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Game Preview: LAD @ STL, 8:10pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Busch Stadium III

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Los Angeles Dodgers, 59-55, 3rd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (29, RHP, 13-3, 2.66)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-3)           149   132  46  44  47 104  4    2.66      
 2006 (16-9)           189   206  94  91  54 148 19    4.33      
 2005 (7-9)            175.1 185  78  76  41 122 17    3.90      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43.1  41  21  20  19  34  2    4.15   52 
 2007-08-05    ARI   L   7     6   3   3   0   5  0      97   58 
 2007-07-31    SFG   L   6     6   3   3   5   1  0     101   44 
 2007-07-26    COL   W   6     5   3   3   3   3  0      90   50 
 2007-07-21    NYM   W   6.1   6   4   3   2   5  1     111   50 
 2007-07-16    PHI   W   7     4   1   1   3   8  0     104   70 
 2007-07-05    ATL  ND   4     9   6   6   4   5  1     102   21 
 2007-06-30    SDP  ND   7     5   1   1   2   7  0     101   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-3  27.1  42  19  18  10  18  3    5.93   39 
 2006-07-21    STL   L   6.2   6   2   2   3   2  1     103   53 
 2006-07-16    STL   L   5    10   6   6   1   5  0      97   27 
 2005-07-29    STL  ND   5     9   4   3   3   2  1     105   34 
 2005-05-11    STL   L   4.2  12   6   6   1   3  0     100   18 
 2004-05-16    STL   W   6     5   1   1   2   6  1     106   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-29   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  40-41   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest: 23-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  9  @CIN  W   5-4 (11)  59-55  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @CIN  L   0-1       58-55  4th  5.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @CIN  L   0-4       58-54  3rd  4.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5   ARI  L   0-3       58-53  3rd  4.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4   ARI  L   7-8       58-52  3rd  3.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3   ARI  L   0-1       58-51  3rd  2.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2   SFG  L   2-4       58-50  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   SFG  W   6-4       58-49  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   SFG  L   1-3       57-49  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29  @COL  L   6-9       57-48  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
St. Louis Cardinals, 53-59, 3rd, 5½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (25, RHP, 10-8, 4.35)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-8)           134.1 154  68  65  49  88  9    4.35      
 2006 (2-1)             75    64  26  26  22  72  6    3.12      
 2005 (0-0)              2     2   3   3   1   0  1   13.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44    47  19  19  16  36  1    3.89   52 
 2007-08-05    WSN  ND   7     8   3   3   3   7  0     115   53 
 2007-07-31    PIT   W   6     8   2   2   1   3  0     101   50 
 2007-07-25    CHC   L   5     9   6   6   1   7  0      92   31 
 2007-07-20    ATL   W   7     6   1   1   2   7  0     100   66 
 2007-07-15    PHI   W   7     6   0   0   2   5  0     109   68 
 2007-07-05    ARI   W   7     5   2   2   3   4  0      92   60 
 2007-06-30    CIN   L   5     5   5   5   4   3  1      97   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      0-1   2.2   7   8   8   4   0  0   27.00    8 
 2007-05-15    LAD   L   2.2   7   8   8   4   0  0      72    8 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-26   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-39   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:26-20   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Thu, Aug  9   SDP  W   5-0       53-59  3rd  5.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   SDP  W   2-1       52-59  3rd  6.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   SDP  L   0-4       51-59  3rd  7.0 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   SDP  W  10-5       51-58  3rd  7.0 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @WSN  L   3-6       50-58  3rd  8.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @WSN  L   1-12      50-57  3rd  8.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @WSN  L   2-3       50-56  3rd  7.0 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @PIT  L   4-5 (11)  50-55  3rd  6.0 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @PIT  L   1-15      50-54  3rd  6.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @PIT  W   6-4       50-53  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 16, 2007 LAD  5  STL  4    W:Randy Wolf (5-3), L: Kip Wells (1-8), S: Takashi Saito (13)
Tue, May 15, 2007 LAD  9  STL  7    W:Derek Lowe (4-4), L: Adam Wainwright (3-3), S: Takashi Saito (12)
Mon, May 14, 2007 STL  8 @LAD  4    W:Brad Thompson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (10)

