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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 2:15 pm, Sunday, April 29, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Brewers, 9-12, 9-12 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (28, RHP, 2-1, 4.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 23.2 25 12 12 5 28 1 4.56
2011 (16-6) 171.2 161 82 73 45 201 19 3.83
2010 (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 41 19 19 14 48 3 4.10 54
2012-04-23 HOU W 6.0 8 2 2 2 9 1 115 55
2012-04-18 LAD ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 109 66
2012-04-12 @CHC L 3.2 9 8 8 1 5 0 84 15
2012-04-07 STL W 7.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 91 76
2011-09-28 PIT W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 74 57
2011-09-24 FLA ND 5.0 9 4 4 5 6 2 108 34
2011-09-18 @CIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 10 0 115 76
Last 5 v.STL 4-1 35.0 33 9 8 3 31 3 2.06 63
2012-04-07 STL W 7.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 91 76
2011-09-07 @STL L 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 87 57
2011-08-01 STL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 103 54
2011-06-11 STL W 7.0 7 3 3 0 9 1 107 60
2010-06-25 STL W 8.0 7 2 1 2 6 0 106 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @STL  L   3-7        9-12  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-12
Cardinals, 14-7, 14-7 1st, 4 up

SP: Jaime Garcia (25, LHP, 2-0, 2.49)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 25.1 29 7 7 7 14 0 2.49
2011 (13-7) 194.2 207 100 77 50 156 15 3.56
2010 (13-8) 163.1 151 64 49 64 132 9 2.70
Last 7 GS 3-0 44.0 44 16 12 10 28 1 2.45 55
2012-04-23 @CHC ND 7.2 6 1 1 1 4 0 85 66
2012-04-18 CIN W 7.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 89 59
2012-04-11 @CIN ND 4.2 11 3 3 1 4 0 81 33
2012-04-06 @MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 87 55
2011-09-26 @HOU ND 4.0 4 4 4 1 5 1 64 42
2011-09-21 NYM W 7.2 6 4 0 0 5 0 91 64
2011-09-16 @PHI ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 104 65
Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 30.0 29 19 12 8 27 3 3.60 52
2012-04-06 @MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 87 55
2011-08-02 @MIL ND 5.0 10 7 3 0 6 1 85 33
2011-05-06 MIL W 9.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 102 90
2010-09-08 @MIL L 4.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 77 22
2010-08-17 MIL L 6.0 5 3 0 3 6 1 102 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-7    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 28   MIL  W   7-3       14-7   1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 STL  7  MIL  3        W:Kyle Lohse (4-0), L: Marco Estrada (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 4-1; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 125-99

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

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

R. Wolf  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.

Brewers Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
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/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 26/.815 / /
8.Braun G/S/vP 25/.520 9/.555 1/.000 18/.722 13/1.062 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 47/.672 629/488 .332/.397/.597/.994 1.049/.979 .926 86/.839 33/6 33/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 27/21 .115/.148/.154/.302 .000/.390 .368 71/.650 0/0 0/1
27.Gomez G/S/vP 15/.600 3/.666 2/.000 5/.900 4/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 258/163 .225/.276/.403/.679 .857/.566 .598 42/.916 16/2 8/0
11.Gonzalez G/S/vP 7/.714 10/1.700 2/.000 4/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 12/.166 593/443 .241/.270/.372/.642 .725/.614 .605 70/.851 2/0 15/12
1.Hart G/S/vP 24/.976 10/.700 1/5.000 8/.143 12/.450 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 43/.768 551/429 .285/.356/.510/.866 1.057/.814 .744 78/1.082 7/6 26/2
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 / /// / 20/.750 / /
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/2.333 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .871 31/1.273 0/1 5/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 16/.376 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 1/no AB 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 13/.641 7/.629 ··· 10/.200 8/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.333 49/1.073 626/488 .306/.361/.510/.871 .824/.884 .795 82/.694 1/1 26/14
23.Weeks G/S/vP 23/.865 9/.333 1/.000 14/.368 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 34/.594 515/403 .269/.350/.468/.818 .832/.814 .744 94/.707 9/2 20/15
IP 194.2 60.2 141.2 68.0 24.2 62.0 75.0 TOTAL .236/.306/.438/.744 .795/.729 .681 .744 17/5 29/17
ERA-K/9 3.56/7.2 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 2.59/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 826/.273 260/.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 .711 .711 .750 .558 .784 .623 .566 .615
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.770 92/.715 / 247/.638 99/.738 46/.549 118/.478 129/.649 / .597
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 667/.697 168/.710 / 360/.827 169/.454 70/.937 138/.748 166/.502 / .627
Home 403/.599 130/.803 / 341/.752 132/.505 78/.808 142/.625 129/.438 /
Last 28d days 104/.729 35/.299 36/.556 41/.593 30/.563 16/.450 21/.638 38/.896 87/.923
HR/SB/CS 15/15/3 4/2/2 // 21/6/3 2/6/1 1/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 // 16/7/6
Usage ·····X·· o····oo· o···o··· ···o··o· o····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 (5.29 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Greinke
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 Chulk
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
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/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.133 2/1.500 7/1.914 3/.333 7/.762 598/436 .300/.385/.525/.910 .923/.908 .980 88/.830 4/2 22/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 19/17 .067/.263/.133/.396 .500/.378 .422 65/.770 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 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .663 57/.630 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 9/.819 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 6/.833 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .787 75/.972 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 10/.900 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/3.000 10/.500 4/.500 6/.900 4/.000 3/1.000 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .685 95/.812 9/5 8/14
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 16/1.108 9/.619 11/.864 3/.000 5/.800 5/.000 12/.781 4/.000 8/.125 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .898 96/.660 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 11/.728 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 6/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .743 55/.994 6/7 10/3
44.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 21/.496 / /
4.Molina G/S/vP 15/.624 8/.500 1/.000 4/2.000 7/1.857 8/.000 29/.596 6/.833 2/1.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .820 80/.999 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 16/.733 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.666 11/.364 6/.666 4/1.250 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .742 17/.974 0/2 2/8
IP 171.2 73.2 28.2 92.2 72.0 71.2 71.0 TOTAL .278/.347/.447/.794 .782/.793 .845 .794 16/3 24/11
ERA-K/9 3.83/10.5 1.95/10.5 /0.0 4.08/8.5 4.08/8.5 3.50/7.6 /0.0 2.64/9.9 3.80/10.0 5.38/8.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.245 305/.212 / 117/.241 381/.243 291/.240 / 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 .708 .557 .658 .700 .638 .663 .636 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.738 138/.481 / 44/.874 181/.661 123/.690 / 173/.776 123/.690 .838
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.679 167/.621 / 73/.530 200/.733 168/.601 / 134/.515 182/.600 .771
Road 330/.738 118/.655 / 72/.542 174/.802 136/.759 / 144/.589 154/.775
Last 28d days 97/.686 35/.671 / 46/.824 69/.713 37/.697 48/.770 42/.700 46/.853
HR/SB/CS 19/8/6 4/6/2 // 3/2/2 11/8/2 4/2/0 // 4/11/1 6/5/1 22/19/6
Usage ·····X·· ····XX·· ·o·o···X X······X o···X··· ·X··o··X ····ooX· 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.