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Game Preview: CHC @ MIL, 8:10pm, Friday, May 11, 2012 @Miller Park

Cubs, 13-18, 13-18 5th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (28, RHP, 2-1, 2.67)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 33.2 20 10 10 10 36 3 2.67
2011 (10-10) 198.0 186 90 73 63 197 14 3.32
2010 (15-10) 204.2 193 94 89 63 150 28 3.91
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.2 31 13 12 13 54 3 2.17 67
2012-04-29 @PHI W 7.0 1 0 0 1 10 0 103 84
2012-04-23 STL ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 108 63
2012-04-18 @MIA L 5.0 7 6 6 3 7 2 92 33
2012-04-12 MIL W 8.2 3 0 0 2 9 0 119 85
2012-04-07 WSN ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 91 58
2011-09-27 @SDP W 7.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 122 65
2011-09-21 MIL W 9.0 6 1 0 1 10 0 123 82
Last 5 v.MIL 3-1 29.1 23 11 10 9 30 2 3.07 61
2012-04-12 MIL W 8.2 3 0 0 2 9 0 119 85
2011-09-21 MIL W 9.0 6 1 0 1 10 0 123 82
2011-06-16 MIL W 6.0 6 5 5 3 3 2 99 40
2011-04-09 @MIL L 5.2 8 5 5 3 8 0 107 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-10   Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-14   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May  9   ATL  W   1-0       13-18  5th  7.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   ATL  L   1-3       12-18  6th  7.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   ATL  W   5-1       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   LAD  W   4-3 (11)  11-17  6th  6.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   LAD  L   1-5       10-17  6th  6.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4   LAD  W   5-4       10-16  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Thu, May  3  @CIN  L   3-4 (10)   9-16  6th  7.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2  @CIN  W   3-1        9-15  6th  7.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @PHI  L   4-6        8-15  6th  6.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @PHI  W   5-1        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Brewers, 13-18, 13-18 5th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (35, LHP, 2-3, 6.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 32.1 47 24 24 12 19 4 6.68
2011 (13-10) 212.1 214 95 87 66 134 23 3.69
2010 (13-12) 215.2 213 107 100 87 142 29 4.17
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.0 56 28 28 15 22 4 6.63 38
2012-05-05 @SFG L 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 0 102 41
2012-04-30 @SDP W 5.0 9 3 3 3 3 0 89 37
2012-04-24 HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 1 111 56
2012-04-19 LAD L 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 1 99 42
2012-04-13 @ATL ND 4.1 9 8 8 3 1 2 98 11
2012-04-08 STL L 5.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 108 43
2011-09-27 PIT ND 5.2 9 4 4 3 3 0 111 35
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 33.2 33 15 10 5 26 5 2.67 56
2011-09-21 @CHC L 6.0 10 6 6 1 5 1 96 32
2011-08-26 CHC W 6.2 4 2 1 2 3 1 101 61
2011-06-13 @CHC ND 7.0 6 0 0 0 7 0 98 72
2011-04-08 CHC L 6.0 9 6 2 1 5 2 100 42
2010-09-11 CHC L 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 113 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-8    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May  9   CIN  L   1-2       13-18  5th  7.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   CIN  W   8-3       13-17  5th  6.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   CIN  L   1-6       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6  @SFG  L   3-4 (11)  12-16  4th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5  @SFG  L   2-5       12-15  4th  4.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4  @SFG  W   6-4       12-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  2  @SDP  L   0-5       11-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 24 Tue, May  1  @SDP  L   0-2       11-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @SDP  W   8-3       11-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @STL  W   3-2       10-12  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 CHC  8  MIL  0        W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 MIL  2 @CHC  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-1), L: Ryan Dempster (0-1), S: John Axford (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 MIL  7 @CHC  4        W:Chris Narveson (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 MIL  7 @CHC  5        W:Shaun Marcum (1-0), L: Shawn Camp (0-1), S: John Axford (1)

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 CHC  7  MIL  1        W:Matt Garza (9-10), L: Randy Wolf (13-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 MIL  5 @CHC  1        W:Shaun Marcum (13-7), L: Randy Wells (7-5), S: none
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 CHC  5  MIL  2        W:Casey Coleman (3-8), L: Chris Narveson (10-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 MIL  3  CHC  2        W:Zack Greinke (13-5), L: Casey Coleman (2-7), S: John Axford (40)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 MIL  6  CHC  4        W:Yovani Gallardo (15-8), L: Ryan Dempster (10-10), S: John Axford (39)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 MIL  5  CHC  2        W:Randy Wolf (11-8), L: Rodrigo Lopez (4-5), S: John Axford (38)
Season Series: 2012 - MIL over 3-1; 2011 - MIL won 10-6; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 114-108

