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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 4:05pm, Sunday, March 16, 2014 @Citi Field

Cubs, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Chris Rusin (26, LHP, 2-6, 3.93)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-6) 66.1 66 30 29 24 36 8 3.93
2012 (2-3) 29.2 38 22 21 11 21 4 6.37
Last 7 GS 0-4 34.0 38 19 18 14 15 5 4.76 45
2013-09-24 PIT L 2.1 6 4 4 1 1 1 51 29
2013-09-18 @MIL L 4.0 4 6 6 2 3 2 65 31
2013-09-12 @PIT L 7.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 79 63
2013-09-06 MIL ND 3.2 7 2 2 2 1 1 85 38
2013-08-31 PHI ND 5.0 4 3 2 3 3 1 84 49
2013-08-25 @SDP ND 6.1 3 0 0 4 3 0 87 66
2013-08-20 WSN L 5.2 10 2 2 2 2 0 81 41
Has never faced NYM as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-50   Road:   35-46   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  44-74   vsLHP:  22-22   1-Run:  20-33
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:25-51   vsWest: 14-20 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @STL  L   0-4       66-96  5th 31.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @STL  L   2-6       66-95  5th 30.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @STL  L   0-7       66-94  5th 29.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25   PIT  W   4-2       66-93  5th 28.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24   PIT  L   2-8       65-93  5th 28.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23   PIT  L   1-2       65-92  5th 27.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   ATL  L   2-5       65-91  5th 26.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   ATL  W   3-1       65-90  5th 26.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   ATL  L   5-9       64-90  5th 26.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @MIL  W   5-1       64-89  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Mets, 74-88, 74-88

SP: Jenrry Mejia (23, RHP, 1-2, 2.30)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 27.1 28 9 7 4 27 2 2.30
2012 (1-2) 16.0 20 10 10 9 8 2 5.63
2010 (0-4) 39.0 46 21 20 20 22 3 4.62
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 38 13 11 8 34 3 2.65 55
2013-08-17 @SDP ND 3.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 61 51
2013-08-12 @LAD L 6.0 6 3 2 0 4 0 85 54
2013-08-06 COL ND 5.1 5 2 1 2 7 1 96 57
2013-07-31 @MIA L 6.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 96 51
2013-07-26 @WSN W 7.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 97 70
2012-09-30 @ATL L 5.0 6 4 4 2 3 1 91 40
2012-09-24 PIT W 5.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 96 61
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 0 7.20 35
2010-09-04 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 0 96 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-48   Road:   41-40   ExtrInn: 8-12
 vsRHP:  49-62   vsLHP:  25-26   1-Run:  29-28
 vsEast: 34-42   vsCntrl:12-21   vsWest: 17-16 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   MIL  W   3-2       74-88  3rd 22.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   MIL  L   2-4 (10)  73-88  3rd 22.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   MIL  L   2-4       73-87  3rd 22.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   MIL  L   2-4       73-86  3rd 21.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @CIN  W   1-0       73-85  3rd 20.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @CIN  W   4-2       72-85  3rd 21.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @CIN  L   2-3 (10)  71-85  3rd 21.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @PHI  W   4-3       71-84  3rd 21.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @PHI  W   5-4  (7)  70-84  4th 21.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @PHI  W   6-4       69-84  4th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 NYM  4  CHC  3        W:Bobby Parnell (5-3), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 CHC  5 @NYM  2        W:Scott Feldman (6-5), L: Jonathon Niese (3-6), S: Kevin Gregg (9)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 CHC  6 @NYM  3        W:Edwin Jackson (3-8), L: Shaun Marcum (0-8), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Sun, May 19, 2013 NYM  4 @CHC  3        W:Scott Rice (2-3), L: Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1), S: Bobby Parnell (6)
Sat, May 18, 2013 CHC  8  NYM  2        W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Jeremy Hefner (0-5), S: none
Fri, May 17, 2013 NYM  3 @CHC  2        W:Matt Harvey (5-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-6), S: Bobby Parnell (5)

