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Game Preview: LAD @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, July 16, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Dodgers, 49-40, 49-40 3rd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (25, RHP, 7-4, 4.14)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-4)			95.2	99	48	44	34	89	7	4.14
2009 (12-11)			196.1	173	94	88	86	179	17	4.03
2008 (16-10)			200.2	188	76	70	80	201	14	3.14

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	51	24	23	13	45	4	4.70	50
2010-07-09	CHC	W	7.0	7	4	4	4	9	0	120	52
2010-07-04	@ARI	ND	6.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	111	61
2010-06-28	@SFG	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	98	55
2010-06-11	LAA	L	5.2	9	7	7	3	3	0	110	23
2010-06-05	ATL	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	110	49
2010-05-31	ARI	ND	8.0	6	4	4	0	11	3	120	65
2010-05-26	@CHC	W	5.1	10	3	2	1	6	1	100	43

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	26.2	25	15	14	16	17	2	4.73	47
2009-08-18	STL	W	6.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	77	59
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:   28-18   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  37-26   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast:  5-11   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest: 23-6  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @STL  L   1-7       49-40  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Cardinals, 48-41, 48-41 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (23, LHP, 8-4, 2.17)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-4)			99.2	85	30	24	40	80	4	2.17
2008 (1-1)			16.0	14	10	10	8	8	4	5.63

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.1	39	18	15	13	29	3	3.52	52
2010-07-07	@COL	ND	5.1	9	4	2	1	3	0	102	40
2010-07-02	MIL	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	94	76
2010-06-27	@KCR	L	2.0	4	5	5	2	0	1	45	26
2010-06-22	@TOR	W	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	89	52
2010-06-16	SEA	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	111	65
2010-06-11	@ARI	W	5.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	102	54
2010-06-06	MIL	ND	6.0	8	3	2	2	4	1	103	48

Has never faced LAD as starter.

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

 Home:   28-15   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Thu, Jul 15   LAD  W   7-1       48-41  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 STL  7  LAD  1        W:Chris Carpenter (10-3), L: Clayton Kershaw (9-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - LAD over 3-1; 2009 - STL won 5-2; 2008 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 1064-1033

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 5.43

ARI 4.54

PIT 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.45

COL 4.38

ARI 5.66

J. Hamilton .351

D. Eckstein .279

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

T. Glaus .804

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.19

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Dodgers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
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 ··· 1/.000 55/.922 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 13/.641 141/112 .178/.193/.274/.467 .534/.451 .560 36/.444 1/0 2/2

3.Belliard G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/.572 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 11/1.436 127/76 .220/.317/.358/.675 .610/.718 .752 29/.423 1/2 2/4

23.Blake G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 14/1.275 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 14/1.100 316/233 .256/.335/.422/.758 .828/.733 .766 83/.648 0/4 9/10

14.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 2/.500 4/1.250 219/155 .291/.391/.330/.720 .671/.740 .705 45/.783 6/0 0/5

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 256/217 .270/.358/.374/.732 .615/.754 .615 54/.760 2/1 1/4

17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/38 .214/.306/.238/.544 .585/.528 .430 11/.586 0/0 0/1

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.083 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 1/no AB 3/.667 310/230 .326/.381/.563/.943 .709/1.026 .906 93/.825 1/0 15/1

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 4/.833 5/1.400 ··· 3/1.000 6/1.000 1/.000 5/1.850 271/209 .328/.378/.506/.884 .814/.905 .882 89/1.064 14/3 6/12

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 18/.818 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.000 135/64 .291/.316/.386/.702 .922/.456 .674 30/.679 1/2 0/0

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 391/299 .258/.315/.465/.779 .703/.804 .785 90/.741 15/10 16/4

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/.286 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 2/1.000 374/279 .306/.358/.438/.797 .596/.867 .757 92/.763 9/4 6/2

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 336/255 .245/.346/.332/.678 .659/.684 .726 82/.555 6/2 5/9

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

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 19/1.118 4/1.167 ··· 4/1.750 5/.933 2/3.000 3/3.333 219/177 .317/.406/.516/.923 .781/.955 .908 42/1.095 1/1 8/3

