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Game Preview: COL @ STL, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Rockies, 22-32, 5th, 14½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (30, RHP, 3-3, 4.94)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 62.0 68 36 34 25 28 8 4.94
2008 (16-9) 211.1 236 102 93 48 96 13 3.96
2007 (8-7) 166.0 178 87 76 44 61 15 4.12
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 39 19 17 15 18 3 3.50 53
2009-06-01 @HOU L 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 1 98 39
2009-05-26 LAD L 6.0 8 5 4 3 2 0 88 37
2009-05-21 @ATL W 9.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 108 81
2009-05-16 @PIT ND 1.2 4 4 4 1 0 0 34 30
2009-05-10 FLA W 6.0 4 2 1 4 3 0 97 57
2009-05-05 @SDP ND 8.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 104 70
2009-04-29 SDP W 7.0 5 3 3 2 3 2 96 56
Last 5 v.STL 0-4 31.2 34 22 22 11 10 3 6.25 42
2008-04-02 @STL L 6.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 85 44
2007-05-31 STL L 7.0 6 5 5 2 1 0 89 44
2006-07-26 STL L 6.2 8 4 4 2 4 1 102 44
2006-06-16 @STL L 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 0 91 57
2003-04-08 STL ND 5.0 7 7 7 4 0 1 93 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:   3-10
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest: 11-17 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @STL  W  11-4       22-32  5th 14.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @HOU  W  10-3       21-32  5th 14.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @HOU  L   4-6       20-32  5th 15.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @HOU  L   2-3 (11)  20-31  5th 14.5 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1  @HOU  L   1-4       20-30  5th 13.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   SDP  L   2-5       20-29  5th 13.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   SDP  W   8-7       20-28  5th 12.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   SDP  W   3-0       19-28  5th 13.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   LAD  L   6-8       18-28  5th 14.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26   LAD  L   1-7       18-27  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Cardinals, 31-24, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 5-5, 5.05)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 62.1 74 37 35 27 39 4 5.05
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 4-3 40.1 37 21 20 21 26 4 4.46 49
2009-06-01 CIN L 5.0 5 4 3 2 4 0 89 45
2009-05-27 @MIL W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 88 52
2009-05-22 KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 85 64
2009-05-17 MIL L 5.2 3 4 4 7 3 0 106 43
2009-05-12 @PIT L 4.1 9 7 7 3 4 2 93 18
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
Last 5 v.COL 2-0 10.0 11 4 4 4 9 3 3.60 51
2008-04-02 COL W 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 91 58
2007-05-30 @COL W 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 78 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-12   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, Jun  5   COL  L   4-11      31-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 54 Thu, Jun  4   CIN  W   3-1       31-23  1st    Tied
 53 Wed, Jun  3   CIN  L   3-9       30-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  2   CIN  W   5-2       30-22  1st    Tied
 51 Mon, Jun  1   CIN  L   3-5       29-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 31  @SFG  L   3-5       29-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30  @SFG  W   6-2       29-20  1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 COL 11 @STL  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (1-6), L: Adam Wainwright (5-4), S: none

Thu, May 08, 2008 COL  9  STL  3        W:Jorge de la Rosa (1-1), L: Kyle Lohse (3-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 COL  4  STL  3        W:Ryan Speier (1-1), L: Jason Isringhausen (1-3), S: Brian Fuentes (3)
Tue, May 06, 2008 STL  6 @COL  5        W:Braden Looper (5-1), L: Mark Redman (2-3), S: Ryan Franklin (1)
Mon, May 05, 2008 STL  6 @COL  5        W:Randy Flores (1-0), L: Brian Fuentes (0-2), S: Jason Isringhausen (11)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 STL  3  COL  0        W:Brad Thompson (1-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 STL  8  COL  3        W:Todd Wellemeyer (1-0), L: Aaron Cook (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 COL  2 @STL  1        W:Taylor Buchholz (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (0-1), S: Manuel Corpas (1)
Thu, May 31, 2007 STL  7 @COL  3        W:Brad Thompson (4-1), L: Aaron Cook (4-2), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 STL  8 @COL  4        W:Todd Wellemeyer (1-1), L: Jason Hirsh (2-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - COL leads 1-0; 2008 - STL won 4-3; 2007 - STL won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 73-71

