STL @ HOU, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, , 3rd, 2 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Braden Looper (32, RHP, 10-10, 4.90) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (10-10) 139.2 146 79 76 41 71 17 4.90 2006 (9-3) 73.1 76 30 29 20 41 3 3.56 2005 (4-7) 59.1 65 31 26 22 27 7 3.94 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 38 41 24 24 8 24 8 5.68 46 2007-08-22 FLA ND 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 90 61 2007-08-17 CHC L 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 101 57 2007-08-11 LAD W 6 4 1 1 1 3 0 85 62 2007-08-06 SDP W 6.1 6 4 4 0 6 3 104 51 2007-08-01 PIT L 4 8 7 7 1 0 2 74 17 2007-07-26 CHC W 7 5 1 1 2 3 1 107 64 2007-07-21 ATL L 2.2 10 7 7 1 3 0 70 12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 12 13 4 4 2 4 0 3.00 52 2007-06-03 HOU ND 6 7 3 3 0 1 0 87 47 2007-05-06 HOU W 6 6 1 1 2 3 0 100 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Houston Astros, , 5th, 9 GB, 13½ GB in WC	SP: Woody Williams (40, RHP, 8-12, 4.84) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-12) 165.1 182 93 89 44 90 28 4.84 2006 (12-5) 145.1 152 68 59 35 72 21 3.65 2005 (9-12) 159.2 174 92 86 51 106 24 4.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 47 18 18 10 30 6 3.57 53 2007-08-22 WSN W 6.1 6 2 2 2 8 1 106 59 2007-08-17 SDP W 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 95 64 2007-08-12 MIL ND 7 5 2 2 1 2 2 114 60 2007-08-07 CHC W 6 4 1 1 4 7 0 116 63 2007-08-02 ATL ND 5 13 7 7 0 2 2 92 15 2007-07-27 SDP L 6 8 5 5 2 4 1 110 38 2007-07-22 PIT W 8 5 0 0 0 3 0 92 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-3 24 27 16 14 8 7 5 5.25 43 2007-05-04 STL L 6 5 3 3 2 0 0 102 48 2006-09-26 STL W 6 7 5 3 4 2 2 107 40 2005-07-26 STL L 6 9 4 4 1 1 1 97 38 1999-08-02 STL L 6 6 4 4 1 4 2 94 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 24, 2006 HOU 7 STL 3 W:Chad Qualls (7-3), L: Josh Hancock (3-3), S: none Sat, Sep 23, 2006 HOU 7 STL 4 W:Dan Wheeler (3-5), L: Tyler Johnson (0-4), S: none Fri, Sep 22, 2006 HOU 6 STL 5 W:Chad Qualls (6-3), L: Braden Looper (9-3), S: none Thu, Sep 21, 2006 HOU 6 STL 5 W:Dave Borkowski (2-2), L: Chris Carpenter (15-7), S: Dan Wheeler (7) Wed, Sep 13, 2006 HOU 5 @STL 1 W:Roy Oswalt (13-8), L: Jason Marquis (14-15), S: Dan Wheeler (5) Tue, Sep 12, 2006 STL 6 HOU 5 W:Braden Looper (9-1), L: Brad Lidge (1-5), S: none Mon, Sep 11, 2006 STL 7 HOU 0 W:Chris Carpenter (14-6), L: Taylor Buchholz (6-10), S: none Sun, Jul 09, 2006 STL 7 @HOU 5 (12) W:Braden Looper (4-1), L: Brad Lidge (0-3), S: Josh Hancock (1) Sat, Jul 08, 2006 STL 7 @HOU 6 (10) W:Jason Isringhausen (3-4), L: Roy Oswalt (6-6), S: none Fri, Jul 07, 2006 STL 8 @HOU 2 W:Jason Marquis (11-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (9-6), S: Jason Isringhausen (26) Season Series: 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - HOU won 9-7; 2005 - STL won 11-5; All-Time - STL leads 322-287

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

NYY 5.92

CHC 4.62

WSN 3.95

RA/G

BOS 3.93

KCR 4.84

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .355

K. Johnson .292

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

A. Rios .362

S. Thorman .253

SLG

R. Braun .648

G. Sizemore .472

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.091

A. Ethier .826

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

C. Zambrano 3.95

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

C. James 6.40

S. Trachsel 2.81

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Williams
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 58.Borkowski
G/S/vB 38.Driskill
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 62.McLemore*
G/S/vB 47.Miller*
G/S/vB 36.Moehler
G/S/vB 65.Patton*
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/37 .273/.327/.591/.917 1.083/.856 .833 49/.917 0/0 4/

