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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 9, 2010 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 72-65, 72-65 2nd, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (28, RHP, 17-10, 2.34)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (17-10)			200.1	156	58	52	51	184	13	2.34
2009 (19-8)			233.0	216	75	68	66	212	17	2.63
2008 (11-3)			132.0	122	51	47	34	91	12	3.20

Last 7 GS		3-4	47.0	37	17	14	12	42	2	2.68	60
2010-09-04	CIN	L	5.0	7	5	2	1	6	1	83	44
2010-08-29	@WSN	L	5.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	104	43
2010-08-24	@PIT	L	7.0	7	4	4	4	6	0	117	49
2010-08-18	MIL	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	106	57
2010-08-11	@CIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	97	77
2010-08-06	@FLA	W	9.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	110	87
2010-08-01	PIT	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	109	66

Last 5 v.ATL		5-0	32.0	30	9	8	11	22	1	2.25	57
2010-04-29	ATL	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	78	50
2009-04-29	@ATL	W	6.0	7	3	2	5	2	0	110	45
2008-08-22	ATL	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	72	61
2007-08-26	ATL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	109	65
2007-07-20	@ATL	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	100	66

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

 Home:   43-24   Road:   29-41   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  23-25   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:34-32   vsWest: 13-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Wed, Sep  8  @MIL  L   1-8       72-65  2nd  6.0 gb
136 Tue, Sep  7  @MIL  L   2-4       72-64  2nd  6.0 gb
135 Mon, Sep  6  @MIL  W   8-6       72-63  2nd  6.0 gb
134 Sun, Sep  5   CIN  W   4-2       71-63  2nd  7.0 gb
133 Sat, Sep  4   CIN  L   1-6       70-63  2nd  8.0 gb
132 Fri, Sep  3   CIN  W   3-2       70-62  2nd  7.0 gb
131 Wed, Sep  1  @HOU  L   2-5       69-62  2nd  8.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 31  @HOU  L   0-3       69-61  2nd  7.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 30  @HOU  L   0-3       69-60  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 29  @WSN  L   2-4       69-59  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Braves, 80-60, 80-60 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (24, RHP, 7-4, 4.10)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-4)			107.2	101	52	49	40	81	9	4.10
2009 (14-10)			215.0	186	71	62	75	152	15	2.60
2008 (13-10)			188.1	188	87	77	70	139	11	3.68

Last 7 GS		4-0	45.1	46	18	17	17	34	2	3.38	53
2010-09-04	@FLA	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	99	75
2010-08-30	NYM	W	5.2	6	3	3	6	8	0	108	47
2010-08-25	@COL	ND	5.1	9	7	7	2	4	1	90	24
2010-08-20	@CHC	ND	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	94	48
2010-08-15	LAD	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	101	67
2010-08-10	@HOU	ND	7.1	6	2	1	1	3	0	102	62
2010-08-05	SFG	W	6.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	106	50

Last 5 v.STL		1-3	22.0	21	8	8	7	13	1	3.27	54
2010-04-29	@STL	L	1.0	2	3	3	0	0	1	14	37
2009-09-11	@STL	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	105	75
2009-04-27	STL	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	99	52
2008-07-30	STL	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	116	52

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

 Home:   49-19   Road:   31-41   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  55-35   vsLHP:  25-25   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 29-25   vsCntrl:23-14   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  8  @PIT  W   9-3       80-60  2nd  0.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @PIT  L   0-5       79-60  2nd  0.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @PIT  L   1-3       79-59  1st  0.5 up
137 Sun, Sep  5  @FLA  L   6-7 (10)  79-58  1st  1.0 up
136 Sat, Sep  4  @FLA  W   2-0       79-57  1st  1.0 up
135 Fri, Sep  3  @FLA  L   1-6       78-57  1st  1.0 up
134 Thu, Sep  2   NYM  L   2-4       78-56  1st  2.0 up
133 Wed, Sep  1   NYM  W   4-1       78-55  1st  3.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 31   NYM  W   9-2       77-55  1st  3.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 30   NYM  W   9-3       76-55  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 STL 10  ATL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Jair Jurrjens (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 STL  6  ATL  0        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Kenshin Kawakami (0-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 STL  5  ATL  4        W:Chris Carpenter (3-0), L: Derek Lowe (3-2), S: Jason Motte (1)
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 STL  4  ATL  3        W:Dennys Reyes (2-0), L: Takashi Saito (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (7)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 ATL  9 @STL  2        W:Javier Vazquez (13-9), L: Chris Carpenter (16-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 ATL  7 @STL  6        W:Mike Gonzalez (4-4), L: Ryan Franklin (2-3), S: Rafael Soriano (24)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 ATL  1 @STL  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (11-10), L: Joel Pineiro (14-10), S: Rafael Soriano (23)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 STL  5 @ATL  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-0), L: Javier Vazquez (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 ATL  2  STL  1        W:Peter Moylan (1-1), L: Kyle McClellan (1-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (3)
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 STL  3 @ATL  2        W:Joel Pineiro (4-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (6)
Season Series: 2010 - STL over 4-0; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; 2008 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 1052-946

