STL @ MIL, Sunday, May 11, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 23-15, 1st, 1 up	SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 5-1, 3.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-1) 41 42 18 18 10 19 3 3.95 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 5-1 41 42 18 18 10 19 3 3.95 50 2008-05-06 @COL W 8.1 10 4 4 0 1 1 114 48 2008-04-30 CIN W 6 7 2 2 2 4 1 114 52 2008-04-25 HOU ND 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 97 74 2008-04-20 SFG L 3 10 7 7 0 1 1 71 12 2008-04-15 MIL W 5 3 1 1 5 4 0 91 56 2008-04-09 @HOU W 5.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 86 51 2008-04-04 WSN W 6 5 1 1 2 3 0 95 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 21 26 16 15 12 13 3 6.43 40 2008-04-15 MIL W 5 3 1 1 5 4 0 91 56 2007-09-25 @MIL L 5 7 7 7 3 1 3 102 23 2007-05-01 @MIL L 5 11 6 5 2 5 0 94 26 2007-04-15 MIL W 6 5 2 2 2 3 0 93 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-7 Road: 9-8 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 16-7 vsLHP: 7-8 1-Run: 8-6 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 7-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Sat, May 10 @MIL W 5-3 23-15 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Milwaukee Brewers, 17-19, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 1-2, 5.22) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 39.2 48 26 23 14 17 6 5.22 2007 (12-12) 206.2 243 113 106 68 114 18 4.62 2006 (12-7) 190 207 100 87 69 104 21 4.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 39.2 48 26 23 14 17 6 5.22 43 2008-05-06 @FLA L 5 8 3 3 3 5 1 108 41 2008-04-30 @CHC L 3.2 11 11 8 1 1 1 92 1 2008-04-24 PHI ND 7 5 1 1 3 3 1 92 63 2008-04-19 @CIN ND 6.2 3 2 2 1 3 0 87 62 2008-04-13 @NYM ND 4 9 6 6 2 2 1 79 20 2008-04-08 CIN ND 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 93 60 2008-04-02 @CHC W 6.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 109 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 5-0 37.1 37 7 7 5 21 0 1.69 62 2007-09-25 STL W 8 9 1 1 3 4 0 109 61 2007-04-30 STL W 9 8 1 1 1 5 0 117 71 2007-04-14 @STL W 6.1 6 2 2 0 5 0 94 58 2003-07-28 @STL W 9 7 0 0 1 5 0 121 77 2003-05-30 @STL W 5 7 3 3 0 2 0 73 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-7 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 10-15 vsLHP: 7-4 1-Run: 8-4 vsEast: 4-7 vsCntrl:10-12 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Sat, May 10 STL L 3-5 17-19 4th 5.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 10, 2008 STL 5 @MIL 3 W:Russ Springer (1-0), L: Eric Gagne (1-2), S: Ryan Franklin (2) 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 Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 4-3; 2007 - STL won 8-7; 2006 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 95-65

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 5.69

LAA 4.55

SDP 3.30

RA/G

OAK 3.66

LAA 4.47

DET 5.50

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

E. Jackson 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

E. Jackson 6.17

J. Garland 2.07

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
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 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.500 149/109 .287/.383/.488/.871 .931/.848 .747 101/.829 0/0 6/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/23 .288/.383/.404/.787 .840/.699 .823 42/.660 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 6/.000 ··· 7/1.771 98/85 .250/.378/.400/.778 .237/.868 .762 70/.730 1/1 3/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 39/.998 1/.000 13/.808 8/1.292 10/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 146/103 .221/.336/.344/.680 .705/.669 .819 94/.702 0/0 1/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 25/.777 2/.500 1/.000 6/.834 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 8/.000 109/68 .237/.343/.280/.622 .705/.572 .555 67/.582 2/3 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 28/.750 7/.453 4/.500 7/1.096 9/.929 9/.236 ··· 7/.143 102/83 .301/.353/.355/.708 .865/.671 .504 69/.778 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 10/.522 8/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 11/1.273 37/27 .067/.243/.067/.310 .200/.350 .143 23/.366 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/2.500 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.833 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 109/60 .351/.413/.722/1.134 1.050/1.200 1.256 75/1.115 1/0 7/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.650 2/1.000 6/1.867 6/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 8/1.625 86/51 .295/.345/.321/.666 .653/.673 .528 62/.757 0/1 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.167 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 12/.819 124/86 .295/.355/.402/.757 .993/.656 .736 87/.790 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 27/.927 7/.821 3/1.167 10/.929 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 28/1.083 168/116 .346/.494/.585/1.079 1.244/1.005 1.174 115/1.006 2/0 7/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 41/30 .316/.333/.368/.702 .522/.759 .829 41/.702 1/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 8/1.125 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/1.667 3/.333 1/no AB 6/.567 148/107 .301/.372/.421/.793 .485/.911 .899 107/.826 3/0 2/

