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Game Preview: COL @ STL, 1:15pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Colorado Rockies, 1-1, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-4)             82    70  46  39  37  68 10    4.28      
 2006 (0-0)              7.2   5   4   3   3   3  1    3.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  37.1  34  22  19  19  29  7    4.58   49 
 2007-09-30    ARI  ND   6.1   1   1   1   4  10  0     108   73 
 2007-09-25    LAD  ND   4     9   5   5   2   2  2      61   24 
 2007-09-20    LAD   W   6.1   5   3   3   3   1  1     101   49 
 2007-09-15    FLA   L   3     5   5   2   4   5  0      69   36 
 2007-09-10    PHI  ND   6     4   2   2   3   3  1      92   56 
 2007-09-05    SFG   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  2      70   41 
 2007-08-31    ARI  ND   6.2   3   3   3   1   6  1      99   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @STL  L   3-8        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @STL  W   2-1        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 
St. Louis Cardinals, 1-1, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Brad Thompson (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 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      
 2005 (4-0)             55    46  22  18  15  29  5    2.95      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  32.1  37  20  15  15  14  6    4.18   45 
 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 
 2007-07-17    FLA   L   6     7   3   3   2   3  1      93   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      1-0  12.1  13   3   3   3   4  1    2.19   54 
 2007-05-31    COL   W   7.1   7   2   2   2   2  0      96   56 
 2007-05-08    COL  ND   5     6   1   1   1   2  1      78   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 STL  8  COL  3        W:Todd Wellemeyer (1-0), L: Aaron Cook (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 COL  2 @STL  1        W:Taylor Buchholz (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (0-1), S: Manuel Corpas (1)

Thu, May 31, 2007 STL  7 @COL  3        W:Brad Thompson , L: Aaron Cook , S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 STL  8 @COL  4        W:Todd Wellemeyer , L: Jason Hirsh , S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 COL  8  STL  3        W:Rodrigo Lopez , L: Braden Looper , S: none
Mon, May 28, 2007 COL  6  STL  2        W:Jeff Francis , L: Kip Wells , S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 STL  9  COL  2        W:Adam Wainwright , L: Jason Hirsh , S: none
Tue, May 08, 2007 STL  4  COL  1        W:Kelvin Jimenez , L: Denny Bautista , S: Jason Isringhausen 
Mon, May 07, 2007 COL  3 @STL  2        W:Zach McClellan , L: Brian Falkenborg , S: Brian Fuentes 
Wed, Jul 26, 2006 STL  6 @COL  1        W:Jeff Suppan (8-5), L: Aaron Cook (6-9), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - STL won 4-3; 2006 - STL won 7-2; All-Time - STL leads 70-68

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.

Colorado Rockies Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (2.50 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
41.Looper
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
23.Reyes
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 6/.500 4/.000 6/1.917 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 5/1.000 2/3.500 4/.000 5/.400 684/486 .301/.367/.486/.853 .782/.882 .773 / 3/1 25/14
10.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 159/90 .222/.296/.347/.643 .760/.556 .472 / 0/0 4/3
12.Barmes G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/4.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 39/29 .216/.237/.297/.534 1.111/.351 .300 / 0/0 0/2
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 7/1.285 8/.125 2/1.500 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 5/.900 4/.750 1/.000 3/1.000 606/467 .291/.387/.539/.926 .679/1.002 .831 / 0/2 29/6
17.Helton* G/S/vP 6/.533 9/.000 4/1.250 7/1.914 8/1.518 ··· 5/1.400 12/.705 10/1.200 3/1.667 682/485 .320/.434/.494/.928 .743/1.005 .868 / 0/1 17/2
5.Holliday G/S/vP 6/1.667 1/4.000 7/.572 2/.500 6/.334 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 713/549 .340/.405/.607/1.012 .958/1.028 .860 / 11/4 36/3
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 234/174 .218/.330/.350/.681 .779/.648 .810 / 0/0 4/1
4.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 5/.650 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 13/1.621 ··· 235/163 .243/.299/.369/.668 .774/.622 .676 / 12/5 2/4
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 300/199 .299/.363/.485/.848 1.012/.767 .815 / 4/1 11/1
3.Taveras G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.572 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 408/309 .320/.367/.382/.748 .877/.708 .722 / 33/9 2/4
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 443/344 .255/.323/.376/.699 .710/.695 .618 / 2/1 8/7
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 682/527 .291/.359/.479/.838 .932/.811 .719 / 7/6 24/11
IP 129.1 55.0 80.0 65.1 175.0 107.1 66.0 42.1 202.0 TOTAL /// / / /1
ERA-K/9 4.73/3.7 4.25/7.7 3.04/5.0 2.48/7.4 4.94/4.5 /0.0 6.04/6.2 2.18/9.0 4.25/5.3 3.70/6.1 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (33-10-4)
 Torrealba (61-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.301 253/.310 317/.234 267/.179 746/.269 / 474/.261 257/.181 176/.234 882/.269  Holliday
 Taveras
 Hawpe
 Podsednik
 Spilborghs
 Baker
 Barmes
157/0/0/7
0/86/0/7
0/0/142/6
55/3/0/4
15/46/20/2
6/0/13/1
0/5/0/0
OPS .869 .772 .635 .543 .752 .802 .514 .668 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.970 106/.816 135/.646 111/.555 327/.783 / 211/.775 77/.683 74/.654 379/.687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.788 147/.741 182/.626 156/.534 419/.729 / 263/.824 180/.441 102/.678 503/.747
Home 259/.837 138/.762 149/.550 145/.552 381/.664 / 243/.832 130/.388 90/.463 468/.747
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/4/4 2/2/0 8/2/2 4/1/0 22/5/1 // 16/4/2 3/3/3 5/0/0 13/6/8 //
Usage ·X······ oX······ ·X······ XX······ Xo······ 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.

