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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 1:05pm, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 27-19, 1st, Tied

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 4-4, 5.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 52.0 63 31 30 24 30 4 5.19
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 3-3 40.0 44 25 24 22 23 4 5.40 44
2009-05-22 KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 85 64
2009-05-17 MIL L 5.2 3 4 4 7 3 0 106 43
2009-05-12 @PIT L 4.1 9 7 7 3 4 2 93 18
2009-05-07 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 97 62
2009-05-01 @WSN W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 109 58
2009-04-26 CHC L 5.0 8 6 5 2 5 0 103 32
2009-04-21 NYM ND 5.0 10 4 4 2 1 0 86 30
Last 5 v.MIL 0-2 22.2 22 13 10 14 12 1 3.97 47
2009-05-17 MIL L 5.2 3 4 4 7 3 0 106 43
2008-08-26 MIL L 6.0 8 5 4 2 5 1 112 41
2008-07-24 MIL ND 5.0 5 2 2 5 2 0 92 46
2008-05-09 @MIL ND 6.0 6 2 0 0 2 0 102 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-9    Road:   10-10   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 26  @MIL  W   8-1       27-19  1st    Tied
 45 Mon, May 25  @MIL  L   0-1 (10)  26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   KCR  L   2-3       26-18  1st    Tied
 43 Sat, May 23   KCR  W   5-0       26-17  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 22   KCR  W   5-0       25-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   CHC  W   3-1       24-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   CHC  W   2-1       23-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   CHC  W   3-0       22-17  2nd  3.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 18   MIL  L   4-8       21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   MIL  L   2-8       21-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Brewers, 27-19, 1st, Tied

SP: Manny Parra (26, LHP, 3-5, 5.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-5) 46.2 51 33 30 29 40 5 5.79
2008 (10-8) 166.0 181 91 81 75 147 18 4.39
2007 (0-1) 26.1 25 13 11 12 26 1 3.76
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.1 42 25 22 23 33 4 5.45 44
2009-05-22 @MIN L 3.1 8 9 8 3 1 1 74 8
2009-05-17 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 53
2009-05-12 FLA W 6.0 6 3 3 2 8 0 107 54
2009-05-06 @CIN W 6.0 8 2 2 4 5 1 119 49
2009-05-01 ARI ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 8 0 93 66
2009-04-26 @HOU L 5.0 5 3 1 3 4 1 97 50
2009-04-21 @PHI L 4.0 7 5 5 3 4 1 77 29
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 26.0 28 12 12 14 19 3 4.15 48
2009-05-17 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 53
2008-08-27 @STL ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 7 1 98 63
2008-05-09 STL ND 5.0 3 3 3 3 4 1 83 50
2008-04-22 STL ND 5.0 9 3 3 2 2 0 106 37
2008-04-17 @STL ND 4.0 5 3 3 5 3 1 81 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-8    Road:   14-11   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  20-15   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 26   STL  L   1-8       27-19  1st    Tied
 45 Mon, May 25   STL  W   1-0 (10)  27-18  1st  1.0 up
 44 Sun, May 24  @MIN  L   3-6       26-18  1st    Tied
 43 Sat, May 23  @MIN  L   2-6       26-17  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 22  @MIN  L   3-11      26-16  1st  1.0 up
 41 Thu, May 21  @HOU  W   4-3       26-15  1st  2.0 up
 40 Wed, May 20  @HOU  L   4-6       25-15  1st  2.0 up
 39 Tue, May 19  @HOU  W   4-2       25-14  1st  3.0 up
 38 Mon, May 18  @STL  W   8-4       24-14  1st  2.0 up
 37 Sun, May 17  @STL  W   8-2       23-14  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 26, 2009 STL  8 @MIL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (5-2), L: Jeff Suppan (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 MIL  1  STL  0 (10)   W:Carlos Villanueva (2-3), L: Kyle McClellan (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 MIL  8 @STL  4        W:Braden Looper (4-2), L: Kyle Lohse (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2009 MIL  8 @STL  2        W:Manny Parra (3-4), L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 MIL  1 @STL  0        W:Jeff Suppan (3-3), L: Adam Wainwright (3-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (9)

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 STL  5  MIL  3        W:Ryan Franklin (5-5), L: David Riske (1-2), S: Chris Perez (6)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 MIL 12 @STL  0        W:Ben Sheets (12-7), L: Todd Wellemeyer (11-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 MIL  4 @STL  3        W:Eric Gagne (3-2), L: Ryan Franklin (3-4), S: Salomon Torres (19)
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 MIL  3 @STL  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (10-8), L: Braden Looper (9-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 MIL  4 @STL  3        W:Brian Shouse (4-1), L: Kyle McClellan (2-5), S: Salomon Torres (18)
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 4-1; 2008 - MIL won 10-5; 2007 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 97-76

