TBR @ STL, Friday, May 16, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 24-17, 1st, 1 up	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 5-1, 5.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-1) 49.2 55 28 28 11 26 5 5.07 2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 43.2 49 24 24 11 22 4 4.95 47 2008-05-11 LAA ND 5 8 5 5 2 3 0 86 32 2008-05-06 @TOR W 6 10 4 4 1 2 0 87 37 2008-04-30 @BAL W 8 6 1 1 2 5 0 102 69 2008-04-24 TOR W 6.1 6 3 3 2 3 0 104 50 2008-04-19 CHW W 9 3 0 0 1 4 0 106 84 2008-04-14 NYY ND 3.1 9 7 7 1 2 3 62 15 2008-04-09 SEA L 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 93 43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 16-8 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 3-0 vsRHP: 18-11 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 4-5 vsEast: 18-12 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Thu, May 15 NYY W 5-2 24-17 1st 1.0 up 40 Wed, May 14 NYY L 1-2 23-17 1st 0.5 up 39 Tue, May 13 NYY W 2-1 (11) 23-16 1st 0.5 up 38 Mon, May 12 NYY W 7-1 22-16 2nd 0.5 gb 37 Sun, May 11 LAA W 8-5 21-16 2nd 1.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 LAA W 2-0 20-16 2nd 2.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 LAA W 2-0 19-16 2nd 2.5 gb 34 Thu, May 8 @TOR W 8-3 (13) 18-16 2nd 3.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @TOR L 2-6 17-16 2nd 3.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @TOR W 5-4 17-15 2nd 3.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
St. Louis Cardinals, 24-19, 3rd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 5-2, 4.21) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-2) 47 49 22 22 11 20 5 4.21 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 4-2 41 44 21 21 9 17 5 4.61 48 2008-05-11 @MIL L 6 7 4 4 1 1 2 94 42 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-9 Road: 9-10 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 16-10 vsLHP: 8-9 1-Run: 8-6 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:14-12 vsWest: 7-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 43 Thu, May 15 PIT L 5-11 24-19 3rd 2.0 gb 42 Wed, May 14 PIT W 5-1 24-18 2nd 1.0 gb 41 Tue, May 13 PIT L 4-8 (10) 23-18 2nd 1.0 gb 40 Mon, May 12 @MIL L 3-8 23-17 2nd 1.0 gb 39 Sun, May 11 @MIL L 3-5 23-16 1st Tied 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 19, 2005 STL 8 @TBD 5 W:Jeff Suppan (6-6), L: Doug Waechter (3-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (21) Sat, Jun 18, 2005 STL 5 @TBD 2 W:Matt Morris (8-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (20) Fri, Jun 17, 2005 STL 6 @TBD 4 W:Mark Mulder (8-4), L: Travis Harper (1-5), S: Jason Isringhausen (19) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - STL leads 3-0

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 5.80

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.33

RA/G

CLE 3.49

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.45

A. Pujols .357

R. Weeks .187

OBP

A. Pujols .503

R. Zimmerman .268

SLG

C. Utley .665

R. Weeks .335

OPS

A. Pujols 1.097

R. Weeks .651

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.01

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.23 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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 143/104 .237/.264/.281/.546 .895/.411 .646 85/.577 4/2 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.962 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/.398 188/130 .276/.309/.379/.688 .697/.684 .562 113/.738 12/2 3/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 10/1.067 19/.833 ··· ··· 9/.333 17/.879 33/33 .367/.424/.600/1.024 /1.024 1.212 16/.838 0/0 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 83/43 .225/.325/.423/.748 .757/.738 .798 41/.568 5/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 106/101 .218/.340/.345/.684 .000/.722 .627 75/.841 2/0 2/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/1.141 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.500 128/95 .261/.359/.541/.900 .523/1.028 1.105 84/.746 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 186/131 .265/.330/.361/.691 .595/.732 .588 115/.780 2/1 3/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/89 .210/.309/.381/.690 .414/.792 .425 99/.636 2/0 4/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 81/60 .387/.425/.467/.892 .849/.950 .862 72/.906 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 16/.867 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 168/109 .212/.310/.390/.700 .824/.638 .643 98/.608 0/0 8/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/32 .250/.302/.458/.760 .571/.877 .935 18/.800 0/0 3/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.571 168/119 .275/.365/.394/.760 .734/.769 .777 98/.694 7/4 3/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 3/.333 0/0 0/

