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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:30pm, Friday, April 5, 2013 @Turner Field

Cubs, 2-1, 2-1 1st, Tied

SP: Scott Feldman (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-11) 123.2 139 79 70 32 96 14 5.09
2011 (2-1) 32.0 25 14 14 10 22 3 3.94
2010 (7-11) 141.1 181 98 86 45 75 18 5.48
Last 7 GS 0-4 35.2 47 29 27 12 33 4 6.81 41
2012-09-25 OAK ND 4.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 75 48
2012-09-15 SEA ND 2.2 7 6 6 2 2 1 71 20
2012-09-06 @KCR ND 6.1 6 3 3 0 6 1 97 55
2012-09-01 @CLE L 6.0 6 4 4 1 5 0 99 48
2012-08-26 MIN L 5.2 10 6 5 1 4 0 104 30
2012-08-21 BAL L 5.0 7 5 4 1 4 1 100 38
2012-08-15 @NYY L 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 0 117 49
Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 2.57 60
2008-06-19 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 104 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @PIT  W   3-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  3  @PIT  L   0-3        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @PIT  W   3-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1
Braves, 2-1, 2-1 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Mike Minor (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-10) 179.1 151 88 82 56 145 26 4.12
2011 (5-3) 82.2 93 39 38 30 77 7 4.14
2010 (3-2) 40.2 53 28 27 11 43 6 5.98
Last 7 GS 5-0 42.2 24 10 10 10 36 2 2.11 63
2012-09-29 NYM W 6.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 88 71
2012-09-22 @PHI W 6.0 2 2 2 1 6 1 91 65
2012-09-16 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 59
2012-09-10 @MIL ND 5.2 2 0 0 2 8 0 115 71
2012-09-05 COL W 7.0 1 0 0 4 7 0 108 78
2012-08-31 PHI ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 71 39
2012-08-25 @SFG W 6.2 4 3 3 0 5 0 91 59
Last 5 v.CHC 4-0 23.0 25 13 11 4 30 3 4.30 52
2012-07-05 CHC W 6.1 3 3 2 2 6 1 101 61
2011-08-23 @CHC W 5.0 6 4 3 0 6 1 85 47
2011-08-12 CHC W 5.2 9 3 3 1 6 0 93 44
2010-08-22 @CHC W 6.0 7 3 3 1 12 1 104 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Thu, Apr  4   PHI  L   0-2        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   PHI  W   9-2        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  1   PHI  W   7-5        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 ATL  7  CHC  3        W:Mike Minor (5-6), L: Matt Garza (4-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 CHC  5 @ATL  1        W:Paul Maholm (6-6), L: Randall Delgado (4-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 ATL 10  CHC  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-2), L: Chris Volstad (0-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 CHC  4 @ATL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (6-7), L: Tommy Hanson (9-5), S: James Russell (2)
Wed, May 09, 2012 CHC  1  ATL  0        W:Paul Maholm (4-2), L: Tim Hudson (1-1), S: Rafael Dolis (3)
Tue, May 08, 2012 ATL  3 @CHC  1        W:Kris Medlen (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (10)
Mon, May 07, 2012 CHC  5  ATL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-1), L: Tommy Hanson (3-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 ATL  8 @CHC  3        W:Brandon Beachy (7-2), L: Matt Garza (6-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 CHC  3  ATL  2        W:Randy Wells (5-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-12), S: Carlos Marmol (30)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 ATL  5 @CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (4-2), L: Casey Coleman (2-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (40)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - CHC won 4-3; 2011 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - CHC leads 1221-1024

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 2013 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 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

