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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 1:10pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Cardinals, 44-38, 1st, 1 up

SP: Brad Thompson (27, RHP, 2-4, 4.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 48.0 49 26 25 12 15 5 4.69
2008 (6-3) 64.2 72 38 37 19 32 5 5.15
2007 (8-6) 129.1 157 76 68 40 53 23 4.73
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.1 37 22 21 11 10 5 4.93 46
2009-06-29 SFG L 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 83 43
2009-06-24 @NYM L 5.0 8 5 5 1 0 1 66 30
2009-06-19 @KCR W 7.0 5 4 4 2 0 2 83 49
2009-06-13 @CLE W 6.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 87 67
2009-06-08 COL L 4.1 5 3 3 3 2 0 67 40
2009-06-02 CIN ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 62 48
2008-09-28 CIN W 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 69 47
Last 5 v.CIN 2-0 27.0 25 14 13 6 9 4 4.33 49
2009-06-02 CIN ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 62 48
2008-09-28 CIN W 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 69 47
2008-08-15 @CIN W 5.0 3 3 2 1 4 1 72 54
2007-06-29 @CIN ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 1 80 53
2007-06-06 CIN ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 86 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:20-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 77 Sun, Jun 28   MIN  L   2-6       41-36  1st    Tied
 76 Sat, Jun 27   MIN  W   5-3       41-35  1st    Tied
 75 Fri, Jun 26   MIN  L   1-3       40-35  1st    Tied
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @NYM  L   2-3       40-34  1st  1.0 up
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @NYM  L   0-11      40-33  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Reds, 39-39, 4th, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Micah Owings (26, RHP, 5-8, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-8) 83.2 88 47 43 42 50 12 4.63
2008 (6-9) 104.2 104 73 69 41 87 14 5.93
2007 (8-8) 152.2 146 81 73 50 106 20 4.30
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.2 43 20 20 22 23 6 4.54 46
2009-06-28 @CLE W 6.0 5 1 1 4 4 0 106 58
2009-06-23 @TOR L 5.2 9 6 6 2 1 3 102 26
2009-06-17 ATL W 6.0 6 2 2 2 0 1 108 50
2009-06-11 @WSN ND 5.1 4 1 1 4 4 0 102 56
2009-06-05 CHC L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 98 57
2009-05-31 @MIL L 5.2 8 5 5 3 5 1 103 35
2009-05-26 HOU ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 3 0 99 42
Last 5 v.STL 0-0 2.2 4 7 2 2 1 1 6.75 31
2007-09-08 STL ND 2.2 4 7 2 2 1 1 65 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-19   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  27-27   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest:  5-4  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jul  3   STL  L   4-7       39-39  4th  3.0 gb
 77 Thu, Jul  2   ARI  W   3-2 (10)  39-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jul  1   ARI  W   1-0       38-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 30   ARI  L   2-6       37-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @CLE  W   8-1       37-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @CLE  W   7-3       36-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @CLE  L   2-9       35-37  4th  3.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @TOR  W   7-5       35-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @TOR  L   2-8       34-36  4th  4.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @TOR  L   5-7       34-35  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 STL  3  CIN  1        W:Chris Carpenter (4-0), L: Aaron Harang (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 CIN  9 @STL  3        W:Johnny Cueto (5-3), L: Kyle Lohse (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 STL  5  CIN  2        W:Jason Motte (2-1), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-4), S: Ryan Franklin (13)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CIN  5 @STL  3        W:Mike Lincoln (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (5-5), S: Francisco Cordero (14)
Sun, May 10, 2009 STL  8 @CIN  7 (10)   W:Ryan Franklin (1-0), L: Francisco Cordero (0-2), S: Chris Perez (1)
Sat, May 09, 2009 CIN  8  STL  3        W:Aaron Harang (3-3), L: Kyle Lohse (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 CIN  6  STL  4        W:Johnny Cueto (3-1), L: Joel Pineiro (4-2), S: Francisco Cordero (9)

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 STL 11  CIN  4        W:Brad Thompson (6-3), L: Adam Pettyjohn (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 STL  8  CIN  5        W:Todd Wellemeyer (13-9), L: Aaron Harang (6-17), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 STL  7  CIN  6        W:Ryan Franklin (6-6), L: Bill Bray (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - STL won 10-5; 2007 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 1153-1068

