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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 51-44, 1st, 2 up

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 7-7, 5.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-7) 100.1 126 67 62 47 64 13 5.56
2008 (13-9) 191.2 178 84 79 62 134 25 3.71
2007 (3-3) 79.1 77 50 40 40 60 11 4.54
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 51 27 27 18 25 9 6.45 40
2009-07-08 @MIL ND 4.0 7 4 4 4 3 1 85 31
2009-07-02 SFG W 7.1 7 2 2 1 6 1 99 61
2009-06-27 MIN ND 2.1 4 3 3 4 2 0 68 35
2009-06-22 @NYM L 5.2 10 5 5 4 2 1 101 27
2009-06-17 DET W 5.1 6 2 2 2 5 2 91 51
2009-06-11 @FLA ND 6.0 11 5 5 0 1 2 98 31
2009-06-06 COL L 7.0 6 6 6 3 6 2 112 44
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 19.0 10 3 3 2 16 2 1.42 68
2008-08-31 @HOU L 7.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 98 69
2008-04-07 @HOU ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 2 87 65
2007-09-23 HOU ND 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 71 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   25-23   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  37-30   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Mon, Jul 20  @HOU  L   2-3       51-44  1st  2.0 up
 94 Sun, Jul 19   ARI  W   2-1       51-43  1st  2.0 up
 93 Sat, Jul 18   ARI  L   2-4       50-43  1st  2.0 up
 92 Fri, Jul 17   ARI  W   6-1       50-42  1st  3.0 up
 91 Sun, Jul 12  @CHC  W   4-2       49-42  1st  2.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 12  @CHC  L   3-7       48-42  1st  2.5 up
 89 Sat, Jul 11  @CHC  L   2-5       48-41  1st  2.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul 10  @CHC  W   8-3       48-40  1st  3.0 up
 87 Thu, Jul  9  @MIL  W   5-1       47-40  1st  2.0 up
 86 Wed, Jul  8  @MIL  L   4-5       46-40  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Astros, 47-46, 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (30, LHP, 9-6, 2.81)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-6) 118.2 109 44 37 42 112 12 2.81
2008 (9-7) 137.1 136 65 54 44 131 14 3.54
2007 (9-13) 182.2 179 102 93 62 158 22 4.58
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.0 37 13 13 19 43 7 2.54 60
2009-07-16 @LAD W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 108 66
2009-07-08 PIT W 9.0 5 0 0 1 11 0 125 87
2009-07-02 @SDP W 7.0 7 1 1 2 5 0 108 62
2009-06-26 DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 4 3 2 106 41
2009-06-21 @MIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 8 1 114 74
2009-06-16 @TEX L 4.0 6 6 6 5 4 3 103 25
2009-06-10 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 116 67
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 30.1 25 14 6 8 22 0 1.78 56
2009-04-12 @STL L 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 91 51
2008-08-31 STL W 5.2 7 0 0 0 4 0 93 59
2008-06-08 STL L 6.2 4 5 0 1 7 0 101 62
2008-05-28 @STL L 4.2 6 6 3 4 1 0 92 31
2008-04-07 STL ND 7.1 3 0 0 0 6 0 91 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-23   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  37-35   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl:18-24   vsWest: 18-9  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Mon, Jul 20   STL  W   3-2       47-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @LAD  L   3-4       46-46  4th  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @LAD  L   2-5       46-45  4th  3.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @LAD  W   8-1       46-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @LAD  W   3-0       45-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   WSN  W   5-0       44-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   WSN  L   2-13      43-44  4th  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   WSN  W   6-5       43-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   WSN  W   9-4       42-43  4th  4.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   PIT  W   5-0       41-43  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 STL  3  HOU  0        W:Kyle Lohse (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 STL 11  HOU  2        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Roy Oswalt (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 STL  5  HOU  3        W:Joel Pineiro (1-0), L: Mike Hampton (0-1), S: Kyle McClellan (1)

Sun, Aug 31, 2008 HOU  3  STL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-6), L: Todd Wellemeyer (11-6), S: Jose Valverde (37)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 HOU  8  STL  5        W:Brian Moehler (10-5), L: Braden Looper (12-11), S: Jose Valverde (36)
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 HOU  3  STL  2        W:Doug Brocail (6-5), L: Russ Springer (2-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 STL  5 @HOU  4        W:Kyle Lohse (7-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (8)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 STL  8 @HOU  4        W:Adam Wainwright (6-3), L: Shawn Chacon (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 HOU  6  STL  1        W:Brian Moehler (3-2), L: Braden Looper (7-5), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 STL  3  HOU  2        W:Kyle Lohse (5-2), L: Roy Oswalt (4-5), S: Ryan Franklin (4)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 3-1; 2008 - STL won 8-7; 2007 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 342-302

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 2009 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