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  5.74

BAL  4.65

SEA  3.80

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

TEX  4.76

WSN  6.04

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .276

C. Young  .181

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .475

S. Victorino  .349

C. Young  .232

 SLG

A. Pujols  .704

M. DeRosa  .441

J. Kendall  .266

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.170

C. Barmes  .794

C. Young  .554

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

A. Harang  4.11

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.42

C. Lee  6.48

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Rockies Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 7/.715 6/1.917 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 206/141 .196/.272/.310/.582 .699/.526 .551 94/.508 0/0 5/7
12.Barmes G/S/vP 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 178/130 .270/.328/.466/.794 1.100/.688 .701 94/.907 5/3 5/3
15.Bellorin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .250/.400/.250/.650 .333/1.000 .650 5/.650 0/0 0/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 200/143 .256/.349/.405/.753 .810/.731 .771 99/.769 11/4 3/1
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 6/2.100 3/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 186/133 .346/.425/.616/1.041 1.003/1.056 .913 87/1.055 0/1 8/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP 6/.733 4/1.250 ··· 11/.382 1/3.000 ··· 12/.432 213/145 .314/.376/.505/.881 .762/.945 .893 99/.904 0/0 7/1
39.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 22/17 .235/.381/.294/.675 .650/.683 .533 22/.675 0/0 0/0
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/24 .217/.333/.261/.594 1.250/.499 .500 18/.643 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 126/112 .265/.405/.451/.856 1.446/.799 .698 56/.740 2/0 4/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 188/124 .262/.326/.440/.767 .994/.658 .720 71/.763 6/3 5/2
9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/105 .214/.310/.476/.787 .933/.729 .873 67/.847 2/1 9/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.900 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/136 .218/.309/.382/.691 .645/.707 .581 84/.596 4/4 5/2
IP 62.1 21.0 26.0 15.0 22.2 17.2 14.2 TOTAL .250/.332/.425/.757 .815/.733 .717 .738 33/17 62/34
ERA-K/9 5.05/5.6 1.29/6.9 1.73/6.9 3.60/9.0 3.97/7.5 3.57/11.2 5.52/9.8 3.71/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.303 81/.160 110/.165 65/.237 92/.222 81/.188 66/.246 .248
OPS .817 .476 .525 .705 .601 .658 .742 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.920 37/.449 52/.570 39/.358 43/.641 22/.892 37/.497 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.700 44/.497 58/.484 26/1.212 49/.565 59/.576 29/1.054 .663
Home 178/.805 35/.264 52/.327 40/.699 53/.714 37/.846 37/.506
Last 28d days 120/.778 35/.827 50/.435 27/.551 39/.524 39/.656 26/.804
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/1 2/0/1 2/1/1 41/12/10
Usage ····X··· ···o··o· ···oX··X o·Xoo··· X··X··X· ··X·oo·X o··ooo··
Cardinals Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 31.Daley
G/S/vB		 41.Embree*
G/S/vB		 53.Flores*
G/S/vB		 46.Hammel
G/S/vB		 52.Peralta
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/89 .227/.295/.373/.668 .438/.756 .774 30/.510 0/0 2/2
23.Barden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/62 .235/.290/.388/.677 .633/.711 .567 54/.502 0/0 4/4
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/135 .253/.344/.428/.771 .670/.817 .562 76/.616 0/1 4/3
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/35 .300/.364/.525/.889 1.457/.749 1.059 26/1.031 3/0 2/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 34/25 .250/.294/.375/.669 .667/.671 .737 15/.133 0/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 150/105 .241/.304/.474/.778 .732/.795 .763 36/.413 2/0 9/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 194/141 .265/.349/.373/.723 .826/.685 .773 83/.516 3/1 4/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 10/1.533 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 7/1.429 ··· 236/164 .344/.466/.704/1.170 1.264/1.132 1.298 102/1.250 7/2 18/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/132 .253/.316/.437/.753 .461/.847 .777 84/.842 1/0 6/2
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/54 .287/.340/.383/.723 .811/.641 .711 62/.734 4/2 0/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 194/157 .302/.351/.419/.770 .675/.792 .777 86/.801 1/2 3/2
19.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/32 .245/.255/.408/.663 .786/.594 .552 51/.663 1/0 1/0
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/128 .259/.367/.422/.789 .960/.750 .935 64/.853 3/1 1/6
IP 62.0 24.2 8.2 16.0 4.1 48.0 7.1 22.1 TOTAL .258/.332/.421/.753 .709/.771 .774 .699 29/10 58/37
ERA-K/9 4.94/4.1 6.20/6.2 4.15/7.2 6.19/5.1 0.00/10.5 4.50/5.8 2.45/8.6 3.22/9.7 4.78/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.288 109/.350 34/.172 76/.303 18/.278 220/.313 32/.241 93/.226 .285
OPS .793 .823 .535 .841 .667 .830 .588 .702 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.820 48/.993 18/.528 29/.893 11/.727 114/.944 17/.728 38/.604 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.759 61/.701 16/.543 47/.808 7/.571 106/.708 15/.421 55/.767 .764
Road 133/.847 57/.847 14/.774 34/.767 16/.563 119/.614 16/.598 42/.654
Last 28d days 121/.664 53/.740 11/.764 44/.901 18/.667 126/.746 32/.588 39/.479
HR/SB/CS 8/2/3 1/1/1 0/0/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 5/6/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 49/42/12
Usage ····X··· ··XX··o· ········ ·o··X·X· ··oo···· ·X····X· ··oo·X·· ···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.