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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 2:05pm, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 83-57, 1st, 11½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (27, RHP, 17-7, 2.68)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (17-7) 198.0 184 64 59 59 169 15 2.68
2008 (11-3) 132.0 122 51 47 34 91 12 3.20
2007 (14-12) 202.0 212 93 83 70 136 13 3.70
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.2 42 12 12 6 34 2 2.31 60
2009-09-04 @PIT W 5.0 9 6 6 2 5 0 98 28
2009-08-30 WSN W 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 109 66
2009-08-25 HOU W 8.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 114 81
2009-08-19 @LAD ND 7.0 4 2 2 1 3 2 99 63
2009-08-14 SDP W 7.0 8 0 0 0 3 0 103 64
2009-08-08 @PIT W 6.2 7 1 1 0 6 0 112 62
2009-08-02 HOU L 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 98 58
Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 35.1 30 13 10 7 30 4 2.55 61
2009-07-07 @MIL W 8.1 7 0 0 2 9 0 121 76
2009-05-26 @MIL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 105 70
2009-05-16 MIL L 8.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 106 79
2008-08-27 MIL ND 6.0 8 3 2 0 2 0 89 48
2008-05-12 @MIL L 6.0 8 8 6 1 3 3 87 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-26   Road:   40-31   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  57-38   vsLHP:  26-19   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:40-27   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Tue, Sep  8  @MIL  W   4-3       83-57  1st 11.5 up
139 Mon, Sep  7  @MIL  W   3-0       82-57  1st 11.5 up
138 Sun, Sep  6  @PIT  L   5-6       81-57  1st 11.5 up
137 Sat, Sep  5  @PIT  W   2-1 (10)  81-56  1st 11.5 up
136 Fri, Sep  4  @PIT  W  14-7       80-56  1st 11.5 up
135 Thu, Sep  3   MIL  L   3-4       79-56  1st 10.5 up
134 Wed, Sep  2   MIL  W  10-3       79-55  1st 10.5 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   MIL  W   7-6       78-55  1st 10.5 up
132 Sun, Aug 30   WSN  W   2-1       77-55  1st 10.0 up
131 Sat, Aug 29   WSN  W   9-4       76-55  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:24-6 
Brewers, 66-72, 4th, 16 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (34, RHP, 6-8, 4.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-8) 130.1 160 82 72 65 65 19 4.97
2008 (10-10) 177.2 207 110 98 67 90 30 4.96
2007 (12-12) 206.2 243 113 106 68 114 18 4.62
Last 7 GS 1-2 36.1 49 29 24 26 14 6 5.94 37
2009-09-04 SFG ND 5.2 2 2 0 4 3 0 102 60
2009-08-30 PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 3 1 1 94 50
2009-08-25 CIN ND 4.1 9 4 4 5 1 0 90 25
2009-07-27 WSN L 5.1 10 10 10 4 4 1 115 8
2009-07-22 @PIT ND 3.1 7 5 5 2 1 4 61 25
2009-07-17 @CIN L 6.0 7 3 0 4 2 0 89 50
2009-07-08 STL ND 5.2 6 4 4 4 2 0 98 39
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 30.1 33 13 13 14 13 4 3.86 48
2009-07-08 STL ND 5.2 6 4 4 4 2 0 98 39
2009-05-26 STL L 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 3 57 28
2009-05-16 @STL W 7.0 6 0 0 2 2 0 89 65
2008-07-22 @STL ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 93 50
2008-05-11 STL W 7.0 6 1 1 5 4 0 110 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-36   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  47-56   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:33-32   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  8   STL  L   3-4       66-72  4th 16.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  7   STL  L   0-3       66-71  4th 15.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  6   SFG  W   2-1 (12)  66-70  3rd 14.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  5   SFG  L   2-3       65-70  3rd 15.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4   SFG  L   2-3       65-69  3rd 14.0 gb
133 Thu, Sep  3  @STL  W   4-3       65-68  3rd 13.0 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @STL  L   3-10      64-68  3rd 14.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @STL  L   6-7       64-67  3rd 13.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   PIT  W   4-1       64-66  3rd 12.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   PIT  W   7-3       63-66  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 07, 2009 STL  3 @MIL  0        W:Chris Carpenter (16-3), L: David Bush (3-7), S: none
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 MIL  4 @STL  3        W:Manny Parra (10-10), L: John Smoltz (3-6), S: Trevor Hoffman (30)
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 STL 10  MIL  3        W:Chris Carpenter (15-3), L: David Bush (3-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 STL  7  MIL  6        W:Joel Pineiro (14-9), L: Dave Weathers (3-5), S: Ryan Franklin (36)
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 STL  5 @MIL  1        W:Joel Pineiro (7-9), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 MIL  5  STL  4        W:Todd Coffey (4-1), L: Jason Motte (3-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (19)
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 STL  5 @MIL  0        W:Adam Wainwright (9-5), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-6), S: none
Wed, May 27, 2009 STL  3 @MIL  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (5-4), L: Manny Parra (3-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
Tue, May 26, 2009 STL  8 @MIL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (5-2), L: Jeff Suppan (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 MIL  1  STL  0 (10)   W:Carlos Villanueva (2-3), L: Kyle McClellan (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 8-6; 2008 - MIL won 10-5; 2007 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 104-78

