STL @ BOS, Friday, June 20, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 42-32, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 8-2, 3.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-2) 88.1 86 38 37 21 40 5 3.77 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 5-0 44 37 14 13 6 22 4 2.66 57 2008-06-14 PHI W 8 4 2 2 2 3 1 116 67 2008-06-08 @HOU W 6 5 3 3 2 3 1 91 51 2008-06-03 @WSN W 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 63 57 2008-05-29 HOU W 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 86 57 2008-05-24 @LAD W 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 90 65 2008-05-18 TBR ND 6 8 3 2 0 5 0 78 51 2008-05-13 PIT ND 7 5 4 4 1 4 1 108 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-3 26.1 35 19 19 16 13 3 6.49 38 2005-07-30 @BOS L 5 7 3 3 4 2 0 110 39 2004-07-30 BOS L 4 11 7 7 4 5 0 97 13 2004-06-22 @BOS L 6 7 3 3 1 3 2 108 48 2003-05-02 @BOS ND 6.1 5 2 2 5 2 0 99 52 2002-08-09 @BOS ND 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 87 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-17 Road: 19-15 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 28-20 vsLHP: 14-12 1-Run: 16-12 vsEast: 7-2 vsCntrl:22-17 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 2-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 74 Thu, Jun 19 KCR L 1-4 42-32 2nd 3.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 KCR L 2-3 42-31 2nd 3.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 KCR L 1-2 42-30 2nd 3.5 gb 71 Sun, Jun 15 PHI W 7-6 (10) 42-29 2nd 3.5 gb 70 Sat, Jun 14 PHI W 3-2 41-29 2nd 3.5 gb 69 Fri, Jun 13 PHI L 2-20 40-29 2nd 3.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 @CIN L 2-6 40-28 2nd 3.5 gb 67 Wed, Jun 11 @CIN W 10-0 40-27 2nd 2.5 gb 66 Tue, Jun 10 @CIN W 7-2 39-27 2nd 2.5 gb 65 Sun, Jun 8 @HOU W 5-4 38-27 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 46-29, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-4, 4.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 88 77 44 41 38 59 12 4.19 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 42 40 25 24 17 34 8 5.14 49 2008-06-14 @CIN ND 7 4 2 2 2 6 2 89 65 2008-06-07 SEA W 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 106 63 2008-06-02 @BAL ND 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 58 2008-05-28 @SEA L 8 5 1 1 0 8 1 96 76 2008-05-23 @OAK L 5 8 8 8 4 4 2 99 19 2008-05-17 MIL ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 108 46 2008-05-11 @MIN L 2.2 7 7 6 2 2 2 74 18 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-2 30.1 31 20 16 18 24 1 4.75 46 2005-06-06 @STL L 5.2 7 5 4 4 3 0 102 36 2003-06-12 STL ND 6 6 2 1 2 4 0 93 56 1993-09-18 @STL L 4.2 7 7 7 2 3 1 94 23 1993-05-21 STL ND 5 5 4 4 5 4 0 85 40 1992-07-31 STL W 9 6 2 0 5 10 0 146 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-7 Road: 18-22 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 35-26 vsLHP: 11-3 1-Run: 10-8 vsEast: 16-13 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 7-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 75 Wed, Jun 18 @PHI W 7-4 46-29 1st 2.0 up 74 Tue, Jun 17 @PHI W 3-0 45-29 1st 2.0 up 73 Mon, Jun 16 @PHI L 2-8 44-29 1st 2.0 up 72 Sun, Jun 15 @CIN W 9-0 44-28 1st 2.5 up 71 Sat, Jun 14 @CIN W 6-4 (10) 43-28 1st 1.5 up 70 Fri, Jun 13 @CIN L 1-3 42-28 1st 1.5 up 69 Thu, Jun 12 BAL W 9-2 42-27 1st 2.5 up 68 Wed, Jun 11 BAL W 6-3 41-27 1st 2.0 up 67 Tue, Jun 10 BAL L 6-10 40-27 1st 1.0 up 66 Sun, Jun 8 SEA W 2-1 40-26 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 08, 2005 BOS 4 @STL 0 W:David Wells (4-4), L: Chris Carpenter (8-4), S: none Tue, Jun 07, 2005 STL 9 BOS 2 W:Jeff Suppan (5-5), L: Matt Clement (6-1), S: none Mon, Jun 06, 2005 STL 7 BOS 1 W:Matt Morris (7-0), L: Tim Wakefield (4-6), S: none Thu, Jun 12, 2003 STL 8 @BOS 7 (13) W:Esteban Yan (2-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-3), S: none Wed, Jun 11, 2003 BOS 13 STL 1 W:John Burkett (4-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none Tue, Jun 10, 2003 STL 9 @BOS 7 W:Steve Kline (3-4), L: Brandon Lyon (2-3), S: Cal Eldred (8) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - STL leads 4-2

