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Game Preview: STL @ ARI, 3:40pm, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @Chase Field

St. Louis Cardinals, 75-64, 3rd, 10 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-6)           176   185  79  76  42  99 16    3.89      
 2007 (9-12)           192.2 207 109  99  57 122 22    4.62      
 2006 (5-10)           126.2 150  83  82  44  97 15    5.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41.2  51  26  26  11  29  7    5.62   45 
 2008-08-29   @HOU  ND   8     7   2   2   1   6  1     108   65 
 2008-08-23    ATL  ND   6     8   3   3   2   3  0      90   45 
 2008-08-17   @CIN   L   6     7   3   3   3   2  0     115   45 
 2008-08-12   @FLA   L   4.1   6   4   4   0   5  1      80   40 
 2008-08-07    LAD   L   7     7   4   4   1   5  1      99   51 
 2008-08-01    PHI   W   5.1   5   3   3   3   6  1      92   49 
 2008-07-27   @NYM   L   5    11   7   7   1   2  3      97   18 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      1-1  27    28  14  12   6  12  3    4.00   50 
 2007-07-06    ARI   W   9     4   1   1   2   5  0     105   78 
 2007-04-10   @ARI  ND   7     6   4   4   0   4  2      99   53 
 2005-06-09   @ARI   L   6     7   4   4   4   3  1     101   41 
 2004-07-02   @ARI  ND   5    11   5   3   0   0  0      77   29 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-31   Road:   38-33   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  52-39   vsLHP:  23-25   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:30-32   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Tue, Sep  2  @ARI  W   8-2       75-64  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Arizona Diamondbacks, 70-68, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Doug Davis (32, LHP, 6-8, 4.59)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)            117.2 125  65  60  55  98 11    4.59      
 2007 (13-12)          192.2 211 100  91  95 144 21    4.25      
 2006 (11-11)          203.1 206 118 111 102 159 19    4.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  36.2  45  23  22  15  31  3    5.40   45 
 2008-08-29    LAD   W   5     8   2   2   3   2  0      98   42 
 2008-08-24    FLA   L   7     7   3   3   0   8  1     110   59 
 2008-08-19    SDP   W   6     7   2   2   2   6  0     100   54 
 2008-08-13   @COL  ND   5     6   4   3   2   4  2      90   43 
 2008-08-08    ATL   L   4.1   9   7   7   4   2  0      82   15 
 2008-08-03   @LAD   L   1.2   6   5   5   2   1  0      47   22 
 2008-07-29   @SDP   W   7.2   2   0   0   2   8  0     124   81 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-1  28.2  27  14  14  20  22  2    4.40   49 
 2007-09-09    STL  ND   4     7   4   4   2   3  0      85   33 
 2007-07-05   @STL   L   7     7   3   3   5   5  1     118   51 
 2006-09-28   @STL   W   6     2   1   1   8   7  1     114   63 
 2006-08-04   @STL   W   5.2   6   3   3   4   3  0     105   44 
 2006-04-13   @STL  ND   6     5   3   3   1   4  0      88   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-31   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  44-51   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 35-21 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  2   STL  L   2-8       70-68  1st  1.5 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 STL  8 @ARI  2        W:Adam Wainwright (8-3), L: Yusmeiro Petit (3-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - ARI won 4-3; 2006 - ARI won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 43-30

