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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 22, 2012 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 10-5, 10-5 1st, 3 up

SP: Kyle Lohse (33, RHP, 2-0, 0.89)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 20.1 10 2 2 2 11 0 0.89
2011 (14-8) 188.1 178 80 71 42 111 16 3.39
2010 (4-8) 92.0 129 75 67 35 54 9 6.55
Last 7 GS 4-0 46.2 35 7 6 7 33 0 1.16 65
2012-04-17 CIN ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 90 74
2012-04-10 @CIN W 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 94 61
2012-04-04 @MIA W 7.1 2 1 1 0 3 0 90 73
2011-09-24 CHC ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 94 69
2011-09-19 @PHI W 7.1 7 1 0 1 5 0 112 66
2011-09-12 @PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 0 100 46
2011-09-06 MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 91 67
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 30.0 29 15 13 5 23 2 3.90 53
2011-09-12 @PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 0 100 46
2011-08-28 PIT W 5.0 6 4 2 2 4 0 99 45
2011-08-17 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 100 65
2011-07-24 @PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 0 64 55
2011-04-04 PIT L 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 95 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 9-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @PIT  L   0-2       10-5   1st  3.0 up
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @PIT  W   4-1       10-4   1st  4.0 up
 13 Thu, Apr 19   CIN  L   3-6        9-4   1st  3.0 up
 12 Wed, Apr 18   CIN  W  11-1        9-3   1st  3.0 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17   CIN  W   2-1 (10)   8-3   1st  3.0 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15   CHC  W  10-3        7-3   1st  2.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14   CHC  W   5-1        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13   CHC  L   5-9        5-3   1st  1.0 up
  7 Wed, Apr 11  @CIN  L   3-4        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Tue, Apr 10  @CIN  W   3-1        5-1   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5
Pirates, 6-8, 6-8 3rd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (33, LHP, 0-3, 2.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 17.0 17 5 5 6 10 1 2.65
2011 (5-9) 129.1 118 63 52 48 125 14 3.62
2009 (5-3) 83.0 65 29 26 34 90 8 2.82
Last 7 GS 1-3 33.0 34 15 12 19 27 2 3.27 50
2012-04-16 @ARI L 5.0 3 2 2 4 3 1 97 52
2012-04-11 @LAD L 5.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 88 45
2012-04-05 PHI L 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 81 64
2011-09-27 @BAL ND 3.1 5 3 3 3 6 1 84 41
2011-09-20 BAL ND 2.2 5 4 1 2 0 0 76 36
2011-09-03 TEX W 6.0 5 3 3 4 6 0 101 52
2011-08-27 OAK ND 4.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 78 59
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Sat, Apr 21   STL  W   2-0        6-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   STL  L   1-4        5-8   4th  4.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @ARI  W   2-1        5-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @ARI  W   5-4        4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @ARI  L   1-5        3-7   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @SFG  W   4-1        3-6   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @SFG  L   3-4        2-6   6th  3.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @SFG  L   0-5        2-5   6th  2.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr 12  @LAD  L   2-3        2-4   5th  2.5 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11  @LAD  L   1-4        2-3   5th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 PIT  2  STL  0        W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (2-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 STL  4 @PIT  1        W:Lance Lynn (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (0-1), S: Jason Motte (3)

Wed, Sep 14, 2011 STL  3 @PIT  2        W:Edwin Jackson (12-9), L: Charlie Morton (9-10), S: Jason Motte (7)
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 STL  6 @PIT  4        W:Kyle McClellan (11-6), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-4), S: Jason Motte (6)
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 PIT  6  STL  5        W:Jason Grilli (2-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (37)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 STL  7  PIT  4        W:Kyle Lohse (12-8), L: Jeff Karstens (9-8), S: Jason Motte (1)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 PIT  7 @STL  0        W:Brad Lincoln (1-0), L: Chris Carpenter (8-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Kyle McClellan (10-6), L: Jose Veras (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 STL  8  PIT  4        W:Edwin Jackson (10-9), L: Charlie Morton (9-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 STL  7 @PIT  2        W:Kyle Lohse (11-7), L: Paul Maholm (6-14), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - STL won 9-7; 2010 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1204-1144

