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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 8, 2009 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 46-39, 1st, 2 up

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 7-7, 5.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-7)			96.0	118	60	58	41	61	12	5.44
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		2-3	38.2	49	27	26	16	26	8	6.05	42
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
2009-06-01	CIN	L	5.0	5	4	3	2	4	0	89	45

Last 5 v.MIL		1-2	28.0	28	15	12	15	17	1	3.86	48
2009-05-27	@MIL	W	5.1	6	2	2	1	5	0	88	52
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:   24-20   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  33-26   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Tue, Jul  7  @MIL  W   5-0       46-39  1st  2.0 up
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @CIN  W  10-1       45-39  1st  1.0 up
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @CIN  L   2-5       44-39  1st    Tied
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @CIN  W   7-4       44-38  1st  1.0 up
 81 Thu, Jul  2   SFG  W   5-2       43-38  1st    Tied
 80 Wed, Jul  1   SFG  W   2-1 (10)  42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   SFG  L   3-6       41-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   SFG  L   0-10      41-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   MIN  L   2-6       41-36  1st    Tied
 76 Sat, Jun 27   MIN  W   5-3       41-35  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Brewers, 43-40, 2nd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (34, RHP, 5-6, 4.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-6)			94.0	111	53	48	39	51	13	4.60
2008 (10-10)			177.2	207	110	98	67	90	30	4.96
2007 (12-12)			206.2	243	113	106	68	114	18	4.62

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.2	51	20	17	15	24	1	3.76	47
2009-07-03	@CHC	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	90	67
2009-06-28	SFG	L	5.2	9	5	5	2	3	1	101	32
2009-06-23	MIN	L	5.0	9	7	4	3	3	0	97	27
2009-06-17	@CLE	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	101	46
2009-06-12	CHW	W	6.2	9	2	2	0	5	0	83	53
2009-06-06	@ATL	W	5.1	6	0	0	3	2	0	95	55
2009-06-01	@FLA	ND	5.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	100	47

Last 5 v.STL		3-1	32.2	36	10	10	13	15	4	2.76	53
2009-05-26	STL	L	3.2	7	5	5	1	2	3	57	28
2009-05-16	@STL	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	89	65
2008-07-22	@STL	ND	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	93	50
2008-05-11	STL	W	7.0	6	1	1	5	4	0	110	60
2007-09-25	STL	W	8.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	109	61

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

 Home:   22-19   Road:   21-21   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  30-31   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:22-14   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  7   STL  L   0-5       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @CHC  L   2-8       43-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @CHC  W  11-2       43-38  1st    Tied
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @CHC  L   1-2 (10)  42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @CHC  L   5-9       42-37  1st    Tied
 78 Wed, Jul  1   NYM  L   0-1       42-36  1st  1.0 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30   NYM  W   6-3       42-35  1st  2.0 up
 76 Mon, Jun 29   NYM  W  10-6       41-35  1st  1.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28   SFG  L   0-7       40-35  1st    Tied
 74 Sat, Jun 27   SFG  W   7-6       40-34  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 27, 2009 STL  3 @MIL  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (5-4), L: Manny Parra (3-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 4-3; 2008 - MIL won 10-5; 2007 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 99-76

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

NYY 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.84

RA/G

SFG 3.70

TEX 4.62

WSN 5.58

J. Mauer .389

K. Morales .285

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

A. Cabrera .361

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

M. Kemp .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .825

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

B. Arroyo 5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

C. Sabathia 6.75

J. Garland 3.46

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Cardinals Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 47.Burns
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 52.Smith
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.489 227/163 .227/.286/.382/.668 .566/.709 .617 92/.621 1/1 5/3

Barden G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 112/63 .238/.291/.386/.677 .606/.733 .789 3/.667 0/0 4/4

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 16/.732 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 2/3.000 8/1.625 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 324/253 .261/.334/.443/.777 .990/.716 .733 73/.762 1/1 13/9

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 15/1.071 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 16/.875 284/213 .241/.335/.380/.714 .650/.736 .832 77/.635 0/1 5/4

34.Hoffpauir G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .500/.667/.750/1.417 2.000/1.167 1.417 6/1.417 0/0 0/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 13/.558 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 56/40 .259/.286/.352/.638 .688/.617 .599 19/.579 0/0 1/0

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 11/1.064 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 247/173 .237/.307/.425/.732 .767/.717 .739 88/.710 3/0 12/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.643 1/no AB 9/.889 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 11/.282 293/218 .281/.347/.381/.728 .742/.723 .640 87/.782 5/1 5/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP 39/.965 1/no AB 11/.955 2/.500 5/.000 8/.700 ··· ··· ··· 22/1.255 354/252 .336/.460/.739/1.200 1.238/1.184 1.111 102/1.460 10/3 31/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 266/207 .282/.324/.486/.810 .489/.898 .787 77/.889 1/0 11/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.650 185/109 .298/.335/.392/.727 .747/.711 .731 69/.702 7/4 1/4

