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Game Preview: CHC @ ATL, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 10, 2014 @Turner Field

Cubs, 12-22, 12-22 5th, 9 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (29, RHP, 0-3, 1.62)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-3) 50.0 41 12 9 15 38 2 1.62
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
Last 7 GS 0-3 50.0 41 12 9 15 38 2 1.62 63
2014-05-05 CHW ND 9.0 3 1 0 2 7 0 126 84
2014-04-29 @CIN L 5.2 8 3 3 4 4 1 109 41
2014-04-23 ARI ND 7.1 7 2 2 2 5 0 113 59
2014-04-18 CIN L 7.0 6 3 1 2 7 0 113 62
2014-04-11 @STL ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 98 65
2014-04-05 PHI L 7.0 6 2 2 3 8 1 113 62
2014-03-31 @PIT ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 89 68
Last 5 v.ATL 2-1 19.2 13 6 6 7 31 1 2.75 66
2013-04-07 @ATL L 5.2 4 4 4 4 13 0 105 54
2012-07-02 @ATL W 7.0 4 1 1 1 11 0 101 75
2012-05-07 ATL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 105 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-11   Road:    5-11   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:   8-17   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 1-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Fri, May  9  @ATL  L   2-3 (10)  12-22  5th  9.0 gb
 33 Thu, May  8  @CHW  W  12-5       12-21  5th  9.0 gb
 32 Wed, May  7  @CHW  L   3-8       11-21  5th  9.5 gb
 31 Tue, May  6   CHW  L   1-5       11-20  5th  9.5 gb
 30 Mon, May  5   CHW  L   1-3 (12)  11-19  4th  9.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  4   STL  L   4-5       11-18  4th  8.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  3   STL  W   3-0       11-17  4th  8.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  2   STL  W   6-5       10-17  4th  9.5 gb
 26 Wed, Apr 30  @CIN  W   9-4        9-17  5th 10.0 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 29  @CIN  L   2-3        8-17  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Braves, 19-15, 19-15 1st, Tied

SP: Ervin Santana (31, RHP, 3-0, 2.41)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-0) 33.2 27 9 9 8 36 2 2.41
2013 (9-10) 211.0 190 85 76 51 161 26 3.24
2012 (9-13) 178.0 165 109 102 61 133 39 5.16
Last 7 GS 3-1 47.0 37 14 14 13 42 3 2.68 61
2014-05-01 @MIA ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 92 52
2014-04-25 CIN W 6.2 9 4 4 1 7 0 95 46
2014-04-19 @NYM W 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 106 66
2014-04-14 @PHI ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 11 1 96 69
2014-04-09 NYM W 8.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 88 82
2013-09-25 @SEA L 6.0 5 4 4 4 2 1 103 44
2013-09-20 TEX ND 7.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 94 67
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-8    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Fri, May  9   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  19-15  1st    Tied
 33 Wed, May  7   STL  L   1-7       18-15  3rd  0.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  6   STL  W   2-1       18-14  1st  0.5 up
 31 Mon, May  5   STL  L   3-4       17-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  4   SFG  L   1-4       17-13  1st  0.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   SFG  L   1-3       17-12  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   SFG  L   1-2       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Thu, May  1  @MIA  L   4-5       17-10  1st  1.5 up
 26 Wed, Apr 30  @MIA  L   3-9       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Tue, Apr 29  @MIA  L   0-9       17-8   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 09, 2014 ATL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Alex Wood (3-5), L: Wesley Wright (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 ATL  5 @CHC  2        W:Julio Teheran (13-8), L: Edwin Jackson (8-17), S: Craig Kimbrel (49)
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 CHC  3  ATL  1        W:Carlos Villanueva (7-8), L: Scott Downs (4-4), S: Pedro Strop (1)
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 ATL  9 @CHC  5        W:David Carpenter (4-1), L: Kevin Gregg (2-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 07, 2013 ATL  5  CHC  1        W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 06, 2013 ATL  6  CHC  5        W:Eric O'Flaherty (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 ATL  4  CHC  1        W:Mike Minor (1-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (2)
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
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 1-0; 2013 - ATL won 5-1; 2012 - CHC won 4-3; All-Time - CHC leads 1222-1030

