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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 25, 2010 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 54-44, 54-44 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 11-3, 3.05)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-3)			141.2	127	54	48	39	118	15	3.05
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	47.0	46	21	20	14	35	4	3.83	54
2010-07-20	PHI	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	71
2010-07-15	LAD	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	101	76
2010-07-08	@COL	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	113	39
2010-07-03	MIL	L	3.0	9	8	7	2	5	1	76	14
2010-06-28	ARI	ND	7.0	6	3	3	4	5	2	109	54
2010-06-23	@TOR	W	8.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	114	79
2010-06-18	OAK	W	7.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	103	45

Last 5 v.CHC		3-1	31.0	31	8	6	9	21	2	1.74	57
2010-05-28	@CHC	W	6.2	7	1	1	1	5	1	108	60
2009-09-19	CHC	ND	8.0	8	0	0	2	4	0	101	68
2009-07-10	@CHC	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	93	50
2009-05-20	CHC	W	5.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	67	63
2008-08-10	@CHC	L	5.1	6	4	2	2	2	0	64	44

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

 Home:   34-16   Road:   20-28   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  36-29   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 13-6    vsCntrl:21-18   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @CHC  L   5-6       54-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @CHC  L   0-5       54-43  1st  0.5 up
 96 Thu, Jul 22   PHI  L   0-2 (11)  54-42  1st  1.5 up
 95 Wed, Jul 21   PHI  W   5-1       54-41  1st  1.5 up
 94 Tue, Jul 20   PHI  W   7-1       53-41  1st  0.5 up
 93 Mon, Jul 19   PHI  W   8-4       52-41  1st  0.5 up
 92 Sun, Jul 18   LAD  W   5-4       51-41  1st  0.5 up
 91 Sat, Jul 17   LAD  W   2-0       50-41  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16   LAD  W   8-4       49-41  2nd  0.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15   LAD  W   7-1       48-41  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Cubs, 45-53, 45-53 4th, 9½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (33, RHP, 8-7, 3.70)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			133.2	117	62	55	50	130	18	3.70
2009 (11-9)			200.0	196	94	81	65	172	22	3.65
2008 (17-6)			206.2	174	75	68	76	187	14	2.96

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.2	46	24	18	18	48	5	3.63	53
2010-07-20	HOU	ND	5.0	8	7	4	4	1	1	113	26
2010-07-15	PHI	W	6.2	6	2	2	3	9	1	103	60
2010-07-07	@ARI	W	5.0	8	3	3	1	6	0	98	44
2010-07-02	CIN	L	6.1	2	5	2	5	9	1	116	59
2010-06-27	@CHW	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	8	1	122	54
2010-06-22	@SEA	L	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	116	70
2010-06-16	OAK	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	7	0	120	55

Last 5 v.STL		0-2	33.2	34	16	16	11	26	4	4.28	52
2010-05-30	STL	L	6.2	9	6	6	3	7	2	125	36
2009-09-19	@STL	ND	8.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	100	67
2009-05-20	@STL	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	103	58
2009-04-24	@STL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	80	51
2009-04-18	STL	ND	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	103	48

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

 Home:   26-26   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  29-36   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:18-27   vsWest: 11-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 24   STL  W   6-5       45-53  4th  9.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23   STL  W   5-0       44-53  4th 10.0 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 21   HOU  L   3-4 (12)  43-53  3rd 11.5 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 20   HOU  W  14-7       43-52  3rd 10.5 gb
 94 Mon, Jul 19   HOU  L   5-11      42-52  4th 10.5 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 18   PHI  W  11-6       42-51  3rd  9.5 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 17   PHI  L   1-4       41-51  4th 10.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 16   PHI  W   4-3       41-50  3rd  9.0 gb
 90 Thu, Jul 15   PHI  W  12-6       40-50  3rd  9.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 11  @LAD  L   0-7       39-50  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 CHC  6  STL  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (6-5), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-6), S: Carlos Marmol (18)
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 CHC  5  STL  0        W:Randy Wells (5-7), L: Jeff Suppan (0-6), S: none
Sun, May 30, 2010 STL  9 @CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: Ryan Dempster (3-5), S: none
Sat, May 29, 2010 CHC  5  STL  0        W:Carlos Silva (7-0), L: Adam Ottavino (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - CHC over 3-2; 2009 - STL won 10-6; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1155-1090

