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Game Preview: ARI @ STL, 7:15pm, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 @Busch Stadium III

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Arizona Diamondbacks, 47-38, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (32, RHP, 5-5, 4.58)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-5)            108   125  57  55  49  52 14    4.58      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
 2005 (15-10)          246.1 268 116 109  84 147 25    3.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  44    63  30  29  15  18 11    5.93   39 
 2007-06-29    SFG  ND   8     9   3   3   1   2  2     121   53 
 2007-06-23    BAL  ND   4     9   4   4   4   3  1      99   27 
 2007-06-18    TBD   L   6    12   6   6   1   6  2     101   29 
 2007-06-13    NYY   L   4     9   7   7   5   1  3      93   12 
 2007-06-07    SFG  ND   7     5   3   3   2   2  1     105   55 
 2007-06-02    NYM   L   6     8   3   3   2   2  1     120   44 
 2007-05-27    HOU   W   9    11   4   3   0   2  1     114   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-1  36.2  26  10   9  16  22  4    2.21   62 
 2006-09-08    STL   W   7     2   1   1   4   1  1      99   66 
 2006-04-29    STL  ND   7     3   1   0   4   4  0      99   69 
 2005-05-29    STL   W   7     7   2   2   3   3  1     121   55 
 2004-08-04    STL  ND   6.2   9   4   4   4   6  1     121   42 
 2003-07-29    STL   L   9     5   2   2   1   8  1     128   76 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-19   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-26   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  18-9 
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:10-5    vsWest: 17-21 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Tue, Jul  3  @STL  W   7-1       47-38  3rd  1.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jul  2  @STL  L   3-11      46-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  1  @SFG  L   0-13      46-37  3rd  1.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 30  @SFG  L   1-4       46-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 29  @SFG  W   4-3 (10)  46-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 28   LAD  L   5-9       45-35  3rd  0.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 27   LAD  W   2-0       45-34  1st    Tied
 78 Tue, Jun 26   LAD  L   5-6 (10)  44-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 25   LAD  L   1-8       44-33  1st  0.5 up
 76 Sun, Jun 24   BAL  W   8-3       44-32  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
St. Louis Cardinals, 37-43, 3rd, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Brad Thompson (25, RHP, 6-3, 4.88)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-3)             75.2  90  41  41  22  29 10    4.88      
 2006 (1-2)             56.2  58  23  21  20  32  4    3.34      
 2005 (4-0)             55    46  22  18  15  29  5    2.95      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.2  52  25  25  12  12  3    5.40   42 
 2007-06-29    CIN  ND   6     6   2   2   1   2  1      80   53 
 2007-06-19    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   0   3  0      78   62 
 2007-06-12    KCR   L   4.1  10   8   8   4   0  0      87    7 
 2007-06-06    CIN  ND   6     7   4   4   2   2  1      86   42 
 2007-05-31    COL   W   7.1   7   2   2   2   2  0      99   56 
 2007-05-26    WSN   W   5.1  10   3   3   1   2  0      96   37 
 2007-05-20    DET   L   5.2   5   5   5   2   1  1      86   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-20   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  27-28   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  3-9    vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Tue, Jul  3   ARI  L   1-7       37-43  3rd  9.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2   ARI  W  11-3       37-42  3rd  9.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1  @CIN  W  11-7       36-42  3rd  9.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30  @CIN  L   1-5       35-42  3rd 10.5 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29  @CIN  W   4-2       35-41  3rd  9.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @NYM  L   0-2  (6)  34-41  3rd 10.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @NYM  W   5-3 (11)  34-40  3rd  9.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @NYM  L   1-2 (11)  33-40  3rd  9.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24   PHI  L   1-5       33-39  3rd  8.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23   PHI  W   8-3       33-38  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 ARI  7 @STL  1    W:Yusmeiro Petit (1-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 STL 11  ARI  3    W:Russ Springer (4-1), L: Brandon Webb (8-6), S: none

Sun, Sep 10, 2006 ARI  9  STL  7    W:Luis Vizcaino (4-4), L: Jorge Sosa (3-11), S: Jose Valverde (15)
Sat, Sep 09, 2006 ARI  3  STL  0    W:Brandon Webb (15-6), L: Jason Marquis (14-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 08, 2006 ARI 13  STL  1    W:Livan Hernandez (11-12), L: Anthony Reyes (5-7), S: none
Thu, Sep 07, 2006 STL  6 @ARI  2    W:Jeff Weaver (6-14), L: Miguel Batista (10-6), S: none
Sun, May 14, 2006 ARI  7 @STL  6    W:Luis Vizcaino (2-2), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Sat, May 13, 2006 STL  9  ARI  1    W:Jason Marquis (4-4), L: Claudio Vargas (4-2), S: none
Fri, May 12, 2006 STL  5  ARI  3    W:Mark Mulder (4-1), L: Juan Cruz (1-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (11)
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 ARI  9 @STL  2    W:Claudio Vargas (7-6), L: Jason Marquis (9-12), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - ARI won 4-3; 2005 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 40-26

