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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Sunday, August 10, 2008 @Wrigley Field

St. Louis Cardinals, 65-54, 3rd, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (33, RHP, 0-0, 1.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              9     8   1   1   2   4  0    1.00      
 2007 (0-1)              6     9   5   5   1   3  0    7.50      
 2006 (15-8)           221.2 194  81  76  43 184 21    3.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  46    49  19  19   9  33  2    3.72   53 
 2008-08-05    LAD  ND   5     3   0   0   0   2  0      51   63 
 2008-07-30   @ATL  ND   4     5   1   1   2   2  0      67   48 
 2007-04-01    NYM   L   6     9   5   5   1   3  0     101   36 
 2006-09-26    SDP   L   7    12   6   6   2   6  0     122   33 
 2006-09-21   @HOU   L   8     9   6   6   0   5  2     106   45 
 2006-09-16    SFG   W   7     5   1   1   2   9  0     114   70 
 2006-09-11    HOU   W   9     6   0   0   2   6  0     115   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-1  30    23  12  12   5  25  2    3.60   57 
 2006-08-26    CHC  ND   8     2   1   1   1   5  1     100   78 
 2006-08-20   @CHC   W   8     7   2   2   0   7  0     114   67 
 2006-07-30   @CHC   L   4     6   5   5   2   2  1      78   30 
 2006-04-08   @CHC  ND   6     4   0   0   1   9  0      97   72 
 2005-09-18   @CHC  ND   4     4   4   4   1   2  0      60   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  45-32   vsLHP:  20-22   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:26-25   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Sat, Aug  9  @CHC  W  12-3       65-54  3rd  6.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug  8  @CHC  L   2-3 (11)  64-54  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Chicago Cubs, 70-47, 1st, 4 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 12-5, 2.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-5)           150.2 115  56  49  59 133 11    2.93      
 2007 (2-7)             66.2  59  36  35  30  55  8    4.73      
 2006 (1-9)             75    77  47  40  36  67  5    4.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  45.2  32  11  11  18  47  1    2.17   63 
 2008-08-04    HOU   L   5     5   2   2   1   7  0      75   55 
 2008-07-30   @MIL   W   7     5   1   1   1   9  0     111   71 
 2008-07-25    FLA  ND   6     2   1   1   6   6  0     110   64 
 2008-07-20   @HOU   W   8     6   0   0   1   7  0     104   76 
 2008-07-13    SFG   L   6.2   7   4   4   3   6  0     118   47 
 2008-07-08    CIN   W   7     2   1   1   4   5  0     103   70 
 2008-07-02   @SFG  ND   6     5   2   2   2   7  1      91   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-2  30    34  14  14  12  18  4    4.20   48 
 2005-04-21   @STL   L   6     4   1   1   3   4  0      95   61 
 2002-09-04   @STL  ND   5     6   5   5   4   2  2      82   33 
 2002-05-01   @STL   L   6     6   2   2   3   2  1      80   51 
 2001-08-05   @STL   W   7     9   3   3   1   5  0      95   51 
 2000-08-09   @STL  ND   6     9   3   3   1   5  1     106   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-17   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  47-36   vsLHP:  23-11   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl:32-22   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug  9   STL  L   3-12      70-47  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   STL  W   3-2 (11)  70-46  1st 9223372036854775808.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 STL 12 @CHC  3        W:Todd Wellemeyer (9-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (12-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHC  3  STL  2 (11)   W:Bobby Howry (5-4), L: Ryan Franklin (4-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; 2006 - CHC won 11-8; All-Time - CHC leads 1141-1076

