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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @PNC Park

Cubs, 18-25, 18-25 4th, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-7) 103.2 90 48 45 32 96 15 3.91
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 3-3 38.1 38 18 16 11 35 6 3.76 52
2012-07-21 @STL ND 3.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 33 56
2012-07-15 ARI W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 108 73
2012-07-05 @ATL L 4.0 5 5 5 3 6 3 94 35
2012-06-30 HOU W 5.1 9 2 2 3 1 0 104 40
2012-06-24 @ARI L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 1 102 61
2012-06-18 @CHW W 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 87 55
2012-06-13 DET L 6.0 7 5 3 0 5 0 94 47
Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 19.0 23 9 8 3 25 3 3.79 54
2012-05-27 @PIT L 5.0 7 6 5 1 6 3 91 36
2011-08-03 @PIT W 7.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 103 74
2011-04-03 PIT ND 7.0 12 3 3 0 12 0 106 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-14   Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest:  5-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 19   NYM  L   3-4       18-25  4th 10.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 18   NYM  W   8-2       18-24  4th  9.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 17   NYM  L   2-3       17-24  4th 10.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   COL  W   6-3       17-23  4th  9.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   COL  L   4-9       16-23  5th  9.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 13   COL  W   9-1       16-22  5th  8.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @WSN  W   2-1       15-22  5th  8.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @WSN  W   8-2       14-22  5th  9.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 10  @WSN  L   3-7       13-22  5th  9.5 gb
 34 Wed, May  8   STL  L   4-5       13-21  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 26-18, 26-18 3rd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (34, LHP, 4-2, 3.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-2) 44.1 38 17 16 9 32 8 3.25
2012 (12-13) 205.2 205 99 86 56 139 21 3.76
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.2 36 17 16 8 26 8 3.82 52
2013-05-15 MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 97 65
2013-05-10 @NYM W 6.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 92 58
2013-05-05 WSN L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 117 54
2013-04-29 @MIL L 3.2 6 7 7 4 2 3 88 19
2013-04-24 @PHI ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 5 2 105 42
2013-04-19 ATL W 7.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 82 80
2013-04-08 @ARI ND 2.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 38 47
Last 5 v.CHC 3-1 32.1 30 10 8 7 23 2 2.23 58
2013-04-03 CHC W 6.2 2 0 0 1 6 0 103 75
2012-09-15 @CHC W 6.0 9 3 1 1 4 0 95 49
2012-07-01 @CHC L 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 96 57
2012-05-23 CHC W 7.0 8 1 1 0 5 1 105 62
2011-09-16 @CHC ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 5 1 107 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  21-12   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 19   HOU  W   1-0       26-18  2nd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 18   HOU  L   2-4 (11)  25-18  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 17   HOU  W   5-4       25-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 16   MIL  W   7-1       24-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   MIL  W   3-1       23-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   MIL  W   4-3 (12)  22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 13   MIL  L   1-5       21-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @NYM  W   3-2       21-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @NYM  W  11-2       20-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 10  @NYM  W   7-3       19-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  2        W:Travis Wood (1-0), L: James McDonald (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 PIT  3  CHC  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 CHC  3 @PIT  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-0), L: A.J. Burnett (0-1), S: Kyuji Fujikawa (1)

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 PIT  3 @CHC  0        W:Kevin Correia (11-9), L: Travis Wood (6-12), S: Joel Hanrahan (36)
Sun, Sep 16, 2012 CHC 13  PIT  9        W:Jeff Beliveau (1-0), L: Jared Hughes (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 PIT  7 @CHC  6        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-13), L: Jason Berken (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (35)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 CHC  7  PIT  4        W:Chris Rusin (1-2), L: James McDonald (12-8), S: Carlos Marmol (20)
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 CHC  4 @PIT  2        W:James Russell (7-1), L: Jason Grilli (1-6), S: Carlos Marmol (18)
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 CHC  4 @PIT  3        W:Jeff Samardzija (9-13), L: Jason Grilli (1-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 CHC 12 @PIT  2        W:Travis Wood (5-11), L: A.J. Burnett (15-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CHC over 2-1; 2012 - Tied 8-8; 2011 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1224-1163

