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Game Preview: LAD @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Los Angeles Dodgers, 56-55, 2nd, 1½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 11-9, 3.05)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-9)           138.2 118  52  47  56 145  9    3.05      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  49.2  37  14  11  14  50  2    1.99   64 
 2008-07-30    SFG   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     118   85 
 2008-07-25    WSN   W   7.2   5   2   2   3   4  0     106   62 
 2008-07-19   @ARI   L   5.2   7   3   3   3   5  1     114   45 
 2008-07-13    FLA   W   7     5   1   1   0  13  0     106   76 
 2008-07-08    ATL   L   5.1   6   6   5   4   8  1     103   38 
 2008-07-03   @HOU   W   8     6   2   0   1   5  0      92   70 
 2008-06-28    LAA   W   7     3   0   0   3   7  0     111   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      0-1  10    12   6   5  10   5  2    4.50   42 
 2006-07-23    STL   L   5     6   6   5   5   1  2      99   29 
 2006-07-13   @STL  ND   5     6   0   0   5   4  0      97   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 22-20 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  3   ARI  W   9-3       56-55  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   ARI  W   4-2       55-55  2nd  2.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   ARI  L   1-2       54-55  2nd  3.0 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31   ARI  L   1-2       54-54  2nd  2.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   SFG  W   4-0       54-53  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   SFG  W   2-0       53-53  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   SFG  L   6-7       52-53  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   WSN  W   2-0       52-52  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   WSN  W   6-0       51-52  2nd  1.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   WSN  W   3-2       50-52  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
St. Louis Cardinals, 62-52, 3rd, 5½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (33, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              4     5   1   1   2   2  0    2.25      
 2007 (0-1)              6     9   5   5   1   3  0    7.50      
 2006 (15-8)           221.2 194  81  76  43 184 21    3.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  46.1  55  24  23  11  38  2    4.47   50 
 2008-07-30   @ATL  ND   4     5   1   1   2   2  0      67   48 
 2007-04-01    NYM   L   6     9   5   5   1   3  0     101   36 
 2006-09-26    SDP   L   7    12   6   6   2   6  0     122   33 
 2006-09-21   @HOU   L   8     9   6   6   0   5  2     106   45 
 2006-09-16    SFG   W   7     5   1   1   2   9  0     114   70 
 2006-09-11    HOU   W   9     6   0   0   2   6  0     115   79 
 2006-09-06   @WSN  ND   5.1   9   5   4   2   7  0     110   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      3-0  21    18   9   7   4  21  2    3.00   60 
 2006-07-14    LAD   W   9     2   0   0   0   7  0     101   90 
 2005-05-12    LAD   W   7     8   3   2   3   8  1     110   56 
 2004-09-12   @LAD   W   5     8   6   5   1   6  1     109   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-27   Road:   31-25   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:25-24   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Sun, Aug  3   PHI  L   4-5       62-52  3rd  6.0 gb
113 Sat, Aug  2   PHI  L   1-2       62-51  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 25, 2008 LAD  4  STL  3 (10)   W:Takashi Saito (3-1), L: Mike Parisi (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 STL  4 @LAD  0        W:Kyle Lohse (4-2), L: Brad Penny (5-5), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 STL  2 @LAD  1        W:Adam Wainwright (4-2), L: Derek Lowe (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (3)

Sun, Aug 12, 2007 STL 12  LAD  2        W:Anthony Reyes (2-11), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 STL  6  LAD  1        W:Braden Looper (10-9), L: Derek Lowe (8-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 LAD  2 @STL  1        W:Joe Beimel (3-1), L: Adam Wainwright (10-9), S: Takashi Saito (29)
Wed, May 16, 2007 LAD  5  STL  4        W:Randy Wolf (5-3), L: Kip Wells (1-8), S: Takashi Saito (13)
Tue, May 15, 2007 LAD  9  STL  7        W:Derek Lowe (4-4), L: Adam Wainwright (3-3), S: Takashi Saito (12)
Mon, May 14, 2007 STL  8 @LAD  4        W:Brad Thompson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (10)
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 STL  6 @LAD  1        W:Jason Marquis (12-7), L: Chad Billingsley (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 2-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 7-0; All-Time - STL leads 1056-1027

