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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-69, 5th, 20½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Davis (28, RHP, 1-2, 1.80)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             20    16   6   4   9   9  0    1.80      
 2007 (2-0)             37    42  27  24  25  19  4    5.84      
 2006 (3-2)             55.1  67  28  23  14  37  1    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41.2  42  19  14  17  29  1    3.02   52 
 2008-08-15    NYM   L   7     6   2   2   3   3  0     102   57 
 2008-08-10   @PHI  ND   6     4   2   0   4   3  0      90   59 
 2005-07-04    DET   W   6     4   0   0   2   5  0      94   67 
 2005-06-11   @SFG   W   7     9   3   3   1   5  0      77   51 
 2005-06-04   @CHW   L   4.2   7   4   4   3   3  1     106   34 
 2005-04-10   @DET   W   6     8   5   4   1   7  0      88   44 
 2004-09-04    ANA   L   5     4   3   1   3   3  0     104   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  43-49   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:26-29   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 19  @STL  W   4-1       57-69  5th 20.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18   NYM  W   5-2       56-69  5th 20.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   NYM  L   0-4       55-69  5th 21.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   NYM  L   4-7       55-68  5th 20.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   NYM  L   1-2       55-67  5th 20.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   CIN  L   1-3       55-66  5th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   CIN  W   5-2       55-65  5th 18.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   CIN  L   1-5       54-65  5th 17.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11  @NYM  W   7-5       54-64  5th 17.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @PHI  L   3-6       53-64  5th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
St. Louis Cardinals, 70-58, 3rd, 8½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 10-4, 3.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-4)           142.1 133  62  60  46  95 17    3.79      
 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         3-0  44    35  17  17  16  22  6    3.48   54 
 2008-08-14   @FLA   W   7.2   3   0   0   4   3  0     112   72 
 2008-08-09   @CHC   W   6.2   6   3   3   1   5  2     112   54 
 2008-08-03    PHI  ND   6     4   1   1   1   3  1      91   62 
 2008-07-29   @ATL  ND   6     8   2   2   1   5  0      98   52 
 2008-07-24    MIL  ND   5     5   2   2   5   2  0      92   46 
 2008-07-19    SDP   W   6.1   5   5   5   3   2  1      84   42 
 2008-07-12   @PIT  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   2  2      94   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-0  32.1  22  11  11   7  21  4    3.06   59 
 2008-07-12   @PIT  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   2  2      94   50 
 2008-05-30    PIT   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  1      94   63 
 2008-05-14    PIT   W   7     2   1   1   3   5  0     108   71 
 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:   33-29   Road:   37-29   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  49-36   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:28-28   vsWest: 17-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Tue, Aug 19   PIT  L   1-4       70-58  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Sun, Aug 17  @CIN  L   3-7       70-57  3rd  7.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 16  @CIN  W   9-3       70-56  3rd  6.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 15  @CIN  W   5-3       69-56  3rd  7.5 gb
124 Thu, Aug 14  @FLA  W   3-0       68-56  3rd  7.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 13  @FLA  W   6-4       67-56  3rd  7.5 gb
122 Tue, Aug 12  @FLA  L   3-4       66-56  3rd  7.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 11  @FLA  W   4-2       66-55  3rd  6.5 gb
120 Sun, Aug 10  @CHC  L   2-6       65-55  3rd  7.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug  9  @CHC  W  12-3       65-54  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 PIT  4 @STL  1        W:Ian Snell (5-10), L: Braden Looper (11-10), S: T.J. Beam (1)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 STL 11 @PIT  6        W:Russ Springer (2-0), L: Franquelis Osoria (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 PIT 12  STL 11 (10)   W:Denny Bautista (3-2), L: Chris Perez (2-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 STL  6 @PIT  0        W:Kyle Lohse (11-2), L: Zach Duke (4-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 PIT  5 @STL  4        W:Franquelis Osoria (3-1), L: Adam Wainwright (5-3), S: Matt Capps (11)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 STL  7  PIT  4        W:Braden Looper (7-4), L: Ian Snell (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (6)
Sat, May 31, 2008 PIT 14 @STL  4        W:Paul Maholm (3-5), L: Mike Parisi (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2008 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Todd Wellemeyer (6-1), L: Zach Duke (2-4), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Thu, May 15, 2008 PIT 11 @STL  5        W:John Grabow (3-1), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2008 STL  5  PIT  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (4-1), L: Paul Maholm (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 7-6; 2007 - STL won 12-6; 2006 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1182-1114

