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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, July 11, 2008 @PNC Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 51-42, 3rd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 10-2, 3.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-2)           112.1 114  48  45  28  56  8    3.61      
 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         5-0  43    41  16  14  11  24  5    2.93   54 
 2008-07-05    CHC  ND   7     6   2   2   2   6  1     111   61 
 2008-06-30    NYM   W   7     5   1   0   2   4  0     105   67 
 2008-06-25   @DET  ND   4    11   5   5   1   2  1      83   21 
 2008-06-20   @BOS   W   6     6   2   1   2   4  1     109   56 
 2008-06-14    PHI   W   8     4   2   2   2   3  1     116   67 
 2008-06-08   @HOU   W   6     5   3   3   2   3  1      91   51 
 2008-06-03   @WSN   W   5     4   1   1   0   2  0      63   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-0  29.2  24   9   9   5  19  2    2.73   61 
 2008-05-13    PIT  ND   7     5   4   4   1   4  1     108   54 
 2007-08-19   @PIT  ND   6.2   6   4   4   3   7  0     101   50 
 2007-05-28    PIT   W   9     6   0   0   0   2  0     105   77 
 2006-09-08    PIT   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  1      98   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   25-21   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  34-25   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Thu, Jul 10  @PHI  L   1-4       51-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @PHI  L   2-4       51-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @PHI  W   2-0       51-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6   CHC  L   1-7       50-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5   CHC  W   5-4       50-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   CHC  L   1-2       49-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3   NYM  L   1-11      49-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   NYM  W   8-7       49-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   NYM  L   4-7       48-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   NYM  W   7-1       48-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Pittsburgh Pirates, 43-48, 4th, 11½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-5, 4.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)            104.1 131  55  49  32  40  7    4.23      
 2007 (3-8)            107.1 161  74  66  25  41 14    5.53      
 2006 (10-15)          215.1 255 116 107  68 117 17    4.47      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  39    47  19  17  12  17  4    3.92   47 
 2008-07-06   @MIL  ND   2.1   7   6   5   3   1  2      67   19 
 2008-07-01   @CIN  ND   5     6   1   1   2   3  0      77   52 
 2008-06-25    NYY   L   5     7   4   3   2   0  0      79   37 
 2008-06-20    TOR  ND   7     6   0   0   1   4  0      97   68 
 2008-06-14   @BAL  ND   6     9   4   4   0   2  0      89   40 
 2008-06-09    ARI   W   6     5   2   2   2   5  1      92   57 
 2008-06-04    HOU   W   7.2   7   2   2   2   2  1     107   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-3  33.2  40  14  12   4  13  2    3.21   51 
 2008-05-30   @STL   L   6     5   3   2   1   2  1      97   53 
 2007-09-28    STL  ND   7     8   1   1   0   4  0      91   61 
 2007-05-22   @STL   L   4.2  11   6   5   2   0  0      87   18 
 2006-09-01   @STL   L   7     8   3   3   1   0  1      88   48 
 2006-08-11    STL   W   9     8   1   1   0   7  0     101   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-20   Road:   15-28   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  32-33   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:19-23   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Thu, Jul 10   NYY  W   4-2       43-48  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul  9   HOU  L   4-6       42-48  4th 12.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  8   HOU  W   4-3       42-47  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul  7   HOU  W  10-7       41-47  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul  6  @MIL  L   6-11      40-47  5th 12.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  5  @MIL  L   1-2       40-46  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  4  @MIL  L   1-9       40-45  4th 11.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @CIN  W   9-5       40-44  4th 10.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @CIN  W   6-5 (11)  39-44  5th 10.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @CIN  L   3-4       38-44  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 PIT  5 @STL  4        W:Franquelis Osoria (3-1), L: Adam Wainwright (5-3), S: Matt Capps (11)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 STL  7  PIT  4        W:Braden Looper (7-4), L: Ian Snell (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (6)
Sat, May 31, 2008 PIT 14 @STL  4        W:Paul Maholm (3-5), L: Mike Parisi (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2008 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Todd Wellemeyer (6-1), L: Zach Duke (2-4), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Thu, May 15, 2008 PIT 11 @STL  5        W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2008 STL  5  PIT  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (4-1), L: Paul Maholm (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 PIT  8 @STL  4 (10)   W:Marino Salas (1-0), L: Ron Villone (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 STL  6 @PIT  2        W:Joel Pineiro (1-2), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-3), S: Jason Isringhausen (8)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 PIT  7  STL  4        W:Damaso Marte (1-0), L: Anthony Reyes (1-1), S: Matt Capps (6)

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 STL  6 @PIT  5        W:Kip Wells (7-17), L: Bryan Bullington (0-3), S: Jason Isringhausen (32)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 5-4; 2007 - STL won 12-6; 2006 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1180-1112

