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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 74-60, 3rd, 10 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 13-6, 3.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-6)           168   178  77  74  41  93 15    3.96      
 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         1-4  41.2  51  27  27  10  30  6    5.83   44 
 2008-08-23    ATL  ND   6     8   3   3   2   3  0      90   45 
 2008-08-17   @CIN   L   6     7   3   3   3   2  0     115   45 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      3-2  31.1  29  11  11   9  12  3    3.16   53 
 2008-06-08   @HOU   W   6     5   3   3   2   3  1      91   51 
 2008-05-29    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   1   0  1      86   57 
 2008-04-27    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   1   3  0     102   62 
 2007-05-07    HOU   L   7.1   7   3   3   2   2  1     108   52 
 2007-05-02   @HOU   L   6     8   3   3   3   4  0     102   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-31   Road:   37-29   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  51-38   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:30-29   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Aug 27   MIL  W   5-3       74-60  3rd  9.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 26   MIL  L   0-12      73-60  3rd  9.5 gb
132 Sun, Aug 24   ATL  W   6-3       73-59  3rd  8.0 gb
131 Sat, Aug 23   ATL  L   4-8       72-59  3rd  8.0 gb
130 Fri, Aug 22   ATL  W  18-3       72-58  3rd  7.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 20   PIT  W  11-2       71-58  3rd  7.5 gb
128 Tue, Aug 19   PIT  L   1-4       70-58  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Sun, Aug 17  @CIN  L   3-7       70-57  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Houston Astros, 68-66, 4th, 16 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (31, LHP, 8-11, 4.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-11)           152   161  89  82  63 133 18    4.86      
 2007 (9-6)            102.2 110  55  54  39  94 10    4.73      
 2006 (4-0)             56.2  63  37  35  33  44 13    5.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38    46  26  23  18  32  4    5.45   44 
 2008-08-24   @NYM  ND   6     7   4   4   3   4  2     101   43 
 2008-08-18   @MIL   L   4     5   6   6   3   5  0      86   30 
 2008-08-13    SFG   W   7     6   2   2   2   3  0     110   58 
 2008-08-08   @CIN  ND   6     7   4   4   2   6  1      93   46 
 2008-08-03    NYM   W   5     6   0   0   3   7  0      92   59 
 2008-07-27   @MIL  ND   4.1   7   4   3   3   3  1     105   35 
 2008-07-19   @STL   L   5.2   8   6   4   2   4  0      98   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      3-2  33.1  33  19  12   5  30  2    3.24   54 
 2008-07-19   @STL   L   5.2   8   6   4   2   4  0      98   35 
 2007-05-16    STL   W   5     6   3   2   1   7  0      89   51 
 2004-05-06    STL   L   6.2   8   6   2   1   2  1      97   43 
 2002-08-16    STL   W   9     4   0   0   0   8  0     126   87 
 2000-05-17    STL   W   7     7   4   4   1   9  1     113   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-29   Road:   32-37   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  47-48   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:29-31   vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Thu, Aug 28   CIN  W   3-2       68-66  4th 16.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CIN  W   4-1       67-66  4th 16.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CIN  L   1-2       66-66  4th 16.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25  @NYM  L   1-9       66-65  4th 15.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @NYM  W   6-4 (10)  66-64  4th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @NYM  W   8-3       65-64  4th 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @NYM  L   0-3       64-64  4th 14.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @MIL  L   2-5       64-63  4th 13.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @MIL  W   5-2       64-62  4th 13.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @MIL  L   3-9       63-62  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 STL  5 @HOU  4        W:Kyle Lohse (7-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (8)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 STL  8 @HOU  4        W:Adam Wainwright (6-3), L: Shawn Chacon (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 HOU  6  STL  1        W:Brian Moehler (3-2), L: Braden Looper (7-5), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 STL  3  HOU  2        W:Kyle Lohse (5-2), L: Roy Oswalt (4-5), S: Ryan Franklin (4)
Wed, May 28, 2008 STL  6  HOU  1        W:Adam Wainwright (5-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 HOU  8 @STL  2        W:Shawn Chacon (2-0), L: Braden Looper (6-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 STL  5  HOU  1        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Brandon Backe (1-3), S: Kyle McClellan (1)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-1), L: Dave Borkowski (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 HOU  3 @STL  2        W:Wesley Wright (3-0), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 STL  6 @HOU  4        W:Braden Looper (2-0), L: Chris Sampson (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (5)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 8-4; 2007 - STL won 9-7; 2006 - HOU won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 339-298

