STL @ MIL, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 22-14, 1st, 2 up	SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 3-1, 4.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 42 35 19 19 16 40 6 4.07 2007 (3-3) 79.1 77 50 40 40 60 11 4.54 2006 (1-4) 78.1 68 38 36 50 54 6 4.14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 42 35 19 19 16 40 6 4.07 55 2008-05-04 CHC W 5 3 2 2 4 4 0 95 53 2008-04-28 CIN L 6 7 4 4 2 5 0 97 45 2008-04-23 @PIT ND 6 7 4 4 1 5 1 107 46 2008-04-18 SFG W 7 4 1 1 2 6 0 107 69 2008-04-12 @SFG ND 6 5 5 5 3 7 2 92 46 2008-04-07 @HOU ND 7 5 2 2 1 7 2 87 65 2008-04-02 COL W 5 4 1 1 3 6 1 91 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-7 Road: 8-7 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 15-7 vsLHP: 7-7 1-Run: 8-5 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:12-7 vsWest: 7-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Thu, May 8 @COL L 3-9 22-14 1st 2.0 up 35 Wed, May 7 @COL L 3-4 22-13 1st 2.5 up 34 Tue, May 6 @COL W 6-5 22-12 1st 2.5 up 33 Mon, May 5 @COL W 6-5 21-12 1st 2.5 up 32 Sun, May 4 CHC W 5-3 20-12 1st 1.5 up 31 Sat, May 3 CHC L 3-9 19-12 1st 0.5 up 30 Fri, May 2 CHC W 5-3 (11) 19-11 1st 1.5 up 29 Wed, Apr 30 CIN W 5-2 18-11 1st Tied 28 Tue, Apr 29 CIN W 7-2 17-11 1st Tied 27 Mon, Apr 28 CIN L 3-4 16-11 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Milwaukee Brewers, 16-18, 4th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 1-2, 5.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 27.2 38 19 18 17 22 3 5.86 2007 (0-1) 26.1 25 13 11 12 26 1 3.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 30.2 41 22 21 20 25 3 6.16 41 2008-05-03 @HOU L 4 9 6 5 4 3 2 93 21 2008-04-27 FLA ND 5.1 6 2 2 3 3 0 97 48 2008-04-22 STL ND 5 9 3 3 2 2 0 106 37 2008-04-17 @STL ND 4 5 3 3 5 3 1 81 38 2008-04-11 @NYM L 4 6 3 3 1 4 0 72 41 2008-04-05 SFG W 5.1 3 2 2 2 7 0 95 59 2007-08-30 @CHC ND 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 59 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 0-0 15 20 9 7 9 8 1 4.20 43 2008-04-22 STL ND 5 9 3 3 2 2 0 106 37 2008-04-17 @STL ND 4 5 3 3 5 3 1 81 38 2007-07-28 @STL ND 6 6 3 1 2 3 0 92 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 9-14 vsLHP: 7-4 1-Run: 7-4 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl: 9-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Thu, May 8 @FLA L 2-7 16-18 4th 5.0 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @FLA L 2-6 16-17 4th 5.0 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @FLA L 0-3 16-16 4th 5.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @HOU L 6-8 (12) 16-15 3rd 3.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @HOU L 2-6 16-14 3rd 2.5 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @HOU L 4-7 16-13 3rd 2.5 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @CHC W 4-3 16-12 3rd 1.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @CHC L 5-19 15-12 3rd 2.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @CHC W 10-7 15-11 3rd 1.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 FLA L 2-3 (10) 14-11 3rd 2.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 22, 2008 MIL 9 STL 8 (12) W:Seth McClung (1-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-1), S: none Mon, Apr 21, 2008 STL 4 @MIL 3 W:Ryan Franklin (1-1), L: Derrick Turnbow (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (7) Thu, Apr 17, 2008 MIL 5 @STL 3 (10) W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Brad Thompson (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (4) Wed, Apr 16, 2008 STL 5 MIL 4 W:Adam Wainwright (2-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (6) Tue, Apr 15, 2008 STL 6 MIL 1 W:Braden Looper (3-0), L: David Bush (0-3), S: none Wed, Sep 26, 2007 STL 7 @MIL 3 W:Brad Thompson (8-6), L: Carlos Villanueva (8-5), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 MIL 9 STL 1 W:Jeff Suppan (11-12), L: Braden Looper (12-12), S: none Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIL 13 STL 5 W:David Bush (12-10), L: Adam Wainwright (13-12), S: none Thu, Aug 16, 2007 STL 8 @MIL 0 W:Adam Wainwright (11-9), L: David Bush (9-9), S: none Wed, Aug 15, 2007 STL 8 @MIL 3 W:Joel Pineiro (3-2), L: Yovani Gallardo (4-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 3-2; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 94-64

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Parra*
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 16.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 140/103 .279/.371/.492/.863 .910/.845 .709 98/.834 0/0 6/