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 STL  6 @LAD  1    W:Jason Marquis (12-7), L: Chad Billingsley (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 STL  6 @LAD  1    W:Jeff Weaver (4-11), L: Aaron Sele (6-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 STL  2 @LAD  0    W:Jeff Suppan (7-5), L: Brad Penny (10-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (27)
Sun, Jul 16, 2006 STL 11  LAD  3    W:Anthony Reyes (2-3), L: Brad Penny (10-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 15, 2006 STL  2  LAD  1 (10)   W:Braden Looper (6-1), L: Danys Baez (5-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 14, 2006 STL  5  LAD  0    W:Chris Carpenter (8-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 13, 2006 STL  3  LAD  2 (14)   W:Braden Looper (5-1), L: Odalis Perez (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - LAD leads 2-1; 2006 - STL won 7-0; 2005 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 1052-1025

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  5.95

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.81

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Taguchi  .361

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

M. Mora  .463

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .820

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Francis  4.06

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
19.Johnson*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 352/274 .297/.363/.455/.818 .838/.811 .802 71/.955 0/3 9/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 5/2.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 6/1.166 5/1.200 479/359 .281/.344/.369/.713 .862/.661 .609 110/.771 12/5 5/15
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 7/1.381 2/1.000 ··· 10/.522 16/1.178 3/.000 5/.400 420/329 .279/.326/.364/.690 .591/.717 .553 88/.833 3/1 6/9
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/1.571 2/.000 12/1.217 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 3/.666 5/.600 415/322 .280/.357/.432/.789 .825/.778 .843 79/.521 6/0 11/1
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 151/97 .321/.364/.500/.864 .907/.840 .833 59/.805 4/3 6/2
12.Kent G/S/vP 3/3.000 3/.000 3/.000 9/.708 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.404 8/1.786 3/2.334 404/318 .301/.379/.503/.882 1.108/.824 .878 67/1.237 1/2 15/13
14.Lieberthal G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 14/.536 ··· ··· 6/1.100 10/.500 2/.000 57/46 .259/.298/.278/.576 .182/.674 .379 9/.888 0/0 0/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/129 .321/.376/.485/.861 1.027/.795 1.187 95/.695 0/1 4/8
18.Martinez G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/2.000 ··· 106/63 .177/.238/.208/.446 .542/.382 .347 34/.477 1/0 0/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 448/342 .295/.366/.462/.828 1.049/.761 .905 100/.700 18/4 12/10
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/1.381 5/.800 6/.000 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 4/.000 509/375 .278/.315/.332/.647 .570/.674 .607 107/.639 44/9 0/4
8.Saenz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 7/1.143 4/.250 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 104/62 .176/.298/.329/.627 .697/.582 .473 20/.209 0/0 3/0
49.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.286/.572 .000/1.334 2.000 7/.572 0/0 0/0
IP 134.1 39.2 58.0 47.1 26.1 18.0 46.0 42.2 103.2 TOTAL .272/.338/.396/.734 .769/.722 .726 92/31 83/90
ERA-K/9 4.35/5.9 4.31/7.7 1.86/4.0 1.71/8.0 4.10/6.2 2.50/9.5 4.50/5.1 2.95/9.9 5.21/3.6 4.85/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lieberthal (5-2-0)
 Martin (64-31-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 603/.288 181/.307 224/.219 188/.163 110/.219 64/.183 180/.300 173/.201 471/.313 .276  Ethier
 Gonzalez
 Pierre
 Kemp
 Young
 Loney
25/0/86/7
101/0/0/2
0/113/0/1
