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Game Preview: CHC @ MIL, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014 @Miller Park

Cubs, 7-15, 7-15 5th, 9½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Travis Wood (27, LHP, 1-2, 2.52)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 25.0 27 8 7 4 28 2 2.52
2013 (9-12) 200.0 163 73 69 66 144 18 3.11
2012 (6-13) 156.0 133 80 74 54 119 25 4.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.0 41 14 13 12 40 3 3.00 55
2014-04-21 ARI W 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 1 107 70
2014-04-16 @NYY L 5.2 11 2 2 0 2 0 104 41
2014-04-10 PIT ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 9 0 106 66
2014-04-04 PHI L 6.1 6 4 3 1 8 1 102 54
2013-09-27 @STL L 1.0 4 3 3 2 1 0 37 32
2013-09-21 ATL ND 7.0 5 1 1 4 7 0 106 66
2013-09-15 @PIT ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 87 56
Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 33.1 29 13 12 4 25 5 3.24 58
2013-04-09 MIL ND 6.1 7 3 2 3 6 0 102 52
2012-08-28 MIL L 7.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 95 59
2012-08-22 @MIL L 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 99 58
2011-05-30 MIL W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 2 95 48
2011-04-02 MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 83 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-8    Road:    2-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-12   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 25  @MIL  L   2-5        7-15  5th  9.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24   ARI  L   2-5        7-14  5th  8.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23   ARI  L   5-7        7-13  5th  8.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22   ARI  W   9-2        7-12  5th  7.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21   ARI  W   5-1        6-12  5th  8.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20   CIN  L   2-8        5-12  5th  8.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19   CIN  W   8-4        5-11  5th  7.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 18   CIN  L   1-4        4-11  5th  7.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @NYY  L   0-2        4-10  5th  6.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 16  @NYY  L   0-3        4-9   5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 7-15
Brewers, 17-6, 17-6 1st, 4½ up

SP: Marco Estrada (30, RHP, 1-1, 2.66)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 23.2 20 8 7 6 19 3 2.66
2013 (7-4) 128.0 109 56 55 29 118 19 3.87
2012 (5-7) 138.1 129 62 56 29 143 18 3.64
Last 7 GS 2-1 44.2 28 12 11 10 40 4 2.22 63
2014-04-20 @PIT ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 1 103 60
2014-04-15 STL L 6.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 94 52
2014-04-10 @PHI W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 94 58
2014-04-04 @BOS ND 5.2 4 2 1 3 6 1 102 58
2013-09-29 @NYM ND 7.0 2 1 1 0 8 0 100 77
2013-09-23 @ATL W 7.0 2 0 0 3 6 0 115 76
2013-09-17 CHC ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 7 1 93 63
Last 5 v.CHC 4-0 31.0 24 11 8 8 34 4 2.32 61
2013-09-17 CHC ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 7 1 93 63
2013-04-19 CHC W 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 104 48
2013-04-08 @CHC W 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 100 64
2012-08-27 @CHC W 5.0 6 3 0 3 8 0 92 54
2012-08-21 CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 97 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    9-1    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  13-5    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 25   CHC  W   5-2       17-6   1st  4.5 up
 22 Wed, Apr 23   SDP  W   5-2       16-6   1st  4.0 up
 21 Tue, Apr 22   SDP  L   1-2 (12)  15-6   1st  3.0 up
 20 Mon, Apr 21   SDP  W   4-3       15-5   1st  4.0 up
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @PIT  W   3-2 (14)  14-5   1st  3.0 up
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @PIT  W   8-7       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @PIT  W   5-3       12-5   1st  2.0 up
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @PIT  L   2-11      11-5   1st  1.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 16   STL  W   5-1       11-4   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 15   STL  L   1-6       10-4   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:17-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 MIL  5  CHC  2        W:Matt Garza (1-2), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)

Thu, Sep 19, 2013 CHC  5 @MIL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (4-4), L: Kyle Lohse (10-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 18, 2013 MIL  7  CHC  0        W:Tyler Thornburg (3-1), L: Chris Rusin (2-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 MIL  4  CHC  3        W:Jim Henderson (5-5), L: Justin Grimm (7-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 16, 2013 MIL  6  CHC  1        W:Wily Peralta (10-15), L: Edwin Jackson (8-16), S: none
Sun, Sep 08, 2013 MIL  3 @CHC  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (11-9), L: Justin Grimm (7-8), S: Jim Henderson (24)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 MIL  5 @CHC  3        W:Johnny Hellweg (1-3), L: Jake Arrieta (3-4), S: Jim Henderson (23)
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 CHC  8  MIL  5        W:Carlos Villanueva (5-8), L: Kyle Lohse (9-9), S: Kevin Gregg (30)
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 CHC  6  MIL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (7-11), L: Wily Peralta (7-11), S: none
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 MIL  3 @CHC  2        W:Burke Badenhop (2-3), L: Kevin Gregg (2-3), S: Jim Henderson (14)
Season Series: 2014 - MIL over 1-0; 2013 - MIL won 13-6; 2012 - MIL won 13-4; All-Time - MIL leads 132-123

