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Game Preview: CHC @ PIT, 12:35pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 @PNC Park

Cubs, 18-27, 18-27 4th, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (29, RHP, 1-6, 5.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-6) 50.0 55 37 32 21 46 5 5.76
2012 (10-11) 189.2 173 90 85 58 168 23 4.03
2011 (12-9) 199.2 225 92 84 62 148 16 3.79
Last 7 GS 1-4 39.0 44 30 25 15 35 5 5.77 44
2013-05-17 NYM L 6.2 7 3 3 1 4 2 91 51
2013-05-11 @WSN W 5.1 4 2 2 2 3 1 88 53
2013-05-05 CIN L 5.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 86 39
2013-04-30 SDP L 4.2 11 8 8 2 6 1 88 14
2013-04-25 @MIA ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 100 50
2013-04-20 @MIL L 6.0 4 5 1 1 4 1 91 55
2013-04-14 SFG ND 5.1 5 5 4 4 9 0 112 45
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 31.2 30 14 11 7 20 3 3.13 54
2013-04-03 @PIT L 5.0 3 2 2 1 5 0 92 57
2012-05-08 @PIT ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 5 2 91 67
2011-09-14 @PIT W 6.2 8 2 2 0 5 0 100 55
2011-08-25 PIT W 6.0 6 4 1 3 2 0 106 49
2010-04-11 PIT W 7.0 10 4 4 2 3 1 98 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-14   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 5-13   vsWest:  5-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Wed, May 22  @PIT  L   0-1       18-27  4th 11.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 21  @PIT  L   4-5       18-26  4th 10.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Pirates, 28-18, 28-18 3rd, 2 GB

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (25, RHP, 2-0, 2.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 32.1 25 12 10 14 19 5 2.78
2012 (5-8) 90.2 95 66 60 34 47 15 5.96
2011 (5-3) 58.1 73 31 29 15 31 6 4.47
Last 7 GS 1-1 28.2 29 23 21 13 18 7 6.59 43
2013-05-17 HOU ND 4.2 5 4 3 2 1 1 70 39
2013-05-12 @NYM ND 5.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 65 61
2013-05-07 SEA W 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 66 66
2013-05-01 @MIL ND 4.0 4 3 2 2 3 2 79 45
2012-09-29 KCR ND 3.0 7 6 6 2 2 1 62 21
2012-09-12 @TEX L 4.0 6 5 5 1 1 2 64 30
2012-09-07 @MIN ND 3.0 3 4 4 3 3 0 59 37
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  23-12   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 22   CHC  W   1-0       28-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   CHC  W   5-4       27-18  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 22, 2013 PIT  1  CHC  0        W:Francisco Liriano (3-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (2-6), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Tue, May 21, 2013 PIT  5  CHC  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-2), L: James Russell (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (18)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 3-2; 2012 - Tied 8-8; 2011 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1226-1163

