TBR @ STL, Saturday, May 17, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 25-17, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 2-1, 3.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 32.2 31 14 14 14 14 3 3.86 2007 (5-7) 83 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69 2006 (3-6) 50 62 33 32 23 38 6 5.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 37.2 35 15 14 17 19 3 3.35 51 2008-05-12 NYY W 7 5 0 0 1 3 0 108 69 2008-05-07 @TOR L 6.2 6 1 1 3 2 0 106 57 2008-05-01 @BAL W 6 3 2 2 2 3 1 98 59 2008-04-25 BOS ND 5 5 3 3 3 1 0 84 43 2008-04-08 SEA ND 2.2 6 3 3 3 2 0 70 33 2008-04-02 @BAL ND 5.1 6 5 5 2 3 2 87 37 2007-09-30 @BOS W 5 4 1 0 3 5 0 109 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 16-8 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 3-0 vsRHP: 19-11 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 4-5 vsEast: 18-12 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 1-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Fri, May 16 @STL W 3-1 25-17 1st 1.5 up 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
St. Louis Cardinals, 24-20, 3rd, 3 GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 3-2, 2.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 58 46 22 19 13 39 7 2.95 2007 (14-12) 202 212 93 83 70 136 13 3.70 2006 (2-1) 75 64 26 26 22 72 6 3.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 50 38 20 17 12 35 6 3.06 59 2008-05-12 @MIL L 6 8 8 6 1 3 3 87 30 2008-05-07 @COL ND 7 4 0 0 2 3 0 106 70 2008-05-02 CHC ND 6.1 4 1 1 1 5 0 85 65 2008-04-26 HOU W 9 5 3 3 2 6 3 124 69 2008-04-21 @MIL ND 7 4 2 2 4 6 0 99 63 2008-04-16 MIL W 7.2 5 2 1 2 6 0 115 67 2008-04-10 @SFG L 7 8 4 4 0 6 0 92 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-10 Road: 9-10 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 16-11 vsLHP: 8-9 1-Run: 8-6 vsEast: 3-0 vsCntrl:14-12 vsWest: 7-7 IL: 0-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 44 Fri, May 16 TBR L 1-3 24-20 3rd 3.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 16, 2008 TBR 3 @STL 1 W:Andy Sonnanstine (6-1), L: Braden Looper (5-3), S: Troy Percival (11) 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 - TBR leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - STL leads 3-1

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 5.83

OAK 4.44

SDP 3.40

RA/G

CLE 3.50

LAA 4.48

TEX 5.51

A. Pujols .347

R. Zimmerman .244

OBP

A. Pujols .492

R. Zimmerman .277

SLG

C. Utley .655

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

C. Crawford .680

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Mussina 3.99

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

J. Weaver 6.20

J. Garland 2.01

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 65.Parisi
G/S/vB 63.Perez
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 147/108 .245/.271/.288/.559 .895/.434 .667 85/.626 4/2 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.962 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/.398 193/135 .274/.306/.374/.680 .697/.673 .552 115/.725 12/2 3/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 12/.833 1/.000 10/1.067 ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 83/43 .225/.325/.423/.748 .757/.738 .798 37/.546 5/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 13/.862 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 106/101 .218/.340/.345/.684 .000/.722 .627 71/.841 2/0 2/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/1.141 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.500 132/99 .252/.348/.522/.870 .523/.983 1.024 84/.746 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 191/136 .275/.337/.374/.711 .595/.758 .637 115/.826 2/1 3/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/93 .220/.315/.394/.709 .414/.813 .498 99/.643 2/0 4/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 85/64 .372/.417/.449/.865 .849/.912 .816 76/.876 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.867 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 173/114 .212/.306/.384/.690 .824/.627 .627 103/.597 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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.571 173/124 .274/.366/.397/.764 .734/.774 .786 100/.683 7/4 3/

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

IP 58.0 11.0 20.0 20.2 9.0 1.0 8.1 17.0 TOTAL .259/.327/.392/.719 .692/.730 .706 .702 39/16 40/20

ERA-K/9

2.95/6.1

1.64/8.2

1.80/4.0

2.61/7.8

3.00/7.0

0.00/9.0

5.40/5.4

4.76/7.9

3.96/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.215 52/.244 87/.224 87/.241 39/.278 4/.000 40/.303 73/.246 .255 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/40/0/4
2/14/19/3
42/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .650 .682 .671 .614 .722 .000 .880 .675 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.864 21/.881 28/.705 24/.432 18/.556 2/.000 10/1.725 27/.549 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.549 31/.555 59/.653 63/.684 21/.873 2/.000 30/.607 46/.746 .702

Home 120/.587 27/.844 48/.677 57/.492 8/.625 4/.000 24/.917 52/.632 .669

Last 28d days 141/.657 36/.710 52/.718 47/.605 39/.722 4/.000 28/.711 53/.675

HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 0/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 34/20/9

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

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Garza
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 ··· ··· ··· 173/123 .285/.370/.483/.853 .882/.841 .895 104/.831 0/0 7/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/26 .262/.366/.361/.727 .791/.613 .692 47/.611 0/1 0/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 3/.000 116/101 .268/.379/.433/.812 .205/.910 .870 70/.673 1/1 4/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 2/2.000 16/.521 5/.933 6/1.167 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 8/.542 173/121 .271/.382/.424/.805 .888/.770 .750 103/.923 0/1 2/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 128/79 .252/.346/.297/.644 .713/.600 .678 70/.646 3/3 0/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.547 ··· ··· 10/.543 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 120/98 .273/.325/.318/.643 .809/.606 .797 73/.596 2/1 0/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.000 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 24/.492 0/0 0/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 128/71 .330/.398/.679/1.077 .960/1.164 .931 81/.915 1/1 8/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.444 91/54 .280/.337/.305/.642 .615/.660 .817 55/.684 0/1 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 146/99 .300/.370/.392/.762 .981/.664 .783 92/.802 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.667 ··· 1/.000 15/1.576 191/129 .347/.492/.578/1.070 1.298/.963 .986 120/1.000 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 ··· ··· ··· 168/124 .278/.351/.384/.735 .478/.825 .644 106/.638 3/0 2/

IP 32.2 12.1 30.1 27.0 13.0 17.0 5.1 22.0 TOTAL .278/.367/.410/.777 .789/.771 .781 .749 14/11 34/24

ERA-K/9

3.86/3.9

3.65/3.7

5.04/4.8

2.67/7.0

4.15/8.3

2.12/7.9

8.44/8.5

1.23/6.5

3.58/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.256 58/.271 137/.287 109/.200 54/.234 61/.119 24/.333 83/.133 .240 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Duncan
Ludwick 23/8/22/4
0/39/0/2
11/0/4/2
24/0/0/1
5/1/31/0

OPS .691 .698 .819 .550 .631 .402 .899 .458 .669

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.694 28/.598 71/1.012 37/.439 28/.536 37/.364 9/1.556 34/.280 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.688 30/.785 66/.613 72/.604 26/.732 24/.458 15/.497 49/.572 .658

Road 73/.695 5/.000 84/.892 55/.523 22/1.079 19/.632 9/1.222 44/.505 .759

Last 28d days 98/.583 26/.764 57/.957 64/.498 31/.630 49/.503 1/.000 54/.472

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/0/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 28/26/7

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ········ ···X·X·· ·oX·o·o· oo·X·Xo· ··o····· ·o·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: TBR @ STL, 1:10pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 2-1, 3.86)

SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 3-2, 2.95)

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