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 5.43

CHW 4.49

SEA 3.33

RA/G

SDP 3.49

COL 4.42

ARI 5.68

B. Posey .358

J. Buck .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Young .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .654

B. Butler .463

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.075

A. Gonzalez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.61

T. Lilly 3.88

N. Blackburn 6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

M. Garza 6.84

N. Blackburn 3.09

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Cardinals Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 60.Atkins
G/S/vB 64.Berg
G/S/vB 48.Cashner
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 51.Schlitter
G/S/vB 52.Silva
G/S/vB 44.Stevens
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .139/.200/.250/.450 .220/.638 .200 19/.734 0/1 1/0

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/48 .273/.342/.424/.767 1.076/.610 .699 45/.828 2/0 2/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 7/.453 4/1.750 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 406/302 .306/.384/.532/.916 .896/.922 .876 95/1.094 7/2 18/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/89 .386/.439/.614/1.052 1.323/1.020 .967 56/1.323 1/3 3/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/1.044 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 10/1.750 ··· 59/46 .192/.276/.327/.603 .930/.513 .408 17/1.042 0/0 2/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 31/.571 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 11/1.602 14/.629 8/1.071 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 274/180 .269/.341/.400/.741 .851/.681 .658 96/.795 5/2 5/7

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 23/1.131 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 12/1.000 15/.767 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 300/217 .273/.339/.483/.822 .678/.876 .731 4/.833 0/3 11/0

12.Miles# G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· ··· ··· 11/.182 3/.666 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .327/.356/.364/.720 .894/.632 .710 36/.769 0/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 30/.677 ··· ··· 1/2.000 11/.455 6/1.500 22/.714 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 329/232 .235/.314/.314/.628 .520/.674 .727 75/.633 6/4 4/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 51/1.055 ··· ··· 1/no AB 13/1.538 22/.680 26/.766 2/.500 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 426/313 .301/.406/.556/.962 1.098/.912 .920 97/.951 11/3 22/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 4/.250 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 334/258 .267/.349/.507/.856 .729/.894 1.043 74/.522 9/4 16/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 10/.856 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 17/.706 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 271/178 .192/.259/.279/.538 .494/.561 .480 57/.376 7/1 2/12

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 35/.857 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 4/.500 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 332/277 .252/.315/.329/.644 .652/.642 .640 58/.572 5/2 3/12

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/50 .256/.295/.344/.639 .713/.573 .573 29/.456 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 25/.291 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.189 5/.650 13/.993 ··· ··· 10/1.100 ··· 157/122 .250/.329/.390/.719 .323/.841 .715 43/.895 5/0 3/1

IP 133.2 7.0 20.1 25.2 33.1 46.1 50.2 28.2 3.0 102.2 17.2 TOTAL .261/.333/.412/.745 .727/.752 .714 .761 59/26 98/72

ERA-K/9

3.70/8.8

6.43/6.4

5.31/4.0

2.45/6.0

7.29/3.5

2.72/16.9

1.78/10.5

4.40/6.9

15.00/9.0

3.86/6.3

6.11/7.6

4.10/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-3-1)
Molina (23-21-4)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 561/.234 33/.259 90/.216 109/.231 157/.298 201/.148 198/.186 126/.291 15/.250 431/.264 84/.288 .251 Jay
Ludwick
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Winn
Holliday
Craig
Schumaker 5/7/19/3
1/5/64/2
5/0/18/1
0/87/0/1
20/9/28/1
92/0/0/1
3/0/8/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .689 .838 .661 .683 .925 .511 .507 .862 .733 .709 .931 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 245/.671 15/1.261 30/.661 44/.697 55/.863 89/.515 73/.519 49/.846 7/.629 161/.608 16/1.577 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.702 18/.528 60/.658 65/.672 102/.960 112/.508 125/.500 77/.871 8/.804 270/.769 68/.788 .718

Home 287/.643 17/.915 37/.559 58/.774 87/1.010 121/.528 94/.479 68/1.092 15/.733 253/.716 53/1.164

