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Game Preview: STL @ LAD, 10:10pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

Cardinals, 68-52, 1st, 6 up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, RHP, 1-1, 3.78)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 33.1 43 15 14 20 31 1 3.78
2008 (3-2) 34.0 42 29 28 22 13 5 7.41
Last 7 GS 1-2 35.2 49 20 19 23 29 2 4.79 43
2009-08-11 CIN L 6.0 9 4 4 4 6 0 106 40
2009-07-31 HOU ND 5.0 6 2 2 5 5 0 99 47
2009-05-14 @PIT ND 4.1 9 1 1 2 1 0 83 40
2009-05-06 PIT ND 4.1 5 2 2 5 4 0 85 44
2009-04-30 @WSN ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 9 1 100 51
2009-04-25 CHC W 5.2 6 1 0 1 3 0 99 57
2008-07-25 @NYM L 4.1 8 6 6 4 1 1 95 20
Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-24   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  46-36   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:32-24   vsWest: 14-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Mon, Aug 17  @LAD  W   3-2       68-52  1st  6.0 up
119 Sun, Aug 16   SDP  W   7-5       67-52  1st  5.0 up
118 Sat, Aug 15   SDP  W   7-4       66-52  1st  4.5 up
117 Fri, Aug 14   SDP  W   9-2       65-52  1st  4.5 up
116 Wed, Aug 12   CIN  W   5-2       64-52  1st  4.0 up
115 Tue, Aug 11   CIN  L   4-5       63-52  1st  3.0 up
114 Mon, Aug 10   CIN  W   4-1       63-51  1st  3.0 up
113 Sun, Aug  9  @PIT  W   7-3       62-51  1st  2.0 up
112 Sat, Aug  8  @PIT  W   5-3       61-51  1st  1.0 up
111 Fri, Aug  7  @PIT  W   6-4       60-51  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Dodgers, 70-49, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 11-6, 3.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (11-6) 149.2 125 67 62 66 143 10 3.73
2008 (16-10) 200.2 188 76 70 80 201 14 3.14
2007 (12-5) 147.0 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.1 35 24 23 15 33 4 5.54 48
2009-08-07 ATL ND 6.0 4 2 1 3 3 0 78 58
2009-08-02 @ATL W 5.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 83 71
2009-07-28 @STL L 5.2 4 6 6 6 5 0 94 36
2009-07-22 CIN W 6.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 93 56
2009-07-17 HOU L 1.2 9 6 6 0 0 1 52 13
2009-07-10 @MIL ND 5.0 5 5 5 4 4 1 110 37
2009-07-05 @SDP ND 8.0 4 3 3 0 5 2 97 67
Last 5 v.STL 0-2 20.2 22 13 12 16 16 2 5.23 44
2009-07-28 @STL L 5.2 4 6 6 6 5 0 94 36
2008-08-05 @STL ND 5.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 74 57
2006-07-23 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 5 1 2 99 29
2006-07-13 @STL ND 5.0 6 0 0 5 4 0 97 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   34-26   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  51-36   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 33-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Mon, Aug 17   STL  L   2-3       70-49  1st  4.5 up
118 Sun, Aug 16  @ARI  W   9-3       70-48  1st  5.0 up
117 Sat, Aug 15  @ARI  L   3-4 (10)  69-48  1st  4.5 up
116 Fri, Aug 14  @ARI  L   1-4       69-47  1st  5.0 up
115 Wed, Aug 12  @SFG  L   2-4 (10)  69-46  1st  5.5 up
114 Tue, Aug 11  @SFG  W   9-1       69-45  1st  6.5 up
113 Mon, Aug 10  @SFG  W   4-2       68-45  1st  5.5 up
112 Sun, Aug  9   ATL  L   2-8       67-45  1st  5.5 up
111 Sat, Aug  8   ATL  L   1-2 (10)  67-44  1st  5.5 up
110 Fri, Aug  7   ATL  L   5-9 (12)  67-43  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 LAD  5 @STL  3 (10)   W:James McDonald (3-2), L: Dennys Reyes (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (24)
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 STL  3  LAD  2 (15)   W:Blake Hawksworth (1-0), L: Jeff Weaver (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 STL 10  LAD  0        W:Adam Wainwright (12-6), L: Chad Billingsley (10-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 STL  6  LAD  1        W:Chris Carpenter (9-3), L: Randy Wolf (5-5), S: Ryan Franklin (23)

