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Game Preview: CHC @ LAD, 9:10pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012 @Dodger Stadium

Cubs, 43-61, 43-61 5th, 21 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (25, RHP, 0-7, 7.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-7) 45.1 58 42 40 17 27 4 7.94
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 34.1 47 35 34 15 17 3 8.91 34
2012-07-03 @ATL L 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 1 77 26
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
Last 5 v.LAD 2-3 26.2 29 19 18 12 13 3 6.08 43
2012-05-05 LAD L 5.0 4 5 5 3 1 0 81 37
2011-04-26 LAD W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 108 59
2010-07-06 @LAD L 3.0 5 5 5 3 3 2 70 29
2010-04-09 LAD L 6.1 5 3 2 1 2 0 87 54
2009-07-26 @LAD W 5.1 8 4 4 4 2 1 88 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   16-37   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-43   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:17-27   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Fri, Aug  3  @LAD  L   1-6       43-61  5th 21.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Dodgers, 57-50, 57-50 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Kershaw (24, LHP, 8-6, 2.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-6) 149.1 119 54 49 39 143 11 2.95
2011 (21-5) 233.1 174 66 59 54 248 15 2.28
2010 (13-10) 204.1 160 73 66 81 212 13 2.91
Last 7 GS 3-3 47.0 41 20 18 14 48 1 3.45 58
2012-07-29 @SFG W 9.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 116 83
2012-07-24 @STL L 5.2 7 8 8 3 4 0 105 24
2012-07-18 PHI ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 120 75
2012-07-13 SDP W 6.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 110 59
2012-07-06 @ARI L 5.1 5 5 5 2 7 0 104 43
2012-07-01 NYM W 7.0 5 3 1 3 9 0 116 65
2012-06-26 @SFG L 6.0 8 2 2 2 8 1 104 54
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 21.0 19 5 4 2 20 2 1.71 64
2011-05-02 CHC W 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 100 57
2010-07-08 CHC W 8.0 7 2 2 0 12 1 97 72
2010-05-25 @CHC L 6.0 4 1 0 2 4 0 104 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-23   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  35-33   vsLHP:  22-17   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 22-20 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Fri, Aug  3   CHC  W   6-1       57-50  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 LAD  6  CHC  1        W:Chad Billingsley (7-9), L: Jeff Samardzija (7-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1026-1023

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
Cubs Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 12/1.144 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 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 374/270 .269/.309/.389/.698 .648/.717 .541 64/.804 6/1 5/2
1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/138 .259/.299/.291/.591 .619/.582 .540 8/.125 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 10/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 445/324 .282/.308/.429/.737 .775/.722 .737 86/.791 16/10 11/15
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 141/118 .235/.262/.324/.586 .174/.668 .279 30/.274 0/1 1/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 ··· 11/.831 380/291 .262/.352/.378/.730 .398/.825 .715 69/.658 5/5 2/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 316/265 .268/.348/.471/.820 .310/.917 .878 56/.508 2/2 14/5
21.Mather G/S/vP 3/.000 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 129/91 .314/.357/.545/.902 .723/.978 .968 84/.762 1/2 8/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/1.569 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 392/291 .271/.321/.494/.816 .822/.814 .782 74/.894 2/1 19/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 142/93 .200/.261/.338/.599 .621/.587 .510 63/.474 0/1 3/5
IP 149.1 39.1 29.0 16.2 38.0 48.2 46.0 16.1 42.1 TOTAL .245/.299/.384/.683 .639/.700 .660 .664 66/33 88/65
ERA-K/9 2.95/8.6 3.20/7.6 2.48/9.6 2.16/3.8 3.08/6.9 1.85/13.7 3.72/5.7 3.86/7.7 4.04/7.9 3.35/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (7-3-1)
