CHC @ LAD, Saturday, October 4, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 97-64, 1st, 7½ up	SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 10-2, 2.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-2) 148 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07 2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45 2006 (4-0) 46.2 31 22 22 26 49 5 4.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 5-0 58.2 33 16 13 25 69 5 1.99 63 2008-09-25 NYM ND 6 2 3 2 5 4 0 93 57 2008-09-18 MIL ND 5 1 1 1 6 7 0 115 62 2008-09-11 STL W 6 5 2 2 1 3 0 86 56 2008-08-29 PHI ND 5 3 2 1 4 5 0 100 56 2008-08-24 WSN W 7 2 1 1 0 11 1 109 80 2008-08-19 CIN W 7 2 0 0 0 10 0 94 83 2008-08-13 ATL W 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 92 60 2008-08-05 HOU ND 5.2 8 5 4 1 8 2 93 42 2008-07-31 MIL W 7 6 1 1 0 9 1 105 70 2008-07-26 FLA ND 5 2 1 1 3 10 1 87 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.LAD Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 55-26 Road: 42-38 ExtrInn:10-6 vsRHP: 66-48 vsLHP: 31-16 1-Run: 24-22 vsEast: 20-12 vsCntrl:48-33 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Thu, Oct 2 LAD L 3-10 - 1 Wed, Oct 1 LAD L 2-7 - 161 Sun, Sep 28 @MIL L 1-3 97-64 1st 7.5 up 160 Sat, Sep 27 @MIL W 7-3 97-63 1st 8.5 up 159 Fri, Sep 26 @MIL L 1-5 96-63 1st 7.5 up 158 Thu, Sep 25 @NYM L 6-7 96-62 1st 8.5 up 157 Wed, Sep 24 @NYM W 9-6 (10) 96-61 1st 9.5 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @NYM L 2-6 95-61 1st 9.5 up 155 Mon, Sep 22 @NYM W 9-5 95-60 1st 10.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 STL W 5-1 94-60 1st 10.0 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 STL W 5-4 93-60 1st 10.0 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 STL L 6-12 92-60 1st 9.0 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIL W 7-6 (12) 92-59 1st 9.0 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 MIL L 2-6 91-59 1st 8.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 MIL W 5-4 91-58 1st 9.0 up 148 Mon, Sep 15 @HOU W 6-1 90-58 1st 8.0 up 147 Sun, Sep 14 @HOU W 5-0 89-58 1st 7.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 11 @STL W 3-2 88-58 1st 5.5 up 145 Wed, Sep 10 @STL W 4-3 87-58 1st 4.5 up 144 Tue, Sep 9 @STL L 3-4 86-58 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Los Angeles Dodgers, 84-78, 1st, 2 up	SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 9-10, 3.73) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-10) 183.1 181 85 76 42 116 13 3.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 3-2 59.1 54 20 18 11 41 2 2.73 56 2008-09-28 SFG ND 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 67 66 2008-09-20 SFG ND 4 8 3 3 1 5 0 93 38 2008-09-15 PIT W 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 81 72 2008-09-09 SDP ND 6 9 2 2 2 4 0 97 48 2008-09-03 SDP W 5.1 10 4 4 1 4 1 86 35 2008-08-29 ARI L 5 4 4 2 1 4 0 89 50 2008-08-24 PHI ND 6 2 1 1 2 5 0 91 67 2008-08-19 COL L 6 6 4 4 1 3 1 97 46 2008-08-14 PHI W 7 2 1 1 0 7 0 79 76 2008-08-09 SFG ND 8 8 1 1 2 4 0 96 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.CHC 1-1 15.1 11 2 1 3 14 0 0.59 72 2008-06-06 CHC W 9 4 0 0 0 11 0 112 90 2008-05-27 CHC L 6.1 7 2 1 3 3 0 94 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-33 Road: 36-45 ExtrInn: 6-12 vsRHP: 53-57 vsLHP: 31-21 1-Run: 19-24 vsEast: 16-18 vsCntrl:23-18 vsWest: 40-32 IL: 5-10 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Thu, Oct 2 @CHC W 10-3 - 1 Wed, Oct 1 @CHC W 7-2 - 162 Sun, Sep 28 @SFG L 1-3 84-78 1st 2.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 27 @SFG W 2-1 84-77 1st 3.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 @SFG L 5-6 (10) 83-77 1st 3.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 SDP L 5-7 83-76 1st 4.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 24 SDP W 12-4 83-75 1st 4.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 23 SDP W 10-1 82-75 1st 3.0 up 156 Sun, Sep 21 SFG L 0-1 (11) 81-75 1st 2.5 up 155 Sat, Sep 20 SFG W 10-7 81-74 1st 3.5 up 154 Fri, Sep 19 SFG L 1-7 80-74 1st 3.5 up 153 Thu, Sep 18 @PIT W 4-3 (12) 80-73 1st 3.5 up 152 Wed, Sep 17 @PIT L 8-15 79-73 1st 3.5 up 151 Tue, Sep 16 @PIT W 6-2 79-72 1st 4.5 up 150 Mon, Sep 15 @PIT W 8-2 78-72 1st 4.5 up 149 Sun, Sep 14 @COL L 0-1 (10) 77-72 1st 4.5 up 148 Sat, Sep 13 @COL W 5-1 77-71 1st 4.5 up 147 Fri, Sep 12 @COL W 7-2 76-71 1st 3.5 up 146 Wed, Sep 10 @SDP W 7-2 75-71 1st 3.5 up 145 Tue, Sep 9 @SDP W 6-2 74-71 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Oct 02, 2008 LAD 10 @CHC 3 W:Chad Billingsley , L: Carlos Zambrano , S: none Wed, Oct 01, 2008 LAD 7 @CHC 2 W:Derek Lowe , L: Ryan Dempster , S: none Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHC 3 @LAD 1 W:Jason Marquis , L: Brad Penny , S: Kerry Wood Sat, Jun 07, 2008 LAD 7 CHC 3 W:Derek Lowe , L: Carlos Zambrano , S: none Fri, Jun 06, 2008 LAD 3 CHC 0 W:Hiroki Kuroda , L: Sean Gallagher , S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHC 5 @LAD 4 W:Bobby Howry , L: Takashi Saito , S: Kerry Wood Wed, May 28, 2008 CHC 2 LAD 1 (10) W:Bobby Howry , L: Chan Ho Park , S: none Tue, May 27, 2008 CHC 3 LAD 1 W:Sean Gallagher , L: Hiroki Kuroda , S: Kerry Wood Mon, May 26, 2008 CHC 3 LAD 1 W:Ryan Dempster , L: Chad Billingsley , S: Kerry Wood Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAD 7 @CHC 4 W:Joe Beimel (4-1), L: Ryan Dempster (2-5), S: Takashi Saito (37) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 5-2; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; 2006 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - Tied 1012-1012 Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 2008 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

