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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Pittsburgh Pirates, 19-20, 5th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 2-3, 4.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             41.1  44  24  22  15  27  4    4.79      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41.1  44  24  22  15  27  4    4.79   47 
 2008-05-08    SFG  ND   6     6   4   4   2   4  0     107   46 
 2008-05-03   @WSN   L   5    10   7   7   3   2  1     102   18 
 2008-04-27    PHI   W   9     2   1   1   4   2  0      99   77 
 2008-04-22    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   6  0      93   65 
 2008-04-16   @LAD   L   5    11   6   4   2   2  1      90   25 
 2008-04-11    CIN  ND   5.1   6   0   0   2   2  0      73   56 
 2008-04-05   @FLA   L   5     5   5   5   1   9  2      92   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-2  23.2  27   7   6  10  11  1    2.28   52 
 2007-07-31    STL   L   6     6   3   2   2   3  0     102   51 
 2007-04-11    STL  ND   5     6   2   2   3   3  0      96   47 
 2006-08-13    STL   W   6.2   8   0   0   3   1  0      93   56 
 2006-04-17    STL   L   6     7   2   2   2   4  1     118   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-8    Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 13  @STL  W   8-4 (10)  19-20  5th  4.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   ATL  L   1-8       18-20  5th  5.0 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   ATL  W   5-0       18-19  5th  5.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   ATL  W   5-2       17-19  4th  5.0 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   ATL  W   3-2       16-19  5th  5.0 gb
 34 Thu, May  8   SFG  W   5-4       15-19  5th  6.0 gb
 33 Wed, May  7   SFG  W   3-1       14-19  5th  7.0 gb
 32 Tue, May  6   SFG  W  12-6       13-19  5th  8.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  4  @WSN  L   2-5       12-19  5th  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  3  @WSN  L   8-9       12-18  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
St. Louis Cardinals, 23-18, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 3-1, 3.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             48    41  21  19  16  42  6    3.56      
 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  43    37  20  18  13  36  5    3.77   55 
 2008-05-09   @MIL  ND   6     6   2   0   0   2  0     102   58 
 2008-05-04    CHC   W   5     3   2   2   4   4  0      95   53 
 2008-04-28    CIN   L   6     7   4   4   2   5  0      97   45 
 2008-04-23   @PIT  ND   6     7   4   4   1   5  1     107   46 
 2008-04-18    SFG   W   7     4   1   1   2   6  0     107   69 
 2008-04-12   @SFG  ND   6     5   5   5   3   7  2      92   46 
 2008-04-07   @HOU  ND   7     5   2   2   1   7  2      87   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      0-0  12    10   5   5   1  10  1    3.75   57 
 2008-04-23   @PIT  ND   6     7   4   4   1   5  1     107   46 
 2007-09-28   @PIT  ND   6     3   1   1   0   5  0      70   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-8    Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  16-9    vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  7-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 39 Sun, May 11  @MIL  L   3-5       23-16  1st    Tied
 38 Sat, May 10  @MIL  W   5-3       23-15  1st  1.0 up
 37 Fri, May  9  @MIL  L   3-4       22-15  1st  1.0 up
 36 Thu, May  8  @COL  L   3-9       22-14  1st  2.0 up
 35 Wed, May  7  @COL  L   3-4       22-13  1st  2.5 up
 34 Tue, May  6  @COL  W   6-5       22-12  1st  2.5 up
 33 Mon, May  5  @COL  W   6-5       21-12  1st  2.5 up
 32 Sun, May  4   CHC  W   5-3       20-12  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 STL  7 @PIT  3        W:Adam Wainwright (14-12), L: Tom Gorzelanny (14-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 STL  6 @PIT  1        W:Russ Springer (8-1), L: John Grabow (3-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 STL 16  PIT  4  (8)   W:Kelvin Jimenez (2-0), L: Bryan Bullington (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 PIT  8 @STL  2        W:Tony Armas (3-5), L: Mark Mulder (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 STL  6  PIT  2        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Matt Morris (8-9), S: Ryan Franklin (1)
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 PIT 11 @STL  0        W:Ian Snell (9-11), L: Kip Wells (6-16), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 2-1; 2007 - STL won 12-6; 2006 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1177-1109

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  5.79

STL  4.49

SDP  3.38

RA/G

CLE  3.62

MIN  4.50

TEX  5.49

BA

D. Pedroia  .307

  

D. Pedroia  .307

OBP

D. Pedroia  .344

  

D. Pedroia  .344

SLG

D. Pedroia  .403

  

D. Pedroia  .403

OPS

D. Pedroia  .747

  