0/4/48/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .763 .777 .562 .504 .687 .534 .828 .596 .899 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.710 76/.813 89/.553 82/.548 54/.794 30/.869 79/.889 53/.843 216/1.026 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 348/.802 105/.750 135/.567 106/.469 56/.580 34/.241 101/.780 120/.487 255/.788 .752
Home 294/.816 95/.789 89/.447 93/.443 57/.722 29/.351 89/.922 81/.436 201/.843 .724
Last 28d days 145/.696 37/.790 58/.712 51/.530 3/1.167 46/.647 40/.941 46/.629 103/1.170
HR/SB/CS 9/5/4 2/1/0 4/2/2 2/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 4/2/0 3/3/2 19/3/4 109/41/22
Usage ····X··· ·o·o··Xo ·X··X·oo ·XX····X ··o····· ···X···X ·····X·· ··oo··oX ·····X·o
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
36.Hernandez
G/S/vB
54.Houlton
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Bennett G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 139/105 .230/.263/.302/.565 .337/.638 .400 25/.610 1/1 1/0
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 6/2.433 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 349/270 .284/.375/.538/.913 .664/.987 .891 78/.866 2/1 20/2
22.Eckstein G/S/vP 14/.572 5/.400 5/.400 6/.666 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 307/210 .289/.333/.354/.687 .726/.669 .725 97/.563 5/0 2/14
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 30/.840 18/1.136 4/.500 15/.967 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 274/214 .247/.324/.387/.711 .521/.762 .702 58/.739 0/2 7/2
43.Encarnacion G/S/vP 13/.648 2/.000 2/1.000 14/.368 4/.833 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 274/175 .290/.330/.440/.770 .734/.791 .870 91/.784 2/1 7/7
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 12/.833 4/.500 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 4/1.250 295/250 .220/.286/.295/.581 .395/.614 .551 59/.773 5/2 3/7
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 194/105 .247/.302/.478/.780 .619/.914 .816 64/.777 3/1 9/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP 19/.684 2/.000 4/.500 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 306/202 .283/.326/.341/.667 .703/.647 .776 73/.688 0/1 1/12
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 259/177 .254/.326/.307/.633 .711/.597 .623 83/.593 1/0 1/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 31/1.166 17/1.067 7/.453 8/1.071 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.133 483/343 .316/.418/.557/.975 1.077/.936 .883 111/1.137 2/5 24/7
27.Rolen G/S/vP 31/.803 8/.900 4/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.717 380/280 .264/.337/.393/.730 .577/.782 .720 84/.746 5/3 7/5
26.Spiezio# G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 1/.000 15/1.066 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 211/146 .272/.360/.397/.757 .864/.709 .837 18/.547 0/1 3/4
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 258/130 .303/.361/.380/.741 .789/.694 .734 48/.812 6/2 2/3
IP 149.0 48.0 58.1 33.2 15.2 62.0 43.2 54.0 TOTAL .269/.335/.400/.735 .714/.743 .738 36/21 95/83
ERA-K/9 2.66/6.3 3.94/5.2 2.47/10.7 5.61/5.3 5.17/5.7 3.48/6.1 1.44/10.1 4.00/8.7 3.97/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (20-4-2)
 Molina (14-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.242 197/.239 237/.220 157/.296 65/.254 265/.247 161/.170 230/.264 .254  Edmonds
 Duncan
 Taguchi
 Encarnacion
 Ludwick
 Spiezio
 Kennedy
0/69/0/5
80/0/0/4
23/52/8/2
0/2/66/2
31/6/17/1
3/0/15/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .630 .625 .567 .840 .783 .749 .486 .756 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.558 75/.494 122/.598 70/.795 32/.748 117/.797 86/.598 90/.732 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.693 122/.703 115/.531 87/.875 33/.816 148/.711 75/.356 140/.772 .716
Road 239/.653 81/.540 109/.679 70/.750 6/.834 129/.743 71/.549 114/.750 .694
Last 28d days 133/.618 50/.690 53/.597 32/.719 38/.802 58/1.006 24/.432 57/.951
HR/SB/CS 4/10/3 1/0/2 0/4/3 3/2/1 4/1/0 8/5/4 4/2/0 9/7/1 89/69/33
Usage ····X··· ······Xo ·o···oo· ·······o ·····o·· ·X··X··X ·····o·· ··X··o·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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