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  5.54

FLA  4.62

WSN  3.76

RA/G

TOR  3.88

SFG  4.60

TEX  6.00

BA

C. Jones  .359

N. Punto  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .636

J. Hardy  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

E. Hinske  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Wolf*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 441/319 .270/.342/.517/.859 .723/.913 .905 54/.607 2/1 24/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 6/.733 8/.393 2/.500 4/.750 19/1.520 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 549/392 .274/.373/.478/.851 .733/.898 .914 95/.818 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 13/.770 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.250 2/.000 364/219 .256/.318/.307/.625 .748/.571 .629 75/.741 16/5 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 4/.750 3/1.167 8/.375 10/.600 1/no AB 1/.000 308/238 .274/.315/.333/.648 .609/.660 .603 45/.621 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 25/.860 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/1.100 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 140/103 .238/.317/.402/.718 .600/.762 .792 17/1.005 0/0 4/
22.Lopez# G/S/vP 15/.785 1/.000 2/.000 9/.833 8/.375 7/.286 3/.000 1/.000 423/276 .248/.318/.332/.651 .662/.644 .773 60/.844 7/6 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.900 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 6/1.333 3/1.667 ··· 507/335 .308/.383/.610/.993 .935/1.023 .973 104/1.153 4/2 32/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 140/73 .246/.314/.468/.783 .654/.896 .885 59/.767 1/0 7/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.334 3/2.000 5/.000 7/.858 1/.000 341/226 .314/.350/.390/.740 .728/.746 .697 52/.680 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 441/309 .311/.356/.390/.746 .858/.700 .715 82/.743 0/2 5/
33.Phelps G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/1.007 5/1.100 2/1.500 6/.533 4/2.250 10/.200 9/.222 ··· 526/366 .357/.466/.636/1.101 1.230/1.045 1.101 104/1.202 6/2 28/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 2/1.000 500/381 .308/.369/.426/.795 .430/.906 .849 88/.821 8/2 8/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/14 .214/.233/.214/.448 .598/.286 .499 7/.286 0/0 0/
IP 152.0 58.0 49.1 58.0 50.0 103.1 60.1 47.0 TOTAL .281/.352/.432/.784 .745/.801 .799 .831 59/25 144/71
ERA-K/9 4.86/7.9 4.34/8.2 3.65/7.5 2.48/6.8 4.68/6.8 4.27/4.6 3.88/10.4 4.98/8.4 4.54/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (10-7-2)
 Molina (33-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.274 245/.251 212/.227 238/.195 205/.246 420/.269 257/.227 205/.203 .268  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Mather
 Stavinoha
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/52/33/9
20/5/107/6
12/89/0/4
12/0/0/2
24/12/15/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .780 .693 .798 .567 .658 .696 .717 .736 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.801 104/.848 87/.462 100/.644 93/.875 172/.709 121/.609 83/.541 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 522/.774 141/.580 125/1.047 138/.511 112/.485 248/.686 136/.805 122/.877 .791
Home 327/.670 122/.603 110/.818 132/.620 114/.654 188/.876 143/.669 102/.702 .789
Last 28d days 126/.826 39/.902 56/.890 42/.546 33/.315 58/.688 43/.313 36/.744
HR/SB/CS 18/8/5 6/3/1 10/3/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 8/5/0 174/42/21
Usage ····X··· o··X···· ··o··X·· ··X··o·· oo··o··· ····X··· oo··X··· ···X····
Houston Astros Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
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
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 31/12 .207/.226/.448/.674 .874/.348 .884 14/.676 0/1 2/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 15/.582 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 10/1.200 4/.500 6/.367 212/148 .223/.301/.299/.600 .783/.523 .575 31/.475 0/1 2/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 20/1.017 5/1.800 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 9/1.777 10/1.167 554/398 .333/.431/.600/1.032 .858/1.104 1.057 106/.893 15/3 26/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 15/1.236 6/1.100 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/1.200 14/1.346 271/218 .243/.284/.422/.706 .577/.732 .689 74/.867 1/1 12/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 432/316 .222/.280/.298/.578 .549/.589 .642 54/.452 34/8 5/
13.Castillo G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/1.262 3/.000 422/294 .242/.289/.379/.668 .662/.670 .656 32/.188 2/2 6/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 18/.445 45/.772 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/.434 279/219 .293/.325/.384/.709 .733/.702 .627 95/.751 2/2 3/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.533 14/.077 1/.000 1/.000 8/.661 4/1.000 30/1.200 259/163 .268/.340/.377/.717 .914/.608 .804 55/.727 0/0 4/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 66/61 .238/.273/.381/.654 .600/.658 .658 33/.679 0/0 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 15/1.159 7/1.286 3/1.334 1/.000 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 534/392 .258/.300/.438/.738 .724/.743 .758 102/.649 7/8 19/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/95 .229/.254/.314/.568 .713/.520 .530 69/.701 0/0 2/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 23/.864 35/.758 4/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 11/1.136 554/403 .284/.316/.415/.731 .787/.710 .767 110/.680 7/7 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 8/.750 7/.286 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 4/1.750 354/243 .297/.364/.551/.915 1.108/.829 1.107 97/1.164 4/5 19/
IP 168.0 63.0 68.1 33.0 42.0 51.2 43.0 TOTAL .263/.322/.419/.742 .786/.725 .778 .779 93/41 146/56
ERA-K/9 3.96/5.0 3.57/6.1 3.16/7.1 3.00/9.3 2.36/8.1 4.88/5.4 4.81/8.8 4.19/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (17-5-4)
 Quintero (12-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.273 283/.284 291/.262 136/.209 174/.228 217/.286 197/.258 .272  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Wigginton
 Newhan
0/0/129/13
0/109/0/7
41/35/6/2
9/6/0/2
13/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .735 .832 .694 .685 .615 .786 .771 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 310/.706 114/.737 120/.661 52/.699 63/.805 93/.764 86/.604 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.758 169/.893 171/.717 84/.676 111/.508 124/.803 111/.900 .771
Road 284/.870 139/.788 141/.761 73/.726 83/.397 110/.779 88/.761 .776
Last 28d days 125/.815 49/.701 47/.735 34/.339 34/.678 43/.907 20/.906
HR/SB/CS 15/8/2 8/1/1 6/2/1 3/2/1 3/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 135/43/24
Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·· ·X···X·· ·X··o··· ··X·oX·· ··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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