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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, August 9, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 50-64, 50-64 4th, 20 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Chris Rusin (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.98)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 20.1 18 9 9 7 13 2 3.98
2012 (2-3) 29.2 38 22 21 11 21 4 6.37
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.0 38 22 21 12 19 3 5.56 44
2013-08-01 LAD L 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 0 94 38
2013-07-27 @SFG ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 90 72
2013-07-22 @ARI W 5.0 2 2 2 2 4 0 78 57
2013-07-02 @OAK ND 3.1 6 3 3 0 2 2 61 38
2012-09-30 @ARI W 5.0 3 2 1 2 4 0 68 57
2012-09-25 @COL L 3.2 7 6 6 1 0 1 72 22
2012-09-19 CIN ND 5.0 10 5 5 2 2 0 87 27
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-33   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  34-45   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  15-25
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:16-31   vsWest: 12-16 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  8  @PHI  L   1-12      50-64  4th 20.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7  @PHI  W   5-2       50-63  4th 19.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6  @PHI  L   8-9       49-63  4th 19.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  4   LAD  L   0-1       49-62  4th 18.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  3   LAD  L   0-3       49-61  4th 17.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  2   LAD  L   2-6       49-60  4th 16.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  1   LAD  L   4-6       49-59  4th 16.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 31   MIL  W   6-1       49-58  4th 16.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 30   MIL  L   2-3       48-58  4th 16.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30   MIL  L   5-6       48-57  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Cardinals, 66-48, 66-48 2nd, 4 GB, 7½ up in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 13-5, 3.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-5) 143.0 124 60 60 52 140 8 3.78
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.1 46 21 21 14 42 3 4.36 52
2013-08-04 @CIN W 8.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 115 75
2013-07-30 @PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 97 67
2013-07-25 PHI W 7.0 5 1 1 4 6 0 118 65
2013-07-20 SDP L 5.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 91 37
2013-07-13 @CHC L 4.1 12 6 6 1 2 2 74 16
2013-07-07 MIA W 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 110 61
2013-07-02 @LAA L 6.0 9 5 5 1 8 0 109 41
Last 5 v.CHC 3-2 28.1 31 15 15 9 24 5 4.76 49
2013-07-13 @CHC L 4.1 12 6 6 1 2 2 74 16
2013-06-20 CHC W 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 92 66
2013-05-07 @CHC L 7.0 4 2 2 1 8 1 101 68
2012-07-27 @CHC W 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 1 95 28
2012-07-22 CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 100 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-20   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  54-31   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:25-17   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  8   LAD  L   1-5       66-48  2nd  4.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7   LAD  L   4-13      66-47  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6   LAD  W   5-1       66-46  2nd  2.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  5   LAD  L   2-3       65-46  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  4  @CIN  W  15-2       65-45  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @CIN  L   3-8       64-45  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @CIN  W  13-3       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  1  @PIT  W  13-0       63-44  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Wed, Jul 31  @PIT  L   4-5       62-44  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @PIT  L   0-6       62-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 STL 10 @CHC  6        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Kevin Gregg (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 CHC  6  STL  4        W:Matt Garza (6-1), L: Lance Lynn (11-4), S: Kevin Gregg (17)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 STL  3 @CHC  2        W:Joe Kelly (1-3), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-5), S: Edward Mujica (26)
Thu, Jul 11, 2013 CHC  3  STL  0        W:Edwin Jackson (6-10), L: Jake Westbrook (5-4), S: Kevin Gregg (16)
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 STL  6  CHC  1        W:Lance Lynn (10-1), L: Scott Feldman (6-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 STL  4  CHC  1        W:Jake Westbrook (3-2), L: Edwin Jackson (3-9), S: Edward Mujica (21)
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 CHC  4 @STL  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-7), L: Adam Wainwright (10-4), S: Kevin Gregg (10)
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 STL  5  CHC  2        W:Shelby Miller (8-4), L: Travis Wood (5-6), S: Edward Mujica (20)
Wed, May 08, 2013 STL  5 @CHC  4        W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Michael Bowden (1-2), S: Edward Mujica (9)
Tue, May 07, 2013 CHC  2  STL  1        W:Travis Wood (3-2), L: Lance Lynn (5-1), S: Kevin Gregg (5)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 6-4; 2012 - STL won 10-7; 2011 - STL won 10-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1177-1120