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  5.66

COL  4.62

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.90

CLE  4.60

TEX  5.90

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

D. Eveland  6.12

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
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
36.Ardoin G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 25/13 .208/.240/.250/.490 .750/.237 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 3/.000 17/1.037 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 115/80 .212/.274/.250/.524 .567/.505 .681 43/.599 0/0 0/
30.Blake G/S/vP ··· 10/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 403/314 .296/.368/.475/.843 .861/.838 .973 89/1.023 2/0 12/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 396/302 .274/.339/.442/.781 .629/.828 .848 74/.659 3/2 11/
25.Jones G/S/vP 12/.872 7/.143 ··· 7/.143 ··· 10/.633 3/.333 13/.508 227/147 .161/.260/.241/.501 .594/.452 .487 60/.454 0/1 2/
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 441/312 .295/.350/.469/.819 1.039/.729 .842 100/.977 26/8 13/
12.Kent G/S/vP 9/.476 3/.000 ··· 9/.708 ··· 8/1.786 3/2.334 7/1.262 370/267 .254/.305/.401/.706 .818/.663 .787 77/.578 0/0 10/
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 450/314 .300/.358/.458/.816 .731/.852 .855 87/.825 4/3 9/
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 448/329 .295/.391/.422/.813 .795/.819 .882 88/.701 11/5 10/
14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 76/52 .282/.311/.352/.663 .938/.531 .472 7/.857 1/2 0/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 26/.711 5/.800 ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 5/1.100 331/236 .280/.324/.316/.640 .798/.576 .677 34/.606 37/7 0/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/.976 14/1.429 ··· 7/1.738 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 14/.904 438/351 .310/.404/.550/.954 .802/.994 .941 79/1.328 1/0 22/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/1.300 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.091 4/1.250 2/.500 77/65 .116/.195/.159/.354 .250/.373 .274 5/1.000 0/0 0/
IP 4.0 54.0 9.0 38.1 59.2 36.0 41.2 39.1 TOTAL .258/.322/.380/.702 .768/.675 .723 .702 95/29 78/70
ERA-K/9 2.25/4.5 3.67/6.2 4.00/6.0 5.63/7.0 2.87/7.2 2.25/7.5 3.89/5.4 5.03/9.4 4.27/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (2-1-1)
 Martin (53-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 19/.333 242/.279 36/.219 177/.263 248/.257 148/.224 174/.269 179/.253 .273  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
 Jones
 Sweeney
0/56/55/9
41/0/65/7
69/0/0/6
72/7/0/1
0/63/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .745 .848 .712 .802 .683 .626 .756 .753 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.730 97/.736 10/.425 64/.620 106/.609 55/.798 77/.726 77/.654 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/.750 145/.918 26/.808 113/.899 142/.737 93/.521 97/.779 102/.826 .774
Home / 127/.907 28/.801 93/.807 124/.621 77/.833 93/.726 99/.728 .758
Last 28d days 19/.745 66/.960 36/.712 38/.820 52/.710 35/.619 60/.704 29/.814
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 8/1/1 2/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/1/2 3/0/1 3/0/0 118/39/21
Usage ·····X·· ·oX···X· ·o·X···· ···X···· ·X···Xo· ·ooo·o·o ·····X·· ·o···X·X
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
49.Falkenborg
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 389/274 .283/.350/.543/.892 .755/.952 .858 67/1.038 2/1 22/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 36/.837 ··· ··· 466/330 .273/.373/.489/.862 .795/.889 .825 105/1.019 0/1 19/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 296/177 .231/.302/.287/.589 .756/.499 .581 75/.512 11/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/.962 ··· ··· 268/205 .266/.313/.335/.648 .581/.670 .715 44/.465 6/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 123/89 .229/.317/.367/.684 .657/.694 .502 18/.500 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 415/265 .306/.384/.614/.998 .926/1.038 1.007 104/1.164 4/2 27/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/50 .244/.309/.465/.774 .559/.945 .687 49/.860 0/0 5/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 5/1.100 3/.666 5/.450 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 300/199 .314/.355/.394/.748 .719/.762 .782 72/.839 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 370/253 .308/.354/.388/.742 .896/.673 .749 89/.695 0/2 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 7/1.071 18/1.094 7/.453 ··· 1/3.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 434/297 .344/.454/.597/1.051 1.273/.945 .996 109/.921 5/1 21/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 200/106 .242/.299/.286/.585 .625/.550 .465 39/.520 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 421/313 .302/.367/.419/.786 .417/.910 .727 94/.737 8/1 6/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/13 .208/.231/.208/.439 .580/.308 .000 10/.325 0/0 0/
IP 138.2 30.2 46.1 11.0 63.1 71.1 20.0 49.2 TOTAL .275/.348/.426/.774 .752/.784 .748 .786 48/19 122/55
ERA-K/9 3.05/9.4 1.76/5.3 3.11/10.5 4.91/6.5 1.85/10.8 2.65/7.3 5.40/10.8 2.54/6.7 3.64/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.229 136/.292 184/.206 43/.205 252/.200 302/.263 87/.278 196/.212 .250  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Mather
 Kennedy
 Stavinoha
 Miles
56/33/33/8
20/5/87/5
0/89/0/4
11/7/14/1
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .646 .688 .576 .621 .540 .742 .706 .631 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.698 64/.667 72/.824 16/.527 81/.596 133/.847 32/.496 75/.647 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.598 72/.705 112/.430 27/.671 171/.510 169/.663 55/.839 121/.620 .654
Road 271/.663 65/.684 88/.764 21/1.006 152/.623 158/.855 33/.823 90/.761 .786
Last 28d days 140/.602 25/.956 28/.181 25/.598 52/.519 49/.997 39/.680 56/.559
HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 0/4/2 2/4/2 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/3/0 0/4/0 5/1/0 81/57/14
Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ···o··o· ·o·····o ·XX·X··o ··oX··X· ·X·····o ·X·Xo··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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