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
Cubs Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Gomez
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
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 ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 122/84 .217/.314/.368/.682 .937/.572 .733 89/.790 2/0 2/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 38/25 .219/.324/.250/.574 .490/.619 .679 30/.436 4/1 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 138/92 .292/.328/.392/.721 .545/.806 .509 73/.668 1/0 1/5
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 9/.889 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 200/137 .266/.295/.375/.670 .537/.731 .500 106/.639 2/1 3/7
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.333 50/.902 16/.795 7/.857 3/1.167 ··· 7/.143 2/1.000 153/132 .297/.366/.507/.873 .396/.949 .705 79/.852 3/0 5/0
21.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 59/11 .109/.136/.309/.445 .436/.482 .256 35/.466 1/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/45 .192/.236/.385/.621 1.278/.480 .573 26/.615 0/1 3/2
1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 62/23 .246/.295/.474/.769 .929/.473 .856 44/.841 0/0 3/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/3.000 193/124 .261/.326/.500/.826 .903/.784 .739 103/.957 4/3 10/2
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 133/117 .282/.318/.516/.834 .354/.892 .721 63/.720 4/2 5/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 16/1.571 7/.714 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 170/112 .264/.294/.405/.699 .888/.602 .485 85/.734 5/1 4/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 23/15 .333/.391/.619/1.010 .875/1.092 .697 23/1.010 0/0 1/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.666 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/1.000 125/112 .255/.360/.443/.803 .408/.845 .749 57/.790 1/1 5/4
IP 32.1 4.0 20.2 15.2 25.0 14.2 21.2 26.2 TOTAL .247/.300/.412/.712 .667/.733 .607 .749 30/10 48/36
ERA-K/9 2.78/5.3 4.50/9.0 1.31/13.9 2.87/6.9 0.72/9.4 3.68/5.5 4.98/8.7 1.35/8.8 3.29/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (21-11-3)
 Navarro (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 134/.219 18/.294 79/.153 62/.276 95/.202 56/.191 91/.250 103/.129 .225  Soriano
 Hairston
 Sweeney
 Schierholtz
 Borbon
 DeJesus
41/0/0/3
0/0/17/2
6/2/2/1
0/0/34/1
6/2/4/0
0/38/0/0
OPS .665 .863 .412 .667 .466 .704 .747 .429 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.673 8/1.250 41/.411 22/.523 44/.455 21/.810 32/.657 29/.488 .667
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.661 10/.522 38/.411 40/.745 51/.475 35/.635 59/.799 74/.405 .663
Home 60/.634 12/.417 45/.324 29/.468 60/.383 43/.720 52/.598 62/.568
Last 28d days 94/.686 18/.863 41/.507 44/.764 50/.546 45/.795 47/.926 52/.406
HR/SB/CS 5/6/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 3/3/0 0/3/3 40/40/14
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ·X·oo··o ·····X·· Xo·oo··o ····X·o· X····X·· ·X···oX·
Pirates Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB
48.Dolis
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 8/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.400 1/.000 7/.453 153/119 .193/.248/.371/.620 .577/.633 .526 77/.614 1/0 8/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 10/.425 ··· 6/.533 125/96 .228/.273/.307/.580 .332/.653 .591 61/.799 0/0 2/5
2.Inge G/S/vP 26/.607 ··· ··· 12/.533 3/1.667 ··· ··· 60/38 .250/.288/.286/.574 .524/.602 .411 51/.535 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 13/.808 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 14/.630 1/2.000 8/.875 139/132 .286/.338/.484/.822 .452/.841 .696 76/.851 1/0 5/1
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 202/160 .304/.370/.459/.829 .979/.789 .753 107/.819 10/5 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 1/.000 14/.517 9/.556 2/.500 2/.000 139/106 .262/.353/.492/.844 .817/.850 .769 68/.982 1/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 15/1.246 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 14/.900 2/.500 3/2.334 186/147 .280/.344/.470/.814 .930/.784 .969 96/.914 10/1 6/0
19.McKenry G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.500 57/37 .231/.298/.462/.760 .411/.957 .679 36/.553 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/34 .261/.277/.522/.798 1.582/.485 .667 48/.798 0/0 3/2
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.730 1/.000 2/no AB 99/58 .244/.374/.474/.848 1.153/.607 .813 55/.763 0/0 4/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 123/115 .268/.333/.402/.735 .393/.758 .832 61/.647 1/2 2/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 7/.143 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 88/60 .278/.345/.418/.763 .519/.878 .721 50/1.018 1/0 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.697 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 6/1.100 2/3.000 7/.857 130/97 .234/.341/.306/.647 .385/.739 .759 42/.539 0/0 1/3
IP 50.0 1.2 9.1 11.0 17.0 16.0 17.1 TOTAL .242/.310/.391/.701 .690/.705 .697 .727 25/9 47/29
ERA-K/9 5.76/8.3 0.00/0.0 6.75/11.6 0.00/9.8 4.76/9.0 6.19/6.2 1.04/9.9 3.65/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (17-12-3)
 McKenry (23-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 229/.274 8/.250 39/.270 43/.154 80/.250 73/.237 66/.180 .232  McCutchen
 Inge
 Jones
 Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
0/44/0/5
0/0/2/1
0/0/10/1
2/0/34/1
43/6/0/1
8/0/19/0
OPS .768 .625 .740 .386 .853 .780 .488 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.908 3/.000 20/.700 23/.317 28/.375 31/.827 37/.418 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.660 5/1.000 19/.780 20/.461 52/1.131 42/.745 29/.580 .685
Road 96/.555 / 17/.728 24/.432 37/1.022 35/.529 24/.399
Last 28d days 99/.924 7/.714 16/.438 32/.256 30/.817 44/.891 39/.648
HR/SB/CS 5/5/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/3 2/2/1 0/3/0 42/33/15
Usage ·····X·· ········ ···X·o·· ·o·····X ·X·o···· ·o··o··· ·o··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.