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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 5:00pm, Friday, October 5, 2012 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 88-74,

SP: Kyle Lohse (33, RHP, 16-3, 2.86)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (16-3) 211.0 192 74 67 38 143 19 2.86
2011 RegS (14-8) 188.1 178 80 71 42 111 16 3.39
2010 RegS (4-8) 92.0 129 75 67 35 54 9 6.55
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.0 41 22 18 6 39 5 3.86 53
2012-09-29 WSN ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 9 1 100 48
2012-09-23 @CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 102 54
2012-09-18 HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 102 72
2012-09-12 @SDP L 6.0 5 3 2 0 8 1 93 60
2012-09-07 MIL ND 6.1 5 2 2 2 5 0 97 58
2012-09-01 @WSN ND 5.2 9 8 5 0 4 2 92 29
2012-08-27 @PIT W 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 83 52
Last 5 v.ATL 1-0 25.2 36 14 14 10 13 3 4.91 43
2012-05-30 @ATL ND 5.0 9 5 5 1 3 2 79 31
2010-09-12 @ATL W 5.1 9 2 2 1 1 0 92 42
2010-04-26 ATL ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 2 0 108 46
2009-09-12 ATL ND 3.1 7 4 4 2 1 1 65 29
2009-04-28 @ATL ND 6.0 4 0 0 4 6 0 95 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-31   Road:   38-43   ExtrInn: 6-12
 vsRHP:  57-57   vsLHP:  31-17   1-Run:  21-26
 vsEast: 14-20   vsCntrl:45-32   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Wed, Oct  3   CIN  W   1-0       88-74  2nd  9.0 gb
161 Tue, Oct  2   CIN  L   1-3       87-74  2nd 10.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1   CIN  W   4-2       87-73  2nd  9.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   WSN  W  10-4       86-73  2nd 10.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   WSN  L   4-6 (10)  85-73  2nd 10.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   WSN  W  12-2       85-72  2nd 10.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 26  @HOU  L   0-2       84-72  2nd  9.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25  @HOU  W   4-0       84-71  2nd  9.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24  @HOU  W   6-1       83-71  2nd  9.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @CHC  W   6-3       82-71  2nd 10.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Braves, 94-68,

SP: Kris Medlen (26, RHP, 10-1, 1.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
2011 RegS (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
2010 RegS (6-2) 107.2 108 48 44 21 83 13 3.68
Last 7 GS 5-0 51.0 31 8 6 5 55 4 1.06 73
2012-09-30 NYM W 6.0 3 1 0 1 4 0 79 67
2012-09-25 MIA ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 8 2 92 63
2012-09-19 @MIA W 8.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 99 79
2012-09-14 WSN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 13 1 96 75
2012-09-08 @NYM W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 80 57
2012-09-03 COL W 9.0 5 1 0 0 12 0 111 87
2012-08-28 @SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 100 81
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   48-33   Road:   46-35   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  64-37   vsLHP:  30-31   1-Run:  25-13
 vsEast: 46-26   vsCntrl:19-19   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Wed, Oct  3  @PIT  W   4-0       94-68  2nd  4.0 gb
161 Tue, Oct  2  @PIT  L   1-5       93-68  2nd  4.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1  @PIT  L   1-2       93-67  2nd  3.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   NYM  W   6-2       93-66  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYM  W   2-0       92-66  2nd  4.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYM  L   1-3       91-66  2nd  4.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   MIA  W   6-2       91-65  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   MIA  W   3-0       90-65  2nd  4.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   MIA  W   4-3       89-65  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @PHI  W   2-1       88-65  2nd  4.5 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 30, 2012 ATL 10  STL  7        W:Jonny Venters (3-2), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (15)
Tue, May 29, 2012 ATL  5  STL  4        W:Randall Delgado (3-5), L: Jake Westbrook (4-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Mon, May 28, 2012 STL  8 @ATL  2        W:Lance Lynn (8-1), L: Tommy Hanson (5-4), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 ATL  7 @STL  4        W:Tommy Hanson (4-3), L: Lance Lynn (6-1), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 ATL  7 @STL  2        W:Brandon Beachy (4-1), L: Adam Wainwright (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2012 ATL  9 @STL  7 (12)   W:Livan Hernandez (1-0), L: Kyle McClellan (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (11)

Sun, Sep 11, 2011 STL  6  ATL  3        W:Jake Westbrook (12-8), L: Tim Hudson (14-10), S: Jason Motte (5)
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 STL  4  ATL  3        W:Jaime Garcia (12-7), L: Derek Lowe (9-14), S: Jason Motte (4)
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 STL  4  ATL  3 (10)   W:Jason Motte (4-2), L: Scott Linebrink (4-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 ATL  6  STL  5        W:Jonny Venters (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (0-3), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 5-1; 2011 - STL won 5-1; 2010 - STL won 6-2; All-Time - STL leads 1069-958