IP 99.2 40.0 34.2 53.1 0.0 42.1 20.0 35.2 25.1 TOTAL .267/.336/.405/.740 .693/.757 .728 .722 60/29 70/75

ERA-K/9

2.17/7.2

2.48/6.5

3.63/5.2

4.73/6.2

0.00/0.0

2.13/7.4

4.05/5.8

2.27/9.6

3.55/7.1

3.36/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.229 164/.205 144/.259 250/.320 1/1.000 173/.210 83/.214 141/.203 106/.218 .254 Ethier
Paul
Ramirez
Anderson
Kemp
Johnson 0/0/68/4
15/0/12/3
44/0/0/2
23/0/6/1
0/89/0/0
47/5/14/0

OPS .600 .590 .686 .839 5.000 .607 .689 .621 .630 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.540 52/.645 56/.876 113/.854 / 65/.509 44/.569 49/.851 59/.720 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.617 112/.565 88/.560 137/.827 1/5.000 108/.664 39/.828 92/.505 47/.515 .678

Home 180/.518 72/.567 73/.589 94/.901 / 70/.270 47/.460 74/.543 44/.692

Last 28d days 85/.693 51/.502 28/1.305 105/.747 1/5.000 42/.643 16/.683 31/.773 32/.498

HR/SB/CS 4/2/3 2/2/1 3/0/1 8/3/0 1/0/0 4/6/1 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/1/0 75/26/23

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

Cardinals Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 50.Link
G/S/vB 45.Miller
G/S/vB 37.Monasterios
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

9.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/11 .048/.125/.048/.173 .154/.182 .143 3/.000 0/1 0/0

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 26/1.123 18/.472 5/.650 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 17/.765 372/276 .300/.376/.527/.904 .910/.900 .908 95/1.159 6/1 16/1

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 74/68 .386/.403/.614/1.017 1.167/1.003 1.183 29/1.441 0/1 3/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.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 13/.558 9/.476 2/2.000 ··· 5/1.100 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 26/.511 241/150 .269/.338/.403/.740 .847/.671 .806 89/.759 5/1 5/5

12.Miles# G/S/vP 5/1.100 5/.450 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.933 43/30 .342/.381/.395/.776 1.183/.621 .866 30/.928 0/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.666 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 301/211 .227/.303/.297/.601 .488/.649 .470 67/.444 6/3 3/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 16/.625 14/.453 5/.900 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 390/286 .313/.418/.580/.998 1.147/.941 1.056 95/1.032 9/3 21/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 307/238 .285/.370/.547/.917 .810/.948 .766 76/.779 9/4 16/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/4.000 247/161 .190/.257/.281/.538 .474/.571 .622 55/.245 7/1 2/12

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 9/.347 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 310/258 .255/.318/.324/.642 .694/.632 .638 59/.684 4/2 2/11

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/50 .256/.295/.344/.639 .713/.573 .701 41/.399 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 31/1.037 20/.616 11/.764 1/3.000 11/.955 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 36/1.053 136/104 .229/.306/.314/.620 .318/.721 .488 43/.607 3/0 1/1

IP 95.2 38.1 27.1 4.2 24.1 48.1 16.0 20.1 28.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.414/.746 .742/.747 .776 .739 51/21 90/66

ERA-K/9

4.14/8.4

2.11/12.9

0.99/11.9

3.86/3.8

4.07/11.1

3.91/4.5

1.69/5.6

7.08/5.3

3.54/6.1

4.12/8.0

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 413/.269 153/.234 104/.137 22/.316 102/.236 210/.261 64/.220 108/.337 116/.245 .253 Jay
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Holliday
Winn
Craig
Schumaker 4/5/14/3
5/0/18/1
0/80/0/1
84/0/0/1
20/8/22/1
2/0/6/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .741 .585 .434 .778 .729 .795 .520 .996 .640 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.802 74/.511 35/.086 8/1.292 37/.754 98/.738 21/.390 46/.695 39/.779 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.683 79/.655 69/.605 14/.516 65/.705 112/.841 43/.584 62/1.234 77/.571 .705

Road 189/.730 56/.487 57/.583 15/.950 46/.823 82/.727 32/.500 53/.961 59/.754

Last 28d days 80/.654 40/.794 30/.483 2/1.000 50/.725 9/1.089 34/.627 17/1.294 36/.738

HR/SB/CS 7/2/3 1/4/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/4/2 9/5/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/5/2 75/46/23

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