Thu, Aug 07, 2008 LAD  4 @STL  1        W:Clayton Kershaw (2-3), L: Kyle Lohse (13-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (6)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 STL  9  LAD  6        W:Joel Pineiro (4-5), L: Derek Lowe (8-10), S: Chris Perez (1)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 STL  6  LAD  4 (11)   W:Jaime Garcia (1-1), L: Jason Johnson (1-1), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 LAD  4  STL  3 (10)   W:Takashi Saito (3-1), L: Mike Parisi (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 STL  4 @LAD  0        W:Kyle Lohse (4-2), L: Brad Penny (5-5), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 STL  2 @LAD  1        W:Adam Wainwright (4-2), L: Derek Lowe (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (3)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 4-1; 2008 - STL won 4-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 1062-1029

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

LAA  5.79

DET  4.62

SDP  3.87

RA/G

SFG  3.72

NYY  4.69

WSN  5.41

BA

J. Mauer  .377

N. Schierholtz  .293

A. Casilla  .182

OBP

A. Pujols  .446

M. Bourn  .364

R. Cedeno  .235

SLG

A. Pujols  .680

P. Konerko  .478

A. Casilla  .227

OPS

A. Pujols  1.126

V. Martinez  .840

A. Casilla  .499

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.19

J. Blanton  3.88

J. Guthrie  5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.71

A. Pettitte  6.90

N. Blackburn  3.74

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

Cardinals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
54.Belisario
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
37.Haeger
G/S/vB
22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
31.McDonald
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
36.Weaver
G/S/vB
43.Wolf*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 309/226 .234/.285/.395/.680 .594/.713 .681 58/.837 2/3 9/5
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 9/.778 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 8/.393 36/.432 434/333 .260/.328/.464/.792 1.002/.726 .811 99/.874 1/2 21/9
3.Greene G/S/vP 13/1.621 ··· 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 7/1.142 ··· 1/.000 15/.486 3/1.000 164/100 .211/.290/.366/.656 .532/.734 .682 13/.885 2/1 5/8
15.Holliday G/S/vP 24/1.236 1/.000 13/.321 ··· 12/1.027 5/.650 15/1.390 1/.000 7/.971 ··· 4/2.667 17/.765 18/1.077 496/347 .319/.399/.516/.915 .880/.928 .841 108/1.213 14/6 16/4
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 11/.182 25/.860 74/53 .246/.297/.319/.616 .749/.564 .529 13/.657 1/0 1/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 9/.125 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 12/.555 389/279 .268/.330/.470/.800 .735/.825 .921 94/.753 4/1 18/1
12.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 1/.000 18/.722 9/.347 197/125 .310/.371/.448/.819 .731/.869 .955 74/.987 4/0 2/8
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 8/.125 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 10/.600 419/312 .294/.365/.383/.747 .686/.767 .653 84/.766 7/2 5/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/.795 ··· 10/.311 ··· 9/1.524 4/1.167 3/1.000 1/2.000 10/.929 ··· 2/.500 5/1.000 19/.743 511/368 .325/.446/.680/1.126 1.208/1.094 1.080 108/.924 11/3 39/9
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 380/295 .259/.315/.427/.742 .434/.831 .700 69/.569 2/1 12/5
13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/4.000 6/1.267 284/175 .288/.333/.381/.714 .702/.720 .637 56/.867 9/6 1/6
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 437/348 .295/.358/.399/.757 .507/.821 .809 81/.732 2/2 4/7
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/222 .229/.326/.338/.664 .689/.658 .568 16/.517 3/2 1/11
IP 149.2 51.1 53.2 7.0 136.0 14.1 88.1 44.2 58.0 49.2 68.1 63.0 162.2 TOTAL .263/.332/.421/.752 .681/.780 .753 .824 51/26 122/91
ERA-K/9 3.73/8.6 2.28/8.2 3.19/13.4 3.86/2.6 2.91/9.4 3.77/10.7 4.08/6.4 4.23/6.2 3.57/4.8 1.99/8.1 2.77/5.4 3.71/6.7 3.43/6.8 3.63/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 621/.235 218/.204 210/.162 / 562/.201 59/.170 365/.250 191/.241 240/.217 204/.217 291/.268 277/.267 664/.236 .233
OPS .667 .574 .506 .596 .668 .672 .694 .676 .617 .670 .796 .679 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.680 94/.729 107/.450 / 124/.500 26/.530 178/.658 80/.671 101/.635 64/.330 130/.698 126/.880 147/.400 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.651 124/.462 103/.563 / 438/.624 33/.771 187/.685 111/.710 139/.703 140/.748 161/.648 151/.723 517/.758 .689