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 23/.565 1/.000 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 6/1.833 ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 14/.857 313/248 .302/.361/.400/.761 .547/.817 .798 103/.814 2/2 3/6

22.Thurston* G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 231/181 .218/.323/.345/.668 .785/.639 .541 64/.458 3/2 1/10

IP 94.0 21.0 41.0 32.1 23.1 50.1 10.2 20.0 27.2 39.0 TOTAL .255/.325/.411/.737 .676/.760 .732 .741 38/15 86/67

ERA-K/9

4.60/4.9

5.57/5.1

2.63/7.5

1.95/7.8

1.93/7.3

4.47/5.7

8.44/7.6

2.25/6.8

2.28/11.0

4.62/8.5

4.48/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 425/.299 91/.293 166/.275 128/.195 90/.205 217/.268 49/.317 77/.176 112/.153 163/.238 .256

OPS .862 .865 .700 .566 .473 .819 .936 .684 .514 .667 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.900 40/.787 66/.942 39/.914 44/.664 110/.873 19/.733 33/.899 64/.449 89/.638 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.822 51/.918 100/.542 89/.418 46/.293 107/.762 30/1.054 44/.530 48/.601 74/.704 .744

Home 171/.953 50/.767 78/.787 65/.477 59/.445 107/.781 12/.606 54/.691 60/.402 76/.784

Last 28d days 135/.824 73/.933 53/.708 39/.706 31/.932 86/1.086 49/.936 77/.684 29/.392 46/.915

HR/SB/CS 13/5/2 4/0/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 9/4/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 2/1/0 3/2/0 101/44/12

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··oo···X ··o·Xo·o ········ X····X·· X·Xo·o·· o·o··Xo· ····o··· X··oX·X·

Brewers Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
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 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 16/1.471 9/1.333 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· 350/275 .326/.409/.557/.966 1.266/.886 .879 108/.977 7/3 16/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 15/.267 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 6/.334 1/no AB 5/.933 318/233 .248/.355/.470/.826 .706/.860 .802 92/.646 4/1 14/1

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 2/3.000 16/1.349 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 35/32 .250/.314/.344/.658 .000/.723 .867 20/.683 0/0 0/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 10/1.125 9/.819 ··· ··· 5/.000 4/1.500 2/.000 16/1.458 230/207 .289/.360/.408/.768 .604/.786 .732 78/.746 3/1 2/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 16/.795 10/.550 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.953 1/2.000 9/.833 362/256 .313/.434/.622/1.056 1.083/1.041 .977 109/1.150 0/2 22/3

24.Gamel* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 108/92 .247/.352/.387/.739 .842/.720 .536 54/.707 1/0 2/3

22.Gerut* G/S/vP 6/.334 10/.600 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 159/138 .196/.233/.318/.550 .738/.521 .303 19/.269 4/1 4/0

2.Hall G/S/vP 11/.091 12/1.682 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 2/3.000 1/.000 6/.333 203/135 .198/.256/.332/.588 .635/.563 .741 40/.438 1/0 5/4

7.Hardy G/S/vP 15/1.176 9/1.125 ··· ··· 6/.167 3/1.666 2/3.000 2/.500 314/240 .229/.299/.364/.664 .506/.710 .672 100/.681 0/0 9/4

1.Hart G/S/vP 12/.349 6/.667 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 3/.667 1/no AB 3/.000 329/249 .249/.320/.420/.740 .775/.729 .827 97/.851 5/4 9/3

18.Kendall G/S/vP 16/.464 22/.427 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.500 ··· 11/.788 276/215 .232/.321/.278/.600 .622/.593 .651 83/.633 1/1 0/4

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 149/102 .343/.396/.567/.963 .938/.974 .979 92/1.141 0/0 6/5

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/36 .261/.314/.348/.662 .414/.767 .708 14/.445 1/0 0/0

IP 96.0 32.2 10.0 8.1 38.0 22.0 30.2 21.1 TOTAL .255/.339/.424/.763 .783/.756 .764 .798 26/15 96/51

ERA-K/9

5.44/5.7

0.83/6.6

3.60/0.9

8.64/4.3

2.84/6.9

2.45/10.2

4.70/7.6

4.22/8.0

3.82/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 429/.314 124/.172 42/.256 44/.361 163/.204 90/.198 130/.252 95/.238 .255

OPS .859 .476 .722 1.021 .607 .604 .732 .676 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/1.012 57/.380 27/.634 22/.741 72/.525 56/.360 55/.772 58/.497 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.701 67/.556 15/.867 22/1.250 91/.673 34/1.012 75/.702 37/.954 .696

Road 156/.922 71/.709 24/.655 16/1.348 83/.698 35/.541 57/.581 50/.819

Last 28d days 121/.963 40/.513 28/.670 29/.926 39/.692 16/.063 31/.804 27/.547

HR/SB/CS 12/3/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 4/0/1 2/1/1 71/17/15

Usage ·····X·· o···Xoo· ···X···· ····o··o ··X··X·o ···o···o ··X·o··X ··o·oo··

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.