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Game Preview: STL @ SDP, 10:10pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @PetCo Park

Cardinals, 29-16, 29-16 1st, 1½ up

SP: (2013, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced SDP as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-8    Road:   15-8    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  25-11   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  8-3    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 21  @SDP  W  10-2       29-16  1st  1.5 up
 44 Mon, May 20  @SDP  L   2-4       28-16  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sun, May 19   MIL  W   4-2       28-15  1st  2.5 up
 42 Sat, May 18   MIL  L   4-6 (10)  27-15  1st  1.5 up
 41 Fri, May 17   MIL  W   7-6       27-14  1st  2.5 up
 40 Thu, May 16   NYM  L   2-5       26-14  1st  1.5 up
 39 Wed, May 15   NYM  W   4-2       26-13  1st  2.5 up
 38 Tue, May 14   NYM  W  10-4       25-13  1st  2.5 up
 37 Mon, May 13   NYM  W   6-3       24-13  1st  2.5 up
 36 Sun, May 12   COL  L   2-8       23-13  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Padres, 21-24, 21-24 4th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Burch Smith (23, RHP, 0-0, 15.63)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 6.1 11 11 11 3 10 4 15.63
Last 7 GS 0-0 6.1 11 11 11 3 10 4 15.63 31
2013-05-17 WSN ND 5.1 6 5 5 1 8 3 84 43
2013-05-11 @TBR ND 1.0 5 6 6 2 2 1 42 19
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-11   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  9-12 IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 21   STL  L   2-10      21-24  4th  4.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 20   STL  W   4-2       21-23  4th  4.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 19   WSN  W  13-4       20-23  4th  4.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 18   WSN  W   2-1       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 17   WSN  L   5-6 (10)  18-23  4th  5.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 16   WSN  L   2-6       18-22  4th  5.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 15  @BAL  W   8-4       18-21  4th  4.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 14  @BAL  W   3-2       17-21  4th  5.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @TBR  L   2-4       16-21  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @TBR  L   7-8       16-20  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 21, 2013 STL 10 @SDP  2        W:Adam Wainwright (6-3), L: Edinson Volquez (3-5), S: none
Mon, May 20, 2013 SDP  4  STL  2        W:Jason Marquis (6-2), L: Shelby Miller (5-3), S: Huston Street (11)

Wed, Sep 12, 2012 SDP  3  STL  2        W:Clayton Richard (13-12), L: Kyle Lohse (14-3), S: Luke Gregerson (7)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 SDP  6  STL  4        W:Edinson Volquez (10-10), L: Adam Wainwright (13-13), S: Luke Gregerson (6)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 SDP 11  STL  3        W:Eric Stults (6-2), L: Jaime Garcia (4-7), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 STL  6  SDP  3        W:Lance Lynn (7-1), L: Jeff Suppan (2-3), S: Jason Motte (8)
Tue, May 22, 2012 STL  4  SDP  0        W:Adam Wainwright (3-5), L: Edinson Volquez (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2012 STL  4  SDP  3        W:Jason Motte (3-1), L: Andrew Cashner (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 SDP  3  STL  1        W:Mat Latos (2-6), L: Chris Carpenter (1-5), S: Heath Bell (10)
Tue, May 24, 2011 STL  3 @SDP  2 (11)   W:Miguel Batista (3-1), L: Ernesto Frieri (1-2), S: Eduardo Sanchez (5)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - Tied 3-3; 2011 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 263-182