54.Barton G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/23 .288/.383/.404/.787 .840/.699 .823 48/.687 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 6/.000 ··· 7/1.771 94/81 .247/.372/.364/.736 .237/.823 .671 72/.785 1/1 2/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 13/.808 7/1.514 10/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 143/102 .225/.336/.350/.686 .709/.676 .839 101/.656 0/0 1/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 6/.834 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 8/.000 105/67 .244/.346/.289/.635 .728/.581 .582 72/.605 2/3 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 4/.500 6/1.300 9/.929 8/.268 ··· 7/.143 96/78 .310/.365/.368/.732 .915/.689 .529 68/.811 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 11/1.273 37/27 .067/.243/.067/.310 .200/.350 .143 29/.325 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 9/1.194 2/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 103/56 .363/.427/.758/1.185 1.101/1.253 1.385 77/1.275 1/0 7/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 8/1.750 4/.833 2/1.000 6/1.867 5/1.400 3/1.334 ··· 8/1.625 77/45 .319/.373/.348/.721 .720/.721 .596 59/.813 0/1 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 7/.762 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 11/.900 116/80 .302/.353/.415/.769 1.007/.664 .762 84/.785 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/1.389 6/.750 3/1.167 10/.929 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 27/1.046 159/110 .341/.491/.569/1.060 1.168/1.011 1.144 117/1.028 2/0 6/

13.Ryan G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/24 .281/.303/.313/.616 .522/.652 .583 35/.616 1/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/1.500 2/.500 1/no AB 6/.567 138/101 .301/.377/.431/.808 .540/.906 .952 105/.843 3/0 2/

IP 27.2 14.2 15.2 15.0 17.1 10.2 10.2 22.0 TOTAL .279/.369/.417/.786 .802/.779 .782 .795 12/8 27/16

ERA-K/9

5.86/7.1

6.14/10.4

4.02/9.7

2.40/10.8

5.19/6.2

3.38/3.4

1.69/12.6

2.86/7.4

4.71/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-2-0)
Molina (15-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.330 69/.263 69/.232 67/.241 76/.279 43/.231 39/.167 91/.263 .271 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Duncan
Ludwick 18/7/19/4
0/32/0/2
9/0/4/2
20/0/0/1
5/1/25/0

OPS .883 .891 .741 .663 .723 .664 .481 .657 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.853 37/.956 22/1.066 29/.914 38/.880 22/.500 16/.393 44/.720 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.887 32/.819 47/.587 38/.464 38/.570 21/.852 23/.536 47/.600 .784

Home 73/.716 26/.684 22/1.330 33/.872 24/1.042 22/.483 11/.282 33/.573 .723

Last 28d days 112/.956 54/.796 49/.550 55/.625 54/.772 33/.770 39/.481 69/.648

HR/SB/CS 3/6/2 4/0/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 43/22/13

Usage ·····X·· ····X··o XX······ ····oo·· ··o···XX ··o·o··· o·o·oX·· ··o·X·X·

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 65.Parisi
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

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.700 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 148/107 .257/.291/.443/.733 .841/.693 .864 108/.716 1/3 5/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 16/.670 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 43/35 .211/.302/.474/.776 .125/.924 43/.776 1/0 3/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 8/.625 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 7/.619 51/45 .255/.314/.340/.654 .000/.746 .296 42/.643 0/0 0/

27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 20/11 .267/.421/.333/.754 1.333/.311 .000 15/.739 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/1.444 7/.286 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 145/95 .248/.359/.410/.769 .755/.773 .875 106/.820 0/0 4/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .333/.435/.389/.824 2.000/.734 .629 15/.582 2/0 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.821 10/1.500 12/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 7/1.262 141/103 .213/.286/.425/.711 1.088/.576 1.025 103/.618 1/2 7/

7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 6/1.000 9/.333 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 128/92 .241/.323/.295/.617 .648/.603 .552 96/.664 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 3/1.333 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 137/102 .295/.360/.402/.762 .824/.740 .729 100/.786 4/1 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 12/.750 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 64/25 .279/.297/.541/.838 .888/.751 .806 44/.715 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 4/1.167 2/.000 18/.347 23/.642 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 18/.818 120/90 .286/.361/.381/.742 .727/.747 .884 89/.558 1/1 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/16 .316/.350/.526/.876 .500/.975 .844 16/.650 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.821 7/.629 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 158/115 .188/.316/.353/.670 .820/.617 .613 116/.703 6/1 5/

IP 42.0 8.2 17.0 15.0 17.2 5.0 6.0 14.1 TOTAL .239/.316/.381/.697 .762/.673 .740 .676 20/8 31/18

ERA-K/9

4.07/8.6

2.08/8.3

2.12/4.2

6.60/6.6

3.06/8.1

3.60/5.4

7.50/7.5

0.63/8.8

3.77/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (16-11-2)
Rivera (6-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.230 41/.250 74/.231 69/.271 73/.250 23/.286 31/.346 55/.130 .253 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 33/0/0/3
0/0/33/1
2/16/3/0
1/4/0/0
0/9/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .723 .710 .671 .871 .625 .729 .990 .385 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.768 17/.794 24/.714 25/.670 22/.418 10/.700 9/1.952 20/.150 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.690 24/.639 50/.649 44/.976 51/.716 13/.748 22/.627 35/.514 .685

Road 77/.770 22/.596 32/.702 28/.774 22/.935 23/.729 11/.764 20/.535 .795

Last 28d days 127/.710 30/.791 53/.663 45/1.133 54/.576 23/.729 19/.821 48/.329

HR/SB/CS 6/2/3 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 25/18/6

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

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 @ MIL, 8:05pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 3-1, 4.07)

SP: Manny Parra (25, LHP, 1-2, 5.86)

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