 Clevenger (27-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 599/.220 156/.176 119/.192 72/.267 166/.277 190/.143 198/.278 69/.190 200/.274 .239  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Campana
 Baker
 Mather
 LaHair
 Cardenas
0/34/62/7
91/0/0/5
9/47/4/1
1/0/13/0
16/17/3/0
1/0/27/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .611 .542 .530 .712 .706 .487 .684 .654 .689 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.637 68/.641 75/.401 41/.640 79/.812 98/.524 99/.812 36/1.065 96/.707 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 489/.605 88/.468 44/.765 31/.795 87/.614 92/.448 99/.556 33/.225 104/.672 .652
Home 338/.603 81/.527 59/.528 45/.798 80/.697 111/.513 100/.705 31/.579 72/.603
Last 28d days 117/.531 50/.857 26/.629 72/.712 58/.715 42/.475 37/.640 39/.434 36/.905
HR/SB/CS 11/8/7 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··o ··X····X ··X·o·X· ··o····X o·o··ooo X··XX··o ···Xo··o
Dodgers Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Volstad
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
47.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/72 .245/.280/.404/.684 .896/.603 .535 79/.604 1/0 2/2
17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 326/245 .283/.395/.438/.833 .816/.838 .783 57/.841 0/0 10/5
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 9/.472 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 250/168 .259/.345/.355/.700 1.008/.545 .749 86/.604 5/0 4/1
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 18/.619 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/.575 8/.750 ··· 6/1.000 6/.833 393/242 .288/.356/.467/.823 .622/.950 .880 85/.735 2/1 11/1
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 275/181 .233/.278/.296/.574 .513/.605 .508 37/.384 13/6 0/1
6.Hairston G/S/vP 17/.728 ··· ··· 9/.111 6/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 248/148 .283/.356/.406/.763 .822/.723 .657 56/.637 1/2 4/9
27.Kemp G/S/vP 20/.671 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.500 11/1.363 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 231/163 .351/.416/.644/1.059 1.491/.883 1.089 87/.904 3/3 15/1
7.Loney* G/S/vP 19/.721 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/1.455 12/1.409 1/.000 7/.000 3/.000 314/238 .255/.307/.338/.645 .558/.673 .695 48/.653 0/3 2/5
13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 6/.334 3/.000 1/no AB 12/.533 1/.000 435/317 .247/.324/.430/.755 .726/.765 .844 76/.777 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 64/.701 1/3 5/3
18.Treanor G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 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 3/.000 ··· ··· 12/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 3/1.000 164/101 .193/.252/.293/.545 .359/.666 .676 24/.679 0/1 2/5
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 35/.906 ··· ··· 4/.000 7/.572 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 439/316 .258/.320/.395/.715 .927/.645 .704 70/.899 25/4 9/1
IP 45.1 5.1 1.1 53.1 24.2 13.2 20.1 33.1 48.2 TOTAL .249/.316/.365/.681 .652/.695 .689 .652 71/34 66/73
ERA-K/9 7.94/5.4 3.38/8.5 0.00/20.8 3.54/6.6 3.28/4.7 1.98/7.2 4.87/11.1 4.86/11.6 3.33/7.6 4.33/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.310 26/.273 4/.000 224/.251 99/.221 57/.269 91/.222 159/.222 209/.257 .253  Victorino
 Gwynn
 Kemp
 Ethier
 Rivera
 Hairston
2/101/0/7
38/53/3/6
0/54/0/5
0/1/92/2
28/0/7/2
18/0/0/1
OPS .824 .657 .000 .707 .700 .610 .706 .741 .768 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.821 11/.705 1/.000 97/.700 39/.926 29/.481 32/.453 80/.803 76/.764 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.826 15/.619 3/.000 127/.712 60/.563 28/.739 59/.825 79/.675 133/.770 .734
Road 104/.848 12/.606 1/.000 102/.573 59/.826 13/.769 48/.850 67/.841 95/.810
Last 28d days / 26/.657 4/.000 44/.986 41/.722 33/.644 25/.566 33/.743 38/.938
HR/SB/CS 4/10/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 6/5/2 3/3/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 3/4/0 5/5/1 103/81/23
Usage ········ o··oX··X o·o····· ··Xo·XXo o·X·Xo·X ····X··· o··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.