Sun, Jul 08, 2012 CHC  7 @NYM  0        W:Ryan Dempster (4-3), L: Jonathon Niese (7-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 NYM  3  CHC  1        W:Dillon Gee (6-7), L: Jeff Samardzija (6-8), S: Bobby Parnell (2)
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 CHC  8 @NYM  7        W:Travis Wood (4-3), L: Johan Santana (6-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 NYM 17 @CHC  1        W:Jonathon Niese (6-3), L: Jeff Samardzija (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 3-3; 2012 - CHC won 4-2; 2011 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 354-350

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

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  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 (3.72 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Mejia
G/S/vB		 38.Black
G/S/vB		 40.Colon
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 35.Gee
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 33.Harvey
G/S/vB		 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 43.Reid
G/S/vB		 56.Rice*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 45.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/.364 ··· 3/.666 12/.834 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 588/436 .254/.299/.354/.653 .636/.659 .509 / 6/1 7/3
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 190/143 .265/.337/.418/.754 1.199/.609 .715 / 0/0 5/7
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 13/.558 ··· 3/1.334 16/.938 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 691/525 .283/.323/.430/.753 .775/.746 .743 / 25/13 14/27
7.Jackson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 142/123 .175/.303/.342/.644 .488/.670 .550 / 0/3 4/2
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/no AB 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .740 / 0/0 9/4
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/78 .216/.281/.379/.661 .430/.816 .542 / 1/1 3/1
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .152/.250/.182/.432 .387/.473 .398 / 1/1 0/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.777 ··· 3/1.000 10/.422 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 368/261 .285/.342/.463/.805 .599/.892 .824 / 3/2 15/4
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 14/.286 5/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 320/213 .313/.374/.535/.909 1.129/.806 .955 / 14/8 13/3
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 8/1.357 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 269/201 .257/.321/.407/.728 .444/.826 .838 / 3/2 6/1
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 5/2.550 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 219/196 .260/.303/.373/.675 .332/.713 .693 / 0/0 0/2
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.933 ··· 8/1.250 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· 303/237 .219/.310/.340/.650 .624/.657 .632 / 0/2 4/7
27.Vitters G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/61 .121/.193/.202/.395 .346/.433 .508 / 2/0 2/4
IP 16.0 152.1 12.1 109.2 59.1 190.1 68.2 53.0 TOTAL .238/.300/.392/.693 .693/.693 .647 63/32 172/100
ERA-K/9 5.63/4.5 /0.0 3.43/5.4 5.84/7.3 4.10/8.0 /0.0 2.73/10.6 3.40/7.3 2.49/8.0 /0.0 /0.0 5.26/7.1 /0.0 3.78/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (33-11-4)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.313 / 636/.266 52/.233 463/.256 / 245/.200 788/.241 288/.249 / / 231/.257 / .256  Sweeney
 Ruggiano
 Jackson
 Wright
 Schierholtz
 Olt
0/19/49/3
31/52/15/3
0/39/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/7/80/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .897 .692 .644 .697 .631 .663 .648 .723 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.775 / 348/.782 23/.751 252/.770 / 135/.662 156/.665 129/.626 / / 98/.660 / .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/1.022 / 288/.587 29/.560 211/.610 / 110/.592 632/.663 159/.666 / / 133/.768 / .713
Home 32/.679 / 364/.650 29/.764 270/.723 / 93/.530 408/.647 135/.541 / / 124/.804 /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 // 17/1/0 0/1/2 12/7/3 // 5/0/0 22/8/2 4/1/0 // // 2/5/1 // 152/87/29
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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Mets Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rusin*
