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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 2nd Game, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 81-56, 1st, 11½ up

SP: Joel Pineiro (30, RHP, 14-9, 3.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (14-9)			177.2	176	73	63	19	84	7	3.19
2008 (7-7)			148.2	180	89	85	35	81	22	5.15
2007 (7-5)			97.2	110	49	47	26	60	14	4.33

Last 7 GS		5-0	49.1	51	21	21	6	30	4	3.83	54
2009-09-01	MIL	W	7.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	92	46
2009-08-26	HOU	W	8.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	87	65
2009-08-20	@SDP	W	7.2	4	1	1	2	7	1	109	72
2009-08-15	SDP	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	106	52
2009-08-09	@PIT	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	99	53
2009-08-04	@NYM	ND	5.0	11	7	7	0	0	0	69	17
2009-07-29	LAD	ND	8.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	112	71

Last 5 v.PIT		1-2	27.2	44	25	25	5	15	3	8.13	34
2009-08-09	@PIT	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	99	53
2009-05-13	@PIT	L	6.0	11	5	5	0	1	0	90	31
2008-09-12	@PIT	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	4	1	74	21
2008-07-13	@PIT	ND	5.2	10	6	6	3	2	0	108	24
2008-05-15	PIT	ND	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	70	40

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

 Home:   43-26   Road:   38-30   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  56-38   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  21-14
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:38-26   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sat, Sep  5  @PIT  W   2-1 (10)  81-56  1st 11.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7

Pirates, 53-81, 6th, 26½ GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 7-8, 4.67)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			167.2	193	92	87	51	106	14	4.67
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71
2007 (10-15)			177.2	204	110	99	49	105	22	5.02

Last 7 GS		1-4	45.1	57	25	24	12	28	7	4.76	46
2009-08-31	@CIN	L	5.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	110	34
2009-08-26	PHI	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	93	65
2009-08-19	MIL	W	7.2	8	1	1	2	5	0	110	62
2009-08-13	@COL	L	6.1	11	7	6	0	5	2	118	30
2009-08-07	STL	ND	7.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	99	45
2009-08-02	WSN	L	6.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	98	44
2009-07-27	@SFG	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	81	42

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	34.1	38	13	12	9	19	3	3.15	53
2009-08-07	STL	ND	7.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	99	45
2009-04-06	@STL	ND	6.2	7	2	1	1	1	0	89	54
2008-09-12	STL	W	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	99	60
2008-05-31	@STL	W	6.2	4	1	1	0	5	1	87	67
2008-05-14	@STL	L	6.0	11	4	4	3	6	0	107	37

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   18-50   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  37-60   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:   9-20
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:19-41   vsWest:  8-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Sep  5   STL  L   1-2 (10)  53-81  6th 26.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 STL 14 @PIT  7        W:Adam Wainwright (17-7), L: Kevin Hart (4-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 10-4; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; 2007 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1189-1125

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 5.73

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .366

C. Counsell .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Posada .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .672

H. Pence .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. LaRoche .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

D. Braden 3.89

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.92

J. Lannan 3.73

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Cardinals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 62.McCutchen
G/S/vB 37.Morton
G/S/vB 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 14/.445 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 9/1.667 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 351/261 .233/.288/.394/.682 .569/.723 .694 51/.608 3/3 10/5

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 17/.916 4/1.750 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 24/.875 12/1.083 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 493/374 .260/.331/.445/.777 .935/.723 .809 82/.704 1/2 21/9

8.Glaus G/S/vP 9/1.681 2/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 4/2.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.500/.750 /.750 .000 4/.750 0/0 0/0

3.Greene G/S/vP 10/1.167 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 15/.508 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 8/.500 ··· 179/111 .205/.282/.365/.648 .613/.668 .666 24/.701 2/1 6/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP 12/.531 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 16/1.269 1/2.000 5/2.800 4/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 567/401 .315/.397/.533/.929 .869/.951 .843 103/1.076 14/6 22/4

21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/1.121 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 81/59 .227/.284/.293/.577 .714/.527 .519 7/.143 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 19/.446 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 20/.868 8/.821 2/.000 3/3.667 ··· ··· 8/1.125 6/.533 ··· 447/320 .276/.339/.476/.815 .784/.827 .933 85/.826 4/1 20/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP 4/.833 5/1.600 7/.971 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 227/133 .300/.366/.445/.811 .710/.882 .863 46/.814 5/0 3/8

4.Molina G/S/vP 17/.368 6/.400 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 32/.733 8/1.911 3/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 5/1.800 5/.800 ··· 477/354 .288/.363/.376/.739 .678/.760 .665 86/.823 8/2 5/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 29/1.564 7/.953 2/4.000 9/.583 1/2.000 37/1.367 8/1.025 4/1.833 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/1.100 8/.417 ··· 585/424 .320/.443/.672/1.114 1.136/1.106 1.062 106/1.057 14/4 44/9

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.200 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 8/.500 ··· 429/331 .257/.314/.422/.735 .428/.827 .685 77/.760 3/1 14/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 15/.343 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.276 6/1.000 2/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 352/222 .285/.331/.381/.712 .691/.724 .691 91/.783 9/6 2/7

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/1.143 2/1.000 7/.000 1/3.000 5/.400 5/1.267 1/.000 ··· 8/1.125 10/1.711 ··· 491/398 .300/.361/.404/.765 .521/.821 .802 78/.876 2/2 4/10

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 288/231 .225/.319/.333/.653 .689/.644 .573 11/.273 3/2 1/11