NYY  5.54

FLA  4.52

SDP  3.72

RA/G

SFG  3.64

CIN  4.64

WSN  5.66

BA

I. Suzuki  .363

P. Feliz  .287

R. Cedeno  .185

OBP

M. Ramirez  .465

N. Swisher  .362

R. Cedeno  .238

SLG

A. Pujols  .730

R. Zimmerman  .467

N. Punto  .258

OPS

A. Pujols  1.186

J. Drew  .821

B. Giles  .548

ERA

D. Haren  1.96

U. Jimenez  3.82

J. Geer  6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.79

B. Zito  6.73

J. Pineiro  3.75

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cardinals Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
39.Fulchino
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 9/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 247/181 .213/.275/.356/.631 .548/.662 .566 63/.366 1/2 5/3
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 17/.841 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 7/1.262 3/.666 331/260 .256/.330/.433/.764 .990/.701 .733 33/.285 1/1 13/9
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 10/1.289 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.250 1/2.000 303/232 .228/.330/.359/.689 .650/.701 .807 54/.371 0/1 5/5
21.LaRue G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 61/44 .241/.279/.328/.606 .728/.560 .540 18/.399 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 18/.722 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 5/.900 ··· 291/211 .265/.333/.486/.820 .746/.847 .906 88/.956 3/0 15/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 24/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 331/249 .288/.359/.387/.746 .716/.755 .666 79/.778 5/1 5/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP 26/.496 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.800 2/.500 10/.200 1/5.000 399/288 .333/.456/.730/1.186 1.177/1.189 1.087 98/1.256 10/3 34/7
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 310/241 .270/.321/.461/.782 .523/.856 .784 79/.812 1/0 11/4
13.Ryan G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 225/138 .279/.317/.370/.687 .712/.670 .691 77/.551 8/5 1/4
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.533 3/1.334 352/282 .304/.361/.398/.758 .566/.806 .779 94/.809 2/2 3/7
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/40 .240/.256/.387/.643 .773/.525 .679 12/.879 1/0 2/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 262/208 .228/.328/.339/.667 .734/.652 .554 67/.611 3/2 1/10
IP 118.2 31.1 42.0 40.2 23.0 19.0 TOTAL .254/.326/.408/.735 .665/.761 .734 .685 41/17 95/74
ERA-K/9 2.81/8.5 3.45/8.1 3.64/6.0 2.43/6.6 /0.0 3.13/10.6 5.21/11.4 4.13/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.249 136/.200 170/.232 163/.253 / 91/.217 85/.325 .266
OPS .700 .690 .679 .694 .676 .843 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.609 64/.793 81/.639 80/.555 / 42/.817 33/.913 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.725 72/.600 89/.711 83/.823 / 49/.550 52/.796 .765
Home 241/.656 64/.712 94/.681 90/.692 / 55/.713 38/.684
Last 28d days 111/.643 34/.716 56/.853 30/.500 / 38/.642 9/.444
HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 5/1/2 4/2/0 5/5/3 // 4/2/0 3/2/0 101/37/12
Usage ····X··· ····o··· o·o····· XX··X··· o···X··· o·o·····
Astros Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
52.Kinney
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
60.Motte
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
62.Walters
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 11/1.064 6/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/.785 ··· 367/272 .269/.403/.520/.924 .609/1.045 .905 85/1.130 6/2 18/6
27.Blum# G/S/vP 8/.250 6/1.100 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 237/215 .284/.354/.380/.734 .981/.707 .822 64/.908 0/1 3/2
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 390/311 .286/.358/.408/.765 .747/.769 .738 100/.666 34/8 3/1
41.Coste G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 128/88 .234/.331/.369/.700 .754/.675 .886 28/.526 0/0 2/0
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/.000 45/.772 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 12/1.000 ··· 102/92 .185/.248/.293/.541 .400/.558 .666 24/1.036 0/2 1/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP 7/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 202/131 .260/.340/.393/.733 .896/.639 .578 55/.644 0/2 3/4
45.Lee G/S/vP 10/1.278 31/.738 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.200 ··· 373/289 .308/.357/.478/.835 1.047/.773 .931 96/.782 3/2 14/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 5/.650 3/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 265/207 .255/.313/.340/.653 .929/.583 .765 81/.771 9/3 3/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 7/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 87/45 .177/.253/.316/.569 .672/.469 .583 17/.569 1/1 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 8/.393 8/1.125 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 375/296 .295/.360/.464/.824 .984/.780 .869 94/.487 9/6 11/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 85/67 .241/.259/.337/.596 .748/.557 .702 34/.449 0/0 1/5
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 8/.375 20/.363 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.500 ··· 270/216 .255/.286/.412/.698 .806/.670 .637 60/.748 0/2 8/3
10.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.715 36/.736 1/.000 4/2.500 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 393/303 .324/.354/.470/.824 .861/.813 .909 102/.775 2/2 8/12
IP 100.1 35.1 11.0 42.0 24.1 34.1 22.1 14.0 TOTAL .267/.329/.404/.733 .796/.715 .758 .714 64/31 75/51
ERA-K/9 5.56/5.7 0.76/7.1 7.36/3.3 2.79/6.6 2.22/10.4 4.72/7.6 4.03/8.1 7.71/7.7 3.70/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 454/.319 133/.161 59/.354 177/.208 99/.193 146/.248 99/.250 67/.288 .254
OPS .874 .452 1.007 .621 .599 .748 .702 .901 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/1.032 62/.368 30/.636 79/.519 63/.374 61/.833 62/.552 37/1.088 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.715 71/.524 29/1.378 98/.704 36/.997 85/.686 37/.954 30/.700 .693
Road 181/.952 76/.660 25/1.162 95/.679 39/.516 69/.607 52/.827 37/.706
Last 28d days 68/.930 27/.231 37/1.031 32/.567 18/.243 30/.651 12/.955 8/.125
HR/SB/CS 13/3/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 5/0/1 2/3/1 4/1/0 77/20/15
Usage ········ ·X······ ··X····· o·o····· ·oo····· ···o···· ··o····· ········

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.