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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 29, 2010 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 28-21, 28-212nd, 1 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-8    Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  21-15   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 28  @CHC  W   7-1       28-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 27  @SDP  W   8-3       27-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 26  @SDP  L   1-2 (13)  26-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 25  @SDP  L   0-1       26-20  1st    Tied
 45 Sun, May 23   LAA  W   6-5 (10)  26-19  1st  0.5 up
 44 Sat, May 22   LAA  L   7-10      25-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 21   LAA  W   9-5       25-18  1st  0.5 up
 42 Thu, May 20   FLA  W   4-2       24-18  1st  0.5 up
 41 Wed, May 19   FLA  L   1-5       23-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   WSN  W   3-2       23-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Cubs, 23-26, 23-263rd, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (31, RHP, 6-0, 3.52)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-0) 53.2 54 23 21 11 31 7 3.52
2009 (1-3) 30.1 41 29 29 11 10 5 8.60
2008 (4-15) 153.1 213 114 110 32 69 20 6.46
Last 7 GS 5-0 40.2 46 20 20 11 23 7 4.43 48
2010-05-23 @TEX W 5.1 6 3 3 1 1 1 81 44
2010-05-18 COL W 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 85 55
2010-05-12 FLA W 6.1 7 2 2 2 2 0 92 51
2010-05-07 @CIN W 5.0 10 4 4 1 3 1 92 33
2010-05-01 ARI ND 5.0 8 5 5 3 6 3 96 34
2010-04-26 WSN ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 90 53
2010-04-21 @NYM W 6.0 2 1 1 2 4 1 87 66
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-12   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 28   STL  L   1-7       23-26  3rd  6.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 27   LAD  W   1-0       23-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 26   LAD  L   5-8       22-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 25   LAD  W   3-0       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 23  @TEX  W   5-4       21-24  3rd  5.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 22  @TEX  W   5-4 (10)  20-24  3rd  5.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 21  @TEX  L   1-2       19-24  3rd  6.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 20  @PHI  L   4-5       19-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 19  @PHI  W   4-1       19-22  3rd  4.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   COL  W   6-2       18-22  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 28, 2010 STL  7 @CHC  1        W:Chris Carpenter (6-1), L: Randy Wells (3-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 CHC  6 @STL  3 (11)   W:Esmailin Caridad (1-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (2-3), S: Carlos Marmol (14)
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 STL  2  CHC  1        W:Ryan Franklin (4-3), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 STL  3  CHC  2        W:Ryan Franklin (3-3), L: Aaron Heilman (3-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 STL  4 @CHC  2        W:Adam Wainwright (10-5), L: Randy Wells (4-4), S: Ryan Franklin (21)
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 CHC  7  STL  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (5-4), L: Kyle Lohse (4-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 CHC  5  STL  2        W:Ted Lilly (9-6), L: Brad Thompson (2-6), S: Kevin Gregg (16)
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 STL  8 @CHC  3        W:Chris Carpenter (7-3), L: Rich Harden (5-6), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2009 STL  3  CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (4-2), L: Sean Marshall (2-3), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Wed, May 20, 2009 STL  2  CHC  1        W:Chris Carpenter (2-0), L: Ryan Dempster (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 1-0; 2009 - STL won 10-6; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1152-1089