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Cardinals Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 15.Hudson
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/13 .250/.357/.333/.690 2.000/.580 .708 11/.586 1/0 0/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 20/.538 ··· 84/1.017 2/.500 9/2.238 4/1.000 11/1.155 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .750 88/.921 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 75/.798 1/1 6/9
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/47 .222/.300/.296/.596 .220/.714 .588 19/.446 2/1 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/2.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 111/.738 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 15/.552 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.762 2/no AB ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 78/.653 6/3 4/15
23.Freese G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .881 69/.784 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 28/.881 4/.500 6/1.667 2/.000 7/1.381 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 105/.726 4/4 27/3
8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .118/.167/.118/.284 .393/.200 .000 8/.000 0/0 0/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.929 1/.000 6/1.000 4/.000 ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 116/.635 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 76/1.006 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 23/1.012 4/1.000 4/.000 3/.666 4/.833 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 96/.856 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 17/.694 1/0 3/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 16/.321 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 304/260 .276/.339/.368/.707 .496/.741 .758 45/.424 1/1 1/4
IP 138.0 36.0 61.0 20.0 179.0 62.2 179.1 57.1 58.2 TOTAL .271/.338/.421/.759 .787/.747 .731 .722 91/37 159/107
ERA-K/9 1.57/7.8 2.00/8.2 3.10/7.2 1.80/9.0 3.62/5.1 1.01/16.7 4.12/7.3 1.73/7.2 3.22/10.6 3.42/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (0-0-0)
 Cruz (18-8-3)
 Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 520/.208 142/.211 257/.231 80/.233 749/.248 231/.126 728/.232 230/.229 262/.270 .243  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Jay
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Chambers
0/9/132/10
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
1/15/10/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/15/1
10/10/8/1
OPS .529 .547 .709 .642 .666 .358 .702 .602 .739 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.519 58/.528 90/.775 32/.992 415/.668 122/.331 179/.724 78/.305 93/.653 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.539 84/.559 167/.671 48/.411 334/.663 109/.387 549/.694 152/.759 169/.786 .687
Home 293/.555 68/.434 141/.691 50/.648 401/.683 126/.379 383/.612 95/.607 129/.860
Last 28d days 128/.504 38/.421 28/.582 34/.561 104/.716 44/.351 87/.462 35/.234 44/.494
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/2/0 9/4/2 1/1/0 12/2/5 3/8/1 26/10/2 3/1/2 6/5/0 145/98/39
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·o ··o··o·· ·o··X·o· ······X· ·o··oX·· ·····X·· ·o······ ·o···o·X
Braves Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 61.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 64.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .670 18/.284 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.286 .286 3/.667 0/0 0/1
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 35/.464 11/1.250 ··· ··· 9/.444 8/.542 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.650 703/446 .274/.348/.391/.739 .728/.745 .767 74/.559 42/13 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 86/74 .250/.321/.276/.598 .364/.635 .737 42/.671 5/2 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.333 620/363 .259/.340/.456/.796 .714/.855 .865 92/.709 2/0 23/12
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 9/1.015 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.300 5/.200 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .750 96/.686 21/8 27/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 21/.749 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 8/.708 ··· ··· 3/.000 147/129 .197/.272/.311/.583 .402/.609 .528 10/.800 0/0 2/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.855 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .612 38/.459 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 20/1.446 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 448/254 .287/.377/.455/.832 .821/.841 .932 78/.588 1/0 14/11
16.McCann* G/S/vP 22/.673 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 487/321 .230/.300/.399/.698 .673/.711 .688 56/.779 3/0 20/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP 14/1.198 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 131/116 .259/.331/.397/.727 .552/.751 .748 19/.325 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 188/125 .243/.287/.325/.613 .536/.651 .598 7/.333 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 14/.858 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.900 4/.666 8/.750 ··· 2/no AB 3/.666 690/447 .301/.359/.438/.796 .864/.760 .816 91/.856 17/4 10/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .779 37/.550 1/0 9/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .828 57/.667 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 15/.933 4/.750 ··· ··· 6/.533 4/1.000 7/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .656 89/.881 4/3 19/12
IP 211.0 73.1 20.0 107.0 176.0 72.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.389/.709 .689/.721 .724 .642 101/32 149/86
ERA-K/9 2.86/6.1 2.21/7.1 5.40/8.1 3.53/6.3 3.78/9.2 2.75/10.8 3.03/6.5 2.78/9.9 4.24/6.4 4.30/9.2 3.71/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (3-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)
 Ross (19-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 864/.239 296/.211 86/.230 457/.271 744/.253 279/.191 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .255  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/154/11
119/0/0/9
37/32/29/3
0/153/0/3
21/5/0/2
5/0/26/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .642 .570 .654 .740 .728 .576 .643 .513 .729 .720 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.664 123/.656 39/.808 200/.917 370/.841 134/.381 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 460/.623 173/.510 47/.534 257/.607 374/.624 145/.756 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .678
Road 427/.684 129/.487 56/.701 169/.746 430/.781 119/.602 117/.561 53/.538 103/.749 124/.905
Last 28d days 128/.629 45/.545 25/.606 73/.636 112/.655 49/.579 44/.691 47/.592 14/.445 41/.956
HR/SB/CS 19/6/4 5/6/0 2/1/0 10/8/5 16/9/9 9/3/2 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 134/56/43
Usage ·····X·· ···XXo·· ·o···o·· ··X·o·X· ····X··· ·o·X·o·· ···ooX·· ··o·o·X· ·o······ ·····XX·

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.