STL @ MIL, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 22-15, 1st, 1 up	SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 2-2, 4.33) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 27 31 14 13 6 10 3 4.33 2007 (7-5) 97.2 110 49 47 26 60 14 4.33 2006 (8-13) 165.2 209 123 117 64 87 23 6.36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 40.2 42 17 16 10 20 4 3.54 51 2008-05-05 @COL ND 3 8 4 3 0 1 1 53 30 2008-04-29 CIN W 7 1 0 0 4 3 0 98 74 2008-04-24 @PIT W 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 94 70 2008-04-19 SFG L 6.1 8 3 3 1 0 1 89 44 2008-04-13 @SFG L 3.2 10 6 6 0 0 1 68 17 2007-09-27 @NYM W 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 93 81 2007-09-21 HOU L 5.2 8 3 3 3 4 1 110 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-0 7 5 2 2 0 4 2 2.57 63 2007-08-15 @MIL W 7 5 2 2 0 4 2 97 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-7 Road: 8-8 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 15-7 vsLHP: 7-8 1-Run: 8-6 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:12-8 vsWest: 7-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Fri, May 9 @MIL L 3-4 22-15 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Milwaukee Brewers, 17-18, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-0) 39.1 24 11 10 11 32 3 2.29 2007 (12-5) 141.1 138 62 60 37 106 17 3.82 2006 (6-7) 106 105 47 45 11 116 9 3.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 40.1 26 12 11 11 32 3 2.45 60 2008-05-04 @HOU ND 6.1 7 4 4 0 6 1 112 49 2008-04-29 @CHC W 5 3 4 3 7 2 1 108 42 2008-04-18 @CIN W 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 60 67 2008-04-12 @NYM W 7.2 5 3 3 2 5 1 116 60 2008-04-06 SFG W 9 5 0 0 0 8 0 109 85 2008-03-31 @CHC ND 6.1 2 0 0 2 7 0 99 74 2007-09-18 @HOU ND 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-3 24 33 15 14 8 21 4 5.25 45 2007-05-01 STL W 6 6 2 2 1 3 1 97 54 2007-04-15 @STL L 5 8 8 7 3 2 2 95 20 2006-09-30 @STL ND 6 7 0 0 1 7 0 100 64 2006-09-19 STL L 6 10 4 4 1 8 1 114 43 2006-08-05 @STL L 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 27 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-6 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 10-14 vsLHP: 7-4 1-Run: 8-4 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl:10-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Fri, May 9 STL W 4-3 17-18 4th 4.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 MIL 4 STL 3 W:Brian Shouse (3-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-4), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 94-65

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

CHC 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 144/105 .288/.382/.496/.878 .915/.862 .754 101/.865 0/0 6/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/23 .288/.383/.404/.787 .840/.699 .823 43/.643 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 14/1.893 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 6/.000 ··· 7/1.771 95/82 .244/.368/.359/.727 .237/.812 .654 73/.773 1/1 2/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 13/.808 7/1.514 10/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 145/102 .223/.338/.347/.685 .705/.676 .834 98/.670 0/0 1/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 22/.182 2/.500 1/.000 6/.834 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 8/.000 109/68 .237/.343/.280/.622 .705/.572 .555 72/.575 2/3 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 12/.666 6/.533 4/.500 6/1.300 9/.929 9/.236 ··· 7/.143 97/78 .307/.361/.364/.724 .865/.689 .517 69/.799 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/.599 8/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 11/1.273 37/27 .067/.243/.067/.310 .200/.350 .143 28/.337 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.833 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 107/58 .347/.411/.726/1.138 1.050/1.208 1.268 76/1.167 1/0 7/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 11/.728 4/.833 2/1.000 6/1.867 6/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 8/1.625 81/46 .301/.354/.329/.683 .653/.704 .542 58/.791 0/1 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 20/.563 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 12/.819 120/82 .294/.350/.404/.754 .993/.647 .728 83/.787 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 64/1.099 6/.750 3/1.167 10/.929 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 28/1.083 163/111 .349/.497/.595/1.092 1.244/1.021 1.210 116/1.042 2/0 7/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 37/26 .265/.286/.294/.580 .522/.600 .473 37/.580 1/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/1.667 3/.333 1/no AB 6/.567 143/102 .297/.371/.422/.793 .485/.917 .907 105/.803 3/0 2/

