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Game Preview: STL @ ARI, 9:40pm, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @Chase Field

St. Louis Cardinals, 74-64, 3rd, 11 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 7-3, 3.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)            103.2  93  39  35  21  68 11    3.04      
 2007 (14-12)          202   212  93  83  70 136 13    3.70      
 2006 (2-1)             75    64  26  26  22  72  6    3.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45.2  47  17  16   8  29  4    3.15   55 
 2008-08-27    MIL  ND   6     8   3   2   0   2  0      89   48 
 2008-08-22    ATL   W   6     5   1   1   1   4  1      72   61 
 2008-06-07   @HOU   W   5     7   2   2   1   4  1      69   48 
 2008-06-02    PIT   L   8     7   5   5   2   4  1     103   50 
 2008-05-28    HOU   W   8     3   1   1   1   8  1     110   79 
 2008-05-23   @LAD   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  0      89   66 
 2008-05-17    TBR  ND   5.2  12   4   4   1   2  0      99   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      1-1  13    11   5   4   5   5  0    2.77   55 
 2007-09-07   @ARI   L   6     6   3   2   2   1  0      98   49 
 2007-07-05    ARI   W   7     5   2   2   3   4  0      92   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-31   Road:   37-33   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  51-39   vsLHP:  23-25   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:30-32   vsWest: 17-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  1  @ARI  L   6-8       74-64  3rd 11.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Arizona Diamondbacks, 70-67, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Yusmeiro Petit (23, RHP, 3-3, 2.83)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             47.2  31  17  15   7  36  6    2.83      
 2007 (3-4)             57    58  30  29  18  40 12    4.58      
 2006 (1-1)             26.1  46  28  28   9  20  7    9.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  39    24  10  10   7  29  4    2.31   60 
 2008-08-23    FLA   W   6     2   1   1   0   6  1      77   70 
 2008-08-16   @HOU   W   7     4   2   2   1   5  0      96   65 
 2008-08-07    ATL   L   5     4   2   2   0   6  1      86   57 
 2008-08-02   @LAD   L   5     5   3   3   1   1  2      58   45 
 2008-07-22    CHC   W   5     3   1   1   4   3  0      86   56 
 2008-07-02    MIL  ND   6     2   1   1   0   4  0      77   68 
 2007-09-30   @COL  ND   5     4   0   0   1   4  0      78   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-0   5.1   5   1   1   2   3  0    1.69   55 
 2007-07-03   @STL   W   5.1   5   1   1   2   3  0      70   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  44-50   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 35-21 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1   STL  W   8-6       70-67  1st  2.5 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 ARI  8  STL  6        W:Chad Qualls (3-8), L: Kyle McClellan (2-7), S: Brandon Lyon (26)

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
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 1-0; 2007 - ARI won 4-3; 2006 - ARI won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 42-30

