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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Cardinals, 38-31, 1st, ½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (27, RHP, 7-4, 3.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-4)			92.0	86	38	34	36	76	10	3.33
2008 (11-3)			132.0	122	51	47	34	91	12	3.20
2007 (14-12)			202.0	212	93	83	70	136	13	3.70

Last 7 GS		4-3	50.2	42	15	14	15	43	5	2.49	62
2009-06-16	DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	100	64
2009-06-10	@FLA	W	7.0	11	4	4	3	4	1	121	40
2009-06-05	COL	L	6.0	3	3	2	3	8	1	112	61
2009-05-31	@SFG	L	7.0	10	4	4	2	3	1	101	42
2009-05-26	@MIL	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	105	70
2009-05-21	CHC	W	8.2	5	1	1	1	7	0	116	76
2009-05-16	MIL	L	8.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	106	79

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	15.0	10	5	4	3	3	1	2.40	61
2007-06-18	KCR	L	7.0	9	5	4	1	0	1	88	40
2007-06-13	@KCR	W	8.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	110	81

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-16   Road:   17-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  3-7  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sat, Jun 20  @KCR  W   7-1       38-31  1st  0.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 19  @KCR  W  10-5       37-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 18   DET  L   3-6       36-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17   DET  W   4-3       36-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 16   DET  W  11-2       35-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @CLE  L   0-3       34-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @CLE  W   3-1       34-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @CLE  L   3-7       33-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11  @FLA  W   6-5       33-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10  @FLA  W  13-4       32-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Royals, 29-38, 4th, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 4-5, 3.31)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-5)			84.1	82	36	31	31	67	2	3.31
2008 (14-11)			210.1	204	98	93	73	183	19	3.98
2007 (9-13)			216.0	218	98	88	62	156	22	3.67

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.2	37	14	12	17	30	2	2.59	56
2009-06-16	ARI	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	132	84
2009-06-10	@CLE	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	11	0	115	77
2009-06-04	@TBR	ND	6.0	6	1	1	5	2	1	110	53
2009-05-30	CHW	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	103	64
2009-05-25	DET	L	2.1	6	4	2	3	1	0	73	31
2009-05-20	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	87	53
2009-05-14	BAL	L	4.1	6	5	5	2	1	1	87	30

Last 5 v.STL		1-0	11.2	14	5	5	3	8	1	3.86	49
2008-06-27	STL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	103	62
2007-06-20	@STL	ND	4.2	8	4	4	2	6	0	96	36

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-19   Road:   10-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  18-24   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Sat, Jun 20   STL  L   1-7       29-38  4th  7.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19   STL  L   5-10      29-37  4th  6.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18   ARI  L   5-12      29-36  4th  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17   ARI  L   5-12      29-35  4th  4.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16   ARI  W   5-0       29-34  4th  4.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14   CIN  W   7-1       28-34  4th  5.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13   CIN  W   7-4       27-34  4th  6.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12   CIN  W   4-1       26-34  5th  7.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  25-34  5th  7.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10  @CLE  W   9-0       25-33  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 STL  7 @KCR  1        W:Chris Carpenter (5-1), L: Brian Bannister (5-4), S: Ryan Franklin (17)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 STL 10 @KCR  5        W:Brad Thompson (2-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2009 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (4-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-4), S: Juan Cruz (2)
Sat, May 23, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Kyle Lohse (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Todd Wellemeyer (4-4), L: Kyle Davies (2-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 STL  9 @KCR  6        W:Chris Perez (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (7-7), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 STL  5 @KCR  1        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 KCR  7  STL  2        W:Gil Meche (6-8), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 KCR  4 @STL  1        W:Zack Greinke (6-4), L: Brad Thompson (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Kyle McClellan (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 4-1; 2008 - KCR won 4-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 32-24

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

TBR 5.59

STL 4.55

SEA 3.78

RA/G

LAD 3.77

TEX 4.63

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .417

J. Damon .280

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .485

M. Reynolds .354

D. Navarro .243

SLG

J. Mauer .744

O. Hudson .462

N. Punto .248

OPS

J. Mauer 1.229

B. Abreu .810

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.96

J. Peavy 3.97

A. Sonnanstine 6.60

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

B. Zito 6.49

S. Martis 3.45

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Cardinals Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 175/127 .244/.303/.425/.728 .494/.818 .721 79/.732 0/1 5/2

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 244/178 .250/.340/.406/.746 .680/.771 .882 85/.660 0/1 5/4

3.Greene G/S/vP 9/.555 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.750 17/1.445 131/82 .214/.300/.366/.666 .558/.729 .721 14/1.338 2/1 4/7

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 83/63 .256/.293/.397/.690 .762/.668 .571 42/.586 3/0 2/2

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 9/.944 11/.182 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.539 43/31 .268/.302/.390/.693 .750/.670 .683 16/.563 0/0 1/0

