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Game Preview: STL @ SFG, 4:05pm, Saturday, April 12, 2008 @AT&T Park

St. Louis Cardinals, 8-3, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 1-0, 2.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             12     9   3   3   4  13  3    2.25      
 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  33    23  11   9  13  27  6    2.45   56 
 2008-04-07    HOU  ND   7     5   2   2   1   7  2      87   65 
 2008-04-02    COL   W   5     4   1   1   3   6  1      91   58 
 2007-09-28    PIT  ND   6     3   1   1   0   5  0      70   67 
 2007-09-23    HOU  ND   5     1   0   0   1   5  0      71   69 
 2007-09-18    PHI  ND   2     1   1   1   3   2  0      45   49 
 2007-07-08    SFG   W   5     2   0   0   4   2  0      80   61 
 2007-07-03    ARI   L   3     7   6   4   1   0  3      59   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      1-0   5     2   0   0   4   2  0    0.00   61 
 2007-07-08    SFG   W   5     2   0   0   4   2  0      80   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-1    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  3-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @SFG  W   8-2        8-3   1st  1.5 up
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @SFG  L   1-5        7-3   1st  1.5 up
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @HOU  W   6-4        7-2   1st  2.0 up
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @HOU  W   5-3        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @HOU  L   3-5        5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6   WSN  W   3-0        5-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   WSN  W   5-4        4-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   WSN  W   5-4        3-1   2nd  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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 8-3    Last 30: 8-3 
San Francisco Giants, 4-7, 5th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 0-1, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             10    10   5   4   9  10  1    3.60      
 2007 (7-16)           200   173  84  81  79 163 14    3.65      
 2006 (13-12)          190.2 157  93  88  87 179 18    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  38.2  34  18  17  15  37  5    3.96   53 
 2008-04-07    SDP   L   4.1   7   5   4   5   5  1      97   31 
 2008-04-01    LAD  ND   5.2   3   0   0   4   5  0     114   64 
 2007-09-25    SDP  ND   7     5   2   2   1   8  2     113   66 
 2007-09-20    CIN   L   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     113   52 
 2007-09-15    SDP   L   6     1   1   1   0   6  0      77   72 
 2007-09-09    LAD  ND   7     6   2   2   1   4  2     106   60 
 2007-09-03    COL   L   2.2   5   6   6   2   5  0      69   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-2    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-4    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Fri, Apr 11   STL  L   2-8        4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10   STL  W   5-1        4-6   5th  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   SDP  W   1-0        3-6   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   SDP  W   3-2 (11)   2-6   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   SDP  L   4-8        1-6   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @MIL  L   0-7        1-5   5th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @MIL  L   4-5        1-4   5th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @MIL  L   4-13       1-3   5th  1.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @LAD  W   2-1        1-2   5th  0.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @LAD  L   2-3        0-2   5th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 STL  8 @SFG  2        W:Kyle Lohse (2-0), L: Barry Zito (0-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 SFG  5  STL  1        W:Kevin Correia (1-1), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Brian Wilson (2)

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 STL  7  SFG  0        W:Todd Wellemeyer , L: Barry Zito , S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 SFG  7 @STL  6        W:Tim Lincecum , L: Braden Looper , S: Brad Hennessey 
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 SFG  4 @STL  3        W:Noah Lowry , L: Mike Maroth , S: Randy Messenger 
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 SFG  6  STL  2        W:Noah Lowry , L: Kip Wells , S: Brad Hennessey 
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 SFG  6  STL  5 (12)   W:Jonathan Sanchez , L: Josh Hancock , S: none
Sat, Sep 16, 2006 STL  6  SFG  1        W:Chris Carpenter (15-6), L: Matt Morris (10-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 15, 2006 STL 14  SFG  4        W:Jeff Suppan (12-7), L: Brad Hennessey (5-5), S: none
Wed, May 24, 2006 STL 10 @SFG  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-1), L: Noah Lowry (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - SFG won 4-1; 2006 - STL won 4-1; All-Time - SFG leads 1040-934

