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Game Preview: STL @ FLA, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @Dolphin Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals, 67-56, 3rd, 7½ GB

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 9-4, 4.01)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-4)            134.2 130  62  60  42  92 17    4.01      
 2007 (3-3)             79.1  77  50  40  40  60 11    4.54      
 2006 (1-4)             78.1  68  38  36  50  54  6    4.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  41.1  41  20  20  12  22  6    4.35   49 
 2008-08-09   @CHC   W   6.2   6   3   3   1   5  2     112   54 
 2008-08-03    PHI  ND   6     4   1   1   1   3  1      91   62 
 2008-07-29   @ATL  ND   6     8   2   2   1   5  0      98   52 
 2008-07-24    MIL  ND   5     5   2   2   5   2  0      92   46 
 2008-07-19    SDP   W   6.1   5   5   5   3   2  1      84   42 
 2008-07-12   @PIT  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   2  2      94   50 
 2008-07-06    CHC   L   5     9   3   3   0   3  0      76   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.FLA    Has never faced FLA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  47-34   vsLHP:  20-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 17-12   vsCntrl:26-26   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
114 Sun, Aug  3   PHI  L   4-5       62-52  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Florida Marlins, 63-58, 3rd, 1½ GB

SP: Scott Olsen (24, LHP, 6-7, 4.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-7)            147   139  77  66  53  80 22    4.04      
 2007 (10-15)          176.2 226 134 114  85 133 29    5.81      
 2006 (12-10)          180.2 160  94  81  75 166 23    4.04      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.2  46  27  25  13  22  8    5.53   44 
 2008-08-09   @NYM   L   5     9   5   5   1   2  1      87   30 
 2008-08-03    COL  ND   6     1   0   0   2   6  0      91   74 
 2008-07-29    NYM   L   5.2   6   2   2   2   5  0      90   52 
 2008-07-24   @CHC   L   6     7   6   6   3   3  2      85   34 
 2008-07-19    PHI   W   5     8   4   3   2   0  1      93   35 
 2008-07-09   @SDP   W   8     4   1   1   2   3  1      97   71 
 2008-07-04   @COL  ND   5    11   9   8   1   3  3      98   13 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-2  18    19  14  14   5   8  4    7.00   42 
 2007-08-22   @STL   L   6.1  10   6   6   0   1  3      89   30 
 2006-08-29   @STL   W   8     3   1   1   1   4  1      89   75 
 2006-05-07    STL   L   3.2   6   7   7   4   3  0      77   20 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-28   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  46-40   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13   STL  L   4-6       63-58  3rd  1.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   STL  W   4-3       63-57  3rd  1.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11   STL  L   2-4       62-57  3rd  2.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @NYM  W   8-2       62-56  3rd  2.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @NYM  L   6-8       61-56  3rd  2.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @NYM  L   0-3       61-55  3rd  1.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @PHI  W   3-0       61-54  2nd  1.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @PHI  L   0-5       60-54  2nd  2.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @PHI  W   8-2       60-53  2nd  1.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   COL  L   2-3       59-53  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 STL  6 @FLA  4        W:Braden Looper (11-9), L: Renyel Pinto (2-4), S: Chris Perez (3)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 FLA  4  STL  3        W:Chris Volstad (4-2), L: Kyle Lohse (13-5), S: Kevin Gregg (26)
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 STL  4 @FLA  2        W:Joel Pineiro (5-5), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-2), S: Chris Perez (2)

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 FLA 11 @STL  3        W:Rick VandenHurk (4-4), L: Anthony Reyes (2-13), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 STL  6  FLA  4        W:Russ Springer (6-1), L: Scott Olsen (9-11), S: Jason Isringhausen (25)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 STL  5  FLA  2        W:Troy Percival (3-0), L: Armando Benitez (2-8), S: Jason Isringhausen (24)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 STL  6 @FLA  0        W:Kip Wells (4-12), L: Dontrelle Willis (7-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 FLA  4  STL  0        W:Rick VandenHurk (3-2), L: Brad Thompson (6-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 STL  5 @FLA  3        W:Braden Looper (7-7), L: Byung-Hyun Kim (4-5), S: Jason Isringhausen (18)
Thu, Aug 31, 2006 STL  5  FLA  2        W:Braden Looper (8-1), L: Sergio Mitre (1-5), S: Jason Isringhausen (32)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 2-1; 2007 - STL won 4-2; 2006 - STL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 73-51

