Cubs Go For Sweep Against Bucs and Ohlendorf

Beating up on the second division is a nice way to recover form a Philly thumping. The Cubs will look to make it three in a row as Rich Harden faces Ross Ohlendorf.

Ohlendorf throws both a two- and four-seam fastball, but I'm going to present them as a single pitch for this quick preview. He also throws a slider and a change-up, and mixed in a handful of curveballs early in 2009, but not since.

Fastball: 93 mph
Change-up: 83
Slider: 82
Curveball: 73



Wade thru his numbers, HR/BIA is HR per "balls in air". For rv100, negative is good for pitchers ...

Type	#	Swing	Whiff	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	SLGON	GB%	FB%	PU%	LD%	HR/BIA%	rv100
Change	290	0.448	0.277	3.3	0.483	0.253	0.336	0.772	37%	39%	5%	19%	11%	2.57
Fastball	1953	0.480	0.074	2.1	0.581	0.274	0.356	0.575	44%	29%	8%	20%	8%	1.12
Slider	735	0.422	0.436	3.1	0.403	0.301	0.395	0.484	48%	24%	11%	16%	9%	-0.75

LHH	#	Swing	Whiff	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	SLGCON	GB%	FB%	PU%	LD%	HR/BIA%	rv100
Change	252	0.444	0.259	3.1	0.472	0.271	0.353	0.765	37%	37%	6%	20%	9%	2.68
Fastball	996	0.446	0.072	2.1	0.564	0.219	0.363	0.677	39%	32%	7%	22%	8%	2.23
Slider	218	0.463	0.347	5.8	0.381	0.289	0.253	0.414	41%	24%	28%	7%	0%	-1.21

RHH	#	Swing	Whiff	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	SLGCON	GB%	FB%	PU%	LD%	HR/BIA%	rv100
Change	38	0.474	0.389	5.7	0.553	0.118	0.238	0.833	33%	50%	0%	17%	25%	1.87
Fastball	957	0.515	0.075	2.1	0.598	0.335	0.350	0.474	49%	25%	9%	17%	8%	-0.02
Slider	517	0.404	0.479	2.6	0.412	0.306	0.451	0.516	52%	24%	3%	21%	13%	-0.56

vs	#	Swing	Whiff	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	SLGCON	GB%	FB%	PU%	LD%	HR/BIA%	rv100
LHH	1469	0.447	0.145	2.8	0.520	0.238	0.344	0.652	39%	32%	10%	19%	7%	1.80
RHH	1514	0.476	0.221	2.4	0.533	0.319	0.381	0.497	49%	25%	7%	19%	11%	-0.17
	2983	0.462	0.174	2.5	0.527	0.279	0.362	0.579	44%	29%	8%	19%	9%	0.80

Hopefully Lou will send a bunch of lefties out to face Ohlendorf, and Harden will continue his run of good starts.