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  5.77

CHW  4.57

SDP  3.90

RA/G

SFG  3.69

NYY  4.70

WSN  5.46

BA

J. Mauer  .369

G. Parra  .291

A. Miles  .174

OBP

A. Pujols  .448

M. Kemp  .363

A. Miles  .217

SLG

A. Pujols  .683

A. Jones  .482

A. Miles  .235

OPS

A. Pujols  1.131

N. Reimold  .834

A. Miles  .451

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

M. Garza  3.85

L. Hernandez  5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

C. Lee  6.93

J. Lannan  3.73

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Cardinals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB
31.Bush
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
49.Gallardo
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
41.Looper
G/S/vB
38.Narveson*
G/S/vB
26.Parra*
G/S/vB
52.Smith
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
50.Vargas
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
20.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.500 17/1.071 2/2.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.600 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 12/.444 4/.250 361/270 .235/.288/.401/.689 .585/.725 .705 56/.724 3/3 11/5
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 16/.732 23/.704 5/.400 3/.666 9/1.277 2/3.000 23/.317 2/2.500 8/.661 1/.000 1/.000 9/.333 6/.333 18/.494 493/374 .260/.331/.445/.777 .935/.723 .809 76/.670 1/2 21/9
8.Glaus G/S/vP 46/.951 11/.586 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.933 2/.000 ··· 10/.650 3/1.666 1/no AB 3/.666 6/1.100 6/1.100 16/13 .188/.188/.250/.438 .000/.538 .308 16/.438 0/0 0/0
3.Greene G/S/vP 15/1.000 8/.250 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 12/1.166 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.278 3/.000 10/.422 182/114 .208/.283/.365/.648 .613/.668 .665 20/.689 2/1 6/8
15.Holliday G/S/vP 15/2.278 12/.697 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/2.167 13/.462 13/.462 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 30/1.254 3/3.334 6/.733 578/408 .314/.394/.527/.921 .846/.950 .830 101/.998 14/6 23/4
21.LaRue G/S/vP 13/.558 12/.817 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 11/.586 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 7/.619 84/62 .231/.286/.308/.593 .714/.551 .554 10/.422 1/0 1/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 14/1.179 14/.762 4/1.833 1/.000 6/.834 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 20/1.067 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 6/1.100 9/.722 460/330 .270/.333/.465/.798 .793/.800 .897 89/.768 4/1 20/1
12.Lugo G/S/vP 15/1.038 18/.247 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.666 6/.533 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 9/.111 236/139 .295/.365/.440/.804 .720/.863 .849 49/.754 5/0 3/8
4.Molina G/S/vP 17/.706 18/1.264 11/1.000 1/.000 11/1.116 3/.000 5/.800 2/1.500 21/.679 1/3.000 ··· 9/.611 13/.398 11/.573 486/360 .286/.365/.373/.738 .689/.754 .665 83/.761 8/2 5/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 42/.891 19/.892 13/1.045 3/1.667 13/1.062 7/.143 9/.778 3/.667 28/1.064 2/1.000 1/.000 17/1.412 22/1.255 22/1.749 596/431 .328/.448/.683/1.131 1.142/1.126 1.095 104/1.144 14/4 45/9
