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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Miller Park

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

BA

  

  

  

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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