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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 15-7, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, RHP, 1-0, 1.17)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 7.2 8 2 1 2 6 0 1.17
2008 (3-2) 34.0 42 29 28 22 13 5 7.41
Last 7 GS 4-2 36.2 43 28 26 22 16 4 6.38 39
2009-04-25 CHC W 5.2 6 1 0 1 3 0 99 57
2008-07-25 @NYM L 4.1 8 6 6 4 1 1 95 20
2008-07-03 NYM L 6.0 10 11 10 6 2 1 108 6
2008-06-28 @KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 4 6 0 96 62
2008-06-21 @BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 81 45
2008-06-15 PHI ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 81 36
2008-06-10 @CIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 0 1 72 48
Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-3    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @ATL  W   5-3       15-7   1st  3.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @ATL  L   1-2       14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @ATL  W   3-2       14-6   1st  2.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26   CHC  L   3-10      13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25   CHC  W   8-2       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 24   CHC  W   4-3       12-5   1st  2.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYM  W  12-8       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYM  W   5-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYM  W   6-4        9-5   1st    Tied
 13 Sat, Apr 18  @CHC  L   5-7 (11)   8-5   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:15-7
Nationals, 5-15, 5th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Cabrera (28, RHP, 0-2, 4.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 18.1 22 16 9 12 7 1 4.42
2008 (8-10) 180.0 199 109 105 90 95 24 5.25
2007 (9-18) 204.1 207 133 126 108 166 25 5.55
Last 7 GS 0-4 30.1 43 29 21 26 9 4 6.23 35
2009-04-25 @NYM L 2.1 6 5 1 4 1 0 86 30
2009-04-19 FLA ND 5.0 3 2 2 4 0 0 92 49
2009-04-13 PHI ND 5.0 6 4 1 2 2 1 94 45
2009-04-08 @FLA L 6.0 7 5 5 2 4 0 94 40
2008-09-13 MIN L 5.1 7 4 3 5 1 1 95 36
2008-09-06 OAK L 3.0 5 2 2 6 1 1 84 36
2008-08-24 NYY ND 3.2 9 7 7 3 0 1 95 12
Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    2-10   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:   4-12   vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-15   vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 29  @PHI  W   4-1        5-15  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @PHI  L   1-7        4-15  5th  7.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27  @PHI  L  11-13       4-14  5th  6.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @NYM  W   8-1        4-13  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @NYM  L   2-8        3-13  5th  7.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @NYM  L   3-4        3-12  5th  7.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22   ATL  L   0-1        3-11  5th  7.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21   ATL  W   4-3        3-10  5th  7.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20   ATL  W   3-2        2-10  5th  8.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19   FLA  L   4-7        1-10  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 WSN 10  STL  9 (10)   W:Brian Sanches (2-0), L: Ryan Franklin (2-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 STL  4 @WSN  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (7-1), L: John Lannan (4-6), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 STL  6 @WSN  1        W:Kyle Lohse (6-2), L: Odalis Perez (2-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 STL  3  WSN  0        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 STL  5  WSN  4        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Matt Chico (0-1), S: Randy Flores (1)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 STL  5  WSN  4        W:Braden Looper (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (2)
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 WSN  6  STL  3        W:Ray King (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (4-2), S: Chad Cordero (23)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 WSN 12  STL  1        W:Joel Hanrahan (1-0), L: Joel Pineiro (1-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 WSN  3  STL  2        W:Chad Cordero (2-2), L: Ryan Franklin (4-1), S: none
Sun, May 27, 2007 WSN  7 @STL  2        W:Saul Rivera (1-1), L: Adam Wainwright (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - STL won 5-1; 2007 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 281-273

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.64 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 58.Hinckley*
G/S/vB		 26.Kensing
G/S/vB		 49.Mock
G/S/vB		 52.Rivera
G/S/vB		 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB		 32.Wells
G/S/vB		 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .893 77/.730 2/1 25/8
23.Barden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .571 43/1.083 0/0 0/1
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .763 79/.915 2/1 6/2
