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Game Preview: STL @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, June 28, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Cardinals, 48-30, 48-30 1st, Tied

SP: Shelby Miller (22, RHP, 8-5, 2.35)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-5) 92.0 72 26 24 20 101 8 2.35
2012 (1-0) 13.2 9 2 2 4 16 0 1.32
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.2 39 16 16 8 44 5 3.54 55
2013-06-22 TEX L 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 2 90 41
2013-06-17 CHC W 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 83 66
2013-06-12 @NYM L 6.0 5 4 4 0 10 2 96 56
2013-06-06 ARI W 6.0 6 2 2 0 9 0 92 61
2013-06-01 SFG W 7.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 106 71
2013-05-26 @LAD ND 5.1 7 3 3 1 3 1 105 44
2013-05-20 @SDP L 5.2 5 3 3 3 5 0 107 49
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-16   Road:   26-14   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  40-19   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:20-10   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @HOU  L   3-4       48-30  1st    Tied
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @HOU  W  13-5       48-29  1st  1.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 23   TEX  L   1-2       47-29  1st  1.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 22   TEX  L   2-4       47-28  1st  2.0 up
 74 Fri, Jun 21   TEX  L   4-6       47-27  1st  3.0 up
 73 Thu, Jun 20   CHC  W   6-1       47-26  1st  3.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-26  1st  2.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 18   CHC  L   2-4       45-26  1st  2.5 up
 70 Mon, Jun 17   CHC  W   5-2       45-25  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sun, Jun 16  @MIA  L   2-7       44-25  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Athletics, 46-34, 46-34 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (40, RHP, 10-2, 2.93)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-2) 98.1 96 32 32 12 56 8 2.93
2012 (10-9) 152.1 161 62 58 23 91 17 3.43
2011 (8-10) 164.1 172 85 73 40 135 21 4.00
Last 7 GS 7-0 51.0 46 8 8 10 29 1 1.41 63
2013-06-21 @SEA W 8.0 7 3 3 2 4 1 97 58
2013-06-16 SEA W 7.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 97 56
2013-06-11 NYY W 6.0 3 0 0 4 3 0 102 65
2013-06-05 @MIL W 7.0 8 1 1 2 4 0 93 59
2013-05-31 CHW W 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 106 80
2013-05-26 @HOU W 7.0 9 0 0 0 9 0 96 68
2013-05-20 @TEX W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 95 58
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 16.0 15 9 9 6 20 4 5.06 51
2007-06-08 @STL ND 4.0 7 4 4 1 4 3 72 35
2000-06-03 @STL W 8.0 3 2 2 2 12 0 115 78
1997-06-14 @STL ND 4.0 5 3 3 3 4 1 83 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-12   Road:   22-22   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  31-23   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 23-15 IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Wed, Jun 26   CIN  W   5-0       46-34  1st    Tied
 79 Tue, Jun 25   CIN  W   7-3       45-34  1st    Tied
 78 Sun, Jun 23  @SEA  L   3-6 (10)  44-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 22  @SEA  L   5-7       44-33  1st    Tied
 76 Fri, Jun 21  @SEA  W   6-3       44-32  1st  1.0 up
 75 Thu, Jun 20  @TEX  L   3-4       43-32  1st  1.0 up
 74 Wed, Jun 19  @TEX  L   4-9       43-31  1st  2.0 up
 73 Tue, Jun 18  @TEX  W   6-2       43-30  1st  3.0 up
 72 Mon, Jun 17  @TEX  L   7-8       42-30  1st  2.0 up
 71 Sun, Jun 16   SEA  W  10-2       42-29  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 20, 2010 OAK  3 @STL  2        W:Craig Breslow (2-1), L: Blake Hawksworth (1-4), S: Andrew Bailey (13)
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 STL  4  OAK  3        W:Adam Wainwright (10-4), L: Ben Sheets (2-7), S: Jason Motte (2)
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 STL  6  OAK  4        W:Chris Carpenter (8-1), L: Brad Ziegler (2-4), S: Ryan Franklin (13)
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 STL 10 @OAK  6        W:Russ Springer (3-0), L: Colby Lewis (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 STL 15 @OAK  6        W:Russ Springer (2-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 OAK 14  STL  3        W:Dan Haren (8-2), L: Braden Looper (6-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 17, 2004 STL  5  OAK  4        W:Ray King (1-0), L: Jim Mecir (0-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 16, 2004 STL  6  OAK  2        W:Jason Marquis (6-4), L: Rich Harden (3-4), S: Kiko Calero (1)
Tue, Jun 15, 2004 STL  8  OAK  4        W:Matt Morris (7-5), L: Chad Bradford (3-3), S: Jason Isringhausen (14)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 7-2

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 2013 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
Cardinals Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/84 .311/.354/.522/.876 .750/.896 .751 41/.764 0/0 4/0
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 46/1.074 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 292/211 .308/.349/.546/.895 .821/.924 .887 94/.982 1/1 18/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 338/236 .316/.396/.468/.864 .750/.914 .768 108/.893 1/2 6/6
