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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:35pm, Thursday, July 19, 2007 @Turner Field

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St. Louis Cardinals, 43-48, 3rd, 8½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Mike Maroth (29, LHP, 5-4, 5.20)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-4)             98.2 119  65  57  42  40 21    5.20      
 2006 (5-2)             53.2  64  26  25  16  24 11    4.19      
 2005 (14-14)          209   235 123 110  51 115 30    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  37.1  45  27  21  18  19  6    5.06   42 
 2007-07-14    PHI   L   5     9   8   6   2   4  3     102   23 
 2007-07-06    SFG   L   5     5   4   1   4   2  0      94   45 
 2007-07-01    CIN  ND   3     6   5   5   1   2  2      66   28 
 2007-06-25    NYM  ND   7.1   2   1   1   2   4  1      99   72 
 2007-06-18    WSN   W   5     6   5   4   2   4  0      72   39 
 2007-06-13    MIL  ND   7     9   1   1   4   2  0      97   53 
 2007-06-07    TEX   W   5     8   3   3   3   1  0      93   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-1  12.2  13   6   5   6   3  1    3.55   48 
 2004-06-10    ATL   W   7     8   4   3   3   1  1     112   45 
 2002-06-19    ATL   L   5.2   5   2   2   3   2  0      91   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-22   Road:   22-26   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  30-31   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest: 10-12 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Wed, Jul 18  @FLA  W   6-0       43-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul 17  @FLA  L   0-4       42-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul 16  @FLA  W   5-3       42-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 15  @PHI  W  10-2       41-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 14  @PHI  L   4-10      40-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13  @PHI  L   3-13      40-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8   SFG  W   7-0       40-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7   SFG  L   6-7       39-45  3rd  8.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6   SFG  L   3-4       39-44  3rd  8.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5   ARI  W   3-2       39-43  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Atlanta Braves, 50-45, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (31, RHP, 9-5, 3.35)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-5)            129   124  49  48  30  79  4    3.35      
 2006 (13-12)          218.1 235 129 118  79 141 25    4.86      
 2005 (14-9)           192   194  79  75  65 115 20    3.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  38.2  45  17  17   8  25  1    3.96   50 
 2007-07-13    PIT   W   7     5   0   0   1   4  0      89   70 
 2007-07-05    LAD  ND   3    10   6   6   2   2  0      75   15 
 2007-06-30    FLA   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  0     105   64 
 2007-06-25    WSN   W   7     7   1   1   0   9  0      92   68 
 2007-06-19    BOS   L   5.1   9   4   4   1   1  1      93   34 
 2007-06-14    MIN  ND   7.1   2   0   0   1   2  0      83   75 
 2007-06-09    CHC  ND   2     5   5   5   2   1  0      44   25 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-1  26    30  14  14   6  13  2    4.85   47 
 2006-07-18    STL   W   5.2   7   5   5   0   1  1      74   36 
 2005-08-06    STL   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      96   64 
 2005-04-29    STL   L   6     9   6   6   2   3  1     104   31 
 2004-06-17    STL  ND   7.1   8   2   2   3   5  0     107   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-24   Road:   25-21   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  31-21   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 23-19   vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Wed, Jul 18   CIN  L   4-5 (15)  50-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 17   CIN  L   5-6       50-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 16   CIN  L   3-10      50-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 15   PIT  W   5-1       50-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 14   PIT  W   5-4       49-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 13   PIT  W   9-1       48-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  8  @SDP  W   5-4       47-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  7  @SDP  L   5-8       46-42  2nd  3.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  6  @SDP  W   7-4       46-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  5  @LAD  W   8-6       45-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 19, 2006 STL  8  ATL  3    W:Chris Carpenter (9-4), L: Jason Shiell (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 18, 2006 ATL 14 @STL  5    W:Tim Hudson (7-8), L: Jason Marquis (11-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 17, 2006 ATL 15 @STL  3    W:Horacio Ramirez (5-3), L: Jeff Weaver (3-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 05, 2006 ATL 14  STL  4    W:Chuck James (3-0), L: Jeff Suppan (6-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 04, 2006 STL  6 @ATL  3    W:Chris Carpenter (7-4), L: John Thomson (2-7), S: Jason Isringhausen (25)
Mon, Jul 03, 2006 ATL  6  STL  3    W:John Smoltz (5-5), L: Anthony Reyes (1-3), S: Jorge Sosa (3)
Sun, Aug 07, 2005 STL  5  ATL  3    W:Ray King (3-2), L: Chris Reitsma (3-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2005 ATL  8 @STL  1    W:Tim Hudson (8-6), L: Jason Marquis (9-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2005 STL 11  ATL  3    W:Mark Mulder (13-5), L: John Smoltz (12-6), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2005 ATL  2  STL  1    W:John Smoltz (2-3), L: Jeff Suppan (2-3), S: Danny Kolb (7)
Season Series: 2007 -  0-0; 2006 - ATL won 4-2; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 1037-937

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 2007 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  5.86