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  5.55

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.90

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.11

BA

C. Jones  .365

D. Lee  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

C. Utley  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

T. Hunter  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

M. Kemp  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
64.Garcia*
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
63.Perez
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
37.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 91/71 .221/.253/.302/.555 .616/.538 .390 16/.438 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.500 3/2.334 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 7/2.171 2/2.500 ··· 347/270 .328/.366/.523/.889 .973/.865 .776 99/.800 2/2 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 1/.000 14/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· 10/1.100 169/108 .292/.339/.338/.677 .638/.696 .604 39/.671 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 20/.744 3/no AB 1/.000 8/.250 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 6/1.333 422/315 .267/.344/.468/.812 .669/.861 .808 46/1.072 1/0 16/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 123/78 .189/.301/.330/.631 .571/.666 .639 61/.577 0/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 14/.599 7/.572 1/.000 6/1.133 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 5/.250 549/398 .275/.354/.506/.860 .662/.937 .860 105/.753 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.667 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 248/173 .231/.297/.394/.690 .459/.795 .658 62/.802 1/1 8/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 51/44 .130/.216/.174/.390 .929/.307 .405 5/.200 1/2 0/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/112 .252/.318/.415/.733 .615/.769 .749 65/.643 1/1 4/
51.Pearce G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 66/51 .228/.303/.298/.601 .762/.550 .745 63/.579 1/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 6/.533 10/.600 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 196/148 .221/.268/.326/.594 .920/.488 .536 62/.456 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 16/.321 10/.500 ··· 10/.422 4/.000 ··· 7/.286 5/.650 3/1.334 483/377 .252/.273/.346/.619 .785/.571 .696 75/.733 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 12/.750 8/.661 1/.000 13/.385 2/.000 ··· 8/1.000 9/1.431 5/1.000 284/228 .284/.326/.360/.686 .567/.714 .544 76/.746 2/2 1/
IP 142.1 60.2 13.2 42.2 66.1 29.2 39.1 50.2 41.2 TOTAL .260/.323/.409/.732 .722/.735 .722 .701 32/12 126/83
ERA-K/9 3.79/6.0 3.56/6.2 4.61/5.3 5.70/7.6 2.98/7.1 3.34/9.4 2.06/8.5 4.26/5.3 4.97/9.1 4.16/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-8-2)
 Doumit (49-17-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.247 274/.285 54/.204 200/.279 280/.264 125/.221 160/.219 210/.275 190/.250 .270  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Pearce
 Morgan
4/118/2/5
26/0/15/4
25/8/37/4
1/0/17/1
4/9/3/0
OPS .708 .840 .686 .811 .694 .725 .603 .769 .761 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.720 111/.720 15/.641 72/.625 115/.651 49/.747 59/.777 91/.759 82/.610 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.699 163/.918 39/.701 128/.911 165/.724 76/.711 101/.498 119/.776 108/.875 .771
Home 296/.765 135/.897 32/.741 105/.823 139/.620 52/.723 77/.833 100/.757 102/.762 .752
Last 28d days 129/.635 65/.825 26/.617 45/.720 56/.729 23/.366 31/.502 63/.721 29/1.066
HR/SB/CS 17/3/6 8/1/1 3/0/0 5/6/2 6/2/1 3/2/1 3/1/2 4/1/1 4/0/0 131/41/24
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·X ··o·X··· ···X···X X···X·X· ····o·X· ···X·o·o ····X··· o··Xoo··
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Davis
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
38.Hansen
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 4/.000 3/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.000 423/301 .275/.348/.524/.871 .723/.934 .840 53/.755 2/1 23/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 146/57 .248/.331/.368/.699 .750/.618 .713 3/.667 3/1 2/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 7/.857 2/3.500 1/2.000 3/1.167 5/1.933 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 524/374 .273/.372/.484/.857 .771/.891 .795 108/.695 0/1 21/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 9/.819 11/.708 ··· ··· 4/.500 343/206 .250/.316/.304/.620 .781/.545 .611 84/.728 16/4 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 13/.938 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 301/231 .281/.322/.342/.664 .609/.681 .736 54/.673 7/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.933 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 135/98 .220/.306/.356/.662 .600/.686 .473 21/.211 0/0 3/
22.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.644 ··· ··· 4/.000 404/262 .244/.316/.327/.643 .635/.647 .492 65/.641 7/5 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/5.000 1/2.000 7/.429 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 480/315 .304/.380/.608/.988 .931/1.016 1.008 121/1.038 4/2 31/
62.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 127/68 .250/.315/.474/.789 .609/.941 .640 75/.821 1/0 7/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 4/1.000 329/220 .310/.348/.386/.733 .751/.724 .783 68/.632 1/2 3/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/3.000 5/1.800 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 419/293 .301/.346/.384/.730 .839/.685 .748 94/.646 0/2 5/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 2/1.500 8/1.042 10/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 499/347 .347/.457/.613/1.070 1.211/1.008 1.036 121/1.061 6/2 26/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 478/360 .306/.365/.424/.789 .434/.902 .719 103/.809 8/2 8/
IP 20.0 43.1 32.2 42.1 61.0 37.1 5.1 57.1 TOTAL .277/.348/.427/.775 .741/.791 .748 .750 59/22 139/67
ERA-K/9 1.80/4.0 3.32/6.7 4.13/4.1 4.04/7.0 3.10/6.9 5.06/6.3 5.06/1.7 5.18/6.4 5.02/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (10-7-1)
 Molina (31-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 80/.235 185/.250 139/.220 191/.259 259/.223 175/.231 26/.318 268/.265 .286  Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Ankiel
 Lopez
 Barton
 Mather
 Miles
 Kennedy
56/46/33/9
20/5/101/5
7/89/0/4
12/0/0/2
27/0/5/2
21/10/14/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .571 .749 .759 .800 .677 .684 .878 .783 .820
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.581 63/.652 60/.900 57/.461 62/.626 76/.767 8/.929 108/.890 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.553 122/.794 79/.658 134/.959 197/.693 99/.622 18/.856 160/.708 .815
Road 47/.582 92/.912 56/.642 92/.830 128/.658 84/.650 19/.868 110/.932 .857
Last 28d days 80/.571 44/.785 68/.680 32/.585 51/.779 48/.778 12/1.056 42/1.139
HR/SB/CS 0/2/1 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 145/82/32
Usage ····X··· o··o···· X·X··o·· ooo··X·o XX··o·o· ··X·X··· ···X···· ·X·o···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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