Home 306/.696 99/.520 104/.236 / 297/.545 16/1.250 172/.683 95/.657 135/.579 102/.619 141/.747 158/.675 313/.716
Last 28d days 93/.576 12/.556 37/.797 / 127/.603 32/.527 117/.635 55/.626 59/.741 47/.638 51/1.051 62/.708 172/.628
HR/SB/CS 10/5/7 2/6/1 4/4/1 // 5/5/4 2/0/0 8/9/0 4/1/1 6/5/1 3/3/0 3/5/2 6/7/2 19/6/2 91/67/27
Usage ········ ···X·o·o o·X····o X······· ···X···· o·o··X·o ··X····X ··X··Xo· ·X·o·o·· ··o··X·o ··oX·X·· ·····X·· ·X····X·
Dodgers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB
29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
26.Lohse
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
60.Motte
G/S/vB
35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 44/.384 3/1.000 ··· 17/.643 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 7/.572 10/.800 5/.400 13/.398 84/68 .320/.370/.413/.784 1.134/.700 .648 16/.750 1/0 1/0
23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 12/1.500 1/.000 44/.807 1/no AB 3/.666 1/2.000 22/1.226 14/1.100 2/2.500 4/.000 454/349 .281/.361/.468/.829 1.040/.769 .831 99/.795 3/4 13/8
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 9/1.222 ··· 4/1.500 4/.000 101/83 .304/.343/.370/.713 .863/.679 .614 17/.375 0/0 1/2
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.619 1/.000 4/.750 1/no AB 8/.125 2/.500 6/.833 14/.819 509/371 .281/.369/.519/.889 .659/.976 1.025 121/1.100 5/3 24/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 12/.523 4/.833 1/2.000 11/.910 2/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 8/1.000 5/1.850 5/1.200 13/1.230 493/381 .262/.333/.360/.692 .727/.682 .680 117/.774 6/5 6/14
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 18/1.150 1/no AB 21/.783 2/.500 7/1.371 1/.000 10/.700 7/.310 5/.000 8/.000 502/379 .293/.361/.433/.794 .902/.760 .851 97/.757 7/1 8/5
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 4/1.000 2/1.000 9/.222 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 10/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.900 488/378 .311/.373/.498/.871 1.115/.802 .802 110/.822 25/5 17/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.334 2/.000 9/.555 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.666 2/1.000 3/2.000 11/.909 487/380 .278/.349/.384/.733 .882/.692 .620 101/.694 7/2 7/4
5.Loretta G/S/vP 1/2.000 10/.856 17/.063 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 11/.864 4/1.000 4/.000 165/126 .228/.315/.269/.584 .765/.531 .423 36/.469 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 4/.500 2/.000 6/.666 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 ··· 3/.666 13/1.510 442/342 .261/.363/.318/.681 .715/.671 .713 93/.622 9/6 3/6
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 27/.683 5/.800 1/.000 12/1.250 3/1.334 9/.750 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.666 5/.000 9/.347 335/242 .319/.376/.403/.779 .867/.747 .667 38/.759 23/9 0/1
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.000 32/.946 17/1.269 1/no AB 20/1.233 3/1.167 5/.933 1/3.000 38/1.288 3/3.333 1/.000 4/.250 274/228 .314/.431/.580/1.010 .773/1.060 1.066 100/.853 0/0 13/2
IP 33.1 138.2 46.2 23.2 92.1 49.0 33.0 42.1 155.0 27.1 66.2 172.0 TOTAL .276/.351/.413/.765 .813/.750 .752 .771 86/36 98/60
ERA-K/9 3.78/8.4 2.27/6.8 1.16/6.0 2.28/3.8 4.58/5.8 2.94/6.4 1.91/9.8 5.95/7.7 3.25/4.2 4.28/7.9 5.13/3.4 2.62/7.8 3.75/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.323 507/.229 178/.187 91/.224 397/.266 215/.227 128/.191 188/.276 622/.269 126/.271 291/.285 723/.251 .263
OPS .882 .595 .489 .597 .757 .647 .593 .866 .667 .722 .799 .660 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.998 238/.614 80/.375 47/.701 185/.703 95/.523 83/.347 75/1.019 310/.662 78/.575 139/.834 325/.775 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.780 269/.578 98/.581 44/.489 212/.802 120/.745 45/1.047 113/.762 312/.672 48/.963 152/.767 398/.570 .701
Road 57/.941 286/.608 91/.707 46/.700 161/.896 115/.649 52/.604 85/.827 342/.739 64/.749 163/.844 321/.728
Last 28d days 54/.983 159/.692 45/.598 41/.437 111/.765 35/.836 29/.575 42/1.300 135/.744 27/.792 39/.791 142/.643
HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 7/1/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 11/3/1 3/0/0 4/0/1 9/0/1 5/0/2 2/4/2 7/2/1 13/8/4 97/32/19
Usage ······X· X····X·· o·X··X·X ·X·····X ·X·····X ··o··o·· oooo·oo· ··oX··X· ··X····· ·oo···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.