:Vicente Padilla (4-2), L: Carlos Silva (9-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CHC over 2-1; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1025-1023

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.13 WSN 4.28 MIA 3.65	RA/G WSN 3.55 TEX 4.36 COL 5.69	BA A. McCutchen .373 A. LaRoche .270 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 C. Johnson .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .632 S. Castro .433 J. Carroll .277	OPS J. Votto 1.069 M. Bourn .772 D. Gordon .562	ERA R. Vogelsong 2.22 H. Bailey 3.85 E. Santana 5.97	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.43 D. Haren 7.39 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.13

WSN 4.28

MIA 3.65

RA/G

WSN 3.55

TEX 4.36

COL 5.69

A. McCutchen .373

A. LaRoche .270

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

C. Johnson .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .632

S. Castro .433

J. Carroll .277

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

M. Bourn .772

D. Gordon .562

ERA

R. Vogelsong 2.22

H. Bailey 3.85

E. Santana 5.97

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.43

D. Haren 7.39

D. Lowe 3.10

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Cubs Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Belisario
G/S/vB 50.Choate*
G/S/vB 56.Fife
G/S/vB 54.Guerra
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 31.League
G/S/vB 38.Tolleson
G/S/vB 28.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Baker G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 141/47 .275/.312/.458/.770 .796/.716 .859 33/.865 4/1 4/2

15.Barney G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 370/266 .269/.310/.390/.700 .648/.721 .542 63/.817 6/1 5/2

1.Campana* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/137 .261/.301/.293/.594 .619/.586 .546 7/.143 26/3 0/0

45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/37 .205/.244/.333/.577 .750/.558 .882 2/1.000 0/0 0/2

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 41/31 .211/.268/.421/.689 1.167/.538 .485 4/1.250 0/0 2/1

13.Castro G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 441/320 .285/.311/.433/.744 .775/.732 .751 86/.815 16/10 11/15

51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/114 .241/.263/.331/.594 .174/.680 .278 30/.237 0/1 1/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/2.250 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 ··· 11/.831 376/287 .265/.353/.382/.734 .398/.832 .724 69/.669 5/5 2/1

6.LaHair* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 312/261 .267/.346/.469/.815 .310/.914 .871 56/.466 2/2 14/5

21.Mather G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 159/81 .226/.278/.363/.641 .683/.601 .562 15/.333 2/1 4/3

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 125/87 .316/.360/.556/.916 .723/1.001 1.005 84/.800 1/2 8/0

12.Soriano G/S/vP 25/.541 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 388/287 .273/.322/.499/.821 .822/.820 .791 74/.873 2/1 19/0

24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 139/90 .197/.259/.331/.590 .621/.573 .486 63/.508 0/1 3/5

IP 118.0 39.1 29.0 16.2 38.0 48.2 45.0 15.1 42.1 TOTAL .246/.299/.386/.685 .639/.703 .664 .669 66/33 88/65

ERA-K/9

3.89/8.1

3.20/7.6

2.48/9.6

2.16/3.8

3.08/6.9

1.85/13.7

3.80/5.4

4.11/8.2

4.04/7.9

3.38/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (7-3-1)
Clevenger (26-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.270 156/.176 119/.192 72/.267 166/.277 190/.143 195/.283 65/.196 200/.274 .240 DeJesus
Soriano
Campana
Baker
Mather
LaHair
Cardenas 0/33/62/7
90/0/0/5
9/47/4/1
1/0/13/0
16/17/3/0
1/0/26/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .756 .542 .530 .712 .706 .487 .695 .654 .689 .679

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.714 68/.641 75/.401 41/.640 79/.812 98/.524 97/.830 34/1.032 96/.707 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.804 88/.468 44/.765 31/.795 87/.614 92/.448 98/.562 31/.241 104/.672 .654