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  5.51

COL  4.49

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.64

NYM  4.57

TEX  5.77

BA

C. Jones  .375

A. Rios  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

D. Pedroia  .355

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .661

C. Jackson  .462

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.107

A. Rowand  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Moyer  3.95

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

J. Francis  6.03

L. Hernandez  3.36

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 334/230 .262/.335/.520/.855 .684/.937 .864 112/.938 2/1 19/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 236/200 .243/.347/.366/.714 .489/.756 .730 78/.704 2/1 6/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/2.750 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 374/258 .256/.358/.450/.808 .816/.805 .857 103/.792 0/1 13/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.550 11/.708 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 228/141 .239/.313/.307/.620 .725/.567 .579 28/.583 7/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 232/175 .276/.323/.350/.674 .643/.684 .577 69/.870 5/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.933 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 109/78 .242/.339/.400/.739 .725/.745 .879 41/.906 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.333 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 324/200 .283/.361/.569/.930 .847/.981 .962 96/.605 4/1 18/
62.Mather G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 47/20 .220/.319/.317/.636 .470/.850 .640 7/.571 0/0 1/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 14/.814 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 232/148 .308/.346/.360/.706 .717/.700 .661 81/.788 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP 17/.661 3/.666 ··· 3/3.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 288/192 .303/.358/.387/.745 1.001/.622 .694 68/.766 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 21/1.213 3/.000 ··· 7/1.229 10/1.500 5/.933 1/.000 4/.500 338/226 .348/.467/.612/1.079 1.334/.954 1.074 60/.963 3/1 18/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 167/92 .252/.293/.297/.589 .681/.514 .762 62/.450 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 333/248 .298/.364/.441/.805 .453/.923 .868 89/.871 7/0 6/
IP 104.1 27.0 11.0 27.2 45.2 43.2 3.0 45.2 TOTAL .270/.346/.420/.766 .759/.770 .779 .752 40/17 95/47
ERA-K/9 4.23/3.5 3.67/5.0 6.55/4.1 4.88/7.1 3.35/7.3 3.30/9.1 3.00/0.0 3.74/6.3 5.13/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (9-7-1)
 Molina (23-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 472/.307 112/.228 48/.179 132/.286 198/.231 177/.215 14/.308 207/.214 .286  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Duncan
 Mather
48/22/31/8
0/78/0/4
17/5/70/3
41/0/0/1
1/2/11/0
OPS .809 .701 .781 .884 .667 .577 .742 .660 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.588 40/.500 18/1.269 39/.582 48/.667 56/.650 3/.667 73/.719 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.849 72/.799 30/.507 93/1.031 150/.668 121/.544 11/.764 134/.629 .832
Home 248/.756 60/.588 35/.908 66/1.004 101/.644 102/.562 / 121/.584 .765
Last 28d days 117/.915 37/.655 48/.781 67/.741 64/.882 48/.628 14/.742 65/.628
HR/SB/CS 7/3/4 2/2/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 6/3/2 4/3/1 0/0/0 2/3/1 105/57/25
Usage ····X··· ···XX··· ·oX·X·X· ·X··X··· ··X·X··· X·oX···· ······X· ·X·X·X··
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
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
19.Bautista G/S/vP 13/.750 8/.250 5/.600 1/.000 2/2.500 10/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 296/216 .256/.328/.430/.758 .941/.695 .603 82/.915 1/1 10/
38.Bay G/S/vP 14/.599 4/2.250 14/1.084 2/.000 ··· 13/.398 8/.125 2/no AB 387/297 .291/.393/.526/.919 .769/.961 .985 100/.913 6/0 17/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 71/57 .227/.268/.318/.586 .890/.511 .661 33/.509 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/5.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/2.171 2/2.500 ··· 211/168 .321/.365/.566/.931 .957/.924 1.063 77/.712 0/0 11/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 14/1.265 13/1.077 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 9/1.222 120/77 .313/.345/.348/.693 .732/.671 .763 17/.665 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.432 3/no AB 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 5/1.600 344/256 .248/.328/.422/.751 .738/.755 .734 92/1.063 1/0 10/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.714 6/.666 5/.200 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 5/.250 402/290 .285/.360/.545/.905 .688/.990 .864 102/.729 10/3 18/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 7/.310 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 174/117 .229/.283/.350/.634 .496/.702 .628 51/.527 1/1 3/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 5/.650 15/.829 4/.250 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 9/.666 178/152 .268/.371/.349/.720 .584/.742 .803 52/.785 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 13/.558 12/.962 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 10/.543 5/.500 4/.250 323/242 .320/.378/.533/.910 .962/.893 .826 57/1.053 1/0 12/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 123/89 .243/.273/.383/.655 .931/.551 .642 25/.500 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 13/.308 10/.500 10/.422 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 5/.650 3/1.334 378/297 .227/.253/.307/.560 .664/.530 .536 90/.514 0/1 5/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 10/.800 8/.661 12/.250 ··· ··· 7/1.143 9/1.431 5/1.000 174/139 .308/.355/.372/.727 .787/.713 .782 99/.764 2/2 0/
IP 112.1 40.1 31.1 49.1 23.1 28.0 32.0 34.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.414/.739 .758/.733 .736 .749 24/10 93/66
ERA-K/9 3.61/4.5 3.12/5.8 5.17/6.6 2.74/7.5 3.86/8.5 2.25/7.7 4.22/5.1 5.03/9.0 4.13/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-7-2)
 Doumit (24-11-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 467/.265 180/.261 143/.266 203/.253 100/.241 117/.229 133/.280 153/.254 .268  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/73/9
20/6/23/3
88/0/0/2
4/85/2/2
0/0/7/1
OPS .707 .795 .784 .678 .765 .641 .794 .726 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.715 69/.706 51/.556 86/.598 41/.875 44/.791 54/.771 63/.565 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.701 111/.849 92/.903 117/.737 59/.690 73/.549 79/.810 90/.836 .761
Road 184/.864 89/.731 73/.780 99/.758 54/.738 61/.444 54/.899 63/.689 .765
Last 28d days 136/.709 53/.988 55/.595 61/.764 57/1.002 38/.577 57/.732 43/.948
HR/SB/CS 8/6/1 4/1/1 3/4/2 5/2/0 2/2/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/0/0 85/32/19
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· ·X····Xo ·oX··X·· oX··X··· Xo··X·o· ·X··X··· o·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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