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  5.71

MIL  4.70

SEA  3.70

RA/G

LAD  3.87

TEX  4.76

WSN  6.15

BA

M. Cabrera  .377

A. Beltre  .217

B. Upton  .189

OBP

C. Beltran  .460

B. Upton  .285

A. Beltre  .251

SLG

R. Ibanez  .724

E. Bonifacio  .304

B. Giles  .277

OPS

R. Ibanez  1.134

E. Bonifacio  .597

B. Giles  .558

ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

K. Slowey  4.23

J. Moyer  7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

G. Meche  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Cardinals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Parra*
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
50.Julio
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 11/.489 96/71 .247/.323/.400/.723 .457/.820 .569 19/.691 0/0 2/0
23.Barden G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 91/56 .256/.311/.439/.750 .799/.717 .936 48/.447 0/0 4/3
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 16/.875 168/123 .257/.351/.451/.803 .694/.845 1.027 89/.704 0/1 4/3
3.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 7/.679 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 122/75 .202/.289/.298/.587 .460/.665 .547 47/.459 2/1 2/7
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 27/22 .280/.333/.440/.773 .800/.768 .586 19/.563 0/0 1/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 15/.897 9/.889 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 11/.282 164/119 .268/.344/.373/.717 .706/.719 .644 80/.525 3/1 3/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 18/1.479 11/.955 2/.500 5/.000 2/2.500 8/.700 ··· 22/1.255 198/142 .323/.449/.645/1.095 1.185/1.060 .875 98/1.094 7/2 14/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 156/114 .234/.307/.401/.709 .444/.801 .769 89/.736 1/0 5/2
13.Ryan G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.650 68/33 .237/.303/.339/.642 .625/.657 .463 25/.541 3/0 0/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/1.833 3/2.000 14/.857 163/137 .309/.350/.441/.790 .638/.819 .766 89/.843 1/1 3/2
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/24 .242/.242/.364/.606 .444/.667 .700 33/.606 1/0 1/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 129/106 .236/.349/.382/.731 .769/.723 .543 72/.653 3/1 1/4
IP 46.2 22.0 21.2 13.0 17.1 23.1 13.1 22.2 TOTAL .255/.331/.420/.751 .675/.780 .724 .686 27/7 51/31
ERA-K/9 5.79/7.7 2.86/5.7 1.25/9.1 0.00/6.9 5.71/6.8 3.09/7.0 4.73/7.4 3.97/9.1 4.12/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 218/.276 88/.277 83/.190 43/.116 82/.197 103/.207 60/.200 96/.193 .241
OPS .807 .704 .545 .233 .702 .672 .713 .569 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.896 40/.914 24/.879 21/.381 32/.998 55/1.031 34/.580 53/.460 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.782 48/.533 59/.415 22/.091 50/.520 48/.268 26/.885 43/.713 .693
Home 74/.622 37/.763 44/.461 28/.143 34/.639 50/.830 26/.481 47/.745
Last 28d days 127/.790 35/.667 40/.508 37/.216 49/.623 50/.606 28/.669 41/.302
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/3/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 55/25/6
Usage ····X··· o····o·o o·o·X··· ·o···X·o X··Xo·X· X···XoX· o·o·o··· ·oo··o·o
Brewers Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
54.Boyer
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 13/1.869 3/1.167 9/1.333 6/.334 1/5.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 191/154 .323/.440/.544/.984 1.439/.874 .784 95/.934 3/3 8/1
25.Cameron G/S/vP 12/.250 2/.500 8/.250 4/.833 6/.334 1/no AB 2/.500 4/1.250 182/135 .290/.385/.542/.927 .827/.957 1.028 100/.831 2/0 9/0
20.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/1.349 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 7/1.371 4/.500 8/.661 5/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 16/1.458 108/97 .319/.387/.415/.802 .473/.840 .822 74/.834 0/1 1/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/.826 2/2.500 10/.550 4/1.250 7/.953 1/2.000 2/.500 8/.946 203/145 .266/.414/.513/.926 .955/.914 .963 108/.995 0/0 10/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 23/21 .200/.304/.450/.754 1.500/.675 .000 23/.754 0/0 1/1
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 9/.666 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 128/109 .218/.250/.370/.620 .819/.584 .317 62/.504 2/0 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 11/.091 1/.000 12/1.682 5/1.400 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 142/106 .223/.289/.377/.666 1.017/.539 .838 69/.437 1/0 4/3
7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/1.136 4/.500 8/1.285 6/.167 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.500 162/121 .234/.321/.397/.718 .469/.798 .708 81/.907 0/0 5/3
1.Hart G/S/vP 12/.349 1/.000 6/.667 2/.500 3/.667 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 190/150 .243/.317/.391/.708 .624/.731 .812 98/.541 3/3 4/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 14/.536 5/.250 22/.427 5/.650 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 11/.788 156/125 .211/.297/.263/.560 .614/.547 .612 87/.619 0/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 44/29 .243/.318/.297/.615 .641/.602 .258 36/.644 0/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/17 .333/.320/.417/.737 .250/.974 1.125 11/.727 0/0 0/0
IP 52.0 10.0 17.2 23.0 11.1 18.0 13.1 13.1 TOTAL .249/.339/.413/.752 .784/.743 .776 .726 11/10 53/26
ERA-K/9 5.19/5.2 10.80/8.1 1.53/7.6 1.96/7.0 3.18/9.6 3.50/7.5 2.70/11.5 3.38/9.5 3.61/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.309 49/.250 68/.159 97/.163 49/.250 74/.231 61/.167 57/.220 .246
OPS .845 .725 .490 .530 .723 .603 .594 .684 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.919 21/.825 31/.433 47/.561 30/.360 36/.609 15/.667 31/.448 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.759 28/.643 37/.540 50/.499 19/1.291 38/.597 46/.568 26/.976 .670
Road 78/.880 21/.200 36/.672 53/.710 23/.781 29/.507 36/.519 25/.969
Last 28d days 130/.779 29/.500 31/.755 44/.422 18/.301 32/.464 34/.681 31/.832
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 2/1/1 34/8/9
Usage ····X··· X······· ·····oX· ·Xo·o·X· ····o··· ··o·X·o· o··X···· 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.