STL @ DET, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 45-33, 2nd, 3½ GB, 4 up in WC	SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 9-2, 3.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-2) 94.1 92 40 38 23 44 6 3.63 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 6-0 43 38 12 10 7 22 4 2.09 58 2008-06-20 @BOS W 6 6 2 1 2 4 1 109 56 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-4 25 40 24 23 9 12 6 8.28 33 2006-05-16 @DET L 2.2 6 5 5 1 3 0 65 28 2006-05-05 DET L 4 9 7 7 1 3 3 71 18 2006-04-30 @DET L 5.2 8 6 6 2 1 1 91 28 2005-09-12 @DET W 7 6 1 1 2 3 0 98 62 2005-07-24 @DET L 5.2 11 5 4 3 2 2 102 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-17 Road: 22-16 ExtrInn: 4-6 vsRHP: 30-20 vsLHP: 15-13 1-Run: 17-12 vsEast: 7-2 vsCntrl:22-17 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 5-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 78 Tue, Jun 24 @DET W 8-4 45-33 2nd 3.5 gb 77 Sun, Jun 22 @BOS L 3-5 (13) 44-33 2nd 4.5 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 @BOS W 9-3 44-32 2nd 3.5 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 @BOS W 5-4 43-32 2nd 3.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 36-40, 3rd, 6 GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-2, 3.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-2) 71.1 47 30 24 29 49 6 3.03 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 44.1 33 18 16 19 32 4 3.25 56 2008-06-18 @SFG W 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 104 57 2008-06-13 LAD W 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 100 75 2008-06-08 CLE W 5.2 4 2 2 2 4 0 93 55 2008-05-28 @LAA W 8.1 4 2 2 3 4 1 104 68 2008-05-23 MIN L 6 7 5 5 5 5 1 96 38 2008-05-17 @ARI W 6 1 2 2 5 3 0 111 60 2008-05-07 BOS ND 5.1 7 5 5 1 6 2 88 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-17 Road: 16-23 ExtrInn: 0-3 vsRHP: 22-35 vsLHP: 14-5 1-Run: 6-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:10-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL: 8-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 76 Tue, Jun 24 STL L 4-8 36-40 3rd 6.0 gb 75 Sun, Jun 22 @SDP W 5-3 36-39 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Sat, Jun 21 @SDP W 7-5 35-39 3rd 6.0 gb 73 Fri, Jun 20 @SDP L 2-6 34-39 3rd 7.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 @SFG W 7-2 34-38 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 @SFG W 5-1 33-38 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Mon, Jun 16 @SFG L 6-8 32-38 4th 6.5 gb 69 Sun, Jun 15 LAD W 5-4 32-37 4th 6.0 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 LAD W 12-7 31-37 4th 7.0 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 LAD W 5-0 30-37 4th 8.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 24, 2008 STL 8 @DET 4 W:Braden Looper (9-5), L: Kenny Rogers (5-5), S: none Sun, May 20, 2007 DET 6 STL 3 W:Justin Verlander (5-1), L: Brad Thompson (2-1), S: Bobby Seay (1) Sat, May 19, 2007 DET 8 STL 7 W:Nate Robertson (4-3), L: Anthony Reyes (0-7), S: Todd Jones (14) Fri, May 18, 2007 DET 14 STL 4 W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Braden Looper (5-3), S: none Sun, Jun 25, 2006 DET 4 STL 1 W:Wilfredo Ledezma (1-0), L: Sidney Ponson (4-3), S: Todd Jones (20) Sat, Jun 24, 2006 DET 7 STL 6 (10) W:Joel Zumaya (4-1), L: Tyler Johnson (0-1), S: none Fri, Jun 23, 2006 DET 10 STL 6 W:Justin Verlander (9-4), L: Chris Carpenter (6-4), S: none Sat, Jul 14, 2001 STL 3 DET 2 W:Matt Morris (11-5), L: Jose Lima (2-3), S: Steve Kline (3) Fri, Jul 13, 2001 DET 4 @STL 1 W:Steve Sparks (7-3), L: Mike Matthews (3-4), S: none Thu, Jul 12, 2001 DET 7 @STL 5 W:Jeff Weaver (8-8), L: Darryl Kile (9-7), S: Matt Anderson (9) Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 1-0; 2007 - DET won 3-0; 2006 - DET won 3-0; All-Time - DET leads 14-7

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 5.54

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.70

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .395

J. Carroll .280

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .487

D. Ortiz .354

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .697

S. Rolen .453

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.139

T. Glaus .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

V. Padilla 6.20

L. Hernandez 2.96

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 268/192 .251/.328/.477/.805 .658/.866 .811 80/.670 1/1 12/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/52 .257/.341/.389/.730 .760/.682 .709 42/.775 3/1 2/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 193/166 .234/.332/.341/.673 .340/.730 .704 48/.455 1/1 4/