G/S/vB		 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 62.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 39.Hammel
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 55.McDonald
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
47.Brown G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/78 .232/.302/.429/.730 .775/.701 .916 / 2/2 5/2
36.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
15.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 8/.625 11/1.233 10/1.067 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.000 6/2.167 1/.000 6/.533 1/3.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 584/406 .227/.308/.462/.771 .560/.868 .618 / 0/2 32/8
6.den Dekker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.630 9/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 8/.700 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 9/.778 ··· 459/311 .239/.329/.389/.718 .662/.745 .739 / 1/0 15/5
4.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
3.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 21/1.331 ··· ··· ··· 19/1.245 17/1.240 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.933 1/.000 13/1.112 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 684/437 .232/.319/.492/.811 .762/.839 .871 / 10/3 43/0
12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· / /// / / / /
19.Lutz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.500 .000 / 0/0 0/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 8/1.125 15/.600 9/.819 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 6/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 612/416 .291/.332/.403/.735 .680/.761 .800 / 10/2 6/15
9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 314/241 .252/.315/.376/.691 .515/.740 .638 / 4/4 7/4
20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 58/40 .143/.263/.245/.508 .417/.550 .363 / 0/0 1/1
13.Satin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 12/.167 8/.417 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 9/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 12/.258 ··· 501/334 .289/.333/.351/.685 .760/.647 .698 / 4/4 1/12
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.268 18/1.100 11/.829 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 9/.666 ··· 9/1.667 11/.864 1/.000 12/.833 3/5.000 670/455 .306/.391/.492/.883 .917/.867 .859 / 15/10 21/10
1.Young G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 31/.566 5/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 6/.167 ··· 6/1.333 6/.000 1/.000 11/.637 4/.000 363/229 .231/.311/.434/.745 .810/.707 .702 / 8/3 14/2
22.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/2.667 ··· 6/.533 ··· 196/144 .316/.377/.448/.825 .974/.770 .844 / 14/2 4/0
IP 29.2 114.2 21.2 14.0 118.0 189.2 171.0 6.0 69.1 174.2 66.1 67.0 125.1 156.0 52.1 TOTAL .237/.306/.366/.672 .671/.672 .632 114/35 130/93
ERA-K/9 6.37/6.4 6.20/8.6 5.40/11.2 /0.0 9.00/8.4 3.43/8.6 4.03/8.0 4.21/7.9 6.00/9.0 /0.0 /0.0 3.25/7.1 3.81/9.3 2.44/7.9 3.63/10.6 4.16/8.8 /0.0 4.27/6.9 3.27/9.3 4.00/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (7-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.314 496/.272 99/.205 / 65/.367 493/.234 790/.243 713/.233 32/.370 / / 292/.255 723/.240 283/.217 300/.239 521/.242 / 649/.232 223/.226 .244  Duda
 Young
 Brown
 Granderson
 Young
 Nieuwenhuis
24/0/81/5
0/87/0/4
12/0/24/3
0/157/0/3
8/15/11/0
23/50/20/0
OPS .881 .763 .678 .935 .637 .719 .715 1.172 .732 .698 .613 .694 .758 .745 .638 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.678 267/.846 35/.524 / 34/1.006 257/.586 410/.758 368/.653 12/1.071 / / 111/.727 371/.755 139/.674 146/.724 262/.816 / 130/.614 133/.538 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.955 229/.664 64/.767 / 31/.855 236/.692 380/.677 345/.780 20/1.200 / / 181/.735 352/.640 144/.556 154/.665 259/.703 / 519/.779 90/.790 .746
Road 90/.933 223/.626 45/.589 / 18/.667 262/.659 391/.773 356/.850 20/1.265 / / 129/.816 403/.695 136/.589 148/.721 246/.860 / 296/.758 100/.533
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 16/9/3 1/4/1 // 1/2/2 9/6/4 23/7/5 21/12/4 3/1/0 // // 5/7/2 20/15/5 2/1/1 5/10/2 23/6/5 // 25/6/1 4/3/1 160/107/42
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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.