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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 68-56, 3rd, 7½ GB

SP: Brad Thompson (26, RHP, 4-2, 4.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             45.2  49  22  22  16  26  3    4.34      
 2007 (8-6)            129.1 157  76  68  40  53 23    4.73      
 2006 (1-2)             56.2  58  23  21  20  32  4    3.34      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  33    34  14  11  10  19  3    3.00   51 
 2008-06-19    KCR   L   5     5   2   2   0   1  0      60   50 
 2008-04-08   @HOU  ND   4     5   3   3   2   5  0      87   43 
 2008-04-03    COL   W   6.2   7   0   0   2   6  0      91   64 
 2007-09-26   @MIL   W   6     5   2   0   3   3  0      93   58 
 2007-09-22    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   0   2  0      64   62 
 2007-09-17    PHI   L   3.1   4   4   3   3   1  2      55   36 
 2007-09-09   @ARI  ND   2     4   2   2   0   1  1      41   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-0  12    13   6   6   3   4  2    4.50   48 
 2007-06-29   @CIN  ND   6     6   2   2   1   2  1      80   53 
 2007-06-06    CIN  ND   6     7   4   4   2   2  1      86   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  47-34   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:26-26   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Thu, Aug 14  @FLA  W   3-0       68-56  3rd  7.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 13  @FLA  W   6-4       67-56  3rd  7.5 gb
122 Tue, Aug 12  @FLA  L   3-4       66-56  3rd  7.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 11  @FLA  W   4-2       66-55  3rd  6.5 gb
120 Sun, Aug 10  @CHC  L   2-6       65-55  3rd  7.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug  9  @CHC  W  12-3       65-54  3rd  6.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug  8  @CHC  L   2-3 (11)  64-54  3rd  7.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug  7   LAD  L   1-4       64-53  3rd  6.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug  6   LAD  W   9-6       64-52  3rd  5.5 gb
115 Tue, Aug  5   LAD  W   6-4 (11)  63-52  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Cincinnati Reds, 54-68, 6th, 20½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 10-9, 5.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-9)           137.1 159  90  83  48 120 23    5.44      
 2007 (9-15)           210.2 232 109  99  63 156 28    4.23      
 2006 (14-11)          240.2 222  98  88  64 184 31    3.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  44.1  39  19  19  13  32  5    3.86   54 
 2008-08-09    HOU   L   6     5   2   2   4   7  0     118   57 
 2008-08-04    MIL   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     111   64 
 2008-07-29   @HOU   L   6.1   8   6   6   0   3  2     109   36 
 2008-07-23    SDP   W   7     6   3   3   0   7  2     102   60 
 2008-07-18    NYM   W   8     4   2   2   1   4  0      95   69 
 2008-07-10   @CHC   W   5     7   5   5   3   2  1     103   32 
 2008-07-04    WSN   W   6     5   0   0   3   3  0      95   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-1  31.1  28   8   8   7  27  2    2.30   60 
 2008-06-12    STL  ND   6     2   0   0   1   4  0      86   71 
 2008-04-28   @STL   W   6     6   3   3   3   6  1     113   51 
 2007-09-12    STL   W   6     6   1   1   0   5  0      92   61 
 2007-09-02   @STL   L   6.1   8   3   3   2   7  1      94   50 
 2007-06-29    STL  ND   7     6   1   1   1   5  0     113   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-31   Road:   23-37   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  33-45   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:18-30   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Thu, Aug 14  @PIT  W   3-1       54-68  6th 20.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @PIT  L   2-5       53-68  6th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @PIT  W   5-1       53-67  6th 19.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10   HOU  L   4-13      52-67  6th 19.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9   HOU  L   1-3       52-66  6th 18.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8   HOU  L   5-9 (10)  52-65  6th 18.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   HOU  L   4-7       52-64  6th 17.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   MIL  L   3-6       52-63  6th 17.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-8       52-62  5th 16.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   MIL  W   6-3       52-61  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 CIN  6  STL  2        W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Mark Worrell (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 STL 10 @CIN  0        W:Braden Looper (8-5), L: Johnny Cueto (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 STL  7 @CIN  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-0), L: Homer Bailey (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 STL  5  CIN  2        W:Braden Looper (4-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (9)
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 STL  7  CIN  2        W:Joel Pineiro (2-2), L: Johnny Cueto (1-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 CIN  4 @STL  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (1-3), L: Todd Wellemeyer (2-1), S: Francisco Cordero (4)

Thu, Sep 13, 2007 CIN  5  STL  4        W:Aaron Harang (15-4), L: Kip Wells (6-17), S: Dave Weathers (30)
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CIN  5  STL  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (9-14), L: Anthony Reyes (2-14), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 CIN  7  STL  2        W:Matt Belisle (8-8), L: Mark Mulder (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 STL  3  CIN  2        W:Braden Looper (12-10), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-14), S: Jason Isringhausen (28)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 4-2; 2007 - STL won 9-6; 2006 - CIN won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 1143-1061