IP 39.2 15.2 15.2 16.0 19.1 11.2 10.2 23.0 TOTAL .278/.368/.414/.781 .792/.776 .773 .781 12/8 29/19

ERA-K/9

5.22/3.9

6.89/9.7

4.02/9.7

2.25/10.7

4.66/6.1

3.09/3.8

1.69/12.6

2.74/7.4

4.67/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-2-0)
Molina (15-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.304 76/.286 69/.232 71/.228 84/.276 46/.214 40/.167 96/.262 .270 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Duncan
Ludwick 20/7/20/4
0/34/0/2
9/0/4/2
21/0/0/1
5/1/27/0

OPS .854 .908 .741 .641 .701 .618 .500 .657 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.765 41/.904 22/1.066 30/.880 43/.871 24/.458 17/.437 45/.733 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.937 35/.911 47/.587 41/.456 41/.527 22/.808 23/.536 51/.592 .780

Home 54/.594 33/.768 22/1.330 37/.801 32/.892 25/.422 12/.350 38/.584 .720

Last 28d days 121/.911 58/.878 49/.550 59/.600 55/.806 35/.723 40/.500 66/.637

HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 4/0/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 45/22/13

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

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
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/.666 1/no AB 7/.953 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 157/116 .275/.306/.463/.769 .841/.744 .928 109/.805 1/3 5/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 6/.167 16/.670 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 ··· 52/44 .174/.269/.391/.661 .125/.757 .111 52/.661 1/0 3/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.333 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 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 21/12 .267/.450/.333/.783 1.333/.384 .250 15/.833 0/0 0/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/2.102 9/1.444 9/.222 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/5.000 154/103 .254/.357/.429/.786 .847/.749 .897 107/.856 0/0 5/

22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/24 .350/.440/.400/.840 2.000/.760 .730 17/.643 2/1 0/

2.Hall G/S/vP 17/.978 8/.821 10/1.500 13/.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.661 7/1.262 149/111 .201/.277/.403/.680 1.088/.544 .910 103/.576 1/3 7/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/.955 2/2.500 6/1.000 10/.500 3/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· 136/100 .244/.326/.294/.620 .648/.607 .569 97/.667 0/0 1/

1.Hart G/S/vP 10/1.056 4/1.250 3/1.333 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 145/110 .292/.354/.400/.754 .824/.731 .715 101/.816 4/1 1/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.750 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 65/26 .290/.308/.548/.856 .888/.801 .839 41/.693 1/0 4/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 18/.973 2/.000 18/.347 24/.669 3/1.167 ··· 10/.400 18/.818 128/98 .282/.370/.373/.743 .727/.748 .868 90/.619 1/1 0/

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

23.Weeks G/S/vP 18/1.177 1/no AB 9/.722 8/.833 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 168/125 .190/.315/.352/.668 .820/.618 .617 118/.657 6/1 5/

IP 41.0 8.2 19.0 15.2 19.1 5.0 7.0 14.1 TOTAL .240/.317/.379/.696 .775/.668 .731 .687 20/10 32/20

ERA-K/9

3.95/4.2

2.08/8.3

1.89/3.8

7.47/6.3

2.79/7.5

3.60/5.4

6.43/6.4

1.26/8.8

3.71/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.264 41/.250 81/.222 75/.297 81/.243 23/.286 36/.345 56/.149 .253 Braun
Hart
Kapler
Gwynn
Cameron
Dillon 35/0/0/3
0/0/35/1
2/16/3/0
1/4/0/0
0/11/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .712 .710 .649 .902 .619 .729 .989 .481 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.760 17/.794 26/.656 25/.670 23/.399 10/.700 9/1.952 21/.426 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.682 24/.639 55/.645 50/1.011 58/.710 13/.748 27/.680 35/.514 .682

Road 54/.725 22/.596 39/.652 34/.860 30/.848 23/.729 16/.822 21/.778 .780

Last 28d days 123/.766 30/.791 53/.663 45/1.120 55/.589 23/.729 24/.847 49/.440

HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 26/18/8

Usage ····X··· ···o·Xo· oo··X·X· ·o·X·oo· oX·o··X· ··X··X·· X·o····X o····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, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 5-1, 3.95)

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 1-2, 5.22)

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