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Game Preview: PHI @ STL, 7:15pm, Saturday, August 2, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Philadelphia Phillies, 59-50, 1st, 1 up

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 5-12, 5.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-12)           135   156  81  77  39  64 14    5.13      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  35    45  30  30  14  18  4    7.71   38 
 2008-07-27    ATL  ND   2     3   2   2   1   1  0      30   42 
 2008-07-22   @NYM  ND   6     8   5   5   3   1  2     109   34 
 2008-07-09    SEA   L   6     9   6   6   0   2  0      92   32 
 2008-07-04   @CHW   W   7     6   1   1   2   5  0     119   64 
 2008-06-29    SFG   L   4     8   7   7   1   3  0      78   20 
 2008-06-24    PHI   W   7     4   1   1   4   5  1     119   66 
 2008-06-18   @ARI   L   3     7   8   8   3   1  1      75   11 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-24   Road:   30-26   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  35-35   vsLHP:  24-15   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 24-19   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 14-7  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  1  @STL  L   3-6       59-50  1st  1.0 up
108 Thu, Jul 31  @WSN  W   8-4       59-49  1st  1.0 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @WSN  W   8-5       58-49  1st  0.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @WSN  W   2-1       57-49  2nd  0.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   ATL  W  12-10      56-49  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26   ATL  W  10-9       55-49  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 25   ATL  L   2-8       54-49  2nd  2.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @NYM  L   1-3       54-48  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @NYM  L   3-6       54-47  1st    Tied
100 Tue, Jul 22  @NYM  W   8-6       54-46  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
St. Louis Cardinals, 62-50, 2nd, 4 GB, tied for WC

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 10-8, 4.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           127.1 148  67  62  30  61 17    4.38      
 2007 (12-12)          175   183 100  96  51  87 22    4.94      
 2006 (9-3)             73.1  76  30  29  20  41  3    3.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37.1  48  22  21   9  22 10    5.06   45 
 2008-07-28   @ATL   W   7     7   2   2   0   4  0     106   59 
 2008-07-23    MIL   L   5     7   1   1   2   4  1     104   51 
 2008-07-18    SDP  ND   3     8   6   6   0   2  2      68   21 
 2008-07-10   @PHI   L   6     7   4   4   1   2  2     112   43 
 2008-07-04    CHC   L   7     6   2   2   1   5  2     117   61 
 2008-06-29   @KCR  ND   3.1   6   3   2   4   2  0      78   36 
 2008-06-24   @DET   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  3      95   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      0-1   6     7   4   4   1   2  2    6.00   43 
 2008-07-10   @PHI   L   6     7   4   4   1   2  2     112   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-25   Road:   31-25   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  42-30   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl:25-24   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Fri, Aug  1   PHI  W   6-3       62-50  2nd  4.0 gb
111 Thu, Jul 31  @ATL  L   4-9       61-50  2nd  5.0 gb
110 Wed, Jul 30  @ATL  W   7-2       61-49  2nd  4.0 gb
109 Tue, Jul 29  @ATL  W   8-3       60-49  3rd  4.0 gb
108 Mon, Jul 28  @ATL  W  12-3       59-49  3rd  4.0 gb
107 Sun, Jul 27  @NYM  L   1-9       58-49  3rd  4.0 gb
106 Sat, Jul 26  @NYM  W  10-8 (14)  58-48  3rd  3.0 gb
105 Fri, Jul 25  @NYM  L   2-7       57-48  3rd  4.0 gb
104 Thu, Jul 24   MIL  L   3-4       57-47  3rd  4.0 gb
103 Wed, Jul 23   MIL  L   0-3       57-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 STL  6  PHI  3        W:Kyle Lohse (13-3), L: Cole Hamels (9-7), S: Jason Isringhausen (12)
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 PHI  4  STL  1        W:Jamie Moyer (8-6), L: Braden Looper (9-7), S: J.C. Romero (1)
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 PHI  4  STL  2        W:Clay Condrey (2-1), L: Kyle McClellan (1-4), S: Brad Lidge (20)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 STL  2 @PHI  0        W:Joel Pineiro (3-4), L: Cole Hamels (9-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 STL  7  PHI  6 (10)   W:Anthony Reyes (2-1), L: Tom Gordon (5-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 STL  3  PHI  2        W:Kyle Lohse (8-2), L: Adam Eaton (2-4), S: Ryan Franklin (9)
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 PHI 20 @STL  2        W:Kyle Kendrick (6-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 STL  2  PHI  1 (10)   W:Randy Flores (3-0), L: Brett Myers (4-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 PHI  7 @STL  4 (14)   W:Jose Mesa (2-3), L: Mike Maroth (5-7), S: Clay Condrey (1)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 PHI 13 @STL 11        W:Kyle Kendrick (9-4), L: Brad Thompson (6-6), S: Francisco Rosario (1)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 4-3; 2007 - PHI won 6-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 1193-933

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  5.63

COL  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

OAK  3.80

MIN  4.65

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Pedroia  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .620