L. Lynn  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

M. Minor  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (2.00 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 49.Teheran
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/143 .265/.337/.418/.754 1.199/.609 .715 7/1.095 0/0 5/7
13.Castro G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 691/525 .283/.323/.430/.753 .775/.746 .743 12/.500 25/13 14/27
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/186 .201/.260/.276/.537 .138/.602 .329 1/.000 0/1 1/4
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.500 7/.929 ··· ··· 1/.000 582/467 .263/.350/.403/.753 .438/.826 .705 10/.100 7/8 9/2
6.Gonzalez G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 55/33 .241/.241/.315/.556 .500/.594 .469 4/.500 0/0 0/2
21.Hairston G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 9/.555 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 398/199 .263/.299/.504/.803 .867/.739 .863 3/.000 8/2 20/1
20.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/115 .195/.250/.274/.524 .556/.496 .484 9/.000 13/2 3/8
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 73/53 .290/.306/.449/.755 .750/.754 .876 5/.000 0/0 2/1
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 368/261 .285/.342/.463/.805 .599/.892 .824 12/.778 3/2 15/4
17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/49 .275/.351/.449/.800 1.237/.545 1.238 3/.000 0/0 2/0
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 269/201 .257/.321/.407/.728 .444/.826 .838 9/1.389 3/2 6/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 11/.873 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 615/466 .262/.322/.499/.821 .831/.818 .815 12/.167 6/2 32/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 303/237 .219/.310/.340/.650 .624/.657 .632 7/.000 0/2 4/7
IP 179.1 36.0 20.0 62.2 73.2 138.0 57.1 6.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .121/.192/.209/.401 .225/.483 .401 .401 3/0 2/3
ERA-K/9 4.12/7.3 2.00/8.2 1.80/9.0 1.01/16.7 3.91/7.9 1.57/7.8 1.73/7.2 5.68/7.1 5.40/11.3 3.46/11.1 3.00/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (33-11-4)
 Clevenger (45-7-4)
 Navarro (5-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 728/.232 142/.211 80/.233 231/.126 313/.277 520/.208 230/.229 24/.217 76/.250 172/.229 .257  Soriano
 DeJesus
 Sappelt
 Hairston
 Schierholtz
 Lillibridge
145/0/0/12
3/50/100/8
4/0/20/2
59/14/48/1
0/7/80/0
20/11/4/0
OPS .702 .547 .642 .358 .745 .529 .602 .467 .766 .674 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.724 58/.528 32/.992 122/.331 156/.629 263/.519 78/.305 8/.250 39/.869 87/.606 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 549/.694 84/.559 48/.411 109/.387 157/.856 257/.539 152/.759 16/.579 37/.656 85/.743 .622
Home 383/.612 68/.434 50/.648 126/.379 166/.711 293/.555 95/.607 18/.513 53/.682 90/.635
Last 28d days / 9/.347 5/.200 3/.000 4/1.750 25/.800 4/1.000 / 12/.167 9/.778
HR/SB/CS 26/10/2 1/2/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 6/4/0 6/5/2 3/1/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 3/5/2 1/4/0
Usage ·o·X···· oo······ ···X···· ·o······ X······· ···o···· XX······ o··X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 28.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .876 4/.500 1/1 9/6
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 620/363 .259/.340/.456/.796 .714/.855 .865 11/1.445 2/0 23/12
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/1.250 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .750 13/.762 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 13/.404 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .810 7/.929 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 6/.800 ··· 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .612 2/.000 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 12/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .695 7/.714 0/0 2/4
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 .500 3/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .649 0/ 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .828 13/.538 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 12/.333 ··· 2/.500 10/1.944 12/.792 ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .656 11/1.080 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP 16/.466 ··· 16/.583 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 14/.500 ··· 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .814 11/.000 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 5/.000 12/.964 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .924 12/1.317 18/8 17/5
IP 123.2 39.2 77.2 55.1 69.1 50.1 125.1 156.0 TOTAL .221/.288/.453/.741 .589/1.030 .741 .741 0/0 6/1
ERA-K/9 5.09/7.0 2.95/7.3 3.59/6.3 /0.0 3.42/11.7 /0.0 3.25/7.1 5.54/9.3 4.16/8.8 4.27/6.9 2.08/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 536/.279 165/.225 327/.261 / 247/.200 / 292/.255 212/.251 521/.242 649/.232 .144  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Johnson
 Johnson
0/2/154/11
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
37/32/29/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .745 .689 .719 .662 .732 .772 .758 .745 .411
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.752 65/.669 126/.740 / 124/.703 / 111/.727 114/.716 262/.816 130/.614 .397
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.736 100/.700 201/.706 / 123/.618 / 181/.735 98/.837 259/.703 519/.779 .419
Road 254/.658 79/.755 136/.687 / 101/.701 / 129/.816 113/.815 246/.860 296/.758
Last 28d days / 4/1.667 5/.400 4/.000 10/1.271 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 / 20/.261
HR/SB/CS 14/20/3 5/6/0 7/7/4 // 4/6/0 // 5/7/2 8/1/2 23/6/5 25/6/1 0/4/1
Usage ·o······ oo······ o··o···· X··X···· ·X······ o··o···· ·o······ 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.