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. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .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 (4.36 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
41.Hennessey
G/S/vB
55.Lincecum
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
48.Threets*
G/S/vB
47.Valdez
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 190/139 .285/.328/.535/.863 1.183/.747 .627 / 1/0 11/2
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 / /// / / / /
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 3/5.000 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 432/342 .259/.354/.480/.834 .601/.897 .884 / 2/1 21/2
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.600 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 456/353 .262/.366/.473/.839 1.235/.728 .808 / 0/1 20/9
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.555 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 337/245 .258/.302/.315/.618 .428/.689 .716 / 3/3 0/8
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 306/261 .219/.282/.290/.572 .395/.603 .602 / 6/2 3/7
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/138 .148/.240/.272/.512 .610/.471 .387 / 1/0 4/5
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 339/200 .267/.339/.479/.818 .684/.909 .728 / 4/4 14/1
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.381 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 12/.364 1/.000 1/.000 449/312 .290/.328/.348/.676 .704/.663 .584 / 2/1 2/14
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 8/.661 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 396/274 .275/.340/.368/.708 .812/.664 .685 / 1/1 6/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 12/.639 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 679/485 .327/.429/.568/.997 1.140/.942 1.097 / 2/6 32/8
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 188/159 .333/.358/.458/.816 .839/.810 .747 / 1/1 2/2
59.Washington* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
IP 200.0 68.1 146.1 50.0 2.1 14.1 23.2 TOTAL .264/.350/.419/.769 .745/.782 .726 .769 4/2 8/8
ERA-K/9 3.65/7.3 3.42/5.3 4.00/9.2 5.40/9.2 19.29/3.9 /0.0 1.26/5.7 2.28/6.8 /0.0 4.19/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 832/.235 287/.257 618/.226 222/.235 15/.417 / 53/.250 93/.188 / .298  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 .678 .734 .672 .711 1.200 .635 .529 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.697 120/.814 304/.691 93/.885 5/1.800 / 26/.497 30/.988 / .813
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.661 167/.679 314/.653 129/.584 10/.900 / 27/.756 63/.336 / .790
Home 451/.708 182/.751 314/.708 107/.590 11/1.010 / 22/.814 53/.579 / .709
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/8/5 7/4/1 12/10/2 4/3/0 0/0/0 // 0/0/1 1/0/2 // 10/10/2
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·X ···X···· ·oooo·X· X····X·X ··Xo··o· ··ooo··· ·o·XX··· X···X··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.

San Francisco Giants Batters (2.45 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (2.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
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
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 9/.250 ··· ··· 2/2.500 11/.697 358/222 .252/.304/.368/.672 .676/.669 .673 / 0/0 5/9
29.Bocock G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
12.Castillo G/S/vP 4/.833 3/2.334 4/1.250 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 230/161 .244/.270/.335/.604 .598/.607 .632 / 0/0 0/9
28.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 219/107 .279/.361/.374/.735 .786/.681 .778 / 22/6 1/0
5.Durham# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 9/.555 6/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.250 528/385 .218/.295/.343/.638 .686/.621 .646 / 10/2 11/12
20.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/149 .287/.374/.408/.782 .667/.807 .767 / 5/1 3/1
1.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 35/.705 8/.417 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 517/378 .276/.298/.433/.731 .731/.731 .737 / 0/0 19/8
40.Ortmeier# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/93 .287/.317/.497/.814 .826/.805 .751 / 2/1 6/0
33.Rowand G/S/vP 6/1.100 4/1.833 11/.200 4/2.750 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.333 684/481 .309/.374/.515/.889 .918/.876 .937 / 6/3 27/2
49.Timpner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .273/.385/.636/1.021 .000/1.117 .452 / 4/0 0/1
2.Winn# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 5/1.350 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 653/449 .300/.353/.445/.798 .934/.736 .777 / 15/3 14/2
IP 79.1 55.0 80.0 65.1 42.0 107.1 42.1 TOTAL .235/.283/.335/.618 .598/.622 .673 .618 12/5 4/8
ERA-K/9 4.54/6.8 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 2.60/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (53-23-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.254 253/.310 317/.234 267/.179 198/.320 / 474/.261 176/.234 .245  Rowand
 Winn
 Davis
 Castillo
 Velez
 Ortmeier
 Lewis
0/161/0/11
24/36/104/5
7/58/1/3
0/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
22/1/13/0
24/5/27/0
OPS .752 .772 .635 .543 .842 .802 .668 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.882 106/.816 135/.646 111/.555 70/.767 / 211/.775 74/.654 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.628 147/.741 182/.626 156/.534 128/.881 / 263/.824 102/.678 .692
Road 126/.777 115/.784 168/.709 122/.532 83/.941 / 231/.770 86/.895 .733
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 11/4/1 2/2/0 8/2/2 4/1/0 2/4/0 // 16/4/2 5/0/0 8/6/2
Usage ····X··· ··X··oo· X·oo·o·o ··Xo·o·X o···o··· X·o·o··X ···X··X· ·X·····o

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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