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Olsen*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
30.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
19.Kensing
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
32.Miller
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 406/285 .283/.352/.533/.885 .729/.954 .923 62/.912 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 20/1.400 2/.000 ··· 10/.650 2/1.500 ··· 11/1.233 503/360 .275/.374/.493/.867 .778/.901 .923 113/.878 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 327/194 .253/.319/.310/.629 .773/.563 .639 87/.678 15/4 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 15/.523 ··· 1/.000 13/1.083 1/no AB ··· 13/.616 295/225 .278/.319/.341/.659 .609/.676 .602 59/.579 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 131/94 .224/.308/.362/.670 .600/.697 .810 22/.333 0/0 3/
22.Lopez# G/S/vP 28/.714 5/.000 16/.646 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/3.000 8/.393 6/.334 385/248 .237/.305/.318/.623 .628/.621 .742 58/.645 6/5 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/2.417 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 457/299 .302/.379/.599/.979 .895/1.022 .946 117/1.028 4/2 29/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 119/67 .250/.319/.491/.810 .615/.956 .919 69/.913 1/0 7/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 318/212 .308/.347/.383/.730 .723/.733 .685 75/.672 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/2.100 2/.000 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 402/280 .304/.348/.385/.733 .856/.681 .727 98/.640 0/2 5/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 11/2.192 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.000 476/330 .345/.458/.605/1.063 1.239/.984 1.079 122/1.030 6/2 24/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 460/344 .304/.364/.419/.783 .442/.896 .847 115/.771 8/2 7/
IP 147.0 55.0 120.0 43.0 40.0 46.2 35.2 62.1 25.0 TOTAL .277/.348/.427/.775 .739/.792 .797 .762 57/22 133/63
ERA-K/9 4.04/4.9 2.29/7.4 5.70/5.4 4.19/8.2 3.38/7.9 4.24/8.3 2.02/11.1 3.61/7.9 2.52/10.4 4.49/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 621/.249 232/.188 534/.284 199/.240 176/.275 202/.258 156/.204 268/.215 101/.214 .259  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Mather
 Lopez
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/41/33/9
20/5/96/5
3/89/0/4
18/8/14/1
11/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .755 .525 .799 .774 .711 .763 .618 .665 .566 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.531 111/.567 140/.721 94/.767 89/.846 79/.915 70/.633 101/.864 58/.494 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 494/.812 121/.489 394/.826 105/.779 87/.571 123/.663 86/.605 167/.544 43/.663 .731
Home 358/.657 125/.534 263/.859 119/.770 80/.675 121/.832 72/.645 147/.684 41/.661 .737
Last 28d days 119/.877 38/.373 53/.622 / 42/.464 29/.715 60/.623 48/.781 27/.419
HR/SB/CS 22/4/6 1/5/2 17/14/3 7/9/0 1/1/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 8/1/1 0/1/0 128/77/28
Usage ····X··· ·o·o··o· ·X·····X ········ ·oo·X·o· X···oo·· X·Xoo·X· o···oX·· ·ooo··X·
Florida Marlins Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
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
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 247/196 .261/.316/.354/.670 .634/.679 .701 46/.511 5/2 2/
21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/68 .256/.374/.451/.825 .614/.914 .992 86/.835 0/0 4/
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· 6/1.834 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/2.000 514/388 .282/.329/.469/.798 .908/.764 .875 114/.726 4/2 20/
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 12/1.217 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.500 28/.887 315/246 .264/.343/.413/.756 .619/.794 .790 42/.790 1/2 7/
18.Helms G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 11/1.031 228/145 .250/.311/.363/.674 .756/.629 .650 37/.694 0/0 4/
27.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 468/350 .258/.329/.429/.758 .743/.763 .623 100/.834 6/0 15/
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 ··· 5/.800 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.000 ··· 387/284 .251/.297/.534/.831 .705/.877 .779 83/1.019 1/0 25/
2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/.833 2/2.000 1/no AB 5/.400 6/2.583 ··· 546/409 .295/.385/.529/.913 .763/.960 .872 119/.749 28/11 26/
12.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 359/240 .257/.318/.489/.807 .892/.764 .723 90/.740 4/1 17/
20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 217/154 .241/.310/.309/.619 .569/.639 .603 9/.583 1/0 2/
6.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/no AB 4/1.000 6/.533 ··· 453/334 .264/.353/.543/.896 .606/.999 .809 105/.630 4/3 26/
14.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 275/193 .263/.364/.453/.817 .784/.830 .851 93/.701 2/2 8/
IP 134.2 58.2 11.0 41.2 64.0 29.0 38.0 45.2 39.1 TOTAL .253/.322/.432/.754 .696/.776 .731 .727 56/24 161/93
ERA-K/9 4.01/6.1 3.53/6.0 3.27/5.7 5.83/7.6 2.95/7.3 3.41/9.0 2.13/8.3 4.34/5.1 5.26/9.4 4.21/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (13-4-1)
 Treanor (43-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.252 263/.280 43/.184 195/.280 267/.263 122/.218 155/.220 191/.283 182/.257 .272  Willingham
 Ross
 Amezaga
 Hermida
 Gonzalez
 Helms
65/0/0/7
14/83/16/6
0/61/0/4
0/0/105/3
57/0/14/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .721 .835 .621 .815 .694 .727 .609 .779 .780 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.759 105/.710 11/.384 69/.635 111/.609 48/.764 57/.769 82/.718 78/.645 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.694 158/.915 32/.695 126/.909 156/.753 74/.702 98/.514 109/.825 104/.880 .776
Road 271/.675 128/.773 11/.282 90/.804 137/.761 70/.729 78/.397 91/.802 82/.781 .781
Last 28d days 127/.698 74/.880 35/.673 48/.786 53/.747 20/.313 35/.560 58/.746 28/1.131
HR/SB/CS 17/3/6 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/1 3/1/2 3/0/1 4/0/0 127/40/23
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· ···o···· ·X····X· X·o··o·· X·X··X·X ·o··X··· ···Xo··X ···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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