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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, July 10, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 47-40, 1st, 2 up

SP: Chris Carpenter (34, RHP, 6-3, 2.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-3) 77.2 53 21 20 11 58 3 2.32
2008 (0-1) 15.1 16 5 3 4 7 0 1.76
2007 (0-1) 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 7.50
Last 7 GS 3-3 48.2 37 18 18 6 30 3 3.33 59
2009-07-05 @CIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 104 67
2009-06-30 SFG L 5.0 11 6 6 1 5 0 80 25
2009-06-25 @NYM L 7.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 82 62
2009-06-20 @KCR W 7.2 3 1 1 2 6 0 105 73
2009-06-14 @CLE L 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 2 89 57
2009-06-09 @FLA ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 89 50
2009-06-04 CIN W 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 1 95 80
Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 30.1 24 12 10 7 20 2 2.97 56
2009-05-20 CHC W 5.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 67 63
2008-08-10 @CHC L 5.1 6 4 2 2 2 0 64 44
2006-08-26 CHC ND 8.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 100 78
2006-08-20 @CHC W 8.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 114 67
2006-07-30 @CHC L 4.0 6 5 5 2 2 1 78 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  33-27   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Thu, Jul  9  @MIL  W   5-1       47-40  1st  2.0 up
 86 Wed, Jul  8  @MIL  L   4-5       46-40  1st  1.0 up
 85 Tue, Jul  7  @MIL  W   5-0       46-39  1st  2.0 up
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @CIN  W  10-1       45-39  1st  1.0 up
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @CIN  L   2-5       44-39  1st    Tied
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @CIN  W   7-4       44-38  1st  1.0 up
 81 Thu, Jul  2   SFG  W   5-2       43-38  1st    Tied
 80 Wed, Jul  1   SFG  W   2-1 (10)  42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   SFG  L   3-6       41-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   SFG  L   0-10      41-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Cubs, 41-41, 3rd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 5-5, 5.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 69.0 71 45 41 32 77 15 5.35
2008 (10-2) 148.0 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07
2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45
Last 7 GS 2-4 37.1 42 27 24 15 36 9 5.79 46
2009-07-04 MIL L 2.0 8 7 7 1 1 2 52 12
2009-06-29 @PIT W 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 102 63
2009-06-24 @DET L 5.1 4 4 2 4 3 2 109 47
2009-06-19 CLE ND 5.0 6 7 6 3 2 2 87 28
2009-06-13 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 92 61
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 18.1 15 7 7 5 19 3 3.44 58
2009-04-26 @STL W 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 2 107 63
2008-09-11 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 86 56
2004-06-16 @STL L 6.1 6 3 3 2 7 1 98 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-16   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  33-31   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl:22-19   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Wed, Jul  8   ATL  L   1-4       41-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  7   ATL  L   1-2       41-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  6   ATL  W   4-2       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  5   MIL  W   8-2       40-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jul  4   MIL  L   2-11      39-39  4th  2.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jul  3   MIL  W   2-1 (10)  39-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jul  2   MIL  W   9-5       38-38  4th  2.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jul  1  @PIT  W   4-1       37-38  4th  3.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 30  @PIT  L   0-3       36-38  4th  4.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 29  @PIT  W   3-1       36-37  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 STL  3  CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (4-2), L: Sean Marshall (2-3), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Wed, May 20, 2009 STL  2  CHC  1        W:Chris Carpenter (2-0), L: Ryan Dempster (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Tue, May 19, 2009 STL  3  CHC  0        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Ted Lilly (5-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 CHC 10 @STL  3        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 STL  8  CHC  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-0), L: Sean Marshall (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHC  7  STL  5 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (1-0), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CHC  8  STL  7        W:Aaron Heilman (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 STL  7 @CHC  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: David Patton (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHC  5  STL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (17-6), L: Braden Looper (12-14), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 6-3; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1149-1084

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 2009 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