St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB
44.Bowie*
G/S/vB
35.Buchholz
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
26.Francis*
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
34.Herges
G/S/vB
56.Morales*
G/S/vB
55.Redman*
G/S/vB
51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/139 .285/.328/.535/.863 1.183/.747 1.056 / 1/0 11/2
66.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 9/.472 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 432/342 .259/.354/.480/.834 .601/.897 .789 / 2/1 21/2
8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 3/.666 2/1.000 17/1.221 5/.200 7/.953 ··· 24/.804 8/.929 456/353 .262/.366/.473/.839 1.235/.728 .883 / 0/1 20/9
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 9/.444 13/.749 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 337/245 .258/.302/.315/.618 .428/.689 .485 / 3/3 0/8
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 5/.250 ··· 8/1.000 6/1.167 306/261 .219/.282/.290/.572 .395/.603 .535 / 6/2 3/7
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 11/.697 3/2.667 4/.833 ··· 5/.400 7/.533 195/138 .148/.240/.272/.512 .610/.471 .663 / 1/0 4/5
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 339/200 .267/.339/.479/.818 .684/.909 .915 / 4/4 14/1
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.143 1/.000 11/1.055 1/.000 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 449/312 .290/.328/.348/.676 .704/.663 .767 / 2/1 2/14
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.333 1/.000 15/.286 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 10/1.933 2/1.000 396/274 .275/.340/.368/.708 .812/.664 .730 / 1/1 6/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 12/.958 1/.000 15/1.044 7/.829 6/1.700 ··· 11/1.182 11/.384 679/485 .327/.429/.568/.997 1.140/.942 .886 / 2/6 32/8
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 188/159 .333/.358/.458/.816 .839/.810 .892 / 1/1 2/2
59.Washington* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 / /// / / / /
IP 82.0 57.1 93.2 78.0 215.1 61.1 48.2 39.1 41.1 75.1 TOTAL /// / / /2
ERA-K/9 4.28/7.5 4.55/6.6 4.23/5.9 2.08/6.7 4.22/6.9 3.08/8.2 2.96/5.5 3.43/6.0 7.62/5.9 4.30/7.4 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 354/.228 248/.261 396/.288 306/.224 922/.278 255/.206 191/.198 163/.241 200/.331 334/.235  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 .726 .738 .748 .596 .758 .622 .598 .655 .903 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.791 74/.601 182/.726 152/.630 213/.663 64/.598 82/.654 35/.432 47/.616 139/.790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.657 174/.799 214/.767 154/.562 709/.786 191/.630 109/.555 128/.717 153/.996 195/.668
Road 143/.724 133/.837 212/.714 143/.604 425/.727 138/.698 73/.413 106/.577 64/.859 166/.659
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 10/16/0 7/3/2 8/7/0 6/0/3 25/9/4 6/1/1 4/0/1 2/4/1 6/1/1 6/5/2 //
Usage oo······ oo······ ·o······ ·o······ X······· 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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