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 194/137 .240/.313/.439/.751 .690/.774 .798 74/.547 3/0 10/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.533 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/1.125 243/182 .291/.361/.404/.765 .787/.758 .683 88/.786 4/1 5/1

5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.750 3/.000 2/.000 19/.859 22/1.455 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 25/1.242 292/207 .319/.442/.690/1.131 1.247/1.085 1.068 103/1.171 9/2 24/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 223/173 .279/.327/.471/.798 .411/.903 .765 76/.995 1/0 7/2

13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/83 .303/.345/.394/.739 .748/.730 .708 82/.793 6/3 0/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 249/204 .291/.341/.391/.733 .597/.763 .713 95/.659 1/2 3/4

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/154 .229/.326/.367/.694 .889/.650 .559 70/.659 3/2 1/7

IP 84.1 8.0 10.0 27.0 23.1 21.2 13.2 17.0 30.1 TOTAL .259/.328/.419/.747 .686/.770 .736 .739 35/13 73/44

ERA-K/9

3.31/7.2

5.63/11.2

4.50/6.3

5.67/6.0

4.24/9.7

4.98/8.7

1.98/9.9

2.65/12.2

4.45/6.8

4.32/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.253 35/.207 39/.243 115/.237 97/.253 110/.326 59/.189 78/.210 135/.303 .262

OPS .664 .625 .633 .738 .640 .993 .554 .633 .830 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.608 16/.250 17/.732 55/.850 43/.612 48/.727 29/.456 45/.626 59/.651 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.722 19/1.012 22/.558 60/.633 54/.661 62/1.222 30/.660 33/.626 76/.970 .753

Home 168/.716 22/.955 30/.543 72/.732 57/.595 63/1.011 23/.685 63/.657 92/.806

Last 28d days 133/.584 31/.715 39/.633 35/1.169 31/.633 33/1.258 20/.533 / 44/1.021

HR/SB/CS 2/11/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 2/1/2 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 4/1/1 53/51/11

Usage ····X··· o··o···X ·X·o···X ··X···o· Xo·X···· ··Xo···· ··o····X ········ ·XX·····

Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 168/90 .293/.349/.387/.736 .886/.609 .678 72/.653 12/2 1/3

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 262/168 .282/.336/.432/.767 .916/.690 .911 98/.711 0/0 6/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 248/167 .305/.359/.456/.815 .908/.767 .859 83/.784 0/1 4/8

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.500 17/.728 ··· ··· 3/1.666 10/.333 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 265/171 .241/.292/.394/.686 .526/.776 .764 91/.717 1/1 4/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 1/.000 18/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 10/1.171 215/139 .259/.349/.402/.751 .656/.804 .792 87/.642 1/0 7/4

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/25 .200/.243/.200/.443 .718/.297 .515 32/.440 0/0 0/1

7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 8/1.357 6/.900 ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.800 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 236/155 .233/.318/.438/.756 .585/.846 .783 82/.560 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 99/81 .250/.327/.352/.679 1.037/.600 .833 57/.615 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 166/91 .252/.279/.497/.776 .818/.741 .670 67/.945 2/1 10/4

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/22 .292/.308/.417/.724 1.167/.654 .900 19/.669 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/23 .097/.152/.129/.281 .311/.267 .067 21/.390 0/0 0/3

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 8/1.357 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 3/2.334 10/.550 259/159 .280/.344/.441/.784 .728/.821 .844 82/.834 3/0 8/6

IP 92.0 27.0 3.2 3.2 31.1 18.1 26.1 22.2 19.0 TOTAL .252/.317/.403/.720 .731/.714 .765 .679 36/8 58/52

ERA-K/9

3.33/7.4

1.00/6.7

9.82/2.4

3.45/6.6

2.95/9.3

5.13/7.9

3.57/11.5

4.74/9.0

3.83/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 391/.247 106/.190 17/.267 20/.214 137/.204 80/.225 113/.260 100/.185 82/.225 .251

OPS .688 .506 .953 1.093 .626 .686 .776 .651 .661 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.825 47/.439 11/.808 10/.667 60/.567 49/.415 50/.812 29/.727 47/.480 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.597 59/.559 6/1.167 10/1.400 77/.670 31/1.118 63/.748 71/.620 35/.905 .679

Road 176/.792 65/.685 3/1.667 6/1.500 71/.716 30/.637 47/.586 55/.521 40/.811

Last 28d days 147/.723 38/.533 17/.953 5/.650 48/.775 31/.624 39/1.099 40/.712 28/.613

HR/SB/CS 10/4/3 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 4/0/1 3/1/2 2/1/1 61/14/11

Usage ····X··· X··o···X ········ ··X····· ···X···· o·o····o ··Xo···X ·o····o· ·o·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.