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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 25, 2012 @PNC Park

Cubs, 15-29, 15-29 6th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 0-2, 2.28)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 47.1 36 14 12 14 44 3 2.28
2011 (10-14) 202.1 211 111 108 82 191 23 4.80
2010 (15-12) 215.1 198 110 92 86 208 25 3.85
Last 7 GS 0-2 47.1 36 14 12 14 44 3 2.28 62
2012-05-19 CHW L 6.0 7 4 4 3 3 2 90 42
2012-05-14 @STL ND 6.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 95 42
2012-05-08 ATL ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 67
2012-05-03 @CIN ND 8.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 101 81
2012-04-17 @MIA ND 6.0 4 2 0 2 8 0 100 66
2012-04-11 MIL L 6.2 5 2 2 3 5 1 106 58
2012-04-05 WSN ND 7.2 2 1 1 3 10 0 108 78
Last 5 v.PIT 2-3 27.0 31 21 21 14 29 2 7.00 43
2011-09-02 PIT L 6.1 7 3 3 1 9 0 121 55
2011-07-09 @PIT W 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 87 42
2011-05-29 PIT W 6.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 105 58
2011-04-01 PIT L 6.2 6 6 6 4 7 2 114 41
2010-08-31 PIT L 3.0 7 7 7 3 4 0 70 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-15   Road:    6-14   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   1-8    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Wed, May 23  @HOU  L   1-5       15-29  6th 10.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 22  @HOU  L   1-2       15-28  6th  9.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21  @HOU  L   4-8       15-27  6th  8.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   CHW  L   0-6       15-26  6th  7.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   CHW  L   4-7       15-25  6th  7.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   CHW  L   2-3       15-24  6th  7.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   PHI  L   7-8       15-23  6th  7.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   PHI  L   2-9       15-22  6th  7.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @STL  L   6-7       15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @STL  W   6-4       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Pirates, 20-24, 20-24 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 2-2, 4.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 37.2 40 20 20 10 33 4 4.78
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
Last 7 GS 3-2 45.1 45 22 22 12 39 6 4.37 53
2012-05-19 @DET W 6.0 7 2 2 3 2 1 106 49
2012-05-13 HOU ND 8.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 103 66
2012-05-08 WSN ND 8.0 6 2 2 1 10 1 93 71
2012-05-02 @STL L 2.2 12 12 12 1 2 2 72 -13
2012-04-27 @ATL L 6.0 6 2 2 3 8 0 94 57
2012-04-21 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 76 76
2011-09-25 BOS W 7.2 5 2 2 2 6 2 105 65
Last 5 v.CHC 4-0 31.0 28 14 14 11 31 3 4.06 54
2011-06-18 @CHC W 5.1 4 2 2 3 8 1 104 57
2008-06-13 CHC W 5.0 4 2 2 4 7 0 111 54
2005-06-15 @CHC W 6.2 11 5 5 1 2 1 105 33
2004-09-12 @CHC W 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 104 71
2002-07-12 @CHC ND 6.0 3 4 4 2 8 1 98 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-10   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-18   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Wed, May 23   NYM  L   1-3       20-24  4th  5.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 22   NYM  L   2-3       20-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21   NYM  W   5-4       20-22  3rd  3.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @DET  L   3-4       19-22  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @DET  W   4-3       19-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @DET  L   0-6       18-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @WSN  W   5-3       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @WSN  L   4-7       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @MIA  L   2-6       17-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @MIA  W   3-2       17-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 PIT  3 @CHC  1        W:Brian Burres (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (10-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (33)
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 CHC  7 @PIT  6        W:Jeff Samardzija (6-4), L: Daniel McCutchen (3-3), S: Carlos Marmol (23)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 CHC  1 @PIT  0        W:Matt Garza (5-8), L: Chris Resop (3-3), S: Carlos Marmol (22)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 CHC 11 @PIT  6        W:Randy Wells (3-4), L: Kevin Correia (12-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 CHC  5 @PIT  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (8-6), L: Paul Maholm (6-11), S: Carlos Marmol (21)
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 PIT  9  CHC  1        W:Paul Maholm (6-9), L: Ramon Ortiz (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 CHC  6 @PIT  3        W:Ryan Dempster (6-6), L: Kevin Correia (11-7), S: Carlos Marmol (19)
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 PIT  7  CHC  4        W:Daniel McCutchen (3-1), L: Sean Marshall (5-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (26)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - Tied 8-8; 2010 - PIT won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1215-1153