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  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cardinals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Owings
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 46.Fisher
G/S/vB		 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB		 40.Masset
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 37.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 25.Weathers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 214/151 .235/.294/.398/.692 .575/.743 .661 92/.724 1/1 5/3
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/1.417 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 18/.494 324/253 .261/.334/.443/.777 .990/.716 .733 86/.795 1/1 13/9
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.300 277/206 .242/.332/.383/.715 .650/.739 .840 85/.590 0/1 5/4
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 107/74 .230/.274/.340/.614 .573/.631 .640 62/.426 3/0 2/3
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.619 55/39 .264/.291/.358/.649 .688/.633 .624 21/.619 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.821 236/163 .239/.309/.435/.744 .749/.742 .765 86/.686 3/0 11/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 11/.573 280/206 .279/.349/.381/.730 .753/.721 .634 86/.744 4/1 5/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 2/3.500 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 20/1.550 341/239 .335/.460/.740/1.200 1.238/1.184 1.104 105/1.267 10/3 31/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 256/198 .271/.313/.453/.767 .461/.852 .684 79/.795 1/0 8/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/101 .298/.337/.398/.735 .711/.749 .748 70/.751 6/3 1/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 299/235 .293/.351/.392/.743 .555/.794 .765 105/.693 2/2 3/6
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 219/170 .219/.327/.353/.680 .804/.647 .552 60/.393 3/2 1/10
IP 83.2 34.0 16.1 32.0 32.0 27.2 5.1 27.1 TOTAL .254/.324/.411/.735 .671/.761 .729 .698 38/14 83/64
ERA-K/9 4.63/5.4 1.85/7.7 3.31/9.9 1.97/6.8 1.69/7.6 1.95/7.1 0.00/6.8 2.63/5.6 3.99/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.271 134/.219 68/.228 130/.259 119/.140 110/.167 19/.118 109/.194 .249
OPS .781 .577 .616 .654 .432 .503 .328 .585 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.739 73/.502 25/.735 60/.606 43/.596 50/.327 9/.347 39/.602 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.814 61/.661 43/.531 70/.696 76/.342 60/.642 10/.311 70/.576 .750
Home 147/.781 82/.591 31/.483 73/.658 73/.587 60/.269 6/.000 50/.744
Last 28d days 107/.771 44/.552 43/.548 39/.513 48/.545 39/.722 19/.328 31/.502
HR/SB/CS 12/6/0 1/1/2 0/1/2 1/1/1 1/2/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 87/37/24
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo···o· o··X···o Xo···X·· oo····o· o·X···oX ···o·X·· o·o···X·
Reds Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Thompson
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
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 308/209 .215/.295/.458/.754 .592/.829 .949 90/.726 3/2 18/1
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 195/162 .288/.389/.405/.794 .683/.815 .794 63/.935 5/2 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/45 .333/.427/.587/1.014 1.105/.914 .981 67/1.120 1/0 4/0
15.Hairston G/S/vP 8/1.000 10/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.262 264/178 .244/.302/.385/.687 .769/.648 .699 92/.539 7/2 7/9
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 7/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 158/122 .336/.423/.403/.826 1.032/.768 .927 64/.852 0/0 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.666 22/.490 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 3/.000 281/211 .254/.336/.373/.709 .711/.708 .793 85/.720 1/0 5/5
7.Janish G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 78/51 .243/.312/.300/.612 .576/.631 .535 28/.407 0/0 0/2
17.Nix* G/S/vP 3/.833 14/.671 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/2.083 183/161 .250/.301/.494/.795 .561/.828 .707 64/.567 0/0 7/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 15/.690 10/.522 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 303/216 .268/.334/.464/.799 .905/.756 .908 102/.619 11/5 11/7
9.Richar* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/9 .250/.333/.250/.583 /.583 .650 9/.583 0/0 0/1
27.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
3.Taveras G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 275/197 .233/.277/.293/.570 .525/.588 .598 74/.375 15/3 1/3
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.833 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 192/124 .366/.458/.610/1.068 1.166/1.009 1.134 41/.992 2/1 9/3
IP 48.0 32.0 7.2 8.1 37.0 21.1 30.0 21.0 TOTAL .248/.321/.391/.712 .734/.704 .751 .664 46/19 72/64
ERA-K/9 4.69/2.8 0.84/6.8 4.70/1.2 8.64/4.3 2.92/6.8 2.53/10.1 4.80/7.5 4.29/8.1 3.86/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.268 118/.170 32/.241 42/.324 160/.209 88/.203 124/.252 93/.241 .254
OPS .761 .453 .730 .968 .620 .619 .737 .684 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.804 54/.380 23/.611 21/.667 71/.533 55/.367 53/.803 56/.507 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.716 64/.514 9/1.000 21/1.213 89/.690 33/1.045 71/.688 37/.954 .692
Road 94/.758 65/.685 14/.619 14/1.250 80/.728 33/.576 51/.579 48/.838
Last 28d days 118/.751 37/.405 32/.730 27/.840 50/.822 23/.367 32/1.108 27/.535
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 4/0/1 2/1/1 69/16/14
Usage ····X··· Xoo···oo ·····o·· o··o·Xo· ·X·o··X· ···o·oo· o··X··o· oo····o·

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.