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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 1:15pm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 70-56, 3rd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 13-5, 3.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-5)           156   163  71  68  36  88 15    3.92      
 2007 (9-12)           192.2 207 109  99  57 122 22    4.62      
 2006 (5-10)           126.2 150  83  82  44  97 15    5.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  43.2  49  23  23   8  32  7    4.74   49 
 2008-08-12   @FLA   L   4.1   6   4   4   0   5  1      80   40 
 2008-08-07    LAD   L   7     7   4   4   1   5  1      99   51 
 2008-08-01    PHI   W   5.1   5   3   3   3   6  1      92   49 
 2008-07-27   @NYM   L   5    11   7   7   1   2  3      97   18 
 2008-07-22    MIL  ND   8     7   3   3   0   7  0     110   63 
 2008-07-17    SDP   W   7     7   2   2   2   4  1     107   57 
 2008-07-11   @PIT   W   7     6   0   0   1   3  0     100   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-0   6     6   4   4   2   5  0    6.00   47 
 2001-07-07    CIN  ND   6     6   4   4   2   5  0     100   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   37-28   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  49-34   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:28-26   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Sat, Aug 16  @CIN  W   9-3       70-56  3rd  6.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 15  @CIN  W   5-3       69-56  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 54-70, 6th, 21½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 14-5, 2.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-5)           144.2 125  58  46  66 146 10    2.86      
 2007 (2-1)             34    34  18  17  15  29  4    4.50      
 2006 (1-6)             33.1  52  28  27  17  15  7    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  40    46  25  20  15  33  6    4.50   47 
 2008-08-12   @PIT   W   6.2   5   1   1   3   5  0     110   62 
 2008-08-05    MIL   L   5     9   5   5   1   2  0      96   30 
 2008-07-30   @HOU   W   6.1   6   5   1   1   5  2     109   53 
 2008-07-25    COL   L   4     7   5   5   2   5  2      99   31 
 2008-07-20    NYM  ND   5     8   4   4   3   3  1     110   35 
 2008-07-12   @MIL   W   7     6   2   1   2  10  1     112   67 
 2008-07-06    WSN   W   6     5   3   3   3   3  0      89   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-33   Road:   23-37   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  33-47   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:18-32   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sat, Aug 16   STL  L   3-9       54-70  6th 21.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15   STL  L   3-5       54-69  6th 21.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 STL  9 @CIN  3        W:Joel Pineiro (6-5), L: Aaron Harang (3-13), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 STL  5 @CIN  3        W:Brad Thompson (5-2), L: Bronson Arroyo (10-10), S: Chris Perez (4)
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
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 6-2; 2007 - STL won 9-6; 2006 - CIN won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 1145-1061

