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Game Preview: TEX @ STL, 8:05pm, Friday, October 28, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Rangers, 96-66, 10-6 in postseason

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 14-9, 3.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (14-9) 185.2 180 79 70 57 126 13 3.39
2010 RegS (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
2009 RegS (4-5) 63.1 81 43 43 23 34 9 6.11
Last 7 GS 4-1 37.1 35 16 14 12 33 2 3.38 53
2011-10-22 STL L 3.2 6 5 3 1 3 1 73 35
2011-10-12 @DET ND 5.0 3 2 2 3 3 0 91 53
2011-10-04 @TBR W 5.0 5 2 2 2 9 0 97 56
2011-09-28 @LAA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 61
2011-09-23 SEA W 6.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 90 53
2011-09-18 @SEA W 6.2 6 0 0 2 9 0 116 69
2011-09-13 CLE W 5.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 94 44
Last 5 v.STL 0-1 3.2 6 5 3 1 3 1 7.36 35
2011-10-22 STL L 3.2 6 5 3 1 3 1 73 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   58-31   Road:   48-41   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  78-49   vsLHP:  28-23   1-Run:  23-26
 vsEast: 25-23   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest: 40-17 IL:12-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Oct 27  @STL  L   9-10(11)    -               
 15 Mon, Oct 24   STL  W   4-2         -               
 14 Sun, Oct 23   STL  W   4-0         -               
 13 Sat, Oct 22   STL  L   7-16        -               
 12 Thu, Oct 20  @STL  W   2-1         -               
 11 Wed, Oct 19  @STL  L   2-3         -               
 10 Sat, Oct 15   DET  W  15-5         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 13  @DET  L   5-7         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 12  @DET  W   7-3 (11)    -               
  7 Tue, Oct 11  @DET  L   2-5         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8 
Cardinals, 90-72, 10-7 in postseason

SP: Chris Carpenter (36, RHP, 11-9, 3.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (11-9) 237.1 243 98 91 55 191 16 3.45
2010 RegS (16-9) 235.0 214 99 84 63 179 21 3.22
2009 RegS (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
Last 7 GS 4-0 46.0 32 12 12 12 32 4 2.35 62
2011-10-24 @TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 2 101 59
2011-10-19 TEX W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 87 57
2011-10-12 MIL W 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 89 43
2011-10-07 @PHI W 9.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 110 84
2011-10-02 @PHI ND 3.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 64 32
2011-09-28 @HOU W 9.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 106 93
2011-09-23 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 93 66
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 31.1 32 20 20 10 21 7 5.74 46
2011-10-24 @TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 2 101 59
2011-10-19 TEX W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 87 57
2004-06-12 @TEX L 5.2 10 7 7 1 5 1 96 25
2001-08-19 TEX L 5.2 6 6 6 5 4 2 117 32
2001-05-18 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 1 90 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-39   Road:   50-40   ExtrInn: 9-13
 vsRHP:  78-55   vsLHP:  22-24   1-Run:  31-25
 vsEast: 25-15   vsCntrl:48-37   vsWest: 16-17 IL:11-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Thu, Oct 27   TEX  W  10-9 (11)    -               
 16 Mon, Oct 24  @TEX  L   2-4         -               
 15 Sun, Oct 23  @TEX  L   0-4         -               
 14 Sat, Oct 22  @TEX  W  16-7         -               
 13 Thu, Oct 20   TEX  L   1-2         -               
 12 Wed, Oct 19   TEX  W   3-2         -               
 11 Sun, Oct 16  @MIL  W  12-6         -               
 10 Fri, Oct 14   MIL  W   7-1         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 13   MIL  L   2-4         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 12   MIL  W   4-3         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 STL 10  TEX  9 (11)   W:Jake Westbrook , L: Mark Lowe , S: none
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 TEX  4  STL  2        W:Darren Oliver , L: Octavio Dotel , S: Neftali Feliz 
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 TEX  4  STL  0        W:Derek Holland , L: Edwin Jackson , S: none
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 STL 16 @TEX  7        W:Lance Lynn , L: Matt Harrison , S: none
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 TEX  2 @STL  1        W:Mike Adams , L: Jason Motte , S: Neftali Feliz 
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 STL  3  TEX  2        W:Chris Carpenter , L: C.J. Wilson , S: Jason Motte 

Sun, Jun 13, 2004 STL 13 @TEX  2        W:Woody Williams (4-6), L: R.A. Dickey (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 TEX  7  STL  2        W:Ryan Drese (3-3), L: Chris Carpenter (7-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 STL 12 @TEX  7        W:Jeff Suppan (6-5), L: Juan Dominguez (1-2), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - tied 3-3; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 5-4

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 2011 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

