STL @ ARI, Monday, September 1, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 74-63, 3rd, 11 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 6-5, 4.83) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-5) 126.2 157 70 68 28 64 17 4.83 2007 (7-5) 97.2 110 49 47 26 60 14 4.33 2006 (8-13) 165.2 209 123 117 64 87 23 6.36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 41.2 62 29 28 7 20 9 6.05 39 2008-08-16 @CIN W 6 7 3 3 0 6 2 81 52 2008-08-11 @FLA W 7 7 2 1 2 4 1 95 59 2008-08-06 LAD W 7 8 4 4 0 2 1 78 47 2008-07-31 @ATL L 6 10 6 6 0 2 2 110 30 2008-07-26 @NYM ND 4 10 5 5 1 2 2 80 23 2008-07-21 MIL ND 6 10 3 3 1 2 1 83 41 2008-07-13 @PIT ND 5.2 10 6 6 3 2 0 108 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-31 Road: 37-32 ExtrInn: 6-10 vsRHP: 51-39 vsLHP: 23-24 1-Run: 21-23 vsEast: 20-13 vsCntrl:30-32 vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Sun, Aug 31 @HOU L 0-3 74-63 3rd 11.0 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 @HOU L 5-8 74-62 3rd 11.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @HOU L 2-3 74-61 3rd 11.0 gb 134 Wed, Aug 27 MIL W 5-3 74-60 3rd 9.5 gb 133 Tue, Aug 26 MIL L 0-12 73-60 3rd 9.5 gb 132 Sun, Aug 24 ATL W 6-3 73-59 3rd 8.0 gb 131 Sat, Aug 23 ATL L 4-8 72-59 3rd 8.0 gb 130 Fri, Aug 22 ATL W 18-3 72-58 3rd 7.0 gb 129 Wed, Aug 20 PIT W 11-2 71-58 3rd 7.5 gb 128 Tue, Aug 19 PIT L 1-4 70-58 3rd 8.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Arizona Diamondbacks, 69-67, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 10-9, 4.02) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-9) 152.1 156 79 68 35 148 19 4.02 2007 (4-3) 56.2 52 26 24 13 72 7 3.81 2006 (17-11) 205 194 125 114 60 172 28 5.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 47.1 44 14 11 6 49 4 2.09 62 2008-08-27 @SDP ND 7 5 3 3 1 9 1 105 63 2008-08-22 FLA ND 7 5 3 1 3 13 0 116 69 2008-08-17 @HOU L 7 8 3 3 1 5 1 107 53 2008-08-12 @COL W 6 5 2 2 1 7 1 93 60 2008-08-06 PIT L 7.1 7 2 2 0 7 1 111 63 2008-08-01 @LAD W 6 5 1 0 0 6 0 75 66 2008-07-27 @SFG W 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 93 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 2-2 34.2 36 20 20 10 34 6 5.19 51 2005-06-11 @STL W 7 4 0 0 0 7 0 94 76 2004-04-11 STL ND 7 8 5 5 4 7 1 111 44 2002-04-16 STL W 7 8 3 3 1 5 1 94 53 2001-04-18 @STL L 8 5 3 3 3 11 1 116 68 2001-04-08 STL L 5.2 11 9 9 2 4 3 110 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-30 Road: 31-37 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 43-50 vsLHP: 26-17 1-Run: 17-18 vsEast: 15-21 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 35-21 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sun, Aug 31 LAD L 1-8 69-67 1st 2.5 up 135 Sat, Aug 30 LAD L 2-6 69-66 1st 3.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 29 LAD W 9-3 69-65 1st 4.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 27 @SDP L 4-5 68-65 1st 3.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 26 @SDP L 2-9 68-64 1st 3.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 25 @SDP L 2-4 68-63 1st 3.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 24 FLA L 2-5 68-62 1st 3.0 up 129 Sat, Aug 23 FLA W 7-1 68-61 1st 3.0 up 128 Fri, Aug 22 FLA L 4-5 67-61 1st 2.0 up 127 Thu, Aug 21 SDP W 4-1 67-60 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 09, 2007 ARI 6 STL 5 W:Yusmeiro Petit (3-4), L: Ryan Franklin (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (45) Sat, Sep 08, 2007 ARI 9 STL 8 W:Dana Eveland (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-3), S: Jose Valverde (44) Fri, Sep 07, 2007 ARI 4 STL 2 W:Brandon Webb (15-10), L: Adam Wainwright (13-10), S: Jose Valverde (43) Thu, Jul 05, 2007 STL 3 ARI 2 W:Adam Wainwright (7-7), L: Doug Davis (5-10), S: Jason Isringhausen (17) Wed, Jul 04, 2007 STL 5 ARI 4 W:Ryan Franklin (3-0), L: Brandon Lyon (5-3), S: Jason Isringhausen (16) Tue, Jul 03, 2007 ARI 7 @STL 1 W:Yusmeiro Petit (1-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (2-2), S: none Mon, Jul 02, 2007 STL 11 ARI 3 W:Russ Springer (4-1), L: Brandon Webb (8-6), S: none Sun, Sep 10, 2006 ARI 9 STL 7 W:Luis Vizcaino (4-4), L: Jorge Sosa (3-11), S: Jose Valverde (15) Sat, Sep 09, 2006 ARI 3 STL 0 W:Brandon Webb (15-6), L: Jason Marquis (14-14), S: none Fri, Sep 08, 2006 ARI 13 STL 1 W:Livan Hernandez (11-12), L: Anthony Reyes (5-7), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - ARI won 4-3; 2006 - ARI won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 42-29

