Friday, September 10, 2010 Game Previews

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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:35pm, Friday, September 10, 2010 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 73-65, 73-65 2nd, 5 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 15-5, 2.90)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (15-5)			204.2	183	76	66	54	158	18	2.90
2009 (17-4)			192.2	156	49	48	38	144	7	2.24
2008 (0-1)			15.1	16	5	3	4	7	0	1.76

Last 7 GS		4-2	48.0	42	19	15	11	30	3	2.81	57
2010-09-05	CIN	W	7.1	6	2	2	0	11	0	110	69
2010-08-31	@HOU	L	7.0	6	3	2	2	3	0	92	56
2010-08-26	@WSN	ND	6.0	10	6	3	1	1	0	93	34
2010-08-21	SFG	W	7.1	5	1	1	2	4	0	111	66
2010-08-14	CHC	L	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	94	51
2010-08-09	@CIN	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	98	61
2010-08-04	HOU	W	7.1	4	2	2	3	3	1	98	62

Last 5 v.ATL		3-1	28.0	26	14	14	8	17	2	4.50	50
2010-04-27	ATL	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	89	59
2009-09-13	ATL	L	6.0	9	7	7	2	3	0	95	27
2008-07-30	@ATL	ND	4.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	67	48
2006-07-19	ATL	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	77	65
2006-07-04	@ATL	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	74	52

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

 Home:   43-24   Road:   30-41   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  50-40   vsLHP:  23-25   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 17-12   vsCntrl:34-32   vsWest: 13-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Thu, Sep  9  @ATL  W  11-4       73-65  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Braves, 80-61, 80-61 2nd, 1 GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (22, LHP, 3-0, 5.33)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-0)			27.0	33	17	16	7	31	2	5.33

Last 7 GS		3-0	27.0	33	17	16	7	31	2	5.33	47
2010-09-05	@FLA	ND	4.0	9	6	6	0	5	1	84	25
2010-08-31	NYM	W	5.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	104	46
2010-08-22	@CHC	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	12	1	104	57
2010-08-17	WSN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	105	57
2010-08-09	@HOU	ND	6.0	5	4	3	1	5	0	94	52

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

 Home:   49-20   Road:   31-41   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  55-36   vsLHP:  25-25   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 29-25   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Thu, Sep  9   STL  L   4-11      80-61  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 STL 11 @ATL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (18-10), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - STL over 5-0; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; 2008 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 1053-946

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 4.53

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.53

CIN 4.35

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Thome .635

R. Weeks .472

B. Wood .216

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

L. Hernandez 3.82

K. Correia 5.46

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

C. Richard 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Cardinals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Minor*
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 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 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.857 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/.000 6/1.000 10/.311 1/2.000 10/1.025 384/271 .221/.242/.305/.547 .632/.512 .482 84/.531 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 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 8/1.875 15/1.313 1/.000 6/1.133 575/421 .302/.374/.530/.904 .910/.902 .900 98/.821 8/4 25/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/193 .319/.374/.466/.840 .784/.856 .800 93/.625 2/4 4/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 58/.445 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 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 3/.666 475/334 .255/.319/.333/.652 .550/.695 .744 80/.616 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 ··· ··· 23/1.478 3/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 4/.750 1/.000 23/.577 606/435 .312/.404/.595/.999 1.051/.977 .947 103/1.059 12/3 37/4

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 438/332 .276/.360/.514/.875 .737/.919 1.002 45/.926 10/6 21/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 408/263 .218/.276/.292/.567 .538/.584 .452 75/.538 8/3 2/15

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 444/366 .274/.335/.357/.691 .574/.716 .748 67/.833 5/2 5/15

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 ··· ··· 4/.250 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.429 11/.955 ··· 6/.000 208/160 .247/.320/.374/.694 .361/.802 .669 37/.793 6/0 4/1

IP 27.0 13.1 57.2 87.1 10.1 22.2 54.1 40.2 3.1 50.0 71.1 58.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.409/.739 .701/.756 .711 .676 69/34 136/91

ERA-K/9

5.33/10.3

0.00/11.5

3.12/8.6

5.15/6.1

0.87/16.6

3.97/7.1

3.15/7.0

2.43/7.7

8.10/8.2

2.70/11.9

1.77/10.2

1.55/12.6

3.59/7.5

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 121/.303 57/.136 240/.241 391/.284 49/.132 91/.261 234/.247 167/.228 16/.231 204/.207 287/.182 225/.168 .247 Holliday
Jay
Schumaker
Winn
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Lohse 132/0/0/6
5/27/41/5
3/1/8/4
23/9/40/1
5/0/20/1
0/112/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .837 .492 .649 .830 .511 .729 .712 .650 .760 .582 .500 .514 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.701 26/.451 115/.716 178/.880 24/.530 40/.997 67/.978 77/.610 7/.714 87/.676 95/.554 50/.227 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.871 31/.529 125/.589 213/.788 25/.478 51/.529 167/.616 90/.684 9/.778 117/.511 192/.474 175/.597 .664

