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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 5, 2009 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 80-56, 1st, 11½ up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, RHP, 2-2, 4.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 43.1 60 23 22 24 35 2 4.57
2008 (3-2) 34.0 42 29 28 22 13 5 7.41
Last 7 GS 1-2 35.2 52 21 21 22 29 2 5.30 41
2009-08-29 WSN W 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 1 88 44
2009-08-18 @LAD L 4.0 9 5 5 3 3 0 83 24
2009-08-11 CIN L 6.0 9 4 4 4 6 0 106 40
2009-07-31 HOU ND 5.0 6 2 2 5 5 0 99 47
2009-05-14 @PIT ND 4.1 9 1 1 2 1 0 83 40
2009-05-06 PIT ND 4.1 5 2 2 5 4 0 85 44
2009-04-30 @WSN ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 9 1 100 51
Last 5 v.PIT 0-0 8.2 14 3 3 7 5 0 3.12 42
2009-05-14 @PIT ND 4.1 9 1 1 2 1 0 83 40
2009-05-06 PIT ND 4.1 5 2 2 5 4 0 85 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-26   Road:   37-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  55-38   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:37-26   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Fri, Sep  4  @PIT  W  14-7       80-56  1st 11.5 up
135 Thu, Sep  3   MIL  L   3-4       79-56  1st 10.5 up
134 Wed, Sep  2   MIL  W  10-3       79-55  1st 10.5 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   MIL  W   7-6       78-55  1st 10.5 up
132 Sun, Aug 30   WSN  W   2-1       77-55  1st 10.0 up
131 Sat, Aug 29   WSN  W   9-4       76-55  1st  9.0 up
130 Fri, Aug 28   WSN  W   3-2       75-55  1st  9.0 up
129 Thu, Aug 27   HOU  L   3-4       74-55  1st  9.0 up
128 Wed, Aug 26   HOU  W   3-2       74-54  1st  9.0 up
127 Tue, Aug 25   HOU  W   1-0       73-54  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7 
Pirates, 53-80, 6th, 25½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Ross Ohlendorf (26, RHP, 11-9, 4.17)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (11-9) 155.1 152 74 72 50 90 23 4.17
2008 (1-4) 62.2 86 49 45 31 49 10 6.46
2007 (0-0) 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 2.84
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 37 16 15 18 28 9 3.09 55
2009-08-30 @MIL L 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 95 50
2009-08-25 PHI ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 6 2 99 58
2009-08-18 MIL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 103 66
2009-08-11 @COL W 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 2 109 49
2009-08-05 ARI ND 6.0 4 1 1 5 2 1 104 57
2009-07-31 WSN W 6.1 6 2 2 2 4 1 85 55
2009-07-25 @ARI L 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 1 79 50
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 18.0 16 8 8 2 11 2 4.00 54
2009-05-13 STL W 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 88 69
2009-05-07 @STL L 6.0 7 5 5 1 5 1 84 42
2009-04-09 @STL L 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 0 94 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-30   Road:   18-50   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  37-59   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:   9-19
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:19-40   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Sep  4   STL  L   7-14      53-80  6th 25.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @CIN  L   3-5       53-79  6th 25.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @CIN  L   5-11      53-78  6th 24.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31  @CIN  L   3-6       53-77  6th 23.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 31  @CIN  L   3-4       53-76  6th 23.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 30  @MIL  L   1-4       53-75  6th 22.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 29  @MIL  L   3-7       53-74  6th 21.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28  @MIL  L   6-8       53-73  6th 20.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 27   PHI  W   3-2       53-72  6th 19.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 26   PHI  L   1-4 (10)  52-72  6th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 STL  7 @PIT  3        W:Joel Pineiro (10-9), L: Matt Capps (2-7), S: Kyle McClellan (2)
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 STL  5 @PIT  3        W:Adam Wainwright (13-7), L: Charlie Morton (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (26)
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 STL  6 @PIT  4        W:Chris Carpenter (11-3), L: Jose Ascanio (0-2), S: Ryan Franklin (25)
Thu, May 14, 2009 STL  5 @PIT  1        W:Trever Miller (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Ross Ohlendorf (4-3), L: Joel Pineiro (4-3), S: Matt Capps (6)
Tue, May 12, 2009 PIT  7  STL  1        W:Zach Duke (4-3), L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 9-4; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; 2007 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1189-1124

