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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 8:30pm, Friday, October 12, 2012 @Nationals Park

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Wednesday, October 10, 2012. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Cardinals, 88-74, 88-74

SP: Adam Wainwright (30, RHP, 14-13, 3.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
2009 (19-8) 233.0 216 75 68 66 212 17 2.63
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.1 44 25 22 14 30 3 5.17 46
2012-09-28 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 84 62
2012-09-22 @CHC ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 103 52
2012-09-16 @LAD ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 92 56
2012-09-11 @SDP L 6.0 5 5 2 4 6 0 94 50
2012-09-05 NYM L 5.0 8 5 5 2 5 1 86 34
2012-08-31 @WSN L 2.2 9 6 6 3 3 0 86 16
2012-08-26 @CIN W 5.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 90 51
Last 5 v.WSN 3-2 25.2 31 13 13 11 29 1 4.56 49
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
2009-08-30 WSN W 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 109 66
2009-07-23 @WSN W 6.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 94 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Nationals, 98-64, 98-64

SP: Gio Gonzalez (26, LHP, 21-8, 2.89)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (21-8) 199.1 149 69 64 76 207 9 2.89
2011 (16-12) 202.0 175 81 70 91 197 17 3.12
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
Last 7 GS 5-2 46.0 29 11 9 18 46 2 1.76 65
2012-09-27 @PHI W 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 106 51
2012-09-22 MIL W 7.0 3 2 0 1 5 0 90 71
2012-09-16 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 110 52
2012-09-10 @NYM W 6.0 3 1 1 5 6 1 104 63
2012-09-05 CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 93 80
2012-08-31 STL W 9.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 119 82
2012-08-25 @PHI L 6.0 5 3 3 2 7 1 104 55
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 9.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 0.00 82
2012-08-31 STL W 9.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 119 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   50-31   Road:   48-33   ExtrInn:13-7 
 vsRHP:  69-45   vsLHP:  29-19   1-Run:  27-21
 vsEast: 42-30   vsCntrl:29-13   vsWest: 17-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Wed, Oct  3   PHI  W   5-1       98-64  1st  4.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2   PHI  W   4-2       97-64  1st  4.0 up
160 Mon, Oct  1   PHI  L   0-2       96-64  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @STL  L   4-10      96-63  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @STL  W   6-4 (10)  96-62  1st  4.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 28  @STL  L   2-12      95-62  1st  4.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27  @PHI  W   7-3       95-61  1st  4.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26  @PHI  W   8-4       94-61  1st  4.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25  @PHI  L   3-6       93-61  1st  4.0 up
153 Mon, Sep 24   MIL  W  12-2       93-60  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 STL 10 @WSN  9        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-1), L: Drew Storen (1-1), S: Jason Motte (32)
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (17-7), L: Adam Wainwright (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 WSN  8  STL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (8-9), L: Jaime Garcia (3-6), S: none

Thu, Jun 16, 2011 WSN  7  STL  4 (10)   W:Sean Burnett (2-3), L: Fernando Salas (3-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (4-8), L: Kyle McClellan (6-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 WSN  8  STL  6        W:Henry Rodriguez (2-1), L: Miguel Batista (3-2), S: Drew Storen (16)
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 4-3; 2011 - WSN won 4-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 295-285

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 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

Cardinals Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 56.Garcia
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 7/.143 4/.833 9/.222 1/.000 12/.633 14/1.400 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .750 88/.921 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 75/.798 1/1 6/9
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/47 .222/.300/.296/.596 .220/.714 .588 19/.446 2/1 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 111/.738 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 15/.552 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/5.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 78/.653 6/3 4/15
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 4/1.000 2/2.000 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .881 69/.784 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.250 2/2.000 4/1.250 2/.500 5/.200 13/1.415 3/.000 8/1.333 5/.200 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 105/.726 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.567 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.000 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 116/.635 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 76/1.006 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/1.056 4/.833 1/.000 4/.833 14/.630 1/.000 6/.334 5/1.000 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 96/.856 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 17/.694 1/0 3/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 7/.429 3/.000 304/260 .276/.339/.368/.707 .496/.741 .758 45/.424 1/1 1/4
IP 199.1 56.2 72.2 12.2 35.2 72.0 66.1 88.1 30.1 TOTAL .271/.338/.421/.759 .787/.747 .731 .722 91/37 159/107
ERA-K/9 2.89/9.3 2.38/9.0 3.72/10.4 2.13/10.6 3.03/9.8 2.88/7.8 2.85/5.6 2.34/8.9 2.37/7.1 3.34/8.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.206 239/.262 307/.204 48/.186 151/.237 306/.242 265/.241 370/.215 116/.210 .237  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 .582 .673 .621 .627 .692 .718 .710 .636 .496 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.659 95/.534 156/.519 16/.913 75/.525 129/.687 99/.784 135/.605 41/.635 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 644/.561 144/.767 151/.725 32/.476 76/.863 177/.740 166/.666 235/.655 75/.418 .669
Home 360/.550 117/.651 168/.735 28/.786 90/.617 163/.725 150/.724 177/.566 61/.524
Last 28d days 101/.566 29/.764 55/1.060 43/.630 32/.674 38/.593 49/.822 40/.569 45/.405
HR/SB/CS 9/12/1 4/6/0 7/8/0 2/0/0 2/4/0 7/5/1 8/2/1 7/12/1 0/6/0 129/111/22
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········
Nationals Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
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.Bernadina* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 261/233 .291/.372/.405/.777 .940/.758 .764 24/.561 15/3 5/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 8/.750 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 9/.236 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 547/423 .292/.335/.511/.845 .902/.828 .888 95/.902 21/6 25/15
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 5/2.350 658/465 .247/.315/.402/.717 .775/.694 .712 87/.531 20/6 17/13
26.Flores G/S/vP 10/.100 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 296/198 .213/.248/.329/.577 .636/.548 .596 19/.393 1/2 6/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .832 102/.980 18/6 22/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 30/.807 9/1.083 ··· 4/1.417 16/.875 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .871 99/.843 1/1 33/7
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .716 35/.532 5/3 3/4
57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 171/70 .263/.327/.513/.840 .780/.929 .578 22/.727 3/0 10/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 8/.875 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.444 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 430/319 .291/.321/.470/.791 .755/.804 .729 76/.904 0/1 18/1
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .542 73/.704 2/0 6/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 105/96 .269/.343/.441/.784 1.000/.760 .847 24/.564 0/0 3/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 18/.778 5/.400 ··· 8/1.339 11/.637 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .915 104/.727 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 26/.731 10/.700 ··· 4/1.750 10/.733 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .908 96/.914 5/2 25/19
IP 198.2 73.1 107.0 72.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .261/.322/.428/.750 .754/.748 .762 .759 105/35 194/94
ERA-K/9 3.94/8.3 2.21/7.1 3.53/6.3 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)
 Flores (51-9-6)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 831/.259 296/.211 457/.271 279/.191 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .255  Harper
 Werth
 Bernadina
 Morse
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
7/92/65/8
0/11/76/4
57/37/7/3
67/0/36/3
41/0/0/2
40/0/2/1
OPS .701 .570 .740 .576 .643 .513 .729 .720 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 390/.724 123/.656 200/.917 134/.381 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 441/.681 173/.510 257/.607 145/.756 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .678
Road 379/.695 129/.487 169/.746 119/.602 117/.561 53/.538 103/.749 124/.905
Last 28d days 103/.675 45/.545 73/.636 49/.579 44/.691 47/.592 14/.445 41/.956
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 5/6/0 10/8/5 9/3/2 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 134/56/43
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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.