Home 50/.689 31/.523 132/.675 171/.747 31/.374 59/.658 104/.659 83/.615 4/1.750 84/.533 154/.471 122/.502

Last 28d days 95/.903 25/.383 40/.610 22/1.396 8/.393 43/.708 31/.653 39/.780 16/.760 24/.426 56/.566 23/.360

HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 0/0/0 3/4/5 10/7/2 0/3/0 3/1/1 4/10/3 2/1/0 0/1/0 4/1/0 1/2/2 5/1/1 106/85/38

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

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

PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
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 59/.724 2/1 5/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.858 ··· 11/.455 463/311 .260/.323/.365/.689 .640/.712 .711 83/.621 7/1 4/4

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/114 .242/.326/.484/.811 .762/.824 .751 29/.713 5/0 7/4

23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/1.167 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.222 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP 25/1.050 1/no AB 26/.235 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 10/1.029 1/.000 10/.900 472/323 .241/.343/.404/.748 .769/.738 .764 24/.641 0/0 16/9

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 25/.461 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 14/1.083 555/408 .262/.308/.468/.776 .748/.786 .739 103/.755 1/2 21/19

19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/5 .111/.111/.444/.556 1.000/.000 .833 7/.714 0/0 1/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 529/353 .286/.393/.472/.865 .718/.941 .812 116/1.031 9/6 16/4

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 23/.936 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 1/.000 10/.844 2/1.500 7/.453 1/.000 14/1.083 307/285 .249/.332/.442/.775 1.219/.738 .757 47/.607 0/0 10/2

4.Infante G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 12/.584 ··· ··· 14/1.215 4/.667 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 13/.481 411/268 .341/.377/.440/.817 .704/.875 .853 120/.931 6/5 7/14

27.Lee G/S/vP 58/.818 8/.393 13/.481 1/.000 4/1.417 3/.666 9/.222 3/1.667 6/.000 15/.733 1/5.000 3/1.000 547/389 .252/.336/.414/.750 .754/.749 .783 79/.883 1/3 17/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 11/.964 1/3.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 486/346 .275/.385/.475/.860 .826/.874 .885 86/.872 5/1 20/11

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 19/.485 7/.619 9/.777 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 13/.154 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 234/177 .178/.284/.269/.553 .392/.607 .792 14/.690 5/2 3/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 4/2.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 583/411 .314/.357/.477/.834 .765/.862 .898 104/.799 5/3 15/8

8.Ross G/S/vP 11/.546 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 137/56 .281/.385/.456/.841 .865/.792 .867 28/.964 0/1 2/4

IP 204.2 60.0 56.1 157.1 83.2 13.0 63.1 31.1 45.2 32.2 22.2 171.2 TOTAL .261/.341/.404/.746 .722/.757 .776 .773 57/26 124/123

ERA-K/9

2.90/6.9

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

1.99/7.9

4.46/5.7

3.55/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 840/.241 254/.243 231/.243 667/.242 384/.315 69/.345 259/.220 130/.214 182/.215 141/.252 91/.198 725/.267 .257 Cabrera
Heyward
Ankiel
McLouth
Diaz
Infante
Hinske 75/50/25/8
0/0/119/5
0/55/0/4
0/62/0/1
53/0/0/1
15/0/6/1
50/0/0/0

OPS .671 .697 .686 .639 .850 .941 .632 .623 .619 .676 .620 .748 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.646 82/.748 91/.824 133/.553 174/.894 26/1.680 98/.599 73/.557 62/.835 77/.784 37/.691 330/.767 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 470/.691 172/.673 140/.595 534/.660 210/.815 43/.577 161/.651 57/.708 120/.513 64/.544 54/.572 395/.732 .689

Road 358/.738 129/.621 118/.838 333/.700 232/.837 29/.893 148/.874 61/.688 79/.635 73/.571 66/.551 388/.783

Last 28d days 138/.670 39/.413 36/.807 131/.666 49/.677 41/1.061 36/.808 12/.333 9/.500 8/.875 32/.435 106/.742

HR/SB/CS 18/2/9 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 20/13/7 116/44/34

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