28.Bennett G/S/vP 13/.350 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.833 ··· 4/2.334 4/1.500 148/111 .230/.260/.296/.557 .366/.621 .649 18/.500 1/1 1/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/.715 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 4/2.750 390/308 .268/.362/.501/.863 .638/.923 .890 63/.522 2/1 20/

22.Eckstein G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.400 10/.786 ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 ··· 7/.143 11/.728 369/250 .295/.341/.352/.693 .688/.696 .653 97/.617 8/1 2/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 23/.399 3/.000 5/1.850 3/.666 18/.285 ··· 7/.000 36/1.355 ··· 12/.584 8/.393 329/256 .254/.324/.397/.721 .556/.767 .710 81/.895 0/2 9/

43.Encarnacion G/S/vP 16/.908 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 8/.125 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/1.357 6/.900 303/189 .286/.325/.450/.775 .754/.787 .711 63/.708 2/1 9/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 231/123 .250/.306/.481/.787 .698/.864 .705 64/.903 3/1 11/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 ··· 9/.555 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 334/225 .295/.335/.348/.683 .728/.661 .568 52/.829 0/1 1/

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.619 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 8/.250 316/215 .280/.359/.367/.726 .789/.697 .724 85/1.003 1/0 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 10/1.986 3/.000 4/.250 4/1.250 17/.580 ··· 5/.800 9/2.167 ··· 12/2.000 11/.182 552/390 .319/.420/.568/.989 1.176/.916 1.106 105/1.008 2/6 30/

27.Rolen G/S/vP 25/.251 3/.000 5/.000 8/1.333 14/.381 ··· 4/.833 8/1.792 ··· 7/.629 6/.500 437/317 .265/.332/.399/.731 .604/.777 .782 91/.688 5/3 8/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/51 .330/.391/.490/.881 .978/.763 .908 44/.934 3/0 4/

99.Taguchi G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.762 282/140 .295/.355/.366/.721 .766/.675 .725 39/.648 7/2 2/

IP 165.1 80.1 59.0 3.0 55.2 25.0 38.2 46.2 5.2 68.2 154.1 TOTAL .272/.336/.406/.742 .744/.743 .741 43/24 117/

ERA-K/9

4.84/4.9

5.71/5.7

5.19/7.9

6.00/6.0

3.07/12.1

3.24/9.0

5.12/9.3

4.63/5.8

4.76/6.3

3.01/9.0

4.67/7.9

4.71/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (23-4-2)
Molina (16-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 719/.278 367/.283 273/.286 15/.385 234/.218 113/.280 183/.271 207/.301 24/.273 283/.273 659/.256 .275 Duncan
Edmonds
Ankiel
Taguchi
Encarnacion
Ludwick 90/0/0/5
0/83/0/5
2/1/8/2
28/57/8/2
0/2/73/2
39/6/20/1

OPS .809 .836 .832 1.092 .711 .794 .817 .793 .924 .735 .743 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.851 173/.840 119/.914 6/1.133 100/.716 35/1.113 92/.714 81/.890 6/.500 117/.617 124/.717 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.773 194/.833 154/.769 9/1.069 134/.708 78/.646 91/.927 126/.734 18/1.076 166/.821 535/.749 .789

Home 317/.830 131/.826 164/.796 15/1.092 136/.745 68/.897 102/.800 109/.866 24/.924 160/.766 361/.607 .766

Last 28d days 141/.782 133/.909 61/.845 15/1.092 44/.864 71/.613 48/.920 51/.613 24/.924 61/.601 154/.765

HR/SB/CS 28/9/4 14/8/0 7/1/0 1/1/0 8/3/0 3/0/0 4/3/0 6/3/0 2/0/0 8/6/5 18/13/8 166/72/21

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·oo·o·XX ···X···· ·X·o·o·· ·X··X·X· ··oo··oX ···XX··X ··X····· ··Xo·X·· ·X····X·

Houston Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 19.Johnson*
G/S/vB 41.Looper
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB 21.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 13/.154 1/.000 2/2.000 14/.693 ··· 13/.154 1/2.000 7/.572 9/1.000 8/.393 3/.666 31/.747 360/265 .233/.315/.315/.630 .674/.614 .708 73/.618 5/1 3/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 17/1.043 9/.365 2/2.000 16/.517 3/1.334 17/1.043 ··· 6/.833 ··· 14/.607 3/.333 38/.989 541/407 .272/.383/.476/.858 .785/.882 .790 118/1.011 5/3 24/