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  5.49

FLA  4.65

SFG  3.84

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.97

BA

A. Pujols  .361

M. DeRosa  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .469

J. Reyes  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .643

J. Reyes  .487

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

V. Wells  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

O. Perez  3.90

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

M. Mussina  6.42

L. Hernandez  3.35

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Davis*
G/S/vB
33.Buckner
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
47.Rosales
G/S/vB
39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
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 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 451/328 .266/.339/.515/.854 .717/.908 .893 61/.589 2/1 25/
23.Barden G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 23/.906 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 10/.567 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.650 1/no AB ··· ··· 571/407 .273/.375/.475/.850 .721/.902 .907 100/.807 0/1 22/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 16/.688 2/2.500 7/1.142 ··· 3/1.667 4/1.167 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 384/229 .252/.317/.301/.618 .719/.575 .614 83/.708 19/5 1/
53.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 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 38/.604 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 24/.851 ··· 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 15/.374 ··· 6/.800 5/.600 8/1.467 2/1.000 6/.333 11/.282 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 435/284 .256/.326/.354/.679 .680/.679 .821 72/.984 7/6 4/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 529/347 .303/.379/.599/.978 .928/1.004 .947 108/.908 4/2 32/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/75 .241/.306/.474/.780 .682/.871 .871 48/.803 1/0 8/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 350/231 .317/.355/.391/.746 .744/.747 .710 49/.709 2/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 13/.408 ··· 5/.650 3/.333 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/.250 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB 460/321 .310/.353/.402/.755 .898/.696 .734 85/.808 0/2 7/
33.Phelps G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 4/.833 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 .333 7/.571 0/0 0/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 36/1.186 ··· 17/.804 2/1.000 7/.786 1/2.000 2/1.000 13/1.826 6/1.917 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 548/379 .361/.469/.643/1.112 1.228/1.060 1.123 108/1.337 6/2 30/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 200/106 .242/.299/.286/.585 .625/.550 .706 0/ 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 515/394 .305/.364/.418/.782 .440/.886 .822 88/.774 8/2 8/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 36/16 .206/.222/.235/.458 .669/.250 .501 9/.556 0/0 0/
IP 117.2 10.0 42.0 57.0 51.0 5.1 62.1 61.2 66.1 25.2 34.0 29.2 TOTAL .280/.351/.433/.784 .750/.800 .799 .829 63/25 153/71
ERA-K/9 4.59/7.5 3.60/7.2 3.00/13.1 4.26/8.1 4.76/6.7 3.38/5.1 3.90/6.8 3.36/8.6 3.80/8.3 4.21/5.3 2.65/9.0 4.55/4.8 4.03/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Johnson (0-0-0)
 LaRue (10-7-2)
 Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 517/.278 42/.325 174/.182 261/.243 229/.302 21/.222 263/.269 259/.245 268/.248 116/.290 143/.223 133/.259 .255  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
 Stavinoha
 Phelps
56/57/33/10
20/5/112/7
14/89/0/4
13/0/0/2
25/15/15/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .776 .957 .641 .737 .805 .578 .723 .654 .720 .824 .632 .789 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.822 16/.779 81/.508 64/.735 99/.749 5/.650 123/.757 123/.604 138/.692 46/.900 62/.817 56/.684 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.759 26/1.065 93/.755 197/.738 130/.846 16/.552 140/.694 136/.699 130/.752 70/.767 81/.492 77/.868 .727
Home 306/.787 26/.923 87/.641 167/.727 132/.934 21/.578 142/.739 131/.540 154/.697 59/.975 80/.546 72/.794 .741
Last 28d days 125/.884 11/.727 38/.488 43/.502 36/1.149 8/.393 44/.652 46/.494 52/1.088 33/.838 10/.400 10/1.111
HR/SB/CS 11/8/3 3/0/0 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 0/0/0 5/1/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 4/0/0 133/78/21
Usage ····X··· ····X··· o··oX··X ··X····· ·o·o···· Xo······ ·X·X···· ·oo·o·X· oX·····X X······X ··X·o··· o·······
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
52.Kinney
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/.333 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.971 ··· 193/95 .193/.304/.267/.571 .602/.536 .499 33/.710 5/0 2/
13.Clark# G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 7/1.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 12/1.500 175/120 .228/.354/.324/.678 .822/.608 .602 34/.692 0/0 3/
21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/7 .167/.286/.167/.452 .452/.452 .476 7/.286 0/0 0/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.300 ··· 560/408 .287/.326/.487/.814 .738/.842 .884 110/.913 3/2 16/
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 19/1.099 7/.453 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.404 9/.666 22/.235 550/379 .240/.391/.523/.914 .733/.994 .880 107/.850 2/1 35/
4.Eckstein G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· 40/.285 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 11/.728 312/218 .280/.353/.358/.711 .874/.638 .652 35/.688 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 7/.286 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 537/385 .293/.375/.452/.827 .997/.765 .838 105/.552 8/2 12/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 175/143 .278/.343/.456/.799 .804/.797 .753 34/1.231 0/0 4/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 1/2.000 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 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 529/379 .242/.320/.480/.800 1.004/.721 .833 102/.700 9/0 27/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/110 .240/.256/.357/.612 .348/.669 .595 26/.462 4/0 1/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/123 .221/.328/.354/.682 .667/.684 .697 15/.900 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP 9/.958 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 342/236 .241/.354/.450/.804 .796/.808 .803 64/.853 0/0 13/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 13/.769 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 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 602/437 .246/.307/.440/.748 .908/.688 .800 106/.869 10/5 19/
IP 176.0 23.2 65.2 16.0 69.2 34.0 44.0 54.2 43.2 TOTAL .252/.326/.415/.741 .776/.728 .789 .744 50/20 135/92
ERA-K/9 3.89/5.1 4.56/5.7 3.70/6.0 5.63/3.9 /0.0 3.49/7.1 2.91/9.3 2.45/8.4 4.61/5.1 5.15/8.9 4.22/5.7

 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 734/.272 119/.306 296/.290 77/.286 / 299/.269 139/.203 181/.224 229/.285 201/.255 .272  Upton
 Dunn
 Salazar
 Jackson
 Young
 Burke
 Romero
0/0/82/6
112/0/18/5
24/2/13/3
59/0/0/3
0/136/0/3
17/0/9/1
10/2/32/1
OPS .731 .840 .845 .934 .717 .669 .620 .787 .769 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.699 56/.888 118/.747 32/.651 / 123/.687 54/.670 65/.862 99/.780 90/.605 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.756 63/.802 178/.908 45/1.135 / 176/.739 85/.667 116/.485 130/.792 111/.900 .773
Road 313/.848 69/.767 152/.817 34/.960 / 149/.802 76/.694 90/.424 122/.780 92/.756 .787
Last 28d days 130/.766 1/ 46/.852 /