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Game Preview: LAD @ STL, 8:15pm, Thursday, July 15, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Dodgers, 49-39, 49-39

SP: Clayton Kershaw (22, LHP, 9-4, 2.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-4)			112.1	85	39	37	50	128	7	2.96
2009 (8-8)			171.0	119	55	53	91	185	7	2.79
2008 (5-5)			107.2	109	51	51	52	100	11	4.26

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.1	37	17	16	13	56	4	2.98	62
2010-07-08	CHC	W	8.0	7	2	2	0	12	1	97	72
2010-07-03	@ARI	W	5.2	4	0	0	2	8	0	105	67
2010-06-27	NYY	ND	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	101	66
2010-06-22	@LAA	L	6.2	6	5	5	3	6	1	102	45
2010-06-16	@CIN	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	7	0	110	66
2010-06-09	STL	W	7.0	4	3	3	2	10	1	113	65
2010-06-04	ATL	ND	6.2	5	4	3	5	8	0	110	53

Last 5 v.STL		2-0	31.2	21	8	8	13	36	1	2.27	64
2010-06-09	STL	W	7.0	4	3	3	2	10	1	113	65
2009-08-19	STL	ND	3.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	97	44
2009-07-29	@STL	ND	8.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	112	79
2008-08-07	@STL	W	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	108	70
2008-05-25	STL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	102	60

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-18   Road:   21-21   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  37-25   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast:  5-11   vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest: 23-6  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 11   CHC  W   7-0       49-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10   CHC  L   3-7       48-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9   CHC  W   9-7       48-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8   CHC  W   3-2       47-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7   FLA  L   0-4       46-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6   FLA  W   7-3       46-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  5   FLA  L   5-6       45-37  2nd  4.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  4  @ARI  W   3-1       45-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  3  @ARI  W  14-1       44-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  2  @ARI  L   5-12      43-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Cardinals, 47-41, 47-41

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 9-3, 3.29)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-3)			125.2	118	52	46	38	108	14	3.29
2009 (17-4)			192.2	156	49	48	38	144	7	2.24
2008 (0-1)			15.1	16	5	3	4	7	0	1.76

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	49	22	21	19	38	4	4.30	50
2010-07-08	@COL	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	113	39
2010-07-03	MIL	L	3.0	9	8	7	2	5	1	76	14
2010-06-28	ARI	ND	7.0	6	3	3	4	5	2	109	54
2010-06-23	@TOR	W	8.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	114	79
2010-06-18	OAK	W	7.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	103	45
2010-06-13	@ARI	ND	6.0	6	3	3	5	8	1	117	51
2010-06-08	@LAD	ND	7.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	97	69

Last 5 v.LAD		3-0	36.0	25	3	3	4	24	0	0.75	70
2010-06-08	@LAD	ND	7.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	97	69
2009-08-17	@LAD	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	110	71
2009-07-27	LAD	W	7.0	9	1	1	2	2	0	99	55
2008-08-05	LAD	ND	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	51	63
2006-07-14	LAD	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	101	90

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-15   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @HOU  W   4-2       47-41  2nd  1.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @HOU  L   1-4       46-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @HOU  W   8-0       46-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @COL  L   2-4       45-40  2nd  3.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @COL  L   7-8       45-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @COL  L   9-12      45-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   MIL  W   7-1       45-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3   MIL  L   5-12      44-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2   MIL  W   5-0       44-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  1   MIL  L   1-4       43-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 LAD  4  STL  3        W:Clayton Kershaw (6-3), L: Adam Wainwright (8-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (16)
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 LAD  1  STL  0        W:Hong-Chih Kuo (2-1), L: Trever Miller (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (15)
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 LAD 12  STL  4        W:Carlos Monasterios (3-0), L: Blake Hawksworth (0-3), S: none

Wed, Aug 19, 2009 STL  3 @LAD  2        W:Kyle McClellan (4-2), L: Jonathan Broxton (7-1), S: Ryan Franklin (31)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 LAD  7  STL  3        W:Chad Billingsley (12-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (26)
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 STL  3 @LAD  2        W:Chris Carpenter (13-3), L: Charlie Haeger (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (30)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - LAD over 3-0; 2009 - STL won 5-2; 2008 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 1063-1033

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 2010 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

BOS 5.47

LAA 4.53

PIT 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.45

COL 4.38

ARI 5.66

J. Hamilton .346

O. Hudson .281

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Young .353

B. Wood .189

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

A. LaRoche .456

B. Wood .229

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.074

J. Loney .803

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.26

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Dodgers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 62.MacLane*
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Anderson* G/S/vP 30/.777 1/.000 55/.922 ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 13/.641 140/111 .179/.194/.276/.470 .534/.455 .567 37/.568 1/0 2/2

3.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 18/.572 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 11/1.436 126/75 .222/.320/.361/.681 .610/.728 .765 32/.527 1/2 2/4

23.Blake G/S/vP 11/.191 3/.666 14/1.275 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 14/1.100 313/230 .259/.339/.427/.766 .828/.743 .781 84/.679 0/4 9/10

14.Carroll G/S/vP 18/.882 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 2/.500 4/1.250 219/155 .291/.391/.330/.720 .671/.740 .705 49/.728 6/0 0/5

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 253/214 .269/.359/.370/.728 .615/.750 .604 51/.741 2/1 1/4