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 8/1.042 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 7/1.262 2/.000 6/2.333 3/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 437/336 .254/.310/.416/.726 .415/.820 .667 72/.766 3/1 14/6
13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/1.292 1/.000 2/.000 8/.453 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 15/.884 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.371 1/.000 360/227 .288/.333/.388/.721 .704/.730 .708 89/.783 12/6 2/7
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 26/.577 16/.838 2/.500 1/5.000 7/.453 1/3.000 7/.000 3/.666 10/.400 3/.000 6/1.333 5/1.000 15/.933 7/.429 502/408 .298/.357/.398/.756 .515/.810 .783 78/.783 2/2 4/10
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 8/1.583 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.750 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 289/232 .224/.318/.332/.650 .689/.641 .569 11/.273 3/2 1/11
IP 130.1 96.0 73.1 51.1 175.1 44.0 168.0 21.0 130.1 33.1 40.1 30.1 80.1 52.1 TOTAL .261/.332/.419/.751 .677/.779 .749 .780 60/27 144/98
ERA-K/9 4.97/4.5 6.19/6.3 2.82/7.2 3.68/8.4 3.59/9.9 2.05/8.2 4.77/4.7 4.71/7.7 6.42/7.1 3.78/6.2 3.79/9.2 2.37/7.1 5.49/7.5 3.61/6.0 4.82/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.308 422/.285 288/.247 213/.241 745/.216 170/.206 735/.276 97/.286 620/.311 143/.228 177/.201 115/.194 342/.278 219/.195 .267
OPS .896 .878 .679 .690 .692 .514 .821 .820 .884 .787 .663 .580 .819 .678 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 293/.900 214/.840 122/.877 61/.914 387/.664 83/.661 346/.940 32/1.049 131/.811 67/.902 96/.582 49/.692 176/.825 88/.725 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 313/.890 208/.915 166/.537 152/.605 358/.721 87/.380 389/.717 65/.711 489/.903 76/.691 81/.762 66/.501 166/.813 131/.647 .770
Home 304/.951 223/.808 152/.748 111/.700 385/.669 106/.469 418/.795 39/.759 264/.858 88/.825 97/.590 62/.456 160/.915 108/.769
Last 28d days 76/.862 74/.864 61/.787 36/.667 123/.715 36/.389 129/.739 43/.638 137/1.052 5/1.000 25/.964 54/.525 84/.832 55/.598
HR/SB/CS 19/6/3 18/10/4 8/2/1 6/2/0 20/17/2 1/1/0 33/4/3 3/2/0 19/6/2 8/0/0 4/1/1 3/3/1 13/4/0 8/1/0 183/68/18
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· X·X·X··o oX··o·o· ···X···· X·o··o·· ··X····X ·X····Xo X····X·· ······X· o·o··oX· X·oo·X·· X··Xo·o· o·X··o·o
Brewers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
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
30.Smoltz
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/12 .192/.222/.308/.530 .733/.258 .450 27/.530 2/0 1/0
8.Braun G/S/vP 28/.801 ··· 6/.000 9/1.333 2/.500 12/1.000 7/.857 1/5.000 4/.500 15/.467 1/3.000 8/.750 9/2.153 19/1.329 593/472 .311/.383/.551/.934 1.235/.859 .909 113/.897 14/5 28/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP 16/.751 ··· 33/.904 9/.619 ··· 31/.716 5/.933 8/.393 2/.000 18/.575 5/.933 27/.379 5/.800 17/.436 534/403 .255/.352/.451/.803 .858/.785 .807 94/.763 6/3 19/4
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 23/.855 17/1.374 1/.000 11/.091 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 22/.668 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/2.000 148/137 .277/.351/.369/.721 .182/.767 .807 64/.728 2/0 1/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 14/.572 ··· 21/.628 9/.819 1/.000 19/1.158 6/.000 4/1.500 3/1.000 10/.300 16/1.458 21/1.050 5/1.600 13/1.138 412/373 .290/.362/.423/.785 .631/.800 .800 69/.720 3/3 4/5
