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Game Preview: SFG @ STL, 7:15pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Giants, 42-35, 2nd, 7 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Barry Zito (31, LHP, 4-7, 4.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-7) 89.0 86 45 45 40 66 11 4.55
2008 (10-17) 180.0 186 115 103 102 120 16 5.15
2007 (11-13) 196.2 182 105 99 83 131 24 4.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.1 41 25 25 21 34 7 5.72 46
2009-06-27 @MIL ND 5.2 3 3 3 3 3 1 98 51
2009-06-21 TEX W 7.0 2 2 2 4 8 1 94 69
2009-06-15 LAA L 3.2 10 7 7 0 3 2 70 16
2009-06-10 @ARI W 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 105 39
2009-06-05 @FLA W 5.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 95 55
2009-05-30 STL L 6.2 10 3 3 2 6 1 116 46
2009-05-24 @SEA L 6.1 5 5 5 5 5 2 111 43
Last 5 v.STL 0-3 21.2 32 16 11 12 19 2 4.57 41
2009-05-30 STL L 6.2 10 3 3 2 6 1 116 46
2008-04-11 STL L 6.0 7 4 1 1 2 1 98 49
2007-07-08 @STL L 4.0 8 6 5 4 3 0 84 23
2004-06-15 @STL ND 5.0 7 3 2 5 8 0 115 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-12   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  30-27   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 10-7    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 15-16 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @STL  L   1-2 (10)  42-35  2nd  7.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @STL  W   6-3       42-34  2nd  6.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @STL  W  10-0       41-34  2nd  7.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @MIL  W   7-0       40-34  2nd  7.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @MIL  L   6-7       39-34  2nd  8.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @MIL  L   1-5       39-33  2nd  8.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @OAK  W   6-3       39-32  2nd  7.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @OAK  W   4-1       38-32  2nd  8.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22  @OAK  L   1-5       37-32  2nd  8.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   TEX  W   3-2       37-31  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Cardinals, 42-38, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 6-7, 5.68)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-7) 88.2 111 58 56 40 55 11 5.68
2008 (13-9) 191.2 178 84 79 62 134 25 3.71
2007 (3-3) 79.1 77 50 40 40 60 11 4.54
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 48 27 26 16 25 7 6.38 41
2009-06-27 MIN ND 2.1 4 3 3 4 2 0 68 35
2009-06-22 @NYM L 5.2 10 5 5 4 2 1 101 27
2009-06-17 DET W 5.1 6 2 2 2 5 2 91 51
2009-06-11 @FLA ND 6.0 11 5 5 0 1 2 98 31
2009-06-06 COL L 7.0 6 6 6 3 6 2 112 44
2009-06-01 CIN L 5.0 5 4 3 2 4 0 89 45
2009-05-27 @MIL W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 88 52
Last 5 v.SFG 2-0 18.0 11 6 6 9 15 2 3.00 59
2008-04-18 SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 107 69
2008-04-12 @SFG ND 6.0 5 5 5 3 7 2 92 46
2007-07-08 SFG W 5.0 2 0 0 4 2 0 80 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-20   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  30-25   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @NYM  W   3-0       40-32  1st  2.0 up
 71 Mon, Jun 22  @NYM  L   4-6       39-32  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 SFG  6 @STL  3        W:Randy Johnson (8-5), L: Chris Carpenter (5-3), S: Brian Wilson (21)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 SFG 10 @STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (8-2), L: Brad Thompson (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 31, 2009 SFG  5  STL  3        W:Merkin Valdez (2-0), L: Adam Wainwright (5-3), S: Brian Wilson (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 STL  6 @SFG  2        W:Chris Carpenter (3-0), L: Barry Zito (1-6), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2009 SFG  4  STL  2        W:Matt Cain (6-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-5), S: Brian Wilson (11)

Sun, Apr 20, 2008 SFG  8 @STL  2        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-1), L: Braden Looper (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 SFG  3 @STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (0-2), S: Brian Wilson (5)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 STL 11  SFG  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-0), L: Matt Cain (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 SFG  7  STL  4        W:Tim Lincecum (2-0), L: Joel Pineiro (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (3)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 STL  8 @SFG  7 (10)   W:Jason Isringhausen (1-0), L: Erick Threets (0-1), S: Anthony Reyes (1)
Season Series: 2009 - SFG leads 4-2; 2008 - SFG won 4-3; 2007 - SFG won 4-1; All-Time - SFG leads 1047-938

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

TBR  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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