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  5.77

ATL  4.55

SDP  3.91

RA/G

SFG  3.72

NYM  4.69

WSN  5.42

BA

J. Mauer  .367

F. Gutierrez  .289

A. Miles  .174

OBP

A. Pujols  .441

C. Gonzalez  .363

A. Miles  .217

SLG

A. Pujols  .667

S. Choo  .476

A. Miles  .235

OPS

A. Pujols  1.108

K. Fukudome  .838

A. Miles  .451

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.28

J. Lackey  3.92

B. Penny  5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

R. Wolf  6.89

J. Lannan  3.73

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

Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
34.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
57.Duke*
G/S/vB
32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
25.Hart
G/S/vB
58.Jackson
G/S/vB
28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
62.McCutchen
G/S/vB
37.Morton
G/S/vB
50.Vasquez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 9/1.667 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 14/.445 ··· 2/.500 ··· 350/260 .231/.286/.393/.678 .569/.718 .687 51/.566 3/3 10/5
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 24/.875 11/.831 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 17/.916 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 488/370 .256/.329/.441/.770 .917/.720 .796 81/.646 1/2 21/9
8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 4/2.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.681 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
3.Greene G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 15/.508 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.167 ··· 2/.500 ··· 178/110 .205/.278/.365/.644 .613/.662 .658 23/.670 2/1 6/8
15.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 16/1.269 ··· 5/2.800 1/3.000 ··· 12/.531 ··· 3/.666 ··· 562/397 .314/.397/.528/.925 .861/.948 .831 103/1.054 14/6 22/4
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/1.121 ··· ··· ··· 81/59 .227/.284/.293/.577 .714/.527 .519 7/.143 1/0 1/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.533 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 20/.868 7/.143 2/.000 ··· ··· 19/.446 ··· 8/1.125 ··· 442/316 .266/.331/.449/.780 .747/.793 .872 84/.633 4/1 20/1
12.Lugo G/S/vP 4/.250 5/1.600 6/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 ··· 226/132 .302/.368/.447/.815 .710/.889 .871 49/.821 5/0 3/8
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.800 5/.400 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 32/.733 7/1.857 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 17/.368 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 472/350 .287/.360/.376/.735 .672/.756 .657 85/.813 8/2 5/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/.417 6/.167 2/4.000 9/.583 1/2.000 37/1.367 7/.971 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 29/1.564 ··· 8/1.100 ··· 580/420 .318/.441/.667/1.108 1.132/1.099 1.048 106/.996 14/4 43/9
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 423/326 .258/.316/.426/.741 .433/.834 .696 76/.818 3/1 14/6
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.276 6/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 15/.343 ··· ··· ··· 347/217 .286/.333/.384/.717 .691/.731 .699 86/.807 9/6 2/7
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 10/1.711 1/.000 1/no AB 7/1.143 2/1.000 7/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/1.125 ··· 485/392 .301/.360/.403/.762 .521/.819 .798 77/.874 2/2 4/10
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/230 .226/.320/.335/.655 .689/.647 .577 11/.273 3/2 1/11
IP 155.1 6.2 11.0 44.1 56.2 182.0 4.0 57.0 61.2 32.0 167.2 6.0 68.0 35.0 TOTAL .261/.331/.417/.748 .671/.779 .745 .777 58/27 138/96
ERA-K/9 4.17/5.2 4.05/10.7 12.27/8.2 6.09/7.5 4.13/6.7 3.71/4.3 13.50/6.8 5.37/10.4 4.67/5.4 3.94/3.9 4.67/5.7 4.50/7.5 5.43/5.8 6.43/5.9 4.58/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.266 20/.105 50/.300 208/.330 238/.260 757/.283 16/.286 268/.301 249/.288 142/.262 722/.292 25/.217 305/.295 164/.336 .276
OPS .788 .308 .883 .917 .746 .754 1.027 .817 .832 .732 .780 .628 .813 .989 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.858 9/.333 16/.549 106/1.036 111/.619 174/.746 8/1.500 132/.843 120/.908 67/.632 144/.485 6/.333 157/.972 74/1.063 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.709 11/.282 34/.975 102/.785 127/.858 583/.756 8/.417 136/.792 129/.756 75/.818 578/.852 19/.728 148/.638 90/.926 .778