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

S. Victorino .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

J. Votto .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Note: That all pitcher-batter matchups contain both regular and postseason meetings.

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 52.McDonald
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 14/.214 ··· ··· 128/66 .292/.325/.392/.717 .771/.668 .644 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 236/115 .269/.328/.352/.680 .633/.730 .575 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 593/422 .285/.376/.481/.857 .894/.842 .795 6/0 21/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 6/.334 21/1.117 7/.629 ··· 22/.935 4/.250 ··· 401/349 .235/.343/.479/.822 .441/.883 .823 2/2 20/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .974 2/0 9/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/.000 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .656 12/4 10/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .809 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 8/.679 ··· 10/.100 4/.750 1/.000 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .809 8/2 20/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 93/79 .241/.312/.325/.637 .377/.678 .623 3/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.334 3/2.667 6/1.633 ··· 18/.572 6/.750 1/.000 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 .752 2/2 27/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 8/.929 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 10/.650 3/.000 4/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .828 19/3 29/

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .858 0/1 23/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 4/.500 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .757 22/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/.633 ··· ··· 119/108 .216/.319/.402/.721 .473/.748 .662 0/0 4/

IP 183.1 49.0 69.0 6.0 95.1 47.0 71.1 TOTAL .278/.354/.443/.797 .807/.793 .758 87/34 184/99

ERA-K/9

3.73/5.7

2.02/5.9

3.13/11.5

0.00/3.0

3.40/7.5

2.49/11.5

2.27/6.4

3.68/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (12-10-3)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 776/.253 214/.270 285/.217 24/.227 412/.264 197/.226 275/.202 .251 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Pie
Cedeno
Ward
DeRosa 108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
26/78/6/3
0/103/0/1
1/39/0/1
1/1/0/0
6/0/3/0
27/0/38/0

OPS .659 .672 .595 .534 .749 .594 .584 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 391/.705 100/.641 126/.800 18/.284 180/.863 94/.612 116/.555 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.611 114/.700 159/.445 6/1.400 232/.664 103/.577 159/.606 .662

Home 358/.615 100/.633 154/.495 13/.641 186/.649 121/.607 130/.451 .621

HR/SB/CS 13/7/2 0/5/3 2/10/3 0/0/0 12/5/1 1/1/1 7/2/0 123/82/26

Usage ·····X·· ·····o·X ·XX····X ·······X ·····X·X ·o····o· ·oX··o·o

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm SB/CS HR/E

28.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/28 .235/.278/.314/.592 .826/.368 .352 1/0 1/

13.Berroa G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.750 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 256/182 .230/.304/.310/.614 .674/.590 .511 0/0 1/

30.Blake G/S/vP 10/.200 10/.522 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .727 3/0 21/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 421/319 .264/.344/.383/.728 .854/.689 .796 3/0 9/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .888 6/3 20/

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 7/.953 1/.000 19/.325 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 .961 8/3 5/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 181/115 .264/.326/.466/.792 1.067/.643 .817 1/1 8/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .822 35/11 18/

12.Kent G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 37/1.514 474/345 .280/.327/.418/.745 .782/.732 .725 0/1 12/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .735 7/4 13/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .775 18/6 13/

14.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 102/70 .260/.290/.344/.634 .987/.466 .910 1/3 1/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 31/.872 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .618 40/12 1/

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/1.558 3/1.000 7/.971 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.047 3/0 37/

IP 148.0 35.2 70.2 87.1 65.1 27.2 66.1 TOTAL .264/.333/.399/.732 .769/.716 .731 126/43 137/101

ERA-K/9

2.07/11.0

4.29/10.8

5.35/7.5

2.68/11.8

3.86/8.0

2.28/8.1

3.26/11.4

3.87/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (10-3-2)
Martin (70-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 595/.183 160/.266 311/.309 348/.135 279/.245 124/.226 276/.219 .242 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Pierre
Ozuna 0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .557 .786 .882 .508 .741 .599 .632 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 289/.593 76/.860 127/.905 156/.668 80/.817 57/.489 131/.604 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.523 84/.720 184/.865 192/.379 199/.711 67/.691 145/.657 .686

Road 234/.553 93/.678 144/.872 155/.611 173/.775 44/.738 135/.712 .720

HR/SB/CS 11/7/7 7/3/0 13/5/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 0/5/1 3/1/0 160/87/36

Usage ········ ·X···oo· ·····o·· ·X····oo ··X··o·o ··X····o ·X····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.


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Game Preview: CHC @ LAD, 10:07pm, Saturday, October 4, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 10-2, 2.07)

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 9-10, 3.73)

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