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/38 .214/.306/.238/.544 .585/.528 .430 11/.586 0/0 0/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 14/.786 3/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 1/no AB 3/.667 306/226 .324/.379/.553/.932 .709/1.012 .879 94/.737 1/0 14/1

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 19/.541 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 3/1.000 6/1.000 1/.000 5/1.850 267/205 .333/.383/.514/.898 .814/.923 .909 85/1.118 14/3 6/11

5.Johnson G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.666 18/.818 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.000 135/64 .291/.316/.386/.702 .922/.456 .674 32/.700 1/2 0/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP 11/.697 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 387/295 .261/.318/.470/.788 .703/.816 .802 91/.803 15/10 16/4

7.Loney* G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.500 7/.286 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 2/1.000 371/276 .309/.361/.442/.803 .596/.877 .770 93/.777 9/4 6/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 12/.664 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 333/252 .244/.346/.332/.679 .659/.685 .727 84/.556 6/2 5/9

30.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/79 .259/.308/.341/.649 .733/.631 .467 30/.481 3/0 0/1

IP 125.2 39.0 34.2 0.0 42.1 20.0 35.2 25.1 TOTAL .269/.338/.406/.744 .693/.761 .734 .734 60/29 69/72

ERA-K/9

3.29/7.7

2.54/6.2

3.63/5.2

0.00/0.0

2.13/7.4

4.05/5.8

2.27/9.6

3.55/7.1

3.39/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ellis (10-2-1)
Martin (36-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 531/.249 161/.210 144/.259 1/1.000 173/.210 83/.214 141/.203 106/.218 .255 Ethier
Paul
Anderson
Kemp
Johnson 0/0/67/4
15/0/12/3
23/0/6/1
0/88/0/0
47/5/14/0

OPS .707 .602 .686 5.000 .607 .689 .621 .630 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.712 50/.673 56/.876 / 65/.509 44/.569 49/.851 59/.720 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.703 111/.571 88/.560 1/5.000 108/.664 39/.828 92/.505 47/.515 .682

Home 286/.677 69/.593 73/.589 / 70/.270 47/.460 74/.543 44/.692

Last 28d days 142/.817 48/.536 31/1.174 1/5.000 45/.599 16/.683 31/.773 32/.498

HR/SB/CS 14/2/4 2/2/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 4/6/1 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/1/0 74/26/23

Usage ······X· ····X·oo ···o···· ·······o ···X·o·X ·······o ···oo··X ······X·

Cardinals Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 50.Link
G/S/vB 45.Miller
G/S/vB 59.Schlichting
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .269/.333/.462/.795 1.300/.581 .968 29/.918 1/0 2/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 17/.862 18/.472 5/.650 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 17/.765 367/274 .300/.373/.529/.902 .902/.901 .906 94/1.214 6/1 16/1

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/67 .377/.394/.594/.989 1.167/.972 1.108 28/1.382 0/1 3/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.182 52/40 .196/.275/.348/.622 .879/.542 .940 17/.820 0/0 2/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 12/.000 9/.476 2/2.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 2/.000 26/.511 236/149 .269/.336/.401/.737 .833/.676 .802 84/.751 5/1 5/5

12.Miles# G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/.450 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 15/.933 39/28 .314/.342/.371/.714 1.000/.619 .697 26/.855 0/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.536 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.000 297/209 .223/.301/.294/.595 .476/.646 .454 67/.380 6/3 3/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 14/1.310 14/.453 5/.900 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 385/284 .308/.416/.576/.992 1.130/.941 1.045 94/1.023 9/3 21/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 303/237 .284/.369/.545/.914 .776/.953 .756 76/.738 9/4 16/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/4.000 243/160 .194/.262/.286/.547 .492/.575 .644 55/.324 7/1 2/12

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 310/258 .255/.318/.324/.642 .694/.632 .638 63/.757 4/2 2/11

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/50 .256/.295/.344/.639 .713/.573 .701 42/.418 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 7/.000 20/.616 11/.764 1/3.000 11/.955 ··· 1/.000 36/1.053 135/104 .222/.301/.308/.608 .262/.721 .459 42/.570 3/0 1/1

IP 112.1 38.1 27.1 4.1 23.2 14.0 19.2 28.0 TOTAL .260/.331/.413/.744 .734/.748 .772 .735 51/21 90/66

ERA-K/9

2.96/10.3

2.11/12.9

0.99/11.9

4.15/4.2

4.18/11.4

0.64/5.8

7.32/5.0

3.54/6.1

4.09/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-3-1)
Molina (21-20-4)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 466/.209 153/.234 104/.137 20/.294 99/.241 55/.216 105/.337 116/.245 .252 Jay
Holliday
Winn
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Schumaker 4/5/13/3
83/0/0/1
20/7/22/1
5/0/18/1
0/79/0/1
2/0/2/0

OPS .606 .585 .434 .753 .738 .490 1.007 .640 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.585 74/.511 35/.086 8/1.292 36/.738 17/.301 46/.695 39/.779 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.612 79/.655 69/.605 12/.432 63/.729 38/.575 59/1.269 77/.571 .702

Road 205/.637 56/.487 57/.583 13/.938 43/.849 23/.417 50/.981 59/.754

Last 28d days 103/.598 40/.794 30/.483 / 47/.744 36/.551 15/1.333 36/.738

HR/SB/CS 7/3/5 1/4/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/4/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/5/2 75/46/23

Usage ······X· ·····Xo· ···o···· ········ ····XX·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.