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 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 5.48

LAA 4.62

WSN 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.64

TEX 5.94

A. Pujols .364

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

I. Suzuki .367

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .643

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

C. Delgado .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Lannan 3.92

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.47

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 446/324 .269/.341/.520/.861 .723/.915 .908 57/.635 2/1 25/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 11/2.636 ··· 2/2.000 9/.333 ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 561/399 .271/.373/.471/.843 .731/.889 .896 95/.751 0/1 21/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 36/.556 15/.733 2/2.500 7/1.142 2/1.500 4/1.167 3/1.000 ··· 375/223 .249/.311/.298/.609 .720/.561 .598 79/.684 17/5 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.933 1/no AB 7/1.096 10/1.375 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 312/242 .273/.314/.336/.650 .609/.662 .607 44/.660 7/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 9/.000 9/.944 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 141/104 .236/.314/.398/.713 .600/.754 .781 18/.937 0/0 4/

22.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.800 5/.600 7/1.350 6/.333 10/.100 2/.000 1/.000 426/277 .249/.318/.332/.651 .653/.650 .771 63/.835 7/6 2/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 520/342 .301/.376/.595/.971 .913/1.000 .933 105/.865 4/2 32/

62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/75 .237/.303/.450/.754 .624/.871 .828 51/.716 1/0 7/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 15/.795 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 346/229 .319/.354/.393/.747 .733/.754 .710 46/.739 2/2 3/

4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.650 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 8/.250 3/2.334 ··· 451/315 .311/.355/.390/.745 .871/.693 .715 81/.761 0/2 5/

33.Phelps G/S/vP 6/.533 1/5.000 4/.833 4/1.750 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 .667/.667 .400 6/.667 0/0 0/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 17/1.353 17/.804 2/1.000 7/.786 1/2.000 13/1.826 4/2.417 ··· 538/372 .364/.468/.643/1.112 1.207/1.069 1.121 104/1.358 6/2 29/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/4.000 ··· 507/386 .310/.370/.426/.796 .440/.905 .849 86/.841 8/2 8/

61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/14 .219/.235/.250/.485 .669/.286 .539 8/.625 0/0 0/