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  5.38

NYM  4.16

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.27

SDP  4.07

MIN  5.55

 BA

D. Wright  .405

N. Cruz  .260

R. Weeks  .155

 OBP

D. Wright  .500

A. Beltre  .331

C. Barmes  .206

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .758

J. Kipnis  .418

A. Ramirez  .253

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.187

B. McCann  .756

A. Ramirez  .481

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

T. Cahill  3.74

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

J. Johnson  7.23

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Cubs Batters (3.52 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/23 .238/.327/.310/.636 .679/.590 .917 24/.756 1/1 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 159/125 .259/.306/.374/.680 .388/.763 .614 82/.648 1/0 1/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 100/84 .302/.355/.349/.704 .833/.676 .704 79/.676 12/2 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/19 .150/.150/.300/.450 .000/.474 1.000 20/.450 0/0 0/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 7/.858 ··· 2/1.500 3/3.000 2/.500 189/148 .313/.323/.413/.736 .952/.676 .750 104/.668 12/5 2/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 19/.498 2/1.500 10/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/144 .282/.367/.391/.758 .445/.830 .664 100/.808 0/4 1/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 16/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .571/.444 .500 16/.500 0/0 0/1
5.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 72/44 .246/.319/.446/.766 .673/.825 .985 44/.811 0/0 2/0
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 152/126 .310/.408/.612/1.020 .507/1.122 1.094 94/.933 1/1 10/3
47.Lalli* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.667 .400 6/.333 0/0 0/0
16.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/34 .278/.371/.519/.889 .792/.949 .824 37/.988 2/1 3/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 12/.334 2/.000 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 1/5.000 158/128 .257/.291/.392/.683 .626/.696 .619 86/.838 1/1 4/0
2.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 154/130 .197/.286/.336/.621 .426/.660 .728 81/.707 0/1 4/3
IP 37.2 16.2 17.0 15.2 22.2 23.0 20.0 15.0 TOTAL .245/.305/.375/.679 .608/.698 .696 .717 30/17 31/32
ERA-K/9 4.78/7.9 1.08/8.1 2.12/15.9 2.87/10.3 1.19/4.8 1.17/9.4 3.15/6.3 3.60/6.6 3.36/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (2-1-0)
 Lalli (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.270 72/.283 72/.190 66/.130 93/.214 89/.183 97/.279 58/.173 .243  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Campana
 Baker
 LaHair
 Mather
 Johnson
 Cardenas
0/0/41/3
39/0/0/1
0/25/0/1
0/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
8/3/0/0
9/12/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .711 .705 .657 .566 .616 .589 .784 .588 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.763 37/.873 40/.603 40/.457 45/.623 40/.614 42/.810 33/.599 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.629 35/.544 32/.715 26/.739 48/.610 49/.566 55/.764 25/.566 .705
Home 84/.461 34/.743 26/.626 35/.499 47/.676 26/.274 41/.852 24/.429
Last 28d days 109/.820 39/.782 45/.626 40/.569 50/.479 72/.618 61/.799 31/.579
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/3/0 2/5/0 2/2/1 3/2/0 2/2/0 35/26/4
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·X ·o···X·X ···o·X·X ···Xo··· ·o··o·X· ··oX··o· ···oo··o
Pirates Batters (2.86 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 43.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 27.Coleman
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 142/106 .203/.268/.422/.689 .622/.713 .633 92/.724 0/0 7/9
26.Barajas G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 106/74 .212/.255/.394/.649 .429/.736 .490 60/.915 0/0 4/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/1.067 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 139/108 .178/.206/.287/.493 .467/.500 .555 74/.466 0/2 2/6
5.Harrison G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 68/33 .274/.308/.484/.792 .787/.796 .890 50/.898 0/0 1/0
62.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/ .000/.200/.000/.200 .200/ .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 27/.563 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 100/94 .219/.240/.406/.646 .000/.689 .508 58/.481 1/0 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 25/.940 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 169/122 .338/.391/.543/.934 1.186/.826 .968 90/1.099 8/3 7/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 30/1.063 ··· ··· 11/.182 ··· ··· 1/no AB 111/66 .186/.279/.247/.527 .593/.482 .496 60/.354 1/0 0/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 54/43 .188/.278/.417/.694 1.253/.564 .631 33/.537 0/0 3/0
2.McLouth* G/S/vP 21/1.039 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 62/55 .140/.210/.175/.385 .143/.414 .550 38/.269 0/0 0/0
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/20 .182/.260/.250/.510 .646/.311 .375 32/.573 0/2 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 12/.733 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 160/114 .221/.270/.336/.606 .608/.605 .687 101/.691 5/4 2/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 17/1.329 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.500 168/119 .253/.299/.331/.631 .644/.624 .566 101/.705 1/0 2/2
IP 47.1 11.2 23.1 8.0 24.2 2.0 20.0 TOTAL .217/.266/.346/.612 .643/.600 .604 .629 19/16 35/29
ERA-K/9 2.28/8.4 5.40/8.5 3.09/7.7 3.38/4.5 4.74/3.6 0.00/13.5 1.80/6.8 4.26/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (18-2-4)
 McKenry (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.211 51/.283 98/.247 34/.267 104/.233 10/.250 89/.231 .240  Tabata
 Navarro
 McCutchen
 Jones
 Harrison
 Hernandez
 McLouth
7/0/38/3
6/0/2/1
0/41/0/1
0/0/8/1
1/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
9/4/3/0
OPS .579 .918 .689 .667 .704 .650 .793 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.691 24/.619 40/.689 15/.955 44/.265 5/.400 23/1.032 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.485 27/1.170 58/.689 19/.474 60/1.049 5/.800 66/.704 .730
Road 78/.540 28/.898 43/.629 11/1.056 56/.867 / 39/.692
Last 28d days 108/.643 34/.947 48/.625 34/.667 55/.736 10/.650 56/.878
HR/SB/CS 3/4/2 3/2/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 38/38/9
Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·X ··X·oX·· ····oo·X ·X··X··· ·····o·X ·oX··Xo·

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.