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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Brewers, 64-66, 3rd, 12 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Braden Looper (34, RHP, 11-6, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-6)			155.0	166	92	84	54	85	32	4.88
2008 (12-14)			199.0	216	101	92	45	108	25	4.16
2007 (12-12)			175.0	183	100	96	51	87	22	4.94

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.2	45	27	25	15	21	9	5.53	44
2009-08-26	CIN	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	106	55
2009-08-21	@WSN	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	78	58
2009-08-16	HOU	ND	6.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	97	46
2009-08-11	SDP	L	5.0	11	7	5	1	4	2	115	24
2009-08-05	@LAD	W	6.2	4	1	1	2	4	1	90	64
2009-07-31	@SDP	ND	5.0	10	6	6	1	3	2	93	25
2009-07-26	ATL	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	104	36

Last 5 v.STL		1-0	6.0	3	3	1	2	0	1	1.50	56
2009-05-18	@STL	W	6.0	3	3	1	2	0	1	100	56

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

 Home:   33-32   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  46-51   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:32-28   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30   PIT  W   4-1       64-66  3rd 12.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   PIT  W   7-3       63-66  3rd 12.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   PIT  W   8-6       62-66  3rd 12.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   CIN  L   5-8       61-66  4th 12.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   CIN  L   3-4 (10)  61-65  3rd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   CIN  L   6-8 (13)  61-64  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @WSN  W   7-1       61-63  3rd 10.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @WSN  L   3-8       60-63  4th 10.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22  @WSN  W  11-9       60-62  4th  9.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21  @WSN  W   7-3       59-62  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Cardinals, 77-55, 1st, 10½ up

SP: Joel Pineiro (30, RHP, 13-9, 3.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (13-9)			170.2	169	69	59	18	84	6	3.11
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	48.1	48	17	17	6	33	3	3.17	57
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
2009-07-24	@PHI	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	97	66

Last 5 v.MIL		2-0	28.1	22	8	8	4	15	3	2.54	61
2009-07-09	@MIL	W	9.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	100	82
2008-07-21	MIL	ND	6.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	83	41
2008-05-10	@MIL	ND	6.1	4	2	2	3	4	0	103	58
2007-08-15	@MIL	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	97	63

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

 Home:   41-25   Road:   36-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  52-38   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  19-13
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:34-25   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
126 Sun, Aug 23  @SDP  W   5-2       72-54  1st  8.0 up
125 Sat, Aug 22  @SDP  W   7-0       71-54  1st  8.0 up
124 Fri, Aug 21  @SDP  L   0-4       70-54  1st  7.0 up
123 Thu, Aug 20  @SDP  W   5-1       70-53  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 STL  5 @MIL  1        W:Joel Pineiro (7-9), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 MIL  5  STL  4        W:Todd Coffey (4-1), L: Jason Motte (3-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (19)
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 STL  5 @MIL  0        W:Adam Wainwright (9-5), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-6), S: none
Wed, May 27, 2009 STL  3 @MIL  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (5-4), L: Manny Parra (3-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
Tue, May 26, 2009 STL  8 @MIL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (5-2), L: Jeff Suppan (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 MIL  1  STL  0 (10)   W:Carlos Villanueva (2-3), L: Kyle McClellan (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 MIL  8 @STL  4        W:Braden Looper (4-2), L: Kyle Lohse (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2009 MIL  8 @STL  2        W:Manny Parra (3-4), L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 MIL  1 @STL  0        W:Jeff Suppan (3-3), L: Adam Wainwright (3-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (9)

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 STL  5  MIL  3        W:Ryan Franklin (5-5), L: David Riske (1-2), S: Chris Perez (6)
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 5-4; 2008 - MIL won 10-5; 2007 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 100-77

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

LAA 5.71

DET 4.57

SDP 3.89

RA/G

LAD 3.79

NYM 4.68

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .367

A. Callaspo .290

B. Schneider .189

OBP

A. Pujols .443

F. Lewis .360

R. Cedeno .245

SLG

A. Pujols .669

M. Byrd .478

A. Casilla .255

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

N. Swisher .837

A. Casilla .537

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

C. Zambrano 3.91

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

R. Romero 6.85

J. Lannan 3.68

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Brewers Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.89 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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/9 .294/.333/.471/.804 1.222/.347 .762 18/.804 0/0 1/0