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (3.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 59.Duke*
G/S/vB		 29.Henderson
G/S/vB		 53.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 13.Smith*
G/S/vB		 30.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 51.Wang*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .510 20/.100 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 11/.091 2/.000 5/.000 4/.000 9/.472 ··· 2/.000 ··· 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .516 41/.487 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 1/.000 10/1.300 ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .634 94/.832 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 11/1.091 1/no AB 4/.250 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .758 72/.695 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 18/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 8/.542 ··· 6/.167 ··· 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .610 92/.679 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 42/.668 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .726 62/.659 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· / /// / 52/.680 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 15/.134 4/.250 3/.000 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .672 96/.869 6/5 23/5
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 9/.472 9/.777 2/1.500 5/.650 7/.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .765 75/.504 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .649 51/.507 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.000 9/.222 5/.000 6/.333 ··· 6/.167 ··· 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .706 60/.660 1/4 12/7
IP 128.0 31.1 60.0 77.0 46.2 33.1 66.2 TOTAL .234/.300/.348/.648 .722/.622 .567 .648 14/6 17/15
ERA-K/9 3.87/8.3 6.03/5.2 2.70/11.2 2.69/6.8 2.70/10.4 3.24/11.6 2.03/6.5 /0.0 2.50/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Castillo (67-28-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.229 142/.307 247/.200 305/.234 193/.240 131/.202 270/.225 / .217  Schierholtz
 Lake
 Sweeney
 Bonifacio
 Valbuena
0/0/126/5
32/27/0/2
10/45/4/1
20/15/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .670 .806 .625 .567 .734 .631 .575 .605
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.651 51/.753 122/.786 129/.540 105/.513 54/.557 140/.479 / .592
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.687 91/.840 125/.475 176/.586 88/1.003 77/.684 130/.684 / .615
Home 222/.907 61/.615 127/.654 168/.676 85/.702 77/.650 121/.640 /
Last 28d days 92/.686 38/.535 37/.824 15/.267 46/.315 43/.469 46/.386 13/1.615
HR/SB/CS 19/9/1 3/2/0 8/8/2 2/3/0 7/3/1 6/1/1 1/5/4 // 20/14/5
Usage ·····X·· X··o·Xo· ···o·oXo ········ o·X·oXoX ··o·oX·o ··o·oX·o ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Bianchi G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 252/184 .237/.272/.292/.564 .552/.569 .556 18/.399 4/4 1/10
8.Braun G/S/vP 20/1.137 3/2.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 8/.833 253/170 .298/.372/.498/.869 1.053/.777 .926 93/.973 4/5 9/2
18.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 153/103 .279/.353/.596/.949 1.009/.918 1.002 82/.686 3/0 11/1
2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 230/189 .324/.356/.479/.834 .329/.946 .636 75/.800 2/1 6/5
27.Gomez G/S/vP 16/.650 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.000 2/.000 590/450 .284/.338/.506/.843 .993/.797 .937 104/.924 40/7 24/5
3.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/5 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.400 .500 11/.400 0/0 0/1
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/2.250 580/445 .280/.340/.455/.795 .859/.775 .782 87/.889 9/1 18/10
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 202/154 .169/.236/.284/.520 .446/.543 .520 15/.883 0/0 4/4
24.Overbay* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 7/.572 1/.000 486/361 .240/.295/.393/.688 .516/.748 .801 37/.839 2/0 14/4
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/.467 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 10/2.300 351/269 .283/.370/.461/.831 .887/.811 .878 94/.781 0/1 12/7
7.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 504/322 .220/.306/.393/.699 .725/.684 .661 67/.744 3/1 21/11
9.Segura G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/1.350 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 623/472 .294/.329/.423/.752 .865/.716 .747 94/.601 44/13 12/15
23.Weeks G/S/vP 22/.393 3/1.167 2/5.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 8/.661 399/277 .209/.306/.357/.663 .705/.644 .791 27/.377 7/3 10/10
IP 200.0 98.0 54.2 6.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 53.2 TOTAL .262/.315/.424/.739 .693/.753 .615 .739 20/11 25/15
ERA-K/9 3.11/6.5 5.97/7.0 4.77/7.2 1.35/9.4 3.59/6.3 4.55/10.4 3.02/8.6 3.69/9.2 3.93/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (80-22-7)
 Maldonado (19-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 821/.222 442/.300 242/.251 30/.130 214/.238 254/.210 254/.199 232/.261 .253  Gomez
 Braun
 Bianchi
 Davis
 Overbay
 Herrera
0/145/0/12
59/0/0/5
3/0/0/1
34/0/0/1
0/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .643 .846 .737 .638 .746 .663 .605 .769 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.599 239/.860 112/.546 13/.708 122/.543 108/.653 132/.684 123/.753 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 623/.656 203/.830 130/.908 17/.584 92/1.033 146/.671 122/.520 109/.786 .662
Road 340/.622 224/.896 120/.695 14/.702 98/.786 125/.585 107/.623 114/.841
Last 28d days 109/.640 48/.574 46/.475 5/.000 28/.907 37/.691 35/1.209 38/.707
HR/SB/CS 18/4/3 15/4/4 6/4/1 1/3/0 7/6/5 5/1/0 6/7/0 7/5/1 18/23/1
Usage ····X··· ··oX·X·X ··o·o·X· ········ ··o··o·X ··X·o·o· ·X···X·· Xo···Xo·

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.