MLB Baseball Matchup of Sunday, August 05, 2012 Dodger Stadium

Match Up: Chicago Cubs VS Los Angeles Dodgers

CHICAGOCUBS (29-40)

LOS ANGELESDODGERS (29-39)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CHC	29-40	-$671	10-13	19-27	8-10	21-30	32-34-3
LA	29-39	-$1898	11-15	18-24	23-20	6-19	37-28-3

Smart Chart

CHC	TEAM	LA
4.01	RUNS	3.53
4.20	RUNS AGAINST	4.25
-0.19	DIFF	-0.72
-$671	MONEY	-$1,898
3.87	TEAM ERA	3.84
8.20	OFF HITS	8.40
2.54	OFF WALKS	3.03
7.42	OFF Ks	7.00
7.97	DEF HIT	8.66
3.07	DEF WALKS	3.35
7.75	DEF Ks	7.90

INJURIES

CHICAGO CUBS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Scott Baker	P	60-Day Disabled List
Steve Clevenger	3B	60-Day Disabled List
David DeJesus	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Rafael Dolis	P	15-Day Disabled List
Kyuji Fujikawa	P	60-Day Disabled List
Zach Putnam	P	15-Day Disabled List
Arodys Vizcaino	P	60-Day Disabled List

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Josh Beckett	P	15-Day Disabled List
Chad Billingsley	P	60-Day Disabled List
Chris Capuano	P	15-Day Disabled List
Carl Crawford	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Scott Elbert	P	60-Day Disabled List
Matt Kemp	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Ted Lilly	P	15-Day Disabled List
Shawn Tolleson	P	15-Day Disabled List
Scott Van Slyke	OF	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

CHICAGO	LOS ANGELES
Chicago Tribune	L.A. Times

BETTING TRENDS

CHICAGO CUBS

No trends to report

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

JUSTIN GERMANO (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
09/29/2012	ARI	L	2-8	O	4⅓	-100
09/23/2012	STL	L	3-6	O	5⅔	-100
09/18/2012	CIN	L	1-3	U	5	-100

JOE BLANTON (R) ERA: 5.87 W/L: 1-10

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/18/2013	SEA	L	2-3	U	6⅔	-200
06/09/2013	BOS	L	5-10	O	5	-100
06/03/2013	HOU	L	1-2	U	8	-185

Chicago Cubs's relievers have pitched 7⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Los Angeles Dodgers's relievers have pitched 8⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	CHC	1	LA	3	LA	-310	6½	U	C Volstad	C Kershaw
08/03/2012	Fri	CHC	1	LA	6	LA	-156	7	P	J Samardzija	C Billingsley
05/06/2012	Sun	LA	3	CHC	4	CHC	-108	8½	U	A Harang	T Wood
05/05/2012	Sat	LA	5	CHC	1	LA	116	7½	U	C Capuano	C Volstad
05/04/2012	Fri	LA	4	CHC	5	CHC	118	7	O	C Billingsley	P Maholm
05/04/2011	Wed	CHC	5	LA	1	CHC	-118	7½	U	C Zambrano	T Lilly
05/03/2011	Tue	CHC	4	LA	1	CHC	-146	7½	U	R Dempster	C Billingsley
05/02/2011	Mon	CHC	2	LA	5	LA	-220	7½	U	J Russell	C Kershaw
04/24/2011	Sun	LA	7	CHC	3	LA	-112	7	O	H Kuroda	C Zambrano
04/23/2011	Sat	LA	8	CHC	10	CHC	-120	9	O	T Lilly	R Dempster

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

CUBS

Cubs have the third-lowest base on balls in the league at 2.5 per game.

Cubs are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 8.0 per game.

DODGERS

Dodgers are the third lowest scoring team in the league at 3.5 runs per game.

Dodgers are second worst in walks allowed in the league at 3.4 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	1	at LA	3	L	-310	6½	C Volstad	7	C Kershaw
08/03/2012	Fri	1	at LA	6	L	-156	7	J Samardzija	5⅓	C Billingsley
08/01/2012	Wed	4	PIT	8	L	115	8	T Wood	5	J Karstens
07/31/2012	Tue	0	PIT	5	L	120	8½	C Coleman	4⅔	A Burnett
07/30/2012	Mon	14	PIT	4	W	109	8½	J Germano	5	E Bedard

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	3	CHC	1	W	-310	6½	C Kershaw	7	C Volstad
08/03/2012	Fri	6	CHC	1	W	-156	7	C Billingsley	7	J Samardzija
08/01/2012	Wed	0	ARI	4	L	-115	8½	S Fife	4⅓	P Corbin
07/31/2012	Tue	2	ARI	8	L	-120	7	C Capuano	6	W Miley
07/30/2012	Mon	2	ARI	7	L	-117	7½	A Harang	5	T Cahill

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Chi Cubs's Overall Scoring vs LA Dodgers's Overall Defense	4.0	9	4.3	8
Chi Cubs's Away Scoring vs LA Dodgers's Home Defense	3.4	12	4.1	9
Chi Cubs's Road ERA vs LA Dodgers's Home ERA Allowed	3.3	2	3.4	13
LA Dodgers's Overall Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Overall Defense	3.5	13	4.2	7
LA Dodgers's Home Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Road Defense	3.4	13	3.6	2
LA Dodgers's Home ERA vs Chi Cubs's Road ERA Allowed	3.5	7	3.0	13

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CHICAGO CUBS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-40	15-21	14-19	8-10	21-30	32-34-3	10-13	19-27
vs Div	9-22	4-10	5-12	1-3	8-19	15-16	2-6	7-16
Last 10	5-5	2-3	3-2	0-0	5-5	4-5-1	2-1	3-4
vs AL	6-2	4-1	2-1	1-0	5-2	3-3-2	3-1	3-1
vs NL	23-38	11-20	12-18	7-10	16-28	29-31-1	7-12	16-26

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-39	19-20	10-19	23-20	6-19	37-28-3	11-15	18-24
vs Div	9-21	5-13	4-8	8-16	1-5	19-9-2	4-9	5-12
Last 10	4-6	3-4	1-2	3-2	1-4	6-4	1-4	3-2
vs AL	3-4	2-0	1-4	1-0	2-4	3-4	1-2	2-2
vs NL	26-35	17-20	9-15	22-20	4-15	34-24-3	10-13	16-22

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JUSTIN GERMANO VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/05/2012	7-6	LA	5⅓	3	2	2	0	3	ND
04/04/2008	7-1	LA	6	3	1	0	2	3	ND
09/12/2007	6-1	LA	5	8	6	5	1	2	L
09/02/2007	5-0	LA	6	8	1	1	3	5	L
07/01/2007	5-0	LA	6⅔	8	5	5	3	3	L

JOE BLANTON VS. CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/05/2012	7-6	LA	6	5	2	2	3	5	ND
04/28/2012	5-2	PHI	7⅓	8	2	2	0	8	W
07/16/2010	4-3	CHC	7	5	3	3	3	8	ND
05/20/2010	5-4	PHI	7	5	3	3	1	3	ND
07/21/2009	4-1	PHI	7	5	1	1	0	5	ND