8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 20/.500 10/.311 4/.833 7/1.429 ··· 3/.667 314/219 .256/.363/.440/.803 .883/.770 .882 102/.856 0/1 10/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 10/1.071 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 193/154 .268/.316/.324/.640 .658/.636 .575 53/.790 4/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 4/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 92/69 .228/.337/.329/.666 .554/.704 .731 41/.866 0/0 2/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 275/173 .292/.367/.596/.963 .868/1.017 1.047 112/.718 4/1 16/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.611 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/110 .313/.354/.367/.721 .742/.708 .650 68/.740 1/2 1/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 244/162 .297/.352/.392/.744 1.041/.601 .733 69/.839 0/1 4/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/70 .302/.341/.362/.704 .823/.607 .905 54/.778 5/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 285/211 .300/.364/.436/.800 .435/.924 .841 79/.954 5/0 5/

61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/4 .273/.273/.273/.545 .571/.500 .545 11/.545 0/0 0/

IP 71.1 21.0 4.2 28.1 39.1 1.1 22.1 1.2 TOTAL .272/.349/.418/.767 .776/.763 .781 .750 32/15 77/39

ERA-K/9

3.03/6.2

3.86/4.3

15.43/7.7

3.81/3.2

4.58/4.8

33.75/0.0

3.63/6.9

5.40/5.3

4.61/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (8-5-0)
Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.184 94/.274 25/.435 122/.257 174/.243 10/.429 99/.276 9/.429 .263 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Ludwick
Duncan 39/22/27/6
0/63/0/2
24/0/5/2
17/5/58/1
33/0/0/1

OPS .591 .696 1.045 .721 .691 1.743 .715 1.127 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.720 32/.820 13/.962 58/.815 77/.648 5/2.100 56/.790 4/.833 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.458 62/.632 12/1.136 64/.638 97/.726 5/1.267 43/.618 5/1.350 .728

Home 126/.657 47/.662 15/.624 66/.743 78/.538 3/.000 56/.873 / .748

Last 28d days 117/.549 51/.734 25/1.045 44/.660 49/.602 10/1.743 28/.696 9/1.127

HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 66/31/16

Usage ······X· X··o··X· X···o··· ··oo···o ··oX··oo o···o··· ··ooo··· ··X·X···

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.29 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 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.842 ··· 9/.958 6/.334 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 319/257 .275/.348/.461/.809 .715/.832 .854 102/.773 1/0 11/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 17/1.596 3/1.000 7/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 221/192 .265/.317/.461/.778 .599/.805 .760 93/.799 4/3 9/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 32/1.192 1/2.000 8/.700 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 295/231 .296/.372/.447/.819 1.002/.777 .957 100/.788 6/2 6/

46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/

15.Inge G/S/vP 32/1.031 1/3.000 16/.544 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 171/136 .215/.311/.417/.728 .408/.812 .922 39/.766 1/1 6/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 60/.981 1/no AB 27/.779 6/1.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 319/254 .303/.376/.493/.869 .793/.888 1.018 102/.746 0/2 12/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 18/.702 ··· 3/.000 10/.733 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 20/.628 290/222 .314/.368/.417/.785 1.059/.701 .751 97/.853 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 79/50 .208/.278/.375/.653 .690/.626 .748 32/.617 1/0 2/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 10/.800 2/.500 13/.718 8/.000 ··· ··· 18/.285 36/.776 285/220 .265/.317/.350/.667 .928/.594 .699 91/.617 2/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 28/.763 ··· 20/.363 6/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.467 9/1.194 244/190 .275/.324/.405/.729 .740/.726 .841 66/.858 6/0 3/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· 9/.222 13/.826 ··· ··· 19/1.589 17/1.397 167/136 .214/.341/.350/.691 .499/.739 .795 4/1.250 3/0 4/

33.Thames G/S/vP 7/1.881 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 147/87 .263/.333/.624/.957 .929/.975 1.002 76/1.179 0/1 14/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/68 .290/.338/.391/.729 1.571/.637 .809 9/.708 2/0 0/

IP 94.1 19.1 35.2 23.1 40.1 15.0 23.2 28.2 TOTAL .266/.336/.426/.762 .797/.753 .841 .770 28/12 83/53

ERA-K/9

3.63/4.2

4.66/6.5

2.78/5.5

6.17/5.8

2.45/8.3

4.20/9.0

2.28/7.6

5.65/8.2

4.03/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (7-1-2)
Rodriguez (24-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 388/.257 95/.263 160/.254 111/.274 167/.255 65/.208 96/.200 131/.271 .261 Ordonez
Granderson
Inge
Thomas
Thames
Sheffield
Guillen
Raburn 0/0/69/4
0/54/0/2
2/11/0/2
10/16/0/1
31/0/6/1
6/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
16/4/8/0

OPS .687 .784 .755 .833 .673 .678 .574 .768 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.732 45/.835 60/.706 40/.550 65/.578 29/.914 33/.736 55/.528 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.654 50/.741 100/.784 71/.980 102/.734 36/.504 63/.486 76/.937 .751

Road 161/.800 50/.613 75/.705 48/.810 76/.737 31/.605 52/.420 52/.645 .750

Last 28d days 123/.614 28/.940 58/.990 23/.554 57/.767 48/.876 40/.389 47/1.045

HR/SB/CS 6/6/1 1/4/0 2/1/1 3/4/1 4/2/0 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 71/31/16

Usage ····X··· ····oo·· o···X·o· ··Xo·X·o o·oX··X· ··X··X·· o·ooo··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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Game Preview: STL @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 9-2, 3.63)

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-2, 3.03)

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