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 2008 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  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 11/1.555 2/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 407/286 .282/.351/.532/.883 .729/.950 .917 59/.834 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 7/.286 10/1.400 1/.000 17/.919 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 507/360 .275/.373/.493/.866 .778/.901 .921 113/.809 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 17/.867 6/.334 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 9/.666 331/195 .256/.321/.312/.634 .787/.560 .648 88/.717 16/4 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 21/.643 7/.000 1/2.000 18/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 295/225 .278/.319/.341/.659 .609/.676 .602 58/.589 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 2/.500 ··· 6/.500 131/94 .224/.308/.362/.670 .600/.697 .810 22/.333 0/0 3/
22.Lopez# G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 389/249 .240/.307/.320/.627 .644/.618 .747 62/.669 6/5 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 15/1.114 4/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 461/299 .304/.380/.608/.989 .927/1.022 .964 121/1.066 4/2 30/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/68 .248/.315/.478/.792 .606/.941 .882 73/.816 1/0 7/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 29/.562 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.583 322/213 .311/.349/.388/.737 .751/.730 .698 75/.714 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 19/.579 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.472 406/281 .300/.345/.381/.726 .834/.679 .713 99/.613 0/2 5/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 37/.851 8/.750 1/.000 5/1.200 4/1.500 4/.500 ··· 17/1.721 480/330 .342/.454/.599/1.053 1.202/.984 1.059 122/1.012 6/2 24/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 460/344 .304/.364/.419/.783 .442/.896 .847 111/.781 8/2 7/
IP 137.1 63.1 39.1 53.1 57.2 30.0 53.1 53.0 TOTAL .277/.348/.427/.775 .742/.790 .795 .754 58/22 134/63
ERA-K/9 5.44/7.9 3.55/9.1 2.75/9.6 3.71/9.8 3.59/7.8 4.50/5.4 4.22/6.1 3.23/6.5 4.59/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (9-7-1)
 Molina (31-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 615/.291 270/.252 178/.269 235/.230 234/.223 133/.316 238/.305 238/.274 .276  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/42/33/9
20/5/97/5
3/89/0/4
12/0/0/2
19/9/14/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .849 .730 .782 .691 .654 .824 .832 .794 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.935 101/.719 71/.762 99/.583 102/.637 53/.765 89/.861 92/.585 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.775 169/.736 107/.795 136/.766 132/.666 80/.867 149/.815 146/.926 .804
Home 330/.729 156/.848 86/.551 143/.768 106/.504 63/.770 126/1.038 121/.883 .796
Last 28d days 133/.666 66/.568 49/.943 45/.832 51/.598 58/.779 60/1.018 52/.777
HR/SB/CS 23/4/1 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 8/0/1 3/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 154/68/29
Usage ·····X·· ·X··oo·X o·o·X··X o·o·o·X· ·oo···X· oo··X··o X···o·X· o·o··X·X
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Thompson
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
64.Garcia*
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/1.133 277/204 .218/.292/.339/.631 .666/.616 .581 49/.537 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 294/188 .264/.310/.440/.749 .597/.833 .845 107/.728 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 47/34 .349/.404/.535/.939 1.135/.863 .730 27/.970 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .444/.500/1.000/1.500 .000/1.681 10/1.500 1/0 0/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 12/.717 3/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 440/305 .246/.334/.477/.811 .946/.753 .806 98/.701 1/0 22/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.971 ··· 6/.933 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 219/135 .347/.396/.487/.883 .994/.820 1.144 6/.533 15/3 2/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .286/.286/.714/1.000 1.000/ 1.750 7/1.000 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 350/236 .263/.312/.350/.662 .920/.541 .592 107/.465 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.473 263/216 .197/.227/.349/.576 .414/.612 .588 51/.635 11/6 8/
18.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/26 .185/.241/.241/.482 .509/.443 .311 22/.523 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.600 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 510/350 .269/.318/.458/.776 .976/.686 .810 102/.706 22/6 18/
60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.000 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 4/.000 8/.375 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 111/91 .257/.315/.416/.731 .618/.756 .749 34/.982 0/0 3/
IP 45.2 59.1 11.0 41.2 64.0 29.0 38.1 39.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.407/.728 .763/.711 .734 .707 67/34 141/89
ERA-K/9 4.34/5.1 3.49/6.1 3.27/5.7 5.83/7.6 2.95/7.3 3.41/9.0 2.11/8.5 5.22/9.3 4.18/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (42-19-6)
 Hanigan (1-0-0)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.283 266/.281 43/.184 195/.280 267/.263 122/.218 156/.218 183/.255 .271  Bruce
 Patterson
 Dickerson
 Phillips
 Hairston
 Cabrera
11/35/40/5
0/84/0/3
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
17/13/8/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .779 .833 .621 .815 .694 .727 .605 .775 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.718 106/.702 11/.384 69/.635 111/.609 48/.764 57/.769 79/.636 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.825 160/.916 32/.695 126/.909 156/.753 74/.702 99/.509 104/.880 .776
Road 91/.802 131/.771 11/.282 90/.804 137/.761 70/.729 79/.392 83/.771 .776
Last 28d days 58/.746 72/.845 35/.673 48/.786 51/.779 20/.313 36/.544 28/1.131
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/1 3/1/2 4/0/0 127/40/23
Usage ····Xo·· o·X···X· ····o··· ··X····X ·X·o··o· ·X·X··X· o·o··X·· o···oo··

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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