TOR  4.66

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.47

DET  4.65

TBD  6.09

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

O. Hudson  .288

R. Langerhans  .164

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

C. Jackson  .361

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

R. Braun  .667

L. Scott  .459

D. Navarro  .250

OPS

R. Braun  1.059

J. Peralta  .817

D. Navarro  .491

ERA

C. Young  1.97

J. Marquis  4.03

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.25

A. Cook  2.82

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB
57.Ascanio
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Bennett G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 119/90 .222/.256/.296/.552 .286/.641 .692 25/.390 1/1 1/0
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 291/223 .291/.385/.562/.947 .728/1.014 .946 70/1.288 2/1 18/2
22.Eckstein G/S/vP 69/.640 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 231/168 .308/.351/.379/.730 .916/.663 .726 21/.602 2/0 2/11
43.Encarnacion G/S/vP 20/.446 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.500 2/2.500 208/137 .277/.319/.471/.790 .675/.851 .725 78/.913 1/1 7/6
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 56/.662 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 9/1.000 ··· 254/212 .226/.295/.300/.595 .425/.629 .604 59/.798 4/2 2/6
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/78 .250/.277/.485/.762 .529/.955 .664 56/.842 3/0 7/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 251/167 .281/.328/.320/.648 .706/.619 .559 84/.583 0/1 0/11
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 197/140 .256/.316/.313/.629 .774/.571 .643 53/.493 0/0 1/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/1.129 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 1/.000 400/289 .317/.418/.551/.969 1.048/.938 1.032 97/1.040 1/5 20/7
27.Rolen G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.417 6/1.500 2/.000 317/238 .262/.338/.371/.709 .583/.746 .730 77/.636 4/3 4/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/20 .283/.340/.413/.753 .895/.550 .833 31/.990 0/0 2/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/76 .300/.352/.413/.765 1.027/.724 .609 38/1.092 0/0 1/1
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 222/117 .297/.352/.381/.733 .773/.698 .744 70/.622 4/2 2/2
IP 129.0 5.0 49.1 36.1 41.0 52.2 33.0 41.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.400/.732 .716/.739 .730 25/20 80/71
ERA-K/9 3.35/5.5 1.80/10.8 2.37/6.2 3.72/3.2 3.29/8.1 3.93/8.4 4.36/7.4 4.61/9.0 4.19/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (19-3-2)
 Molina (11-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 530/.254 23/.273 203/.216 161/.304 158/.182 224/.247 152/.265 179/.232 .264  Duncan
 Encarnacion
 Taguchi
 Schumaker
 Ludwick
66/0/0/2
0/1/50/2
21/41/6/2
7/10/13/1
19/5/11/1
OPS .638 .622 .626 .768 .606 .685 .742 .641 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 277/.644 7/.762 89/.659 73/.912 82/.684 99/.879 73/.742 68/.946 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.632 16/.563 114/.598 88/.657 76/.525 125/.534 79/.741 111/.455 .726
Home 293/.665 23/.622 103/.765 102/.736 72/.676 113/.568 61/.379 93/.631 .715
Last 28d days 102/.715 23/.622 56/.670 47/.637 41/.855 65/.659 46/.871 47/.822
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 0/0/0 4/7/0 1/6/1 7/5/1 4/1/0 3/5/0 2/4/0 88/63/21
Usage ·····X·· X·X··o·· ·XX··o·· X·X····· XX··o··· o·X·o··· o··oX··· Xo··o···
Atlanta Braves Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Maroth*
G/S/vB
61.Cate*
G/S/vB
33.Cavazos
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 216/83 .350/.372/.460/.832 .843/.816 .826 56/.842 3/0 4/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/55 .316/.352/.410/.762 .847/.651 .849 57/.798 2/2 1/6
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/3.500 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 404/257 .290/.329/.426/.755 .791/.736 .647 95/.800 2/2 10/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.781 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 195/166 .322/.392/.408/.800 .453/.857 .836 60/.472 15/4 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 367/236 .291/.392/.479/.871 .784/.921 .761 60/.990 7/4 9/7
25.Jones G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/.804 404/258 .216/.317/.427/.744 .818/.703 .756 100/.918 5/0 18/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 7/2.314 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 16/1.053 ··· 14/1.726 319/194 .333/.426/.586/1.012 .947/1.055 .936 100/1.008 5/0 15/7
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 308/199 .269/.324/.462/.786 .736/.814 .812 73/.997 0/0 11/8
11.Renteria G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· ··· 2/.500 11/.473 7/.000 1/4.000 17/.301 402/246 .328/.387/.481/.868 .948/.818 .819 104/.740 9/1 10/8
18.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/73 .287/.340/.426/.766 .878/.660 .828 67/.696 0/0 4/3
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/189 .212/.253/.382/.635 .439/.704 .543 43/.294 1/1 9/6
5.Woodward G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 110/42 .225/.245/.314/.559 .573/.537 .607 17/.751 1/0 1/3
IP 98.2 14.2 14.1 32.1 46.2 37.1 8.2 32.2 TOTAL .272/.336/.423/.759 .750/.764 .727 50/15 96/67
ERA-K/9 5.20/3.6 1.23/7.3 6.28/7.6 5.01/8.1 1.35/3.7 1.45/8.0 1.04/9.3 3.03/10.7 4.70/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (42-12-4)
 Saltalamacchia (17-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 438/.310 60/.245 65/.278 151/.304 177/.208 146/.162 32/.179 135/.209 .268  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Jones
 Harris
0/0/95/12
56/0/1/4
0/93/0/2
50/5/0/2
OPS .942 .609 .838 .794 .531 .507 .495 .623 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.892 24/.399 40/.943 64/.786 71/.525 63/.527 15/.785 39/.927 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.954 36/.752 25/.649 87/.800 106/.535 83/.492 17/.243 96/.498 .737
Road 270/.954 28/.696 36/.861 70/.835 102/.558 76/.624 21/.611 72/.736 .791
Last 28d days 92/.915 46/.766 32/.808 26/.671 45/.405 37/.684 32/.495 25/.891
HR/SB/CS 21/1/5 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/1 2/1/0 0/1/1 2/2/2 90/37/16
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· ·o·X·X·· ····X··· ··X·o··· ··o·X··· X··X·X·· ·X···o··

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.

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