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  5.88

CHC  4.62

WSN  3.66

RA/G

SDP  3.39

CHW  4.61

TBD  5.98

BA

I. Suzuki  .369

J. Hardy  .283

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

A. Ramirez  .358

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .669

K. Johnson  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

K. Millar  .817

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

B. Penny  2.00

C. James  4.08

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

M. Belisle  6.13

A. Cook  2.72

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Thompson
G/S/vB
61.Cate*
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
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
21.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 17/.251 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 374/280 .314/.367/.504/.871 .813/.892 .911 118/.794 15/5 13/4
34.Clark# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.971 9/.904 1/.000 ··· 10/1.633 117/94 .217/.274/.462/.736 .310/.846 .551 28/.483 0/0 8/2
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 320/238 .240/.304/.359/.663 .577/.692 .592 93/.701 3/0 4/7
9.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 163/115 .236/.321/.389/.710 .633/.743 .769 49/.706 1/0 3/2
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 15/1.253 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 365/271 .301/.386/.463/.849 .848/.849 .810 111/.894 3/2 7/9
16.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 264/188 .267/.367/.404/.771 .879/.729 .775 85/.685 1/1 5/7
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/122 .228/.290/.374/.664 .517/.684 .508 47/.707 0/0 5/5
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 29/11 .308/.379/.462/.841 .764/.964 1.144 29/.841 1/0 1/0
7.Quentin G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 230/161 .212/.301/.354/.655 .606/.675 .389 67/.554 2/1 5/1
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/96 .273/.331/.530/.861 .775/.907 .798 69/.619 0/1 6/5
19.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 184/114 .219/.302/.375/.677 .651/.694 .640 53/.738 0/0 7/0
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 196/155 .272/.357/.485/.842 .463/.955 .803 75/.748 0/0 6/5
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/223 .238/.279/.432/.711 .615/.741 .788 110/.625 8/0 12/5
IP 75.2 10.1 30.1 41.0 32.1 3.0 30.1 75.2 90.2 TOTAL .249/.317/.402/.719 .658/.741 .685 34/11 82/63
ERA-K/9 4.88/3.4 1.74/7.0 4.75/8.0 1.32/3.3 1.67/7.2 3.00/9.0 2.97/11.3 4.88/3.4 6.06/6.9 4.88/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (19-7-4)
 Snyder (21-14-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 340/.292 36/.152 137/.302 155/.204 124/.144 10/.000 125/.196 340/.292 412/.268 .265  Byrnes
 Hairston
 Young
 Quentin
 Reynolds
56/20/25/8
41/1/0/3
0/71/0/3
0/0/64/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .820 .416 .778 .513 .459 .100 .594 .820 .804 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.903 14/.308 59/.842 59/.564 48/.492 3/.000 35/.840 157/.903 193/.788 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.748 22/.486 78/.729 96/.481 76/.436 7/.143 90/.495 183/.748 219/.818 .726
Home 152/.776 20/.272 74/.764 64/.492 57/.288 3/.000 61/.514 152/.776 205/.739 .731
Last 28d days 132/.849 28/.468 44/.766 56/.487 36/.472 10/.100 46/.777 132/.849 92/.718
HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 10/2/1 12/9/3 80/31/13
Usage ····X··X ··X·o··o ·XX····o ·oX·o··· ····X··X o·X·o··· ·o·oo··o ····X··X X··X····
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Bennett G/S/vP 16/.688 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/83 .230/.266/.310/.576 .308/.665 .319 42/.505 1/0 1/0
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 257/199 .277/.370/.531/.901 .651/.977 .900 80/1.040 2/1 15/2
43.Encarnacion G/S/vP 58/1.143 12/.258 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 167/114 .263/.293/.436/.729 .486/.844 .827 94/.746 0/0 5/6
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/1.200 1/no AB ··· 10/1.375 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 227/187 .213/.282/.256/.538 .447/.557 .601 62/.437 4/1 0/4
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/64 .234/.261/.449/.710 .383/.961 .758 51/.867 3/0 6/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP 12/.091 4/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 216/146 .303/.330/.348/.678 .697/.670 .804 97/.781 0/1 0/6
4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.250 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 160/116 .280/.333/.343/.676 .830/.618 .658 16/.646 0/0 1/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 30/.823 17/.804 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 351/259 .316/.419/.536/.955 .960/.952 .949 114/1.105 1/5 16/7
27.Rolen G/S/vP 41/.637 9/.333 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 275/210 .268/.342/.385/.727 .621/.757 .686 91/.705 4/2 4/2
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/13 .222/.276/.333/.609 .875/.308 .000 25/.711 0/0 1/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 64/54 .220/.266/.254/.520 .786/.472 .770 17/.423 0/0 0/1
26.Spiezio# G/S/vP 13/.712 ··· ··· 10/.775 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 187/130 .279/.358/.412/.770 .904/.712 .805 62/.939 0/0 3/4
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 7/.619 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 199/110 .287/.342/.376/.718 .731/.706 .698 94/.704 4/2 2/1
IP 108.0 31.0 58.2 40.0 20.0 47.0 21.1 33.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.389/.715 .674/.730 .721 24/15 66/57
ERA-K/9 4.58/4.3 3.48/11.3 5.22/6.9 2.03/4.5 3.15/5.4 2.11/5.7 2.95/7.2 2.70/10.0 3.92/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (18-3-2)
 Molina (6-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 487/.296 143/.244 256/.266 167/.245 83/.205 176/.171 97/.281 138/.194 .263  Duncan
 Taguchi
 Encarnacion
 Schumaker
 Spiezio
 Ludwick
58/0/0/2
19/34/6/2
0/1/40/1
6/3/13/0
2/0/13/0
15/2/10/0
OPS .835 .779 .810 .638 .602 .499 .778 .614 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.863 80/.858 139/.900 78/.617 46/.554 81/.666 53/.588 78/.566 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.805 63/.679 117/.702 89/.656 37/.661 95/.356 44/1.011 60/.671 .707
Road 251/.860 84/.856 101/.671 75/.688 24/.542 79/.529 44/.739 62/.592 .719
Last 28d days 140/1.057 62/.724 89/.795 57/.625 35/.519 61/.368 33/.880 34/.426
HR/SB/CS 14/11/3 4/2/1 12/2/0 0/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 3/1/0 4/2/0 82/41/24
Usage ····X··· ·X·X··oX ··X····X ·o···o·X X··X·X·X Xo··oX·· ··o··X·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.

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