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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 1:05pm, Saturday, April 28, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Brewers, 9-11, 9-11 2nd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Marco Estrada (28, RHP, 0-0, 2.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 11.0 7 3 3 3 16 2 2.45
2011 (4-8) 92.2 83 45 42 29 88 11 4.08
2010 (0-0) 11.1 14 13 12 6 13 3 9.53
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.1 29 14 14 9 38 5 3.12 59
2012-04-21 COL ND 5.0 2 1 1 0 9 1 78 68
2011-08-23 @PIT W 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 100 57
2011-08-18 LAD L 5.0 3 1 1 2 5 1 94 60
2011-08-13 PIT W 5.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 64 70
2011-05-04 @ATL L 5.1 9 7 7 3 5 0 114 24
2011-04-26 CIN ND 7.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 103 67
2011-04-17 @WSN ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 96 64
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @STL  L   1-13       9-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25   HOU  L   5-7        9-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24   HOU  W   9-6        9-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23   HOU  W   6-5        8-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22   COL  L   1-4        7-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   COL  W   9-4        7-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   COL  L   3-4        6-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19   LAD  L   3-4        6-7   2nd  3.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   LAD  W   3-2 (10)   6-6   2nd  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   LAD  W   5-4        5-6   2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11
Cardinals, 13-7, 13-7 1st, 4 up

SP: Kyle Lohse (33, RHP, 3-0, 0.99)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-0) 27.1 16 3 3 2 16 0 0.99
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 47.2 37 8 7 4 32 0 1.32 65
2012-04-22 @PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 97 66
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
Last 5 v.MIL 1-3 30.0 28 13 13 13 18 1 3.90 51
2011-09-06 MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 91 67
2011-06-10 @MIL L 5.0 5 4 4 3 1 1 81 39
2011-05-07 MIL L 8.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 107 67
2010-09-07 @MIL L 5.0 7 4 4 2 5 0 107 40
2010-04-09 @MIL ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 3 0 91 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-2    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27   MIL  W  13-1       13-7   1st  4.0 up
 19 Wed, Apr 25  @CHC  W   5-1       12-7   1st  2.5 up
 18 Tue, Apr 24  @CHC  L   2-3 (10)  11-7   1st  2.0 up
 17 Mon, Apr 23  @CHC  L   2-3       11-6   1st  3.0 up
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @PIT  W   5-1       11-5   1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:13-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 STL 13  MIL  1        W:Jake Westbrook (3-1), L: Yovani Gallardo (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 STL  9 @MIL  3        W:Lance Lynn (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 MIL  6  STL  0        W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 STL 11 @MIL  5        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Yovani Gallardo (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 STL  2  MIL  0        W:Chris Carpenter (9-9), L: Zack Greinke (14-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 STL  4  MIL  2        W:Kyle Lohse (13-8), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-10), S: Jason Motte (3)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 MIL  4 @STL  1        W:Randy Wolf (12-9), L: Jake Westbrook (11-8), S: John Axford (41)
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  4        W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  3        W:Jake Westbrook (11-7), L: Randy Wolf (11-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 STL  2 @MIL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (11-9), L: Shaun Marcum (11-5), S: Fernando Salas (23)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 3-1; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 124-99