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 317/249 .320/.360/.473/.832 .869/.821 .847 100/.876 1/0 8/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/24 .152/.176/.212/.389 .000/.554 .321 18/.444 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/114 .273/.331/.432/.763 .571/.816 .771 42/.896 4/1 3/5
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/170 .276/.350/.400/.750 .738/.755 .801 94/.882 1/0 5/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 315/243 .267/.349/.437/.786 .621/.831 .808 104/.811 2/0 11/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 308/237 .246/.326/.332/.658 .485/.707 .678 95/.581 2/1 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/202 .250/.296/.316/.612 .668/.592 .751 87/.535 1/1 1/4
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/236 .357/.400/.516/.916 .915/.917 .977 94/1.024 3/2 6/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/29 .224/.342/.345/.687 .610/.805 .767 24/1.018 3/0 2/1
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 8/1.250 6/.334 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/3.333 ··· 58/34 .173/.259/.212/.470 .436/.494 .299 18/.528 0/1 0/1
IP 98.1 31.0 33.2 25.0 34.1 35.2 25.2 4.2 TOTAL .275/.335/.412/.747 .680/.770 .754 .790 19/9 69/30
ERA-K/9 2.93/5.1 2.03/9.3 2.67/7.2 2.52/7.6 2.88/8.9 3.28/8.3 2.10/7.0 5.79/7.7 3.75/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-1-0)
 Molina (16-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 386/.260 127/.204 138/.221 102/.194 141/.227 140/.218 114/.260 22/.364 .244  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Wigginton
0/0/67/3
0/74/0/3
70/0/0/1
0/0/2/1
8/0/11/1
13/14/17/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .644 .616 .640 .548 .573 .583 .705 .773 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 205/.728 60/.629 57/.716 52/.544 62/.707 54/.593 35/.647 10/1.000 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.552 67/.605 81/.586 50/.551 79/.472 86/.576 79/.726 12/.583 .672
Home 179/.565 74/.671 59/.707 45/.543 82/.489 79/.505 53/.671 17/.471
Last 28d days 113/.602 35/.598 46/.832 50/.452 44/.576 53/.895 25/.572 22/.773
HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 4/0/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 0/6/0 3/3/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 83/46/11
Usage ······X· ····o·o· ··o··X·o ·····X·· ··o··X·o ··o·Xo·X ··o····· ··o·····
Athletics Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Miller
G/S/vB
67.Blazek
G/S/vB
65.Butler
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 280/193 .225/.289/.458/.748 .931/.670 .731 93/.751 2/5 15/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 267/166 .276/.365/.465/.830 .761/.870 .664 85/.764 13/3 9/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/235 .308/.376/.507/.883 1.092/.800 .889 100/.763 2/2 12/7
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/28 .277/.333/.416/.749 .906/.294 .898 38/.721 0/0 2/1
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 205/180 .276/.377/.368/.745 .432/.789 .729 54/.951 0/0 2/2
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 326/209 .306/.378/.420/.799 .727/.837 .766 103/.787 1/0 4/10
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 263/209 .239/.327/.478/.805 .627/.853 .796 76/.931 1/0 14/4
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/99 .188/.299/.303/.602 .777/.426 .742 49/.423 3/0 3/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/139 .218/.300/.330/.630 .617/.634 .653 92/.745 6/0 3/3
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 140/61 .195/.272/.333/.605 .756/.402 .648 39/.454 0/0 4/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2.714 ··· ··· 264/192 .280/.356/.432/.788 .708/.819 .706 71/.713 0/0 6/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/159 .272/.342/.347/.689 .561/.716 .793 60/.739 7/4 0/3
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/1.038 ··· ··· 203/125 .188/.271/.365/.636 .528/.695 .619 58/.653 6/1 7/2
IP 92.0 1.1 11.1 16.2 32.0 24.2 32.2 38.0 9.0 TOTAL .249/.327/.403/.731 .744/.724 .722 .733 41/15 83/42
ERA-K/9 2.35/9.9 0.00/13.8 2.38/8.0 2.16/5.4 4.22/7.3 2.92/4.7 2.20/7.7 1.89/12.8 0.00/12.0 3.26/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (20-4-0)
 Norris (24-7-4)
 Vogt (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.212 4/.000 45/.105 68/.217 141/.308 101/.323 121/.186 157/.231 31/.069 .243  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Smith
 Moss
 Crisp
 Young
 Rosales
38/16/0/4
0/0/51/3
35/0/7/1
2/2/11/1
0/49/0/0
8/24/17/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .589 .000 .402 .584 .793 .798 .512 .591 .198 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.626 2/.000 23/.415 50/.565 64/.711 38/.964 57/.408 76/.464 17/.301 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.553 2/.000 22/.382 18/.631 77/.862 63/.700 64/.606 81/.713 14/.071 .638
Road 170/.666 1/.000 20/.205 32/.550 63/.950 47/.870 69/.634 85/.643 13/.077
Last 28d days 119/.634 4/.000 45/.402 31/.568 51/.495 50/.749 35/.801 48/.528 31/.198
HR/SB/CS 8/8/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 2/1/0 4/1/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 49/19/13
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· ··o····· ····o·oX ······X· ··o·oX·o ··X····· ····X·X· ·o···o·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.