STL @ CHC, Friday, August 8, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 64-53, 3rd, 6 GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 10-9, 4.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-9) 134.1 151 69 64 32 65 19 4.29 2007 (12-12) 175 183 100 96 51 87 22 4.94 2006 (9-3) 73.1 76 30 29 20 41 3 3.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 38.1 44 20 19 10 23 9 4.46 48 2008-08-02 PHI L 7 3 2 2 2 4 2 99 65 2008-07-28 @ATL W 7 7 2 2 0 4 0 106 59 2008-07-23 MIL L 5 7 1 1 2 4 1 104 51 2008-07-18 SDP ND 3 8 6 6 0 2 2 68 21 2008-07-10 @PHI L 6 7 4 4 1 2 2 112 43 2008-07-04 CHC L 7 6 2 2 1 5 2 117 61 2008-06-29 @KCR ND 3.1 6 3 2 4 2 0 78 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 34 23 7 7 10 22 4 1.85 64 2008-07-04 CHC L 7 6 2 2 1 5 2 117 61 2007-09-15 CHC ND 7 3 1 1 2 5 0 114 70 2007-08-17 @CHC L 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 101 57 2007-07-26 CHC W 7 5 1 1 2 3 1 107 64 2007-04-20 @CHC W 7 5 1 1 2 5 0 90 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-28 Road: 31-25 ExtrInn: 6-9 vsRHP: 44-32 vsLHP: 20-21 1-Run: 21-20 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:25-24 vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 117 Thu, Aug 7 LAD L 1-4 64-53 3rd 6.0 gb 116 Wed, Aug 6 LAD W 9-6 64-52 3rd 5.5 gb 115 Tue, Aug 5 LAD W 6-4 (11) 63-52 3rd 5.5 gb 114 Sun, Aug 3 PHI L 4-5 62-52 3rd 6.0 gb 113 Sat, Aug 2 PHI L 1-2 62-51 3rd 5.0 gb 112 Fri, Aug 1 PHI W 6-3 62-50 2nd 4.0 gb 111 Thu, Jul 31 @ATL L 4-9 61-50 2nd 5.0 gb 110 Wed, Jul 30 @ATL W 7-2 61-49 2nd 4.0 gb 109 Tue, Jul 29 @ATL W 8-3 60-49 3rd 4.0 gb 108 Mon, Jul 28 @ATL W 12-3 59-49 3rd 4.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Chicago Cubs, 69-46, 1st, 5 up	SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 11-6, 4.35) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-6) 140.2 139 71 68 50 129 25 4.35 2007 (15-8) 207 181 91 88 55 174 28 3.83 2006 (15-13) 181.2 179 98 87 81 160 28 4.31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 42 45 16 16 14 34 7 3.43 53 2008-08-02 PIT W 6.1 6 1 1 3 5 0 109 59 2008-07-28 @MIL ND 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 88 49 2008-07-23 @ARI W 6 6 3 3 3 6 1 115 51 2008-07-18 @HOU ND 7 6 1 1 2 6 1 104 65 2008-07-10 CIN L 2.2 6 4 4 2 3 2 63 31 2008-07-05 @STL ND 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 90 54 2008-06-30 @SFG W 8 7 2 2 2 5 0 110 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 2-1 32 29 15 15 7 23 6 4.22 54 2008-07-05 @STL ND 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 90 54 2008-05-03 @STL W 7 6 3 3 1 4 2 112 56 2007-09-15 @STL ND 6 4 2 2 2 4 0 107 58 2007-09-10 STL W 7 5 3 3 0 7 2 96 62 2007-08-20 STL L 6 7 5 5 3 3 1 112 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-16 Road: 26-30 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 46-35 vsLHP: 23-11 1-Run: 15-17 vsEast: 9-6 vsCntrl:31-21 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 115 Wed, Aug 6 HOU W 11-4 69-46 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 114 Tue, Aug 5 HOU W 11-7 68-46 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 113 Mon, Aug 4 HOU L 0-2 (8) 67-46 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 112 Sun, Aug 3 PIT W 8-5 67-45 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 111 Sat, Aug 2 PIT W 5-1 66-45 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 110 Fri, Aug 1 PIT L 0-3 65-45 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 109 Thu, Jul 31 @MIL W 11-4 65-44 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 108 Wed, Jul 30 @MIL W 7-2 64-44 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 @MIL W 7-1 63-44 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 @MIL W 6-4 62-44 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHC 7 @STL 1 W:Sean Marshall (1-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-4), S: none Sat, Jul 05, 2008 STL 5 CHC 4 W:Kyle McClellan (1-3), L: Kerry Wood (4-2), S: none Fri, Jul 04, 2008 CHC 2 @STL 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (9-3), L: Braden Looper (9-6), S: Kerry Wood (22) Sun, May 04, 2008 STL 5 CHC 3 W:Todd Wellemeyer (3-1), L: Jason Marquis (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (10) Sat, May 03, 2008 CHC 9 @STL 3 W:Ted Lilly (2-4), L: Kyle Lohse (3-1), S: none Fri, May 02, 2008 STL 5 CHC 3 (11) W:Ron Villone (1-0), L: Chad Fox (0-1), S: none Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHC 4 @STL 2 W:Jason Marquis (12-8), L: Mark Mulder (0-3), S: Ryan Dempster (28) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 STL 4 CHC 3 W:Joel Pineiro (6-4), L: Sean Marshall (7-8), S: Jason Isringhausen (29) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CHC 3 @STL 2 W:Kerry Wood (1-1), L: Ryan Franklin (4-4), S: Ryan Dempster (27) Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CHC 5 @STL 3 W:Carlos Zambrano (16-12), L: Adam Wainwright (13-11), S: Bobby Howry (8) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; All-Time - CHC leads 1140-1075