3.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 15/.750 ··· 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .542 75/.668 5/1 10/8
21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/.669 32/.781 ··· 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .720 8/1.250 0/0 4/2
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 .927 78/.898 4/4 37/3
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/1.334 12/1.000 ··· 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .715 84/.902 0/2 7/10
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 10/1.214 40/1.081 ··· 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.056 100/1.096 7/3 37/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 67/.669 / /
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/116 .244/.307/.289/.596 .620/.575 .670 43/.706 7/2 0/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .815 74/.719 8/2 8/3
22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 57/.826 0/0 0/0
IP 180.0 84.1 13.2 55.1 41.0 84.0 54.2 37.2 TOTAL .287/.366/.452/.818 .678/.895 .745 .818 11/3 23/21
ERA-K/9 5.25/4.8 3.95/9.9 0.00/5.9 4.23/9.0 4.17/10.1 3.96/7.0 5.10/8.4 6.21/7.4 /0.0 5.11/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (13-8-2)
 Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 821/.286 364/.233 49/.178 254/.234 180/.239 371/.277 267/.319 176/.277 / .279  Ludwick
 Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Duncan
 Thurston
 Ryan
29/14/124/12
56/79/33/10
17/89/1/4
43/0/2/1
4/0/0/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .826 .697 .445 .727 .709 .687 .851 .836 .839
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 457/.890 166/.686 19/.541 122/.671 78/.725 188/.640 125/.961 79/.796 / .931
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.748 198/.705 30/.381 132/.780 102/.698 183/.737 142/.754 97/.869 / .760
Home 372/.930 194/.650 23/.534 156/.741 107/.755 195/.627 141/.807 55/.955 /
Last 28d days 92/.770 41/.966 40/.815 40/1.075 21/.627 49/1.186 39/.580 23/.415 46/.848
HR/SB/CS 24/27/4 9/11/0 0/1/0 7/11/0 4/2/0 3/13/0 5/5/0 4/1/2 // 25/12/4
Usage ····X··· ··o·o··· ··oo···o ····X··· X·Xo···X ·X··o··· X·o·X··o X·oo·X·· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
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		 62.Walters
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 17/.607 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 11/1.436 ··· 337/234 .287/.372/.473/.845 1.021/.770 .829 26/.367 3/2 11/11
13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 144/98 .286/.321/.361/.682 .627/.706 .788 11/.000 0/2 1/8
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/237 .264/.386/.478/.864 .797/.892 .876 72/.884 13/4 13/6
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 7/.714 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 651/457 .236/.386/.513/.898 .773/.951 .865 88/1.110 2/1 40/11
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 324/242 .256/.296/.402/.698 .829/.653 .632 70/.748 0/1 8/5
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 17/.686 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.375 ··· 612/420 .316/.345/.440/.786 .905/.731 .847 39/1.000 6/5 9/17
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 15/.619 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 424/311 .251/.344/.417/.761 .777/.755 .752 13/.762 13/3 13/4
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/46 .333/.407/.383/.789 .861/.716 .708 53/.788 0/0 0/3
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 12/1.318 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 147/99 .220/.415/.431/.846 .660/.938 .795 81/.852 0/0 5/0
25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/2.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/258 .217/.311/.316/.627 .496/.676 .641 63/.917 2/2 7/4
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/131 .261/.309/.341/.650 .722/.615 .695 7/.143 0/1 1/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 416/299 .254/.364/.470/.834 .823/.838 .817 43/.559 3/2 15/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 466/320 .283/.333/.442/.774 .863/.733 .765 95/.881 1/1 14/10
IP 34.0 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .270/.358/.418/.776 .892/.736 .775 .776 11/4 22/21
ERA-K/9 7.41/3.4 5.88/8.4 3.55/5.8 4.04/7.0 4.15/9.1 0.82/13.1 3.46/9.1 2.33/7.6 /0.0 3.63/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (47-17-7)
 Nieves (39-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.304 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .261  Dukes
 Willingham
 Dunn
 Harris
 Kearns
10/1/69/9
98/0/0/7
119/0/23/5
86/17/0/4
0/0/85/3
OPS .919 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/1.060 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.736 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .666
Road 107/.894 148/.800 165/.781 169/.809 87/.770 16/.125 92/.780 98/.690 /
Last 28d days 34/.575 20/1.050 37/.276 53/.622 31/.962 42/.708 27/.487 26/.504 41/1.054
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 10/8/2 10/2/1 7/2/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/6/2 // 14/5/4
Usage ····X··· ···oo··· o·o··X·o ·XX··o·· ···X··o· Xo··X·o· o·o·X·o· oo·o··oo ···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.