Home 343/.708 9/.000 11/.929 136/.824 121/.612 374/.674 12/.970 178/.817 155/.831 74/.916 351/.704 / 148/.675 106/.855
Last 28d days 102/.792 20/.308 50/.883 33/1.041 45/.798 133/.861 16/1.027 49/.550 102/.910 36/.730 111/.889 25/.628 116/.914 5/1.600
HR/SB/CS 23/10/7 0/0/1 1/2/0 8/6/0 7/3/0 21/6/7 1/0/0 3/6/2 7/11/1 2/4/0 14/14/6 1/1/0 6/7/2 5/0/0 126/92/34
Usage ·····X·· X···X··o o··X·X·X ···o···· ··o·X··· ··X····X X·····X· o·X·X··o X·····X· o···o·Xo ····X··· ····X··· ···X···· ···X····
Pirates Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB
29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
60.Motte
G/S/vB
35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
30.Smoltz
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 15/.667 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 10/.733 ··· 303/219 .204/.256/.347/.603 .536/.629 .640 65/.868 4/2 9/8
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 33/13 .214/.303/.214/.517 .476/.580 .465 24/.442 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 17/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 3/2.000 5/.250 1/.000 7/1.171 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 16/.325 14/1.357 217/154 .221/.253/.402/.655 .625/.668 .705 73/.575 3/0 8/2
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/166 .250/.316/.375/.691 .493/.724 .783 21/.636 1/0 3/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 237/162 .294/.363/.621/.984 .747/1.101 .989 98/.957 9/1 18/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 10/.400 8/.250 491/364 .245/.325/.366/.691 .839/.638 .705 78/.574 3/1 7/12
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 359/272 .284/.359/.489/.848 1.065/.780 .925 100/.880 15/4 11/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 9/.555 ··· 7/.429 3/.666 145/112 .286/.340/.376/.716 .955/.649 .744 84/.853 4/4 2/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 5/1.150 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 8/.125 11/1.727 336/285 .244/.307/.380/.686 .703/.683 .761 45/.704 0/3 7/2
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 6/.834 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 129/84 .231/.302/.402/.704 1.001/.555 .864 63/.670 1/0 3/2
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.196 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 2/.000 9/.777 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.250 190/157 .242/.347/.292/.639 .805/.605 .784 25/.655 1/0 1/2
19.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/1
48.Young# G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 314/202 .286/.338/.407/.744 .659/.792 .791 95/.688 2/0 6/5
IP 43.1 157.2 52.2 30.1 56.2 37.0 49.2 177.2 33.0 57.0 71.2 198.0 113.2 TOTAL .254/.320/.396/.716 .707/.719 .771 .726 74/27 109/64
ERA-K/9 4.57/7.3 2.28/6.8 1.37/6.0 2.67/3.9 3.18/6.3 1.70/9.2 5.26/8.3 3.19/4.3 3.55/7.9 6.63/8.5 5.02/3.6 2.68/7.7 5.62/5.7 3.63/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 206/.339 615/.228 208/.188 120/.234 242/.224 142/.172 213/.274 708/.263 145/.252 250/.308 310/.279 800/.240 514/.324 .257
OPS .916 .589 .517 .632 .650 .540 .857 .653 .695 .850 .781 .640 .892 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/1.113 292/.613 92/.420 61/.781 109/.536 91/.328 83/1.050 348/.655 88/.534 137/1.046 151/.784 367/.752 270/1.027 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.734 323/.567 116/.592 59/.479 133/.741 51/.916 130/.734 360/.650 57/.942 113/.618 159/.778 433/.548 244/.749 .683
Road 80/.993 340/.585 102/.686 59/.740 123/.613 59/.529 93/.857 370/.719 74/.724 130/.951 179/.823 346/.723 239/.970
Last 28d days 78/1.001 137/.566 43/.580 41/.566 39/.651 28/.258 43/1.027 143/.640 29/.665 64/.514 23/.499 131/.527 /
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 7/2/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 7/0/4 2/4/2 9/2/1 7/2/1 15/8/4 17/4/1 106/34/22
Usage ······X· ··X····· ···X·X·· ·X·o···o X··o·XX· ·o·o·oo· o·X···Xo ···X···· o·o····o ·X·····X ······o· X····X·· X·······

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.