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 2014 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 (3.85 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Santana
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
57.Hale
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
52.Walden
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 32/27 .069/.156/.069/.225 .000/.269 .200 20/.311 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.833 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 63/36 .127/.226/.182/.408 .408/.395 .311 36/.349 0/0 1/1
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 8/.500 2/.000 2/.000 140/98 .297/.348/.359/.707 .902/.623 .667 89/.553 11/3 0/2
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/83 .250/.318/.430/.748 .590/.801 .738 76/.780 0/0 4/2
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 5/.200 1/5.000 ··· 144/110 .274/.319/.430/.749 .607/.793 .754 96/.695 1/1 5/5
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 14/12 .250/.357/.250/.607 1.000/.533 .661 14/.607 0/0 0/0
51.Kalish* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 73/66 .254/.306/.343/.649 .333/.679 .667 48/.703 2/2 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 94/61 .239/.269/.409/.678 .512/.766 .661 61/.624 4/0 3/2
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/56 .192/.273/.474/.747 .955/.630 .944 64/.788 0/0 7/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 149/100 .285/.403/.496/.899 .969/.863 .748 99/.929 1/1 7/1
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 119/93 .193/.235/.248/.483 .588/.453 .675 81/.376 3/1 0/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 100/91 .217/.350/.349/.699 .889/.676 .689 72/.731 0/0 1/2
IP 33.2 10.1 14.0 30.2 13.1 11.2 12.1 TOTAL .227/.297/.355/.652 .683/.641 .629 .643 22/9 30/23
ERA-K/9 2.41/9.6 6.10/7.9 1.93/10.9 1.76/5.3 2.70/17.6 2.31/12.3 2.92/13.9 2.74/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (7-0-1)
 Castillo (22-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.221 50/.341 62/.259 124/.198 58/.200 44/.190 51/.178 .228  Bonifacio
 Lake
 Schierholtz
 Coghlan
 Kalish
0/22/0/1
22/4/0/1
0/0/28/1
3/0/0/0
18/2/4/0
OPS .622 .852 .582 .535 .538 .513 .563 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.720 25/.838 23/.451 60/.573 32/.603 11/.636 25/.860 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.525 25/.861 39/.658 64/.497 26/.457 33/.468 26/.279 .602
Home 55/.551 25/.821 31/.590 68/.436 42/.515 27/.305 39/.576
Last 28d days 105/.721 36/.902 37/.443 82/.404 37/.661 33/.606 32/.394
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/3/2 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 23/19/8
Usage ········ ··X·oo·· ···oo·X· ··X··Xo· X··o···o ··X·oo·o ·····X·X
Braves Batters (3.18 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
52.Grimm
G/S/vB
54.Ramirez
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
63.Schlitter
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.083 1/2.000 13/.490 7/.715 36/31 .171/.194/.171/.366 .000/.426 .269 21/.381 0/0 0/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.750 4/.833 149/106 .321/.396/.534/.930 .849/.963 .944 102/.794 0/2 6/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 101/87 .265/.287/.510/.797 .896/.782 .772 73/.816 0/0 7/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 10/.644 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.453 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 151/117 .211/.298/.308/.606 .370/.676 .611 100/.632 6/1 2/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.384 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· 128/109 .262/.289/.336/.625 1.082/.546 .454 81/.607 1/0 1/1
11.Laird G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 37/27 .194/.324/.226/.550 .633/.515 .431 29/.562 0/0 0/0
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/3 .200/.333/.400/.733 .833/.333 .946 11/.808 0/0 0/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 42/33 .205/.262/.410/.672 1.000/.576 .682 33/.639 0/0 2/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 20/18 .167/.211/.278/.488 3.000/.294 .382 13/.788 3/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 121/104 .263/.289/.421/.710 1.059/.650 .760 86/.737 0/2 3/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 19/.505 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 15/.606 ··· 112/96 .184/.241/.272/.513 .688/.481 .344 68/.540 0/0 2/7
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/.572 ··· 137/100 .205/.285/.320/.604 .620/.594 .645 94/.632 7/1 2/1
8.Upton G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 8/.625 1/no AB 140/112 .293/.371/.577/.949 1.262/.879 1.199 94/.889 4/0 9/4
IP 50.0 15.0 4.2 17.1 4.0 6.2 12.2 22.2 11.1 TOTAL .235/.294/.376/.670 .786/.641 .672 .667 21/6 34/22
ERA-K/9 1.62/6.8 3.60/11.4 1.93/17.2 1.56/10.9 0.00/11.2 4.05/9.4 2.84/2.8 8.34/5.9 2.38/10.4 3.78/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (11-5-0)
 Laird (1-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.228 72/.262 18/.176 70/.203 15/.077 31/.217 49/.174 117/.387 49/.233 .253  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Doumit
 Schafer
0/0/33/3
32/0/0/2
0/32/0/1
2/0/2/0
3/3/1/0
OPS .605 .736 .634 .506 .277 .801 .485 .955 .638 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.737 22/.540 3/.333 29/.580 8/.125 17/.853 18/.520 50/1.045 20/.666 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.489 50/.812 15/.667 41/.454 7/.452 14/.718 31/.465 67/.886 29/.619 .662
Road 79/.709 29/.597 9/.111 26/.323 15/.277 9/.472 23/.399 65/1.077 28/.433
Last 28d days 121/.603 42/.914 18/.634 43/.577 15/.277 15/.452 27/.415 66/.926 31/.433
HR/SB/CS 2/4/2 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 3/6/0 1/2/0 24/29/3
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·o ·o·oo·o· X····Xoo oo······ ···o··o· ·Xo·o·oo ··Xo·o·· ooo·oo··

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.