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Game Preview: STL @ LAD, 10:40pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals, 28-21, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             63.2  58  26  23  14  41  7    3.25      
 2007 (14-12)          202   212  93  83  70 136 13    3.70      
 2006 (2-1)             75    64  26  26  22  72  6    3.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  48.2  42  20  17  13  31  6    3.14   56 
 2008-05-17    TBR  ND   5.2  12   4   4   1   2  0      99   30 
 2008-05-12   @MIL   L   6     8   8   6   1   3  3      87   30 
 2008-05-07   @COL  ND   7     4   0   0   2   3  0     106   70 
 2008-05-02    CHC  ND   6.1   4   1   1   1   5  0      85   65 
 2008-04-26    HOU   W   9     5   3   3   2   6  3     124   69 
 2008-04-21   @MIL  ND   7     4   2   2   4   6  0      99   63 
 2008-04-16    MIL   W   7.2   5   2   1   2   6  0     115   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      0-2  11.2  13  10  10   5   5  1    7.71   40 
 2007-08-10    LAD   L   9     6   2   2   1   5  1     121   71 
 2007-05-15   @LAD   L   2.2   7   8   8   4   0  0      72    8 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-10   Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  19-12   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Wed, May 21  @SDP  W  11-3       28-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 20  @SDP  L   2-3       27-21  2nd  2.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 19  @SDP  W   8-2       27-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 18   TBR  W   5-4       26-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 17   TBR  W   9-8 (10)  25-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 16   TBR  L   1-3       24-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 15   PIT  L   5-11      24-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 14   PIT  W   5-1       24-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 13   PIT  L   4-8 (10)  23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 12  @MIL  L   3-8       23-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Dodgers, 25-21, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 2-4, 5.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             55.2  67  39  33  17  39  5    5.34      
 2007 (12-14)          199.1 194 100  86  59 147 20    3.88      
 2006 (16-8)           218   221  97  88  55 123 14    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  35.2  49  34  29  16  23  5    7.32   36 
 2008-05-18   @LAA   L   5    10   7   7   1   3  1      76   21 
 2008-05-14   @MIL  ND   6     6   4   4   3   6  0      95   47 
 2008-05-09    HOU   L   5.1   8   6   6   2   5  1      76   31 
 2008-05-04   @COL   L   5     6   5   5   4   3  0     112   34 
 2008-04-29   @FLA  ND   5     8   6   3   1   2  1      90   34 
 2008-04-23    ARI   W   5     3   1   1   1   2  1      67   58 
 2008-04-18   @ATL   L   4.1   8   5   3   4   2  1     101   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-4  27.1  44  24  18   5  21  4    5.93   38 
 2007-08-11   @STL   L   6     7   5   3   0   5  1      97   47 
 2007-05-15    STL   W   5.1   8   4   4   2   2  0     100   36 
 2006-07-14   @STL   L   6    11   4   4   1   5  1      98   38 
 2005-07-30    STL   L   5     8   5   5   0   3  2      81   34 
 2005-05-12   @STL   L   5    10   6   2   2   6  0     110   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-9    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:  10-4    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 21   CIN  W   5-2       25-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CIN  W   4-1       24-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   CIN  W   6-5       23-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @LAA  L   2-10      22-21  2nd  5.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @LAA  W   6-3       22-20  2nd  4.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16  @LAA  L   2-4       21-20  2nd  5.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 15  @MIL  W   7-2       21-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14  @MIL  W   6-4       20-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13  @MIL  L   3-5       19-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   HOU  L   5-8       19-18  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 STL 12  LAD  2        W:Anthony Reyes (2-11), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 STL  6  LAD  1        W:Braden Looper (10-9), L: Derek Lowe (8-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 LAD  2 @STL  1        W:Joe Beimel (3-1), L: Adam Wainwright (10-9), S: Takashi Saito (29)
Wed, May 16, 2007 LAD  5  STL  4        W:Randy Wolf (5-3), L: Kip Wells (1-8), S: Takashi Saito (13)
Tue, May 15, 2007 LAD  9  STL  7        W:Derek Lowe (4-4), L: Adam Wainwright (3-3), S: Takashi Saito (12)
Mon, May 14, 2007 STL  8 @LAD  4        W:Brad Thompson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (10)
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 STL  6 @LAD  1        W:Jason Marquis (12-7), L: Chad Billingsley (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 STL  6 @LAD  1        W:Jeff Weaver (4-11), L: Aaron Sele (6-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 STL  2 @LAD  0        W:Jeff Suppan (7-5), L: Brad Penny (10-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (27)
Sun, Jul 16, 2006 STL 11  LAD  3        W:Anthony Reyes (2-3), L: Brad Penny (10-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 7-0; All-Time - STL leads 1054-1026