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 5.61

LAA 4.63

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.93

SFG 4.65

TEX 5.87

C. Jones .369

A. Pierzynski .288

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

M. Byrd .360

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .620

J. Werth .476

T. Pena .196

OPS

A. Pujols 1.075

M. Reynolds .825

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.51

O. Perez 4.12

N. Robertson 6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.99

M. Mussina 6.16

L. Hernandez 3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 12/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 392/275 .281/.349/.540/.889 .755/.948 .935 54/.958 2/1 22/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 15/.204 2/2.500 6/.667 10/.600 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 480/341 .270/.371/.482/.853 .787/.879 .899 101/.999 0/1 19/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 13/.891 309/181 .243/.312/.296/.608 .763/.534 .597 76/.543 12/3 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 17/.983 11/.598 2/.500 13/.725 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 280/214 .273/.318/.338/.656 .585/.679 .590 48/.574 6/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/.277 126/89 .223/.310/.357/.667 .600/.694 .813 17/.235 0/0 3/

22.Lopez# G/S/vP 12/.977 2/.500 ··· 6/1.417 9/.730 6/1.467 ··· 14/1.198 370/235 .233/.304/.311/.616 .638/.602 .736 46/.616 5/5 2/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 15/.666 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/.000 7/.714 ··· 3/.333 430/277 .307/.385/.620/1.005 .917/1.052 .991 101/1.249 4/2 29/

62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 104/56 .242/.308/.442/.750 .509/.943 .833 56/.851 1/0 5/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 3/2.000 10/.200 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.533 304/200 .317/.357/.395/.752 .718/.768 .720 72/.896 1/2 3/

4.Molina G/S/vP 21/.689 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.555 2/.000 12/.872 ··· 3/1.167 380/263 .307/.353/.385/.738 .896/.670 .735 87/.699 0/2 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 24/1.220 ··· 3/2.000 11/1.858 11/.573 14/.864 ··· 43/1.002 449/308 .350/.461/.614/1.075 1.259/.990 1.107 106/1.062 6/1 23/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 433/323 .301/.364/.414/.778 .429/.893 .844 95/.724 8/2 6/

IP 140.2 21.2 77.1 54.1 62.1 34.1 9.1 45.2 TOTAL .276/.349/.427/.775 .745/.790 .799 .804 52/20 126/55

ERA-K/9

4.35/8.3

3.32/11.2

3.26/7.2

5.30/7.1

3.03/12.4

3.93/7.9

1.93/9.7

2.96/10.8

3.77/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (9-7-1)
Molina (30-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 604/.254 94/.247 318/.247 236/.303 252/.142 146/.242 35/.125 186/.202 .243 Schumaker
Ludwick
Ankiel
Mather
Lopez
Miles
Kennedy 56/35/33/8
20/5/90/5
0/89/0/4
13/8/14/1
10/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .785 .749 .670 .884 .540 .768 .388 .595 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.901 44/.867 155/.650 95/.867 106/.740 43/.905 15/.067 85/.639 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 460/.749 50/.655 163/.690 141/.896 146/.395 103/.713 20/.633 101/.559 .684