Home 225/.789 81/.527 59/.528 45/.798 80/.697 111/.513 97/.728 27/.568 72/.603

Last 28d days 75/.601 50/.857 26/.629 72/.712 58/.715 42/.475 34/.699 35/.414 36/.905

HR/SB/CS 9/8/5 2/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 4/4/0 1/4/1 2/0/0 1/7/1 80/61/30

Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ·X·o··oo ·X····X· ·X·o·X·X ·o····X· ·o··ooo· ··XX··o· ··Xo··o·

Dodgers Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 16.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 55.Cabrera
G/S/vB 54.Camp
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

47.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/69 .253/.289/.418/.706 .896/.630 .580 80/.652 1/0 2/2

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 323/242 .275/.389/.409/.798 .816/.793 .717 58/.768 0/0 8/5

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 246/164 .259/.347/.356/.703 1.008/.546 .759 82/.609 5/0 4/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/.575 8/.750 ··· 6/1.000 6/.833 389/239 .288/.357/.470/.827 .627/.954 .888 81/.747 2/1 11/1

10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 274/180 .234/.279/.297/.576 .513/.608 .512 37/.384 13/6 0/1

6.Hairston G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.111 6/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 248/148 .283/.356/.406/.763 .822/.723 .657 60/.706 1/2 4/9

27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.555 11/1.363 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 227/159 .353/.419/.647/1.065 1.491/.887 1.101 83/.911 3/3 15/1

7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/1.455 12/1.409 ··· 7/.000 3/.000 310/236 .255/.307/.336/.643 .574/.665 .693 48/.590 0/3 2/5

13.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/1.083 ··· ··· 4/.250 6/.334 3/.000 1/no AB 12/.533 1/.000 431/314 .245/.323/.427/.750 .733/.756 .836 76/.706 16/5 15/9

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 2/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 254/150 .253/.287/.363/.650 .696/.618 .603 65/.690 1/3 5/3

18.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/46 .203/.286/.342/.627 .826/.424 .655 28/.417 1/0 2/2

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 12/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 3/1.000 164/101 .193/.252/.293/.545 .359/.666 .676 27/.597 0/1 2/5

8.Victorino# G/S/vP 5/2.350 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.334 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 435/312 .258/.321/.396/.717 .927/.647 .708 70/.869 24/4 9/1

IP 120.1 4.1 1.0 53.1 23.2 13.2 20.0 33.1 48.2 TOTAL .248/.316/.363/.679 .654/.691 .685 .645 70/34 64/73

ERA-K/9

4.19/9.1

4.15/10.5

0.00/18.0

3.54/6.6

3.04/4.6

1.98/7.2

4.95/11.2

4.86/11.6

3.33/7.6

4.31/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ellis (49-25-10)
Treanor (12-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 508/.246 23/.316 3/.000 224/.251 94/.210 57/.269 90/.225 159/.222 209/.257 .252 Victorino
Gwynn
Kemp
Ethier
Rivera
Hairston 1/101/0/7
38/53/3/6
0/53/0/5
0/1/91/2
28/0/7/2
18/0/0/1

OPS .715 .751 .000 .707 .658 .610 .715 .741 .768 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.809 9/.889 1/.000 97/.700 37/.923 29/.481 31/.470 80/.803 76/.764 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.612 14/.665 2/.000 127/.712 57/.500 28/.739 59/.825 79/.675 133/.770 .730

Road 271/.704 9/.819 / 102/.573 54/.765 13/.769 47/.870 67/.841 95/.810

Last 28d days 105/.591 23/.751 3/.000 44/.986 37/.600 57/.610 27/.681 33/.743 38/.938

HR/SB/CS 12/10/4 0/0/0 0/0/0 6/5/2 2/2/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 3/4/0 5/5/1 101/80/23

Usage ·····X·· ··oX··X· ·o······ ·Xo·XXo· ·X·Xo·X· ···X···· ··Xo···· ·X··oX·· ·o··ooX·

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.