C. Tracy  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.065

C. Coste  .818

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

S. Olsen  4.04

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

J. Lester  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Philadelphia Phillies Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
64.Garcia*
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 188/120 .228/.310/.311/.622 .743/.554 .669 36/.559 8/2 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 28/.940 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.800 1/2.000 9/.222 6/.583 9/1.356 442/300 .280/.403/.584/.987 .958/1.000 1.154 92/.945 0/0 27/
24.Cervenak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
27.Coste G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 204/143 .283/.332/.487/.818 1.048/.722 .740 43/.500 0/0 8/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 144/140 .304/.340/.430/.770 .500/.778 .628 26/.591 2/1 3/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 4/3.750 3/1.167 1/.000 5/.400 1/5.000 4/3.500 8/1.950 7/.286 474/284 .237/.323/.494/.817 .613/.961 .745 98/.930 1/0 30/
10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 21/.897 9/.472 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 9/.777 9/.889 25/.631 279/258 .243/.297/.400/.697 .248/.734 .668 42/.898 1/1 9/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 31/.725 6/.334 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 3/.000 9/1.444 8/.833 381/264 .270/.338/.442/.780 .791/.774 .777 100/.773 27/1 8/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 2/1.500 256/193 .214/.307/.277/.584 .734/.537 .631 52/.588 1/1 2/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/5.000 85/38 .230/.296/.297/.594 .483/.736 .449 11/.900 2/0 0/
26.Utley* G/S/vP 8/1.500 4/.500 1/no AB 5/1.200 2/.000 2/.500 7/1.857 6/.750 476/284 .293/.374/.571/.945 .936/.952 .955 92/.764 10/1 27/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.833 1/3.000 417/277 .288/.354/.440/.794 .845/.768 .736 99/1.067 26/8 9/
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 275/159 .270/.356/.490/.846 1.018/.714 .873 62/.836 11/1 15/
IP 127.1 52.0 8.2 38.1 58.2 34.2 41.2 39.0 TOTAL .258/.334/.444/.778 .808/.764 .778 .782 89/16 153/67
ERA-K/9 4.38/4.3 3.81/6.1 3.12/6.2 5.63/7.0 2.76/7.2 1.82/7.8 3.89/5.4 5.08/9.5 4.28/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (32-10-1)
 Ruiz (48-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.291 234/.284 34/.200 177/.263 244/.257 142/.217 174/.269 177/.255 .274  Burrell
 Victorino
 Jenkins
 Werth
 Bruntlett
 Taguchi
 Dobbs
106/0/0/11
0/89/4/5
0/0/74/5
16/26/43/4
10/0/6/0
32/1/9/0
3/0/4/0
OPS .801 .858 .694 .802 .686 .591 .756 .754 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.793 92/.728 8/.250 64/.620 105/.616 52/.744 77/.726 76/.645 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.807 142/.939 26/.808 113/.899 139/.739 90/.501 97/.779 101/.835 .780
Home 294/.832 119/.932 26/.786 93/.807 120/.626 71/.779 93/.726 97/.729 .760
Last 28d days 95/.957 61/1.129 34/.694 38/.820 56/.707 35/.668 65/.718 27/.825
HR/SB/CS 17/1/0 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 2/1/2 3/0/1 3/0/0 114/39/21
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· X······· X····oX· ··Xo··o· o·o·o·X· ··X···XX ··X·X·X·
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 387/272 .282/.349/.543/.892 .755/.952 .857 74/1.063 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 17/.435 1/.000 12/1.200 4/.833 4/.500 13/.558 8/1.300 458/322 .273/.373/.485/.858 .795/.884 .815 105/.929 0/1 18/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.000 293/176 .233/.301/.289/.591 .770/.495 .585 76/.489 11/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 20/.929 2/.000 9/.476 1/3.000 1/.000 11/.473 4/1.250 263/200 .267/.316/.337/.653 .581/.677 .729 46/.624 6/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/.000 6/.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 123/89 .229/.317/.367/.684 .657/.694 .502 18/.500 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 4/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 407/257 .303/.382/.598/.980 .926/1.010 .965 104/1.109 4/2 25/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 85/42 .269/.329/.513/.842 .542/1.131 .857 44/.969 0/0 5/
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.500 6/1.133 1/.000 3/2.500 293/193 .314/.353/.395/.748 .705/.768 .783 67/.819 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.536 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 363/246 .308/.355/.390/.745 .896/.676 .756 90/.718 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.700 21/.694 11/.091 1/5.000 7/.953 426/289 .350/.458/.607/1.065 1.273/.964 1.022 109/.978 5/1 21/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 199/105 .238/.296/.282/.578 .625/.535 .448 44/.408 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 415/307 .302/.367/.420/.788 .417/.915 .729 92/.707 8/1 6/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/11 .238/.261/.238/.499 .633/.364 7/.486 0/0 0/
IP 135.0 47.1 59.1 46.0 56.1 43.1 32.2 TOTAL .276/.349/.427/.776 .753/.787 .751 .785 48/19 119/55
ERA-K/9 5.13/4.3 3.61/4.9 1.67/7.4 2.15/11.5 3.51/6.7 2.28/7.5 3.58/6.3 4.02/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (9-7-1)
 Molina (30-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.287 209/.298 239/.223 192/.186 234/.257 186/.192 147/.254 .260  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Mather
 Stavinoha
 Miles
56/31/33/8
0/89/0/4
20/5/85/4
9/5/14/1
4/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .779 .801 .592 .524 .714 .648 .681 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 320/.690 106/.850 112/.689 112/.658 117/.744 81/.317 73/.610 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.886 103/.751 127/.506 80/.333 117/.683 105/.925 74/.749 .746
Road 191/.850 111/.860 98/.524 87/.404 110/.705 86/.678 73/.758 .771
Last 28d days 65/.925 67/.743 45/.611 49/.744 57/.903 38/.471 39/.946
HR/SB/CS 14/0/1 4/3/1 2/2/3 1/5/0 5/6/1 4/8/0 0/6/1 117/80/24
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·X ·ooo··Xo ··oo·XoX X·X··XX· ···o·ooX ·o···Xo·

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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