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  5.53

CLE  4.66

WSN  3.76

RA/G

LAD  3.96

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .370

K. Suzuki  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .169

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

E. Hinske  .479

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

B. Abreu  .827

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

Z. Greinke  4.09

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.18

L. Hernandez  3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 394/277 .282/.350/.540/.890 .755/.949 .935 51/.934 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/2.500 8/.875 11/.546 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 490/348 .271/.369/.492/.861 .769/.898 .915 105/.938 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 13/.891 315/183 .249/.318/.305/.624 .780/.546 .629 80/.622 14/4 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 4/.500 11/.598 2/.500 13/.725 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 288/218 .272/.316/.336/.652 .609/.666 .585 53/.558 6/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 12/1.227 ··· 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 18/.634 2/.500 ··· 6/1.417 9/.730 7/1.238 ··· 14/1.198 374/238 .236/.306/.313/.620 .633/.612 .742 47/.623 5/5 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.333 8/.625 ··· 3/.333 440/283 .307/.385/.614/.999 .901/1.052 .980 105/1.145 4/2 29/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 111/59 .245/.306/.461/.767 .615/.893 .854 61/.847 1/0 6/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.000 4/1.500 10/.200 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 308/203 .316/.355/.393/.748 .731/.757 .715 70/.856 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.750 1/no AB 4/.833 10/.500 2/.000 13/.802 1/.000 3/1.167 390/269 .305/.351/.381/.732 .864/.675 .725 91/.625 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 26/.804 ··· 4/2.000 11/1.858 12/.523 15/.800 1/2.000 43/1.002 459/314 .350/.462/.617/1.079 1.233/1.007 1.113 110/1.054 6/2 24/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 442/328 .302/.363/.422/.785 .431/.905 .856 103/.769 8/2 7/
IP 150.2 21.2 79.1 55.1 63.0 37.0 11.1 45.2 TOTAL .277/.349/.429/.777 .742/.794 .802 .785 54/22 131/56
ERA-K/9 2.93/7.9 3.32/11.2 3.52/7.2 5.20/7.3 3.00/12.4 3.65/7.8 1.59/8.8 2.96/10.8 3.82/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 618/.209 94/.247 330/.255 239/.299 255/.140 154/.236 42/.132 186/.202 .244  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/37/33/8
20/5/92/5
0/89/0/4
11/0/0/1
15/8/14/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .609 .749 .682 .873 .538 .739 .398 .595 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.672 44/.867 159/.659 95/.867 106/.740 44/.882 19/.105 85/.639 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.553 50/.655 171/.704 144/.876 149/.395 110/.684 23/.638 101/.559 .689
Home 375/.582 41/.841 179/.650 132/.900 152/.459 60/.549 37/.336 99/.535 .701
Last 28d days 132/.582 24/.670 57/.627 43/1.149 42/.326 32/.688 42/.398 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 11/7/4 4/1/0 8/1/3 11/2/0 7/3/1 7/2/0 0/3/1 1/1/0 128/59/29
Usage ·····X·· ·····oo· X····XXo ·o··X··X ·o··o·oX X··X···· ·X·o··X· ····o···
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 12/.606 7/.286 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.873 87/46 .296/.337/.395/.732 .886/.601 .859 23/.842 0/0 2/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 10/.800 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 ··· 8/.393 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/.000 6/.334 442/317 .275/.370/.443/.812 .842/.800 .889 84/.714 4/0 13/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 15/.829 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.300 ··· 25/1.107 305/263 .243/.339/.479/.818 .489/.874 .893 49/1.194 2/1 15/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 204/186 .291/.383/.531/.915 .508/.950 .864 39/1.075 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 467/353 .272/.372/.403/.775 .710/.796 .882 82/.692 10/4 8/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 14/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 1/2.000 6/.167 279/161 .300/.364/.444/.808 .948/.710 .816 47/1.291 5/5 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 37/.722 7/.929 ··· 11/.500 3/.000 1/3.000 15/.690 9/2.167 7/1.738 524/400 .291/.357/.477/.833 .942/.801 .859 101/.645 6/2 17/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 37/.621 4/1.750 ··· 18/.749 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 7/.000 10/.543 484/371 .275/.376/.489/.865 .669/.927 1.060 102/.715 2/2 19/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 25/1.040 33/1.168 ··· 8/1.500 3/.666 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.250 313/220 .296/.342/.571/.913 1.228/.782 1.006 81/1.010 11/1 21/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 435/328 .278/.356/.488/.845 .884/.831 .853 73/.635 0/0 17/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 1/.000 487/362 .315/.390/.373/.763 .765/.763 .802 100/.747 17/11 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 14/.226 5/.650 ··· 14/.690 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 2/.000 4/.250 80/73 .221/.338/.382/.720 .762/.716 .796 19/.393 0/0 2/
IP 9.0 56.2 10.0 40.2 62.2 26.1 37.1 44.0 39.1 TOTAL .280/.356/.447/.803 .807/.802 .870 .794 67/27 135/69
ERA-K/9 1.00/4.0 3.65/6.0 3.60/5.4 5.98/7.3 2.73/7.3 3.76/8.6 2.17/8.2 4.09/5.1 5.26/9.4 4.24/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-7-2)
 Soto (50-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 36/.250 257/.283 40/.200 189/.276 258/.255 112/.234 153/.223 185/.275 181/.259 .272  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Ward
67/0/0/6
0/11/102/4
22/55/1/3
0/78/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/24/0
5/0/3/0
OPS .544 .848 .671 .812 .677 .759 .618 .766 .785 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.490 102/.732 10/.425 67/.656 107/.603 45/.822 56/.783 81/.728 77/.654 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.571 155/.921 30/.744 122/.893 151/.728 67/.717 97/.520 104/.795 104/.880 .773
Road 19/.745 122/.796 8/.393 84/.798 128/.733 60/.790 76/.408 85/.774 81/.792 .786
Last 28d days 36/.544 72/.906 32/.741 42/.770 50/.615 10/.311 34/.577 52/.695 27/1.181
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/0 3/1/2 3/0/1 4/0/0 125/39/21
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·oX ····X·o· ··X·X··· ·o··X·X· ·X·X···· X·····oo o··Xo··· 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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