7.Biggio G/S/vP 17/.971 3/1.667 3/.666 24/.625 1/.000 17/.971 ··· 8/.393 14/.869 12/.606 5/.900 45/.741 463/344 .252/.286/.397/.683 .861/.621 .787 74/.722 4/2 10/

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 144/82 .246/.338/.279/.617 .573/.651 .640 60/.509 5/2 0/

2.Burke G/S/vP 7/.167 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 7/.167 ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 3/1.167 3/.333 279/179 .226/.310/.350/.660 .786/.590 .755 70/.652 8/2 4/

26.Lamb* G/S/vP 11/.819 2/1.000 8/.375 15/.210 2/.000 11/.819 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.171 2/.500 18/.978 318/263 .293/.369/.461/.830 1.059/.785 .917 66/.723 0/0 11/

45.Lee G/S/vP 11/.546 6/.900 27/.853 12/1.053 1/.000 11/.546 11/.364 18/1.326 3/1.167 10/.486 5/1.200 22/1.080 572/426 .307/.362/.537/.899 1.012/.861 1.026 111/.945 8/5 26/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 9/.333 3/2.000 12/.091 6/1.166 ··· 9/.333 ··· 6/.334 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 22/.718 430/332 .279/.351/.355/.706 .767/.689 .682 91/.528 1/2 2/

13.Munson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 123/94 .257/.325/.404/.729 .789/.709 .831 36/.346 0/0 4/

19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/no AB 8/.750 14/.690 ··· 6/1.467 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 8/.450 108/101 .239/.340/.272/.611 .750/.603 .519 19/.503 0/1 0/

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.143 ··· 5/1.000 354/270 .321/.347/.544/.892 .931/.879 .953 30/.588 8/4 12/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 8/1.000 3/.333 3/.333 3/.333 5/2.800 8/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.944 ··· 8/1.000 355/302 .257/.355/.492/.847 .844/.847 .737 68/.903 2/1 14/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 505/361 .274/.333/.455/.787 .930/.734 .816 83/.792 2/4 19/

IP 139.2 43.1 65.2 54.0 29.0 139.2 25.1 62.0 50.1 163.1 59.2 136.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.405/.732 .776/.716 .755 52/27 132/

ERA-K/9

4.90/4.6

4.57/7.9

1.92/4.5

1.50/7.8

4.34/6.2

4.90/4.6

2.49/9.2

4.50/5.5

2.68/9.3

3.86/6.2

5.73/6.3

5.41/6.7

4.60/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (44-15-2)
Munson (23-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.269 200/.315 252/.215 212/.154 128/.223 593/.269 95/.180 272/.285 201/.193 717/.276 282/.292 625/.276 .269 Scott
Lee
Pence
Burke
Palmeiro
Berkman
Lamb
Bruntlett
Wigginton 1/3/84/8
127/0/0/8
0/79/1/5
3/26/15/3
11/0/16/2
0/1/31/1
0/0/1/0
1/2/0/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .748 .785 .556 .475 .708 .748 .569 .811 .562 .731 .856 .793 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.807 84/.794 106/.568 89/.550 62/.805 269/.807 43/.664 123/.762 63/.767 308/.696 142/.963 288/.832 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.699 116/.778 146/.546 123/.421 66/.611 324/.699 52/.492 149/.851 138/.468 409/.758 140/.748 337/.760 .738

Road 291/.820 90/.762 145/.614 104/.544 57/.660 291/.820 48/.792 137/.769 102/.729 335/.679 93/.935 298/.836 .801

Last 28d days 114/.758 34/.925 50/.732 44/.422 21/.881 114/.758 39/.504 115/.812 43/.503 175/.622 3/.000 105/.806

HR/SB/CS 17/4/1 2/1/0 5/2/2 2/1/0 3/0/0 17/4/1 3/1/2 9/3/0 3/3/2 11/5/6 11/4/1 14/11/4 127/46/25

Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··o ·XX··X·X ·oo··oXX ···oX··· ·····X·· ···X··Xo ··X····X ··oX·oX· ·X····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.

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SP: Braden Looper (32, RHP, 10-10, 4.90)

SP: Woody Williams (40, RHP, 8-12, 4.84)

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