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

SFG  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.60

TEX  5.99

BA

A. Pujols  .363

A. Pierzynski  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .470

L. Overbay  .366

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .648

J. Hardy  .486

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.117

B. Roberts  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

J. Lannan  3.92

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.47

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Petit
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
36.Peguero
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
57.Rauch
G/S/vB
39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 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 ··· ··· 2/2.000 10/.567 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.650 ··· 566/402 .271/.373/.469/.842 .721/.891 .892 100/.746 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 15/.733 2/2.500 7/1.142 ··· 3/1.667 4/1.167 4/1.250 ··· 380/225 .254/.315/.303/.617 .719/.574 .614 84/.716 19/5 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/1.000 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/.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 ··· 6/.800 5/.600 8/1.467 1/.000 6/.333 11/.282 2/.000 1/.000 431/280 .253/.322/.344/.665 .680/.657 .796 68/.912 7/6 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 525/344 .303/.378/.599/.977 .915/1.008 .944 110/.896 4/2 32/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/75 .241/.306/.474/.780 .682/.871 .871 53/.791 1/0 8/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.334 3/.666 ··· 350/231 .317/.355/.391/.746 .744/.747 .710 50/.735 2/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.650 3/.333 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.250 4/1.750 ··· 456/318 .310/.353/.395/.748 .898/.686 .721 86/.776 0/2 6/
33.Phelps G/S/vP ··· 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 4/1.500 17/.804 2/1.000 7/.786 1/2.000 2/1.000 13/1.826 5/2.467 ··· 543/374 .363/.470/.648/1.117 1.228/1.067 1.133 109/1.378 6/2 30/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/4.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/4.000 ··· 510/389 .308/.368/.423/.791 .440/.898 .839 89/.811 8/2 8/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 35/15 .212/.229/.242/.471 .669/.267 .519 9/.556 0/0 0/
IP 47.2 41.0 57.0 51.0 4.1 62.1 61.2 65.1 34.0 TOTAL .281/.351/.432/.783 .749/.799 .797 .826 63/25 150/71
ERA-K/9 2.83/6.8 3.07/13.4 4.26/8.1 4.76/6.7 4.15/6.3 3.90/6.8 3.36/8.6 3.86/8.4 2.65/9.0 4.01/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.185 171/.186 261/.243 229/.302 17/.200 263/.269 259/.245 265/.251 143/.223 .255  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
 Stavinoha
 Phelps
56/56/33/10
20/5/111/7
13/89/0/4
13/0/0/2
25/15/15/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .570 .653 .737 .805 .517 .723 .654 .729 .632 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.502 79/.523 64/.735 99/.749 4/.250 123/.757 123/.604 137/.697 62/.817 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.621 92/.764 197/.738 130/.846 13/.583 140/.694 136/.699 128/.765 81/.492 .724
Home 104/.553 84/.667 167/.727 132/.934 17/.517 142/.739 131/.540 151/.711 80/.546 .739
Last 28d days 65/.502 35/.532 43/.502 36/1.149 4/.000 44/.652 46/.494 49/1.161 10/.400
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 0/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/0/1 130/78/21
Usage ········ ··oX··X· ·X······ o·o····· o······· X·X····X oo·o·X·· X·····Xo ·X·o····
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.971 ··· 193/95 .193/.304/.267/.571 .602/.536 .499 36/.706 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/1.429 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 12/1.500 174/119 .229/.356/.326/.683 .822/.613 .610 36/.648 0/0 3/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.300 ··· 556/404 .289/.329/.491/.820 .738/.851 .898 110/.942 3/2 16/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 12/1.200 19/1.099 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 7/1.404 9/.666 21/.246 546/376 .239/.390/.524/.914 .738/.993 .881 107/.850 2/1 35/
4.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· 39/.293 1/2.000 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 11/.728 308/214 .280/.355/.360/.714 .874/.641 .656 34/.710 2/1 1/
7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 47/26 .171/.277/.195/.472 .449/.490 .561 / 0/0 0/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 533/381 .292/.372/.450/.822 .997/.757 .828 105/.527 8/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 171/139 .279/.345/.455/.800 .804/.798 .753 30/1.297 0/0 4/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 215/150 .249/.357/.315/.672 .656/.684 .751 64/.597 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 525/375 .242/.321/.482/.802 1.004/.724 .839 102/.693 9/0 27/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/120 .218/.328/.336/.664 .667/.664 .667 12/.780 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 342/236 .241/.354/.450/.804 .796/.808 .803 67/.834 0/0 13/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 247/209 .261/.304/.413/.717 .861/.691 .781 66/.534 0/0 8/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 336/234 .244/.354/.435/.789 .843/.765 .999 7/.929 1/4 11/
24.Young G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 598/433 .246/.308/.442/.749 .908/.690 .805 106/.900 10/5 19/
IP 103.2 23.2 64.2 69.2 33.0 43.2 54.2 43.1 TOTAL .252/.326/.416/.742 .777/.729 .792 .747 50/20 135/91
ERA-K/9 3.04/5.9 4.56/5.7 3.62/6.0 3.49/7.1 3.00/9.3 2.47/8.4 4.61/5.1 5.19/8.7 4.24/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (11-2-0)
 Montero (24-3-0)
 Snyder (43-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.240 119/.306 290/.288 299/.269 136/.209 180/.226 229/.285 200/.256 .273  Upton
 Dunn
 Jackson
 Young
 Salazar
 Burke
0/0/82/6
112/0/18/5
58/0/0/3
0/135/0/3
24/2/12/3
17/0/9/1
OPS .677 .840 .844 .717 .685 .624 .787 .773 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.689 56/.888 116/.742 123/.687 52/.699 65/.862 99/.780 89/.612 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.669 63/.802 174/.909 176/.739 84/.676 115/.489 130/.792 111/.900 .773
Road 161/.718 69/.767 146/.813 149/.802 73/.726 89/.428 122/.780 91/.766 .789
Last 28d days 48/.719 1/ 48/.824 51/.889 34/.339 32/.615 55/.881 21/.937
HR/SB/CS 11/2/4 1/4/0 9/1/1 7/2/1 3/2/1 4/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 145/44/25
Usage ·····X·· o······· ·oo··X·· X····X·· ·····X·· o·oo··X· o·X···X· oo····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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