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

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

Brewers Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.70 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 25/.762 / /
8.Braun G/S/vP 31/.976 9/.555 ··· 18/.722 13/1.062 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 47/.672 629/488 .332/.397/.597/.994 1.049/.979 .926 82/.883 33/6 33/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 27/21 .115/.148/.154/.302 .000/.390 .368 67/.690 0/0 0/1
27.Gomez G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.666 1/.000 5/.900 4/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 258/163 .225/.276/.403/.679 .857/.566 .598 38/1.017 16/2 8/0
11.Gonzalez G/S/vP 7/1.500 10/1.700 2/.000 4/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 12/.166 593/443 .241/.270/.372/.642 .725/.614 .605 66/.800 2/0 15/12
1.Hart G/S/vP 17/.294 9/.777 1/5.000 8/.143 12/.450 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 43/.768 551/429 .285/.356/.510/.866 1.057/.814 .744 74/1.102 7/6 26/2
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 / /// / 20/.750 / /
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 33/24 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.360 .533 16/.375 0/0 0/1
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .871 27/1.342 0/1 5/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 10/1.000 6/.200 1/.000 6/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.800 468/378 .265/.313/.391/.703 .869/.662 .608 58/.800 2/1 12/7
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 11/.633 11/.989 ··· 7/1.914 7/.572 2/.500 2/.000 4/1.417 15/1.071 429/382 .304/.357/.421/.778 .540/.808 .876 55/.384 13/4 4/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 19/1.239 6/.750 ··· 10/.200 8/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.333 49/1.073 626/488 .306/.361/.510/.871 .824/.884 .795 78/.635 1/1 26/14
23.Weeks G/S/vP 29/.606 9/.333 ··· 14/.368 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 34/.594 515/403 .269/.350/.468/.818 .832/.814 .744 89/.693 9/2 20/15
IP 188.1 60.2 141.2 68.0 24.2 62.0 75.0 TOTAL .237/.306/.438/.744 .795/.728 .673 .744 17/5 27/16
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 2.57/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (18-3-2)
 Lucroy (77-30-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 775/.249 260/.266 / 607/.260 268/.202 116/.286 256/.223 295/.186 / .224  Braun
 Morgan
 Gomez
 Hart
 Gamel
147/0/0/8
17/95/20/5
0/87/0/5
0/0/126/3
2/0/0/0
OPS .680 .711 .750 .558 .784 .623 .566 .609
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.696 92/.715 / 247/.638 99/.738 46/.549 118/.478 129/.649 / .597
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.667 168/.710 / 360/.827 169/.454 70/.937 138/.748 166/.502 / .617
Home 369/.676 130/.803 / 341/.752 132/.505 78/.808 142/.625 129/.438 /
Last 28d days 100/.425 32/.328 33/.609 41/.593 26/.574 16/.450 21/.638 38/.896 87/.923
HR/SB/CS 16/1/2 4/2/2 // 21/6/3 2/6/1 1/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 // 14/7/6
Usage ·····X·· ····oo·o ···o···· ··o··o·· ····X··X o······· ···X··o· o··X··X· ···X····

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 (5.20 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
50.Loe
G/S/vB
58.McClendon
G/S/vB
26.Parra*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
40.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 7/1.914 3/.333 7/.762 598/436 .300/.385/.525/.910 .923/.908 .980 84/.855 4/2 22/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/17 .067/.263/.133/.396 .500/.378 .422 61/.745 0/0 0/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/44 .262/.333/.338/.672 .668/.674 .642 10/.300 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .663 56/.642 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 5/1.000 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .787 71/.955 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/.715 1/no AB 2/3.000 3/.666 2/no AB 6/.900 4/.000 2/1.500 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .685 90/.860 9/5 8/14
27.Greene G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 121/72 .212/.322/.288/.611 .632/.596 .478 40/.614 11/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 2/2.000 9/.619 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 12/.781 4/.000 8/.125 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .898 92/.690 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .743 51/.953 6/7 10/3
44.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 20/.522 / /
4.Molina G/S/vP 4/1.000 8/.500 4/2.000 8/.000 2/.000 29/.596 6/.833 1/.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .820 76/.899 4/5 14/6
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/3 .000/.125/.000/.125 .200/.000 .167 34/1.051 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 11/.364 6/.666 3/.666 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .742 13/1.045 0/2 2/8
IP 92.2 73.2 28.2 72.0 13.2 71.2 71.0 TOTAL .277/.346/.443/.789 .782/.788 .840 .789 15/3 22/11
ERA-K/9 4.08/8.5 1.95/10.5 4.08/8.5 3.50/7.6 2.63/6.6 /0.0 2.64/9.9 3.80/10.0 5.32/8.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.243 305/.212 117/.241 291/.240 59/.273 / 307/.243 305/.206 .287  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 .700 .557 .658 .638 .686 .663 .636 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.661 138/.481 44/.874 123/.690 27/.546 / 173/.776 123/.690 .851
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.733 167/.621 73/.530 168/.601 32/.795 / 134/.515 182/.600 .755
Road 174/.802 118/.655 72/.542 136/.759 22/.420 / 144/.589 154/.775
Last 28d days 42/.597 35/.671 46/.824 33/.723 29/.997 48/.770 42/.700 40/.816
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 4/6/2 3/2/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 // 4/11/1 6/5/1 20/18/6
Usage ······X· ···XX··o o·o···X· ···X···· X·X···X· X··o··X· ···ooX·o ··X·X·oX

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.