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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2, 3rd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Brad Thompson (26, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              6.2   7   0   0   2   6  0    0.00      
 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         3-1  33    37  17  12  15  17  5    3.27   48 
 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 
 2007-07-28    MIL  ND   3     7   6   4   4   2  1      97   23 
 2007-07-22    ATL  ND   6     6   2   2   3   2  1      89   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0   6     4   1   1   0   2  0    1.50   62 
 2007-09-22    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   0   2  0      64   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-1    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @HOU  L   3-5        5-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   WSN  W   3-0        5-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   WSN  W   5-4        4-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   WSN  W   5-4        3-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   COL  W   3-0        2-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   COL  W   8-3        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1   COL  L   1-2        0-1   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-2    Last 20: 5-2    Last 30: 5-2 
Houston Astros, 3-5, 6th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Shawn Chacon (30, RHP, 0-0, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              6     5   2   2   4   4  1    3.00      
 2007 (5-4)             96    95  42  42  48  79  9    3.94      
 2006 (7-6)            109   124  86  77  63  62 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  37.1  39  23  21  19  28  3    5.06   46 
 2008-04-03    SDP  ND   6     5   2   2   4   4  1      94   54 
 2007-06-10    NYY   L   3.1   8   7   7   3   2  0      96   15 
 2007-06-05    WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   3   3  0      97   36 
 2007-05-31    SDP  ND   7     3   0   0   1  10  0     102   80 
 2007-05-26    CIN  ND   3.2   3   1   1   5   2  0      80   48 
 2006-09-27    HOU  ND   5.1   6   5   5   1   5  1      82   40 
 2006-09-20    LAD   W   6.2   6   4   2   2   2  1      85   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      0-0  16.2  18   7   7  11   6  0    3.78   46 
 2006-09-02    STL  ND   5     4   0   0   4   3  0      90   58 
 2005-06-02    STL  ND   5     7   5   5   3   2  0      85   32 
 2003-04-10    STL  ND   6.2   7   2   2   4   1  0      98   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-0    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Mon, Apr  7   STL  W   5-3        3-5   6th  2.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6  @CHC  L   2-3        2-5   6th  2.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5  @CHC  L   7-9        2-4   6th  1.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4  @CHC  W   4-3        2-3   6th  1.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @SDP  L   2-3        1-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @SDP  W   9-6        1-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @SDP  L   1-2        0-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @SDP  L   0-4        0-1   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 HOU  5  STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (2-0), L: Kyle McClellan (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Kelvin Jimenez , L: Brad Lidge , S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 STL  7  HOU  4        W:Brad Thompson , L: Matt Albers , S: Jason Isringhausen 
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 HOU  6 @STL  3        W:Brandon Backe , L: Joel Pineiro , S: Brad Lidge 
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 HOU 18 @STL  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez , L: Braden Looper , S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 HOU  2  STL  1        W:Matt Albers , L: Joel Pineiro , S: Brad Lidge 
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 HOU  7  STL  0        W:Roy Oswalt , L: Kip Wells , S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 STL  7 @HOU  0        W:Braden Looper , L: Woody Williams , S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 STL  8 @HOU  6 (10)   W:Jason Isringhausen , L: Dan Wheeler , S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 HOU  8  STL  3        W:Chris Sampson , L: Kip Wells , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 1-0; 2007 - STL won 9-7; 2006 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 331-295

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Pierre  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