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (2.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB		 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/.000 26/.558 1/.000 2/.000 11/.384 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 598/436 .300/.385/.525/.910 .923/.908 .839 62/1.023 4/2 22/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 19/17 .067/.263/.133/.396 .500/.378 .333 40/.921 0/0 0/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/44 .262/.333/.338/.672 .668/.674 .697 9/.333 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .706 50/.655 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .795 51/.945 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 40/.734 12/.473 11/1.056 5/.250 7/1.000 2/.500 3/2.000 ··· 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .599 67/.886 9/5 8/14
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/72 .212/.322/.288/.611 .632/.596 .689 30/.670 11/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.292 6/.167 10/1.400 4/.000 11/1.455 7/.286 4/.500 3/1.667 2/2.500 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .927 70/.587 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 6/.833 7/.858 4/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .791 46/.926 6/7 10/3
44.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 18/.465 / /
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 7/.453 2/.000 11/.697 5/.400 4/.750 4/1.250 1/.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .808 55/.975 4/5 14/6
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/3 .000/.125/.000/.125 .200/.000 .000 20/.900 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.000 11/.364 5/.800 6/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .630 0/ 0/2 2/8
IP 129.1 190.1 48.2 32.2 68.2 47.2 20.2 69.2 41.0 TOTAL .281/.344/.468/.812 .898/.793 .814 .812 10/2 20/8
ERA-K/9 3.62/8.7 5.15/8.2 3.88/8.5 2.48/10.2 1.83/8.0 4.72/5.5 3.48/7.4 4.39/10.2 3.95/8.1 2.53/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-2-1)
 Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 541/.241 837/.260 200/.211 140/.200 274/.220 211/.286 100/.310 309/.269 174/.228 .231  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Schumaker
 Robinson
 Cruz
 Greene
0/0/134/10
19/75/56/5
115/0/0/4
6/5/31/1
1/5/3/0
0/0/2/0
2/0/8/0
OPS .681 .802 .671 .601 .543 .773 .762 .756 .711 .636
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.671 440/.777 81/.527 52/.766 123/.528 94/.878 41/.699 117/.716 69/.708 .634
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 387/.685 397/.831 119/.770 88/.508 151/.555 117/.689 59/.807 192/.775 105/.713 .637
Home 311/.695 487/.757 105/.646 74/.514 168/.605 145/.767 46/.712 162/.866 91/.614
Last 28d days 70/.678 25/.330 29/.665 24/.645 23/.642 11/.739 23/.565 30/.802 19/.316
HR/SB/CS 14/3/3 31/24/7 5/8/3 2/0/0 1/3/0 4/4/2 1/0/0 8/9/3 6/8/1 8/10/2
Usage ·····X·· X······· o··Xo··X o···X·XX X·····X· ···X···· ·o··oo·· ···o·X·X o··oX··o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Pirates Batters (2.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 66.Marte
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 16.Romero*
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 14/1.049 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.533 262/219 .191/.272/.289/.561 .545/.565 .477 35/.437 1/0 4/14
26.Barajas G/S/vP 13/.539 3/1.666 ··· 4/.833 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.572 337/236 .230/.287/.430/.717 .818/.674 .550 35/.294 0/0 16/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 7/.619 7/.429 ··· 8/.750 6/.334 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 12/.788 495/363 .244/.312/.386/.698 .649/.715 .661 46/.303 3/1 12/12
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 204/141 .272/.281/.374/.656 .593/.685 .667 17/.521 4/1 1/8
46.Jones* G/S/vP 21/.883 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 1/2.000 16/.626 478/406 .243/.321/.433/.753 .460/.808 .791 29/.828 6/3 16/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 23/.939 11/.282 ··· 7/.821 7/1.029 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.667 16/.971 678/511 .259/.364/.456/.820 .945/.779 .770 58/.865 23/10 23/7
14.McGehee G/S/vP 19/.760 7/.858 ··· 11/.964 8/.393 ··· ··· 5/.900 16/.192 600/464 .223/.280/.346/.626 .413/.689 .704 36/.649 0/3 13/20
55.McKenry G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 201/149 .222/.276/.322/.598 .498/.629 .598 15/1.012 0/1 2/5
2.McLouth* G/S/vP 23/.849 9/.536 ··· 4/.250 4/.250 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB 16/.962 321/220 .228/.344/.333/.677 .531/.743 .745 15/.497 4/2 4/2
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/35 .250/.303/.350/.653 .704/.605 .714 9/.222 0/0 1/2
7.Presley* G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 231/161 .298/.339/.465/.804 .599/.893 .801 58/.626 9/3 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 17/1.300 5/1.550 ··· 6/.500 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 7/1.404 382/292 .266/.349/.362/.711 .819/.679 .823 46/.335 16/7 4/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 21/1.230 6/.500 ··· 5/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.000 3/1.666 7/.762 662/480 .273/.334/.408/.742 .672/.773 .723 50/.539 9/6 12/6
IP 188.1 60.2 141.2 68.0 24.2 62.0 75.0 TOTAL .203/.253/.283/.536 .541/.534 .527 .536 9/7 7/11
ERA-K/9 3.39/5.3 3.56/7.1 /0.0 4.19/4.8 2.25/8.3 4.01/6.9 3.34/8.9 2.28/9.0 /0.0 2.83/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (60-20-3)
 McKenry (39-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 775/.249 260/.266 / 607/.260 268/.202 116/.286 256/.223 295/.186 / .224  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Jones
 Presley
 Navarro
 McLouth
0/156/0/9
77/2/15/4
0/0/90/2
49/5/0/2
3/0/0/0
26/56/3/0
OPS .680 .711 .750 .558 .784 .623 .566 .620
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.696 92/.715 / 247/.638 99/.738 46/.549 118/.478 129/.649 / .619
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.667 168/.710 / 360/.827 169/.454 70/.937 138/.748 166/.502 / .622
Road 406/.685 130/.622 / 266/.749 136/.611 38/.713 114/.613 166/.670 /
Last 28d days 73/.388 28/.333 30/.674 35/.701 21/.490 12/.500 13/.481 29/.986 63/.993
HR/SB/CS 16/1/2 4/2/2 // 21/6/3 2/6/1 1/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 // 12/2/5
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··o ··oX··o· ··oo··X· ·X··o··o ··o····o o···o··o X·X·o··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.