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 2010 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 5.36

STL 4.48

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.51

CIN 4.34

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

S. Castro .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

J. Jay .470

B. Wood .216

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

Y. Gallardo 3.80

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

C. Richard 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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

Cardinals Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 38.Dunn*
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 56.Minor*
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 36.Proctor
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/16 .300/.333/.400/.733 1.100/.625 .686 14/.742 0/0 0/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 21/.689 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 2/.000 6/1.000 10/.311 1/2.000 10/1.025 379/266 .221/.243/.307/.549 .632/.515 .485 80/.532 1/1 5/12

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/50 .243/.341/.378/.720 .883/.611 .622 7/.143 2/0 2/5

7.Holliday G/S/vP 15/1.369 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 8/1.875 15/1.313 1/.000 6/1.133 572/418 .302/.374/.529/.904 .910/.901 .899 99/.844 8/4 25/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/192 .322/.377/.470/.847 .797/.861 .812 96/.626 2/4 4/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 8/1.125 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.000 408/272 .233/.314/.346/.661 .730/.625 .577 63/.427 8/2 7/12

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 126/71 .304/.333/.339/.672 .646/.692 .763 36/.624 0/1 0/4

4.Molina G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 3/.666 470/330 .256/.321/.334/.655 .555/.698 .752 79/.634 7/4 6/5

19.Pagnozzi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .333/.333/.333/.667 .667/ .667 3/.667 0/0 0/0

5.Pujols G/S/vP 11/.573 ··· 23/1.478 3/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 4/.750 1/.000 23/.577 601/430 .311/.403/.590/.993 1.051/.968 .933 103/1.063 12/3 36/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 433/328 .268/.353/.493/.846 .725/.886 .946 44/.680 10/6 19/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 404/259 .215/.273/.289/.563 .538/.577 .440 75/.490 8/3 2/14

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 439/361 .270/.332/.346/.678 .574/.700 .724 66/.703 5/2 4/15

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/55 .243/.278/.320/.598 .602/.594 .516 10/.200 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 10/1.278 ··· 4/.250 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 11/.955 ··· 6/.000 203/155 .247/.323/.371/.694 .361/.805 .669 33/.783 6/0 4/1

IP 107.2 13.1 56.2 86.1 9.1 21.1 27.0 54.1 40.0 3.0 50.0 71.1 58.0 TOTAL .262/.330/.406/.736 .701/.751 .704 .661 69/34 132/89

ERA-K/9

4.10/6.8

0.00/11.5

3.18/8.6

5.11/6.2

0.96/16.5

3.80/6.8

5.33/10.3

3.15/7.0

2.48/7.7

3.00/9.0

2.70/11.9

1.77/10.2

1.55/12.6

3.54/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (5-1-0)
Molina (34-30-5)
Pagnozzi (2-0-0)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.251 57/.136 237/.244 387/.284 46/.143 86/.265 121/.303 234/.247 164/.226 12/.100 204/.207 287/.182 225/.168 .246 Holliday
Jay
Schumaker
Winn
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Lohse 131/0/0/6
5/27/40/5
3/1/8/4
22/9/39/1
5/0/20/1
0/111/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .744 .492 .658 .825 .548 .713 .837 .712 .649 .450 .582 .500 .514 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/.836 26/.451 115/.716 176/.860 22/.581 39/.887 24/.701 67/.978 75/.599 5/.000 87/.676 95/.554 50/.227 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.667 31/.529 122/.605 211/.796 24/.500 47/.574 97/.871 167/.616 89/.692 7/.829 117/.511 192/.474 175/.597 .664

Home 213/.706 31/.523 129/.692 167/.733 28/.417 54/.625 50/.689 104/.659 80/.613 / 84/.533 154/.471 122/.502

Last 28d days 135/.818 25/.383 37/.660 18/1.423 5/.650 38/.669 95/.903 31/.653 36/.790 12/.450 24/.426 56/.566 26/.397

HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 0/0/0 3/4/5 9/7/2 0/3/0 2/1/1 2/2/2 4/10/3 2/1/0 0/1/0 4/1/0 1/2/2 5/1/1 102/85/38