8.Braun G/S/vP 12/.417 ··· 3/.000 9/1.333 ··· 7/.857 1/5.000 3/.667 ··· 5/.400 9/2.153 28/.801 565/450 .310/.381/.557/.938 1.226/.867 .964 114/.861 12/5 28/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 15/.696 ··· 30/.933 8/.250 ··· 5/.933 7/.453 1/no AB 5/.933 24/.428 5/.800 16/.751 517/390 .258/.358/.459/.817 .871/.799 .818 103/.833 6/3 19/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 22/.668 ··· 15/.917 16/1.349 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 130/119 .283/.362/.389/.751 .182/.808 .536 59/.827 2/0 1/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 19/.627 9/.819 ··· 6/.000 4/1.500 3/1.000 16/1.458 18/1.056 5/1.600 14/.572 403/364 .287/.358/.417/.774 .631/.790 .762 78/.668 3/3 4/5

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/40 .286/.327/.367/.694 1.394/.488 .977 53/.694 1/0 1/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 6/1.500 10/.550 ··· 5/.933 8/.821 1/2.000 10/.956 10/.800 15/1.445 31/.720 575/418 .300/.412/.594/1.006 .975/1.018 1.046 110/1.009 2/3 36/6

22.Gerut* G/S/vP 11/1.233 ··· ··· 10/.600 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 214/189 .214/.262/.357/.619 .780/.596 .799 40/.889 4/1 6/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP 40/.651 ··· 9/.222 23/.407 ··· 6/.533 4/.500 1/.000 11/.788 37/.736 2/2.000 24/.625 430/350 .247/.338/.302/.640 .566/.656 .631 70/.953 6/1 1/6

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 15/.553 ··· 23/1.162 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 1/3.000 36/.432 9/.555 15/.950 550/423 .311/.370/.431/.801 .784/.806 .708 111/.949 6/5 8/14

14.McGehee G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.347 280/201 .292/.354/.486/.840 .895/.818 .838 76/.646 0/2 11/12

11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 99/72 .241/.354/.386/.739 .689/.757 .608 32/1.109 1/0 2/0

IP 170.2 43.1 151.2 51.2 28.1 55.0 35.2 46.2 31.0 51.0 71.2 193.0 TOTAL .262/.342/.431/.773 .808/.763 .755 .829 48/27 151/89

ERA-K/9

3.11/4.4

4.57/7.3

2.20/6.8

1.05/5.9

2.86/3.5

3.11/6.5

1.77/9.3

5.59/7.7

3.77/7.5

6.71/8.5

5.02/3.6

2.47/7.6

3.62/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.263 206/.339 586/.223 202/.183 113/.248 241/.225 138/.177 205/.279 141/.252 226/.313 310/.279 800/.240 .258

OPS .651 .916 .581 .501 .660 .653 .557 .870 .692 .868 .781 .640 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.654 99/1.113 280/.601 89/.398 58/.824 109/.536 89/.336 80/1.031 87/.541 126/1.084 151/.784 367/.752 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.648 107/.734 306/.563 113/.580 55/.491 132/.747 49/.956 125/.766 54/.937 100/.604 159/.778 433/.548 .685

Home 309/.571 126/.866 246/.576 100/.311 54/.571 118/.690 79/.579 112/.881 67/.655 96/.756 131/.724 454/.576

Last 28d days 139/.713 78/1.001 142/.594 45/.523 40/.633 43/.668 29/.503 35/1.138 30/.573 62/.803 33/.797 131/.527

HR/SB/CS 6/0/4 2/3/1 7/2/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 2/4/2 8/2/1 7/2/1 15/8/4 104/34/22

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ····X··· ·X···oo· ···oo··· ·XX·X··· ·oo··o·· ··Xo···· ···oo··· ···X···· ··o····· ·X····X·

Cardinals Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB 31.Bush
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 37.Suppan
G/S/vB 50.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB 20.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.100 2/2.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 12/.444 4/.250 341/255 .229/.282/.395/.676 .596/.705 .662 52/.564 2/3 10/5

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 23/.317 20/.794 5/.400 2/1.000 9/1.277 2/3.000 1/5.000 5/1.100 1/.000 16/.732 9/.333 6/.333 18/.494 479/365 .261/.335/.449/.784 .951/.730 .772 86/.732 1/2 21/9