Home 271/.787 41/.841 167/.625 129/.921 149/.460 52/.597 30/.310 99/.535 .694

Last 28d days 104/.809 25/.641 47/.508 42/1.178 49/.506 30/.667 35/.388 4/.500

HR/SB/CS 25/9/6 4/1/0 8/1/3 11/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 123/57/27

Usage ·····X·· ···oo·X· ···XXo·· ··X··X·X ··o·oXX· ·X·····o ·o··X·X· ··o·····

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 64.Garcia*
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

24.Blanco G/S/vP 11/.705 6/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 8/.804 84/44 .291/.325/.392/.718 .871/.582 .836 20/.789 0/0 2/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 6/.400 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.666 ··· 169/83 .279/.339/.370/.709 .688/.732 .804 24/.792 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 17/.306 8/.393 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 434/309 .278/.374/.441/.816 .842/.805 .899 82/.781 4/0 12/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 4/.000 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· 25/1.107 297/255 .243/.341/.463/.804 .489/.860 .866 45/1.260 2/1 13/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 8/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 203/185 .287/.380/.529/.909 .508/.944 .852 44/1.022 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 460/346 .276/.376/.409/.785 .710/.809 .906 81/.719 10/4 8/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 14/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 6/.167 277/159 .299/.363/.444/.807 .948/.706 .814 48/1.262 5/5 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 19/.816 6/.833 ··· 11/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 14/.742 9/2.167 7/1.738 515/391 .292/.357/.481/.838 .942/.806 .868 98/.651 6/2 17/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/.504 3/1.666 ··· 18/.749 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 7/.000 10/.543 475/362 .275/.377/.494/.871 .669/.936 1.079 99/.710 2/2 19/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 8/.250 32/1.206 ··· 8/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.250 304/211 .299/.345/.583/.928 1.228/.798 1.039 72/1.086 11/1 21/

18.Soto G/S/vP 6/2.067 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 428/321 .277/.355/.491/.846 .884/.833 .857 72/.615 0/0 17/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 15/.619 7/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 478/353 .314/.392/.374/.765 .765/.765 .808 97/.802 17/11 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 9/.619 4/.833 ··· 14/.690 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 1/.000 4/.250 78/71 .227/.346/.394/.740 .762/.738 .844 18/.417 0/0 2/

IP 134.1 55.2 10.0 40.2 61.2 25.1 36.0 43.0 39.1 TOTAL .281/.357/.447/.805 .806/.804 .875 .808 67/27 131/68

ERA-K/9

4.29/4.4

3.56/6.1

3.60/5.4

5.98/7.3

2.77/7.1

3.91/8.5

2.25/7.5

4.19/5.2

5.26/9.4

4.27/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (9-6-2)
Soto (48-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.285 250/.281 40/.200 189/.276 254/.255 108/.233 148/.224 181/.276 180/.259 .273 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Cedeno
DeRosa
Ward 65/0/0/5
0/11/100/4
22/55/0/3
0/76/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/23/0
5/0/3/0

OPS .794 .844 .671 .812 .680 .770 .626 .772 .781 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.802 100/.734 10/.425 67/.656 107/.603 43/.866 55/.798 80/.737 77/.654 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.787 150/.914 30/.744 122/.893 147/.735 65/.708 93/.521 101/.800 103/.874 .776

Road 258/.766 115/.785 8/.393 84/.798 124/.740 56/.814 71/.408 81/.789 80/.784 .789

Last 28d days 93/.883 70/.965 32/.741 46/.900 51/.686 8/.821 31/.568 48/.713 27/1.111

HR/SB/CS 19/1/0 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/0 3/1/2 3/0/1 4/0/0 121/39/21

Usage ·····X·· ··X·oX·· ··X·o·X· X·X···X· ··X·X··· ·X······ ····ooo· ·Xo····· ··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 @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, August 8, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 10-9, 4.29)

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 11-6, 4.35)

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