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

Rangers Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
62.Lynn
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.334 1/3.000 7/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 98/.843 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 8/1.500 2/.000 24/.599 4/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 12/.633 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 95/1.224 1/1 32/11
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 16/.313 8/1.125 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .804 45/.600 10/5 5/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 3/2.667 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 6/1.100 3/.666 11/.637 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 44/.490 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 40/.886 18/0 1/2
6.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.619 13/7 .455/.462/.818/1.280 1.750/1.000 2.667 13/1.280 1/0 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 6/.333 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 96/.965 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 9/.236 3/.333 2/1.000 3/1.167 6/2.334 2/.000 9/.847 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 105/1.043 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 44/.484 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/no AB 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 93/.837 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 8/1.750 2/4.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 7/.929 4/1.250 7/1.371 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 81/1.411 4/2 30/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.000 3/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 32/.748 0/2 7/9
15.Treanor G/S/vP 7/.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 242/186 .214/.338/.291/.628 .601/.636 .554 11/.091 2/2 3/4
10.Young G/S/vP 13/.398 2/.000 14/.819 3/.000 1/.000 10/.000 6/.750 2/3.000 30/1.060 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 98/.806 6/2 11/8
IP 237.1 60.2 54.0 34.2 68.0 33.0 62.0 75.0 183.1 TOTAL .283/.340/.460/.800 .804/.798 .740 .910 143/45 210/114
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.2 3.56/7.1 3.50/10.3 3.12/10.4 2.25/8.3 4.64/5.7 3.34/8.9 2.28/9.0 4.66/5.1 3.79/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)
 Treanor (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 996/.264 260/.266 218/.185 136/.203 268/.202 138/.270 256/.223 295/.186 809/.290 .261  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Chavez
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
12/66/6/3
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .669 .711 .574 .591 .558 .858 .623 .566 .789 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 468/.665 92/.715 85/.845 55/.723 99/.738 61/.873 118/.478 129/.649 384/.734 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 528/.673 168/.710 133/.410 81/.504 169/.454 77/.846 138/.748 166/.502 425/.838 .714
Home 493/.643 130/.803 103/.513 65/.427 132/.505 80/.932 142/.625 129/.438 408/.765
Last 28d days 151/.513 19/.610 37/.480 / 50/.608 16/.821 46/.707 42/.518 110/.801
HR/SB/CS 16/5/6 4/2/2 6/1/1 3/2/1 2/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 16/13/4 136/64/25
Usage ···X···· ····Xo·· o··o·X·· X··o·X·o X··o···o ·······o o··o···o X····o·o o···X···
Cardinals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
28.Oliver*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.533 5/1.600 13/1.083 7/.629 7/.762 1/.000 2/2.000 9/1.056 587/475 .301/.412/.547/.959 .804/.998 .878 96/.991 2/6 31/6
21.Craig G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 219/149 .315/.362/.555/.917 1.000/.875 .864 54/1.076 5/0 11/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .663 34/.820 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 2/3.500 2/.500 ··· 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .787 69/.769 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.393 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 4/.500 12/.417 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .685 92/.755 9/5 8/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/1.133 9/.889 2/.500 6/.167 3/1.167 2/1.000 5/1.000 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .898 55/.662 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .743 91/.790 6/7 10/3
13.Laird G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .670 15/.641 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 3/1.667 2/.500 5/.733 1/3.000 2/2.000 2/.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .820 85/.969 4/5 14/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 2/1.000 13/.530 3/1.167 3/1.000 10/1.025 ··· 2/5.000 9/1.222 651/527 .299/.366/.541/.906 .946/.897 .948 108/.846 9/1 37/14
8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB 9/.619 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 9/.000 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .583 35/.924 1/1 1/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .742 68/.546 0/2 2/8
3.Theriot G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.733 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 483/346 .271/.321/.342/.662 .768/.620 .654 32/.751 4/6 1/18
IP 185.2 73.2 32.0 62.1 53.1 45.0 169.0 51.0 TOTAL .273/.341/.425/.766 .768/.765 .745 .792 57/39 162/116
ERA-K/9 3.39/6.1 1.47/9.0 3.94/6.2 2.74/7.8 4.39/8.6 3.80/8.4 3.51/6.7 2.29/7.8 3.79/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (16-4-3)
 Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.257 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 230/.250 196/.263 693/.234 215/.236 .244  Jay
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Craig
 Schumaker
19/75/56/5
115/0/0/4
16/0/110/4
26/5/18/3
6/5/31/1
OPS .685 .496 .614 .598 .738 .768 .649 .591 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.729 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 110/.574 88/.802 412/.709 94/.587 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 547/.667 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 120/.900 108/.739 281/.560 121/.594 .679
Road 383/.653 135/.544 57/.771 101/.546 106/.771 84/.788 307/.595 85/.669
Last 28d days 127/.602 38/.550 43/.710 36/.523 25/.606 14/.929 59/.506 28/.677
HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 7/4/0 6/1/3 16/2/3 3/4/2 170/85/46
Usage ·····X·· o······X X··o·X·· X··XX··X ·····X·· o····X·· o··X·X·o 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.