IP 167.2 6.2 11.0 46.1 56.2 182.0 4.0 57.0 61.2 32.0 6.0 68.0 163.1 35.0 TOTAL .262/.333/.421/.753 .678/.782 .754 .805 59/27 142/98

ERA-K/9

4.67/5.7

4.05/10.7

12.27/8.2

6.02/7.6

4.13/6.7

3.71/4.3

13.50/6.8

5.37/10.4

4.67/5.4

3.94/3.9

4.50/7.5

5.43/5.8

3.97/5.6

6.43/5.9

4.63/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.292 25/.217 53/.279 208/.330 238/.260 757/.283 22/.389 271/.303 278/.294 145/.264 25/.217 305/.295 646/.266 164/.336 .277

OPS .780 .641 .826 .917 .746 .754 1.399 .821 .861 .730 .628 .813 .788 .989 .793

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.485 9/.333 17/.512 106/1.036 111/.619 174/.746 9/1.333 133/.836 129/.906 69/.644 6/.333 157/.972 338/.858 74/1.063 .805

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 578/.852 16/.833 36/.917 102/.785 127/.858 583/.756 13/1.427 138/.806 149/.821 76/.806 19/.728 148/.638 308/.709 90/.926 .785

Home 351/.704 14/.692 14/.685 136/.824 121/.612 374/.674 18/1.433 181/.822 184/.876 77/.905 / 148/.675 343/.708 106/.855

Last 28d days 111/.889 25/.641 45/.744 33/1.041 45/.798 133/.861 22/1.399 45/.606 131/.953 39/.724 25/.628 93/.964 102/.792 5/1.600

HR/SB/CS 14/14/6 1/0/1 1/2/0 8/6/0 7/3/0 21/6/7 2/0/0 3/6/2 9/12/1 2/4/0 1/1/0 6/7/2 23/10/7 5/0/0 130/93/34

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ·o··X·X· X···o··· ···o·X·· ···X···· ·X·····X ·o·X·X·· ·X·····X ·o···o·X ·····X·· ····X··· X·····X· ····X···

Pirates Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 15/.667 3/.000 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 13/.826 ··· 307/223 .206/.259/.347/.606 .536/.633 .645 65/.806 4/2 9/8

36.Cruz G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 33/13 .214/.303/.214/.517 .476/.580 .465 23/.462 0/0 0/0

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 7/1.171 ··· 17/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 4/2.000 5/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 19/.489 15/1.267 222/159 .230/.261/.407/.668 .625/.685 .726 74/.651 3/0 8/2

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/166 .250/.316/.375/.691 .493/.724 .783 21/.636 1/0 3/3

46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.334 1/.000 242/166 .297/.364/.616/.980 .737/1.098 .981 99/.947 9/2 18/0

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 5/.400 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 13/.496 9/.333 496/369 .248/.328/.367/.695 .839/.644 .713 79/.639 3/1 7/13

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 364/276 .283/.360/.486/.846 1.072/.776 .917 101/.864 16/4 11/2

85.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· 10/.644 4/.833 150/117 .294/.349/.390/.739 .955/.680 .782 85/.905 4/4 2/0

44.Moss* G/S/vP 5/1.150 4/.833 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 11/.482 12/1.583 341/290 .243/.305/.383/.688 .703/.686 .763 47/.763 0/3 7/2

51.Pearce G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 129/84 .231/.302/.402/.704 1.001/.555 .864 62/.658 1/0 3/2

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/.777 2/.000 8/1.196 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.250 191/158 .247/.351/.296/.647 .805/.615 .800 25/.613 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 3/.666 2/2.000 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 3/.000 319/206 .282/.335/.401/.737 .653/.783 .774 96/.674 2/0 6/5

IP 177.2 50.1 157.2 53.2 31.1 56.2 38.0 49.2 33.0 57.0 71.2 198.0 113.2 TOTAL .255/.321/.396/.717 .706/.721 .772 .736 74/28 109/65

ERA-K/9

3.19/4.3

4.11/6.8

2.28/6.8

1.34/6.0

2.59/3.7

3.18/6.3

1.66/9.0

5.26/8.3

3.55/7.9

6.63/8.5

5.02/3.6

2.68/7.7

5.62/5.7

3.66/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 708/.263 206/.339 615/.228 208/.188 120/.234 247/.233 142/.172 216/.275 148/.248 250/.308 310/.279 827/.245 519/.322 .258

OPS .653 .916 .589 .517 .632 .662 .540 .854 .689 .850 .781 .649 .889 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.655 99/1.113 292/.613 92/.420 61/.781 111/.546 91/.328 85/1.049 89/.528 137/1.046 151/.784 379/.764 273/1.015 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.650 107/.734 323/.567 116/.592 59/.479 136/.755 51/.916 131/.728 59/.934 113/.618 159/.778 448/.553 246/.754 .684

Road 370/.719 80/.993 340/.585 102/.686 59/.740 128/.639 59/.529 96/.850 77/.712 130/.951 179/.823 373/.736 244/.962

Last 28d days 143/.640 78/1.001 137/.566 42/.595 41/.566 42/.702 26/.279 43/.911 31/.663 64/.514 23/.499 131/.598 5/.400

HR/SB/CS 7/0/4 2/3/1 7/2/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 2/4/3 9/2/1 7/2/1 15/8/4 17/4/1 106/34/23

Usage ····X··· X······X ···X···· X···X·X· o·X·o··· ·X··o·XX X·o·o·oo ·o·X···X ·o·o···· ··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.