21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 63/48 .259/.295/.328/.623 1.335/.414 .512 63/.623 1/0 1/4
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 31/.720 ··· 12/1.053 10/.550 ··· 14/.702 5/.933 10/.644 2/2.500 15/.553 11/.864 13/.763 15/1.445 18/.777 606/440 .297/.409/.587/.996 .938/1.019 .958 113/1.012 2/3 38/6
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 11/.546 ··· 31/.838 5/.200 2/.000 1/no AB 15/1.015 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.334 235/207 .214/.264/.349/.613 .694/.601 .467 55/.783 4/2 6/1
7.Hardy G/S/vP 27/.453 ··· 10/1.000 10/1.000 ··· 10/.956 7/.143 3/1.666 4/1.750 15/.553 2/.500 8/1.250 13/.154 18/1.088 434/337 .225/.298/.358/.655 .540/.685 .701 17/.369 0/1 11/6
18.Kendall G/S/vP 24/.625 ··· 15/.134 24/.390 ··· 14/.572 6/.533 4/.500 2/.000 43/.604 11/.788 37/.736 2/2.000 18/.600 454/370 .239/.331/.293/.624 .583/.633 .641 74/.800 6/2 1/6
3.Lopez# G/S/vP 15/.950 ··· 30/.975 5/.800 ··· 18/.764 4/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 19/.541 1/3.000 36/.432 9/.555 6/1.250 578/444 .307/.369/.421/.791 .783/.793 .874 110/.872 6/5 8/14
14.McGehee G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 9/.708 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 310/223 .295/.358/.496/.854 .866/.849 .812 87/.823 0/2 13/12
10.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 29/.893 4/.250 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 17/1.204 9/.444 8/.393 6/.833 11/.764 20/18 .105/.105/.105/.211 .000/.235 .333 5/.000 2/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 103/75 .230/.340/.368/.708 .661/.724 .874 30/.942 1/0 2/0
IP 198.0 50.1 166.2 54.0 32.1 97.1 57.2 38.0 50.2 183.2 34.1 62.0 72.1 113.2 TOTAL .259/.339/.423/.762 .793/.754 .774 .776 52/29 154/93
ERA-K/9 2.68/7.7 4.11/6.8 2.16/7.0 1.67/6.0 2.51/3.6 4.62/5.8 3.12/6.2 1.66/9.0 5.15/8.3 3.28/4.3 3.41/7.6 6.53/8.9 4.98/3.7 5.62/5.7 3.63/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 827/.245 232/.323 644/.219 217/.197 125/.230 415/.265 247/.233 147/.180 220/.275 735/.265 151/.242 250/.308 310/.279 519/.322 .257
OPS .649 .870 .570 .535 .633 .762 .662 .550 .847 .655 .674 .850 .781 .889 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.764 108/1.104 310/.595 97/.453 62/.792 195/.713 111/.546 93/.366 87/1.047 366/.659 91/.515 137/1.046 151/.784 273/1.015 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.553 124/.670 334/.548 120/.600 63/.475 220/.805 136/.755 54/.862 133/.716 369/.650 60/.917 113/.618 159/.778 246/.754 .677
Road 373/.736 106/.874 369/.553 111/.710 64/.737 179/.896 128/.639 64/.551 100/.834 397/.718 80/.683 130/.951 179/.823 244/.962
Last 28d days 131/.598 75/.844 166/.497 47/.677 39/.631 45/.942 37/.803 28/.332 40/.851 142/.607 31/.619 64/.514 19/.498 5/.400
HR/SB/CS 15/8/4 2/3/2 7/2/3 2/1/0 2/0/0 12/3/1 4/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 7/0/4 2/4/3 9/2/1 7/2/1 17/4/1 106/35/24
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·X····X· ··oX···X X··o·X·o o······· o···X··o ··oX·o·o ··X·o·X· ··X····X o·o·o·o· X····X·· 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.