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Game Preview: STL @ SFG, 9:05pm, Saturday, May 30, 2009 @AT&T Park

Cardinals, 28-20, 1st, Tied

SP: Chris Carpenter (34, RHP, 2-0, 0.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-0) 23.0 10 1 0 4 23 0 0.00
2008 (0-1) 15.1 16 5 3 4 7 0 1.76
2007 (0-1) 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 7.50
Last 7 GS 2-1 37.1 24 6 3 8 29 0 0.72 62
2009-05-25 @MIL ND 8.0 2 0 0 0 10 0 93 88
2009-05-20 CHC W 5.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 67 63
2009-04-14 @ARI ND 3.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 50 53
2009-04-09 PIT W 7.0 1 1 0 2 7 0 92 78
2008-08-10 @CHC L 5.1 6 4 2 2 2 0 64 44
2008-08-05 LAD ND 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 51 63
2008-07-30 @ATL ND 4.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 67 48
Last 5 v.SFG 2-0 29.2 26 11 10 9 22 6 3.03 59
2006-09-16 SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 114 70
2005-08-19 SFG ND 8.0 9 4 3 0 5 2 94 55
2004-07-30 @SFG W 6.2 7 4 4 2 3 3 86 45
2004-07-24 SFG ND 8.0 5 2 2 5 5 1 111 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-9    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Fri, May 29  @SFG  L   2-4       28-20  1st    Tied
 47 Wed, May 27  @MIL  W   3-2       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Giants, 24-23, 2nd, 8½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Barry Zito (31, LHP, 1-5, 4.02)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-5) 56.0 50 25 25 24 37 6 4.02
2008 (10-17) 180.0 186 115 103 102 120 16 5.15
2007 (11-13) 196.2 182 105 99 83 131 24 4.53
Last 7 GS 1-3 47.0 39 15 15 18 29 5 2.87 57
2009-05-24 @SEA L 6.1 5 5 5 5 5 2 111 43
2009-05-19 @SDP L 8.0 5 2 2 4 3 2 116 63
2009-05-13 WSN L 6.1 8 4 4 3 5 0 114 43
2009-05-08 @LAD W 6.0 8 1 1 2 5 0 126 55
2009-05-03 COL ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 101 76
2009-04-27 LAD ND 6.1 5 3 3 3 2 1 109 50
2009-04-22 SDP ND 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 92 70
Last 5 v.STL 0-2 15.0 22 13 8 10 13 1 4.80 39
2008-04-11 STL L 6.0 7 4 1 1 2 1 98 49
2007-07-08 @STL L 4.0 8 6 5 4 3 0 84 23
2004-06-15 @STL ND 5.0 7 3 2 5 8 0 115 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-8    Road:    7-15   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  18-17   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest: 13-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Fri, May 29   STL  W   4-2       24-23  2nd  8.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   ATL  W   6-3       23-23  3rd  9.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26   ATL  W   4-0       22-23  3rd  9.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25   ATL  W   8-2       21-23  3rd  9.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24  @SEA  L   4-5       20-23  3rd  9.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23  @SEA  W   5-1       20-22  3rd  9.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22  @SEA  L   1-2 (12)  19-22  3rd  9.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21  @SDP  L   2-3       19-21  2nd  9.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20  @SDP  L   1-2       19-20  2nd  8.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19  @SDP  L   1-2       19-19  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 29, 2009 SFG  4  STL  2        W:Matt Cain (6-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-5), S: Brian Wilson (11)

Sun, Apr 20, 2008 SFG  8 @STL  2        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-1), L: Braden Looper (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 SFG  3 @STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (0-2), S: Brian Wilson (5)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 STL 11  SFG  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-0), L: Matt Cain (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 SFG  7  STL  4        W:Tim Lincecum (2-0), L: Joel Pineiro (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (3)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 STL  8 @SFG  7 (10)   W:Jason Isringhausen (1-0), L: Erick Threets (0-1), S: Anthony Reyes (1)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 STL  8 @SFG  2        W:Kyle Lohse (2-0), L: Barry Zito (0-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 SFG  5  STL  1        W:Kevin Correia (1-1), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Brian Wilson (2)
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 STL  7  SFG  0        W:Todd Wellemeyer (3-2), L: Barry Zito (6-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 SFG  7 @STL  6        W:Tim Lincecum (4-2), L: Braden Looper (6-7), S: Brad Hennessey (5)
Season Series: 2009 - SFG leads 1-0; 2008 - SFG won 4-3; 2007 - SFG won 4-1; All-Time - SFG leads 1044-936