3.Greene G/S/vP 12/1.166 8/.250 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 15/1.000 12/1.278 2/.000 9/.472 174/107 .211/.285/.375/.660 .624/.682 .659 22/.842 2/1 6/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP 10/.400 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 3/2.167 13/.462 ··· ··· ··· 15/2.278 29/1.118 3/3.334 6/.733 549/389 .307/.392/.512/.903 .854/.921 .973 104/.916 14/6 19/4

21.LaRue G/S/vP 11/.586 12/.817 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.334 2/no AB 13/.558 1/.000 3/.666 7/.619 81/59 .227/.284/.293/.577 .714/.527 .632 8/.125 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 11/.989 3/2.667 ··· 6/.834 2/.000 ··· 17/1.041 ··· 14/1.179 2/.000 6/1.100 9/.722 433/311 .262/.326/.443/.769 .717/.790 .643 88/.623 4/1 18/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP 6/.533 18/.247 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 15/1.038 ··· 2/.500 8/.000 221/130 .292/.358/.421/.778 .637/.875 .650 58/.750 5/0 2/8

4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 13/1.468 11/1.000 ··· 11/1.116 3/.000 ··· 18/.730 ··· 17/.706 8/.542 12/.432 11/.573 459/342 .283/.355/.369/.723 .663/.743 .795 84/.704 7/2 5/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.334 13/.490 13/1.045 2/.500 13/1.062 6/.167 1/no AB 25/1.147 ··· 42/.891 16/1.505 22/1.255 21/1.729 566/411 .320/.443/.669/1.112 1.162/1.094 1.181 107/1.168 14/4 41/9

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 7/1.262 2/.000 1/3.000 6/.000 1/.000 8/1.042 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 414/319 .255/.311/.426/.736 .443/.824 .770 73/.753 3/1 14/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 8/.453 ··· 1/2.000 12/1.139 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 7/1.300 ··· 335/209 .292/.336/.393/.729 .714/.737 .764 78/.829 9/6 2/7

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/.000 9/.583 2/.500 1/5.000 7/.453 1/3.000 1/.000 10/.400 5/1.300 26/.577 5/1.000 15/.933 6/.000 476/385 .295/.354/.396/.750 .496/.810 .698 76/.784 2/2 4/8

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/no AB 8/1.583 ··· 2/.000 ··· 284/227 .229/.324/.339/.663 .689/.657 .761 12/.583 3/2 1/11

IP 155.0 85.2 69.0 49.0 169.1 41.0 17.1 123.0 38.0 124.2 26.0 73.1 49.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.414/.744 .670/.772 .743 .768 57/27 134/96

ERA-K/9

4.88/4.9

5.88/6.5

2.61/7.6

3.67/8.4

3.56/9.9

1.76/7.5

5.71/7.3

6.66/7.2

3.79/9.2

5.20/4.5

2.42/6.9

6.01/7.1

3.26/6.3

4.87/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 680/.273 369/.269 273/.249 205/.235 719/.214 162/.204 82/.300 594/.315 168/.204 581/.317 103/.204 328/.284 209/.191 .268

OPS .824 .872 .667 .682 .684 .515 .872 .892 .665 .917 .573 .832 .661 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.941 197/.826 116/.912 60/.931 372/.655 81/.652 27/1.105 128/.832 94/.581 280/.927 44/.746 169/.823 84/.705 .837

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.719 172/.922 157/.489 145/.585 347/.714 81/.383 55/.765 466/.908 74/.775 301/.906 59/.452 159/.842 125/.631 .771

Road 291/.858 175/.909 134/.571 101/.685 360/.717 60/.593 48/.951 330/.919 74/.735 302/.840 47/.649 179/.737 105/.535

Last 28d days 128/.769 21/.722 54/.637 43/.980 154/.771 32/.375 28/.686 138/1.066 21/1.267 51/1.095 52/.502 93/.907 52/.514

HR/SB/CS 32/4/3 18/9/4 6/2/1 6/2/0 19/17/2 1/1/0 3/1/0 18/6/2 4/1/1 19/6/3 2/3/1 13/3/0 8/1/0 177/65/18

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··Xo··X· ····X·o· ··X····X ·o·X·oo· ····X·X· ···X···· ·o···o·o ·X····X· ·oo··X·X ··X···X· ·ooX·o·o

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.