Usage ····X··· XX···Xo· ··oX·o·· ·····X·· ········ X······· ···X···· ·ooX··o· ·o·X··o· X····X·· ···X···· ···Xo··X o···X··o

Braves Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 48.MacDougal
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/145 .235/.312/.388/.700 .455/.800 .807 62/.721 2/1 5/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.858 ··· 11/.455 460/308 .262/.325/.368/.693 .640/.720 .722 80/.646 7/1 4/4

26.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/114 .242/.326/.484/.811 .762/.824 .751 32/.819 5/0 7/4

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.500 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 210/94 .237/.284/.433/.717 .814/.595 .801 49/.703 3/1 7/2

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .111/.111/.111/.222 .000/.250 .000 9/.222 0/0 0/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 26/.235 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 10/1.029 ··· 10/.900 471/322 .241/.344/.405/.749 .769/.740 .768 26/.709 0/0 16/9

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 7/.000 5/1.400 13/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.500 14/1.083 552/405 .262/.308/.469/.777 .748/.787 .740 104/.741 1/2 21/19

19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .125/.125/.500/.625 1.000/.000 1.000 6/.833 0/0 1/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 526/350 .286/.394/.473/.867 .718/.944 .814 117/1.003 9/6 16/4

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 23/.936 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 1/.000 10/.844 2/1.500 7/.453 ··· 14/1.083 303/281 .249/.333/.445/.779 1.219/.741 .764 46/.604 0/0 10/2

4.Infante G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· 12/.584 ··· ··· 14/1.215 4/.667 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 13/.481 407/264 .342/.378/.442/.820 .704/.881 .862 120/.957 6/5 7/14

27.Lee G/S/vP 39/.550 8/.393 13/.481 1/.000 4/1.417 3/.666 9/.222 3/1.667 6/.000 15/.733 1/5.000 3/1.000 544/386 .251/.336/.408/.744 .754/.740 .772 80/.912 1/3 16/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/.417 1/3.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 483/343 .277/.387/.479/.866 .826/.883 .898 87/.861 5/1 20/10

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 14/.793 7/.619 9/.777 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 13/.154 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 232/175 .169/.278/.262/.539 .392/.589 .765 12/.450 5/2 3/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 4/2.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 579/407 .315/.358/.478/.836 .765/.866 .904 100/.812 5/3 15/8

8.Ross G/S/vP 12/.795 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 136/55 .281/.381/.456/.837 .865/.781 .858 27/.942 0/1 2/4

IP 200.1 60.0 56.1 157.1 83.2 13.0 63.1 31.1 45.2 32.2 21.2 171.2 TOTAL .261/.342/.405/.747 .722/.758 .778 .773 57/26 123/122

ERA-K/9

2.34/8.3

3.60/6.5

3.67/5.4

2.69/7.3

4.95/5.8

8.31/6.9

2.13/7.4

4.02/5.8

2.56/8.5

3.86/6.6

1.66/7.9

4.46/5.7

3.54/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (67-30-4)
Ross (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 788/.218 254/.243 231/.243 667/.242 384/.315 69/.345 259/.220 130/.214 182/.215 141/.252 86/.195 725/.267 .257 Cabrera
Heyward
Ankiel
McLouth
Diaz
Infante
Hinske 75/49/24/7
0/0/118/5
0/55/0/4
0/61/0/1
53/0/0/1
15/0/6/1
49/0/0/0

OPS .599 .697 .686 .639 .850 .941 .632 .623 .619 .676 .618 .748 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.571 82/.748 91/.824 133/.553 174/.894 26/1.680 98/.599 73/.557 62/.835 77/.784 36/.712 330/.767 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 436/.621 172/.673 140/.595 534/.660 210/.815 43/.577 161/.651 57/.708 120/.513 64/.544 50/.551 395/.732 .689

Road 408/.649 129/.621 118/.838 333/.700 232/.837 29/.893 148/.874 61/.688 79/.635 73/.571 61/.543 388/.783

Last 28d days 104/.831 39/.413 39/.743 131/.666 52/.637 41/1.061 36/.808 12/.333 9/.500 8/.875 31/.522 131/.717

HR/SB/CS 13/7/5 4/2/2 6/1/1 9/6/3 13/4/1 1/1/0 7/7/2 2/1/3 5/2/1 1/1/1 3/1/0 20/13/7 115/44/34

Usage ····X··· ·oX··o·· ··Xo·o·o X····X·· ·X··o··· X···X··· ··oo·X·X ··oo···· o···o··· o···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.