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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 20-12, 1st, 2 up

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 3-2, 4.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 36.0 47 20 19 11 20 2 4.75
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 4-2 42.1 54 23 22 12 23 2 4.68 45
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
2009-04-13 @ARI W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 87 63
2009-04-08 PIT L 5.0 12 5 5 2 3 0 93 24
2008-09-27 CIN W 6.1 7 3 3 1 3 0 92 49
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 30.1 31 14 14 10 18 5 4.15 50
2009-05-07 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 97 62
2009-04-08 PIT L 5.0 12 5 5 2 3 0 93 24
2008-08-20 PIT W 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 95 52
2008-07-12 @PIT ND 6.1 4 4 4 1 2 2 94 50
2008-05-30 PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 94 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-5    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-9    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10  @CIN  W   8-7 (10)  20-12  1st  2.0 up
 31 Sat, May  9  @CIN  L   3-8       19-12  1st  1.0 up
 30 Fri, May  8  @CIN  L   4-6       19-11  1st  2.0 up
 29 Thu, May  7   PIT  W   5-2       19-10  1st  2.5 up
 28 Wed, May  6   PIT  W   4-2       18-10  1st  2.0 up
 27 Tue, May  5   PHI  L   7-10      17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Mon, May  4   PHI  L   1-6       17-9   1st  2.5 up
 25 Sat, May  2  @WSN  L   1-6       17-8   1st  4.0 up
 24 Fri, May  1  @WSN  W   6-2       17-7   1st  4.0 up
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @WSN  W   9-4       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 12-19, 6th, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 3-3, 2.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 42.0 39 15 13 10 23 2 2.79
2008 (5-14) 185.0 230 111 99 47 87 19 4.82
2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 49.0 46 16 14 10 25 2 2.57 57
2009-05-06 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 2 1 77 40
2009-05-01 CIN L 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 101 64
2009-04-25 @SDP W 8.1 6 1 1 2 5 0 114 70
2009-04-19 ATL L 6.0 12 6 6 0 2 1 83 26
2009-04-13 HOU W 9.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 120 82
2009-04-08 @STL W 6.1 5 3 1 2 4 0 92 57
2008-09-25 @MIL ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 107 61
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 30.2 34 16 13 6 16 4 3.82 49
2009-05-06 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 2 1 77 40
2009-04-08 @STL W 6.1 5 3 1 2 4 0 92 57
2008-07-11 STL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 4 2 90 35
2008-05-30 @STL L 6.0 5 3 2 1 2 1 97 53
2007-09-28 STL ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 91 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-7    Road:    5-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-17   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 5-14   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sun, May 10  @NYM  L   4-8       12-19  6th  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @NYM  L   1-10      12-18  6th  6.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @NYM  L   3-7       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @STL  L   2-5       12-16  5th  6.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @STL  L   2-4       12-15  5th  5.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   MIL  L   5-8       12-14  5th  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   MIL  L   4-7       12-13  5th  4.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   CIN  L   0-5       12-12  5th  4.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   CIN  W   8-6       12-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   CIN  L   0-4       11-11  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 07, 2009 STL  5  PIT  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (3-2), L: Ross Ohlendorf (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (9)
Wed, May 06, 2009 STL  4  PIT  2        W:Kyle McClellan (2-1), L: Zach Duke (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (8)
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 STL  2  PIT  1        W:Chris Carpenter (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1), S: Dennys Reyes (1)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 PIT  7 @STL  4        W:Zach Duke (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 STL  9  PIT  3        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: Ian Snell (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 PIT  6 @STL  4        W:John Grabow (1-0), L: Jason Motte (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 PIT  7  STL  2        W:T.J. Beam (2-1), L: Brad Thompson (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 PIT  7  STL  6 (12)   W:Craig Hansen (2-6), L: Chris Perez (3-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 PIT 10  STL  2        W:Paul Maholm (9-8), L: Joel Pineiro (6-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 STL 11  PIT  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (11-4), L: Jason Davis (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 4-2; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; 2007 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1187-1119