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  5.63

MIL  4.60

SEA  3.78

 RA/G

LAD  3.82

BOS  4.67

WSN  6.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .363

J. Francoeur  .251

D. Ortiz  .189

 OBP

C. Beltran  .453

D. Uggla  .325

A. Beltre  .249

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .702

D. DeJesus  .384

B. Giles  .287

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.109

C. Hart  .725

A. Beltre  .568

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

J. Lannan  4.11

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB		 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB		 46.Howry
G/S/vB		 52.Medders
G/S/vB		 45.Miller
G/S/vB		 54.Romo
G/S/vB		 47.Valdez
G/S/vB		 38.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 97/72 .244/.320/.395/.715 .457/.808 .555 8/.536 0/0 2/0
23.Barden G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/57 .247/.309/.424/.732 .773/.704 .883 47/.479 0/0 4/3
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 6/1.133 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 176/126 .257/.347/.441/.787 .663/.840 .976 84/.594 0/1 4/3
21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/1.850 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 31/23 .276/.323/.414/.736 .750/.733 .564 18/.556 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 11/1.011 6/.666 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 124/88 .266/.336/.523/.859 .819/.874 .861 35/.844 2/0 8/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 10/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 168/123 .269/.348/.372/.720 .706/.723 .654 77/.536 3/1 3/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/1.699 10/.944 12/1.683 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 206/146 .323/.451/.634/1.085 1.156/1.057 .872 97/.960 7/2 14/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/118 .232/.304/.394/.698 .433/.790 .740 87/.668 1/0 5/2
13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/36 .246/.324/.354/.678 .694/.658 .606 33/.644 3/0 0/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/1.334 6/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 171/140 .302/.345/.428/.773 .641/.801 .733 82/.879 1/1 3/2
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/27 .237/.231/.368/.599 .614/.593 .654 39/.599 1/0 1/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 137/111 .237/.343/.390/.733 .930/.687 .572 68/.657 3/1 1/4
IP 56.0 22.2 19.0 20.2 21.0 14.2 23.1 TOTAL .253/.330/.414/.743 .681/.768 .710 .666 27/7 51/32
ERA-K/9 4.02/5.9 1.99/7.5 3.79/6.2 3.05/7.4 2.14/6.4 /0.0 3.07/5.5 4.24/8.5 3.78/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.239 92/.247 85/.250 97/.256 84/.214 / 59/.226 100/.241 .250
OPS .713 .659 .691 .753 .629 .626 .707 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.759 38/1.022 31/.648 37/1.094 37/.544 / 20/.476 44/.487 .669
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.698 54/.422 54/.698 60/.553 47/.685 / 39/.697 56/.881 .741
Home 107/.577 51/.728 39/.898 44/.531 39/.701 / 29/.572 67/.610
Last 28d days 141/.709 49/.592 44/.377 46/.667 48/.483 / 31/.513 50/.769
HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 1/1/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/1/1 // 1/2/1 2/4/1 38/37/13
Usage ·····X·· o·o·X··X o··o···o ··o·X··X ····X··X ··X··o·· o·X·X···
Giants Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
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
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 7/1.086 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.917 68/37 .175/.206/.206/.412 .499/.339 .551 41/.402 0/0 0/0
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 175/137 .277/.339/.308/.647 .877/.582 .563 95/.761 11/4 0/5
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 122/110 .262/.339/.336/.675 .667/.676 .899 63/.769 1/0 1/2
14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/126 .268/.370/.416/.786 .496/.896 .824 88/.765 4/2 3/3
1.Molina G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 36/.684 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 184/146 .254/.266/.441/.707 .974/.634 .778 98/.596 0/0 8/2
16.Renteria G/S/vP 12/.382 1/.000 13/.718 1/2.000 9/1.381 ··· 1/.000 10/.700 170/133 .250/.333/.338/.671 .878/.614 .758 84/.655 3/2 2/3
33.Rowand G/S/vP 3/2.500 2/.000 11/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 175/139 .278/.343/.462/.805 .820/.800 .870 100/.871 3/0 5/1
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/130 .309/.349/.469/.818 .955/.773 1.011 84/.788 2/2 3/1
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/52 .250/.271/.339/.610 1.000/.556 .648 36/.487 0/1 0/0
59.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/12 .250/.400/.500/.900 3.500/.350 .818 3/.667 1/0 1/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.375 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 78/58 .288/.312/.342/.654 .461/.722 .692 51/.613 0/1 0/2
22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 3/.667 0/0 0/0
2.Winn# G/S/vP 20/.461 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 7/.971 ··· ··· 11/1.364 197/156 .280/.342/.411/.753 .371/.861 .723 104/.818 8/1 2/0
IP 23.0 12.0 19.0 24.0 11.2 19.0 14.2 14.0 TOTAL .256/.315/.365/.680 .690/.677 .743 .680 34/13 25/25
ERA-K/9 0.00/9.0 9.00/7.5 1.42/7.1 1.88/7.1 3.09/9.2 3.32/8.1 2.45/11.6 3.21/9.6 3.60/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.127 56/.234 74/.162 102/.176 51/.239 78/.232 67/.170 59/.212 .247
OPS .321 .665 .494 .545 .693 .612 .589 .658 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.330 25/.684 34/.491 49/.581 32/.336 37/.591 19/.704 32/.433 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.308 31/.647 40/.497 53/.510 19/1.291 41/.631 48/.542 27/.936 .664
Road 38/.342 28/.229 42/.654 58/.719 25/.715 33/.539 42/.521 27/.893
Last 28d days 44/.302 30/.556 37/.722 49/.464 19/.284 31/.411 37/.681 33/.777
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 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··X···· ··X····· X···Xo·o ··o····o ··o··o·X X·oo··X· ··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.