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  5.15

NYM  4.04

MIA  3.21

 RA/G

PIT  3.38

CHC  4.26

HOU  5.32

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

I. Desmond  .270

D. Uggla  .190

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

A. Jackson  .332

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

D. Jennings  .419

J. Keppinger  .281

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

A. Ethier  .755

J. Keppinger  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

H. Bailey  3.73

J. Blanton  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.26

B. Colon  4.79

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

Cubs Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 67.Blazek
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 17/.607 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 387/276 .211/.258/.320/.578 .648/.549 .515 81/.540 3/1 6/4
175.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
53.Castillo G/S/vP 5/2.300 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 321/233 .274/.347/.368/.715 .628/.747 .640 58/.895 2/0 3/9
13.Castro G/S/vP 22/.818 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 7/1.000 2/2.500 497/352 .245/.282/.351/.633 .594/.648 .579 100/.668 8/3 7/15
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 16/.621 ··· 7/.453 1/2.000 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 ··· 277/235 .265/.329/.435/.763 .443/.821 .644 60/.763 3/0 6/1
2.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 45/13 .205/.311/.256/.568 .531/.657 .313 35/.705 0/0 0/0
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/58 .330/.352/.500/.852 1.137/.681 .873 92/.852 1/3 4/2
8.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .385/.467/1.231/1.697 3.667/1.073 1.955 15/1.697 0/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 174/123 .284/.356/.490/.847 1.231/.694 .747 41/.720 0/1 9/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 171/65 .201/.300/.450/.750 .843/.590 .731 50/.407 0/0 9/7
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 15/.795 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.833 3/.666 487/314 .239/.331/.450/.780 .676/.838 .694 101/.784 5/5 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 346/296 .273/.330/.511/.842 .532/.885 .810 67/.908 5/2 15/2
22.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .286/.375/.286/.661 .000/.900 .833 8/.661 0/0 0/0
IP 143.0 7.2 24.2 1.1 66.1 40.2 16.0 46.2 53.1 19.1 TOTAL .241/.302/.403/.705 .694/.710 .658 .705 54/25 125/74
ERA-K/9 3.78/8.8 8.22/10.5 2.55/6.6 0.00/13.8 2.98/6.2 2.43/4.4 6.19/7.3 1.93/7.5 2.19/12.8 0.93/11.7 3.51/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (52-20-7)
 Navarro (28-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.236 39/.258 101/.213 4/.000 283/.263 164/.294 73/.302 176/.202 220/.233 73/.095 .249  Schierholtz
 Gillespie
 DeJesus
 Lake
0/0/88/4
6/1/8/2
0/67/0/1
14/9/0/0
OPS .660 .862 .571 .000 .716 .721 .765 .528 .601 .394 .675
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.720 17/.686 71/.548 2/.000 129/.706 59/.750 33/.873 79/.485 102/.488 39/.348 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.609 22/.981 30/.621 2/.000 154/.725 105/.705 40/.674 97/.564 118/.699 34/.447 .655
Home 288/.603 20/.833 46/.592 4/.000 125/.702 87/.667 49/.924 86/.386 107/.529 37/.405
Last 28d days 128/.717 25/1.040 23/.648 4/.000 74/.630 41/.597 38/.793 29/.621 39/.579 28/.595
HR/SB/CS 8/2/3 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 7/0/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 74/26/16
Usage ····X··· XX···X·X ·Xo··o·· X······· ··X····X o·oo·X·o X······· ··o····o ··X·o··· o·oX··X·
Cardinals Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rusin*
G/S/vB		 28.Bowden
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 52.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 196/165 .289/.347/.500/.847 .742/.867 .997 63/.703 0/0 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 17/.886 ··· 1/.000 11/.697 ··· 2/1.500 10/1.167 422/301 .303/.337/.518/.855 .772/.889 .855 83/.721 2/1 20/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 10/1.289 ··· ··· 7/.971 499/348 .306/.379/.463/.843 .818/.853 .977 102/.645 1/3 9/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .167/.286/.333/.619 /.619 .500 7/.619 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.971 462/359 .318/.366/.464/.830 .776/.846 .808 92/.694 2/0 11/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/68 .224/.275/.318/.592 .348/.678 .512 43/.751 0/0 1/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 8/1.375 ··· ··· 4/.500 233/184 .263/.315/.418/.732 .589/.770 .638 53/.615 5/2 5/10
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 372/275 .275/.355/.396/.751 .777/.741 .701 88/.838 1/1 6/7
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 8/1.625 ··· ··· 10/.543 ··· ··· 15/1.169 412/319 .281/.362/.446/.808 .731/.829 .824 59/.858 5/1 13/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 4/1.750 1/2.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 11/.697 446/344 .262/.339/.355/.694 .494/.752 .650 88/.873 3/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 16/10 .214/.313/.429/.741 .167/1.067 .000 15/.497 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 366/257 .232/.279/.294/.573 .610/.557 .497 64/.614 2/1 1/6
IP 20.1 28.1 43.1 26.1 39.1 40.1 5.1 37.1 101.2 TOTAL .274/.335/.408/.743 .679/.765 .743 .722 28/13 91/52
ERA-K/9 3.98/5.8 4.45/5.7 2.91/7.9 2.39/9.6 5.72/6.6 2.90/6.7 3.38/6.8 5.54/10.4 4.16/6.8 4.00/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (7-3-2)
 Johnson (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.231 120/.255 187/.238 111/.212 180/.270 165/.243 22/.222 173/.218 419/.251 .246  Beltran
 Jay
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Holliday
 Chambers
0/0/96/3
0/109/0/3
24/0/17/1
0/0/2/1
92/0/0/1
2/0/3/0
OPS .653 .716 .684 .601 .812 .716 .730 .712 .735 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.541 57/.578 94/.559 55/.711 82/.672 89/.504 8/.917 69/.719 186/.745 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.686 63/.828 93/.807 56/.497 98/.935 76/.976 14/.641 104/.706 233/.726 .740
Road 60/.589 58/.825 103/.617 41/.709 92/.734 79/.770 10/.800 84/.580 176/.774
Last 28d days 69/.533 52/.896 61/.949 44/.886 41/.689 25/.860 22/.730 42/.475 97/.890
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 2/0/1 4/3/1 2/3/0 6/4/1 3/5/2 1/1/0 4/1/0 12/6/5 108/80/30
Usage ·······X X·X···XX ·o···o·· ······o· X·X··o·X ·o··o·o· X·····XX ·X··X·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.