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.29

KCR  4.29

MIA  2.71

 RA/G

ARI  3.47

SEA  4.22

HOU  5.91

 BA

M. Cabrera  .387

K. Morales  .270

B. Upton  .143

 OBP

J. Votto  .476

J. Gyorko  .337

D. Espinosa  .191

 SLG

C. Davis  .675

Y. Molina  .432

J. Keppinger  .225

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.116

J. Jay  .778

J. Keppinger  .432

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Garcia  3.58

R. Vogelsong  7.19

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.75

J. Garcia  7.00

K. Correia  3.43

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

Cubs Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 20/.563 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/3.000 ··· 114/82 .192/.292/.333/.625 .875/.533 .612 85/.683 2/0 2/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/24 .250/.357/.292/.649 .933/.590 .916 25/.530 3/1 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 130/90 .287/.326/.393/.719 .525/.802 .472 69/.664 1/0 1/5
13.Castro G/S/vP 25/.462 ··· 8/.750 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· 191/136 .273/.304/.388/.692 .618/.721 .531 105/.665 2/1 3/6
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 8/.629 6/.333 16/.795 1/.000 7/.857 2/.500 ··· 6/.167 2/1.000 151/131 .294/.364/.507/.872 .417/.941 .695 85/.802 3/0 5/0
21.Hairston G/S/vP 24/1.102 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 53/11 .122/.151/.347/.498 .502/.482 .317 30/.546 1/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/45 .192/.236/.385/.621 1.278/.480 .573 29/.599 0/1 3/2
1.Ransom G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 56/23 .255/.309/.510/.819 1.043/.473 .985 41/.931 0/0 3/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 4/1.000 5/1.933 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/3.000 184/122 .275/.342/.527/.869 1.012/.797 .826 102/.987 4/3 10/2
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 132/116 .285/.321/.520/.841 .354/.900 .735 69/.775 4/2 5/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 47/.396 ··· 7/.714 5/.200 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 162/110 .265/.296/.413/.709 .915/.613 .483 82/.729 5/1 4/2
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/13 .333/.400/.667/1.067 .714/1.280 .708 20/1.067 0/0 1/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/1.000 124/111 .257/.363/.448/.811 .408/.854 .764 63/.834 1/1 5/4
IP 44.1 32.1 19.2 13.2 15.2 23.0 14.2 20.2 25.2 TOTAL .249/.303/.420/.723 .700/.733 .621 .755 29/10 48/34
ERA-K/9 3.25/6.5 2.78/5.3 0.92/14.2 4.61/8.5 2.87/6.9 0.78/9.0 3.68/5.5 5.23/8.7 1.40/8.8 3.35/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (20-10-3)
 Navarro (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.228 134/.219 73/.134 61/.260 62/.276 86/.200 56/.191 87/.250 98/.113 .225  Soriano
 Hairston
 Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Borbon
 DeJesus
39/0/0/3
0/0/15/2
6/2/1/1
0/0/34/1
6/0/4/0
0/37/0/0
OPS .705 .665 .344 .827 .667 .468 .704 .760 .408 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.877 47/.673 37/.425 20/.821 22/.523 40/.450 21/.810 29/.656 27/.439 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.649 87/.661 36/.261 41/.830 40/.745 46/.484 35/.635 58/.814 71/.393 .666
Home 98/.492 60/.634 39/.184 24/1.091 29/.468 51/.373 43/.720 48/.607 57/.544
Last 28d days 124/.905 94/.686 39/.373 18/.789 48/.697 44/.575 45/.795 51/.935 53/.317
HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 5/6/2 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 3/2/0 0/3/3 40/39/14
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·oo··oo· ········ ···X··X· ·oo··oo· ··X·o·X· ···X···X ···oX···
Pirates Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 28.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 10/1.300 2/no AB 5/.800 ··· ··· 9/.444 1/.000 6/.334 146/113 .201/.253/.388/.641 .555/.668 .560 79/.725 1/0 8/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/1.111 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 10/.425 ··· 6/.533 123/94 .223/.269/.304/.572 .332/.646 .578 65/.783 0/0 2/5
2.Inge G/S/vP 15/1.217 ··· 11/1.245 ··· 11/.586 3/1.667 ··· ··· 59/37 .255/.293/.291/.584 .524/.618 .433 55/.571 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 10/1.200 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 14/.630 ··· 8/.875 133/126 .281/.331/.488/.818 .452/.838 .679 74/.862 1/0 5/1
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 197/155 .305/.372/.463/.836 .979/.797 .763 113/.830 10/4 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 14/.517 8/.625 1/.000 2/.000 132/99 .276/.364/.517/.881 .817/.898 .825 65/1.005 1/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/1.000 6/.833 ··· 1/2.000 14/.900 1/no AB 3/2.334 178/139 .281/.348/.469/.817 .930/.785 .987 97/.892 9/1 6/0
19.McKenry G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.500 57/37 .231/.298/.462/.760 .411/.957 .679 42/.551 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/29 .244/.262/.512/.774 1.582/.393 .607 43/.774 0/0 3/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 11/.955 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.833 1/.000 2/no AB 95/54 .253/.379/.493/.872 1.153/.633 .857 57/.863 0/0 4/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 117/109 .274/.342/.387/.729 .393/.753 .831 62/.618 1/2 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 7/1.714 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 83/55 .280/.341/.427/.768 .519/.897 .730 50/.976 1/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 10/.100 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 6/1.100 1/no AB 7/.857 122/89 .236/.331/.302/.632 .385/.726 .745 40/.476 0/0 1/3
IP 16.2 16.0 9.1 10.0 16.0 15.2 17.1 TOTAL .244/.311/.394/.705 .688/.711 .705 .736 24/8 46/27
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.78/3.8 7.31/6.8 6.75/11.6 0.00/10.8 5.06/9.6 4.60/6.3 0.52/9.9 3.67/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (16-12-3)
 McKenry (23-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 67/.237 74/.348 39/.270 39/.143 76/.250 69/.214 65/.180 .234  McCutchen
 Inge
 Jones
 Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
0/42/0/5
0/0/2/1
0/0/9/1
2/0/32/1
41/6/0/1
7/0/19/0
OPS .596 .954 .740 .374 .875 .726 .477 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 35/.629 27/.970 20/.700 21/.349 27/.390 29/.693 36/.395 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 32/.558 47/.944 19/.780 18/.399 49/1.165 40/.749 29/.580 .689
Road / 25/.708 31/.452 17/.728 20/.417 33/1.098 31/.378 23/.364
Last 28d days / 26/.490 41/.894 16/.438 28/.220 31/.836 43/.747 41/.582
HR/SB/CS // 0/0/1 3/1/2 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/2 2/2/1 0/3/0 41/32/14
Usage ······X· ······X· ·X·o···X ·····X·· ·o·····X ··o···X· ··oX·o··

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.