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

TOR  6.00

COL  4.87

ARI  3.79

 RA/G

KCR  3.72

ARI  4.70

NYY  6.23

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

B. Looper  4.18

G. Floyd  7.32

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.78

J. Maine  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.98

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

Cardinals Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 56.Veal*
G/S/vB		 30.Yates
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Barden G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 60/38 .296/.350/.500/.850 .682/.957 1.045 48/.875 0/0 3/1
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 121/87 .288/.372/.510/.882 .839/.898 1.127 88/.864 0/1 3/3
3.Greene G/S/vP 8/1.042 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.929 100/62 .235/.323/.353/.676 .582/.728 .647 63/.702 2/1 2/6
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/19 .222/.263/.444/.708 /.708 .636 19/.708 1/0 1/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.933 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 19/16 .412/.474/.647/1.121 1.333/1.080 .730 15/1.159 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 16/.971 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/.375 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 119/84 .267/.333/.533/.867 .782/.900 .876 94/.771 2/0 8/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 26/.693 6/1.417 6/.334 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 4/.000 116/85 .317/.386/.465/.851 .778/.878 .771 83/.862 1/1 3/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 30/1.354 10/1.214 7/.286 1/2.000 11/1.545 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 140/100 .330/.443/.696/1.139 1.106/1.153 .916 101/1.094 5/1 12/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 99/75 .256/.337/.349/.686 .397/.769 .639 71/.695 1/0 1/2
33.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/4 .200/.200/.400/.600 .000/.750 .750 5/.600 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 6/.500 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 112/94 .307/.366/.406/.772 .583/.808 .645 83/.788 1/1 0/2
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 97/82 .259/.351/.412/.762 .718/.770 .543 77/.645 1/1 1/3
IP 42.0 14.1 8.1 12.1 14.2 9.2 4.1 10.1 TOTAL .272/.349/.447/.796 .683/.839 .744 .788 16/6 37/26
ERA-K/9 2.79/4.9 3.14/6.9 7.56/7.6 2.19/7.3 6.14/8.6 2.79/5.6 4.15/8.4 8.71/7.9 4.31/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.257 58/.176 40/.343 50/.209 75/.365 42/.156 25/.143 49/.289 .259
OPS .672 .609 .829 .599 .919 .654 .909 .931 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.828 25/.493 18/.556 18/.284 20/.871 13/.733 8/.500 19/1.333 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.623 33/.697 22/1.088 32/.791 55/.941 29/.618 17/1.071 30/.703 .777
Home 91/.689 17/.673 29/.914 23/.317 31/.919 17/.625 16/.660 22/.745
Last 28d days 113/.786 50/.644 34/.924 42/.505 61/.997 42/.654 18/.644 39/.778
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/2/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 27/19/9
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·Xo· ·······X ·oo··oX· ·XX····X ··X·X·X· ···o··X· ···X··Xo
Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.53 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
10.Bixler G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/24 .200/.231/.320/.551 1.000/.513 .000 26/.551 0/0 0/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/19 .381/.381/.619/1.000 .000/1.167 .500 22/1.000 0/0 1/0
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 22/.980 ··· 9/.708 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 60/57 .231/.333/.327/.660 .000/.698 .583 49/.656 0/0 0/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 55/51 .277/.382/.426/.807 .500/.834 .681 55/.807 1/0 0/1
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 26/.617 2/.000 3/no AB 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 126/101 .223/.310/.429/.738 .655/.760 .984 99/.730 0/0 5/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 111/99 .253/.336/.379/.715 .667/.720 .851 96/.823 1/0 1/4
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 20/.712 1/2.000 8/.500 4/.250 10/.200 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 111/82 .292/.378/.490/.868 .861/.871 .874 79/.914 3/0 5/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 11/.573 1/.000 12/.583 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/.572 37/24 .229/.270/.429/.699 .647/.726 1.020 34/.763 0/0 2/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 11/.573 ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 143/121 .301/.376/.350/.725 .473/.774 .587 110/.665 9/5 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 92/83 .174/.228/.244/.472 .347/.485 .596 67/.400 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 22/.511 3/.000 13/.385 6/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 128/106 .317/.352/.533/.885 .545/.959 1.019 96/.832 3/0 3/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 69/59 .182/.333/.182/.515 .786/.472 .494 54/.478 0/0 0/1
48.Young# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 23/18 .350/.435/.500/.935 1.350/.826 1.286 23/.935 0/0 0/0
IP 36.0 8.0 14.2 13.2 8.2 13.1 9.1 10.1 TOTAL .252/.325/.387/.712 .633/.727 .765 .701 18/6 20/14
ERA-K/9 4.75/5.0 9.00/9.0 1.23/8.0 3.29/8.5 4.15/10.3 3.38/6.8 2.89/10.6 4.35/8.7 4.05/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.326 38/.226 55/.137 63/.220 39/.257 55/.260 43/.176 43/.211 .263
OPS .843 .609 .455 .699 .793 .667 .643 .680 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.858 17/.567 24/.258 33/.634 23/.369 28/.641 10/.786 23/.325 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.824 21/.644 31/.605 30/.779 16/1.420 27/.693 33/.599 20/1.106 .743
Road 53/.714 16/.267 33/.736 38/.910 15/.949 29/.507 31/.614 17/1.020
Last 28d days 105/.823 32/.582 46/.503 46/.734 26/.983 33/.442 43/.643 31/.905
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 2/1/1 29/8/8
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o··o ·X··oo·o ·o···X·o ·o··oo·o ·oo··oo· ·o·X··o· ·Xo··ooo

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.