NYY  5.61

CHW  4.52

SDP  3.81

 RA/G

SFG  3.69

TOR  4.59

WSN  5.63

 BA

J. Mauer  .388

B. Gardner  .287

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .462

M. Cameron  .362

D. Navarro  .252

 SLG

A. Pujols  .725

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.184

I. Kinsler  .827

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.12

B. Bannister  3.87

B. Arroyo  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

R. Wolf  6.81

J. Garland  3.46

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Cardinals Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 22.Hart
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.100 7/.286 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 233/169 .222/.283/.373/.656 .566/.691 .596 88/.450 1/2 5/3
23.Barden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/no AB 6/2.166 ··· ··· 112/63 .238/.291/.386/.677 .606/.733 .789 / 0/0 4/4
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 6/1.500 ··· ··· 289/218 .238/.336/.375/.711 .650/.731 .822 76/.634 0/1 5/5
34.Hoffpauir G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .600/.714/1.000/1.714 2.000/1.600 1.714 7/1.714 0/0 0/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 56/40 .259/.286/.352/.638 .688/.617 .599 15/.400 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 7/.286 9/.583 15/.767 2/.000 1/no AB 257/183 .242/.315/.441/.755 .767/.751 .782 93/.773 3/0 13/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.286 4/1.250 21/.649 1/.000 ··· 303/228 .288/.359/.397/.756 .742/.760 .698 92/.850 5/1 5/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/.777 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 10/1.389 19/.610 25/.800 3/1.667 1/.000 364/261 .331/.459/.725/1.184 1.244/1.160 1.084 102/1.421 10/3 31/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 276/216 .283/.327/.496/.823 .535/.900 .817 81/.876 1/0 11/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 15/.667 ··· ··· 193/116 .296/.332/.391/.723 .765/.694 .723 67/.678 8/4 1/4
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/.444 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 323/256 .299/.359/.398/.757 .529/.817 .788 105/.832 2/2 3/6
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 66/36 .234/.242/.359/.602 .624/.583 .681 9/.000 1/0 1/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 240/190 .221/.328/.343/.671 .785/.643 .555 73/.491 3/2 1/10
IP 69.0 39.1 33.2 10.2 40.1 40.1 59.0 7.1 69.0 TOTAL .255/.327/.413/.740 .679/.763 .738 .732 40/15 88/70
ERA-K/9 5.35/10.0 3.43/8.9 2.67/7.5 1.69/3.4 3.57/7.4 3.57/10.0 4.12/5.9 6.14/8.6 2.48/6.4 3.82/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.265 174/.229 133/.203 46/.194 183/.264 185/.157 251/.249 37/.344 274/.239 .246
OPS .829 .689 .598 .675 .766 .620 .727 .979 .618 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.935 82/.586 56/.679 20/.736 72/.760 83/.559 75/.537 11/1.192 121/.692 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.748 92/.781 77/.540 26/.626 111/.767 102/.670 176/.807 26/.885 153/.558 .703
Home 173/.913 88/.637 71/.663 29/.562 95/.780 86/.630 158/.703 26/1.114 122/.683
Last 28d days 116/.940 48/.506 22/.773 46/.675 64/.729 54/.627 40/.374 17/.794 123/.701
HR/SB/CS 15/2/1 6/0/0 3/1/2 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 1/0/0 5/3/2 88/44/20
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X··X· ·XX····· ·Xo·X·XX ···XX··X ·XoX···o ·····X·· ···X····
Cubs Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 52.Kinney
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/18 .111/.143/.185/.328 .400/.284 .600 4/.000 1/0 0/1
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/64 .225/.279/.275/.554 .616/.529 .448 53/.525 0/2 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 12/.878 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 7/.829 244/177 .236/.365/.374/.739 .918/.666 .885 92/.807 0/0 6/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 8/.708 3/.333 ··· ··· 269/225 .231/.309/.361/.670 .527/.698 .625 70/.476 2/1 6/5
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/58 .311/.357/.554/.911 .617/1.044 .888 70/.891 0/0 4/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/2.334 2/.000 2/.000 298/269 .265/.382/.445/.827 .634/.847 .819 91/.713 6/6 7/1
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 87/75 .240/.337/.360/.697 .750/.687 .751 20/.541 0/0 2/1
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 159/139 .242/.283/.430/.713 .463/.749 .857 41/.595 0/0 7/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 18/.818 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.000 127/74 .265/.333/.442/.776 .885/.700 .959 14/.885 1/0 4/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 42/.732 12/.523 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 15/.733 308/247 .279/.354/.504/.858 .785/.871 .963 106/.957 0/0 16/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 40/.736 7/1.286 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.400 84/68 .346/.393/.538/.931 1.348/.837 .825 12/.500 0/0 4/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP 31/1.000 37/1.084 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 4/.833 356/283 .230/.292/.414/.706 .566/.741 .643 94/.514 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP 4/1.000 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· ··· 256/196 .230/.336/.396/.732 .775/.719 .782 83/.915 1/0 8/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.000 13/.308 ··· ··· 7/.858 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 351/280 .291/.345/.415/.759 .907/.723 .868 106/.711 10/5 7/7
IP 77.2 32.2 10.0 8.1 40.0 23.0 31.1 21.2 TOTAL .247/.322/.399/.721 .718/.722 .754 .695 32/19 90/64
ERA-K/9 2.32/6.7 0.83/6.6 3.60/0.9 8.64/4.3 2.70/6.8 2.35/10.2 4.88/7.5 4.15/8.3 3.79/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.193 125/.171 42/.256 44/.361 172/.201 94/.190 135/.254 97/.244 .256
OPS .534 .472 .722 1.021 .615 .591 .749 .683 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.533 57/.380 27/.634 22/.741 77/.505 59/.340 56/.815 60/.516 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.535 68/.548 15/.867 22/1.250 95/.706 35/1.029 79/.701 37/.954 .696
Road 192/.550 72/.698 24/.655 16/1.348 92/.704 39/.516 62/.627 52/.827
Last 28d days 130/.649 33/.406 28/.670 29/.926 48/.704 17/.118 36/.861 25/.691
HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 4/0/1 2/1/1 72/18/15
Usage ····X··· ··o···Xo ·····X·· ······o· ·X··X··X ·X···o·· ·X··X·o· ·o··o·oo

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.