Giants Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
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		 54.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/31 .212/.289/.333/.623 .286/.707 .520 38/.623 1/0 1/0
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 168/153 .258/.323/.411/.734 .533/.755 .498 46/.874 1/1 5/2
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 8/1.025 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 224/171 .253/.339/.389/.728 .517/.794 .618 39/.443 5/4 4/3
1.Molina G/S/vP 9/.444 36/.684 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 281/218 .262/.270/.434/.705 .899/.646 .633 87/.743 0/0 10/3
16.Renteria G/S/vP 4/.833 13/.718 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 9/1.381 1/3.000 1/.000 10/.700 284/221 .265/.320/.340/.660 .791/.624 .669 101/.662 5/2 2/6
33.Rowand G/S/vP 8/1.214 11/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/2.334 290/230 .297/.359/.475/.834 .868/.825 .814 102/.804 4/1 8/1
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 289/219 .338/.391/.567/.958 1.024/.937 .846 105/1.254 2/2 11/6
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 130/111 .311/.338/.459/.797 1.474/.675 .789 68/.999 2/1 3/1
59.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 65/38 .255/.359/.509/.868 1.345/.524 .622 50/.859 4/0 2/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.555 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/4.000 ··· 4/1.833 152/115 .290/.311/.434/.746 .246/.910 .751 64/.765 1/1 2/4
22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/26 .267/.290/.300/.590 .400/.628 .686 24/.596 0/0 0/0
2.Winn# G/S/vP 6/.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.971 2/.000 2/.000 11/1.364 308/247 .268/.316/.382/.698 .250/.814 .772 98/.566 8/1 2/0
IP 88.2 30.0 7.2 8.1 36.1 21.1 3.0 29.1 20.2 TOTAL .262/.313/.389/.702 .693/.705 .664 .730 44/16 51/43
ERA-K/9 5.68/5.6 0.90/6.3 4.70/1.2 7.56/4.3 2.97/6.7 2.53/10.1 6.00/6.0 4.91/7.4 4.35/8.3 3.92/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.317 112/.179 32/.241 42/.324 157/.206 88/.203 16/.417 124/.252 92/.231 .255
OPS .869 .478 .730 .968 .619 .619 1.300 .737 .668 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/1.040 51/.403 23/.611 21/.667 69/.550 55/.367 10/.111 53/.803 56/.507 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.694 61/.540 9/1.000 21/1.213 88/.674 33/1.045 6/3.000 71/.688 36/.922 .694
Home 245/.831 47/.195 18/.807 28/.816 77/.512 55/.645 16/1.300 73/.848 44/.474
Last 28d days 122/.989 31/.484 32/.730 27/.840 47/.833 27/.310 16/1.300 35/1.210 29/.584
HR/SB/CS 11/3/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 4/0/1 2/1/1 68/15/13
Usage ····X··· o···oo·· ···o···X ·o·Xo··X ·o··X·o· ·o·oo·oo ·X··o·o· ····o·X·
Cardinals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB		 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB		 46.Howry
G/S/vB		 52.Medders
G/S/vB		 45.Miller
G/S/vB		 54.Romo
G/S/vB		 56.Sadowski
G/S/vB		 47.Valdez
G/S/vB		 38.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 213/151 .236/.296/.400/.696 .585/.743 .730 98/.731 1/1 5/3
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 36/.960 9/.777 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 324/253 .261/.334/.443/.777 .990/.716 .825 95/.807 1/1 13/9
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/1.404 3/.000 6/1.133 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 269/200 .249/.338/.395/.733 .669/.756 .620 79/.638 0/1 5/4
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 104/73 .237/.282/.351/.632 .612/.640 .625 63/.524 3/0 2/3
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/1.850 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 55/39 .264/.291/.358/.649 .688/.633 .667 21/.619 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 14/.929 6/.666 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 228/157 .233/.302/.436/.738 .741/.736 .709 86/.684 3/0 11/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.888 2/.000 10/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 272/200 .279/.348/.383/.732 .756/.723 .832 85/.790 4/1 5/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/1.948 10/.944 12/1.683 2/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 2/3.000 2/1.000 333/234 .332/.453/.743/1.197 1.242/1.178 1.287 105/1.293 10/3 30/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 248/192 .268/.311/.443/.754 .440/.842 .811 76/.760 1/0 8/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP 7/1.142 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 167/97 .294/.335/.392/.728 .676/.760 .707 70/.736 6/3 1/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/1.500 6/.000 7/.572 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 290/230 .292/.352/.390/.742 .541/.794 .719 100/.690 2/2 3/6
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 215/166 .224/.333/.361/.694 .804/.664 .811 60/.393 3/2 1/9
IP 89.0 31.1 28.0 31.2 31.2 10.2 6.0 23.0 36.0 TOTAL .254/.324/.413/.737 .671/.764 .746 .712 37/14 82/64
ERA-K/9 4.55/6.7 1.44/8.3 3.86/5.5 3.13/7.9 2.27/5.7 2.53/11.8 0.00/3.0 3.52/7.0 3.50/9.8 3.61/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 389/.254 119/.223 121/.239 146/.273 129/.224 40/.243 23/.200 98/.214 154/.230 .244
OPS .758 .620 .639 .777 .686 .687 .554 .636 .638 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.747 50/.859 42/.686 53/.879 52/.534 12/.545 6/.533 39/.526 67/.518 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.760 69/.456 79/.607 93/.721 77/.781 28/.745 17/.561 59/.694 87/.727 .743
Road 206/.782 60/.538 74/.524 77/.887 70/.645 22/.701 23/.554 52/.723 66/.827
Last 28d days 117/.792 24/.492 32/.391 41/.916 34/.639 35/.548 23/.554 28/.549 50/.513
HR/SB/CS 11/3/3 1/1/0 1/2/0 3/2/1 4/2/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 2/4/1 64/55/16
Usage ····X··· oX··o··· o··X···X ····X··· ········ Xo··o··X ···X···· ·····X·· ·X··X··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.