IP 39.1 14.2 15.2 15.0 19.1 11.2 10.2 23.0 TOTAL .276/.367/.414/.781 .791/.776 .771 .785 12/8 28/19

ERA-K/9

2.29/7.3

6.14/10.4

4.02/9.7

2.40/10.8

4.66/6.1

3.09/3.8

1.69/12.6

2.74/7.4

4.66/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-2-0)
Molina (15-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.171 69/.263 69/.232 67/.241 84/.276 46/.214 39/.167 96/.262 .269 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Duncan
Ludwick 19/7/19/4
0/33/0/2
9/0/4/2
20/0/0/1
5/1/26/0

OPS .527 .891 .741 .663 .701 .618 .481 .657 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.583 37/.956 22/1.066 29/.914 43/.871 24/.458 16/.393 45/.733 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.472 32/.819 47/.587 38/.464 41/.527 22/.808 23/.536 51/.592 .779

Home 31/.387 26/.684 22/1.330 33/.872 32/.892 25/.422 11/.282 38/.584 .714

Last 28d days 100/.624 54/.796 49/.550 55/.625 55/.806 36/.702 39/.481 66/.637

HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 4/0/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 44/22/13

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

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
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 3/.000 1/no AB 6/.567 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 152/111 .264/.296/.444/.740 .841/.704 .873 108/.754 1/3 5/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 5/.200 16/.670 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 47/39 .190/.277/.429/.705 .125/.822 .000 47/.705 1/0 3/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 8/.625 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 7/.619 52/46 .250/.308/.333/.641 .000/.729 .282 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 14/.800 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/1.444 8/.250 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 149/99 .256/.362/.413/.776 .755/.784 .883 106/.830 0/0 4/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .316/.417/.368/.785 2.000/.697 .542 16/.542 2/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 3/2.667 8/.821 10/1.500 13/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 7/1.262 145/107 .206/.278/.412/.690 1.088/.553 .949 103/.618 1/2 7/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 6/1.000 10/.500 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 132/96 .241/.321/.293/.614 .648/.598 .547 97/.645 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.250 3/1.333 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 141/106 .294/.357/.405/.762 .824/.741 .731 101/.795 4/1 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 12/.750 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 65/26 .290/.308/.548/.856 .888/.801 .839 45/.744 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 35/.560 2/.000 18/.347 24/.669 2/1.000 ··· 9/.444 18/.818 124/94 .287/.366/.380/.745 .727/.751 .882 90/.590 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/no AB 8/.821 8/.833 4/.500 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 163/120 .196/.319/.362/.681 .820/.635 .648 117/.731 6/1 5/

IP 27.0 8.2 18.0 15.2 18.2 5.0 6.0 14.1 TOTAL .240/.316/.379/.695 .762/.671 .732 .689 20/9 31/19

ERA-K/9

4.33/3.3

2.08/8.3

2.00/4.0

7.47/6.3

2.89/7.7

3.60/5.4

7.50/7.5

0.63/8.8

3.73/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 115/.290 41/.250 77/.221 75/.297 77/.250 23/.286 31/.346 55/.130 .254 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 34/0/0/3
0/0/34/1
2/16/3/0
1/4/0/0
0/10/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .785 .710 .642 .902 .618 .729 .990 .385 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.784 17/.794 25/.684 25/.670 23/.399 10/.700 9/1.952 20/.150 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.786 24/.639 52/.622 50/1.011 54/.713 13/.748 22/.627 35/.514 .684

Road 63/.945 22/.596 35/.640 34/.860 26/.866 23/.729 11/.764 20/.535 .784

Last 28d days 115/.785 30/.791 52/.612 51/1.149 51/.586 23/.729 19/.821 48/.329

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 25/18/7

Usage ····X··· ··o·Xo·o o··X·X·X o·X·oo·X 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, 3:40pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 2-2, 4.33)

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.29)

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