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  5.57

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.05

BA

C. Jones  .365

J. Bay  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

D. Ortiz  .363

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .621

K. Shoppach  .480

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.080

D. Pedroia  .833

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.46

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 ··· 2/.000 4/.917 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 415/293 .280/.349/.532/.882 .723/.950 .914 58/.766 2/1 23/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/56 .244/.329/.366/.694 .734/.630 .688 1/.000 3/1 2/
8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 11/1.253 2/.500 17/.919 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 4/.250 516/367 .275/.374/.490/.864 .776/.899 .915 113/.783 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 9/.666 336/200 .255/.319/.310/.630 .787/.556 .641 84/.712 16/4 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 5/1.200 7/.000 1/2.000 18/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 296/226 .278/.321/.341/.662 .609/.679 .606 57/.623 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.453 2/.500 ··· 6/.500 135/98 .220/.306/.356/.662 .600/.686 .792 26/.334 0/0 3/
22.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 398/257 .242/.313/.326/.639 .639/.639 .764 69/.720 6/5 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 471/307 .304/.379/.611/.989 .927/1.022 .966 121/1.029 4/2 31/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/68 .252/.317/.478/.796 .620/.941 .885 75/.821 1/0 7/
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.583 327/218 .313/.350/.388/.738 .751/.731 .701 77/.703 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.472 411/286 .302/.345/.384/.729 .834/.684 .719 95/.672 0/2 5/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 10/.944 1/.000 5/1.200 4/1.500 5/1.933 ··· 17/1.721 490/338 .349/.459/.621/1.080 1.211/1.020 1.110 123/1.073 6/2 26/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 470/352 .304/.363/.424/.786 .434/.902 .850 110/.811 8/2 8/
IP 144.2 65.1 40.0 54.1 58.2 31.2 53.1 53.0 TOTAL .278/.348/.430/.778 .741/.795 .801 .758 58/22 139/65
ERA-K/9 2.86/9.1 3.44/9.1 2.70/9.7 3.64/9.9 3.53/7.7 4.55/5.4 4.22/6.1 3.23/6.5 4.63/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (10-7-1)
 Molina (31-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.233 279/.256 181/.266 238/.226 237/.220 142/.320 238/.305 238/.274 .277  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Barton
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/44/33/9
20/5/99/5
5/89/0/4
12/0/0/2
26/0/5/2
21/9/14/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .675 .733 .777 .681 .645 .848 .832 .794 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.705 103/.704 72/.750 101/.571 104/.624 57/.782 89/.861 92/.585 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.643 176/.749 109/.794 137/.760 133/.661 85/.897 149/.815 146/.926 .808
Home 308/.764 165/.847 89/.546 146/.750 109/.489 72/.825 126/1.038 121/.883 .802
Last 28d days 126/.936 72/.576 49/.977 45/.799 51/.557 67/.837 53/.889 49/.827
HR/SB/CS 10/15/9 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 8/0/1 4/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 159/68/29
Usage ····X··· oX·X··oo ·oo·o·X· o·o·o·o· ·o·oo··· X·oo··X· ··X···o· ··o·o··X
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
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
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 6/1.133 277/204 .218/.292/.339/.631 .666/.616 .581 44/.524 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 302/194 .260/.305/.431/.735 .585/.817 .816 105/.661 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 48/34 .364/.417/.568/.985 1.275/.863 .799 27/1.087 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 19/17 .353/.421/.882/1.303 .000/1.471 1.083 19/1.303 1/0 1/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.533 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 14/.762 ··· 444/308 .246/.333/.474/.808 .938/.752 .800 94/.671 1/0 22/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/.000 7/.971 1/.000 7/.786 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/.500 228/142 .337/.385/.470/.855 .968/.792 1.060 15/.343 15/3 2/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 14/6 .214/.214/.429/.643 .875/.333 .818 14/.643 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 355/241 .262/.311/.348/.658 .920/.537 .587 102/.425 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 11/.473 270/222 .197/.228/.346/.575 .405/.612 .584 58/.623 12/6 8/
18.Phillips G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/27 .200/.254/.309/.563 .509/.630 .476 22/.768 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.661 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.000 12/.500 1/no AB 518/357 .269/.317/.462/.779 .969/.694 .815 102/.750 22/6 19/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 1/.000 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 6/.500 3/1.334 119/98 .266/.319/.422/.741 .588/.775 .765 42/.960 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 427/281 .279/.344/.447/.791 .795/.789 .767 71/.697 4/4 14/
IP 156.0 59.1 13.0 42.2 65.0 29.2 39.1 50.2 41.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.407/.727 .759/.711 .731 .695 68/34 144/89
ERA-K/9 3.92/5.1 3.49/6.1 2.77/5.5 5.70/7.6 2.91/7.2 3.34/9.4 2.06/8.5 4.26/5.3 5.05/9.0 4.15/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.269 266/.281 49/.159 200/.279 271/.263 125/.221 160/.219 210/.275 188/.253 .271  Bruce
 Patterson
 Hairston
 Cabrera
 Dickerson
 Phillips
11/35/42/5
0/86/0/3
17/13/8/0
1/0/3/0
4/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .732 .833 .540 .811 .695 .725 .603 .769 .770 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.714 106/.702 13/.322 72/.625 112/.632 49/.747 59/.777 91/.759 81/.618 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.746 160/.916 36/.614 128/.911 159/.739 76/.711 101/.498 119/.776 107/.884 .774
Road 257/.883 131/.771 17/.180 95/.797 141/.761 73/.726 83/.397 110/.779 88/.761 .773
Last 28d days 127/.875 65/.886 41/.568 49/.813 52/.798 23/.366 35/.501 67/.746 29/1.130
HR/SB/CS 15/8/1 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/1 3/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 130/41/23
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ·X····o· X···X··· ·X·X·o·· ·o·X·X·· X·o·o··X ·X····Xo Xoo···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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