G. Atkins  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Glaus  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Chacon
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 190/139 .285/.328/.535/.863 1.183/.747 .627 / 1/0 11/2
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 5/1.933 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 432/342 .259/.354/.480/.834 .601/.897 .884 / 2/1 21/2
8.Glaus G/S/vP 18/1.000 4/1.250 6/.533 3/.000 24/.651 1/2.000 ··· ··· 456/353 .262/.366/.473/.839 1.235/.728 .808 / 0/1 20/9
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 26/.763 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.536 3/.333 10/.844 ··· 337/245 .258/.302/.315/.618 .428/.689 .716 / 3/3 0/8
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 8/.833 1/.000 9/.778 1/.000 11/.455 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 306/261 .219/.282/.290/.572 .395/.603 .602 / 6/2 3/7
21.LaRue G/S/vP 9/.917 2/.000 1/5.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/.500 5/.650 ··· 195/138 .148/.240/.272/.512 .610/.471 .387 / 1/0 4/5
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 339/200 .267/.339/.479/.818 .684/.909 .728 / 4/4 14/1
12.Miles# G/S/vP 8/.715 4/.250 ··· 6/.400 ··· 6/1.000 4/.000 ··· 449/312 .290/.328/.348/.676 .704/.663 .584 / 2/1 2/14
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.700 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 396/274 .275/.340/.368/.708 .812/.664 .685 / 1/1 6/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/.885 4/.250 3/1.334 4/.250 9/2.167 6/.167 6/.167 ··· 679/485 .327/.429/.568/.997 1.140/.942 1.097 / 2/6 32/8
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 188/159 .333/.358/.458/.816 .839/.810 .747 / 1/1 2/2
59.Washington* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 96.0 71.2 76.2 67.1 59.2 64.1 76.1 TOTAL /// / / /5
ERA-K/9 3.94/7.4 5.15/7.9 3.05/5.0 4.41/5.1 4.07/5.4 2.66/10.9 4.24/6.8 /0.0 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (26-14-2)
 Molina (23-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.265 325/.273 319/.228 296/.283 257/.282 265/.196 336/.260 /  Duncan
 Ankiel
 Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Miles
 Kennedy
99/0/0/5
2/22/27/3
23/15/26/1
49/6/41/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .771 .796 .652 .797 .757 .611 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.930 134/.885 155/.561 127/.684 101/.871 140/.624 148/.896 /
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.682 191/.735 164/.735 169/.878 156/.686 125/.595 188/.589 /
Home 207/.674 184/.730 140/.819 145/.964 141/.789 146/.635 170/.720 /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/7/4 8/2/0 8/3/0 8/2/2 8/3/0 7/4/2 6/3/0 // //
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·X o·oX··X· ··o··o·o ·······X X··o·X·· ·oo·X·X· ··oo···o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Houston Astros Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (2.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Thompson
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
56.Jimenez
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
23.Reyes
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 2/2.000 14/.693 2/1.500 ··· 7/.971 6/.367 397/296 .235/.318/.324/.642 .666/.633 .701 / 6/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/1.858 11/.293 2/2.000 17/.485 4/1.250 ··· 8/.750 10/1.167 668/510 .278/.386/.510/.896 .800/.926 .820 / 7/3 34/12
27.Blum# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 4/.833 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 14/1.346 370/280 .252/.319/.367/.685 .616/.708 .770 / 0/0 5/5
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/103 .277/.348/.378/.727 .434/.809 .790 / 18/1 1/0
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 11/.398 13/1.649 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 10/.311 293/193 .234/.316/.375/.691 .695/.689 .655 / 6/1 6/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 44/.757 9/.708 ··· ··· ··· 15/.434 347/254 .248/.310/.335/.645 .433/.721 .704 / 7/2 4/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 7/1.000 6/.900 27/.853 13/1.379 2/2.500 1/2.000 6/.367 4/1.750 697/528 .303/.354/.528/.882 .956/.859 .977 / 10/5 32/4
8.Loretta G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/2.000 12/.091 7/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 30/1.200 511/391 .287/.352/.372/.724 .818/.696 .749 / 1/2 4/7
9.Pence G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.334 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 484/376 .322/.360/.539/.899 .993/.872 .910 / 11/5 17/6
13.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 / /// / / / /
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 32/.835 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 11/1.136 569/428 .296/.357/.442/.799 .912/.762 .859 / 2/1 18/15
46.Towles G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .375/.432/.575/1.007 .733/1.086 .544 / 0/1 1/0
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.334 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 604/438 .278/.333/.459/.792 .935/.741 .830 / 3/4 22/11
IP 129.1 55.0 80.0 65.1 42.0 107.1 42.1 TOTAL /// / / /2
ERA-K/9 4.73/3.7 4.25/7.7 3.04/5.0 2.48/7.4 7.50/5.1 /0.0 6.04/6.2 4.25/5.3 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (47-17-2)
 Towles (3-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.301 253/.310 317/.234 267/.179 198/.320 / 474/.261 176/.234  Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
 Berkman
 Wigginton
 Blum
 Bourn
157/0/0/8
0/95/14/6
49/3/23/5
12/45/9/2
0/1/31/1
1/0/1/0
9/0/0/0
79/12/6/0
OPS .869 .772 .635 .543 .842 .802 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.970 106/.816 135/.646 111/.555 70/.767 / 211/.775 74/.654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.788 147/.741 182/.626 156/.534 128/.881 / 263/.824 102/.678
Road 321/.895 115/.784 168/.709 122/.532 83/.941 / 231/.770 86/.895
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/4/4 2/2/0 8/2/2 4/1/0 2/4/0 // 16/4/2 5/0/0 //
Usage ····X··· ·oo···X· ·o·o·oX· ·o·Xo·X· o······· o··X·XX· ··X·X··· ···ooo··

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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