IP 47.0 11.0 20.0 18.0 20.2 7.0 8.1 17.0 TOTAL .257/.327/.391/.718 .692/.728 .702 .694 39/16 40/20

ERA-K/9

4.21/3.8

1.64/8.2

1.80/4.0

8.00/6.0

2.61/7.8

3.86/5.1

5.40/5.4

4.76/7.9

3.99/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (12-5-0)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.268 52/.244 87/.224 88/.293 87/.241 31/.286 40/.303 73/.246 .253 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/39/0/4
2/14/18/3
41/0/0/1
0/0/15/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .745 .682 .671 .906 .614 .748 .880 .675 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.719 21/.881 28/.705 29/.663 24/.432 12/.583 10/1.725 27/.549 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.758 31/.555 59/.653 59/1.011 63/.684 19/.859 30/.607 46/.746 .698

Home 118/.705 27/.844 48/.677 50/.975 57/.492 / 24/.917 52/.632 .665

Last 28d days 128/.827 36/.710 52/.718 52/1.042 47/.605 31/.748 28/.711 61/.660

HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 0/4/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 1/2/0 0/0/1 1/1/2 1/0/0 34/20/9

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

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 28.Reyes
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 169/119 .293/.379/.497/.875 .882/.872 .934 103/.873 0/0 7/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/26 .262/.366/.361/.727 .791/.613 .692 48/.597 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 3/.000 112/97 .258/.375/.398/.773 .205/.868 .797 71/.719 1/1 3/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 6/.666 16/.521 5/.933 6/1.167 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 8/.542 169/117 .264/.379/.407/.786 .888/.740 .716 104/.884 0/1 2/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 125/76 .250/.347/.296/.643 .713/.597 .679 71/.671 3/3 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.547 ··· ··· 10/.543 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 116/94 .283/.336/.330/.666 .809/.633 .855 72/.649 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/2.667 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 43/32 .114/.279/.143/.422 .273/.466 .542 29/.519 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 128/71 .330/.398/.679/1.077 .960/1.164 .931 83/.937 1/1 8/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.444 90/53 .284/.341/.309/.650 .615/.673 .841 56/.708 0/1 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 142/95 .302/.373/.397/.770 .981/.671 .798 88/.817 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.667 ··· 1/.000 15/1.576 187/125 .357/.503/.594/1.097 1.298/.998 1.030 120/1.071 2/1 8/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/36 .302/.327/.340/.667 .522/.743 .640 57/.667 2/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 164/120 .286/.360/.395/.754 .478/.855 .676 107/.683 3/0 2/

IP 49.2 12.1 30.1 27.0 13.0 16.0 5.1 22.0 TOTAL .279/.369/.411/.780 .789/.776 .787 .768 14/11 33/23

ERA-K/9

5.07/4.7

3.65/3.7

5.04/4.8

2.67/7.0

4.15/8.3

2.25/8.4

8.44/8.5

1.23/6.5

3.64/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-3-0)
Molina (17-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.286 58/.271 137/.287 109/.200 54/.234 58/.125 24/.333 83/.133 .240 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Duncan
Ludwick 23/8/21/4
0/38/0/2
11/0/4/2
23/0/0/1
5/1/31/0

OPS .774 .698 .819 .550 .631 .423 .899 .458 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.752 28/.598 71/1.012 37/.439 28/.536 36/.374 9/1.556 34/.280 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.790 30/.785 66/.613 72/.604 26/.732 22/.500 15/.497 49/.572 .654

Road 80/.766 5/.000 84/.892 55/.523 22/1.079 16/.750 9/1.222 44/.505 .766

Last 28d days 136/.640 26/.764 57/.957 64/.498 31/.630 46/.537 1/.000 54/.472

HR/SB/CS 5/0/2 0/0/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 27/26/7

Usage ····X··· X··X···· ········ ··X·X··X oX·o·o·· o·X·Xo·X ·o······ o·o··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: TBR @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, May 16, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 5-1, 5.07)

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 5-2, 4.21)

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