IP 152.1 41.0 57.0 50.0 61.1 60.2 64.1 34.0 TOTAL .280/.350/.430/.781 .740/.799 .792 .813 61/25 146/71

ERA-K/9

4.02/8.7

3.07/13.4

4.26/8.1

4.86/6.7

3.96/6.8

3.41/8.6

3.78/8.5

2.65/9.0

3.99/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (10-7-2)
Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 647/.264 171/.186 261/.243 225/.299 259/.268 256/.243 258/.248 143/.223 .255 Schumaker
Ludwick
Ankiel
Lopez
Mather
Miles
Kennedy
Stavinoha
Phelps 56/55/33/10
20/5/110/7
13/89/0/4
12/0/0/2
25/14/15/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .735 .653 .737 .801 .721 .654 .718 .632 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.628 79/.523 64/.735 97/.744 121/.753 121/.597 135/.692 62/.817 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 540/.755 92/.764 197/.738 128/.843 138/.694 135/.705 123/.747 81/.492 .719

Home 307/.780 84/.667 167/.727 128/.932 138/.736 128/.536 144/.691 80/.546 .733

Last 28d days 140/.645 35/.532 43/.502 40/1.176 44/.695 43/.482 45/1.071 10/.400

HR/SB/CS 19/18/2 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/0/1 126/76/21

Usage ····X··· ·oX··X·o X······X ·o·····X ·X····X· o·o·X··· ·····Xo· X·o·····

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 63.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.971 ··· 192/94 .194/.305/.269/.574 .602/.542 .505 35/.728 5/0 2/

13.Clark# G/S/vP 9/.583 7/1.429 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 12/1.500 174/119 .229/.356/.326/.683 .822/.613 .610 39/.744 0/0 3/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· 551/399 .282/.322/.473/.795 .738/.817 .849 111/.836 3/2 15/

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 9/.555 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 7/1.404 9/.666 20/.206 542/374 .238/.387/.517/.905 .730/.983 .862 107/.763 2/1 34/

7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 47/26 .171/.277/.195/.472 .449/.490 .561 / 0/0 0/

34.Jackson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 529/377 .295/.375/.454/.829 .997/.766 .841 106/.584 8/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 167/135 .287/.353/.467/.820 .804/.824 .787 26/1.502 0/0 4/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 215/150 .249/.357/.315/.672 .656/.684 .751 65/.622 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 521/371 .241/.319/.476/.795 1.004/.714 .825 103/.713 9/0 26/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/119 .211/.323/.330/.653 .667/.652 .648 11/.664 0/2 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 342/236 .241/.354/.450/.804 .796/.808 .803 72/.866 0/0 13/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 246/208 .262/.305/.415/.720 .861/.694 .789 69/.559 0/0 8/

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 332/230 .243/.352/.436/.788 .843/.764 1.002 3/1.000 1/4 11/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 594/429 .245/.307/.437/.744 .908/.683 .795 107/.926 10/5 18/

IP 126.2 64.2 68.1 33.0 43.0 53.2 43.1 TOTAL .251/.326/.413/.738 .776/.724 .784 .752 50/20 131/90

ERA-K/9

4.83/4.5

3.62/6.0

3.16/7.1

3.00/9.3

2.51/8.4

4.70/5.2

4.98/8.7

4.21/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hammock (11-2-0)
Montero (22-3-0)
Snyder (43-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 551/.305 290/.288 291/.262 136/.209 178/.228 224/.282 199/.256 .272 Upton
Dunn
Jackson
Young
Salazar
Burke 0/0/81/6
112/0/17/5
57/0/0/3
0/134/0/3
24/2/12/3
17/0/9/1

OPS .843 .844 .694 .685 .631 .781 .770 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.798 116/.742 120/.661 52/.699 65/.862 96/.772 88/.604 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.881 174/.909 171/.717 84/.676 113/.498 128/.788 111/.900 .772

Road 352/.870 146/.813 141/.761 73/.726 87/.439 117/.769 90/.759 .782

Last 28d days 96/.823 48/.824 43/.759 34/.339 30/.657 50/.869 20/.906

HR/SB/CS 17/5/3 9/1/1 6/2/1 3/2/1 4/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 141/44/25

Usage ········ oo··X··· ····X··· ····X··o ·oo··X·o ·X···X·· o····o·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: STL @ ARI, 4:10pm, Monday, September 1, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 6-5, 4.83)

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 10-9, 4.02)

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