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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 17, 2014 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 9-6, 9-6 2nd, 2 GB, tied for WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 2-1, 2.57)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-1) 21.0 15 6 6 6 24 1 2.57
2013 (19-9) 241.2 223 83 79 35 219 15 2.94
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
Last 7 GS 5-1 49.0 40 13 13 10 48 3 2.39 63
2014-04-12 CHC W 7.0 7 4 4 0 8 1 101 55
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2014-03-31 @CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 4 9 0 105 76
2013-09-28 CHC W 5.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 72 68
2013-09-23 WSN W 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 112 56
2013-09-18 @COL W 7.2 10 3 3 1 8 0 121 54
2013-09-13 SEA ND 8.0 6 1 1 2 6 1 114 70
Last 5 v.WSN 3-2 29.0 32 14 14 8 29 2 4.34 52
2013-09-23 WSN W 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 112 56
2013-04-23 @WSN W 8.1 5 0 0 1 9 0 113 81
2012-09-28 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 84 62
2012-08-31 @WSN L 2.2 9 6 6 3 3 0 86 16
2010-08-29 @WSN L 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 104 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIL  L   1-5        9-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIL  W   6-1        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIL  W   4-0        8-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   CHC  W   6-4        7-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   CHC  W  10-4        6-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   CHC  L   3-6 (11)   5-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   CIN  L   0-4        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   CIN  W   7-5        5-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   CIN  W   5-3        4-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @PIT  L   1-2        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6
Nationals, 9-6, 9-6 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Taylor Jordan (25, RHP, 0-1, 4.76)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 11.1 16 6 6 4 8 1 4.76
2013 (1-3) 51.2 59 27 21 11 29 3 3.66
Last 7 GS 1-2 41.1 48 22 19 12 27 3 4.14 48
2014-04-12 @ATL L 5.0 10 5 5 2 5 1 102 30
2014-04-06 ATL ND 6.1 6 1 1 2 3 0 89 58
2013-08-16 @ATL ND 6.0 7 2 0 3 3 0 94 54
2013-08-10 PHI ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 77 39
2013-08-04 @MIL ND 5.1 4 4 4 2 2 0 85 44
2013-07-28 NYM W 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 87 64
2013-07-23 PIT L 7.2 9 5 4 1 4 1 99 46
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIA  W   6-3        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIA  L   2-11       8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIA  W   9-2        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @ATL  L   2-10       7-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @ATL  L   3-6        7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @ATL  L   6-7 (10)   7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Thu, Apr 10   MIA  W   7-1        7-2   1st  2.0 up
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIA  W  10-7        6-2   1st  1.0 up
  7 Tue, Apr  8   MIA  W   5-0        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6   ATL  W   2-1        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 STL  4  WSN  1        W:Shelby Miller (15-9), L: Jordan Zimmermann (19-9), S: Trevor Rosenthal (3)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 STL  2  WSN  0        W:Michael Wacha (4-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (11-8), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 STL  4  WSN  3        W:Adam Wainwright (18-9), L: Tanner Roark (7-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-4), S: Edward Mujica (4)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 STL  2 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Ross Detwiler (1-1), S: Edward Mujica (3)
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STL  3 @WSN  2        W:Shelby Miller (3-1), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: Edward Mujica (2)
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 STL 10  WSN  4        W:Lance Lynn (18-7), L: Ross Detwiler (10-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 WSN  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Sam Freeman (0-2), S: Craig Stammen (1)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 STL 12  WSN  2        W:Adam Wainwright (14-13), L: Edwin Jackson (9-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 WSN  4  STL  3        W:Ryan Mattheus (5-1), L: Lance Lynn (13-6), S: Tyler Clippard (29)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - STL won 6-0; 2012 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 301-285

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jordan
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 64.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .806 61/.911 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .661 39/.643 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .775 65/.733 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .826 57/.441 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .626 5/1.100 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .702 22/.293 6/3 5/14
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.714 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .611 4/.000 4/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 5/1.350 1/.000 10/1.025 6/.533 ··· 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .790 65/.729 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.450 ··· 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .711 27/.808 10/5 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 5/.600 4/.500 6/.334 6/.834 ··· 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .855 57/.960 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .705 53/.743 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .686 10/.425 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .451 55/.609 3/0 0/0
IP 51.2 60.0 71.0 71.1 66.2 81.2 61.2 TOTAL .244/.312/.375/.687 .503/.739 .634 .687 7/2 12/12
ERA-K/9 3.66/5.0 3.15/7.8 2.41/9.3 4.04/4.9 3.11/6.9 2.76/8.7 4.52/8.5 /0.0 3.97/10.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.291 245/.218 275/.152 316/.315 277/.251 339/.262 267/.267 / .250  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peralta
 Robinson
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
3/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
OPS .704 .651 .517 .811 .668 .682 .729 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.761 107/.741 141/.507 83/.705 118/.785 133/.756 113/.816 / .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.658 138/.581 134/.527 233/.849 159/.584 206/.634 154/.668 / .712
Home 102/.657 114/.665 139/.539 151/.868 150/.637 166/.874 140/.796 /
Last 28d days 55/.840 25/.588 33/.635 38/.679 24/.542 37/.804 20/.350 17/.544
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 7/2/2 9/2/0 5/2/0 7/3/0 4/9/3 7/4/1 // 17/5/3
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·oo· oo···X·X ···X·X·X oo····oX ·X··X··X o····o·X ··X·X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 14/.572 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 655/507 .280/.331/.453/.784 .766/.789 .871 62/.672 21/6 20/20
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 167/130 .158/.193/.272/.465 .529/.448 .482 37/.851 1/0 3/2
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 278/190 .234/.296/.341/.637 .869/.536 .621 24/.798 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 13/1.342 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 497/339 .274/.368/.486/.854 .648/.947 .910 55/.900 11/4 20/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 37/.641 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 590/448 .237/.332/.403/.735 .566/.791 .720 61/.920 4/1 20/11
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 25/.492 0/0 0/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/205 .249/.320/.394/.714 .653/.745 .760 33/.573 0/1 7/3
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 16/.962 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 593/463 .258/.329/.399/.729 .640/.753 .705 26/.430 30/7 12/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 178/98 .222/.260/.347/.607 .508/.687 .584 13/.769 0/0 4/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 394/277 .265/.329/.396/.725 .830/.682 .694 63/.974 1/1 7/16
21.Souza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.500 / /
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.625/1.069 1.333/.900 .500 4/2.500 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 25/.762 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 532/408 .318/.398/.532/.931 1.092/.884 .896 61/.948 10/1 25/2
IP 241.2 20.0 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .269/.335/.459/.794 .953/.747 .710 .794 4/3 19/16
ERA-K/9 2.94/8.2 4.05/7.2 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 3.51/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (0-0-0)
 Lobaton (63-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.248 85/.181 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .237  Harper
 Werth
 McLouth
 Moore
97/9/16/13
0/0/126/7
136/3/0/4
29/0/6/0
OPS .636 .572 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 476/.631 39/.636 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 480/.639 46/.517 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .622
Road 493/.698 49/.471 70/.523 119/.754 45/.611 95/.853 146/.664 73/.436
Last 28d days 82/.593 14/1.321 18/.284 28/.904 36/.431 30/.563 33/.825 23/.367
HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 0/2/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 11/6/5
Usage ····X··· X······· o···o··o Xo··o··o ··X··X·· oo···X·X ···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.