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.28

NYY  4.27

MIA  2.72

 RA/G

STL  3.47

PHI  4.30

HOU  5.93

 BA

M. Cabrera  .384

K. Morales  .270

A. Hicks  .138

 OBP

J. Votto  .477

D. Span  .335

D. Espinosa  .188

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .667

B. Butler  .432

B. Upton  .243

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.122

J. Altuve  .769

J. Keppinger  .456

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Vargas  3.55

R. Vogelsong  7.19

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

C. Lee  7.06

K. Correia  3.43

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

Cardinals Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Smith
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 57.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 38.Ross
G/S/vB		 46.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 55.Thayer
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/39 .400/.442/.700/1.142 .500/1.212 1.003 16/.375 0/0 3/0
3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.334 5/1.600 2/.000 1/2.000 167/127 .296/.329/.516/.845 .864/.839 .819 91/.886 0/1 10/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 191/141 .293/.376/.437/.813 .655/.868 .752 105/.818 0/0 3/2
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/146 .307/.354/.446/.799 .797/.800 .801 100/.943 1/0 2/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/11 .182/.250/.182/.432 .000/.473 .650 7/.571 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 87/70 .228/.299/.367/.666 .588/.683 .754 37/1.059 3/1 2/6
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 113/86 .223/.292/.282/.574 .345/.646 .584 70/.578 1/0 1/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 11/1.525 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 180/147 .266/.350/.424/.774 .832/.761 .798 100/.731 0/0 6/0
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/2.333 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/2.000 179/144 .286/.358/.422/.780 .756/.785 .782 94/.984 1/1 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 161/125 .271/.329/.326/.656 .633/.661 .728 89/.639 1/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.733 1/.000 10/.425 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 176/144 .319/.358/.422/.780 .742/.788 .773 93/.763 3/1 2/2
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 44/22 .176/.364/.176/.540 .384/.705 .641 19/.635 3/0 0/1
12.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 3/.666 4/.500 5/.000 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 35/24 .194/.286/.226/.512 .382/.571 .347 18/.722 0/1 0/1
IP 6.1 29.2 18.2 23.0 1.2 19.1 12.2 20.0 TOTAL .266/.330/.387/.716 .641/.737 .711 .752 13/6 34/17
ERA-K/9 15.63/14.3 3.64/6.7 0.96/6.7 2.74/6.7 5.40/10.6 4.19/6.1 2.13/7.1 3.15/8.6 4.17/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-1-0)
 Molina (14-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 33/.379 124/.248 68/.113 100/.244 8/.286 80/.225 54/.288 77/.164 .253  Beltran
 Jay
 Craig
 Holliday
 Wigginton
 Robinson
0/0/41/1
0/42/0/1
3/0/5/1
42/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/7/9/0
OPS 1.265 .698 .373 .673 .804 .821 .642 .552 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/1.259 58/.639 28/.458 53/.790 4/.750 41/.856 28/.665 37/.741 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/1.278 66/.749 40/.312 47/.537 4/.833 39/.784 26/.615 40/.358 .720
Home 23/1.032 58/.575 38/.358 41/.746 8/.804 52/.809 32/.730 41/.386
Last 28d days 33/1.265 61/.791 31/.163 34/.616 8/.804 47/.629 26/.423 42/.637
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/1/1 1/1/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 6/2/2 0/1/0 3/1/0 52/37/12
Usage ····X··· X···o·X· ·o·····o o·X··X·· ··o·X··· ·o·Xo·oX ·Xo···oo ·o··X·o·
Padres Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 64.Gast*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Alonso* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/2.750 ··· 1/2.000 178/134 .281/.326/.438/.763 .782/.757 .905 95/.825 2/0 6/1
5.Amarista* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 96/79 .264/.295/.440/.734 .180/.853 .804 45/.938 0/0 3/2
8.Baker* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .296 28/.375 0/0 0/0
88.Blanks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 75/45 .262/.387/.443/.829 1.042/.689 .857 51/.851 1/0 3/0
2.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 206/150 .260/.348/.362/.710 .833/.665 .688 112/.654 18/4 2/3
13.Denorfia G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 149/99 .307/.356/.409/.764 .923/.684 .738 81/.693 5/0 2/2
15.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 73/38 .203/.292/.297/.589 .627/.552 .427 29/.549 1/0 1/2
9.Gyorko G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/133 .278/.347/.430/.777 .887/.741 .965 94/.936 0/0 4/3
7.Headley# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 133/96 .282/.398/.464/.862 .679/.933 .931 103/.955 3/1 4/1
4.Hundley G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 131/91 .235/.285/.387/.671 .311/.828 .604 65/.524 0/0 3/3
14.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 42/37 .333/.381/.359/.740 .400/.788 .458 19/.774 0/1 0/0
18.Quentin G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 108/85 .178/.296/.378/.674 .270/.782 .431 71/.618 0/0 4/1
25.Venable* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 140/118 .230/.297/.444/.742 .623/.764 .889 74/.734 8/2 7/0
IP 12.2 6.1 11.1 14.2 8.1 7.0 19.0 22.1 16.1 TOTAL .246/.318/.382/.699 .664/.712 .721 .736 39/8 40/22
ERA-K/9 11.37/7.1 1.42/1.4 4.76/6.4 7.36/8.0 2.16/3.3 5.14/9.0 1.42/8.5 2.42/12.9 3.86/6.6 3.18/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Hundley (29-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.333 26/.286 46/.233 71/.375 31/.323 32/.296 67/.136 95/.244 68/.242 .247  Denorfia
 Blanks
 Venable
 Amarista
 Quentin
 Guzman
 Kotsay
14/14/28/3
14/0/12/1
0/22/27/1
3/17/0/0
23/0/0/0
13/0/0/0
6/0/2/0
OPS .945 .741 .608 .969 .742 .740 .392 .634 .703 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.865 21/.663 12/.780 33/.688 10/1.100 14/.890 30/.408 42/.496 23/1.010 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/1.026 5/1.000 34/.548 38/1.227 21/.571 18/.603 37/.378 53/.744 45/.544 .641
Road 38/.862 11/.900 / 41/.969 8/.250 15/.619 39/.495 53/.721 39/.714
Last 28d days 23/.949 16/.785 46/.608 39/1.018 31/.742 32/.740 34/.324 38/.413 36/.653
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 2/1/0 28/16/9
Usage ·X······ ·····oo· ··X····X ···X·X·X ··X·X·Xo X··X···X ··ooo·o· ··oXo·o· ·X·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.