D. Pedroia  .747

ERA

C. Lee  .67

Z. Duke  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

Z. Greinke  6.11

J. Garland  2.07

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.15 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
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
65.Parisi
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.429 2/.000 8/.250 5/.600 ··· ··· 10/.000 ··· 142/100 .226/.290/.387/.677 1.037/.536 .769 84/.781 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 9/1.047 5/.400 3/2.667 13/.708 ··· ··· 11/.282 2/no AB 168/115 .270/.399/.467/.866 .877/.861 .731 109/.861 4/0 7/
10.Bixler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/58 .169/.250/.200/.450 .564/.420 .433 59/.483 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 5/.800 1/3.000 1/5.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/2.171 ··· 110/83 .350/.382/.573/.955 .963/.951 .937 67/1.016 0/0 5/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/1.077 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 8/1.125 65/35 .262/.292/.311/.604 .621/.589 .575 40/.538 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.586 7/1.547 3/no AB 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/1.750 3/2.667 142/94 .210/.310/.347/.657 .609/.681 .652 99/.754 1/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.000 5/.800 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 178/113 .305/.386/.610/.997 .881/1.063 1.087 107/.927 3/3 10/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 77/45 .227/.289/.288/.577 .496/.638 .423 43/.833 1/1 0/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 14/.891 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.500 62/53 .200/.290/.273/.563 .111/.640 .361 34/.448 0/0 0/
22.Nady G/S/vP 8/.679 2/no AB 11/.764 4/.833 ··· ··· 9/.611 3/.333 163/110 .338/.399/.538/.937 .997/.906 1.073 101/.885 1/0 5/
26.Paulino G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.000 1/2.000 66/38 .224/.303/.293/.596 .655/.554 .576 44/.555 0/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 61/42 .224/.250/.259/.509 .541/.494 .508 18/.513 1/0 0/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 8/.375 9/.472 ··· ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 161/112 .253/.283/.333/.616 .675/.590 .663 111/.628 0/0 1/
IP 48.0 9.2 20.0 16.2 19.1 7.0 8.0 15.1 TOTAL .251/.323/.393/.717 .764/.696 .719 .723 12/6 36/38
ERA-K/9 3.56/7.9 1.86/8.4 1.80/4.0 7.02/6.5 2.79/7.5 3.86/5.1 5.63/5.6 3.52/8.2 3.91/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (10-6-4)
 Paulino (11-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 197/.233 44/.229 87/.224 79/.294 81/.243 31/.286 39/.313 64/.212 .254  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
 McLouth
0/0/37/4
15/1/7/3
38/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/36/2/0
OPS .705 .655 .671 .880 .619 .748 .905 .622 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.770 17/.794 28/.705 26/.641 23/.399 12/.583 10/1.725 24/.533 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.662 27/.561 59/.653 53/.990 58/.710 19/.859 29/.629 40/.673 .705
Home 96/.683 19/.850 48/.677 41/.937 51/.487 / 23/.961 43/.539 .664
Last 28d days 126/.662 31/.762 55/.725 49/1.063 47/.621 31/.748 27/.741 52/.593
HR/SB/CS 6/2/4 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/0 0/0/1 1/1/2 1/0/0 32/18/9
Usage ····X··· ·o····o· X··oo··X ·o··o·X· ···oX·o· ··X··X·· o··X·o·· X··o····
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 159/116 .290/.384/.500/.884 .911/.873 .956 102/.837 0/0 7/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 66/25 .268/.369/.375/.744 .809/.639 .721 45/.591 0/1 0/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 106/93 .253/.377/.391/.768 .237/.849 .789 70/.702 1/1 3/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 5/.400 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 159/112 .237/.358/.382/.740 .840/.698 .626 102/.782 0/1 2/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 9/.929 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 120/75 .233/.336/.282/.618 .638/.606 .636 74/.585 2/3 0/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 111/90 .287/.342/.337/.679 .850/.639 .901 71/.688 2/1 0/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 9/1.194 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.933 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB 43/32 .114/.279/.143/.422 .273/.466 .542 29/.519 0/0 0/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 122/69 .336/.410/.701/1.111 1.029/1.169 .985 82/1.077 1/1 8/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/.400 3/1.334 4/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 3/.666 89/53 .288/.345/.313/.657 .633/.673 .866 60/.758 0/1 0/
4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 132/90 .283/.341/.383/.724 .942/.625 .718 87/.728 0/0 2/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 12/1.278 6/1.500 5/.000 9/1.699 4/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 177/121 .348/.503/.600/1.103 1.285/1.018 1.034 119/1.062 2/1 8/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 48/32 .289/.304/.333/.638 .481/.710 .586 48/.638 1/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 159/116 .289/.365/.401/.766 .490/.868 .695 108/.759 3/0 2/
IP 41.1 1.2 17.2 18.0 19.2 27.1 1.0 18.0 TOTAL .273/.367/.410/.777 .789/.772 .782 .769 12/11 33/21
ERA-K/9 4.79/5.9 10.80/5.3 2.55/5.1 1.50/8.0 4.58/11.0 5.60/3.0 0.00/9.0 3.00/4.0 4.86/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (3-3-0)
 Molina (15-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.280 9/.375 68/.219 75/.214 79/.216 125/.350 6/.000 82/.203 .282  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Barton
 Duncan
 Ludwick
22/8/20/4
0/36/0/2
10/0/4/2
22/0/0/1
5/1/30/0
OPS .729 1.194 .551 .538 .523 .943 .600 .639 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.594 1/.000 33/.891 20/.358 26/.478 45/.945 2/ 33/.580 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.759 8/1.357 35/.234 55/.605 53/.544 80/.942 4/.333 49/.668 .797
Road 76/1.016 / 24/.610 44/.606 40/.553 61/1.007 6/.600 40/.488 .829
Last 28d days 131/.708 9/1.194 38/.549 36/.727 54/.415 85/.930 6/.600 48/.854
HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 1/0/0 0/3/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 32/21/10
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····o o··o·Xoo o···oo·· XX··X·o· ·X·o·o·· X······· oX··ooX·

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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