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

CHC  5.68

LAA  4.51

SDP  3.39

RA/G

CLE  3.64

KCR  4.49

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .412

C. Delgado  .218

C. Pena  .206

OBP

C. Jones  .482

C. Delgado  .301

K. Greene  .269

SLG

L. Berkman  .770

G. Matthews  .347

O. Cabrera  .289

OPS

L. Berkman  1.236

C. Delgado  .665

O. Cabrera  .563

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

D. McGowan  4.21

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

B. Tomko  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
43.Brazoban
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 174/124 .289/.374/.507/.880 .882/.879 .858 88/.986 0/0 8/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/33 .250/.341/.333/.675 .721/.604 .675 44/.468 1/1 0/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 10/1.100 5/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/116 .265/.378/.416/.794 .325/.877 .799 76/.724 1/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 39/.819 4/.000 6/.000 1/.000 4/.250 36/.837 8/.000 1/no AB ··· 197/141 .280/.391/.421/.812 .913/.772 .927 103/.836 0/1 2/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 11/.764 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 141/86 .273/.371/.339/.710 .822/.638 .708 68/.847 3/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 30/1.117 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 26/.962 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 129/103 .254/.310/.297/.607 .679/.588 .439 69/.526 3/1 0/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 48/37 .132/.313/.158/.470 .273/.524 .353 22/.703 0/0 0/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 153/92 .336/.418/.733/1.151 1.014/1.237 1.216 86/1.186 2/1 12/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 15/.553 3/.666 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 108/65 .323/.368/.354/.721 .673/.752 .560 53/.808 0/2 0/
4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.781 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 163/110 .301/.368/.384/.752 .972/.652 .730 87/.809 0/0 2/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 15/.600 18/1.094 2/.000 7/.453 1/3.000 6/.533 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 215/146 .351/.479/.602/1.081 1.355/.955 1.156 114/1.034 2/1 11/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 68/45 .290/.333/.323/.656 .627/.667 .681 64/.612 2/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/139 .301/.366/.405/.771 .563/.849 .877 101/.671 4/0 2/
IP 55.2 15.1 3.0 19.0 30.0 29.0 21.1 19.2 10.2 TOTAL .284/.371/.421/.792 .813/.783 .791 .794 18/12 43/26
ERA-K/9 5.34/6.3 1.17/7.1 6.00/9.0 4.74/11.4 2.40/11.4 2.17/3.7 5.48/8.0 1.83/9.6 1.69/4.2 4.05/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (5-3-0)
 Molina (18-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.305 66/.254 16/.308 80/.236 125/.227 121/.243 96/.244 78/.205 44/.231 .260  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Barton
 Ludwick
 Duncan
24/13/22/5
0/40/0/2
12/0/5/2
5/2/36/1
28/0/0/1
OPS .789 .605 .976 .660 .650 .708 .851 .571 .661 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.936 31/.459 8/.946 31/1.099 32/.890 57/.880 34/.967 40/.574 17/1.009 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.664 35/.739 8/1.000 49/.413 93/.559 64/.560 62/.784 38/.569 27/.462 .621
Home 97/.676 43/.638 5/.933 51/.541 52/.475 50/.494 44/.624 56/.632 20/.485 .646
Last 28d days 123/.911 33/.575 16/.976 39/.669 59/.593 66/.465 49/.779 47/.467 41/.678
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 0/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 32/32/8
Usage ····X··· ··oX··o· ····X··· ··oX···X ·····X·· ·····X·· ····o·o· ·ooo·X·· ·······o
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
65.Parisi
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
36.Ardoin G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB / /// / / / /
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/97 .325/.390/.504/.894 1.184/.784 .964 76/1.033 1/0 4/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 7/1.238 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 166/123 .291/.364/.447/.810 .505/.918 .811 75/.727 2/0 4/
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .186/.269/.200/.469 .721/.403 .576 57/.387 1/0 0/
25.Jones G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 10/.633 13/.508 153/102 .167/.275/.273/.547 .710/.469 .592 69/.566 0/0 2/
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/110 .323/.359/.465/.824 1.010/.724 .834 99/.881 9/3 3/
12.Kent G/S/vP 7/.829 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.786 7/1.262 152/103 .234/.283/.376/.659 .827/.578 .656 79/.514 0/0 4/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/131 .295/.352/.468/.821 .740/.857 1.055 99/.875 2/3 5/
55.Martin G/S/vP 7/1.238 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/141 .304/.419/.399/.818 .855/.805 .725 103/.887 4/4 3/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .455/.500/.455/.955 .833/1.000 12/.955 0/0 0/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 5/.650 8/1.196 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 5/1.100 144/102 .283/.355/.323/.677 .869/.599 .634 98/.733 18/3 0/
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· 11/.091 2/.500 40/33 .114/.225/.143/.368 .429/.350 .301 25/.470 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/19 .280/.357/.320/.677 .583/.721 .611 21/.844 0/0 0/
IP 63.2 12.1 23.0 23.2 12.0 3.0 10.2 19.0 TOTAL .274/.347/.398/.745 .840/.703 .767 .748 46/15 32/29
ERA-K/9 3.25/5.8 3.65/7.3 1.57/4.7 2.66/7.6 3.00/6.8 0.00/6.0 4.22/6.7 4.26/8.1 3.95/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (30-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.243 59/.271 97/.202 100/.247 52/.271 11/.000 49/.286 80/.224 .259  Kemp
 Ethier
 Pierre
 Young
 Jones
 Sweeney
0/13/30/7
22/0/22/3
32/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/38/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .692 .769 .625 .623 .785 .091 .793 .628 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.848 26/1.004 35/.629 32/.488 26/.868 6/.167 14/1.333 31/.513 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.608 33/.586 62/.619 68/.688 26/.694 5/.000 35/.576 49/.697 .711
Road 111/.720 28/.458 42/.605 38/.771 35/.698 4/.250 20/.644 28/.619 .776
Last 28d days 139/.757 36/.944 49/.592 53/.670 52/.785 11/.091 29/.519 46/.756
HR/SB/CS 7/1/4 1/4/0 0/0/1 1/2/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 38/23/13
Usage ·····X·· ···o·X·X ·o···X·· ·Xo··X·X ·o··X·X· ··o·o·X· ··oo·X·· ·X·o···X

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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