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  5.69

CHW  4.03

PIT  2.87

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

PHI  4.09

BOS  5.77

 BA

J. Hamilton  .395

H. Pence  .262

C. Barmes  .152

 OBP

B. LaHair  .476

R. Cano  .331

C. Barmes  .188

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .825

I. Desmond  .418

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.274

I. Suzuki  .750

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

J. Williams  3.38

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.74

K. Drabek  7.20

H. Alvarez  2.61

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (3.39 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 54.Chulk
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 26.Parra*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 25/1.065 3/.666 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 1/.000 30/17 .231/.300/.308/.608 .222/.607 1.000 17/.706 1/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 5/.900 3/.666 112/83 .248/.288/.343/.631 .500/.609 .500 77/.578 0/0 1/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 58/50 .320/.370/.380/.750 .833/.734 .666 58/.750 7/2 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .000/.083/.000/.083 /.083 .000 12/.083 0/0 0/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 19/1.088 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 5/.000 4/2.000 3/.333 6/.533 131/100 .347/.359/.468/.827 1.492/.704 .898 96/.828 11/4 1/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 10/.686 1/no AB 7/.429 1/.000 124/97 .257/.371/.333/.704 .533/.762 .440 92/.664 0/2 0/0
5.Johnson G/S/vP 15/.266 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.572 6/.167 8/.536 45/30 .171/.244/.317/.562 .444/.718 .588 33/.542 0/0 0/0
6.LaHair* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 103/82 .384/.476/.767/1.243 .929/1.293 1.361 81/1.267 0/1 8/2
16.Mather G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 40/26 .286/.375/.514/.889 .862/.849 1.064 33/.980 1/1 2/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 40/.782 6/.167 8/.929 2/1.000 3/.333 8/1.250 10/.733 14/.143 3/1.000 105/79 .253/.276/.303/.579 .445/.668 .512 74/.567 1/1 0/0
18.Soto G/S/vP 32/1.042 7/.143 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.833 4/1.167 3/.666 5/.900 6/1.500 88/67 .152/.239/.304/.542 .286/.599 .608 65/.522 0/0 3/4
2.Stewart* G/S/vP 6/1.700 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.911 3/.000 1/.000 113/85 .194/.265/.330/.596 .529/.626 .688 84/.486 0/1 3/2
IP 32.1 9.2 2.0 14.0 24.0 14.0 14.1 14.1 13.2 TOTAL .242/.302/.362/.664 .648/.680 .647 .655 21/13 18/23
ERA-K/9 6.68/5.3 5.59/15.8 13.50/4.5 5.14/6.4 4.50/8.6 1.93/4.5 2.51/10.1 5.65/8.2 5.27/11.2 4.76/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (2-1-0)
 Soto (22-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.336 49/.286 11/.400 63/.291 98/.239 53/.224 59/.264 62/.241 67/.293 .276  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Baker
 Mather
 Campana
 Johnson
 Cardenas
0/0/29/2
26/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
5/3/0/0
0/15/0/0
8/8/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .936 .721 1.055 .844 .767 .555 .643 .728 .819 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.905 24/.908 4/.500 25/1.360 39/.742 22/.604 25/.584 32/.813 34/.952 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.945 25/.547 7/1.405 38/.506 59/.785 31/.519 34/.686 30/.617 33/.690 .724
Home 79/.797 28/.753 5/1.000 32/.910 58/.702 22/.909 26/.962 27/.696 34/.834
Last 28d days 105/.865 36/.733 11/1.055 38/.789 78/.813 37/.499 37/.455 43/.752 55/.778
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 6/0/1 1/3/0 0/3/1 2/4/0 1/3/0 26/31/9
Usage ·····X·· ·X····o· ···X···· ··o·Xo·· ···X···· ··o·ooo· ···ooo·· ····o·o· ··X·X·X·
Brewers Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB		 43.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
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
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/33 .231/.302/.333/.636 .545/.670 .671 36/.590 0/0 1/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 14/.940 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.414 5/.800 5/1.400 124/96 .313/.363/.670/1.033 .806/1.102 1.093 92/1.050 4/1 10/2
14.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
5.Green* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/8 .222/.222/.444/.667 .000/.750 .750 9/.667 0/0 0/0
1.Hart G/S/vP 10/.543 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 14/.368 2/2.500 3/2.000 119/93 .231/.314/.490/.804 1.180/.709 1.006 92/.617 1/0 6/0
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 45/37 .195/.250/.415/.665 1.000/.596 .941 39/.775 0/0 2/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 16/.641 1/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/.767 36/26 .200/.222/.286/.508 .000/.708 .688 32/.573 0/1 1/0
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 41/34 .310/.500/.655/1.155 .750/1.220 1.196 28/.764 0/0 3/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 93/69 .321/.370/.476/.846 1.251/.704 .659 73/.811 0/0 2/1
29.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 14/1.077 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.425 4/.500 6/.533 80/75 .192/.244/.192/.435 .400/.433 .431 54/.482 3/1 0/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 30/.756 124/97 .219/.266/.386/.652 .713/.636 .755 93/.739 2/0 2/3
23.Weeks G/S/vP 14/.368 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 20/.488 2/1.000 9/.444 139/106 .164/.302/.302/.604 .634/.592 .663 103/.584 2/0 3/4
IP 33.2 7.1 16.0 7.2 19.1 10.2 12.1 4.1 TOTAL .230/.298/.404/.702 .755/.686 .776 .681 21/7 36/20
ERA-K/9 2.67/9.6 2.45/9.9 3.38/7.3 5.87/7.0 2.79/2.3 5.06/9.3 0.73/8.0 14.54/8.4 3.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (6-1-0)
 Lucroy (25-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.175 30/.222 66/.258 36/.276 75/.188 56/.195 53/.250 24/.353 .222  Braun
 Aoki
 Ishikawa
 Morgan
 Hart
29/0/0/3
3/6/2/0
0/0/1/0
3/16/7/0
0/0/30/0
OPS .518 .819 .675 .785 .581 .728 .758 1.147 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.495 14/.690 23/.919 12/.705 30/.271 28/.729 14/.670 12/1.083 .641
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.282 16/.917 36/.601 18/.643 38/.685 24/.806 30/.885 12/1.208 .666
Road 46/.618 20/.829 21/.524 15/1.092 32/.719 22/.542 16/.713 1/.000
Last 28d days 73/.586 19/.845 49/.549 28/.815 55/.637 38/.654 44/.816 11/1.260
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 2/0/0 1/1/1 1/3/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 1/2/0 20/29/6
Usage ········ ·····o·· ··X·o·o· ·····X·· ·o··X·XX ···X·X·X ·X·XX·X· ··X···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.