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 5.51

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.69

KCR 4.59

TEX 5.78

C. Jones .394

K. Johnson .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .485

K. Johnson .352

C. Patterson .230

SLG

L. Berkman .706

C. Guzman .449

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.155

R. Howard .804

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

R. Wolf 4.16

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/179 .251/.332/.479/.811 .640/.880 .828 73/.651 1/0 11/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/52 .245/.336/.340/.676 .663/.682 .607 43/.678 2/1 1/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/158 .234/.326/.342/.668 .267/.729 .697 46/.329 1/1 4/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 32/.706 ··· 6/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 14/1.262 293/207 .260/.362/.444/.806 .911/.763 .901 96/.790 0/1 9/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 8/1.428 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.000 215/138 .244/.318/.316/.634 .731/.580 .579 74/.494 6/3 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 23/.670 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 13/.539 178/147 .250/.303/.299/.602 .566/.610 .485 49/.590 4/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.400 80/62 .194/.325/.269/.594 .600/.592 .614 32/.758 0/0 1/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/162 .305/.374/.632/1.006 .932/1.046 1.144 101/.796 4/1 16/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 165/105 .289/.331/.322/.654 .618/.673 .515 57/.527 0/2 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/155 .295/.354/.377/.731 .983/.616 .703 66/.679 0/1 3/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/65 .272/.318/.311/.629 .605/.646 .782 44/.588 5/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/201 .307/.369/.439/.808 .469/.919 .862 78/.898 5/0 4/

IP 88.0 32.2 30.1 18.2 26.2 30.1 32.1 21.2 TOTAL .269/.348/.412/.760 .755/.762 .766 .691 30/14 70/38

ERA-K/9

4.19/6.0

2.76/8.3

3.56/8.0

5.79/7.2

2.36/5.4

2.97/8.9

1.95/11.4

7.06/5.0

3.84/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (7-4-0)
Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 376/.235 142/.205 130/.241 87/.247 110/.240 126/.230 125/.202 105/.322 .243 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Ludwick
Duncan 38/22/24/6
0/59/0/2
22/0/5/2
14/5/56/1
33/0/0/1

OPS .714 .650 .672 .684 .681 .622 .539 .918 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.688 63/.622 52/.521 34/.732 57/.622 52/.622 64/.521 47/1.132 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.728 79/.673 78/.777 53/.654 53/.733 74/.622 61/.556 58/.745 .688

Home 139/.701 73/.865 64/.687 47/.761 69/.649 53/.762 63/.397 44/.945 .707

Last 28d days 136/.666 42/.512 47/.425 46/.570 32/.726 47/.698 36/.430 50/.765

HR/SB/CS 12/18/5 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/1/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 65/53/15

Usage ·····X·· ···XX·o· ·X···o·X ·X···o·· ·o·o··o· ··Xo·o·· ·oo··X·· ···Xo··o

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.31 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 44.Isringhausen
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

22.Casey* G/S/vP 4/1.167 5/.650 1/.000 16/.599 ··· ··· 8/.833 4/.000 18/.466 111/91 .373/.423/.471/.894 .979/.874 1.012 42/.904 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/64 .236/.309/.306/.614 1.004/.511 .535 27/.231 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 52/46 .289/.385/.356/.740 1.267/.673 .697 27/.557 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 30/.619 ··· 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 189/151 .260/.301/.416/.717 .840/.686 .751 76/.620 12/2 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 16/.976 250/203 .327/.432/.601/1.033 .939/1.053 1.103 95/1.391 2/1 13/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/209 .281/.363/.399/.762 .586/.808 .926 93/.657 34/4 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 6/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/no AB 11/1.273 231/185 .275/.338/.502/.840 1.046/.793 .862 101/.829 1/1 11/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 9/.936 ··· 13/.641 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 21/.745 242/195 .275/.367/.333/.700 .779/.681 .754 84/.699 9/3 0/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/35 .256/.326/.462/.787 .542/.829 .839 21/.667 0/0 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 331/260 .274/.322/.398/.720 .807/.696 .734 103/.673 7/0 6/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/1.295 ··· 13/1.385 7/1.738 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 14/.904 289/237 .295/.381/.535/.916 .744/.956 .876 87/1.021 1/0 15/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 14/.762 ··· 14/.445 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 219/175 .240/.320/.408/.728 .756/.721 .806 74/.410 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.956 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.096 282/238 .305/.376/.530/.906 1.197/.858 .882 76/.730 3/2 11/

IP 88.1 19.1 32.2 21.1 36.2 14.0 19.2 22.2 27.2 TOTAL .280/.355/.451/.807 .828/.801 .853 .764 70/13 89/45

ERA-K/9

3.77/4.1

4.19/6.5

2.76/5.8

6.75/5.5

2.70/7.6

3.86/9.0

2.75/8.7

4.37/5.6

5.86/8.4

4.06/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (25-7-8)
Varitek (28-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 361/.257 92/.253 145/.246 101/.276 155/.261 58/.200 85/.230 95/.286 128/.269 .261 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 53/0/0/4
0/1/60/4
0/57/0/3
5/0/8/2
35/31/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .688 .756 .741 .838 .689 .650 .654 .809 .761 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.740 43/.790 56/.761 35/.536 57/.608 27/.931 28/.877 33/.846 53/.550 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.649 49/.729 89/.728 66/.985 98/.737 31/.433 57/.540 62/.789 75/.905 .736

Road 134/.826 47/.552 60/.661 38/.819 64/.786 24/.530 41/.539 35/.921 49/.619 .741

Last 28d days 118/.587 33/.734 48/.976 13/.397 55/.800 47/.787 36/.469 19/.684 48/.993

HR/SB/CS 5/6/1 1/4/0 2/1/1 3/4/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 2/0/0 64/30/15

Usage ·····X·· o···o··X ·o··XoX· X·o····· ·X··X··· X···X··· ··o·o·oX X······· ··o···XX

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 @ BOS, 7:05pm, Friday, June 20, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 8-2, 3.77)

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-4, 4.19)

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