Last 28d days 109/.741 33/.838 26/.492 62/.728 39/1.005 54/.474 54/.385 30/.749 15/.733 78/1.036 15/2.083

HR/SB/CS 18/11/4 1/0/1 2/0/1 3/2/1 8/1/0 1/8/0 1/0/0 9/2/0 0/1/0 10/4/3 4/1/0 96/75/21

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

Cubs Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.67 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 62.MacLane*
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/42 .246/.294/.397/.691 .924/.170 .904 15/.690 0/0 3/4

24.Byrd G/S/vP 15/.619 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 399/279 .311/.373/.472/.846 .979/.786 .807 92/.797 4/1 10/2

13.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 260/187 .308/.358/.449/.807 .813/.804 .872 87/1.076 4/2 3/14

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 238/174 .264/.321/.537/.858 .818/.872 .896 89/.713 2/0 15/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.500 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/.708 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/165 .288/.335/.404/.739 .833/.735 .895 26/.708 1/2 1/6

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 15/.421 6/1.833 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 3/2.334 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 271/248 .251/.354/.410/.764 .707/.769 .720 48/.635 4/4 8/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 102/89 .204/.242/.269/.511 .697/.486 .534 18/.417 0/0 0/0

25.Lee G/S/vP 52/.754 7/.453 12/.523 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· 9/.222 3/1.667 5/.000 15/.733 ··· 412/298 .252/.340/.391/.730 .710/.738 .794 94/.769 1/3 11/5

22.Nady G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 14/.967 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 160/72 .218/.288/.338/.626 .519/.764 .623 20/.206 0/0 4/1

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 50/.758 3/1.167 7/1.286 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 5/.200 3/1.667 4/.000 5/1.400 ··· 301/225 .227/.286/.443/.729 .742/.724 .820 90/1.171 0/0 15/11

12.Soriano G/S/vP 37/.879 6/.000 37/1.084 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.833 2/.000 6/.733 4/.833 1/.000 336/231 .266/.334/.532/.866 .977/.817 .829 77/.760 4/0 18/4

18.Soto G/S/vP 10/.600 6/.333 7/.821 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/.393 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 282/180 .291/.408/.530/.938 1.039/.880 .915 72/1.135 0/0 14/3

2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/.962 6/.334 14/.428 ··· 4/.833 ··· 10/.733 2/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 393/281 .279/.317/.312/.629 .672/.612 .601 87/.636 16/6 0/8

IP 141.2 44.1 38.1 110.0 63.2 1.0 48.0 22.1 40.2 27.1 9.2 TOTAL .260/.326/.413/.740 .796/.717 .766 .791 36/18 102/85

ERA-K/9

3.05/7.5

2.44/6.7

3.29/5.2

2.21/7.4

5.23/5.9

9.00/0.0

2.06/6.9

4.03/6.1

2.43/9.1

3.29/7.3

0.93/6.5

3.30/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (20-4-2)
Soto (55-17-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.240 186/.213 158/.250 463/.234 300/.331 4/.333 194/.203 95/.215 162/.212 114/.232 37/.171 .255 Soriano
Byrd
Fukudome
Nady
Colvin
Baker 82/0/0/5
0/96/0/4
0/0/71/2
4/0/22/1
42/11/36/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .685 .620 .671 .612 .875 1.833 .599 .684 .627 .650 .531 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.685 63/.708 63/.899 102/.591 132/.882 1/ 76/.518 54/.610 59/.830 65/.733 14/.747 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.685 123/.577 95/.517 361/.619 168/.869 3/1.667 118/.650 41/.783 103/.516 49/.538 23/.401 .679

Road 245/.740 95/.603 71/.789 237/.662 178/.850 1/5.000 103/.837 36/1.000 71/.710 65/.593 20/.411

Last 28d days 137/.765 53/.612 30/1.090 97/.650 127/.930 4/1.833 45/.490 21/.679 47/.772 28/.601 19/.599

HR/SB/CS 15/2/4 2/2/1 3/0/1 5/4/3 10/3/0 1/0/0 5/6/1 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/1/1 1/0/0 82/28/24

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