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  5.42

DET  4.47

HOU  3.06

 RA/G

SDP  3.29

TEX  4.50

ARI  6.08

 BA

J. Morneau  .372

B. Phillips  .264

A. Ramirez  .164

 OBP

J. Morneau  .493

C. Gonzalez  .337

A. Ramirez  .232

 SLG

J. Morneau  .677

O. Hudson  .404

G. Beckham  .245

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.170

T. Glaus  .748

A. Ramirez  .508

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .88

M. Talbot  3.73

G. Meche  6.66

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  11.70

C. Sabathia  6.75

N. Blackburn  2.51

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

Cardinals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 62.Howry
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 44.Stevens
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/139 .313/.386/.442/.828 .943/.787 .584 105/.802 1/1 3/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 2/1.000 9/.222 4/.500 6/.533 3/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 199/159 .289/.357/.444/.801 .939/.767 .871 99/.794 3/1 5/0
15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/33 .250/.250/.313/.563 /.563 .611 27/.577 0/0 0/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP 10/1.750 5/.933 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/18 .167/.231/.333/.564 .250/.715 .607 18/.653 0/0 1/0
3.Lopez# G/S/vP 1/.000 16/.392 11/1.602 14/.629 8/1.071 2/1.000 1/.000 94/61 .280/.366/.463/.829 .882/.795 .757 44/.886 3/1 3/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.666 9/1.111 5/.200 12/1.000 15/.767 2/.000 1/.000 206/152 .290/.366/.492/.858 .669/.925 .725 103/.854 0/3 7/0
22.Mather G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 50/26 .191/.208/.277/.485 .445/.520 .511 26/.480 1/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 11/.455 6/1.500 21/.649 1/.000 ··· 171/127 .265/.345/.358/.703 .570/.750 .876 83/.687 6/2 2/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.666 12/1.389 13/1.538 21/.649 25/.800 2/.500 1/.000 216/166 .304/.412/.525/.937 .695/1.013 .931 111/.783 3/1 9/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 4/.250 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 172/144 .268/.386/.514/.900 .422/.998 1.148 85/.699 6/4 7/2
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 16/.626 2/.000 2/.000 139/97 .197/.274/.279/.553 .689/.495 .530 57/.581 2/0 1/8
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 9/1.000 4/.500 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 191/160 .244/.314/.326/.640 .884/.592 .635 90/.668 1/1 1/8
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 43/29 .317/.349/.488/.837 .890/.810 1.000 30/.831 0/0 2/0
IP 53.2 18.0 16.2 24.2 24.1 19.1 4.0 TOTAL .258/.335/.402/.737 .661/.762 .733 .712 27/15 43/37
ERA-K/9 3.52/5.2 9.00/7.0 9.18/3.8 1.46/17.9 1.85/11.5 2.33/6.5 0.00/6.8 4.15/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (0-1-0)
 Molina (9-12-2)
 Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.262 94/.350 78/.290 103/.153 95/.179 81/.230 13/.077 .248  Jay
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Ludwick
 Stavinoha
 Mather
3/1/6/2
0/46/0/1
45/0/0/1
1/5/44/0
1/0/8/0
6/12/5/0
OPS .706 .997 .974 .513 .471 .671 .231 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.520 35/.865 31/.955 48/.521 36/.500 26/.697 3/1.000 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.806 59/1.063 47/.989 55/.505 59/.453 55/.659 10/.000 .695
Home 131/.720 41/.847 41/.974 64/.590 52/.417 46/.801 10/.300
Last 28d days 97/.785 50/1.065 33/.998 50/.500 39/.378 47/.536 13/.231
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 3/4/0 6/0/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 44/33/10
Usage ·····X·· X····X·· o·o··o·· ·X·o·XX· ·o···Xo· X·X····· X·X·····
Cubs Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 40.Walters
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/25 .221/.274/.397/.671 .966/.122 .875 28/.632 0/0 2/0
24.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 197/136 .299/.335/.500/.835 1.040/.743 .885 99/.714 3/0 7/1
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/60 .289/.341/.408/.749 .753/.747 .577 82/.749 1/0 2/6
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/64 .319/.380/.652/1.032 .695/1.115 .944 27/1.157 1/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/.708 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 110/104 .327/.373/.455/.828 .833/.828 .867 42/1.020 1/1 1/5
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 5/1.800 6/.533 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/2.334 3/.000 4/.250 4/.500 159/144 .304/.392/.511/.904 .728/.922 .822 74/.683 3/2 6/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 46/37 .209/.227/.256/.483 .250/.536 .713 22/.273 0/0 0/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 6/.533 12/.523 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.222 3/1.667 3/.000 15/.733 2/1.000 214/156 .246/.350/.388/.738 .570/.801 .815 105/.794 1/2 6/1
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 14/.967 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 81/33 .225/.309/.352/.661 .591/.764 .667 44/.695 0/0 2/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/1.286 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 3/1.667 2/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 177/129 .164/.232/.277/.508 .470/.522 .697 70/.531 0/0 4/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 4/.000 37/1.084 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 6/.733 4/.833 4/.000 170/117 .307/.371/.595/.965 1.211/.857 .986 85/.987 2/0 9/4
18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.821 ··· ··· 7/.453 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 147/95 .256/.408/.393/.801 .818/.792 .749 73/.594 0/0 4/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP 5/.400 14/.428 ··· 1/2.000 10/.733 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/.500 209/148 .294/.324/.325/.649 .558/.686 .630 95/.505 9/1 0/5
IP 20.1 22.1 55.1 18.1 21.1 10.2 19.2 16.2 9.0 TOTAL .263/.330/.411/.741 .750/.737 .770 .703 21/6 48/42
ERA-K/9 3.98/7.1 2.01/5.2 1.14/7.3 5.40/5.9 2.11/9.3 3.38/6.7 2.75/10.1 0.54/5.4 2.00/6.0 2.94/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (5-2-1)
 Soto (28-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.253 87/.229 226/.197 91/.346 90/.215 41/.176 77/.208 61/.083 38/.206 .242  Byrd
 Soriano
 Nady
 Colvin
 Fukudome
 Baker
0/48/0/2
42/0/0/2
3/0/15/1
25/6/11/1
0/0/42/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .744 .533 .533 .920 .658 .712 .621 .396 .525 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.748 32/.656 42/.331 35/.928 29/.429 21/.639 25/.598 33/.503 22/.485 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.740 55/.456 184/.578 56/.915 61/.773 20/.788 52/.630 28/.272 16/.563 .652
Road 50/.729 43/.537 152/.595 47/.839 50/.892 21/.895 36/.816 34/.307 22/.473
Last 28d days 49/.715 43/.463 123/.599 48/1.107 44/.555 24/.927 37/.633 33/.225 38/.525
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 0/0/1 1/1/1 4/0/0 2/5/1 2/0/2 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 34/11/13
Usage ·oo····X ··X··X·· ··X····· ·X······ o·X····X ·Xo···X· ooo··o·X ooXX·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.